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Revolutionary Girl Utena, one of my favorite anime series, is getting remastered release. The first 12 episodes, The Student Council Saga just came out earlier this month. I got the new DVDs this weekend, started rewatching, and figured it would be interesting to blog about it as I watch episodes, hopefully with a new perspective after all these years. I love Utena because it's so different from any other anime. It's a magical girl shoujo series, but it's really a deconstruction of the genre (probably part of why I like it so much, since I was never a huge fan of straight shoujo). And there's the sheer weirdness of it all: the Shadow Girls, the duel songs, everything about it. I love it. I also love that it's a perfect mix of depth and crack.
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Still playing catchup. These obviously deal with a whole more than just Date, but I'm really interested in him, so that's what this post will be about mostly. E…
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In which Date and Gotou's epic bromance begins, and Satonaka is total badass.
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Finished
Finished!
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Have you seen you
"All I've got to do is pass as an ordinary human being. What could possibly go wrong?" "Have you seen you?" — The Doctor and Amy
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If Kamen Rider OOO's episode 15 was about advancing the plot, episode 16 is about both that and also about advancing the mythology and the ideas behind the story.
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Catching up on blogging about OOO. About damn time! (I've actually watched beyond this point, but hadn't goten around to blogging). So episode 15 was basically set up for the events of 16. Notable (to me, anyway) things from this episode:
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It's interesting how much of a difference perspective makes. I never really appreciated Yaguruma as TheBee until he was no longer TheBee. I just rewatched the original 3 episode arc in which Yaguruma and Kageyama are introduced for the first time in a long time. It's really interesting to me to think back on my original reactions to the things that happen in this arc and contrast them with my reactions now. Originally, I kind of watched the whole thing with a gleeful sense of shadenfraude, waiting for the moment Yaguruma would inevitably snap; but now when I watch there is none of that, and although I do think Yaguruma was in large part responsible for his own downfall, I'm mostly left thinking that Tendou really had it coming, for being a very callous catalyst and for a lot of other things that have nothing to do with Yaguruma, but karma never caught up to him.
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I'd never watched any Law & Order: Criminal Intent before today. But since I am two episodes away from finishing my mothership season 5 DVDs, I decided that…
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This is an old LJ post from a couple of years ago. I've been thinking for awhile of bringing some of my (less sparkly-texty) posts over here, and I was thinking about the Hoppers today, and found this while going back through my old Kabuto posts, so I figured why not... And just in case: SPOILERS LIKE WHOAH So, Kageyama. It's really interesting how much he enjoys pulling the rug out from under Yaguruma. I mean... here's a guy who pretty much worshipped the ground Yaguruma walked on, and he is just so satisfied that he gets to betray Yaguruma. Specifically that he gets to tell him, "you can't a part of Shadow at all, you'd just bring disharmony". He's just gets so much glee over basically destroying Yaguruma... or maybe, over destroying the fiction Yaguruma built about himself. I mean, the thing about what Kageyama is you either believe he's just a total snake, with no real sense of loyalty at all, in order to turn around and betray his captain so completely (because it would be one thing for him to take over, what he did was quite something else), or you think there's more to him than that and you try to figure him out. And what I think about it is that it's all because of how disappointed and disillusioned he was. That's the only thing that I think can explain Kageyama's change in attitude towards Yaguruma.
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...We're just going to pretend that I haven't blogged about Gokaiger because I was purposely waiting to be two episodes in so I could have more informed opinions about the show and characters. :D
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One week to pirate shenanigans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldAqzjzd5S4&feature=youtu.be Promo for the first episode and handoff, via fygoukai.
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From Law & Order UK: 'Confessions'
"I'm your friend, James, but please explain to me as simply as possible what part of DO NOT INCUR THE WRATH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH did you not understand?&…
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Date Akira, huh?
Now THAT's what I like to see in my Kamen Rider. And I need to watch OOO faster. :D; (Via Silverwind)
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'Skeletons' - Law & Order UK
I thought I would have a lot to say about this episode, but I got to end and all I can is, that last scene just KILLED me. Ben Daniels and Freema Agyeman did su…
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'God-given solace'?
I'll tell you what you are to me. You're my God-given solace. –Derek Morgan ...Why are Derek and Garcia not officially a couple? It's a little ridiculous that t…
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Really enjoyed this episode. It had my favorite characters doing their thing, and the title sort of directly applies to their choices and actions in the episode. They all do what they believe is the right thing to do, and it's interesting how each goes about it in a different way, and more so how it puts them at odds.
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All-nighter at the CPS
James: You can skate? Alesha: Oh yeah. J: What are you doing Saturday afternoon? A: ...Watching you fall flat on your ass. —James Steel and Alesha Phillips, L&a…
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The Yummy from these episodes was spawned by a gifted surgeon who wasn't being allowed to do surgeries. Her pride led to Cazali using her to create a Yummy, and really, the point of these two episodes is about pride... or excess pride, rather.
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"I'm just trying to do what needs to be done." —Hino Eiji Firstly, yes, that is what Eiji does, and that's why he's effective, he just does what he ne…