If Firefly was animé (fanvid alert)

POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Monday, August 30, 2004 20:44
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LUPIN3RD

Sunday, August 15, 2004 7:18 AM

Are you kidding Firefly is more like the show Outlaw Star with the baunty hunters who found an android that leads to a treasure and brings trouble with her.

But i think the idea of the badguys or "legitamit bussiness men" being the stars or heros like Lupin the 3rd who is a master thief that is allways with his pals a samari Goemon and a marksman Jigen while being hounded by a cop named zenigata

Oh God, Oh Crap, Mommy help Me!!! -Lupin

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MINH

Sunday, August 15, 2004 7:26 AM

I would have like Bebop a lot more if it weren't for the awful opening music with trumpet fanfare. The cacophony drives me nuts.

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KILLERK

Sunday, August 15, 2004 8:10 AM

I actually wonder if Joss was inspired by Cowboy Bebop to do Firefly, as there are quite a few simularities between the two series.

The music vid is downloading now..I'll let you know what it's like when it finishes...

Life is but a dream...

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STANDING8

Sunday, August 15, 2004 3:19 PM

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Originally posted by greateacher:
Nah I wasn't comparing it to Gundam or Chobits. I did say I didn't like Chobits. Perhaps you missed it.I very much dislike anything Clamp puts out. Though I have to say that there have been at least two Gundams that I have enjoyed more than this. I am saying that those names come up. Those are shows that people rank before EVA. For whatever reason. Heck, I enjoyed Stand Alone Complex more than EVA. And as we all know that pretty much stinks on ice. Many people do not like EVA because of the religious aspects that it takes. Which I think is interesting. Others like me just can't get into the story, because it's not a very good one. As I said, I liked some of the plots. The religous aspects didn't really bother me because it's nothing more than a tv show. I know some people theme the series as this complex work of psedu modern art. Which is fine. I myself liked the ideals that were instilled in some of the early Gundam series. Y'know things that actually can happen. That's the best sci-fi right there, chief. It's more believeble that a kid can pilot a killing machine in a war he wants no part in than a story that is basically about the destruction and recreation of the world. Because that's all Eva is. Rework it all you want, that's the story. There are some interesting plot points to it. Some very interesting things do happen. But at the end of the day anyone who watches has to look beyond a collection of ideas and see the overall picture. One has to ask one's self if the story itself is impressive. If it has moved you and made you care about the verse it takes place in. Can something be great if you don't care about what happens to anyone? Eva left me stone cold. I wished they all died. Well, except Misado, and the penguin. For something to be great, as in the greatest of all time it has to speak to you on a deeper level than depression. I am not saying everything has to be smiles. The greatest anything has to achieve greatness. It has to involve it's audience on an emotional level. It has to make it's audience think. It has to make them care. And it most evolve. It is true that Eva makes you think. But it never makes you care. It never draws you in that way. Instead you antiscipate what happens next in the plot. Not whether the characters live or die. Because it doesn't matter. Even if that's the purpose of the plot. You never care about the characters anyway.

Dude, how dare you dismiss the storytelling! At the end of the day that's what everything is about. The story! I am well aware of the years people have put into thinking what everything means. But a psychological question that does not relent does not match up with character developement. People have had those same discussions for silly animations such as .hack. Almost every good animation can be discussed on deep levels. That just falls into the realm of a plot point. Which are interesting. Some people, most just let it go. Others slide into an X-Files like , truth is out there scully existence. It's interesting. But still the story does not speak to every level of human emotion. Eva doesn't, and never has. It's a nice take on giant robots. It goes some places no one has gone. Well at least in the same series. It's interesting. But at the end of the day it's about story.

Of course you get to know the characters over the course of the series. But there's too many conspiracies, and bells and whistles. Perhaps too many characters. I know for sure there's too many characters that don't matter. Eva takes an interesting story and drives it into the ground. Where's the character developement? Some have it, many just seem like they were thrown against the wall to see if they'd stuck.

Again how is this better than Trigun? A show that makes you feel for the characters and their plight. A show that makes you care about what's going on. About who lives and dies. How is Eva better than that? Answer it isn't. Back when the internet boomed there were two shows people just had to see. I just mentioned one of them.

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