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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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That's... not how I saw the story at all. It seems you took a lot of things too literally and failed to see what the story was really trying to say. The story is much simpler than you make it out to be and if there's something convoluted about it, it's all in your head. It's easy to say something is not thought-provoking if the viewer doesn't really put much thought into it. I guess that's we can expect from a typical anime viewer though.
The entire short is just a dramatization of different outlooks in life.
The young man is the sort of person who believes in "luck" and taking stupid risks for short gains, only to feel injustice against himself when things don't go his way by his own recklessness. This is how he has lived his entire life and how he ultimately met his end.
The old man is a person who has lived life to the fullest and made his own luck. He has self confidence and knows how to make things go his way instead of relying on fate or feeling slighted because the world doesn't revolve for him. As his life comes to an end, he accepts it and just wants to feel alive again before moving on.
The "game" is not a competition, but a test of personality to show people who they really are. In the end the young man lost control of everything like he always had in life, and even though he might have "won" the game, he lost at being a human being. The fact that he then whines about it and blames everyone except himself shows what a fucking loser he is. When the old man intercedes on his behalf, that is the final turning point to show that the old man has consistently remained in total control and calls the shots to the end, not because someone gave him power, but because he always put himself in a better position by his own actions.
In the end it doesn't matter who goes to heaven or who goes to hell because the young man is a loser all the way to the end, and the old man moves on knowing that he is his own man all the way to the end. He smiles, and is confident, while the young man is just a total wreck. Who "won" in life is clear for all to see.
The young man is the sort of person who believes in "luck" and taking stupid risks for short gains, only to feel injustice against himself when things don't go his way by his own recklessness. This is how he has lived his entire life and how he ultimately met his end.
The old man is a person who has lived life to the fullest and made his own luck. He has self confidence and knows how to make things go his way instead of relying on fate or feeling slighted because the world doesn't revolve for him. As his life comes to an end, he accepts it and just wants to feel alive again before moving on.
The "game" is not a competition, but a test of personality to show people who they really are. In the end the young man lost control of everything like he always had in life, and even though he might have "won" the game, he lost at being a human being. The fact that he then whines about it and blames everyone except himself shows what a fucking loser he is. When the old man intercedes on his behalf, that is the final turning point to show that the old man has consistently remained in total control and calls the shots to the end, not because someone gave him power, but because he always put himself in a better position by his own actions.
In the end it doesn't matter who goes to heaven or who goes to hell because the young man is a loser all the way to the end, and the old man moves on knowing that he is his own man all the way to the end. He smiles, and is confident, while the young man is just a total wreck. Who "won" in life is clear for all to see.
That's... not how I saw the story at all. It seems you took a lot of things too literally and failed to see what the story was really trying to say. The story is much simpler than you make it out to be and if there's something convoluted about it, it's all in your head. It's easy to say something is not thought-provoking if the viewer doesn't really put much thought into it. I guess that's we can expect from a typical anime viewer though.
You want to have a discussion on this but then you begin by insulting my intelligence? Forget it.
Okay. It's too bad you can't be mature about it, since this thread insults my intelligence every day anyway. You don't hear me bitching like a whiner.
obin_gam
Member
I started Space Bros. last summer I think, and I became instantly awestruck by the chill "aura" and sunny look the show had. The coolest thing about it I found was the excruciatingly slow pace stuff happened in, but it was never boring. Fantastic! I stopped watching somewhere around episode 9 I think, just after he arrived in Houston because of other stuff and am planning to pick it up again in the near future when I have more time to spend.
I'm wondering if there are more animes like this? About grown ups doing sort of ordinary things but with some hooks to keep you interested. And preferably no supernatural things if it can be avoided.
I'm wondering if there are more animes like this? About grown ups doing sort of ordinary things but with some hooks to keep you interested. And preferably no supernatural things if it can be avoided.
Didn't say anyone questioned it, only that it's being insulted as I read the thread! Leard2read!
I willingly watch Marvel anime. Duh.
Didn't say anyone questioned it, only that it's being insulted as I read the thread! Leard2read!
Stop insulting my intelligence! You sayin' I can't read? I'll have you know I read every day!
Doujin don't count!
Majestic Prince - 01
Decent pilot episode, though the whole "get entire group in the joke" became a bit weary as the episode progressed. Like others have mentioned earlier, things really picked up near the last 5-7 minutes when the future of CG came in full force and gave an impression display of beam blasting, rocket boosting, explosive goodness.
Oh, and Suzukaze can hit me with that riding crop anytime.
Two reasons I'll continue watching.
Decent pilot episode, though the whole "get entire group in the joke" became a bit weary as the episode progressed. Like others have mentioned earlier, things really picked up near the last 5-7 minutes when the future of CG came in full force and gave an impression display of beam blasting, rocket boosting, explosive goodness.
Oh, and Suzukaze can hit me with that riding crop anytime.
This would be overthinking something rather than being an indication of the absence of thought.That's... not how I saw the story at all. It seems you took a lot of things too literally and failed to see what the story was really trying to say. The story is much simpler than you make it out to be and if there's something convoluted about it, it's all in your head. It's easy to say something is not thought-provoking if the viewer doesn't really put much thought into it. I guess that's we can expect from a typical anime viewer though.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
You take Hero, I'll take the manager.
The well-endowed mechanic in the green jumpsuit was the only character in MJP that really bothered me. Her face looks weird compared to the rest of the cast. Didn't help that the expression on her face didn't seem to change at all while she was talking.
All of their faces look weird. It's just that she has other features that draws my attention away from that fact.
Overthinking the unimportant stuff, not thinking about the important stuff!
Flowers of Evil 1
Going by that interview someone posted some pages ago it seems like both the director and the original author fully intended this to be an incredibly pretentious piece of hipster garbage operating under the guise of being experimental and divisive and ART. Taking that into account I have no choice but to qualify this first episode as a resounding success.
