Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. (Please note: If you simply wish to comment on something I've said but don't want to participate in the meme, that is fine. I will only give you five words if you specifically comment with "Words ( Read more... )

"Twisted" reminded me of the final few episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion in which director Hideaki Anno hastily threw high-concept ideas at a well-run genre, and had to fill time by showing extended frames of absolute stillness because his producers cut his budget.

The flight was at 5 a.m., but I had luggage to check and the secret police force of a fascist regime to elude (I remembered to say "danke," Steve McQueen!), so I got there at 4. I'd only had an hour nap, so I slept through both my flights, missing snack service and amassing puddles of drool all over my shirt. I emerged from MSY to a humid, 85° ( Read more... )

Watch this. Right fucking now.

Yes, I know I'm the annoying anime-guy.

And yes, I know you think this looks cheesy, but let me tell you why you thunk wrong.

Speed Racer, while groundbreaking for introducing anime to Occidental culture, was without cheesy, cheaply animated, and horribly dubbed. Yet somehow it has plastered itself into the collective ( Read more... )