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Blood-C has one big advantage: It's interesting enough to keep me occupied and therefore not needing to go back to Steins;Gate and Lady Asuka. It does have a disadvantage: It's not going to last very long. The episodes are showing signs of... let's say, degradation (Saykura's interactions become somewhat repetivite, and there's more AAAAAAAACSHUN than before), plus there's a whole bunch of things that all move along the expected paths. Still beats Steins;Gate since it doesn't make me cringe and except for Saykura sitting on Emo McEdgelordface for a moment after falling off a tree nothing too fanservicey or ha-ha "funny" (i.e. jokes that don't work) happend yet, outside of the intro sequence. Handily beats Lady Asuka because Saykura's shonen mode isn't permanent, and she's thankfully really silent while it is on. Which brings me to the other part that's weird, the monsters are all utterly stupid even if they appear to be highly intelligent and capable of speech, or there is some reason for them always toying with Saykura to the point where she goes full evil enraged shonen mode and just straight up murder death kills them. Because they always, ALWAYS just don't kill her in spite of having plenty of opportunities to do so. Also... The intro song is pretty good too. The English parts make me think that the singer is French. Obviously can't really tell if the Japanese has a noticable accent or not. His French is certainly better than his English, at least.

Saturday evening maintenance duty. Made the best of it and just worked the entire day, funny how much you can get done without constant interruption.

Well, Madoka contains some uncanny valley elements, right in the intro - something that was cut from the theatrical realease. Otherwise it's fine insofar as it looks like most modern anime does (i.e. very obviously digitally coloured). Hey look, you made Sakura angry! Heh. Three films, and one of them is porn... not bad.

Colloquially it's just calories, of course, but it's always actually kilocalories. We have both on our packages... and rice crackers hit harder than you might think, being all carbs and all. Include some fat and the suppesedly "healthy" snack clocks in at what, 1600kJ per 100g. Couple of crackers have enough energy in them to bike 12 miles or some such. Great. Might as well eat real food then.

Well, since you were pedantic, let me up that: It's probably kilocalories and kilojoules, right? I mean otherwise you could eat a literal ton of that stuff per day and still lose weight.

Would I use a Microsoft OS at work where I deal with a Microsoft ERP system... let's see... why yes, I do, actually. The Apple ID is purely for my phone. Our work mobiles are all iPhones.

Did you go and peek at what's going on or was the trailer that concinving? edit: Kind of mini-watch guide: There are three films and a TV show, the show exist in a TV broadcast version (which is what you get on streaming services) and a Blu Ray version. The BR version has updated animation, but also minor changes here and there (and some soundtrack shenanigans). The first two films, Beginnings and Eternal cover the events of the TV anime. They're better animated (although how much one likes the CGI-ridden modern looking anime style is an entirely different question) and much better paced than the show (over an hour of mostly redundant runtime was cut), but suffer from a weaker soundtrack and the disjointed feeling you get when watching what's essentially a made for TV anime stitched together into feature film length. The third film Rebellion is a direct continuation of the anime. Whatever way you pick to start is up to you, it's hard to recommend fully either way, but the broadcast version is the easiest to access, what with being on Netflix, presumably even in Australia, although who knows, distribution licencing is supremely weird. BR and movie versions look better, broadcast version sounds better (and with a Yuki Kajiura soundtrack, that matters). Movie version is better paced. Pick your poison, unless you want to experience the full artistic progression, in which case you can go broadcast, followed by a BR rewatch and the films, but that seems awfully redundant, even with the short runtime.

Sort of, if you count Alfred Bester being a telepath in Babylon 5 as commentary. It's a clear reference, at least. My appreciation for Babylon 5 has degraded in recent times - it's a show that suffers from rewatching it. The little things you gloss over the first time become more prominent, and you'll start to notice that it's a bit messy and that the actor's performances weren't really that good (with some exceptions, but Bruce Boxleitner and Patricia Tallman can't act even if their life depended on it). Having a serialized story is nothing special in this day and age either, but it was a huge draw at the time. Contains a dig at Deep Space Nine, because the concept was apparently presented to Paramount but not picked up, and they then came out with a space station based TV show that eventually also contained serialized storytelling (although not nearly as much as Babylon 5 did). Relies heavily on keeping you entertained through a slow unravelling of a mysterious conflict, and a completely rushed conclusion to a secondary plot line (in all fairness, that is due to the troubled commitment of the studio to the show) about the rise of a fascist regime. I'm a sucker for the mystery part, but that's also a big reason why rewatches aren't nearly as interesting. Once you know what's going on (and what is going on is a tad silly), the show loses a part of its appeal. Traded more newtonian space physics for straight up more space action somewhere in season three. Is very well worth a watch for fans of sci-fi, but I prefer Deep Space Nine. Cue random rabid Babylon 5 fan berating me in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Blood-C, Episode 4: Age kind of matters, guys. Sakura is endearing in her inability to understand the feelings of others towards her - and that's because she's 12. Saya on the other hand is denser than Sakura ever was, and not even her sheltered upbringing can fully explain that. Okay, yeah, Fighting Evil By The Moonlight (tm) probably does a number on your brain, particularily in such a scenario, but come on... Also can't shake the feeling that literally everyone she interacts with (possibly except for the twins, her other friend and the class rep) has some hidden agenda. Fumito rings every creepy Pegasus warning bell. Conclusion: I'm 11:29 in on the fourth episode at the point of writing this.

