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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    Leitner wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    Evangelion is downright uncomfortable at times, and not for the reasons the creator wanted it to be
    Rei was not intended to be your perfect waifu, and shinji was meant to be an anti-hero in the classical sense?

    is Rei the 14 year old girl that keeps getting naked

    because that's kind of weird to me

    Yes,

    but if you think that scene was there to titilate,

    I don't know what to say. That was very clearly there to unsettle you.

  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    I never had an urge to jerk off on an unconscious person before, and I don't really want to see it in an anime

    so I can't really connect with Evangelion's writer on any level

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    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Google Fiber wants to assimilate Canadian people.

  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    http://swervdriven.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/bartkira_6_p016.jpg

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    desc wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    http://swervdriven.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/bartkira_6_p016.jpg

    what is this

  • DelmainDelmain Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaat.

    I'm watchin' the USA game, what's going on with Canada?

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    2-1 now, we'll be fine ... hopefully.

  • GreeperGreeper Registered User regular
    Evangelion's new thing is good.

    the movie reboots.

  • DelmainDelmain Registered User regular
    Wait, what the fuck?

    St. Louis got a slashing penalty?

  • TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    Delmain wrote: »
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaat.

    I'm watchin' the USA game, what's going on with Canada?

    I guess until a minute ago the Latvian goaltender was just playing out of his mind and it was 1-1 with < 10 minutes to go.

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    twitch.tv/tehsloth
  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    Leitner wrote: »
    Leitner wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    Evangelion is downright uncomfortable at times, and not for the reasons the creator wanted it to be
    Rei was not intended to be your perfect waifu, and shinji was meant to be an anti-hero in the classical sense?

    is Rei the 14 year old girl that keeps getting naked

    because that's kind of weird to me

    Yes,

    but if you think that scene was there to titilate,

    I don't know what to say. That was very clearly there to unsettle you.

    I'm not going to give the show the benefit of the doubt when it has things like a teenage girl getting jacked off on

    There was no reason the characters had to be children, I think the guy responsible for the show is creepy. You can argue the artistic merit all day but it's not going to make me start watching the various animes of that variety

    I'm not Willd, but Evangelion has everything I hate about anime in it

    override367 on
  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    desc wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    http://swervdriven.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/bartkira_6_p016.jpg

    what is this

    Bartkira

    It's odd

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    What I like to do with M&Ms is put one in my mouth and hold it between my teeth, gently squeezing it until the candy shell cracks. Then I roll it over onto its other side and peel the rest of the shell with my teeth, leaving just the chocolate center. I then roll the chocolate around in my mouth until it dissolves into warm goo before swallowing.

  • GonmunGonmun He keeps kickin' me in the dickRegistered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    In your face Sloth! Up 2-1 now. :P

    desc wrote: »
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  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    Also the whole kids being super children who will save the world isn't remotely unique to evangellion.

  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Google Fiber doesn't care about Canadian people.

    Use your magic socialism powers to build one.

  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot OMG WRIGGLY T O X O P L A S M O S I SRegistered User regular
    ugh my brain is not cooperating today and i feel like a dumb dumb due to this

  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    on a related subject, I was going through Double Dragon Neon again

    and the biker boss? is a perfect riff on MegaMan

    * you enter through a set of rising gates
    * if you jump into the gate, you'll 'float' through, just like in the megaman series
    * he fires three shots
    * he can charge up
    * even has the slide attack
    * he explodes just like megaman
    * he's blue
    * the concept art pretty much sells it

    Tamin on
  • rockrngerrockrnger Registered User regular
    Leitner wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    Evangelion is downright uncomfortable at times, and not for the reasons the creator wanted it to be
    Rei was not intended to be your perfect waifu, and shinji was meant to be an anti-hero in the classical sense?

    is Rei the 14 year old girl that keeps getting naked

    because that's kind of weird to me
    I always thought that was a intentional deconstruction.

  • TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    Gonmun wrote: »
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    In your face Sloth! Up 2-1 now. :P

    Drats

    I'll have to take solace in Russia losing then

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    twitch.tv/tehsloth
  • DelmainDelmain Registered User regular
    Gonmun wrote: »
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    In your face Sloth! Up 2-1 now. :P

    I don't think either of us want Canada to lose. St. Louis is on that team!

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    spool32 wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Google Fiber doesn't care about Canadian people.

    Use your magic socialism powers to build one.

    Canada's telecoms are less socialized than ours are in the states (err, well sort of, not really, they're supposedly under more regulation but in practice they aren't)

    you have to mortgage your house to download a blu-ray as I understand it

    override367 on
  • ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    Leitner wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    Evangelion is downright uncomfortable at times, and not for the reasons the creator wanted it to be
    Rei was not intended to be your perfect waifu, and shinji was meant to be an anti-hero in the classical sense?

    The nudity, sexual tension between adults and children, and jerking off over your unconcious catatonic friend/coworker/roomate? The director then constantly placing himself in shinjis shoes?
    I.. liked the series? I guess? It was interesting at the time but theres so much better now. FLCL did coming of age euphamisms so much better and creeper in an..... understandable way?

    FLCL is amazing and did what evangelion was trying to do, except on a smaller scale, but in 6 dense ass episodes. FLCL is pretty incredible if you can deal with the wackyness.

    Yeah I was more comfortable with the uncomfortable bits in FLCL vs Evangelion and yes the story was better

    And yes Eva writer needs help with both writing and his emotional issues

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  • TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    Delmain wrote: »
    Gonmun wrote: »
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    In your face Sloth! Up 2-1 now. :P

    I don't think either of us want Canada to lose. St. Louis is on that team!

