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PantsGoblin
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:07 am Reply with quote
I don't know if this was brought up before and I just wanted to see if anyone disagreed with me before reporting it as an error. Neon Genesis Evangelion has "comedy" listed under its genre. Last time I watched it NGE was not a comedy in any way, shape, or form. Although it is true that some of the wierd scenes and imagery in the later episodes some people may find funny, but that's not what it was intended to do. I don't really think it should be a horror either, but I'll let that go. So does anyone disagree with me?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:13 am Reply with quote
It does have some funny moments, especially in earlier episodes (toothpicks, Pen-Pen, "Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!," etc.), but I do agree with you that the general, overriding tone of the series is a bit too serious for there to be just cause for a "Comedy" genre listing.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:22 am Reply with quote
Cleared up.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:31 am Reply with quote
Also took down "Horror" and "Supernatural" from the genre listing.
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PantsGoblin
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:21 pm Reply with quote
Somebody put "comedy" back on it again...
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areaseven
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:45 pm Reply with quote
PantsGoblin wrote:
Somebody put "comedy" back on it again...


"Why are people so fawking stupid?" - Kim Jong-Il, Team America World Police (2004)

Taken down. Again - since the same person posted it.
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:41 am Reply with quote
Something is weird here. It shouldn't be possible to re-enter information that has already been marked as false. I just tried to enter "comedy" for NGE and I got the message
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Sorry, but according to our database this information is marked to prevent others from entering it again.
How did that guy manage to re-enter it?!?

EDIT: ah ok, it's because the first time around the info was only marked as "improbable", which allows it to be re-entered.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:13 pm Reply with quote
PantsGoblin wrote:
Neon Genesis Evangelion has "comedy" listed under its genre. Last time I watched it NGE was not a comedy in any way, shape, or form. So does anyone disagree with me?
I've been watching the show as it's being aired on [AS], and while I have caught darker episodes of the show, the first few episodes contain quite a bit of comedy. I'm aware that completely changes later on, but the beginning is quite lightheated at times. As I was watching it about a week ago, I kept wondering to myself why it didn't seem to be dark and brooding (yet).
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