Forum - View topicREVIEW: Rozen Maiden Traumend DVD 2
|
Goto page 1, 2 Next Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Unit 03.5-ish
Posts: 1540 Location: This space for rent |
|
|||
|
The review made it sound decidedly...average, in every respect.
I'll confess, though, that I never cared much for the "humanoid doll" type shows, which is what killed any interest I may have had in this. I may be crazy for saying this, but those shows seem to have a decidedly misogynistic feel to them since these dolls/robots are ALWAYS female, or at least nearly always. |
||||
|
||||
|
ConanSan
Posts: 1818 |
|
|||
|
||||
|
||||
v1cious
 Posts: 6229 Location: Houston, TX |
|
|||
|
here comes the hate train. CHOO CHOO!
|
||||
|
||||
angel_lover
 Posts: 645 Location: UK |
|
|||
|
No hating from me - I've loved Rozen Maiden all the way through. It resonates with me so much that I had to get my therapist to watch an episode of it (Traumend 1, I think) so she could understand what I was on about. She was pretty stunned by it from a psychoanalytic point of view. Anyway, while I accept the point that the way the US DVD volumes pan out creates a somewhat less than satisfactory combination of episodes here, how exactly is that relevant to anything? Be grateful that we don't get 1 or 2 episodes to a DVD like in Japan. And how could anyone rate the music as 'C'? This series has some of the most haunting bgm I've ever heard.
|
||||
|
||||
JohnnySake
 Posts: 586 Location: Auburn Hills, MI |
|
|||
I agree, the accompanying music is quite beautiful at times and helps reinforce the feel they try to achieve with the whole gothic thing going on. That's actually quite interesting, having a professional person analyze a show like Rozen Maiden. Although there are plot points (life lessons) the average watcher should be able to pick out, it would be interesting to listen to a more educated opinion and find out what they gather from it. Although the whole doll thing is a well established genre unto itself, I think their interactions with Jun and the other Maidens are what is most interesting, and what kept me going till the end. I'm especially grateful we could end the series with domestic released dvd's. |
||||
|
||||
Kimiko_0
 Posts: 1796 Location: Leiden, NL, EU |
|
|||
It is? Which other anime have dolls as the main characters? |
||||
|
||||
|
JohnnySake
Posts: 586 Location: Auburn Hills, MI |
|
|||
I guess I should have specified the collecting and clothing of real life dolls, with dresses as frilly / fancy as you see in R.M. |
||||
|
||||
jr240483
 Posts: 4457 Location: New York City,New York,USA |
|
|||
|
ANd this is the reason why no one pays attention to ANN's reviews most of the time. Sure it's a little medicore but the series overall is rather decent.I enjoyed season 1 and looking forward to season 2.
|
||||
|
||||
|
Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
|
|||
You certainly seem to be paying attention. |
||||
|
||||
|
JINROH
Posts: 56 |
|
|||
Its no wonder the R1 indusry is in the state its in,With friends like this,err,I mean 'reviews' like this,who needs enemies... 
Between the mass piracy,with every 'fan' and its dog downloading and irc'ing,and megauplaoding their hearts out,Then we have sites like this,taking a squat and dumping over 3/4's of the titles on the market. Eat your young much !? |
||||
|
||||
|
Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
|
|||
Hm yes, it's the job of a reviewer to give everything positive reviews so it doesn't hurt sales. |
||||
|
||||
|
Kimiko_0
Posts: 1796 Location: Leiden, NL, EU |
|
|||
|
I thought this was a decent review. Balanced (good and bad points covered) as well as informative (reasons for evaluations given). It's not very useful though to review DVDs from a series one at a time. I mean, people will either buy all of them, or none; not just one or two. If the episodes that end up on one disc happen to be slightly below average in some respect that doesn't mean much at all.
|
||||
|
||||
Ligene
 Posts: 137 Location: Mary-land! |
|
|||
|
It's sad how a popular show gets a bad review and everyone has to defend it. Popularity doesn't mean it's good.
I think that it's a nice, balanced review. |
||||
|
||||
bci110
 Posts: 391 |
|
|||
Agreed. I don't have any real complaints about Carlo's review, and I'm a die-hard Rozen Maiden fan  .
|
||||
|
||||
|
Unit 03.5-ish
Posts: 1540 Location: This space for rent |
|
|||
Hey, remember the zany hijinks in the thread over the review of the DN season 1 boxed set? Them's was good times. |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group