Quote from: Verbatim on April 11, 2017, 11:58:04 PM

huh
I thought you'd at least somewhat enjoy Perfect Blue.

If I hadn't already seen films like Black Swan or Enemy prior to it, I probably would've enjoyed it a lot more. Though I agree, 4/10 is probably too harsh. In fairness, even if I ultimately enjoyed those two films more, both of them came out several decades after Perfect Blue, so I should probably give it some more credit. Or who knows, maybe part of me just doesn't want to admit that I enjoyed an anime.

If nothing else, I obviously appreciated the underlying themes of "fanservice is cancer; human beings are not mere objects," etc. but at the same time, I felt like how the rape scenes were animated kind of undermined that message a little bit. It fell into the same trap (though to a much lesser extent) as shows like Kill La Kill and that Me!Me!Me! where they flash a bunch of sexualized imagery in your face to prove the point that fanservice is silly. It just seems very counterintuitive, but Perfect Blue was made in the late 80s, so clearly, it's gonna be a bit more tame on that front.

I've talked about this before, but I really think rape scenes have to be filmed or animated very carefully in order to work, and I just haven't seen it done well in an anime yet. It always feels like the animators were jerking themselves off the whole time, which logically goes against the nature of a rape scene, right? You're not supposed to enjoy it. It's not supposed to be erotic, yet it's always shot in a sexually provocative way. That's always annoying.

I also wasn't impressed with the VAing or the art design.

That said, if I rewatched it, it could easily go up to a 5/10 or even a 6/10. I agree that 4/10 is probably too low. A lot of my scores could probably be revised if I gave it a second watch--I'm just short on time these days.

Dude PLEASE, I want your full unfiltered thoughts on the entirety of both.

i could probably do eva since it's (apparently) supposed to be the citizen kane of anime, and it's important or whatever

but i'm gonna need a reason to watch code geass all the way through, other than you wanting me to

I forgot P&SwG.

We all want to forget P&SwG.

Environmental differences still aren't biological?

No.

i've been watching a lot of anime since january

you people are fucking tasteless shitheads

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Dragon Ball - I had to stop at episode 28. Hated all the characters except for Goku himself, and Yamcha to an extent. Its relentlessly perverted sense of humor started to grate on my brain after awhile. If it could go a single episode without making a dumb sex joke involving Bulma's breasts, maybe the show would've been more tolerable--especially when it's clear that it's meant for babies. I'm surprised I made it as far as I did, to be honest. 5/10

Astro Boy - Stopped at episode 3. An interesting piece of Japanese animation history that warrants little more than a respectful glance today. 5/10

Akira - Mostly boring and kinda dumb. The aesthetic was nice, though. 5/10

Perfect Blue - I only watched this because there's a shot-for-shot homage to it in one of my favorite films, Requiem for a Dream. Unfortunately, it wasn't anywhere near as interesting as that movie. I found myself bored and wanting it to end about 10 or 20 minutes in, and though I plowed through it, I wasn't at all rewarded for my patience. 4/10

Ghost in the Shell - Complete waste of time. I have so much I could say about this stupid-ass movie and how much it pissed me off, but it's more than I care to fit in this three-sentence blurb. I'd probably just end up pissing other people off anyway. Point is, I hated it, and this is a shining example of why anime is such a godawful medium. 2/10

My Neighbor Totoro - Boring and safe, like every Miyazaki movie. 5/10

Spirited Away - 5/10

Princess Mononoke - 4/10

Ponyo - 3/10

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Stopped at episode 3. What can I say about it? It's terrible. I think even most anime fans would agree. 2/10

Princess Jellyfish - Stopped at episode 3. Don't have much to say about it. 3/10

Spice & Wolf - Stopped at episode 6. Everything about this show annoyed me, except for the premise. It had its moments, but they were heavily overshadowed by stereotypical dumb anime bullshit. 4/10

