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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    12:10 PM

    In reply to Paprika Director Has Kid-Friendly Robotic Dreams
    I love that when you add Millennium Actress to your Netflix queue, it recommends Singing in the Rain
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    12:07 PM

    In reply to Paprika Director Has Kid-Friendly Robotic Dreams
    I love it. Love love love. I can't wait.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11:38 AM

    In reply to Paprika Director Has Kid-Friendly Robotic Dreams
    If Miyazaki is walt disney,
    then Satoshi Kon is the Hitchcock of anime.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    12:08 PM

    @Dash_Stryker: Agreed.

    Miyazaki is a way to get children into Anime, Kon is how you keep the adults interested.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12:41 PM

    @NerD: Blattella: i don't know. i never really liked paranoia agent all that much and i have yet to actually sit through all of tokyo godfathers due to lack of interest.miyazaki, in my experience, is the way to get adults into anime just as much as children. the stories may not be as complex, or as needless convoluted, but the visuals are stunning. which is the primary thing adults, again in my experience, need to realize, that animation can be more than color filled bubbles arranged in the shape of a talking head on screen. adults, i've found, find this easier to handle in a story that's meant to take place in a fantasy world and only over time gradually open themselves up to the possibility of an animated feature that takes place in the real world.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    01:36 PM

    @tetracycloide: Perfect blue watch it.

    #calendar
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    01:47 PM

    @tetracycloide: Paranoia Agent is a tough sell, and shouldn't be the first choice.

    I would recommend Paprika.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of comics0026 comics0026
    02:29 PM

    @tetracycloide: Satoshi Kon is for experienced travelers only
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02:37 PM

    @comics0026: Thank you captin parrot.
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    10:50 AM

    In reply to Paprika Director Has Kid-Friendly Robotic Dreams
    I used to love Anime in the olden days (heh) of the 80s and early 90s but I feel like lately the stuff that comes out is massed produced drivel with nowhere near the quality of writing and richness of some of the old works.

    Satoshi Kon is an exception and I'm grateful he's around and making films. Definitely looking forward to this one.
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    Image of themixingitsession themixingitsession
    11:58 AM

    @Motoki: Then you seem to be ignoring some of the great series that are appearing nowadays, most notably the manga xxxHolic by CLAMP. It might not be animation, but it certainly has a lot of heart, depth, and richness to it. A modern classic, in my opinion.
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    Motoki promoted this comment themixingitsession was starred themixingitsession was unstarred
    Image of Motoki Motoki
    12:19 PM

    @themixingitsession: Admittedly I have not read much manga in years, though I've heard there are some good ones out now and may have to do some digging.

    In terms of Anime though, I have not seen anything that I was crazy about outside of Satoshi Kon in years.

    Miyazaki is cute and sentimental and at least not total drivel, but I like a little more to my stories.

    The original Ghost in the Shell film from the 90s was quite good in my opinion, but the recent iterations of it have just been bleh for me.
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    Image of themixingitsession themixingitsession
    02:55 PM

    @Motoki: Well on the Anime front, I have to agree with you: there's not that many interesting or good ones going around. Although the same can be said about any other genre or type of entertainment. You have to dig around a pile of crap before you can find the real gems.

    The GITS movie: I have nothing but love for it. Funny enough, I've never seen Akira, which everyone seems to favor.
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    09:35 AM

    In reply to Paprika Director Has Kid-Friendly Robotic Dreams
    you just gave me the scariest thought, and i cannot remember the movies name. Recently there was a movie out, about a poor robot from a poor family, gone to me the king to save all the other poor robots from the recycling pile.

    where did all the original robot creators go? did humanity get killed off? was this movie the ultimate end of the terminator franchise?

    did the human soul that get recycled into the earth at the end of the stich-punk animated movie '9' create that cybertron of the poor versus articratic robot class war?

    why is there no bacon in the future?
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    Image of Biku Biku
    09:53 AM

    @PostMarque: There is future bacon: robo-bacon, or, as I like to call it, bacon-bits-and-bytes.
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    PostMarque promoted this comment Biku was starred Biku was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    10:58 AM

    @Biku: @Mr. Damage:

    I pronounce Biku the winner of this thread. You win 3 internets that take double A batteries, but it cannot be hooked up to your TV. You are going to have to speak my manager about how to use the DVD in the microwave though.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12:48 PM

