At 3/23/08 05:31 PM, Kuro wrote: I've found that one of the biggest flaws of the show was that when it decided to forgo any plot development, it just wasn't that funny.

Unfunny filler?

OH GOD NO!

THE SHOW ISN'T UNWATCHABLE FOR SEASONS ON END OR ANYTHING!

It was also too long.

Yeah, especially given the amount of anime-only story material.

If they trimmed the fat, they likely could have delivered a good show in 50 episodes.

At 3/23/08 07:26 PM, Mendou wrote: Id like it if the Tendo's and the rest of the gang actually do other things.

Like travel or something. Also wouldn't hurt to make some worthwhile cool antagonist.

Instead of one shot lame villains.

Well, in the Manga they had "boss" arcs. The anime only covered Mariko and Pantyhose though. The ones that they should have put in were Ryu Kumon(Bonafide Badass), Herb, Lime and Mint (One of the best arcs in the series) and finally Saffron (Only character to really "die" but not really..)
Anyone of those arcs would have made a great movie. Instead they gave us some loser who refers to himself in the third person and a gay version of Herb, Lime, and Mint.

At 3/23/08 06:52 PM, Gendo wrote: If they trimmed the fat, they likely could have delivered a good show in 50 episodes.

I think I gave up on the show after about... 30 or so.

26 would have been a good number.

26 is always a good number.

---

I finished Clannad (though I hear there's another episode to go, I have no idea what it's like since this was a clear ending, and I also hear there's an OVA going to be released. I assume that the extra episode will be an epilogue, of sorts).

The show had a good ending, despite Nagisa being by far the least interesting character on the show (I would have preferred a Kyou/Ryou ending, even if the only reason is because they are almost entirely the twins from Lucky Star (even down to the way they look)).

Oh well.

Good series.

I might wait for the Clannad game translation project I've heard about.

At 3/23/08 07:47 PM, Kuro wrote:

I might wait for the Clannad game translation project I've heard about.

Well, my cousin did a translation of it. Next time I see him I'll ask him to give me a copy if you want me to...

At 3/23/08 08:30 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 3/23/08 07:36 PM, uhnoesanoob wrote:

Yeah, i wish they included most of those characters from the manga. Would have made things better.

UGH, SO MANY DAMN FLAWS. DAMN IT TAKAHASHI, YOU COULD HAVE MADE SOMETHING FLAWLESS.

Well, truth be told Takahashi's not to blame when it comes to the anime. What she IS to blame for is Ranma's lackluster ending, and also for creating Inu-yasha.

At 3/23/08 07:47 PM, Kuro wrote: I think I gave up on the show after about... 30 or so.

Bad place to stop, seeing as you missed a fair amount of good episodes.

Regardless, it's really only truly worth seeing the first 40 or so, because the rest (until the middle hundreds) is pretty weak stuff.

26 would have been a good number.

Nah, not when you're talking a show based on a manga that outlived its TV run by four years.

They just needed a better writing staff clearly, since the initial 18 episode season was really damn good and actually had a story.

Then season two hits and BAM, plot's closed till season three (and even then not much else happens).

Four, five and six have no real defining marks, and then seven is great up until the final two-parter.

At 3/23/08 10:01 PM, Gendo wrote: Bad place to stop, seeing as you missed a fair amount of good episodes.

Considering I didn't really like the first season all that much, I'm sure it was a fine place to stop.

It wasn't going to turn me around within those next 10 episodes.

At 3/23/08 10:07 PM, Kuro wrote: Considering I didn't really like the first season all that much, I'm sure it was a fine place to stop.

DUE TO OUR DIFFERING OPINIONS I NOW DESPISE YOU!

DUEL TO THE DEATH, PISTOLS AT DAWN!

But seriously, you can watch all the "adapted from a bishojo game" moe genericness but you can't choke down some terribly overrated oldschool mediocrity?

YOUR SANITY HAS BEEN GREATLY CALLED INTO QUESTION!

At 3/23/08 10:13 PM, Gendo wrote: But seriously, you can watch all the "adapted from a bishojo game" moe genericness but you can't choke down some terribly overrated oldschool mediocrity?

I watched thirty episodes of the show.

That's longer than any one of those "adapted from a bishojo" game animes that I've seen.

Besides.

They're prettier.

