Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150201074641/@comment-24152851-20150216042642

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Pretty sure I can find it with no problem, I just didn't feel a particularly strong inclination to go and find it and watch it. Those reasons are pretty much what didn't make me too keen on the series, it lost all of the brilliant theme, symbolism, that had been set up by the previous series's historical setting. I will watch it at some point, I'm just not in any rush to do so.

I won't lie, there are things I'm not happy about in the season. But overall it's a clear step away from the direction they previously were headed in, so I won't discourage what they're doing now.

It's been a while since a movie made me feel such deep emotions as that one did. Even if some people don't like it, at the very least it's a film they can respect.

Mmm, okay well I'm not in a rush to watch that one either.

Sorry Imitation Game. Enigma is the machine in the movie which the plot revolves around.

It has one of the most complex anime plots I have ever seen, and the writing is just pure genius. It's on the same level as any of those Sherlock Holmes series, as making you're mind think. The two main characters are just so impossibly smart, and with the Villain Protagonist Light Yagami, he's the kind of character who you want to root for just to see what other brilliant move he'll make, despite how immoral he is. The artwork is also amazing. In fact the writer and the illustrator of the manga are two different people, two skilled individuals teaming up to bring forth that masterpiece. Though I'd recommend watching the Japanese version, the English dub is pretty terrible and wrecked some of the episodes, while the Japanese voice acting is amazing.

I certainly have to check it out if I want any hopes of having a social life. It's just the thing that everyone is talking about. We can compare our thoughts on it later.

I can see how he got so much respect, he does know how to delve deep and hone the point through without being boring. He really is the kind of reviewer that we need more of.

Yeah I really do. The Cannon involves blasting the contestants off the island at extremely high speeds to God knows where else, and over half the contestants don't even where helmets when they're fired away. In fact when Ella gets eliminated, during the last lines of her song she sings "I'll try my best not to die, but now it's time to say goodbye", before she's blasted away. It is by far the most life-threatening means of elimination, that makes the Drop of Shame seem safe. Difference between the Hurl of Shame is they get thrown from a low height at much slower speeds, while the Cannon is on a cliff and the contestants get a lot of trajectory as they're fired off.

I'm not a fan of the Drop of Shame, but I can't see many alternatives to exiting out of a plane. I'll let that one slide, since they actually had parachutes, but I can perfectly understand if you hated it.

I never liked the Flush of Shame either, but I've grown to hate it even more as of late. It most certainly is over-the-top gross. It's gross just for the sake of being gross, as if to test just how far the show can push its limits. Which reminds me, I really don't think you'll like Sugar, who is a shining example of Nausea Fuel, someone or something who's only purpose is to be over the top disgusting. I was mixed about the locations they got sent to, as some of it were callbacks to previous episodes, mainly in TDWT. I sort of liked Lightning's one, but that's probably because I was glad to see him go second. I guess we'll see what she makes of it now. I would've preferred an answer from her personally, rather than acting as a messenger with the writers. Because she seems to be one of the most sensible members on the team, and the first one I'm aware of who's willing to acknowledge mistakes.

I'll take your word for it. It's going to be a while before I get to that episode anyway.

I think the original idea came from the DC Nation Shorts, which were sort of popular at the time. But at least those one’s stuck with the real Titans' personalities and storylines. There really are times in TTG where they're taking shots at fans of the original series, and seem to be intentionally mocking them by screwing around with the plots and characters. Like I said before, if you want to make kiddy crap, then make original kiddy crap, and don't associate an existing franchise.

I don't even know what the hell Johnny Test is trying to achieve. Is it actually trying to be funny? I can't even see any pretend effort. It mostly just feels like a rip-off Dexter's Lab which I didn't like much anyway. Yeah I saw that one, and I can safely say: that was the worst episode of all-time. It was a complete disgrace and abomination even by TTG standards. I was disgusted by Beast Boy and Cyborg being even bigger a**holes than usual, and eating all the food which causes the other Titans to be malnourished. The Titans getting bloated wasn't even the worst part, the absolute stupidest, most nonsensical thing was when Beast Boy and Cyborg's stomachs get so large they sprout limbs and take on lives of their own. That episode pretty much confirms the writers engage in regular substance abuse. I've taken the liberty of writing an extremely critical review of that episode on the YMMV page under “Dude Not Funny”. Even fans of TTG hated that episode.

Raven is a revolutionary character, a work of art like her comes once every blue moon. They saw an opportunity with her, and let it flourish. I don't think I’ve seen any other cases where the animated version of a character outdoes the original paper version. If you know me, I really love characters with great complexity, that's often kept hidden under a mysterious exterior. She's the type of character who can take you emotional journeys, and delve deeply into grief and sorrow. Plus we've all been where she is at some point, and that makes her very relatable. True, I read somewhere that they did the MLP thing as a tribute to Tara Strong playing Twilight Sparkles. Though, aside the MLP moments she's mostly the same as her old self. She's till being sarcastic, pessimistic, and having to put up with the insanity around her. She's about the only character who I don't have a problem with. The one's who really enrage me are Robin and Cyborg. They were meant to be intelligent and mature in the original series, and both had their fair share of hardships that carved them into a hardened nature. But TTG has gone and screwed the concept on its head, turning them into morons who are massive d**ks to the other Titans. Especially Robin who makes me want to bash my brains in. He's now a narcissistic, whiny, little twat who never shuts up about being leader, and cares more about getting fame and glory then the lives of his friends. There are times I almost wish he would just be killed off for good in that series. I saw in an interview with Scott Meville, that when he was first given the script for TTG Robin he was like “are you absolutely sure this is how you want me to play him?” Even the VA is like “WTF is this crap?” so that really should've been a warning sign for the writers.

A franchise with a fanbase of that magnitude is unlikely to subside. Once something has that big a cultural influence, then there will be others who attempt to revive it back to it's former glory. I just hope they pick the correct writers and production team this time.