Have you watched The Wire?
No, though I should. It's at the top of that "must-see western TV dramas" shortlist.
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What are your thoughts on ThatAnimeSnob?
He's kind of a sad figure I guess, but he's also a jerk, so I don't feel too bad for him. He's one of a few critics who seems completely uninterested in media as something to personally engage with, and instead just sees it as a way demonstrate personal superiority and "correct taste."
That's not a particularly uncommon thing, actually - I saw it a lot in indie rock, and it's also reflective of the "fake geek girl" thing people use to exert cultural power. People who feel powerless elsewhere in their life will sometimes use their media as a way to exert power.
That's not a particularly uncommon thing, actually - I saw it a lot in indie rock, and it's also reflective of the "fake geek girl" thing people use to exert cultural power. People who feel powerless elsewhere in their life will sometimes use their media as a way to exert power.
What are you most excited about right now?
Finishing today's work and having a night off to watch cartoons and yell at Dark Souls.
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Why do you like Land of Books the most? I just got confused by it, because it didn't really seem as focused as the other episodes. Any specific state of mind you recommend when rewatching it?
It's very focused, it's just also extremely dense! It's kind of a meta comment on the inherently didactic nature of storytelling (it sort of interrogates what Kino's Journey is doing), and it's also about how we construct identities and knowledge bases through media in general, and it's about what the art of storytelling is, and how our personal perspectives create false narratives of us being heroes in /general/ narratives... and then when you contrast that against the overall intent of Kino's Journey, it ends up acting as a vindication of Kino (and the show itself)'s own philosophy, since the only answer is "consume more stories, visit more places, never be content with any single narrative, there are always more perspectives."
I'm kinda rambling, but as I said, the episode is really dense. If you're gonna rewatch it, maybe think about how the episode's priorities reflects on the show's overall formal structure, these little fables with ambiguous messages.
I'm kinda rambling, but as I said, the episode is really dense. If you're gonna rewatch it, maybe think about how the episode's priorities reflects on the show's overall formal structure, these little fables with ambiguous messages.
Favorite Kinos Journey episodes?
Land of Books, I think.
favourite single Monogatari episode?
Tsubasa Tiger, Part Five.
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Why do you think The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is reminiscent of Monogatari?
A few reasons. First, the general atmosphere is the same - this kind of weirdly sterile, suburban, otherworldly Japanese environment and slightly-removed-from-reality, probably-more-calm-than-we-should-be mood. Second, many characters seem like they could very easily be slotted into Monogatari roles - May and Noboru Wataya in particular (May feels like a combination of Nadeko and Hanekawa), but the Kano sisters also. And finally, the book's overall fascination with identity and how much we can really know other people is all within Monogatari's thematic wheelhouse, too.
what're your favorite beers?
Smuttynose Summer Ale, Anchorsteam, Magic Hat #9. Not particularly beer-hipster taste.
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"This show is trash and I am trash for watching it." with regards to Grisaia. Is this a joking way of saying you are enjoying it, or are you merely watching it for curiosity purposes?
I don't even really know why I'm watching it. I find it really dumb while I'm watching it, but then download the next episode anyway. It's like potato chips.
No Mushishi in your "week in review"?
Nah, still haven't watched the two-parter.
I know that after watching Parasyte's premiere I was about as impressed as you were, and I recommended it to my friend. He had a really hard time understanding how the main character could be so nonchalant about the fact that there's an alien on his hand. Is this just a difference in plot v content?
Suspension of disbelief, I guess. For virtually any fantasy/sci-fi/etc story, you have to accept that the characters probably aren't going to sit around freaking out because aliens or wizards exist. People will freak out, but they'll get over it.
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Do you think Grisaia is trying to say anything (or will do anything meaningful) with its cinema widescreen presentation?
No idea. It's just been strange and kinda pointless so far.
This might sound a bit stupid, but are you likely to write game oriented articles on you blog? I'd really love to see you opinion on the titles mentioned below.
Not stupid at all! That's definitely a possibility - if I feel like writing about some game, I'll write about it.
You want to buy PS3 games? Be sure to pick up Journey too.
I will! I get that and The Last of Us recommended to me all the time, I'll definitely get both of them.