At 3/23/08 10:17 PM, Kuro wrote: Besides.

They're prettier.

You're a shallow faggot.

I win.

If you're going to watch pretty stuff, go for the pretty stuff with substance.

Like Gintama, which is probably the most underrated series in the history of mankind.

Or on the flipside, go for balls-out for more stream-of-consciousness comedy with 2X2 = Shinobuden. Ridiculously well-animated and with witty dialogue. Almost makes up for the fact the story goes absolutely nowhere after episode one.

OR MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST LEARN TO WATCH BADLY ANIMATED OLD CRAP

At 3/23/08 10:25 PM, Gendo wrote: You're a shallow faggot.

I win.

If you're going to watch pretty stuff, go for the pretty stuff with substance.

I could do that.

Or I could listen to my brain, which tells me that I actually legitimately like the series I've been watching, and have not just been watching them for the animation.

If I decided to watch an entire series just because it was well animated, I'd probably go insane.

I've just found the funny parts of the shows I've been watching more funny than Ranma 1/2, and the serious parts more poignant.

I just like to annoy people sometimes, and it clearly annoys you to think that someone might be watching something for reasons which aren't the ones that you use.

At 3/23/08 10:36 PM, Kuro wrote: I just like to annoy people sometimes, and it clearly annoys you to think that someone might be watching something for reasons which aren't the ones that you use.

MAYBE I SHOULD MAKE MY RIDICULOUSLY APPARENT SARCASM MORE OBVIOUS

I really don't care why you watch the stuff you do, because I'm not a complete idiot. I just dislike it for my own reasons.

I'm not a fraction of the elitist my caps-tastic posts make me look like, I'd go insane if I was. Fanboyism does not totally cloud my logic.

I also like to be a bit of a prick, in case you've not noticed.

At 3/23/08 10:25 PM, Gendo wrote: OR MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST LEARN TO WATCH BADLY ANIMATED OLD CRAP

It's logic.

Newer equals better.

Like, who would you rather sleep with? An eighty year old, or a six ye...

Uhh...

Never mind.

You know, nobody thinks twice when people say "I love kids".

It's when you get more specific.

"I love 12 year olds."

At 3/23/08 10:42 PM, Gendo wrote: I also like to be a bit of a prick, in case you've not noticed.

DOUBLE PRICK BE DONE TO.

At 3/23/08 10:54 PM, Kuro wrote: It's logic.

Newer equals better.

New Coke.

I've sunk your battleship.

You know, nobody thinks twice when people say "I love kids".

It's when you get more specific.

"I love 12 year olds."

BUT 12 IS THE PERFECT AGE, THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSITION YEARS!

The above sentence did not exist, you hallucinated it.

I'm going to begin watching Claymore one of these days...eventually. I have the whole series. It's waiting for me. I haven't even gotten around to watching Pet Shop of Horrors or the rest of the Lupin episodes I have.

Also, go watch Kemonozume, damnit.

At 3/23/08 10:54 PM, Kuro wrote: You know, nobody thinks twice when people say "I love kids".

It's when you get more specific.

"I love 12 year olds."

God, Demetri Martin has to be one of the best comedians ever.

At 3/23/08 10:57 PM, Gendo wrote: New Coke.

I've sunk your battleship.

I've never tried New Coke.

Therefore it doesn't exist.

I drink Coke Zero, anyway.

BUT 12 IS THE PERFECT AGE, THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSITION YEARS!

The above sentence did not exist, you hallucinated it.

What was that?

Did you just BLOW MY MIND?!

At 3/23/08 11:03 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: I'm going to begin watching Claymore one of these days...eventually. I have the whole series. It's waiting for me.

Don't waste your time, I found claymore to be complete shite.

I haven't even gotten around to watching Pet Shop of Horrors or the rest of the Lupin episodes I have.

Finish Lupin ASAP.

At 3/23/08 11:03 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: God, Demetri Martin has to be one of the best comedians ever.

He really is.

He's a lot like Mitch Hedberg, which is why I like him.

Not as good as Mitch Hedberg, though.

"Isn't it weird how "finger puppet" sounds okay as a noun"?

At 3/23/08 11:10 PM, Kuro wrote: Not as good as Mitch Hedberg, though.

I love both of them, but I prefer Demetri, though I'm sure most prefer Mitch.

