BSG, Utena, *ramble ramble*
This season of BSG is bugging me. Michael wassiface (Andressi?) seems to be getting his big ham writing hands into it again. Last night's episode was full of stupid pointless shit that was supposed to OMG ADD TO THE TENSION. Actual, I dunno, plot points cause enough tension that random shit only deflates the real tension. GAH! Way too much selective stupidity in the last couple episodes.... though I liked this one better than "Faith." I'm not going to suggest any staff writers get drug out into the street and shot, but a good fifty lashes can't hurt. Also, I had to consult the web to find out who the hell a character was, since they bring her into play once a season, and expect everyone to remember who she is. After giving her the same haircut they give every other supporting female. Maybe dropping some dumb sports metaphor to remind me she was on Anders' team of professional athletes-slash-guerillas?
It's certainly not bad this season, but there's so much weirdness going on that at this point the series should be fucking dripping awesome until the end!
Randomly rewatched the first episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena, plus the last two, since I had them lying around. I'd almost forgotten who innocent and whimsical it begins. Those last episodes give me the shivers. A character in a girls' anime* becoming a princess was never, ever so bleak a thing. Many other bad things happen, but that moment... heartrending.
If you haven't seen Utena, I'd totally recommend it. Bit of a long buy-in, unfortunately -- 39 (20-minute?) episodes, and if I recall rightly there's a lot of filler in the first season, but almost none afterwards. Also, they really goof around with genre tropes, right down to spotlighting new characters in elaborate frames with spinning roses in the corners. Found the style kind of off-putting, but I stopped noticing after a while, 'cause the story's amazing. To me, anyway.
Sometimes I think I'm weird.
Just a little.
~me
"Oh, stubborn and reckless hero, you let me have a small taste of true friendship. Farewell."
*girls apparently demand more characterization than powering up to fight a bigger bad guy!
It's certainly not bad this season, but there's so much weirdness going on that at this point the series should be fucking dripping awesome until the end!
Randomly rewatched the first episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena, plus the last two, since I had them lying around. I'd almost forgotten who innocent and whimsical it begins. Those last episodes give me the shivers. A character in a girls' anime* becoming a princess was never, ever so bleak a thing. Many other bad things happen, but that moment... heartrending.
If you haven't seen Utena, I'd totally recommend it. Bit of a long buy-in, unfortunately -- 39 (20-minute?) episodes, and if I recall rightly there's a lot of filler in the first season, but almost none afterwards. Also, they really goof around with genre tropes, right down to spotlighting new characters in elaborate frames with spinning roses in the corners. Found the style kind of off-putting, but I stopped noticing after a while, 'cause the story's amazing. To me, anyway.
Sometimes I think I'm weird.
Just a little.
~me
"Oh, stubborn and reckless hero, you let me have a small taste of true friendship. Farewell."
*girls apparently demand more characterization than powering up to fight a bigger bad guy!