I agree with a lot of this. I never liked the Nazi's to begin with (what the hell are Nazis doing in New Mexico anyway? I live in NM for Christ's sake and I haven't seen one) and nothing can beat Gus. There can be no one like Gus though. And the flashback thing also did limit them a lot when it came to writing. Granite State, while it couldn't live up to the hole that Ozymandias left, did do a lot emotionally. And I really liked Felina personally. I had expected something big and bombastic, which is what they were hinting at throughout the series; watching it though, I realized t hat it was the way that Breaking Bad was supposed to end. Every season finale had been quiet and meditated; the only one that was high paced was Face Off, which only has one big moment. We all expected another Face Off (or most of us did; I know I did), but I was more satisfied with how it ended.
Anime movies TV Shows Books/Manga OTPs (My ultimate shames) music Other Stuff Madoka Magica (Madoka, Homura) Say "I Love You" (Mei) Nagi No Asukara Attack on Titan (Mikasa) The Future Diary (Yuno) Deadman Wonderland (Shiro) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki Nagato) The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Tsuruya) Summer Wars (Natsuki) The Secret World of Arrietty My Bride is a Mermaid Beyond the Boundary 5 Centimeters per Second Kill La Kill Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't they? Romeo x Juliet 50/50 The Dark Knight The Social Network Ender's Game Side Effects Iron Man 3 Midnight in Paris World War Z Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln) The Producers (Max, Leo, Ulla) Les Miserables (Javert, Eponine) Tangled Pitch Perfect Breaking Bad (Jessie, Walt Jr.) Scrubs (JD, Carla, Turk) American Horror Story South Park (Mint Berry Crunch) The Daily Show Key and Peele (I really liked the skit they did at the nightclub with the burn victim) How I Met Your Mother (Barney, Robin) The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan (Manga) (Yuki-Chan, Kyon, Ryoko Haruhi Suzumiya Novels (Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki Nagato) Harry Potter Novels (Luna Lovegood) Les Miserables Rosario + Vampire (first series) (Kurumu) Sora x Namine Namine x Xion Yuki x Kyon Homura x Madoka Mei x Yamato Linkin Park (Powerless, Bleed it Out, Leave Out All The Rest) Skillet (Hero, Monster, Don't Wake Me Remix) Les Mis soundtrack Pitch Perfect soundtrack <<33 One More Time One More Chance (the song from 5 Centimeter Per Second) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Company (musical) RENT The Producers Favorite character: Homura Akemi [Madoka Magica] Creepy Pasta If you sing all of Springtime for Hitler, I will love you forever.
Personally, I love how it ended. It is definitely how it should have ended. I will agree that Ozymandias is the best episode. Speaking of which... I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.[4]
It also bugged me that there was no urgency in beating the game, or it didn't feel that way. I mean, some people I've talked to about SAO say they would love to be in that situation, which makes me think back toward pandering to the crowd. I understand it be a person's fantasy, but the situation is supposed to have a lot more gravity, or a lot more than they imply. They don't really seem to care if they get out, do why should I as the audience care? A test my script writing teacher does is that for any scene, if one of the characters just stops and give up on the main dilemma, does it change anything? If Kirito just decided to give in, would that have any affect on the show; I would have to say no. Obviously, there is no drive to return back home, so why should I care if they don't succeed? And it doesn't matter what anyone else would do in that situation, we're dealing with Kirito. We're not following the crap happy adventures of tummer or Plums. Kirito is supposed to be the hero, it's supposed to be his journey to grow as a person. But there can't be transformation of someone who is complete cardboard. He is not a hero at all. You may say that's the point, and I like the reluctant hero as much as the next guy, but you have to write him the right way, and all the writing for SAO just felt lazy.
That's fair. I only went to go see EG because my dad really wanted to see it. And while my modified post above talks about my views towards Hunger Games, I will say that the second book was the best in the series, so that's going to be somewhere on my radar. The one I'm looking forward to is The Delivery Man mostly because I really liked Starbuck (the movie its based on) and the same director is doing that.
Yes, I really liked the dub for it; iambic pentameter (most of the time) along with great references. And William himself as a character. Well, I've learned to not believe trailers. They're set up by people who have absolutely nothing to do with the production of the film (most of the time). They're job is to sell the film to the masses, so they will tend to lie. I only saw the Ender's Game trailer once when me and my dad went to go see the Metalica movie. I wasn't drawn in by it, it looked very generic to me, but my dad was captivated by it. He's what I would call the "target audience that the trailer wants" while I could care less for it. My opinion of the film changed after I watched it, and seeing it was nothing like the trailer. There is rarely ever truth in advertising, and that's just my philosophy on trailers. I would personally say to go watch it in theaters because the visuals are that good, but there is so much more things in store that make the movie great.