"Isn't it weird how "finger puppet" sounds okay as a noun"?

"And I thought 'Wow, a lot of people shit with pens.' "

At 3/23/08 11:05 PM, Kuro wrote: I drink Coke Zero, anyway.

O lawd.....

It's diet Coke with a shittier taste and a nicer bottle.

WUZZUP WIT DAT?

At 3/23/08 11:32 PM, Gendo wrote: WUZZUP WIT DAT?

Again.

It's prettier.

At 3/23/08 11:40 PM, Kuro wrote: Again.

It's prettier.

YOUR SHALLOWNESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS!

Now here's a ridiculously unrelated image!

At 3/23/08 11:50 PM, Gendo wrote: Now here's a ridiculously unrelated image!

My hatred of 300 entirely outweighs my lack of knowledge of who that other character is.

Thus I hate that image.

And NG/a/ is inching its way closer to real /a/.

And /c/.

At 3/24/08 12:01 AM, Kuro wrote: My hatred of 300 entirely outweighs my lack of knowledge of who that other character is.

But it was pretty.

SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

Thus I hate that image.

Well, ur a faget.

And NG/a/ is inching its way closer to real /a/.

And /c/.

We always were.

Remember /b/day?

EVERY SATURDAY, ZERO SERIOUS POSTS

I miss that.

At 3/24/08 12:03 AM, Gendo wrote: But it was pretty.

SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

Absolutely nothing.

And it's really not that pretty.

Ugly in fact.

Well, ur a faget.

Definitions of faget on the Web:

* F%u0103get (pronounced in Romanian: /f%u0259'%u02A4et/; Hungarian: Facsád) is a town in Timi%u015F County, Banat, western Romania, with a population of about ...

...Huh.

We always were.

Remember /b/day?

EVERY SATURDAY, ZERO SERIOUS POSTS

I miss that.

I don't remember that.

Must've been before my time.

At 3/24/08 12:08 AM, Kuro wrote: And it's really not that pretty.

Ugly in fact.

Oh, shut your face.

I GUESS IT WASN'T MOE ENOUGH FOR YOU

Yeah, the plot was goddamned pathetic, but it made for some nice popcorn entertainment.

God forbid an action flick be dumb fun....

* F%u0103get (pronounced in Romanian: /f%u0259'%u02A4et/; Hungarian: Facsád) is a town in Timi%u015F County, Banat, western Romania, with a population of about ...

...Huh.

Yes Ian, you're a town in Romania.

I don't remember that.

Must've been before my time.

Oh, too bad.

It was some fun stuff, even Wonko enjoyed.

At 3/24/08 12:13 AM, Gendo wrote: Oh, shut your face.

I GUESS IT WASN'T MOE ENOUGH FOR YOU

Actually, no.

If it was a bunch of Japanese high school girls with giant eyes and crazy hair fending off the Persian army, I probably would have enjoyed it.

A lot.

Yeah, the plot was goddamned pathetic, but it made for some nice popcorn entertainment.

God forbid an action flick be dumb fun....

I don't mind dumb fun action flicks.

I just didn't find it fun.

I found it boring.

Not to mention ridiculously racist.

Yes Ian, you're a town in Romania.

You...

You...

AVENUE!

Oh, too bad.

It was some fun stuff, even Wonko enjoyed.

Always a good way to unload pictures, I'm sure.

At 3/24/08 12:03 AM, Gendo wrote: Remember /b/day?

I remember that. Every saturday I'd have even less to contribute than I normally do.

At 3/24/08 12:21 AM, Kuro wrote: If it was a bunch of Japanese high school girls with giant eyes and crazy hair fending off the Persian army, I probably would have enjoyed it.

A lot.

You just proved my point.

You're a silly individual, you are.

I said it WASN'T moe enough for you.

Also, some genius did a beautiful parody illustration of the Spartan phalanx with the cast of the Touhou games.

Oh, and /u/ had those female Spartan warrior images, those were quite a laugh too.

Not to mention ridiculously racist.

We've been over this on like five seperate occassions, I totally agree with you there.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? THE "GARY AND IAN SAY THE SAME SHIT ABOUT 300 CLUB"?!

You...

You...

AVENUE!

That was heartless, bub.

Always a good way to unload pictures, I'm sure.

Better than season four of House.

I like Lucky Star how about you guys?