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  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Yeah, we really do need to cut the TV Tropes chatter down. I mean, the thread on the TT thing is basically us reading the TV Tropes thread and reposting what we see, which isn't exactly useful, since it's right there on TV Tropes.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    OK then.

    This thread is not about Gurren Lagann and how the second episode has redeemed the series in my eyes.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    What is it about, then? :P
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    Probably something more interesting. :P
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    About how I'll have to slap the next smartass bitch I see.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^^^I'm not responding that (fourth episode aside) the show just gets stronger from there.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    Ooh, I can be a smartass bitch!

    But first someone needs to say something stupid and mockable...
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ^ Like "Kamina being cool"?

    :P
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I was tempted to be really catty and copy paste someone else's post, but thought much better of it.
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-08-09 22:45:49
    How exactly can the second episode redeem a series?

    Did you dislike the first episode so much you thought the whole series would automatically be terrible?

    Even though, in general, the first episode is rarely representative of the rest of the show?
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    I was tempted to be really catty and copy paste someone else's post, but thought much better of it.
    See, that would've been funny, but only if it was one of my posts.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Careful not to watch the fourth episode, lest it unredeem the series.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.

    "ANIMATION IS A MAN'S SOUL!"
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^^I like you though, and you don't often say things I consider dumb, which would remove the catty fun from it.
  • DYREDYRE

    Watched two episodes of Uta Kata.  It feels like Kannazuki No Miko.  That's not a very good thing.

    Giving up on that for now, gonna try watching Minami-ke because somehow I've never watched it even though it's pretty popular as far as moe slice-of-life is concerned.

    Oh, then I guess I should get back to Evangelion, but... not right now.  Minami-ke is more important.  Maybe.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Did you dislike the first episode so much you thought the whole series would automatically be terrible?

    Yes.

    Even though, in general, the first episode is rarely representative of the rest of the show?

    shut the fuck up. >.>

    More to the point, I just didn't like many of the things that were shown there, like the animation style, the writing, Kamina, Yoko fanservice and the like.

    And I was told this things would stay. Just sayin'.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    I don't remember the fourth episode being significantly worse than any other episode I watched (which goes up to somewhere around episodes 11-12).

    I'd post the trollface image, but that's my actual opinion.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^The animation takes a significant dip and it's just dumb in a way that's not self-aware like the rest of the show.

    ^^I like the Yoko fanservice. No, I'm not apologizing.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I like Yoko, she's cool and brash and funny. But I feel that it's too blatant for me to not groan. 
  • DYREDYRE
    Well... it's Gainax.  Fanservice is kinda something they do.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-08-09 22:58:31
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I'm pretty sure that the Yoko fanservice, much like Bayonetta's, is part of the affectionate parody aspect of the show. I mean, it's still genuine fanservice, but much like in Haruhi, it was presented in a way that made me chuckle.

    ^Bibliotheca Mystica De Dantalian has honestly surprised me with its complete lack of fanservice. I'm sure they'll make up for it with a mindfuck ending.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-08-09 23:01:05
    Has friends besides tanks now
    I'm thinking back on it, and . . . I don't know how much there was actually worth hating; I think something didn't jive with me on some level, and the show bored me, but the hatred of it actually comes from everyone else liking it for the same reasons I disliked it. Maybe it's me projecting and using this show's messages as a surrogate for a hero-worshipping (not just specific people--literally the concept of a "hero", as he has imagined an ideal hero to be), shonen-inspired friend of mine. Ironically, he also hates this show (though more because [Kamina wasn't "man" enough not to get killed], so that also says something about him).

    And yes, for some reason I have an irrational hatred of this show. Just because I acknowledge that doesn't mean I'm gonna try it again. Just sayin'. >.>
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    @Malkavian: I dunno, when I watched it the first time, it wasn't really that endearing to me. 
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Man, I hope you don't get too offended, but your friend is kind of dumb.

    ^Oh, I can understand why people would be turned off by it. It's gratuitous and over-the-top, but that's part of the appeal for me. For what it's worth, it's only at the same level in a couple of episodes and Yoko is sexy-badass in said episodes.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-08-09 23:09:41
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ". . . but your friend is kind of dumb."

    I've told him this to his face countless times. Luckily, our friendship is such that we don't do it in a hard feelings sort of way (usually).

    But that basically scratches the surface. He's also brought a kunai knife to school in his back pocket multiple times because he thinks it's a cool thing to have on him, and cut his thumb because he drew it along the edge of a huge-ass foldable shuriken to prove it was sharp.

    So yes, he's quite dumb in some respects, and a total Japanophile (specifically, of the "samurai and ninja and martial artists are so boss!" variety). He's pretty funny, though, and generally nice.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Hopefully, it's just a phase.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Fuck, I'm on episode 3, and i have to ask...

    jus how damn big is that katana?
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-08-09 23:15:13

    So I think I switched to using Opera instead of Firefox.

    It saddens me that there is apparently no way to hide the "File, Edit, View, etc." menu though.  In Firefox I had it so it only showed up if I hit Alt, but... I don't think I can do that in Opera.  Oh well.  I guess that's pretty minor.

    Oh, also apparently middle-clicking the reload icon in Opera does not open the current page in a new tab.  This bugs me as well.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    It's a the very least a nodachi.

    For the non-weeabos, they were long-ass swords used a lot by horseman and sometimes by samurai to prove how SUPER BADASS they were.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-08-09 23:15:18
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^^The katana is long as it needs to be to make the scene awesome.

    This fact is arguably foreshadowing. No, I'm not kidding.
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