Trust me, I understand that every story is special. While just about every story told has the same formula (look up the monomyth for reference). There needs to be something to make it stand out from the rest though that makes it special. One show that I like is "Say I Love You". That could have been a very generic rom-com anime and it wouldn't have stood out to me. However, they went for the unconventional, took some risks, and I thought it was really great (although it's not one of the popular anime of 2012). The reason I dislike SAO is because it did not take any risks. It was very generic otaku fodder that took itself a bit too seriously. SAO is based off a light novel as well, but that shouldn't matter. It takes someone who understands what makes the source material work, what the deep underlying theme is to pull off a successful film adaptation. Ender's Game could have been generic of a movie as Pacific Rim was, but the director/writer/everyone else involved knew what made it work and drew from that. Let me dive into one other thing I don't like: The Hunger Games. I read all the books, and I thought that it was just "okay" but I wouldn't call myself a fan. My main problem is Katniss, who really doesn't get any developments in the books. I saw the first movie and I thought it was better than the book, but I didn't love it. Jennifer Lawrence brought a lot to the role that was missing from the books. While I'm not a fan of the books or the first movie, I can appreciate the work and effort that was put into the movie into making something different and meaningful. . Have you seen Romeo x Juliet?[DOUBLEPOST=1384824646][/DOUBLEPOST] I really loved it; one of the best movies of the year in my opinion (and I"m not that much into science fiction). I have not read the book, but the kid who plays Ender is a real talent. He captures what it really means to be that character. Fair enough; everything is going to have its fans. And that's okay. I like things that other people will think lesser of, but there is something that draws me to it. I was talking about more of a mass than individual; I mean, I'll probably forget all about it in time. All of this has been a discussion of taste, which is subjective from person to person.
Yes, there are worse, but it doesn't mean they don't have try try because of that fact. And I even stated before that I don't expect high art when I go into something, but I do expect it to have something to make it differen. It does that with the animation, but the story and characters are too generic. Think of it like this, there is a reason why Ender's Game is going to be a classic film while Pacific Rim will be forgotten in about a year, even though they have a lot of the same genre elements. SAO is fun, no question, but nothing about the way it's told is special.
Yes, I definitely agree with that, but I think that's also think that blandness is why it is so popular. It's like why girls like Twilight even though Bella is a bland character. Because Kirito is bland, it's that much easier for someone to insert themselves as a main character, especially if they are very young. Personally, I can't stand these characters, but that's something you have to deal with when it comes to most shonen anime.
Okay, I'll be fair here. SAO had some really great animation sequences, they always had you at the edge of your seat. The music was also fantastic; I was willing to give up some cash to buy the first opening on iTunes. All that being said, SAO's biggest weakness is its story. It had a great premise, but went nowhere with it. It was very cliched, most of the time, you could guess how things turned out, and Kirito and Asuna are so flatly written, they make Rooney Mara look busty. Technically, I like SAO. It has a lot of good things going for it. I can even say that some of the characters were good (to me, the most well written character was Suguha). Again I say technically because they are very lacking in what I want out of a show that is of this quality: a good plot. The plot for SAO is just a mess. I'm not looking for a masterpiece of anime, I just want something that is consistent and isn't pandering to generic otaku fandom (which it did).
I'm sort of in the same boat. I've watched plenty of series this year, some that I thought was better than the two you mentioned, but they weren't widely accepted like the other two shows have.
To me, it's the balance between light and dark inside all of us. That balance is needed to be a functional human being; too much or too little one one side is just setting up for failure.
I feel like a hypocrite for wanting to audition for this since I don't care for Star Wars that much. Still, an audition is an audition (I even freaking auditioned for the Vagina Monologues).
I'm doing okay, how are you?
And your opinion is your opinion. I think I liked some openers better than the original, but it's been a while since I listened to them. I just wanted to drop some trivia because I'm procrastinating college.
It's definitely the most popular for a reason. If I recall correctly, the original theme was an original song that they made for the English dub. The song was so freaking popular not just in English speaking countries, but around the world; so, every country based their theme for Pokemon around the English dub version.
That's like asking what's the point of a video game system, or what is the point of having a computer?
Mine is the ancient mariner from The Rime of the Ancient Marriner.
I'll be sure to link this thead when there is another update and people say that this current version is superior to the new one. I'm sure that the government will put this at the top of their list, just right before the one for building a Death Star.
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