I made some comments in that Off-Topic thread about Pixels, let me see if I can find them. But yeah, basically, my friend & I just rolled our eyes every few minutes at how stupid it was. My friend said the only "good" moment was when they were "playing" Centipede.
Friend invited me to see it since he works at the theater & gets free tickets to use each month.
Short review: uuuuggggghhhhhhhh. I'm very tempted to type up all the stuff that was just bad or rather, annoying about it. I swear, we kept rolling our eyes about every five minutes.
I'm glad his free monthly passes don't count towards box office sales. & I figured he would've been a bit more tolerant, but no, he hated it as much as me.
So let's talk about the biggest plot hole in this movie:
Cheat codes. Fine, gotta bring up cheats & codes & all that when talking about games, especially older ones, but.....1.) How the hell did the Game of Thrones guy enter them? There was no "controller" when he did it against the giant Pac-Man, so how would he know how to translate controller inputs to A CAR?! & the bigger issue at hand, 2.) WHEN THE HELL DID PAC-MAN OR DONKEY KONG EVER HAVE FREAKIN' CHEAT CODES!?!? & for that matter, in the intro, how did young Adam Sandler even "lose" at Donkey Kong? We see him beating the final stage, but then "GAME OVER" just zooms in and he lost. Uh, no, he defeated Donkey Kong, that's WINNING. Hell, if GoT guy even used cheat codes back in the day to win, how in the world did anyone not catch him!? HE WAS IN A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE!! Don't you think they'd do something to prevent stuff like that from happening?
What is that show about and why is it so good. Everyone was sour about it when it premiered than there was a huge twist and now everyone seems to love it.
What is that show about and why is it so good. Everyone was sour about it when it premiered than there was a huge twist and now everyone seems to love it.
The show is one that is clearly not for everyone, but basically (& quoting Wiki here):
In a dystopian future, Japanese authorities are cracking down on anyone caught using any risque language or distributing lewd materials in the country, to the point where all citizens are forced to wear high-tech chokers analyzing their every spoken word. A new high-school student named Tanukichi Okuma enters the country's leading elite "public morals school" to reunite with his crush and student council President, Anna Nishikinomiya. However, Tanukichi quickly finds himself entwined with the perverted terrorist "Blue Snow" when she kidnaps and forces him to join her organization, "SOX," in spreading semi-pornographic material across the city.
You REALLY need a high tolerance for dirty jokes & such. If I had to compare it, it's similar to another show, Seitokai Yakuindomo, except where that was a slice-of-life dirty joke comedy, this has more of an actual plot & the jokes themselves actually tie to said plot. I wouldn't be surprised if people were sour about it early on, though to hear more people are on board after the "twist", which I guess was
president girl/MC dude's crush discovers her locked away, uh...DESIRES & becomes yandere for MC
from episode 3, but I'm kind of surprised for some people it actually was the point of the show getting GOOD, as I figured it'd be the point of "naaaah, this show is getting too pervy/weird/stupid".
It's an acquired taste, that's for sure, as humor is very subjective, even more so when it comes to more dirty/sexual jokes. You'd have to find someone else to explain why they're enjoying it so much, though. I'm just finding it funny because "hahaha you gotta be serious I'm watching THIS happen in a cartoon/anime?" & it's making the inner high schooler in me laugh, but I totally understand if this wouldn't be up someone's alley/skeptical as to why this is considered popular, similar to Prison School, another series that's rather good yet has mature content.
......maybe not exactly how I'd describe it, but it's close. & yes, dat ED. Especially the "live-action" version.
Thinking it over, I actually want to go back & understand why some of my favorite comedies like Nichijou & Daily Life of High School Boys are my favorites. I know timing, the expressions, the delivery, & such are huge parts, but I think if I dug deeper as to why they work, I'd appreciate them more. I was always more of a comedy show kid growing up (I didn't mind action, but I wasn't for straight-up action like X-Men & such as a kid. It needed some comedy to gain my attention), so those tend to catch my attention first, though sometimes are the hardest to explain why it's good or not aside from "it made/didn't make me laugh".
What is that show about and why is it so good. Everyone was sour about it when it premiered than there was a huge twist and now everyone seems to love it.
ShimoSeka: IN A WORLD... where coarse language is banned and people are unable to express their feelings in normal relationship... One student, one revolutionary dares to commit lewd terrorism through expressive dirty jokes.
I'd give it a couple more episodes but you already got a feel for the main characters. Depending on how bad they fuck up Esdeath and Justice Girl will determine it
Let me rephrase that: How many episodes of AGK until we hear the majority of the main cast. We only needed about 1 or two for KlK because most of the cast was around from the start, excluding Ryoga.
...oh okay, so the next episode. Not sure if my opinion will change, but I'd rather get a good amount heard (i.e hear all the main characters we'll be listening to) before fully judging it.
Agreed. I try to let a few episodes worth sink in because my initial reaction sometimes is very different from my opinion afterwards, especially when I go from sub to dubbed since I need some time to get my ears adjusted to hearing a different voice when I'm used to hearing a certain one.
That's why I wanted to wait a few more episodes considering the rest of the cast will be fully introduced in episode 2 (I assume) & so far, the only real opinion I can form so far is on the MC guy, who's just....okay, which isn't enough to give a full opinion on the entire dub.
With regards to "A World Without Dirty Jokes", its more a function of people thought the show wasn't worth paying attention based on the premise at the start of the season but then people who actually watched it started telling other people and things snowballed from there. When you have pages of just reaction gifs, it makes other people curious. The show was actually funny from the start and has only gotten funnier. For a show ostensibly about sex, its more interested in making you laugh and shocking you rather than arousing you (though some of that can't be avoided). There are actually nuggets of interesting social commentary in the show too and it plays with gender dynamics in interesting, mostly positive ways (though the show is still clearly written from a male perspective and I assume male author). However, there are certainly moments that can shock and rub people the wrong way so I imagine there will be people who are very turned off by the show. In the end I'd say its a good show (and thank god it got licensed by someone who can produce good dubs). I imagine it will probably be a good seller for Funimation.
I always thought a show called "A World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Does Not Exist" would be entertaining from the name alone and the promise of ero-terrorism but it was better then I thought
I feel like I should rewatch Arietty. I kind of remember parts where it did a great job of world building/showing the world from the main girl's view because of how small she was & making use of every day objects in order to get around the house. But yeah, it was kind of dull for the most part, & what bummed me the most is that it just "stops", right when things could've been interesting.
