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Final episode for today, episode 13: You guys said the animation in this season was better, but as someone currently mostly skipping past the action sequences that are apparently supposed to shine, everyone seems to inexplicably look a little weirder and uglier than they used to. I said this was the final episode for today, but then the preview for the next one started playing and it's the Minako episode, so I'm hoping I can end on a good note here because even though she hasn't appeared very much this season, when she has, she's still been herself and making me laugh...although if this is HER episode, that probably means bad things are going to happen to her and I might regret this, but then again I can just right arrow past that and pretend it didn't happen so I guess it's okay; also, the more I get done now, the less I have later:

Episode...uh, 11, I think: Episode probably 12: I should also mention: I'm skipping several minutes near the end of each episode as of now - the moment one of the creepfaces says "one", I'm hammering that right arrow past the rest of the battle stuff unless I just happen to see something that piques my interest. Just don't have the patience anymore, and I'm not even that far in. This should help get past this.

I know: I stand by what I said, .

Episode 9 of SuperS: Episode 10 of SuperS:

Won't ever match up to the legacy of Suburban Sasquatch, though.

Definitely seemed weird. It's something I almost overlooked because...based on Makoto's general personality type, you'd almost *think* it would make sense for her stronger personality type...until you think back and reflect and realize that it's simply not the case: Makoto has always been lovey-dovey empathetic and a patient believer in others, and it's really more of a Rei thing if it was going to be anyone. Last episode (8) for the day:

Okay, so...I must have misplaced the first five episodes, because the second episode is actually episode 6. I don't know where they went, so I'm just going to pretend that I know what's going on and keep going.

In another life where Usagi wasn't already destined to be Neo, maybe they could've both been proper man-haters together. Hell, the only other dudes Usagi ever attracted were Umino at the beginning of season 1...and Ail...and Price Demande...and probably a whole host of other dudes I'm forgetting about right now, but ignore all that because it doesn't support my point.

The first explanation, that they just went together for most people who were actually read the manga at the time, probably makes more sense, but the other explanation is funnier, so I vote that. If I know anything about specifically arrogant artists/creators, they have a tendency to think fans just "didn't understand" or were "biased" or running on "nostalgia" as a result of watching the original show 20 years ago or whatever. More or less the same crap fans of the new crap say... Episode 1 of SuperS Episode 5 of SuperS ❔❔❔

Huh. Yeah. Figures. That does hint at more input from her, but who knows at this point. Truth still is, considering that the creative team took their hat and went to do something else after SuperS, is that the Toei messed it up. Hard. Oh by the way, something I haven't talked about. By the time the anime began airing they didn't even have the stock footage ready for it. The new transformations by Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon and their new attack was... only partially on screen for the first two episodes. If that doesn't give any more credence to the troubled production theory, then what does? Probably more likely he was just being diplomatic: no producer for a show is going to be like "oh yeah we've had to do complete re-writes of the show for the past few seasons because the stuff in the manga was straight up unworkable trash", especially not for a liked author. I tried to go through some of the manga to see what it had to say about Helios, but this stuff is really difficult to even skim through: there's just so little that's fun or likable about it, everything is so danged serious almost all of the time outside of like the beginning of an arc, and it seems really repetitive. How did they ever make anything out of this?

Sorry, I can't watch AMVs: it's against my religion. And I gave it a try anyways and nearly spontaneously combusted instantly, so, you know, don't say I never did nothing for ya. Did she ever give her feelings on SuperS? You've mentioned her feelings on just about everything about the show EXCEPT that (I think!), so you know, I'm naturally curious... Sailor Moon S: The Movie! A few screenshots from near the beginning:

Oh, I've only taken some quick looks at some non-action scenes, so that makes sense.

Both you and Majestic have now mentioned SuperS as having the best animation, but I've taken peaks at it and it doesn't really look any different to me. What about it specifically looks better?

This seems like the same kind of specious reasoning that anti-vaxxers use to say vaccines cause autism. Yes, people who get vaccines also sometimes have autism...but unless the rates of autism between vaxxers and anti-vaxxers is significantly different (never mind the issue of reporting - I would imagine anti-vaxxers would be much less likely to bring in their kids to get tested for autism to begin with), then what are we talking about? Anti-vaxxers being worried about it is true to form - why are the experts?

Hope either/both are able to return. The NFL desperately needs a minor league to allow guys who are good athletes but bad at the football opportunities to grow, and while the CFL in of itself hasn't been exactly great for that, it's certainly a lot better than nothing. Drew Brees retired. Don't think we have any Saints fans here, but still kind of significant news. (e): Also, in Packers news, we just paid Aaron Jones a boatload of money...after having drafted a RB in the second round last year, who even looked quite impressive in the limited playtime he had behind two good backs. Ugh: I was so ready for him to walk and get overpaid by a different team. Paying RBs just...hasn't work out for basically anyone recently - I'd so much rather have the All-Pro center who was one of the critical component behind our collective RBs' success (as well as our QB's MVP season...), but I guess the Packers' brass feels differently. I guess Jones was only paid about 9 million a year with some additional incentives to earn an additional 3 million...and not a lot of it is guaranteed - compared to Elliot's 15 million a year with a big chunk of it guaranteed from a couple of years ago, I guess it's not the end of the world...but then again, Ezekiel Elliot has been an absolute workhorse every year but this past one, so eh.

hey pal, I'm sitting here minding my own business having SUCCESSFULLY FORGOTTEN that and you go ahead and remind me again, what's the big idea

Today is probably S: The Movie-watching day. If not today, then tomorrow morning: hope it's good.

I would've just kept it unplugged until at least ten minutes after the meeting started...juuuust to make sure.

@majestic @Lexx I took a glance at the show. Surprisingly great ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB - reviews mention that the show is both dark and gory as well as silly and comedic? Odd. I'm not one for straight superhero stuff, but if the main point isn't the superhero stuff, then it's not necessarily a dealbreaker. Animation style is kind of weird to me, but...not terrible, I guess - probably something you can get used to and learn to appreciate if you like the show otherwise.

@majestic @ArtistFormerlyKnownasKP I'm probably going to make pretty liberal use of my right arrow button when I watch SuperS...

@majestic Heh, I saw the original English dub of a scene from that episode a while ago, as well as some other random bits and pieces of SuperS and Sailor Stars. From just the clips I've seen, you'd almost think SuperS and Sailor Stars were just as good as the first three seasons...but I guess it's a bit of selection bias, .