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Meta about meta

Jan 11, 2012 21:11

Because I'm aware that a new Buffy comic came out today and that it's contentious and I don't want to get mired down in the whatever, consider this a blanket ban on comic mentions in the comments to this post. I don't know how it could be related, but I'm playing it safe. Don't mention the comics.

elisi had a post about Mark Watches Buffy and, you know ( Read more... )

i watch other shows sometimes, meta, btvs

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goldenusagi January 12 2012, 04:00:56 UTC

I should rewatch Utena... I started rewatching some anime stuff this winter. Though right now, I only have time for good dubs, not reading subs. I have no idea what sort of dub Utena has. Do you happen to know?

gabrielleabelle January 12 2012, 04:05:18 UTC

Eek, the Utena dubs are pretty bad. I'm not an automatic dub-hater (I actually prefer the dub on several series), but Utena...yeah, it's foul.

goldenusagi January 12 2012, 04:15:26 UTC

Good to know, lol. I was really into anime at a time when a lot of series had horrible dubs, either in edits or voice acting or both, so I know to be skeptical of series that have older dubs. But I'm not an automatic dub hater. If a series has a good dub, I'm unlikely to see the original. (Do you remember the promos for Gundam Wing UNCUT? It was a Big Freaking Deal.) Though on the other hand, if I happen to see the Japanese version first, it's unlikely I'll ever watch the dub. There there were things like Inuyasha, which I liked the dub fine on, but then the episodes Cartoon Network ran out, and I realized there were dozens of more episodes in Japanese and it was still on air in Japan, and after that, I never watched the dub again, lol.

gabrielleabelle January 12 2012, 04:28:08 UTC

Heh. Yeah, we sound about the same. I started out with some dubs initially cause one of the guys I watched anime with was vision impaired and couldn't read subs. So there are several series that I'm just used to the dub and prefer it. If I watch the sub first, though, yeah, I don't do the dub.

Utena I actually watched most of it via fansubs, as there wasn't an official release beyond the first 13 eps. That probably biases me against the dub a bit, but I still think the dub is just horrible outside of it.

goldenusagi January 12 2012, 04:41:23 UTC

I first watched Utena with these horrible, horrible fansubs that had this teeny tiny font. But it was all I could find at the time ( ... )

gabrielleabelle January 12 2012, 04:45:50 UTC

Ha! I still have Utena fansub VHS tapes boxed up somewhere. Yep, that was just before downloading and Bittorrent became the thing.

I think we're essentially the same anime fan. Cause, yeah, we sound the same. :)

goldenusagi January 12 2012, 04:50:33 UTC

And I'm like, what should I DO with all these old fansubs? They're just taking up space!

But--! Fannish history!!

Must keep.

I do still have a VCR, so they're not totally worthless.

gabrielleabelle January 12 2012, 04:53:23 UTC

I'm convinced that they'll be worth something someday.

CONVINCED!

I'm often very stupid.

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