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Greed1914
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Netflix-dump certainly seems the applicable term. I hopped on last night since i got an email from them that Seven Deadly Sins was up, and there is my recommendations telling me that multiple things that I was planning to watch were available now, too.
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zztop
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To quote the opening paragraph of an interview with him, Toh EnJoe's stories are known for their scientific lucidity and literary impenetrability. His language and his writing style, however, belie his background as a physicist: topics woven into his stories include science, but also linguistics, literary theory, and philosophical approaches to the imagination. His complicated narrative structures are the subject of heated discussions and have even evoked harsh reviews calling his work 'indigestible', 'sleep-inducing,' and 'reader-unfriendly'. https://www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an-interview-with-toh-enjoe/ |
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SHD
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Maybe it's just me, but I wasn't bothered by the technobabble. I tend to just tune it out most of the time - if something is important it will be emphasized/explained in detail anyway.
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Animegomaniac
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After the Legendary movies decided to dumb down the latest American Godzilla series after people complained how little Godzilla there was, it was nice to have a super smart Godzilla movie/series- where people can again complain how little Godzilla there is. If you feel the need to complain on how little Godzilla there is, then it's the right amount. I went into this series guessing big G wouldn't show up until late and I was not disappointed.
I loved Singular Point. My only complaint is the series never went full Rodan, it only toyed with it. May as well start with the kaiju: This series took every arachnid kaiju and stuck them in a massive changing species. Spiders aren't just not social insects, they're not even insects, they don't have wings, they don't have tri segmented bodies- and insects don't have 8 legs- but it's the main theme of the series: Kaiju are imaginary and unrealistic but it doesn't mean they're not real. Somewhere. So if they are real but not then how would they get real and here? Another dimension, take that, Cube Square law. JJ sends his regards. Oh and just like the arachnid monsters, that new kaiju Salunga is a mash up of previous B list Kaiju, same as SP Godzilla to be fair. In Salunga's case, Gabara and Baragon. |
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DRosencraft
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I could be totally wrong, but isn't Salunga based on that North Korean kaiju movie made back in the 70s or 80s or something like that?
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Cardcaptor Takato
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I wanted to like this and I generally like weird philosophical anime like Serial Experiments Lain, Evangelion, and Rahxephon. My biggest issue with Singular Point wasn't that it was too smart but it relies too much on exposition info dumping when you should show things instead of telling them to the audience. I also just didn't find the characters to be engaging and it annoyed me when they acted in weird random ways. Like the show wants to be super serious but also the characters act in weird kid cartoony ways like how the characters act weird in G-Recon. Haberu was probably my favorite thing about this show because he's a cute himbo. It feels like the type of title where maybe Singular Point would have worked better as a manga than an anime. I also did not like Godzilla's CGI design in it.
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Nordhmmer
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Too much Shin Godzilla and not any Godzilla(sans his skeleton)
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Gurren Rodan
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Are you thinking of Pulgasari from 1985? That would be an interesting reference. I and a lot of other fans initially assumed Salunga was a redesign of Gabara from Godzilla's Revenge. |
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DRosencraft
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Yup, that's it. I remembered reading a story about it a long while back, and for some reason as soon as I saw Salunga, Pulgasari was who I thought of. |
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MPAndonee
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How interesting was Godzilla Singular Point?
I watched the first episode at 7:30 am on July 2nd and the last episode at 7:30 pm on July 2nd. I just couldn't stop. I even made a positive comment on Facebook about. That's how much I like it. I like intelligent shows with interesting characters. And Yun and Mei are two of the most interesting characters in a while. As for the CG, I can say this. It mostly works (Except when it doesn't and clashes with the 2D animation), so in the end I was OK with it. This was a very good show, and I really wonder if a sequel can match it. ALSO, why doesn't the military have mecha warriors like JJ PP or even AIs? Maybe they will have them for the sequel? |
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