And so, with my curiosity sated and my eyes damaged from the horrendously implemented animation techniques on display I shall now proceed to watch some JoJo in the hopes that it'll wash out some of the taste of all this shit I just ate.
By far the biggest crime here is that this is at least the second time now that Studio Pablo is featured in a show I would rather avoid like the plague. What a waste. Hopefully some kind soul will take it upon themselves to post some of the more impressive-looking backgrounds on display from time to time.
Going by that interview someone posted some pages ago it seems like both the director and the original author fully intended this to be an incredibly pretentious piece of hipster garbage operating under the guise of being experimental and divisive and ART. Taking that into account I have no choice but to qualify this first episode as a resounding success.
And so, with my curiosity sated and my eyes damaged from the horrendously implemented animation techniques on display I shall now proceed to watch some JoJo in the hopes that it'll wash out some of the taste of all this shit I just ate.
By far the biggest crime here is that this is at least the second time now that Studio Pablo is featured in a show I would rather avoid like the plague. What a waste. Hopefully some kind soul will take it upon themselves to post some of the more impressive-looking backgrounds on display from time to time.
This is how true art is made.
chickdigger802
Banned
Didn't say anyone questioned it, only that it's being insulted as I read the thread! Leard2read!
But learding is hard! D:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Actually I'd also want some black pepper fries too
Don't forget the smile!
Anything else that I could say at this point runs the risk of a ban so, again, forget it.
I'm done with this thread.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Actually I'd also want some black pepper fries too
That seemed like the most boring promotional item ever. I can and do put pepper on my fries all the time!
I think I'll settle for checking out the fake art that is the manga at some point. Maybe.
DUCKROOOOOLLL!!1
Don't knock your head on the way out. You might also want to take shit less seriously if this really bothers you. Seems like a personal problem to me!
chickdigger802
Banned
well we treat sushi as fancy food in america!
just needs a Yamada and we're in business.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[Death Billiards]
. I get the point, but the delivery here didn't get me. Life or death situations (
) don't exactly seem
.
I'm okay with the ambiguous ending, though. It's not satisfying, but I think it ties up with the themes of
Great animation, superb music, yadda yadda. People more in touch with the fine details of cartoon-making will have much more to say about that. It was a thrilling thirty-minutes or so, and the storytelling was very impressive in how efficiently it developed its characters in the allotted time. Four out of five jellyfishes, Little Witch Academia is still the anime to beat this year.
I really liked this short up until the point where Young Dude started
giving his grand speech about the unfairness of life and social upbringing being the difference in everyone's worth
or heaven or hell ones
suitable for anyone to give a discourse on the reality of human life, let alone when Young Dude was not in the calmest state of mind
I'm okay with the ambiguous ending, though. It's not satisfying, but I think it ties up with the themes of
the uncertainty of life after death and what one can do to change the final destination. To spell it out to the audience would rob the outcome of the unknown of the ethereal. Death Billiards is not trying to give a message of morality and what one should do in order to go to heaven/avoid hell, and to clear the mystery for the sake of the audience would have felt far too moralistic for my tastes.
Great animation, superb music, yadda yadda. People more in touch with the fine details of cartoon-making will have much more to say about that. It was a thrilling thirty-minutes or so, and the storytelling was very impressive in how efficiently it developed its characters in the allotted time. Four out of five jellyfishes, Little Witch Academia is still the anime to beat this year.
cj_iwakura
Member
Cuticle Detective Inaba 2
Is it wrong that Yuta is my favorite character? And somehow he's the sanest one there.
I love the rampant insanity, funniest show I've seen since Excel Saga.
Is it wrong that Yuta is my favorite character? And somehow he's the sanest one there.
I love the rampant insanity, funniest show I've seen since Excel Saga.
Crash Station
Member
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure end
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I can't form any coherent thoughts right now, but I shall make a post later about my thoughts on the finale and series as a whole.
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I can't form any coherent thoughts right now, but I shall make a post later about my thoughts on the finale and series as a whole.
We should learn how to giving pipe equally like in NBA-GAF.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
It's up for the viewer's opinion. I'm gonna side with ducky here and say
whether they went to heaven or hell doesn't matter as much as how they confront death and how they look back at their own lives.
Do you want to make it something more? The attitude seems unnecessary.
I agree with your philosophy on Death Billiards though.
Art of wasting money.
No.
You watch the thing?
Is this what I think it means? Because what I'm thinking it means is lewd as hell.
I really hope you come back.
Come on. Was this comment really necessary? You can try to be somewhat sensitive mang.
In all honesty I think pierrot read too much into duckroll's comment about the intelligence of the viewer. I didn't read it like that at all but I can definitely see how it could be read as such. Having said that I don't think it was that serious of a comment judging by how I read it as well. Maybe it's just me.
Still, I did think it was a rather jabby comment and while some sort of reaction was warranted I don't think leaving the thread is really the response. If it makes you feel better pierrot, I enjoyed your contribution to the thread as well as the many offerings you bring to the table.
Okay.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The entire point is that
Young Dude never had any confidence in his own actions. He couldn't trust himself to win the game, hence why he panicked and resorted to beat the man at a game he was actually superior to him aka fisticuffs because old people are fragile and weak (except, as proven later, no)
Not yet.
But it seems absolutely appalling, and that's why it looks like it'll be great.
It wasn't that bad.
I mean, I expected Take on Me to play at some point, but still.
I would have beat that old man senseless if I thought the alternative was
being turned into a marionette.
Yep, its a meme from an rascal NBA player tweets.
I must be missing something because there is a huge disconnect in this sentence for me.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Pizzaroll is hipster incarnate.
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