At 2/22/11 08:17 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:
Mendou, you're all right and all, but you and Kermit are making this shitty thread even worse
Bullshit, it's been awful for ages. Me making a fuss didn't do anything other than make it clear that it's the quality of the discussion. You can like whatever you like, but if it's all you talk about, then there's a problem.
People seem to have this little misunderstanding, that I hate what I haven't seen, and hate what's popular. I've pointed out that I've watched what I've come to dislike. And really, the latter is true to a certain degree, and you know what? Big deal. This industry has been releasing the same garbage for over a decade especially, and people just eat it up. It's the same with every other media industry. And some of the shows you guys point out? Guess what, I like them too. But you don't see me blabbering about the same shows, because I've made attempts to keep discussion up with titles that rarely get mentioned.
What's wrong with getting a little tired of talking about Durarara, or FMA? Why can't we talk about shows that get dismal attention? Like for example, I picked up the Tetsujin 28-go remake from 2004. Some may find the designs a little goofy since they pay homage to the series from the 60's. But it has such brilliant genre conventions, it's SR but it's not campy or formulaic. It's dark and it's themes still relevant to our world today. Same with Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood still. Which pulls it off with even more grandiose.
But that won't happen, something like T28 doesn't get brought up because everyone is so stuck in their comfort zone in this club. I think this show is wonderfully impressive, and I see no wrong in wanting shows like that being talked about more often. And speaking of which, at least Aigis brought up that Astro Boy remake, I should watch that, but I still need to watch the 80's versions first.
My god, let me make it a bit more clear for some of our more thickheaded users. You can watch whatever you want, and like whatever you want. But really when it's all that's being discussed. It's a terribly stagnant thing. This isn't about jealousy, it's imploring people to talk about new shows, ones that you're unfamiliar with, something you normally don't watch.