The unAUTHENTIC DC Boards Lounge version 8.5

[chamber-music]

did you take it from a child?

I took it from Daniel Day Lewis alas he was not pleased about it

 

[Hound55]

I'm picturing Twy snorting crumbled up Flake and saying "What is this half-cut bulls***!?"

 

[TheCorpulent1]

So, I found this anime series called Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok on Hulu. The description said it was about Loki becoming a private detective specializing in weird s*** after Odin banishes him from Asgard, and then Odin starts sending other gods down to Earth to kill him, forcing Loki to either fight them or convince them to join him. Sounds cool, right? So I decided to check out the first episode.

Unfortunately, the show features practically every terrible anime cliché in the book. Loki's stuck as a little kid on Earth--more specifically a little boy who wears an overcoat with a giant bow on the front, which makes it look remarkably like a dress. He's played as a typical anime straight man, very dry and detached from everything. But don't worry, 'cause he's got an overly superstitious manservant who serves as his zany sidekick! Oh, and let's not forget the stereotypical ditzy girl who's seemingly in every goddamn anime series ever--doesn't matter what her age is, 'cause she always acts like a dumb tween, even if she's supposed to be a 30-something secret agent or whatever. In this case, it's an actual tween named Myra, who winds up with Loki because she too wants to be a paranormal detective. So after the first episode she basically just insinuates herself into Loki's life as his plucky sidekick. Oh, and she has pink hair and red eyes because... it's an anime.

Just... ugh. I try to keep an open mind and I get s*** like this.

 

[BlackLantern]

yes...that's what happens

so I tried giving the Green Lantern movie another shot....and its still a total disappointment....giant evil space cloud...really DC really??

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I still need to see it

 

[BlackLantern]

do. not. bother.

not as bad as Dragonball Evolution....but then very few things are

 

[HighFivingMF]

Yeah, don't bother. Unless you like awesome things.

 

[BlackLantern]

anyone that knows me knows I am on the Hal Jordan Express, but I can't even defend that movie

the only thing they got right was the whole thing regarding his dad

Carol Ferris. WRONG.

OA. WRONG.

Kilowog, WRONG,

Parallax (which shouldn't have even been in the movie in the first place) WRONG....it was basically Galactus from the FF movie....big evil space cloud

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What did they do to f*** up Kilowog?

 

[BlackLantern]

he's in the movie for all of 5 minutes and totally built wrong....looks lumpy and the wrong color

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, it's just a visual thing? That's not too bad. I thought they made him not the Corps' drill sergeant or had Hal kick his ass or something.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I hear they showed him for like 90 seconds

 

[Superman 1265]

So, I found this anime series called Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok on Hulu. The description said it was about Loki becoming a private detective specializing in weird s*** after Odin banishes him from Asgard, and then Odin starts sending other gods down to Earth to kill him, forcing Loki to either fight them or convince them to join him. Sounds cool, right? So I decided to check out the first episode.

Unfortunately, the show features practically every terrible anime cliché in the book. Loki's stuck as a little kid on Earth--more specifically a little boy who wears an overcoat with a giant bow on the front, which makes it look remarkably like a dress. He's played as a typical anime straight man, very dry and detached from everything. But don't worry, 'cause he's got an overly superstitious manservant who serves as his zany sidekick! Oh, and let's not forget the stereotypical ditzy girl who's seemingly in every goddamn anime series ever--doesn't matter what her age is, 'cause she always acts like a dumb tween, even if she's supposed to be a 30-something secret agent or whatever. In this case, it's an actual tween named Myra, who winds up with Loki because she too wants to be a paranormal detective. So after the first episode she basically just insinuates herself into Loki's life as his plucky sidekick. Oh, and she has pink hair and red eyes because... it's an anime.

Just... ugh. I try to keep an open mind and I get s*** like this.

So... you watched an Anime show and expected it to be different from other Anime programs? That's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

 

[Manic]

So, I found this anime series called Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok on Hulu. The description said it was about Loki becoming a private detective specializing in weird s*** after Odin banishes him from Asgard, and then Odin starts sending other gods down to Earth to kill him, forcing Loki to either fight them or convince them to join him. Sounds cool, right? So I decided to check out the first episode.

