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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On April 26 2011 08:32 Southlight wrote: http://myanimelist.net/profile/nightseternal Still in progress, will be in progress for a while. You disliked Angel Beats! that much? The ending wasn't great, but I wouldn't rate it lower than a 6. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
Also Hanazawa Kana's voice sounds kinda weird on Yuki. Like I'd picture Yuki with a slightly deeper voice I guess. *shrug* On April 26 2011 10:25 tonight wrote: You disliked Angel Beats! that much? The ending wasn't great, but I wouldn't rate it lower than a 6. On March 15 2011 09:20 Southlight wrote: I woulda given it a 3 or 4 ;x That's what he said after I rated it a six when I watched it last month. | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
On April 26 2011 10:25 tonight wrote: You disliked Angel Beats! that much? The ending wasn't great, but I wouldn't rate it lower than a 6. That's nothing compared to dropping Haruhi after 3 episodes :/ | ||
GMarshal
United States22154 Posts
Also I'm going to start watching Angel Beats, I watched episode one and it looks good, but I guess we'll see. | ||
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OutlaW-
Czech Republic5053 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21243 Posts
On April 26 2011 02:34 triangle wrote: I echo everything said here... there are lots of shows that are genuinely intellectually stimulating. Ergo Proxy is not one of them. If you're considering Ergo Proxy, watch Ghost in the Shell instead. Ghost in the Shell was bland and generic. It barely touched on anything "intellectual" zzz. I don't understand why people give Ergo Proxy so much flak about being "pretentious." There were definitely themes and meanings to a lot of the references, and I don't pretend to understand the meaning of referencing random Incan mythology names, if there is any, but there's plenty of references with meaning that add to the show's plot and message to make it worth it. I agree with the pacing being slow and a bit excessive, and yes, maybe there were a lot of references thrown in for the sake of it, but to pretend the entire show had no meaning is just silly. Edit: This is an OK summary of it IMO. http://notcliche.com/shinkai/ergoproxy It's like literary analysis, oftentimes, the viewer/reader makes more of the work than the author intended, but that doesn't mean the author intended nothing to begin with. For example, I think the explanation of Real's name in the linked blog is a bit shakey, as is the whole "past, present, future" thing (fits really neatly if and only if you want it to, collapses otherwise), but you can definitely see that it makes some sense at a larger level. Is Ergo Proxy comparable in terms of philosophy to something like Nietzsche? Plato? Probably not. But again, to call it fake intellectual porn is willfully ignorant. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On April 26 2011 10:32 GMarshal wrote: I just finished reading the Battle Royal manga, I have to say it was really, really good, but man it had some messed up moments... overall though if excessive gore dosn't bother you I suggest reading it (although, I dare say I don't recommend reading it in public) Also I'm going to start watching Angel Beats, I watched episode one and it looks good, but I guess we'll see. It starts off really awesome. Sharp decline though around episode sixish. Also apparently the Madoka ending was so good, that it was enough to raise its score on MAL by .44 and put it into the top 10 animes of ALL TIME. ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/tQ6vw.png) | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
On April 26 2011 10:45 Ferrose wrote: It starts off really awesome. Sharp decline though around episode sixish. Also apparently the Madoka ending was so good, that it was enough to raise its score on MAL by .44 and put it into the top 10 animes of ALL TIME. I highly doubt that was the ending. Most people only rank shows once they finish them, and the influx of people finishing the show (apparently with high scores) brought the score up. Also, everything is overranked immediately after it ends, so Madoka will almost certainly fall fairly fast. I think it will still be top 30 by the end of the year though. Edit -- man, I'd take that Ergo Proxy source more seriously if their analysis of Haibane Renmei wasn't so bad :/ | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
Edit -- and I don't think the ending killed too many ratings either, so that can't hurt. The people who were upset by the ending are as far as I can tell a vocal minority. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
That, or they didn't care. Or most people are fanboys (most likely outcome). Or most people haven't seen and/or rated it yet. | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
On April 26 2011 10:58 Ferrose wrote: Yeah, but what I'm trying to say is that since people are still rating it highly (68.4% of users gave it 9 or 10), the ending obviously wasn't bad enough (amongst the general consensus) to sour everyone's taste. That, or they didn't care. Or most people are fanboys (most likely outcome). Or most people haven't seen and/or rated it yet. Nope, whenever there's a sudden rating change at the end of the show, that's due to people finishing it. Almost all ratings for Madoka at this point are from people who finished the show. Also, the ending wasn't bad at all imo. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On April 26 2011 10:58 Ferrose wrote: Yeah, but what I'm trying to say is that since people are still rating it highly (68.4% of users gave it 9 or 10), the ending obviously wasn't bad enough (amongst the general consensus) to sour everyone's taste. That, or they didn't care. Or most people are fanboys (most likely outcome). Or most people haven't seen and/or rated it yet. Like I said, the ending obviously wasn't bad enough to sour everyone's taste. Sure, the ending wasn't good, but it wasn't something like Berserk's ending. Additionally, look at all the people who give Lucky Star scores that are greater than 1 on MAL. MAL ratings cannot be trusted. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On April 26 2011 11:03 Sentenal wrote: Like I said, the ending obviously wasn't bad enough to sour everyone's taste. Sure, the ending wasn't good, but it wasn't something like Berserk's ending. Additionally, look at all the people who give Lucky Star scores that are greater than 1 on MAL. MAL ratings cannot be trusted. Sentenal's been hurt. Weren't you the one that never gave Lucky Star a chance after the 4th episode? *ahem* After the 4th episode.....director changes.  And to be honest, the entire pacing changes. But I guess I'm talking to a brick wall, because I'm sure you'll probably still hate it. Hahahaha. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On April 26 2011 11:27 Zergneedsfood wrote: Sentenal's been hurt. Weren't you the one that never gave Lucky Star a chance after the 4th episode? *ahem* After the 4th episode.....director changes. And to be honest, the entire pacing changes. But I guess I'm talking to a brick wall, because I'm sure you'll probably still hate it. Hahahaha. I'm sure I probably would, too. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On April 26 2011 11:27 Zergneedsfood wrote: Sentenal's been hurt. Weren't you the one that never gave Lucky Star a chance after the 4th episode? *ahem* After the 4th episode.....director changes. And to be honest, the entire pacing changes. But I guess I'm talking to a brick wall, because I'm sure you'll probably still hate it. Hahahaha. I don't even think that turning it into an awesome mecha show could save it in Sentenal's eyes.  | ||
Spazer
Canada8031 Posts
On April 26 2011 11:37 Ferrose wrote: I don't even think that turning it into an awesome mecha show could save it in Sentenal's eyes. I dunno, I think it'd be effective. I mean, he's reading Muv Luv just so he can play Muv Luv Alternative, after all... | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On April 26 2011 11:37 Ferrose wrote: I don't even think that turning it into an awesome mecha show could save it in Sentenal's eyes. Hahaha. I seriously don't know if I'm an irregularity. A lot of the stuff you guys watch I end up missing out on. I think after you guys recommended just watching Clannad, I went off a major tangent. If anyone notices my posts in this thread...a lot of time it's just status updates on new animes that I've watched. lolz | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On April 26 2011 11:41 Spazer wrote: I dunno, I think it'd be effective. I mean, he's reading Muv Luv just so he can play Muv Luv Alternative, after all... But with those characters? And that art style? Tough call. @ ZNF: I think most people here like Lucky Star. Sentenal is notorious for hating it. I thought it was all right but nothing worth recommending, unless you like parody comedies. | ||
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