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - I actually finished this series. Like a trainwreck, it was just difficult to look away. I don't think I need to go into my thoughts on this show, because my thoughts on it have been on record for ages. Simply put, it is the perfect amalgam of everything I detest about not only anime--not only Japan--but the human race and life itself. It truly has it all. The good news is, I will likely never see a more vomit-inducing show for the rest of my life, and that's honestly quite comforting to know. 1/10

Kill La Kill - Stopped at episode 2. 1/10

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Finished. 1/10

Inuyasha - Stopped at episode 5. Dragon Ball for girls. 4/10

Pokémon - I watched this throughout my childhood, and I've revisited it several times, so I'm heavily biased in its favor. Though bad, the characters are all pretty great, and the dialogue is wonderful as long as you don't take everything too seriously. It has some of the best humor of any Japanese show I've ever watched. Probably my favorite anime, and most likely always will be. 5/10


Currently slogging through and alternating between the big four, just to get them out of the way.

.....So?

some people are babbies about that sort of thing

Driving

i can understand rorschach's perspective, but whereas he's an absolutist, i'm more of a universalist

What is your name

Is it just me, or are you changing your profile pic every few seconds?

Edit: Ian, I mean.

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/his/ nerds gonna /his/

>finish playing zelda for the night
>quiz tomorrow
>still trying to recover from this flu i've had for a week
>fall asleep at midnight
>wake up at 3:00 AM to a monstrous noise coming outside
>my windows are shattered and the wind is blowing ferociously
>hail the size of golf balls are pelting the house
>literally the most furious storm i've ever experienced in my life is happening
>the power is completely out and i can't see anything whatsoever
>still half-asleep, not fully grasping the situation
>wonder if i'm dreaming
>hear my mother calling us (me and my sister) down in a sheer panic
>can't hear her at all over the noise, but could make out the word "tornado"
>sister remains in her room because she can't hear
>pound on her door and tell her to head downstairs
>she does after ten seconds
>was completely naked because that's how i sleep usually
>trying to find some fucking pants in the dark before heading downstairs
>can't find any
>i'm actually going to fucking die because of this stupid-ass shit
>literally where the fuck are my pants
>find some
>run downstairs, grab my cat, and head to the basement where everyone else is
>we sit cowering in the basement for 30 minutes
>storm decides to cool its shit as we head back up
>we discuss how fucking terrifying that was for another hour
>decide to head back to sleep
>i'm thinking "there's no way there's class tomorrow"
>can't sleep for obvious reasons; stay up for another 5 hours
>no wifi or electricity; play minesweeper before my laptop dies
>i can't even fucking study for that stupid quiz
>8:00 PM
>we look outside
>broken windows
>trees are fucking everywhere
>sister's car is totaled
>roofs are blown off
>powerlines are completely toppled and shredded
>all of our food is rotting and we can't heat it up
>our water isn't running, so i can't even shower (haven't done so all weekend)
>there's trash and shit blowing all over the place
>tires and logs and garbage strewn across people's yards
>my bus to school totally canceled
>i don't even know if class is canceled today and i can't check
>if we have class and i don't go, i'm gonna miss a quiz which i can't make up for
>if we have class and i DO go, i get to fail a quiz that i could not study for
>if we do not have class, having my mother drive me up there and back would be a waste
>literally can't even check
>one sign of hope: my mother's phone has 4G
>try to check my school e-mail
>can't
>the website blocks you out unless it detects that you're using THEIR laptop
>why the fuck don't laptops have 4G
>why are phones so fucking bullshit
>have my mother drive me all the way to campus; no other choice
>we do have class and we did have that quiz
>do it; probably failed miserably
>sitting here waiting for mother to come back again
>when i get home, there will still be no food, electricity, or wifi

WOOOOOOOO LIFE IS TOTALLY AWESOME

gonna be away

It's legit

Imagine that toppling onto you.

Ouch.

"Hot" - das, probably

What is it?