    @PostMarque: the movie in question was, humorously, robots.
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    01:08 PM

    @tetracycloide: you mean that robot movie, i could not fathom a title for, also caused the same reaction of the entire creative marketing team that produced it?
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    PostMarque was starred PostMarque was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    01:22 PM

    @PostMarque: in their defense it was a very inane movie. it probably took a stroke of creative genius to come up with an equally inane title.
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    01:52 PM

    @tetracycloide: the next book i right is going to be called Words In A Book
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    PostMarque was starred PostMarque was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    01:57 PM

    @PostMarque: in related news have you read AnOther magazine?
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    01:59 PM

    @tetracycloide: did it do an article on the movie, Movie?
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    Image of jbq jbq
    11/12/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    I seem to be the only one who thought this was absolutely fan-tastic! And have to agree with @Miksho: Katie Kitty is simply too cute for words. Well done, fan vids are rarely this good. #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of Taed Taed
    11/13/09

    @jbq: I agree that was the best fan production I've ever seen short of Star Trek: New Voyages. #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    jbq promoted this comment Taed was starred Taed was unstarred
    Image of jbq jbq
    11/14/09

    @Taed: Well, it's not the best fan production I've ever seen, that has to be Troops, but it certainly was great. #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    jbq was starred jbq was unstarred
    Image of Taed Taed
    11/19/09

    @jbq: I just watched _Troops_ (I had never heard of it previously), and while it was very good, for me, it did not rise to the level of _Horrible Turn_ or _Star Trek: New Voyages_.

    Thanks for telling me about, it though!
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    Taed was starred Taed was unstarred
    Image of jbq jbq
    11/19/09

    @Taed: No worries! Remember that I saw Troops when they first hit the web, so they might not be as great as I remember....
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    jbq was starred jbq was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    11/12/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    It was cute, but it wasn't Horrible. #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/12/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    Well, on the plus side, when Whedon gets around to making Dr. Horrible 2 (since Dollhouse's canceling is bound to leave him with a lot of time on his hands,) he can watch this and cast Patrick Warburton as Johnny Snow. #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of Miksho Miksho
    11/11/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    I watched the whole thing. It's painless in comparison to other fan-attempts at musical comedy I've seen, but I definitely think that the songs (not the singing, but the composition) were the weakest thing about this. Not one song is stuck in my brain, which was the best thing about Dr. Horrible; it wedged itself deep into your grey matter.

    But seriously, a lot of heart went into this, and I respect it for that. I really like the subtle world-building they did (Bad Horse's origin, 1000% more Johnny Snow) and the casting was as good as you could have hoped for. Hammer grew on me. And Kristin Massa (Katy Kitty) is impossibly cute. #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of pH-unbalanced pH-unbalanced
    11/12/09

    @Miksho: Agreed on just about all points. On the songs though, I think the *lyrics* were excellent, though the actual tunes were quite forgettable.

    If it had been half the length, it would have been a brilliant piece of work. At this length it was merely "impressive, for fan fiction." #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    11/11/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    I actually enjoyed it. Actually, I thought the kid playing Hammer was the better actor out of the group. He played it I felt with the right amount of ham, #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    11/11/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    ok after watching it More, the dude playing Hammer is good when he SINGS but not talking #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of Plague Plague
    11/11/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    oh, fan fiction. Is there anything you can't ruin? #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    11/11/09

    In reply to Unauthorized Dr. Horrible Prequel Has Its Own Bad Horse Chorus
    I don't like the boy playing the Hammer #drhorriblessingalongblog
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    Image of foolish-rain foolish-rain
    10/27/09

    In reply to Can Ethan Hawke's Daybreakers Make Vampires Edgy Again?
    As long as Ethan Hawke doesn't shout "Get your paws off me, you damn dirty vampire", this will be excellent. And assuming the ex-vampire thing isn't seen as a metaphor for ex-gay by the religious nuts. #daybreakers
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    Image of HalOfBorg HalOfBorg
    09/18/09

    In reply to The Swayze Zombieland Cameo That Never Was
    Few people know that Patrick Swayze's death was predicted long ago - in 1961.

    OK they got the diagnosis a little wrong, but not much.
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment HalOfBorg was starred HalOfBorg was unstarred
    Image of HalOfBorg HalOfBorg
    09/19/09

    @HalOfBorg: 61..81...typo.
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