firehawk12
Subete no aware
Right after Obsidian gets to make a spiritual sequel to Planescape Torment!We wouldn't have to suffer if we were given another season of Marimite.
Oh wait...
Kickstarter time.
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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Oh wait...
Kickstarter time.
Yes, I watched Avalon. In a cinema no less. My friends were -not- pleased with my choice of film. Lol.
That reminds me of something I read in the Patlabor archive thing tonight (best purchase evar)--how, after Miyazaki's Cagliostro, Oshii had been set to direct the next Lupin movie, but his concept for it--of having a Lupin movie without Lupin, with his absence taking over, or 'stealing,' as it were, the movie--was deemed too complicated and as he had no other ideas to offer, he was forced to resign. Where he then went on to direct the first Patlabor movie, apparently.
Paprika has a weak and confused narrative and it's preoccupied with a disgusting fat guy. Not that I have anything against fat people, but the movie goes out of its way to make him act as grossly as possible for some reason.
I actually haven't seen Paprika yet.
That's true. In case it came across that way I didn't mean it to apply in regards to Hyouka. I too can't really blame them, I just thought the show looked so great, so many beautiful shots. Branduil already did it in his impressions post of Episode 20 but I'll just repeat it here if I may:
That's true. In case it came across that way I didn't mean it to apply in regards to Hyouka. I too can't really blame them, I just thought the show looked so great, so many beautiful shots. Branduil already did it in his impressions post of Episode 20 but I'll just repeat it here if I may:
Chitanda=KyoAni
Remember when Oshii used to make beautiful 2D animated films with the right balance of fun, philosophy, and dreamlike imagery?
This show really didn't turn out the way I thought it would.
No, not really. I've only ever been a fan of his Patlabor stuff. The rest all kinda suck.
No, not really. I've only ever been a fan of his Patlabor stuff. The rest all kinda suck.
I can't say anything about the show, but Beautiful Dreamer is pretty good.
Jex
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Oh no you didn't! Can you expand upon that?
Zoramon089
Banned
Because it is and doesn't rely on typical nonsensical visuals and a plot that's thoroughly confusing. Also...lucid dreams are seldom super weird. People always keep using the excuse Paprika takes advantage of being in a dream by having lots of crazy visuals but really...it's not like that for most people
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Lag-Range!! 05
It's not just that the show doesn't know whether it was to be about cute girls doing cute things or a space opera about warring nations, but that it does none of these things well. The fanservice is there, but it's so vapid and the characters so uninteresting that it feels tacked on. Visual titillation can only carry a show so far before the formula gets stale. The first season did the same thing, but it excusable back then because it introduced elements to stir the trio's dynamics. Now that they are best girl friends forever it seems like the writers have given up on fleshing out their characters and exist solely as cardboard cutouts of otaku tropes meant for merchandise advertisement. And then the sci-fi elements are more dressing and technobabble than an actual setting. Lagrange is so tightly structured around the main trio that the politics aspect just doesn't have enough space to effectively dish out all the necessary ingredients for it to blend nicely. For this to work out you should have ideally shown more about the war itself, but, like I said, the focus was never that.
Yurikano and her stupid arc have ruined Flower Declaration of my Heart forever. This should have been a one cour thing.
It's not just that the show doesn't know whether it was to be about cute girls doing cute things or a space opera about warring nations, but that it does none of these things well. The fanservice is there, but it's so vapid and the characters so uninteresting that it feels tacked on. Visual titillation can only carry a show so far before the formula gets stale. The first season did the same thing, but it excusable back then because it introduced elements to stir the trio's dynamics. Now that they are best girl friends forever it seems like the writers have given up on fleshing out their characters and exist solely as cardboard cutouts of otaku tropes meant for merchandise advertisement. And then the sci-fi elements are more dressing and technobabble than an actual setting. Lagrange is so tightly structured around the main trio that the politics aspect just doesn't have enough space to effectively dish out all the necessary ingredients for it to blend nicely. For this to work out you should have ideally shown more about the war itself, but, like I said, the focus was never that.
Yurikano and her stupid arc have ruined Flower Declaration of my Heart forever. This should have been a one cour thing.
Jex
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I think it's important to remember that works for a 'general audience' can, apparently, never have enough exposition in them to inform every audience member. The amount of people who are regularly confused by fairly well-explained stories seems to suggest that people are really bad at paying attention to what they're watching, probably because their browsing the internet on their phone.
Maybe he doesn't care for androgynous men named Story the Five Star.
hosannainexcelsis
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A Bandai sci-fi special package arrived from RightStuf today:
The Wolf's Rain cover is hot:
The Wolf's Rain cover is hot:
Better picture from the Internet
Jex
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Three space-shows in one order! Neat.
*coughs*
Anyway, piecing stuff together is hard. Even people who can do it often don't want to.
Jex
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Neither Oshii nor Miyazaki want to back down first. They're going to have to take each other down in a fight to the death.
Wait theres a DVD release of Fantastic Children?
Yeah, Bandai released it. I have it too!
Jex
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Sure, some films definitely require you to put together the pieces and assemble the story for yourself, an extreme example would be something like Primer which is extremely complicated and confusing.
However, I was thinking about movies like Inception which have scripts that are really designed to let the audience know about all the important details of how all the mechanics in the movie works. Even in cases where everything is apparently laid out clearly some people, apparently, cannot follow what's happening. Which I suppose is just inevitable.
Jex
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Hey, there are some manly men too. It's a fine balance.
Inception actually encourages people to completely overthink it to the point of absurdity. Its not surprising people still end up confused. And if anything, the constant barrage of exposition only serves to numb the viewer.
I just noticed the tears in her eyes for the first time.
Now my heartmuscles are aching.
I just keep smiling.
All those things don't matter. Only visuals do, and Paprika is far more interesting than Inception in that aspect.
Don't fall into self parody. :/
I think it's a bit too late for that!
This is a true statement.
Inception had more cute white people.
Why?
Paprika had more awesome psycho people jumping from windows.
Razgriz-Specter
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Wow just got that Madoka figure I posted for $3. cheapest anime figure ever.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It exceeded expectations!
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Saint Seiya Omega 18
Not as pathetic as previous episodes, probably because it wasn't so obviously filler and they had a bigger budget with which to work here. It's still very forgettable despite its half-assed attempts at character drama.
Umakoshi is wasted on material like this.
Not as pathetic as previous episodes, probably because it wasn't so obviously filler and they had a bigger budget with which to work here. It's still very forgettable despite its half-assed attempts at character drama.
Umakoshi is wasted on material like this.
So what you are saying is that we shouldn't take anyone who posts here seriously.
Crash Station
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Inception wasn't crazy enough. They were supposed to be in a dream, not Mission Impossible
I was asking cajunator, and dreams are pretty mundane much of the time.
Crash Station
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Hellsing321
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Why do we always compare Kon's and Nolan's worst films against each other? Why not their best?
Millenium Actress vs
FIGHT!
Millenium Actress vs
The Prestige
KO Traveling Hobo
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JGL > animu girls
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My dreams involve posting on GAF about the dreams I had the previous night.
I don't brag about my vices in real life.
How is it bragging? The anime isn't the reason you have money on the card.
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