At 4/20/07 04:01 PM, uhnoesanoob wrote: Oh Doctor, you are forgetting a chinese girl named Shampoo. So, after Shampoo learns Ranma is dead, she would kill Akane. Don't mess with the best.

Ranma dying? I thought we were talking about if he never existed. And if Ranma died, then Shampoo would have no more reason to hate Akane b/c she wouldn't be competing with her anymore...booyakasha!

At 4/20/07 04:03 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Ranma dying? I thought we were talking about if he never existed. And if Ranma died, then Shampoo would have no more reason to hate Akane b/c she wouldn't be competing with her anymore...booyakasha!

Pime Taradox, anyone?

And if everybody dies, blame the Plot-Device with funny shows (Ideon).

At 4/20/07 04:03 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Ranma dying? I thought we were talking about if he never existed.

That was indeed the subject at hand last time I checked.

And if Ranma died, then Shampoo would have no more reason to hate Akane b/c she wouldn't be competing with her anymore...booyakasha!

Exactly, plain and simple fact.

Well Hellsing Ultimate OVA Volume 3 was all kinds of crazy hell. There is some wierd stuff with Seras that doesn't make much sense and looks really really out of place...like her dreaming about talking to the spirit of Harkonnen. The ending credits were cool, cus they showed young walter...very shmexy..and some kid with Neko ears.

So what should the first picture be?

This one should do nicely. I think the funniest thing is Anderson..oh that crazy Judas Priest...

At 4/20/07 05:08 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Well Hellsing Ultimate OVA Volume 3 was all kinds of crazy hell. There is some wierd stuff with Seras that doesn't make much sense and looks really really out of place...like her dreaming about talking to the spirit of Harkonnen.

Yeah, and those parts were just as jarring in the manga.

The ending credits were cool,

As always.

cus they showed young walter...very shmexy..

Young Walter = epic win on a stick

and some kid with Neko ears.

That'd be Junior Warrant Officer Schrödinger.

This one should do nicely. I think the funniest thing is Anderson..oh that crazy Judas Priest...

That was one of my favorite scenes in the manga.

At 4/20/07 05:30 PM, Gendo wrote:
That was one of my favorite scenes in the manga.

The Alhambra fight was pretty cool. Alucard was really bloodthirsty this episode...

Alhambra..more like Ouchambra!

At 4/20/07 05:56 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: The Alhambra fight was pretty cool. Alucard was really bloodthirsty this episode...

Yeah, ol' Tubalcaine gets quite the savage ass-kicking.

Alhambra..more like Ouchambra!

Hahaha, punny.

At 4/17/07 09:54 PM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote: Someone's been watching a little bit too much Ichi the Killer.

I'll be watching the movie soon. I have a copy from Netflix on my desk right now.

Also, Tetsuo: Body Hammer was very cool. I just noticed that the director of this film also directed Bullet Ballet, which has been in my queue for a while.

At 4/19/07 08:43 PM, Gendo wrote: Yeah, also Hellsing's 13 awesomely ace episodes.

fuckin' right

At 4/20/07 05:30 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 4/20/07 05:08 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: and some kid with Neko ears.

That'd be Junior Warrant Officer Schrödinger.

There are much better ways to reference Schrodingers cat. That disappoints me.

At 4/20/07 03:51 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Yeah, so I'm totally gone finish up this series this weekend. I've only watched 3 episodes of it so far.

Ahh, mermaids...

The furries of the sea...

At 4/20/07 06:32 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Also, Tetsuo: Body Hammer was very cool. I just noticed that the director of this film also directed Bullet Ballet, which has been in my queue for a while.

One can never go wrong with Shinya Tsukamoto.

At 4/20/07 07:29 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: I don't think id get the hellsing OVA's, ......the show was alright but im just kinda just done with it. Vampire's are not my cup of tea nowaday's.

OVAs = just as good as the series

Grow a brain, you must get ahold of them.

At 4/20/07 07:31 PM, Kuro wrote: The furries of the sea...

That's not furry.

That is what they call... Scales?

At 4/20/07 09:15 PM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 4/20/07 07:31 PM, Kuro wrote: The furries of the sea...

That's not furry.

That is what they call... Scales?

Hey, don't try and argue with what I said, I was only trying to fulfill the 7 word rule.

Besides, wiki tells me that scaly animals are included in the term 'furry' as a noun.

At 4/20/07 08:17 PM, Gendo wrote: One can never go wrong with Shinya Tsukamoto.

I wanted to rent Tokyo Fist, but it's unavailable.

At 4/20/07 09:52 PM, Kuro wrote: Hey, don't try and argue with what I said, I was only trying to fulfill the 7 word rule.

Besides, wiki tells me that scaly animals are included in the term 'furry' as a noun.

That was sarcasm, silly. <_<

At 4/20/07 08:17 PM, Gendo wrote: Grow a brain, you must get ahold of them.

Fisher-Price brains, only on e-Bay because everyone else outgrew them!

Okay, in watching Death Note up to the 27th episode, I've decided it could be alot better.

Slight Spoilers:

I'd much prefer it if it was done in the polices perspective, possibly the chiefs, in their attempt to catch Kira, instead of going through everyones perspective.

