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REVIEW: Strait Jacket DVD

vashfanatic wrote:

Sometimes people thinks things are bad not because it's "not their taste" but because IT IS ACTUALLY BAD. Your job as the dissenting party is to say why it isn't.

I have already done that.

My point is that this is not the case, because Strait Jacket is NOT ACTUALLY BAD.

Maybe there wasn't enough comedy relief or cliche sweatdrops for some people's satisfaction.

It's not the most original thing you'll ever see, but the things Strait Jacket does, it does well.

I thought the voice acting was flawless.

To my surprise, I found the setting intriguing and the premise fascinating, so much so that I went from "kind of paying attention" to giving it my full attention.

I suspect that perhaps it's not as character driven as some people would like, but I liked Strait Jacket for what it was.

So the plot was "incomplete," but unless you are too busy looking down your nose from your high horse, you should get the sense that it was meant to be that way.

Like an appetizer before a full course meal, it gives you an idea of how rich the story could be if they could make it into a series.

While I did not have the time to sit through 2+ hours of people jabbering to hear the review you linked to, I get the impression you want a reviewer to basically tell you the plot, who created the show, why you might like it, and not give any judgment on it whatsoever. That's not a review; that's an encyclopedia article. A reviewer, if he or she believes something is bad, has every right to say so, even if you disagree with them. Feel free to post your disagreements, but so long as their not telling you that you're a bad person for disagreeing, don't attack the reviewer.

Had it been made fifteen years ago, Strait Jacket would be dismissed as swiftly as Dark Warrior, Bounty Dog, and other mediocre 1990s video releases. Today, however, some will rise to its defense just because it vaguely resembles the sort of thing they'd really like to see. Yet tolerating Strait Jacket will not help bring back those halcyon days of endearingly violent OVAs. It'll just encourage people to make more Strait Jackets.

This was just a great, blood drenched romp with magic and science fiction. Compared to a lot of other stuff recently ( hmm, adv licensed Clannad, which I bet gets praised for being some high drama or some other bull shit), this one's a least got entertainment value for the violence and action packed scenes. There were some scenes of dialog, but that's called plot-building. You can't deny the greatness when a guy uses some awesome magical cannon and has to scream it's name, then destroys an entire building just to get ONE DEMON! Every show attempts to tell a story at some point, even if it goes completely off course. But again, this isn't reason you watch this. As for the animation quality, I think you were completely off base; what I saw on Sci-fi was definitely OVA quality.

I was mostly able to forgive your anti-Shadow Skill position, sir, but don't think I forgot about that time you said Baoh sucked! Baoh doesn't suck, BAOH HAS A LASER CANNON!

I'm onto you, mister.

I saw this on Sci-Fi and didn't find it especially notable, however a lot of the dissenting opinions are really making me want to re-evaluate this show--I love the "classic" trashy OVA style where it seemed like any kind of stupidity and insanity was justifiable as long as it was Awesome.