Unfortunately, the show features practically every terrible anime cliché in the book. Loki's stuck as a little kid on Earth--more specifically a little boy who wears an overcoat with a giant bow on the front, which makes it look remarkably like a dress. He's played as a typical anime straight man, very dry and detached from everything. But don't worry, 'cause he's got an overly superstitious manservant who serves as his zany sidekick! Oh, and let's not forget the stereotypical ditzy girl who's seemingly in every goddamn anime series ever--doesn't matter what her age is, 'cause she always acts like a dumb tween, even if she's supposed to be a 30-something secret agent or whatever. In this case, it's an actual tween named Myra, who winds up with Loki because she too wants to be a paranormal detective. So after the first episode she basically just insinuates herself into Loki's life as his plucky sidekick. Oh, and she has pink hair and red eyes because... it's an anime.

Just... ugh. I try to keep an open mind and I get s*** like this.

That sounds like a cheap and annoying knockoff of Detective Conan/Case Closed.

 

[BlackLantern]

Oh, it's just a visual thing? That's not too bad. I thought they made him not the Corps' drill sergeant or had Hal kick his ass or something.

oh he totally makes Hal his b****......and youll love this Corp....spoiler alert

Spoiler

during the big fight with the Parallax space cloud, he lures it out to the sun so that gravity can pull it in and the coup de grace is a BIG GREEN FIST....Im good with that in the books or animation...but not in the big budget film

its is a facepalm of galactic proportions

 

[sandwraith]

So, I found this anime series called Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok on Hulu. The description said it was about Loki becoming a private detective specializing in weird s*** after Odin banishes him from Asgard, and then Odin starts sending other gods down to Earth to kill him, forcing Loki to either fight them or convince them to join him. Sounds cool, right? So I decided to check out the first episode.

Unfortunately, the show features practically every terrible anime cliché in the book. Loki's stuck as a little kid on Earth--more specifically a little boy who wears an overcoat with a giant bow on the front, which makes it look remarkably like a dress. He's played as a typical anime straight man, very dry and detached from everything. But don't worry, 'cause he's got an overly superstitious manservant who serves as his zany sidekick! Oh, and let's not forget the stereotypical ditzy girl who's seemingly in every goddamn anime series ever--doesn't matter what her age is, 'cause she always acts like a dumb tween, even if she's supposed to be a 30-something secret agent or whatever. In this case, it's an actual tween named Myra, who winds up with Loki because she too wants to be a paranormal detective. So after the first episode she basically just insinuates herself into Loki's life as his plucky sidekick. Oh, and she has pink hair and red eyes because... it's an anime.

Just... ugh. I try to keep an open mind and I get s*** like this.

While I'm not a stalwart defender of the "honor" of anime, there are REAL obvious ones to avoid. It's niche sure but there are anime which are rather mature and are pretty good.

I'm watching Fate/Zero right now. Look pass the fact that this game was adapted from a Eroge and that they've made King Arthur a girl (admit it, you've thought of it) its pretty interesting.

Then there are anime the Japanese aren't wild about but make a killing when its brought over to the States. The Big O and Tiger & Bunny come to mind.

Legacy anime like Gundam or Macross are more or less series made to sell merchandise but from time to time, they do have some pretty great stories and action.

CLAMP makes some anime which most guys would call girly and some of their best work is kind of dated like X but they do churn out some interesting stuff.

Look for the sleeper hits Corp. Basically any other title guys on SanCom and 2ch aren't raving over. You have to remember that anime these days are being adapted from manga while its either still in print (which causes problems when the anime starts catching up to wherever the comic is at), eroge that they've watered down for general viewing and the pure fanservice stuff that they produce for that niche but sizable group of viewers. Fan service could be anything between huge breasts or under-age looking girls (I said "looking" ok). It's a strange sub-culture but hey, so is the anime based on battling tops like Beyblade and trading card anime like Yu-Gi-Oh!(which I still follow...sadly) and Vanguard!

