Because on this site, comparing your enemy to trekkies scores you points.MKSheppard wrote:Why do you remind me all of a sudden of a whiny trektard complaining about Wong ripping your precious show to shreds?
Why Shep hates anime....
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It's not that.Yogi wrote:Because on this site, comparing your enemy to trekkies scores you points.
"it isn't the technology! it's the characters and plot!"
(typical scream of trektards these days when faced with
200GT TLs)
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
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I'd almost hesitate recommending Escaflowne (the series, not the film*) to Shep since it does have mechs in it, but it is very good. But he might also be turned off by the shojo-anime aspects.
*Not that the film is bad. It's just that the TV series is so much better.
*Not that the film is bad. It's just that the TV series is so much better.
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"And besides, who cares if a monster destroys Australia?"
That may be true. But in the case of Anime, the characters and plot are not what makes it better than real life, but instead its what keeps it a cut above the utter tripe that is North American cartoons and (generally speaking) gives it a status comparable to shows and movies played by real people. Its one of the reasons why anime is so popular and has such a huge cult following, because the characters and themes are either very captivating and entertaining, or are very "realistic".t's not that. [icon_twisted.gif]
"it isn't the technology! it's the characters and plot!"
(typical scream of trektards these days when faced with
200GT TLs)
Of course there are many childish and completely unrealistic anime features out there, but even those sometimes have more substance than alot of American cartoons and they certainly aren't the majority of anime.
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"It's like a kids game. A morbid, blood-soaked Tetris game..." - Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)
Notice, that we haven't been mentioning who can beat who in terms of Anime vs. whatever you like. Also notice that I didn't mension anything of the sort when I WAS debating with you (Sakura vs. Nazis, and please for the love of doG let that thread stay dead).MKSheppard wrote:It's not that.
"it isn't the technology! it's the characters and plot!"
(typical scream of trektards these days when faced with 200GT TLs)
Anime is generally not meant to be realistic. The settings are there only for the purpose of telling the story, not the other way around. In addition, Anime plots tend to be rather . . . creative, something that Americian filmakers could learn from.
I am capable of rearranging the fundamental building blocks of the universe in under six seconds. I shelve physics texts under "Fiction" in my personal library! I am grasping the reigns of the universe's carriage, and every morning get up and shout "Giddy up, boy!" You may never grasp the complexities of what I do, but at least have the courtesy to feign something other than slack-jawed oblivion in my presence. I, sir, am a wizard, and I break more natural laws before breakfast than of which you are even aware!
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It also has fantasy and Magic, so no good.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I'd almost hesitate recommending Escaflowne (the series, not the film*) to Shep since it does have mechs in it, but it is very good. But he might also be turned off by the shojo-anime aspects.
I wonder how Shep would react if tied down and forced to watch Shojo Anime. Better yet, Magical Girl anime.
Sailor Moon: Moon Spiral Heart Attack!
Shep: *Gurgle* (That was the sound of him chewing his own tounge off)
I am capable of rearranging the fundamental building blocks of the universe in under six seconds. I shelve physics texts under "Fiction" in my personal library! I am grasping the reigns of the universe's carriage, and every morning get up and shout "Giddy up, boy!" You may never grasp the complexities of what I do, but at least have the courtesy to feign something other than slack-jawed oblivion in my presence. I, sir, am a wizard, and I break more natural laws before breakfast than of which you are even aware!
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Hmmm.... me wonders why this thread is so active. Looks like I'm going to have to read all the pages now.
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Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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I'd sleep through it and when you untied me, I'd knee you in the groin,Yogi wrote: I wonder how Shep would react if tied down and forced to watch Shojo Anime. Better yet, Magical Girl anime.
and put my foot through your TV, and then use the broken shards of
your Sailor Moon DVD to perform unnecessary surgery on you.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
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You know, that's pretty much the standard thing to do before you even post in a thread in the first place.ArmorPierce wrote:Hmmm.... me wonders why this thread is so active. Looks like I'm going to have to read all the pages now.
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"And besides, who cares if a monster destroys Australia?"
Nah, I'd never buy the DVD for Sailor Moon. I can't even be bothered to download the stuff (not that I download anything illegally at all). I only saw the Sailor Moon S movie, and that was bad enough (I don't beleive in bashing anything until I've at least seen it first).MKSheppard wrote:I'd sleep through it and when you untied me, I'd knee you in the groin, and put my foot through your TV, and then use the broken shards of your Sailor Moon DVD to perform unnecessary surgery on you.
What's more disturbing than Sailor Moon, are the guys who LIKE Sailor Moon and other similar shows. Hitoshi Doi for example, has much too much time on his hands. His site is a gold mine of information, especially on Sailor Moon, but, ERGH.
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Yeah, but I'm usually to lazy so I just read the first few posts on the first page and then the last page and maybe if you're really lucky, the page before the last; particularly if it doesn't seem to interesting. I've now read all the pages and still don't understand why it's so popular. I don't understand what the hell most of you are talking about.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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*cough* Phong *cough*Yogi wrote: What's more disturbing than Sailor Moon, are the guys who LIKE Sailor Moon and other similar shows.
He brought the Sailor Scouts into the STGOD...
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
C'est la vie, Monsieur.MKSheppard wrote:*cough* Phong *cough*Yogi wrote: What's more disturbing than Sailor Moon, are the guys who LIKE Sailor Moon and other similar shows.
He brought the Sailor Scouts into the STGOD...
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The show itself is stupid and boring as hell, but I like the girls in it on a purely sexual basis.What's more disturbing than Sailor Moon, are the guys who LIKE Sailor Moon.
"The Cosmos is expanding every second everyday, but their minds are slowly shrinking as they close their eyes and pray." - MC Hawking
"It's like a kids game. A morbid, blood-soaked Tetris game..." - Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)
"It's like a kids game. A morbid, blood-soaked Tetris game..." - Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)
Techncially Sailor Senshi, but I'm being an annoying nitpickerMKSheppard wrote:*cough* Phong *cough*Yogi wrote: What's more disturbing than Sailor Moon, are the guys who LIKE Sailor Moon and other similar shows.
He brought the Sailor Scouts into the STGOD...
(And yes, I brought them in and they were hardly active except a couple of characters).
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Yep, there's "Omajo Doremi".Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Hey, Sailor Moon isn't that bad...
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I would rather be stabbed in the icepick with a groin than watch Sailor Moon.
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"The Wire" is the best show in the history of television. Watch it today.
"If more cars are inevitable, must there not be roads for them to run on?"
-Robert Moses
"The Wire" is the best show in the history of television. Watch it today.
I was unaware humans had an Icepick for a body part let alone know that I could stab someone with my groinI would rather be stabbed in the icepick with a groin than watch Sailor Moon.
Actually come to think of it. That Sailor Moon S movie with the Ice Queen was sorta good and entertaining. But everything else I have seen of Sailor Moon turns me off from it except for the cuteness and sex appeal of the chicks.
Oh yeah and back on topic. Shep, do yourself a favor and watch Jin Roh if you can get your hands on it. It should definately show you the true potential of what anime is capable of. Particularily if you prefer realistic artwork and storyline
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As I said....way back...go get yourself Jin-Roh or better yet Lone Wolf and Cub...you'll get a kick out of either.
Nothing cute or lovable in either
Nothing cute or lovable in either
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