About me:
Hello, my name is Dancewithknives, or as other people call me on other platforms, Knives or Dance.
My story of coming to this site is a bit unusual.
having been a bit bored by TV, I decided to make an account and I have asked the community on what shows I should watch. Here is the current list, and feel free to make any other suggestions for me.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/140QKop3EvaNR9YoI--j-XK_cpvuaf7r7w0Nh0w6FB3M/edit
Also, I am making a diary/ review blog exploring my views on these shows as I watch them from the perspective of "On the outside looking in" at the community, so feel free to look into that if you would like.
All Comments (18) Comments
I think a big thing for you will be how your enjoyment changes. The characters and ideas in SAO are all new because you haven't really seen anime before. Eventually, the same tropes occur and you start to lose enjoyment. I don't mean it is a bad show like some people say, but my opinion has changed a lot on what I thought was new and interesting eventually to realize that it isn't . It is the same thing with music or any other media. Sometimes a new thing is so good because you just don't know the medium then several years you go listen to that same album, and you are like this isn't really that special at all and pretty unoriginal actually.
I am glad you are taking an interest though and writing a lot about it. I had fun reading it. There are shows that I enjoy basically the whole time, but still give a 6 or 7 and it is like an action movie. It is fun and exciting but in the end, it feels pretty empty. It set out what it wants to do, but to compare a fun movie like the Avengers to A Clockwork Orange or The Godfather just makes pure enjoyment ratings difficult for me. Things like character development, OST, character design, and VAs are so important but sometimes I don't "enjoy" certain things but realize how good they are. Like I hate Haruhi as a person, but love her as a character. I don't know if that means I enjoy her?
What are your thoughts?
Awww, it got you outta a funk. I liked Frank way before I even knew what Angel Beats was lol.
I love Harry Connick Jr too, who Frank mentored too.
Yeah I agree, he sings with passion and emotion and it does have soul in it.
I agree with you about music nowadays, no emotion really behind any of it tbh.
Yeah, it bummed me out when I read Frank suffered from depression, it's so sad. He was a wonderful singer and actor. Have you ever seen his movies? but apparently he was often difficult on set.
What you said really rings true!
There definitely won't be another like him although Harry Connick Jr comes damn close.
That'd be cool but possibly disappointing.
It's like when I heard the Alexandra Burke version of Jeff Buckley's song Hallelujah - his rendition had so much raw emotion behind it and was beautiful but her version, never had any emotion to me.
Jeff Buckley is one of the few that comes close in powerful and emotional songs, it's just so sad he died so young!
Jeff Buckley ver.
Alexandra Burke ver.
Yeah sure good review, the only one point I would like to make.
You cite the biggest problem about this show is character development, you understand this is about 2.5 books worth of material out of 11 and counting. How much do you think a character should develop in such a short span?
Because I think they already did a great job growing the characters the amount they needed to relevant to the amount of material covered. Do you expect/want them to be completely different people within such a short span of time? because that would seem like crappy writing to me. Not to mention why would you even need the characters to develop? This is a comedy after all, most of the greatest comedies completely eschew character development.
Plus I would straight up argue that you are wrong, and characters in fact do develop, even just from the first arc alone.
Again I find it odd that the characters are the part of the show you choose to criticise as that is usually one of the most lauded aspects of the show, but then again I suppose character enjoyment is always one of the most subjective things to a viewer.
I'll give it a read when I have the spare time and get back to you ^^
Okay first of all Don't judge the entire series based on the Endless 8. You understand that was just 1 chapter in the books and the only reason it got repeated 8 times was because of a fuck up at KyoAni.
How much you enjoy characters is very subjective, but for me at least one of Haruhi's greatest strengths lies in its characters, particularly Kyon who is featured in nearly every scene in the entire anime (of course he would he's a first person narrator)
In fact the characters in Haruhi are so influential and well put together (many of the characters we enjoy today were influenced by the SOS brigade) that I have trouble understanding why anyone would find this a valid area to criticise the show on.
For me it's a show with beautiful art and animation, fantastic memorable characters, first rate voice acting, unique and engaging cinematography, snappy dialogue, an intriguing plot and a quirky cheerful nature underscoring the whole thing. A massively influential and important anime who's effect can still be seen in the industry today...but that's just my opinion.