But of course, then there might be the problem of people criticising it for being too much like Paranoia Agent.

But I do feel that I would enjoy the show more had it taken this approach, it would be alot more interesting with people trying to figure out what's happening.

Also, it'd be better if it didn't focus around L's perspective at all, not going into his thoughts or anything, since that would make him a more mysterious and better character.

Since it attempts to look at the story through every side, it ends up somewhat in a bit of a mess.

Besides, Lights character is an irritating one, and the police seem to be less so.

End slight spoilers.

At 4/21/07 08:03 AM, Kuro wrote: Also, it'd be better if it didn't focus around L's perspective at all, not going into his thoughts or anything, since that would make him a more mysterious and better character.

I strongly disagree. Even when going into 'his thoughts', he still maintains his cool and depth as a character after 'Kira'.

More importantly, L's sense of deduction and thinking methodology is what made him the likeable character we know today. Plus, those who actually understand how his thinking patterns have been portrayed to be can pick up a few tricks or two.

Minor Spoiler

As opposed to Near, who goes by instincts which gives him less character depth.

End Minor Spoiler

Since it attempts to look at the story through every side, it ends up somewhat in a bit of a mess.

As if it can be portrayed better.

Besides, Lights character is an irritating one, and the police seem to be less so.

He's a dick in the second half of the series, and let's leave it at that.

At 4/21/07 08:10 AM, HaroFreak wrote: I strongly disagree. Even when going into 'his thoughts', he still maintains his cool and depth as a character after 'Kira'.

More importantly, L's sense of deduction and thinking methodology is what made him the likeable character we know today. Plus, those who actually understand how his thinking patterns have been portrayed to be can pick up a few tricks or two.

Yes, but I don't want to know his thought patterns, I want the whole thing to be more mysterious, so that I can have some interest in attempting to guess what the hell's going on.

As if it can be portrayed better.

It could, if it focused on one side of the thing. Preferably the police side, since it would be a more interesting story with the police trying to catch this supernatural killer, and the viewer not knowing all that much about him.

He's a dick in the second half of the series, and let's leave it at that.

He's still a dick in the first half of the series too.

I tend to prefer these sort've shows when you're almost as clueless as the characters themselves.

At 4/21/07 08:17 AM, Kuro wrote: Yes, but I don't want to know his thought patterns, I want the whole thing to be more mysterious, so that I can have some interest in attempting to guess what the hell's going on.

Since your reason for watching it contradicts with the good parts, watch something else. <_<

It could, if it focused on one side of the thing. Preferably the police side, since it would be a more interesting story with the police trying to catch this supernatural killer, and the viewer not knowing all that much about him.

Bullshit.
The reason for switching in between sides is to make the viewers think and consider their own morals. And that is how a good murder/horror/crime story is supposed to play out thus making the predictability harder.

He's still a dick in the first half of the series too.

As opposed to the second half? I doubt it.

I tend to prefer these sort've shows when you're almost as clueless as the characters themselves.

Like I mentioned earlier; watch something else then.

At 4/21/07 08:29 AM, HaroFreak wrote: Like I mentioned earlier; watch something else then.

You realise I said I watched up to the 27th episode?

Clearly I don't dislike it, rather there are ways I'd prefer it.

In crime stories, I prefer to have the mystery involved in it, not to have the motives and methods layed out to me at the start.

And regarding the whole morals thing, that can easily be played out better without having you delve inside the killers mind.

When you're watching Light, you tend to get to dislike him, because he's not a likable character, and since his motives of him wanting to be god are made clear to you, you're less likely to side with him.

If the killer was just some mysterious paranormal figure, then you could develop a siding for what he's doing alot easier. Watching the show would lead you to know that he was killing off only criminals, they give you the info on how people are supporting him, you can easily side with what he's doing.

It'd be like Paranoia Agent.

Paranoia Agent is helping people out by hurting them, at least in the first few episodes, so you can get the idea that what he's doing is right, but also you know that what he's doing is illegal because he's assaulting people, so by a law perspective what he's doing is wrong.

The show would end up like that in that you could think "Hey, yeah, the world WOULD be better without criminals, perhaps this guy is right after all", but when you're knowing that he's trying to inspire fear in order to get himself to a godlike status you develop less of a liking for him, thus leading to you being far more likely to side with the police.

The show isn't particularly letting you pick a side, it's slowly edging you towards what's considered right by societies standards.

At 4/20/07 11:36 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: I wanted to rent Tokyo Fist, but it's unavailable.

Oh fuck, that is the epitome of suck.

At 4/21/07 01:19 AM, Akatsuki321 wrote: As usual the ranma 1/2 songs never disappoint me,I stumpled upon this song(which is the ending for the third season or fourth....fantastic j-pop tune...behold

Man, now that was a really fucking awesome song.

Laughed my ass off, not to mention the lyrics provide an excellent summary of the cast and plot.

At 4/21/07 08:03 AM, Kuro wrote:

Slight Spoilers:

I'd much prefer it if it was done in the polices perspective, possibly the chiefs, in their attempt to catch Kira, instead of going through everyones perspective.

