Back when I selected Double as the 20th PV, I was of the opinion that there wasn't a whole lot there to use. It just seemed to be too many wide-angle shots of a helipad. When PVs are lacking, or the quality is especially bad, I try to find other related bits of media to include in order to round things out. For Double, the beginning of the movie itself seemed like a goldmine of extra material.
When I actually got around to capping the PV, however - well, as you can already tell, a lot of supplemental material was not necessary. But you know what? Whenever I pimp out PVS, I always throw in the line "graphics resource site." That's kind of crap. I mean, it's not like I'm the only person to ever cap Arashi PVs. XD
I can say, though, that I've never seen caps for the opening to the Double movie (of course, it's not like I went looking for them, but let's just ignore that part!) So, if I'm going to be a "graphics resource site," then I better add some graphic resources!
And really, the opening to Double is just that. It's a bunch of caps ripe for iconing. If nothing else, it's amusing what they accomplished, so let's show it off, eh?
And so...Pika**Nchi Double - in three parts!
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PART 1 - THE GRAPHIC HAPPY FIRST BIT
TA DA! Wow, that's a pretty good introduction - I didn't really need to say anything. Good job editors of Double!
You not only introduced us to Arashi, the members of Arashi, and the movie - you also gave us exceedingly creepy close ups!
I'm also a fan of the ready-made Arashi colorbar graphic there. Ah, there they go again - stealing fangirl jobs. Watch out, Arashi. When graphics are taken away as a means of expression, the alternative is far, far scarier...
And thus, I feel like there's nothing else that really needs to be added here. Part 1 - check.
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PART 2 - WHEN MPREG FICS GO BAD
Excuse me, what?
Surely by now you know about the concepts of fanfiction, slash, and mpreg. But, if not, a little remedial course. Fanfiction is, shockingly, fictional writings written by fans. Clever name, eh? Fanfiction is not only a form of expression, but also a means of achieving something that does not actually exist in reality. For example, for some reason Arashi simply refuse to revert back to toddlers and live out their first day of school together. Bastards. Thank heavens fanfiction is here to rectify such a mistake.
(Though I sound snarky, truth is, Arashi Does Kindergarten would be pretty awesome. Three guesses as to which member gets in trouble for touching himself in public? And which one cons the other kids out of their milk money? And which one has no trouble falling asleep during nap time? And which one always plays by himself in the sandbox until another one, guess who, comes over to talk about the weather and sandbox kid pushes him over because he thinks it's a great way to meet new people?)
Anyway, slash is the notion of pairing two members of the same sex romantically. It takes the playful, mostly platonic shows of affection and amps them up a notch. Mpreg is then the notion that one of the male characters...well, gets pregnant.
I don't personally get the appeal of Mpreg myself (as children are punishments and even I'm not that DoS). But it's out there.
And worse yet, the production team for Double? Well, two thoughts here. Either they're into slash and Mpreg themselves and added these elements or they're highly aware of these trends in culture and decided to take a swipe at them.
How did I come to such a conclusion based on Warholian stills?
It's all in Part 2 (which actually comes last in the opening, but it's not like I'm staying sequential anyway).
In slash, there's this habit of squishing the names together to make a title for the pairing. For example, Ohmiya.
A name they picked out themselves.
Ahem.
So Double saves you all the trouble of coming up with pairing names on your own and gives them straight to you!
And to boot, they even render visual estimates of what the offspring might look like! Always wanted to know what Takuma (Nino) and Haru's (Ohno) love child might be? WONDER NO LONGER. Double gives it to you!
TARU!
Why the link and not just the cap itself? Well, one to save some space - but also? I have to say...some of these are kind of disturbing. As in, I think we have scientific evidence for why Jun and Ohno should never mate EVER. I like sleeping at night, so links.
Although, strangely enough, some of these mashups look like viable people! For example, apparently Aiba can mate with just about anyone. Not really surprising, I guess, given the first rule of Arashi PV...
Without further ado, I give you every Pika*Nchi pairing possible, including variations in who gets to be the dominate male!
TARU! (Why not repost? I like things to be all together.)
TAON!
TAN!
TAHU!
SHUUMA!
SHURU!
SHUHU!
SHON!
HAUN!
HAUMA!
HAON!
HAHU!
CON!
CHUN!
CHUMA!
CHRU!
BUN!
BORU!
BOHU!
Wait just a moment, you say. You promised every pairing possible. So where is the Bon x Takuma?
Folks...no such thing exists.
I went through the opening frame by frame making sure I capped every combination and BOUMA simply does not exist.
Emperor Neenotine may suffer much at the hands of his servant, Darth Fabulous - but being on the bottom? That is one embarrassment he will not stand for! For now! Until someone brings the cut footage of Step and Go to a staff party!
However, I am sort of a completist whore, so I went about making BOUMA myself.
...there's a good reason nature didn't select this individual to survive. *cough*
Anyway, there you are! A ton of stuff no one ever needed nor asked for! HOORAY!
Can I at least have a cookie for enduring some of those mashups? I myself am not into pairing that much, but push come to shove, I'm all Team Con, personally. (A failed Yankee who walks around saying, "JESUS!" Hot damn! If you didn't get that you seriously need to go find the movies.)
Part 2 - check.
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PART 3 - THE GOOD STUFF
The really cool part about the Double opening? Arashi go through a sort of "A Hard Day's Night" sequence where each member makes a bunch of faces on film. Of course, in that same vein, these faces go by fairly quickly. Which is a shame because some of them are seriously hilarious.
As if I'd sit through all those mashups and not bring you psuedo-frame-by-frame action of Arashi making stupid faces?
To further your enjoyment, I have arranged the caps in a sort of order that suggests someone has just asked each member a series of complicated math questions...in Greek.
Enjoy!
Absolute proof that Jun isn't the complete prissy diva who takes himself way too seriously as some believe.
That, or the question they really asked was, "How do you manage to spatially displace your genitalia when you put on pants?"
How to read the warning signs that things are about to get really bad in three seconds...
By the time you get to the last couple of caps, it's too late to start running...
Aiba's method of dealing with complicated problems in a foreign language?
...I'm pretty sure he went to his happy place in that second to last cap. I'm pretty sure I don't need to tell you what's in that happy place...
Sho: ...maji de?
Sho: Maji de?
Sho: Maji de?!?!
Sho: maji de???
Sho: Maji de.
Sho: Maji de!
Sho: maji de.
Sho: MAJI DE?!?!
Sho: Maji de. Yo.
Nothing more to add here!
The answer was three.
Ohno: Hey! So my guess of "tacos" was pretty close!
Arashi.
Arashi being dorks.
In a wide-release film.
On purpose.
How could you not love these guys?
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And that, all, is the opening portion of Pika**Nchi Double, the movie.
Thanks for sticking around for 20 PVs.
MWA!