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Television and Movies Thread
A buddy got himself a full set of James Bond films(except Skyfall). First one was made in 1962, last one in 2008.
Watching them one after another feels a little like time travel. The technology! The cars! The fashion! The furnishings! The hair! Even the behaviour, you can see them all changing at 10000x the actual speed. Try it yourself, tell me what you think.
The sexism!
Um, no, actually. The sexism hardly changed at all from '62 to '08. Or in Skyfall, for that. That's why there's the generic term "a Bond girl"; it's a remarkably frozen stereotype.
Well... Yeah. You do have a point there.
I'm giving you a night call to tell you how I feel
I want to drive you through the night, down the hills
I'm gonna tell you something you don't want to hear
I'm gonna show you where it's dark, but have no fear...
Drive is a masterpiece. It's not really a crime thriller or an ultraviolence/exploitation movie. Part noir fairytale, part postmodern myth (playing with archetypes and cliches), part character drama, it has brilliance and precision in every shot.
(Recently there's been an indie arcade game inspired by it, Hotline Miami, but it focuses heavily on the ultraviolence part and the tone is really different, more delirous and schizophrenic. I also recommend it, both for the aesthetics and the gameplay. People have been whining about how difficult it is, but for me the gameplay is really delightful in that it's about combining action reflexes with split-second tactical puzzles, and mere pattern memorization won't help you stop dying.
There's also the soundtrack. It makes both the movie and the game what they are, it's just too mesmerizing for words.)
P.S. Damn, if only I could've watched it two months ago! Could've had that jacket for my birthday :( I know it might be shallow and consumerist of me to, but damn, I want it. I do have the looks to pull it off.
Watched Boogiepop Phantom. Much more comprehensible the second time around. Joshiraku was a disappointment.
お誕生日おめでとう、アスカ! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Damn, I'd enter an acausal deal with an UFAI if it promised to support interdimensional marriage...
In honor of this comment (well, and because my boyfriend bought them for Christmas) I watched Evangelion 1.11: You are (not) alone and Evangelion 2.22: You can (not) advance.
Without spoiling too much, let me just say that they are everything I ever wanted from the Evangelion franchise. They are visually stunning, and the CGI is spectacularly well-blended with the hand-drawn bits. It may very well be the most well-drawn anime to date.
The first two movies cover most of the plot from the original series up to episode 24, but practically every filler episode has been omitted. Sadly, this means most of Ritsuko's character has to be cut, but -- just like Gendo -- I'm willing to sacrifice her to attain this result. All of the old mysteries have been more or less clarified to my satisfaction, though a few new ones are now being introduced.
Many of the English voice actors have returned -- most importantly, Tiffany Grant and Spike Spencer. Ritsuko's new VA has a much deeper voice than the old one, which was somewhat disorienting but still okay. The only criticism I have regarding the English cast is that Gendo's VA tried too hard to match the old catchphrases, but then reinterpreted the character everywhere else.
In terms of lore, we now have much more canonical translations for various sticking points in the original series. For example: what does it mean when an Eva "neutralizes the phase space" with its AT field? Now, we can more-or-less confidently say -- it "breaks through" the enemy's AT field, instead of the more vague "eroding it."
Most of the main cast has taken at least one (and in Misato's case, several) levels of rationalist. As shocked as I was by various other sources claiming Shinji had become a badass, I have to agree with them.
I'd be interested to know if anyone had watched Rebuild before seeing the original series.
She's thirteen in most timelines!
Legality is just a time-skip away. If it works for Gurren Lagann...
EDIT: dammit Rebuild 3.0! That was a joke!