I heartily agree here.

Also, it'd be better if it didn't focus around L's perspective at all, not going into his thoughts or anything, since that would make him a more mysterious and better character.

Yeah, in fact, showing stuff from his perspective also pointed out a few of his flaws. L seems much less of a genius and more of a simpering holier-than-thou geek when you see what he's really thinking.

Since it attempts to look at the story through every side, it ends up somewhat in a bit of a mess.

Not to mention it's nearly impossible to follow if you miss one episode or even a single chapter of the manga.

Besides, Lights character is an irritating one, and the police seem to be less so.

Yeah, I never liked Light and now he's becoming even more of an ass.

End slight spoilers.

At 4/21/07 12:51 PM, Gendo wrote: Yeah, I never liked Light and now he's becoming even more of an ass.

Despite that, he gains plenty of cool points with epic writing and epic potato-chip eating.
Madhouse FTW, and always will be superior to Studio Pierrot.

At 4/21/07 01:12 PM, HaroFreak wrote: Despite that, he gains plenty of cool points with epic writing and epic potato-chip eating.

Of course, credit where credit is due.
The potato chip scene is one of the coolest things ever.

Madhouse FTW, and always will be superior to Studio Pierrot.

Madhouse have a much more interesting style to their works, it's an undisputable fact.

At 4/21/07 01:17 PM, Gendo wrote: The potato chip scene is one of the coolest things ever.

Ryuk: APPLES! APPLES!
L: CAAAAAAAAAAAANDY...

Raito: *Crunch* Epic-Potato-Chips, bitch.

Madhouse have a much more interesting style to their works, it's an undisputable fact.

Their desks and shelves are always messy too.

Ichi the Killer turned out to be quite badass. I enjoyed it despite some badly done CGI and

SPOILER!

Kakihara dying. He was a horrible piece of shit scumbag that deserved to die in agony(or whatever he would not enjoy, I mean he is a masochist), but damn, he was cool.

END SPOILER!

At 4/21/07 12:51 PM, Gendo wrote: Oh fuck, that is the epitome of suck.

the movie or the fact that it's unavailable?

At 4/21/07 12:51 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 4/20/07 11:36 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: I wanted to rent Tokyo Fist, but it's unavailable.

Oh fuck, that is the epitome of suck.

At 4/21/07 01:19 AM, Akatsuki321 wrote:

Yeah, I never liked Light and now he's becoming even more of an ass.

End slight spoilers.

How can you not like Light? Sure he's an ass and has a god complex but honestly if you were given a death note I doubt you wouldn't be a little like him. In the begging I actually thought Light was being noble by trying to purge the world of "evil" but now that you get to see the pleasure he gets out of it and see that he's psychotic it actually made me like him more. The way I look at it now Light started out with semi good intentions but slowly got corrupted by the power that was thrust upon him, sure he's not 100% on his goal anymore but I commend him for starting out and planning to finish purging the world.

At 4/21/07 01:27 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

SPOILER!

Kakihara dying. He was a horrible piece of shit scumbag that deserved to die in agony(or whatever he would not enjoy, I mean he is a masochist), but damn, he was cool.

END SPOILER!

Yeah, Kakihara was a character with no redeeming qualites (even more so in the manga), but he was cool as Hell for some reason.

the movie or the fact that it's unavailable?

The fact it isn't available, Tokyo Fist was epic.

At 4/21/07 02:06 PM, Nucksta wrote: stuff

Mass-murder with good intentions is still mass-murder, not to mention the fact that I don't find Light as a person in general to be likeable in almost any manner.

At 4/21/07 02:17 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 4/21/07 01:27 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 4/21/07 02:06 PM, Nucksta wrote: stuff

Mass-murder with good intentions is still mass-murder, not to mention the fact that I don't find Light as a person in general to be likeable in almost any manner.

Fair enough, his personality is an acquired taste.

I'm officially on episode 6 of Haruhi Suzumiya so I guess I'm technically on episode 9. But I have a question, right now I'm watching it in chronological order and am thinking about watching it again in episodic order, is it worth it?

At 4/21/07 02:24 PM, Nucksta wrote: I'm officially on episode 6 of Haruhi Suzumiya so I guess I'm technically on episode 9. But I have a question, right now I'm watching it in chronological order and am thinking about watching it again in episodic order, is it worth it?

Not really, it just makes the story a bit easier to follow.

Personally, I found the whole "jumbled mess" thing made it more entertaining, sort of like a Tarantino film.

At 4/21/07 02:26 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 4/21/07 02:24 PM, Nucksta wrote: I'm officially on episode 6 of Haruhi Suzumiya so I guess I'm technically on episode 9. But I have a question, right now I'm watching it in chronological order and am thinking about watching it again in episodic order, is it worth it?

Not really, it just makes the story a bit easier to follow.

Personally, I found the whole "jumbled mess" thing made it more entertaining, sort of like a Tarantino film.

Thats kind of why I was considering re-watching it, it's already fairly random as a chronological show so I'd love to see whats it's like episodically, that and to steal a line from Dane Cook, the way that the animators "Tarantino'd" it would add to the lulz factor.