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More thoughts on cartoons
18 Feb 2009 10:05 amLast night, one new thing and 4 old ones.
Kara no Kyoukai: WTF. As Ben guessed, this is based on a novel series which you're expected to be familiar with when watching the movie. Otherwise it makes NO FUCKING SENSE. Also, there was a bunch of pretentious philosophical bullshit, about flying and falling and souls and humanity and dreaming or some shit. Thumbs way down.
Ga-Rei Zero: Three episodes in, and it's still mostly incoherent. I disagree with Phil that it's dumb; there's a decent premise, but the execution is flawed. I think. It's hard to tell, because the explaining isn't happening very quickly.
Macross Frontier: Last night was the exposition + recap episode, #15. I can say that having seen the ending, the weird cryptic blah blah with Grace and them makes a lot more sense. Which is good, because they didn't just pull the ending out of their asses.
Daughter of 20 Faces: And suddenly, we've got wacky hijinks again!
Toaru Majutsu no Index: It had its three episodes to get me to care about the characters, and it failed. The problem is that there are tiny bits of "this could be interesting" (like tragic-past guy), but I loathe the main cast. I hate the squeaky voices. I hate the way the story is told. I don't see anybody's motivations for what they're doing. So I'll be leaving early the rest of the semester.
Unlike some whiners, I actually give every show a fair chance. If it offends or disgusts me after one episode, I'm done with it. (Or if the concept is offensive, like that shitty pedo show trend, I skip it entirely.) But since I'm a grown-up who doesn't say "I'll only watch shows of type XYZ," I'll watch 2-3 episodes of just about anything. If it doesn't suck me in, no big deal. I won't go out of my way to watch more of it.
'Cause, you know, the main purpose of a damn anime club is to expose you to shows you might not watch otherwise, and you may find a new show or genre you like. You might be surprised, if you're not a whiny 12-year-old who refuses to leave his tiny little box.
Kara no Kyoukai: WTF. As Ben guessed, this is based on a novel series which you're expected to be familiar with when watching the movie. Otherwise it makes NO FUCKING SENSE. Also, there was a bunch of pretentious philosophical bullshit, about flying and falling and souls and humanity and dreaming or some shit. Thumbs way down.
Ga-Rei Zero: Three episodes in, and it's still mostly incoherent. I disagree with Phil that it's dumb; there's a decent premise, but the execution is flawed. I think. It's hard to tell, because the explaining isn't happening very quickly.
Macross Frontier: Last night was the exposition + recap episode, #15. I can say that having seen the ending, the weird cryptic blah blah with Grace and them makes a lot more sense. Which is good, because they didn't just pull the ending out of their asses.
Daughter of 20 Faces: And suddenly, we've got wacky hijinks again!
Toaru Majutsu no Index: It had its three episodes to get me to care about the characters, and it failed. The problem is that there are tiny bits of "this could be interesting" (like tragic-past guy), but I loathe the main cast. I hate the squeaky voices. I hate the way the story is told. I don't see anybody's motivations for what they're doing. So I'll be leaving early the rest of the semester.
Unlike some whiners, I actually give every show a fair chance. If it offends or disgusts me after one episode, I'm done with it. (Or if the concept is offensive, like that shitty pedo show trend, I skip it entirely.) But since I'm a grown-up who doesn't say "I'll only watch shows of type XYZ," I'll watch 2-3 episodes of just about anything. If it doesn't suck me in, no big deal. I won't go out of my way to watch more of it.
'Cause, you know, the main purpose of a damn anime club is to expose you to shows you might not watch otherwise, and you may find a new show or genre you like. You might be surprised, if you're not a whiny 12-year-old who refuses to leave his tiny little box.
