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Penguin_Factory
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I had never even heard of TO before reading this column, but now it's on my radar
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belvadeer
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Oh no, my condolences Bamboo. That must have been terrible news to take.
If you don't mind my asking, what did he pass away from? |
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st_owly
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Dude, there's so many better whiskies out there than Bell's! Nice shelves though
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Akawoa
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A feminist rant on shelf life... nothing new here !
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pachy_boy
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YES! EXACTLY! I am so relieved that I'm not alone in this thinking! I'd so far as add that even if the people of today haven't seen a zombie movie before, they generally know what happens in them, and even 5-year-olds know how to bring down a zombie. Alas, High School of the Dead has to still follow that traditional formula where the characters have to learn through trial and error for about 10-20 minutes, the survivors group together, and they always eventually board up within a building stronghold at some point spoiler[although in this case the series stops just before they reach that mall].
Age obviously means nothing when it comes to standing to fight to survive. Despite its unhealthy focus on boobs (Zac's review perfectly captures my feelings on it, and good god all that ridiculously excessive bouncing just defies logic), I still enjoyed this as a fun series. And TO was a definite surprise as well. Last edited by pachy_boy on Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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enurtsol
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People should watch Zombieland just to prepare for the apocalypse. (And by that time, those wonderful boobs would be reality by then.) Memorize the rules to heart!
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Yttrbio
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Even if they had watched a bunch of zombie movies and knew the rules for killing fictional monsters, why would they assume those rules applied to the real ones they were seeing? I don't think that, in a life-or-death situation, "I saw this work in a movie" is the best way to make decisions. But then again, they do seem to make a lot of bad decisions, so maybe they would try to apply movie logic to their reality. Or do they know they're in some kind of show and, upon seeing the zombies, say "Aha! We're in a zombie apocalypse movie! Now that we know the genre we live in, we can learn from the tropes!"? Things can get pretty meta.
Not that it really matters. If you're trying to logically explain something in a zombie show like this, you've probably missed the point. Boobs and death! |
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prime_pm
 Posts: 2372 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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You know, Franken Fran tackled this subject awhile back (or recent, I don't care). Zombies start showing up biting everyone, turning them into zombies. Everyone knows immediately that they need to be shot in the head to be killed.
The twist: Fran discovers that it's actually a rare disease that gives the appearance of a zombie, disabling their simplest brain functions enough that they can't talk but get hungry after awhile. And it can actually be treated given some time. Will anybody listen? Nope. Movies have taught us that zombies = shoot in head. An interesting depiction of media desensitization. Wish they'd animate that. But then again, most of it is pretty guro. |
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here-and-faraway
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I got the To postcard in my Rightstuf box and saw the promo on a Funimation DVD, but had no desire to watch it because it looked very, very dull. That said, I've found a lot of gems thanks to your reviews, so I'll give To a chance.
Beautiful words. |
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bravetailor
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Reviewers must be politically and socially sensitive. This is why I would not make a good columnist.
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CareyGrant
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*Sigh* What I wouldn't give for some more GitS TV. I'd be more than OK with another well-written series for a more mature, intelligent audience, especially if it had little to nothing to do with high schools or teens of the same age (or robots, or harems, or robot harems, or vampires, or [insert anime trope]...), or wasn't neck-deep up it's own bum with PhD. level philosophy or existentialism.
I'll grant you this: I appreciate the anime teen hawtie as much as the next man (or woman--equal opportunity), but I'm a bit burnt out on that over-sampled demographic. |
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pachy_boy
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You're right in that High School of the Dead is a silly albeit fun series so it hardly matters that much, but regardless I believe the point is this--if a zombie apocalypse happened right here in the real world for me, I wouldn't necessarily assume that I myself was magickally in a movie. But I've seen zombie movies, so I already know that to fight the living dead all I have to do is bash or shoot them in the heads. What all else could there be to do, as far as any reasonable logic goes? |
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ANN_Bamboo
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Wait... where? |
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Shenl742
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Disliking interdimensional breasts counts as a femnist rant to him I guess? |
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GWOtaku
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I'm pretty comfy believing that this was the goal. The creator is a self-admitted breast fanatic. Everything about the content in this show is excessive. It wasn't messed up, HSotD unironically revels in this stuff. I think Deb Aoki had it right when she said it goes beyond pandering and is just annoying & distracting. In general I think people are way too nice about HSotD. The accurate descriptions of it in the column would leave me A-OK with saying it's a flat out stupid show, inevitable protests about being "prudish" and such be damned (and inane complaints about "feminist rants", incidentally...). Which is not to say I protest a rental rating...it's certainly not wrong to say it has no lasting value. I'm digging this review of TO, which leaves me with a very good idea of what to expect from it. Not for everyone I guess, but that sounds like my kind of show even if it's a bit too slow and lacking in action to really take huge advantage of the fact that it's a cartoon. Ghost in the Shell is awesome. Ghost in the Shell on Blu-Ray is also awesome. Seeing Stand Alone Complex condensed way down? Not so great. The series is great and I can't see myself relying on a compilation to miss out on so much smart, well-told content. |
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