    I dunno bro

    I'd much rather face Latvia than Canada

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    twitch.tv/tehsloth
  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    There was no reason the characters had to be children, I think the guy responsible for the show is creepy. You can argue the artistic merit all day but it's not going to make me start watching the various animes of that variety

    What Cinders was pointing out is lots of animes do this. There's no single offender. How many times has a teenage guy tripped over something only to land face first into an underage girl's breasts? Then the girl gets mad and bashes him over the head but the point is it happens often. It's a culture thing. It's a Japanese thing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QswPVas5Qhw

  • DelmainDelmain Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    Delmain wrote: »
    Gonmun wrote: »
    TehSloth wrote: »
    mwahaha Canada dangerously close to not medalling in olympic hockey.

    In your face Sloth! Up 2-1 now. :P

    I don't think either of us want Canada to lose. St. Louis is on that team!

    I dunno bro

    I'd much rather face Latvia than Canada

    I guess that's fair.

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Google Fiber doesn't care about Canadian people.

    Use your magic socialism powers to build one.

    Pfft, our socialism hasn't successfully improved anything since the 90s.

    Infrastructure is expensive and apparently people think they can use their money better than the governmenr can.

    As a willfully irresponsible spender, I'm ambivalent in that regard.

  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    Leitner wrote: »
    Leitner wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    Evangelion is downright uncomfortable at times, and not for the reasons the creator wanted it to be
    Rei was not intended to be your perfect waifu, and shinji was meant to be an anti-hero in the classical sense?

    is Rei the 14 year old girl that keeps getting naked

    because that's kind of weird to me

    Yes,

    but if you think that scene was there to titilate,

    I don't know what to say. That was very clearly there to unsettle you.

    I'm not going to give the show the benefit of the doubt when it has things like a teenage girl getting jacked off on

    There was no reason the characters had to be children, I think the guy responsible for the show is creepy. You can argue the artistic merit all day but it's not going to make me start watching the various animes of that variety

    The characters needed to be children because they wanted a fucked up coming of age story. The story was always shinji and how he grows up, and not the end of the world or robots. Thats why the tv series ends with
    a giant in head sequence for him figuring out life and a penguin telling him "CONGRATULATIONS"

    To be clear, it wasn't on, or even over, in fact I think he basically runs to the bathroom.
    He shoves her in anger, which exposes her, the next shot is a locked bathroom door, then you see his hand and it cuts to him looking disgusted with himself.

    It's all fucked for sure, and the movies actually move to fix some of it, but they neglect others, and I think its for "accuracy". There's no real good reason why all the children male and female have to go through a chamber to get cleaned at the same time for the clean room environment ahead, besides "we have to have this allegory here".

    DiannaoChong on
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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    FLCL is a coming of age anime that did not creep me out as much, and even though the story was pretty much whatever the fuck can happen at whenever time, it was still more coherent than Evangelion

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Zampanov wrote: »
    Leitner wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cinders wrote: »
    Like I get it for kids shows. It's empowering for kids so whatever. But it gets weird in the shows for adults.

    Bart Simpson is weird?

    That show is about a failing 90s family, not children are required to save the world from elements of gnosticism.

    Evangelion is downright uncomfortable at times, and not for the reasons the creator wanted it to be
    Rei was not intended to be your perfect waifu, and shinji was meant to be an anti-hero in the classical sense?

    The nudity, sexual tension between adults and children, and jerking off over your unconcious catatonic friend/coworker/roomate? The director then constantly placing himself in shinjis shoes?
    I.. liked the series? I guess? It was interesting at the time but theres so much better now. FLCL did coming of age euphamisms so much better and creeper in an..... understandable way?

    FLCL is amazing and did what evangelion was trying to do, except on a smaller scale, but in 6 dense ass episodes. FLCL is pretty incredible if you can deal with the wackyness.

    Yeah I was more comfortable with the uncomfortable bits in FLCL vs Evangelion and yes the story was better

    And yes Eva writer needs help with both writing and his emotional issues

    He did get help with his emotional issues after Eva. He's in a happy place now, that's why the reboot is less cynical.

  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    The age and maturity of the main protagonists is central to the character archs it's trying to tell?

    Like that criticism makes sense with a massive number of anime, but it's to a large extent the point of Evangelion?

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Google Fiber doesn't care about Canadian people.

    no no no

    The Canadian Government doenst care about Canadian people in this case because they have stupid laws and allow the Telecoms to have absurd monopolies and collude to screw people

  • Hi I'm Vee!Hi I'm Vee! Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C E Registered User regular
    I watched FLCL twice and I still had to read a synopsis to figure out what the "storyline" was.

    Don't get me wrong, I loved it, but man that was an off-the-wall anime.

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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    Cowboy Bebop was the first anime I ever watched

    which kind of ruined most anime for me because it's so much better than everything else

  • skippyskippy Registered User regular
    I am only -2.4 lbs

    fuck this anarchy in the uk

    http://cdn.gifbay.com/2013/01/canadian_riot-27249.gif

  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    I'm just going to say it.

    FLCL was dreadful.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    fuck
    big
    data

  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    desc wrote: »
    Atomika wrote: »
    Carol Danvers, if you please.

    GMkXKAVl.jpg

    What a weird coincidence, I'm wearing that right now.

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    FLCL is a coming of age anime that did not creep me out as much, and even though the story was pretty much whatever the fuck can happen at whenever time, it was still more coherent than Evangelion

    A crazy chick whose boyfriend leaves the country latches onto the boyfriend's younger brother and teases him suggestively. The younger brother pretends to take all this in stride but he's extremely conflicted privately.

    The show is meant to be creepy.

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