Oh ok, heh, I see now. Guess we'll see if it is this week.

At 11:30 pm at night, next Saturday. And there's no way it'll be on Saturday morning without a hackjob censorship. The folks running Toonami don't even care about peddling to the kiddies anymore, which is a good thing.

At least the women all look over the age of 13. That's a rarity in anime these days.

Yeah, it does continue to have intense episodes, and it really doesn't get as cliche as he said, imho. Without going into spoilers, the next few episodes after the first are a buildup for a major battle that is when the story really begins.

That perfectly encapsulated everything one needs to know about modern-day KyoAni.

Trends seem to indicate it may be turning around. AoT was none of those. Kill la Kill is, among many, many other things, basically a massive satire on Japanese high schools taken to 11. Those have been the biggest shows of the past year. The upcoming, much hyped Space Dandy looks like nothing that has been seen in…

Ironically, it kinda fits the spirit of the show by not having it on the list. But yeah, it would be on mine too. 'Tis a shame it was such a short series and it hasn't done so well in Blu-Ray sales. Maybe it hit a bit too close to home with Japanese otaku.

'Twas the 80s, man. That's all you need to know. The 80s.

Teddy Roosevelt

Eh, I have a different view on that. Good movies can be standalones and good movies can be parts of other stories. As I said, books and tv shows do that, and have done it for years, and in the case of books, since the dawn of writing, and I don't see why movies can't. For me, knowing that there's more to a story than…

I wouldn't say so. In fact, it builds up a mystery. Things are happening, but its not described why...yet. So it says, "stay tuned to find out!" There's a Ring, and it seems to be somewhat connected to the guy Gandalf is fighting? Who is this guy? Why is he building up an army? And how is this Ring connected? We never…

Well, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. You have a different reason for watching, or not, the movies than I do. I enjoy watching them from the standpoint of knowing the mythic scale of the legendarium, and from what I consider the joy of exploring the scale and setting of Middle-Earth. You're watching it, or…

Except the actions of Bilbo, Gandalf and the rest of the gang had a direct effect on the history of Middle-Earth. Did anything Rick, Ilsa and Victor do have any bearing on the outcome of the War? Nope, other than some small-time intrigue it was just a small little kerfluffle. It would be different if Casablanca's…

The difference with The Hobbit, though, is that everything that happened in it led to LotR, which led back to everything in The Silmarillion. That ring that is basically a harmless little tool that helps Bilbo sneak around? Oh its actually carrying part of the soul of an evil overlord, and if he got hold of it, the…

Yeah, it almost feels like these kinds of reviewers are taking out the magic of watching a movie and making it into a inquiry that judges movies based upon a mechanical process that must be "airtight" according to their specifications, else it would fall under the jurisdiction of the Grand High Inquisitors of the…

Yeah, people are too cynical these days. Pacific Rim outright tells you "This movie is a love letter to the simple joys of giant robots beating up giant monsters." It is honest and direct. It doesn't try to be anything else. Its a movie for everyone's inner 10 year old. If a person can't let their inner child out,…

Exactly, was going to say something similar to that. To many people, especially in the first-world countries, our own world doesn't feel so "epic" to us anymore. Everything has become familiar and boring. Not only has the world become smaller, we've also become aware of our powerlessness in it. Cynicism has become the…

Heh, can't get into a balanced, detailed discussion about the grander Tolkien mythos, Tolkien's views about his own work and how they all tie in together and how Jackson interpreted the material. Nope, gotta be cynical about everything because that gets pageviews.

Yeah, part of my excitement for the movies is that we get to see the Dol Guldur stuff, so, for me, I'm satisfied. I think the thing is, you got the story as it is written from Bilbo's perspective, as written in The Hobbit, which is a jolly little romp, nothing of big importance. He runs off with dwarves, he has some…

Didn't match where I live, but it did match where I was born, Baltimore. Kinda figures since my parents grew up around there. My accent is all over the place though, not very Baltimore-ish, more like "generic American" with various weird touches. I tend to roll my Rs in words like "alright" which I don't think anyone…