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Thrawn05
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All Your Posts Are Belong To Ming
Dec 2001
time: 00:24
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Originally posted by Bas
So if you don't like cartoons and if you don't like humour movies (which, you have to admit, are often awful), you take life too seriously and have no humour? Interesting...
For the record, I don't dislike cartoons in general, but there's something in anime that annoys me to no end. I guess there are good anime movies, but it's just not for me I guess. |
From people I have encountered, those that dislike comedy movies and cartoons, are always some sort of holier then thow, self proclaimed intellecturals that seem to know all and are without fault in anything. They tend to act as if they reach some sort of nervana on earth.
Sure it's a big world, but this is from what I've seen so far. I've met about 20, 25 people like this so far. I tend to remember people like this.
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Wraith
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Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 1999
time: 23:24
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--"I just do not see the interest in this stuff at all. It's just cartoons, surely."
It's just another medium. What you're saying is equivalent to writing off classical Greek painting and sculptures as porno because of all the naked people.
Anime suffers from the same limitations as everything else. Sturgeon's Law, commercialization, etc. But there are some really good works. Give one or two a try. Something like Grave of the Fireflies, if you like drama, for instance.
--"Some people need to grow up!"
Yeah, and we're all cheering for you.
--"There's also hentai. Oh, and giant robots saving the world. And lots of tentacles"
And giant robots with tentacles saving the world... and you can't forget school uniforms.
--"but there's something in anime that annoys me to no end"
Japanese art and storytelling has its own traditions, many of which have been carried into manga and anime. Some people aren't going to like the style, it's just a matter of taste.
--"What do you mean "Just cartoons"?"
You can blame Disney for a lot of this. The whole "cartoons are just for kids" perception. I think a lot of people who think this haven't really paid any attention to, for instance, Bugs Bunny.
--"And Anime IS for adults."
Some of it is. Some of it, like Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar, is targeted at kids.
--"Oh no, Boddies disapproves, whatever will happen to me now?"
You can rest easy in the assurance that, since Boddington dislikes it, it must be good.
--"I think many Europeans think it's really strange to be a huge fan of something made by Japanese..."
If so, those Europeans don't know their own history very well. A lot of the famous European painters, like Van Gogh and Whistler, were influnced by Japanese artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige.
This worked the other way as well of course, and the Japanese works were influenced by Westerners.
Wraith
"If you aren't remembered, then you never existed."
-- Alice ("Serial Experiments: Lain")
Last edited by Wraith on 15-12-2002 at 23:47
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