Something for everyone in anime. Just look at the right places, and ask the right people.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

So... you watched an Anime show and expected it to be different from other Anime programs? That's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

There are some that avoid the more annoying clichés enough that I've been able to enjoy them. I liked Death Note for a while. The Casshern anime wasn't too bad, even though I only watched a couple episodes. I figured this one might be an exception to the rule because it already started off with some of my favorite subject matter--the Norse gods. But then it s*** all over the gods. I went to read some more about it on Wikipedia and it turns out Thor shows up as a teenage boy who keeps taking odd jobs to support himself because, after joining up with Loki, he can't remember how to return to Asgard. So yeah, basically Thor gets to be comedy relief.

 

[sandwraith]

There are some that avoid the more annoying clichés enough that I've been able to enjoy them. I liked Death Note for a while. The Casshern anime wasn't too bad, even though I only watched a couple episodes. I figured this one might be an exception to the rule because it already started off with some of my favorite subject matter--the Norse gods. But then it s*** all over the gods. I went to read some more about it on Wikipedia and it turns out Thor shows up as a teenage boy who keeps taking odd jobs to support himself because, after joining up with Loki, he can't remember how to return to Asgard. So yeah, basically Thor gets to be comedy relief.

Valkyrie Profile.

Problem is, you'll never get a good anime out of it because it rocked too hard as a game. PSN it. I think you can find it under PS One classics.

 

[lixdexia]

Oh, it's just a visual thing? That's not too bad. I thought they made him not the Corps' drill sergeant or had Hal kick his ass or something.

the visuals suck and he's pretty much every michael clarke duncan big black guy character. he's pretty good in the tie in game though.

oh he totally makes Hal his b****......and youll love this Corp....spoiler alert

Spoiler

during the big fight with the Parallax space cloud, he lures it out to the sun so that gravity can pull it in and the coup de grace is a BIG GREEN FIST....Im good with that in the books or animation...but not in the big budget film

its is a facepalm of galactic proportions

how is that ANY different? it's the same **** folks have been saying about hal for years, but now thta it's in a movie you somehow expect it to be different...when he's being overseen by geoff johns!?!

really!?!

also, fun stuff, listen to geoff johns on the featurettes "my favorite hal line is one i wrote in issue #..., it's like this one time in the book which i wrote..." dude was *********ing pretty hard

 

[Darthphere]

Was he seriously saying his favorite Hal scenes were in the books he wrote?

 

[lixdexia]

yes

 

[sandwraith]

the visuals suck and he's pretty much every michael clarke duncan big black guy character. he's pretty good in the tie in game though.


how is that ANY different? it's the same **** folks have been saying about hal for years, but now thta it's in a movie you somehow expect it to be different...when he's being overseen by geoff johns!?!

really!?!

also, fun stuff, listen to geoff johns on the featurettes "my favorite hal line is one i wrote in issue #..., it's like this one time in the book which i wrote..." dude was *********ing pretty hard

Well the GL movie is Johns' baby. A huge leap of faith for DC Entertainment to give him most of the control of the film's creative direction. I'd have let him start somewhere in DC Animation first though.

 

[lixdexia]

it could have been ok, it just made some fatal errors. chief among them being blake lively and the cgi suits for hal, sinestro, and abin sur. if you had given those three prectical suits it would have saved SOOO much money and time

 

[Spike_x1]

Oh, it's just a visual thing? That's not too bad. I thought they made him not the Corps' drill sergeant or had Hal kick his ass or something.

Hal didn't quite kick Kilowog's ass, but he did lay him out flat after about 30 seconds of training. Thankfully Sinestro promptly comes along to put Hal in his place.

Also, that training sequence was just bad. There's no real sense of time passing through the scene, so it actually does make it seem as if Hal has only been training for a few minutes.

Still, if anyone who hasn't seen the movie wishes to know how it goes, this is honestly a pretty accurate summary of the plot.

 

[sandwraith]

it could have been ok, it just made some fatal errors. chief among them being blake lively and the cgi suits for hal, sinestro, and abin sur. if you had given those three prectical suits it would have saved SOOO much money and time

Made me wonder why they even went with live-action considering just how much CGI the show was made with. Were they going for the Avatar feel?