| Nothing. |
Whysoserial said: just a buzzword in the community |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Not getting it |
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Irrelative said: Nothing. |
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| Sorry m8. Don't know what 'pretentious' even means . |
| Wohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
| used mainly as a buzzword pretentious=stuff i dont like the director is usually who makes an anime pretentious |
perjeNov 27, 2015 12:49 PM
| Watch Tokyo Ghoul √A and you'll find out |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
Whysoserial said: Both of these are correct. A good example of a pretentious anime would be Code Geass.Anyone can condition me as to what makes an anime pretentious and some possible examples of this? Would it be its flawed attempt at handling mature themes, or is pretentious just a buzzword in the community when something is trying to portray intricate messages or morals through its story? |
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| Something is pretentious when someone can't understand it, apparently. |
 It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether! It's an entirely different kind of flying. |
| Pseudo intellectual language and long monologues using it and forcing down ideals and killing off characters just because of the shock value. |
| The haters of that anime. |
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| existing |
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| Subete ga F ni Naru comes to mind tbh |
idk why I was here but I'm prob back to playing Dragon's Dogma 2 again when you read this |
| wut |
Milk_is_Special said: Irrelative said: Nothing. |
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| when it gibs random deep information or random philosophical insight out from nowhere and not in context with the situation |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| Watch Madoka Magica and you'll find out. |
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| "'Pretentious' is just a pussy cop-out people say whenever they don't understand something." --Gholy |
| Pretentious is series like Serial Experiments Lain. Tries to be smart and deep, but in reality its a load of bull. |
| Nothing. It's just an excuse when people don't understand something and don't want to admit ignorance. |
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| If it has boobs jiggling for every 8 second, then its pretentious. |
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keragamming said: Pretentious is series like Serial Experiments Lain. Tries to be smart and deep, but in reality its a load of bull. AltoRoark99 said: "'Pretentious' is just a pussy cop-out people say whenever they don't understand something." --Gholy |
tr1ckst3r said: If it has boobs jiggling for every 8 second, then its pretentious. My life is completed now. How I could have been so blind all this time? |
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Whysoserial said: Anyone can condition me as to what makes an anime pretentious and some possible examples of this? 0) It's a buzzword that is often misused. It's best not to use it unless you're sure what you're doing. 1) Complicated themes, references to obscure philosophical and moral systems and so on have their place in anime. In fact, they need a lot of place and time in your anime to show their worth. If you don't give it to them - the anime becomes pretentious. For example, Evangelion includes Tree of Sephiroth, Dead Sea Scrolls and other christian symbolism for no apparent reason. And then fails to make use of them. 2) On the other hand, slow-paced anime with unusual worlds and mysterious characters are a good place to show off some moral lessons or something. If you don't deliver, or deliver something inconsistent, anime is likely to be called pretentious. |
| Stuff I don't like - pretentious Stuff I like - intelectual and deep |
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| The show itself is almost never pretentious, it's some people who think watching certain Vietnamese cave drawings makes them better than the next loser on the internet. |
PoeticJustice said: keragamming said: Pretentious is series like Serial Experiments Lain. Tries to be smart and deep, but in reality its a load of bull. AltoRoark99 said: "'overrated' is just a pussy cop-out people say whenever they can't explain why they don't like said series" --Gholy ^ You see what I did there? Saying something is pretentious, bad, overrated ect. Is just a lazy way to express ones dislike. It doesn't mean the person just didn't understand the series or cannot explain why they thought the series was bad or pretentious. If you want I could write a whole essay why I think serial lain is not a good series. so yea, it just means the person didn't think it was worth his or her time to write a in depth opinion on the series, and not because he or she didn't understand it. What ghouly said is just as shallow as people saying a series is pretentious. Try again. :P with ghouly logic, anyone that post buzzwords like pretentious, overrated, bad ect. Either doesn't understand the series or isn't capable of explaining why he or she doesn't like the series. And we all know for majority of the time, folks don't think its worth their time. |
keragammingNov 27, 2015 2:21 PM
| Saying in the middle : "the work which has become a genre unto itself shall be called Cowboy Bebop" Even more so when it ends up being true o/ |
| Anime like Nagi No Asakura, Anohana, Angel Beats and Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso. Anime that makes drama so forced. They force everything soooo much in order to make shit look sad. Forced love, forced sadness, forced everything. |
Kruszer said: Nothing. It's just an excuse when people don't understand something and don't want to admit ignorance. |
 All credit goes to Sacred. |
| Anime I don't like. |
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| Pretentious is something that takes more than 5 seconds of the first watch through to understand. I typed this as bluntly as a 4th grade essay so as to not seem pretentious either. |
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Kruszer said: Nothing. It's just an excuse when people don't understand something and don't want to admit ignorance. What if someone were to construct a series with legitimately unfounded symbolism, out-of-place references to philosophy and/or psychology, and present it all very ambiguously? Would you still say that there's no way it can be pretentious, since no one can explain the meaning behind the symbolism, purpose of references, etc.? |
| It's amazing how anime is a slightly older and smaller medium in comparison to video games yet has three times the amount of retards and wannabe critics. Like fuck, not everything was made to cater to your taste. Just because you don't get it doesn't mean it's bad or "pretentious". |
PeenusWeenusCaimNov 27, 2015 3:39 PM
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keragamming said: PoeticJustice said: ^ You see what I did there? Saying something is pretentious, bad, overrated ect. Is just a lazy way to express ones dislike. It doesn't mean the person just didn't understand the series or cannot explain why they thought the series was bad or pretentious. If you want I could write a whole essay why I think serial lain is not a good series. so yea, it just means the person didn't think it was worth his or her time to write a in depth opinion on the series, and not because he or she didn't understand it. What ghouly said is just as shallow as people saying a series is pretentious. Try again. :P with ghouly logic, anyone that post buzzwords like pretentious, overrated, bad ect. Either doesn't understand the series or isn't capable of explaining why he or she doesn't like the series. And we all know for majority of the time, folks don't think its worth their time. Nah, I just don't believe YOU can. I pretty sure half of the people on this forum can pick apart your "essay." |
Whysoserial said: r is pretentious just a buzzword in the community when something is trying to portray intricate messages or morals through its story? It's just you being pretentious. The western world is much of a pansy to tackle many subjects that anime does. |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
CaimTheJoyful said: It's amazing how anime is a slightly older and smaller medium in comparison to video games yet has three times the amount of retards and wannabe critics. Like fuck, not everything was made to cater to your taste. Just because you don't get it doesn't mean it's bad or "pretentious". Huh? Pretty sure anime is several decades older than Videogames unless you count that tennis game they made on a radar back in the 40s. |
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