I guess if we are talking about the art of amazing cartoons I guess you can say I'm lukewarm to it (though I kinda enjoy some of lower rated shows over some of my higher rated ones)
How was Ex Machina for you? I've seen it but I'll let you talk about it first since I'm not good at leading in discussions so you lead and I reply to your points.
Yeah it felt very natural, it's not like the film crew would ask 'so what about race?', they just captured the honest moment. It helps that the people involved were very open about being filmed.
Like when Joseph lost when William is a senior and loses his chance to go to the championships, his reaction walking off the court man ;_; Although it was really sweet when he hugged it out with Arthur afterwards because I don't think you'd seen them together before hand (course they must of know each other through filming)
I think the lack of narration helped because any narration was purely factual and with some exceptions where the directer spoke off screen, a lot of the scenes off court where quite introspective.
His situation with his dad was sad, especially how his dad emphasised that he didn't want Arthur to repeat the mistakes he did and really wanted him to be successful. There was that thing with Curtis too who wanted to see his failed dreams live on through William. Damn man I read that they were both killed a few years after filming, really tragic. I'm glad that Arthur, William and both their mothers seem to be doing OK and moved to safer areas.
I noticed that I was crossing my fingers before all the important shots :P There was that repeated music cue where you just knew there was going to be a tense point. And I was definitely happy when Arthur started capitalising on those points
Yeah I made a note to watch it after seeing that you liked it (I wonder how long ago that was). Well I really liked it's honest depiction of urban American life
>Not until you admit they should look identical to my favorites at all times ( ͡° ʖ ̯ ͡°)
which is why you should watch Utena ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) but I understand, it happens to me a lot as well .__.
I usually refrain from going too much into detail when it comes to shows that I'm still watching, so I won't say much. Penguindrum is a bit odd... in a good way. It does a good job at mixing surrealism and comedy together, and it has great direction and visuals (especially in episode 9, it was fantastic). Also noticed some similarities in themes and symbolism between Penguindrum and Night on the Galactic Railroad (an anime movie, not sure if you've heard of it). Speaking of the symbolism, I'll discuss it later on after finishing the show if you like.
I'll tell you my thoughts on Solanin after reading more from it.
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Same tbh. More excited about Zaregoto though.
wbu?
Sounds about right, lmao.
I think the lack of narration helped because any narration was purely factual and with some exceptions where the directer spoke off screen, a lot of the scenes off court where quite introspective.
Yeah I made a note to watch it after seeing that you liked it (I wonder how long ago that was). Well I really liked it's honest depiction of urban American life
which is why you should watch Utena ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) but I understand, it happens to me a lot as well .__.
I usually refrain from going too much into detail when it comes to shows that I'm still watching, so I won't say much. Penguindrum is a bit odd... in a good way. It does a good job at mixing surrealism and comedy together, and it has great direction and visuals (especially in episode 9, it was fantastic). Also noticed some similarities in themes and symbolism between Penguindrum and Night on the Galactic Railroad (an anime movie, not sure if you've heard of it). Speaking of the symbolism, I'll discuss it later on after finishing the show if you like.
I'll tell you my thoughts on Solanin after reading more from it.