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http://www.clickhole.com/article/summary-gamergate-movement-we-will-immediately-cha-1241?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=twitter thoughts?
Basically perfect. Clickhole have designed GamerGate's ideal form of journalism.
Do you have tattoos?
Nope. Nothing against them, just don't feel like getting any.
Terror in Resonance didn't make it onto your top shows list, or is it just that you haven't updated it yet?
Just haven't updated it. Not sure where it goes, though - it's at least in the addendum, dunno if it makes the top thirty.
What is yourらnge of error on Tsukimknogatari. That is to say, how much can you put up with before Monogatari loses a place on your top 30+ list
It won't. I know Monogatari's an uneven show, that's part of the bargain.
You like Chaika Bob?
When did the "internet skeptic" community start to have connections with anti-social movements? For a while a few years ago I was very into skeptic topics (and still am to an extent) but I don't recall ever seeing that side of it. I only ever saw it as attacking bad science.
Not really sure! I've only learned it even was a community recently, but that's basically all I see them doing. Their links to GG make me think the "skeptic" label might as well be "hat wearers" or "corduroy enthusiasts" - just another fandom with the same defensive attitudes as any other.
I might just be running into the wrong ones, though - I've only learned it was a movement at all through the GG stuff, so obviously the people I'd be running into would be the anti-feminists. I'm sure there's plenty of reasonable ones too.
I might just be running into the wrong ones, though - I've only learned it was a movement at all through the GG stuff, so obviously the people I'd be running into would be the anti-feminists. I'm sure there's plenty of reasonable ones too.
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One of my friend does shrooms like once a year, thinking of joining him once. Any bad experiences?
Yes. It's a pretty powerful drug, and different people will react to it differently, so there's always that chance. I'd make sure you're only doing it with people you're very comfortable with, in an environment you're very comfortable in. Make sure you're not planning on going anywhere where you might feel trapped or anxious. Give yourself plenty of time for the experience to fade, and don't take too much of it. Just basically do everything you can to set yourself up to feel comfortable and unpressured while you're on it.
Have you ever done shrooms?
Yep. Did them a few times in college. They were generally fun, but I think my chemistry has gotten less amenable to psychedelics over time.
That isn't even remotely what I said. Way to be intellectually dishonest. I said that feminists, as a whole, don't support rights for men in areas that men lack rights. Or do you believe that men who are raped should pay child support? If they don't, why don't they do something about it? Equality?
Legitimately wasn't trying to misrepresent you - "feminism is anti-men" is a bull line I hear all the time.
Your line is also pretty common, though - "feminism doesn't care about men's issues." In my experience, that's not true at all - I've had many conversations about how the underlying assumptions of society harm men as well as women. The most popular line there is "child custody laws favor women, why don't feminists care about that" - and the answer is, they do. But that's just one issue among many, and the fact of it is that in most cases it's women who are being harmed by societal assumptions.
Your line is also pretty common, though - "feminism doesn't care about men's issues." In my experience, that's not true at all - I've had many conversations about how the underlying assumptions of society harm men as well as women. The most popular line there is "child custody laws favor women, why don't feminists care about that" - and the answer is, they do. But that's just one issue among many, and the fact of it is that in most cases it's women who are being harmed by societal assumptions.
Do you think Steins;Gate covers any sort of interesting themes and ideas, or did you enjoy it purely because of the storyline and characters?
I'd have to watch it again to say. I largely remember it for the narrative and characters.
I'm a bit confused. In one of your reviews you stated that a rape-thread is often a pretty bad literal tool, but both Bahamut and Parasyte have something like it in them (the three muggers, the assualted girl) and nobody seems to bother. Why is that?
It's really in how you use it. Bahamut straight-up inverts the classic trope - normally it's used to build tension for some "hero" to arrive, but in Bahamut, the show cuts away quickly after a vague threat, and then we get the unspoken visual joke of Amira wearing the muggers' clothes. In Parasyte, the show intentionally creates the threat of uncomfortable violence and then inverts it in the /other/ direction, with the "savior" being the awful punchline. Sexual assault is a really charged (and overused) narrative tool, and so both these shows use it as a vague background threat only to undercut it in specific ways.
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