Apple decided to lock my ID for no particular reason, so I had to jump through some hoops to reactivate it. *sigh*

Oh, by the way, as you're already here @Gorth , how about watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica? Look at this bubbly trailer: But really, like, watch Sailor Moon first. The 90ies one, not Crystal.

It was something I came up with a while ago. Maybe one of the others still has the relevant PMs, if you really want to know, just don't blame me afterwards. I wash my hands of the entire sordid ordeal.

The actual Bruno would watch JoJo's for the hot muscle dudes.

For the love of all that is holy, that is one mean nightmare. I guess, you know, time for some expectation spoilers for the next two episodes - don't blame me if you cick and have expectations then! I'm pretty sure Bruno would watch Kill La Kill and like it for all the fanservice, and tell us all about his Ryuko x Mako fantasies. Although, I don't know, Satsuki's fascist regime should be right up his alley. Great, now I'll be stuck with that thought for a while.

Looks like I should watch entire episodes before posting about them. edit:

I'm always trying to pre-guess twists when I'm aware of them, which is a bit more problematic than simply not knowing and figuring it out passively. Sometimes I semi-jokingly manage, like with Vampire Princess Miyu. Still can't believe the anime pulled that off. Heh. Most twists aren't very surprising though. Why are you watching Elfen Lied by the way, the price of admission for this thread is watching Sailor Moon.

Halfway through Blood-C, Episode 3. Speculation: The twins remind me an awful lot of Yui and Ritsu, except even more extremely synchronized. Still expecting this to fall completely apart halfway through the show. edit: Speculation, part two:

Heh, when I think about it, the three animated films on my list could easily be called maudlin as well. Both Violet Evergaden and the Cardcaptor Sakura movies live off of being sentimental, just in very different ways. One is very heartwarming, the other is soul-crushing until the mood is ruined by the happy ending (and technically it retroactively ruins the series, but that's something else entirely...).

I don't mind, for all I care the entire show could be Saykura happily hopping up and down town singing to herself and being embarrassed by people hearing her.

Everything that ends with Sailor Moon and Steven Universe is well indeed, even if you happen across a Rebuild or two on the road. Or a Madoka in your case. edit: Or Cardcaptor Sakura. Heh.

Blood-C, Episode 2: Saya really is an older version of Sakura. She's blissfully unaware of what's going on around her, brings food to the boy she apparently likes, who really reminds me of Emo McEdgelordface from X, and who curiously enough always shows up directly after their teacher arrives. Alwas in the nick of time there, and always playfully chided about getting into trouble soon. Of course, two episodes isn't enough to fully form a pattern, but given Nanase Ohkawa's fondness for teacher and student romances, might there be something going on? It also doesn't help that the boy with the crush on Saya and her friend from the café both sound and look a good deal like Sakura's father (and Yukito - at least for looks, not the voice, you can't really copy Megumi Ogata). She also fights a tentacle monster plant thing in this episode, which looks an awful lot like a hentai'ed up version of a Leever from Zelda. A few weird scenes with a focus on the twin's behinds and Saya's legs where I don't really know if they were meant to demonstrate something or just there for a few bits of fanservice. Hard to tell with this one. So far, not the worst thing I've watched recently, although I've got to admit that the whole storyline isn't too interesting (yet?).

Looks like I lied with my assessment there. I have seen WALL-E too. It was fine. I felt like that poor tractor. More than once. It also never bothered me that it plays mostly on Earth - or that they visit Earth at all. I watched the He Man cartoons when they were on, but there was always something else I liked more.

Ah, I see. There's a goodly chance that Dark Star will turn out to be a bad idea either, but at least you're not going to be annoyed by any action.

There are some worthwhile things in there, regardless. I mean, obviously, you should not try Masters of the Universe, that's the epitome of bad 80ies action shlock and it's not even liked by anyone appreciating such things. Just by me. Well, and maybe @Raithe who understands the greatness that is Skeletor in the film. I can agree with that, more or less (Dark Knight was too messy for me). Begins had the easy task of measuring up to the prior Batman failures, so hey, not sure how much that... worked in its favor. Probably a lot. Fun fact, I haven't seen it at all. My nephew's go-to film was Cars, and I've seen that a god damned amount of time, and I consider Cars to be the... most wanting of the Pixar films, out of which I liked A Bug's Life and Finding Nemo, and A Bug's Life was more due to the improvement over prior computer animated films. I don't think I've watched any Western animation films since Finding Nemo. Not counting being subjected to Cars, I mean. Well, the Steven Universe movie, so that's one at least.