TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

Wich Gundam Tyr?  There like a gazilion of them...

Gundam Gundam.
Mobile Suit Gundam.

Watch Gundam Wing, if you haven't already, you should like it Similar to Mobile Suit Gundam, in a way.

Watched it looonnnng ago when I was a kid.
It was meh. OK. Had its up points and its weird points.

[Kleves]

Arn't all Gundams about emo teenagers who for some reason have superpowers but no libido, rebelling against authority? Actually, isn't that pretty much what all anime is about?

[Grey Fox]

Arn't all Gundams about emo teenagers who for some reason have superpowers but no libido, rebelling against authority? Actually, isn't that pretty much what all anime is about?

There's an entire subsection of Anima dedicated to teenagers libido tho.

[Habbaku]

Arn't all Gundams about emo teenagers who for some reason have superpowers but no libido, rebelling against authority? Actually, isn't that pretty much what all anime is about?

No.  Some Gundam is good.  Most is terrible.

Anime's still for fags, though.

[Slargos]

I liked Macross... 

Which, come to think of it, is a metaphore for the technological revolution Japan went through after meeting the "giants" from the west/space. HAH! I had never considered it.

[Syt]

I'd have to say that Ergo:Proxy is the best anime I've ever watched; a post-apocalyptic distopian story rich in existentialist/philosophical themes and symbolism.

[Josquius]

Arn't all Gundams about emo teenagers who for some reason have superpowers but no libido, rebelling against authority? Actually, isn't that pretty much what all anime is about?

I remember Wing being quite emo yes.
So far original is quite standard military scifi faire.

I liked Macross... 

Which, come to think of it, is a metaphore for the technological revolution Japan went through after meeting the "giants" from the west/space. HAH! I had never considered it.

And they fought us off with the power of crappy pop music?

[Slargos]

Arn't all Gundams about emo teenagers who for some reason have superpowers but no libido, rebelling against authority? Actually, isn't that pretty much what all anime is about?

I remember Wing being quite emo yes.
So far original is quite standard military scifi faire.

I liked Macross... 

Which, come to think of it, is a metaphore for the technological revolution Japan went through after meeting the "giants" from the west/space. HAH! I had never considered it.

And they fought us off with the power of crappy pop music?

No, but the message is that you can't win by arms, so you must conquer and thrive by cultural methods. The japs have put all of their energy into great works of culture and engineering since the fatal mistake of Pearl Harbor. I think it fits quite neatly. 

[Slargos]

Ok. I downloaded Ergoproxy and the premise seems good so far, even though it's fully loaded with too many asian tropes.

One thing that I gotta ask though, being a relative anime noob: Why the fuck does Whatshisnametheimmigrant run around with his eyes closed all the time.

Only time we've seen his eyes so far is when he's going through a retinal scanner, and then it's just the eyeball itself in picture.

I also wonder why my posts tend towards having sentences starting with the same letter. Matrix? 


Edit: Nevermind. I got it. It's a transformation-from-zero-to-hero thing. Fucking japs. Nuked them not enough.

[viper37]

Arn't all Gundams about emo teenagers who for some reason have superpowers but no libido, rebelling against authority? Actually, isn't that pretty much what all anime is about?

About teenagers who can pilot giant mechs better than anyone else.  "Without libido", I'd say it depends wich series. 

[Ed Anger]

I watched the heads up poker thingy on NBC. After being exposed to a kajillion GoDaddy commercials, I hope Danica Patrick crashes and burns in the Indy 500.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

The Arrangement... Elia Kazan almost stays relevant as Kirk Douglas does some grade A gnashing of teeth and brow. The might Chin blazes in the glory of this tortured Ad Man married to Deborah Kerr and having it on the side with Faye Dunaway (but he's unfulfilled? ... really dude, slow down smell that coffee.) Some nifty photography and creative staginess combine to make a bleakly designed world for Douglas to wreak his brand of earnest savagery upon.

Would make a great Arthouse double Bill with Nic Ray's "Bigger Than Life"  starring steroid rager James Mason!

8.00004 ways in which you hide your "ethnicity" in polite society until it bursts from your chest all over everyone making them smell like goat cheese outta 10

[Neil]

Saw the new Pirates movie with the inlaws.  It confirmed my belief that while Johnny Depp's character is good in a supporting role, he can't really drive a story.

[CountDeMoney]

I watched the heads up poker thingy on NBC. After being exposed to a kajillion GoDaddy commercials, I hope Danica Patrick crashes and burns in the Indy 500.

Not until she's on the catcher end of some serious lesbian domination.  Oh, yeah.

[DontSayBanana]

Saw Pirates of the Carribean and Thor together at the local drive-in the other night.  I was pleasantly surprised by both, though in the case of Pirates, that wasn't saying much- I disliked both of the previous sequels.