Comments | thefourthvine: 161: I'll Take the Complete Set, Please

thefourthvine

161: I'll Take the Complete Set, Please

Feb 18, 2007 03:08

Yes. Because what is meta about anime vid feedback without anime vid recs? And these come in sets!

FLCL
Here's the thing about FLCL (Fooly Cooly). I have watched many vids using FLCL, and I have come to the conclusion that it contains infinity. It's a short series - 6 half-hour episodes - and yet AMV makers have created vids in just about every ( Read more... )

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impactbomb February 18 2007, 17:13:46 UTC

. . . I think I may just love you forever for introducing me to an AMV of Gojyo and Touga switching places as well as an Eva/FLCL mashup how did I not know of these things BEFORE yes ♥

thefourthvine February 19 2007, 07:24:58 UTC

Gojyo and Touga switching places

I know. It's one of those concepts that just - you think, no, wait, that's crazy. And then you realize it's the good kind of crazy.

how did I not know of these things BEFORE

In the words of petronelle: Tragedy struck!

But, luckily, we've resolved that.

*pleased*

impactbomb February 19 2007, 18:04:47 UTC

It is. Entirely. Good crazy.

Also, "Progress and Stress and Dream" makes me weep. Which is not a reaction I usually have watching the series! (Mainly because the series never gives you enough time to register the incredible emotional complexities between the characters before, you know, someone's head explodes with a messy spiderbot and Canti gets stuck holding their panties, or something like that. The problem with a series like FLCL that is one giant metaphor is that it finds the weirdest ways to express that metaphor. Like, you know, giant robots that turn into bazookas and guitar guns.)

janet_carter February 18 2007, 17:52:33 UTC

I was all happy reading the recs, not clicking through, but then there was Moxy Fruvous! And boobies! And then I had to download, because what's not to love?

thefourthvine February 19 2007, 07:27:02 UTC

*nods*

Pre-cise-ly. It's a proven strategy: luring people to their doom with boobies and Moxy Fruvous. Because who doesn't love boobies and Moxy Fruvous? (I mean, not together.) (Although, actually, upon reflection, the combination doesn't seem bad, either.)

Now go download all the YnM and FLCL vids! Your head will explode. But, you know, in that fun way where you get most of neurons back at the end.

laughingacademy February 18 2007, 19:47:39 UTC

I am weeping with laughter while listening to the “Men of Genius: 80 SPF Sunblock Wearer” clip. (“Your coconut-scented forcefield blocks out all the sun’s rays...and any stray rays from another sun, in another galaxy...”) That would be the best...McKay vid...EVER.

thefourthvine February 19 2007, 07:28:59 UTC

That would be the best...McKay vid...EVER.

I know. It would be one minute of pure joy. God, if only I had good, solid blackmail on a vidder, I would so use it to make this happen. Or if I had thought of this in time for sdwolfpup's IJVP.

Damn it, there must be some pressure that can be brought to bear on these people.

We must plot! For the good of all fandom!

scintilla72 February 18 2007, 20:27:05 UTC

> Who is probably giggling to himself while he does it.

Oh god, you have no idea. ^_^ I don't care if nobody else gets that I threw in Xellos from Slayers for "jealous"; it made me giggle, dammit.

Thanks for the rec!

thefourthvine February 19 2007, 07:30:12 UTC

it made me giggle, dammit.

I can see that. You probably cackled, even. I strongly suspect that there was distinct mad-scientist-style cackling that went on during the creation of that vid. I have no proof, mind you, but you'll never change my mind.

brown_betty February 18 2007, 21:18:07 UTC

Those FCLC vids need some kind of warning. Like, “caused spiders to spontaneously strangle their young in laboratory settings,” or something.

thefourthvine February 19 2007, 07:32:23 UTC

Actually, that would probably be the ideal warning for the whole damn series, as well as every vid made to it. It's - um. Did you read the intro text from that first vid?

We've all heard the story a hundred times before; boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Girl hits boy over the head with bass guitar. Boy's forehead sprouts horn that turns into extra-terrestrial robot. Even if you haven't seen the show, you can probably guess the rest by now, right?

Of course, that isn't the half of it. I seriously suspect the creators of FLCL of using some top-secret crack compression utility to pack the absolute most crack ever into 6 half-hour episodes. How else can you explain it?