The Shade

Had been watching Eureka 7 on YTV, but in an incredibly weird move, they decided to only license half the series. Since this one was so good so far, I decided to finish it watching it by fansubs. The only really weird part so far is the change of voices and the translation of some of the technical terms. I watched ep 30 last night. Man, YTV stopped just when this series started to get really really interesting.

Yep, from a marketing POV, that certainly looks like a winning photo to me.

Oh man!!! Those were funny. I'm seeing these on Monday morning just before I start work. They're exactly what I need.

Critically, it was panned. But, commercially, it was a success.

A MP Constructicon set? I might buy that as well.

The only using snippets of it while also parodying events; so, it falls on the terms of fair use. Aside from that, it also gives HG some free exposure. Why block that?

Someone has lent me the '94 Gatchaman OVA set on VHS. Oh man, it's terrible, and I've only watched one episode (of three) so far. The "updated" character designs remind me of the Image Comics artists' work during the mid 90's. Then again, so does the plot & dialogue. Oh well, sometimes, you gotta watch terrible shows in order to really appreciate the good ones.

Bees???

Though based on an historial event, the movie follows more Frank Miller's Graphic Novel, which came out in 1998. Unless Miller was extremely prescient, your political comment has no merit. Therefore, the Mods should step in and close this argument before it escalates into full blown politics. We are talking about a movie and whether we liked it or hated it. Let's keep it at that, shall we? (Edit: spelling)

One thing I noticed while watching it: the film seemed to be grainy, ie the image wasn't as plain as what you would have seen in other movies. Was this done on purpose, or did my threatre just have really bad equipment?

Just saw it. It was bloody, it was gory, it was f'ing violent. It was a manly man's movie. This is the best film I've seen in theatres in a while. A lot of people in the threatre were almost cheering when the giant was fighting Leonidas (the giant was being played by a local actor), and while we knew he wasn't going to win, it was still great seeing him in the film kicking ass.

For a pretty good He-Man spoof, try this theme song: Then, catch this three parter: Warning, potential grossness; also, not safe for work.

I wouldn't mind downloading it, but the shear size of it all (also, I'm on Rogers high speed, bt is throttled ) probably means I'll never see it.

Nooooooo!!! ANN are reporting that HG are working on a sequel to SC. I wonder if this one will take another 20 years?

I actually Media Player Classic. No problems whatsoever.

Holy Crap!!! I can't believe what I just read. And the worst thing is M$ and the movie companies are going to get away with it.

Apparently better than English spelling, too.

I think I've finally figured out something that was bothering me regarding the RT.com forums. We had talked about how the RT:SC enthusiasts over there thought that the art & animation were blowing them away, while, over here, we thought it looked pretty bad. Now I know why. The last animated show these guys watched was RT. Therefore, they're comparing SC to the original RT animation. We, on the other hand, have been watching animation since then. We've seen it progress to the beautiful visuals we see today. So, these guys are just not aware of the huge strides animation has made since the early 80's. I guess, for them, ignorance is bliss.

So, any word on the changes Lucas will be doing on this set? You know he will be doing some. The TV series set to start in 2009? Wow, that thing just keeps getting pushed back all the time. I had read originally that they were planning a start date of 2007, then 2008. It always seems to be 2 years away.

Being a Tolkien fan (not a die hard though) what is this book going to be about?

Wow, I really am glad I have my Animeigo set.

Wow, this reminds of a year or two ago when Gundam Official's message board mysteriously disapeared after people started talking about how bad Gundam Seed Destiny was.

I was snooping over at the RT.com message boards to see what the reaction over there is. Ummm... The only thing I can really think of is the Star Wars Prequels apologists: as long as it carries the franchise's name, it's the greatest piece of work ever. Seriously, there are people over there saying this is really an awesome movie. Of course, there are some who are bashing it, but they're being drowned out by the "I'm loving it crowd". HG also put up a link to a review of SC, as you can expect, it's a positive one. This guy is a game reviewer, not a movie reviewer, so take it with a grain of salt. Gamerz-Edge Review

I was thinking the same thing. The only explanation I can think of is that Blaster is just not as popular as Prime or Soundwave for that type of marketing gimmick.