Whatcha watchin'?

Kim · 02-14-2010, 07:26 AM

Because I'm watching several things and it's much more convenient to just post in one thread for all of them instead of posting in their individual threads or starting new ones for each one that doesn't have a thread already.

So I just finished all the available episodes of new Doctor Who. Waters of Mars was amazing, and my only complaint is I think he should have failed to save all of them because he can't beat time or something...

The End of Time was watchable, but hardly worthy of being Tennant's last episode. Also, they should have kept Gallifrey and the Daleks and everything else free somehow so that Moffat could pretty much just use whatever he wanted from the original series and whatnot, rather than having to come up with a nonsense reason for how the Daleks are back yet again.

I'm two episodes into Katanagatari and loving it. The episodes are each an hour long, which is awesome, the art style is nifty, and the ending theme has a bitchin' violin. The villain in the first episode is annoying, but other than that I have no real complaints. The plot is about a master of a swordless style and a strategest for the emperor collecting twelve legendary swords, and it looks like they'll maintain a pace of a sword an episode, so the plot isn't chugging slowly along. I also like the fact that they cut out the whole bullshit of "ARE THEY GONNA END UP TOGETHER" by having them decide they're in love with each other in the first episode.

Durarara!! continues to be simply great, and I'm loving the characters. Selty has a lot more personality than I expected she would. I really don't have much to say about it because it is that good. Anything I said would be stating the obvious.

I am also watching the second season of Junjou Romantica. The art style kind of bugs me in that the characters' lips are huge and whenever they yell their mouths are trapezoids. I also grow weary at times at some of the characters for being such terrible boyfriends to other characters, Misaki being especially guilty of this, but I like it. It's strangely addictive, funny, and I gotta love how pretty much any relationship problem in the show at some point is resolved through gay sex.

Viridis · 02-14-2010, 07:34 AM

Web originals. The Nostalgia Critic, of course. The Spoony Experiment lately.

Those count, right?

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 02-14-2010, 07:44 AM

I'm still continuing with my own Doctor Who/Torchwood marathon. Just finished season 4 and currently half way through Childeren of Earth. I have a slight problem though in that I'm still missing The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead. I may have to go back to Amazon to find them.

Once these are done I have the entire series boxset of Blackadder to start on, which I found for �20 recently.

Should keep me going for a while.

phil_ · 02-14-2010, 12:51 PM

Katanagatari is so good that they have to spread it out to one episode a month or Honshu would sink into the Sea of Japan. Also, it's about how to write a story, which is fun for me. I wonder if they're going to stick with this new ending every episode thing.

FMA: Bros Before Hos continues to be an entertaining 30 minutes a week, even though I already know what's going to happen.

Hidamari x☆☆☆ is Hidamari. If you don't know, then you won't care.

Durarara is pretty cool, but I think I need to rewatch what I've seen, since I "wasn't paying attention."

Donomni · 02-14-2010, 01:11 PM

One Piece continues to amuse me. Got up to the start of the Chopper The Blue Nosed Reindeer arc, so it's been kinda slow going for me, I guess.

For some reason I still watch Family Guy and the like, but I flimsily(As in not really) justify it with the fact that American Dad actually makes a point to set itself apart from Family Guy.

I'll hush up before I reveal how horribly low my standards are.

phil_ · 02-14-2010, 09:13 PM

I remembered that I've been watching Clannad just before I went to work and it's been driving me mad all day because it's so important that you guys know every cartoon I watch. Anyways, starting After Story tonight. It should be ~~depressing and terrible~~ good.

Maybe I should just get a MAL, but I'm afraid of slipping down the slope and having a facebook, blog, twitter, checking my email, etc.

MuMu · 02-14-2010, 09:28 PM

Finished Kure-Nai yesterday, should probably watch some Zetsubou Sensei today or tomorrow to cheer me up while I download Kino's Journey.

Also, Ponyo's been sitting on my comp for a week, but I want to watch that one with my sis.

Kim · 02-16-2010, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MuMu

Finished Kure-Nai yesterday

This show is seriously one of my favorite shows of all time and anyone and everyone should watch it... Twice.

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Originally Posted by phil_

I remembered that I've been watching Clannad just before I went to work and it's been driving me mad all day because it's so important that you guys know every cartoon I watch. Anyways, starting After Story tonight. It should be ~~depressing and terrible~~ good.

So, can you sell me on Clannad? I don't really know anything about it, other than that it's popular, and I didn't know if it was good popular or bad popular so yeah...

phil_ · 02-16-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

So, can you sell me on Clannad? I don't really know anything about it, other than that it's popular, and I didn't know if it was good popular or bad popular so yeah...

I'm not a big fan of selling people on anything (except Dokapon Kingdom for some reason), but I'll give some thoughts on the show. As you may or may not know, it's based on a dating game/visual novel, so there are a lot more girls than guys and the story arcs seem to be based on the various routes of the novel. I'd say that the writers weaved it together pretty well, though, so it's not super-transparent. As for the content of the show, it's mostly about getting over tragedy and such. It can pull on your heart-strings. When it's not trying to make you cry, it's fairly standard slap-stick comedy made amusing by decent animation and Sunohara's over-the-top voice acting. Oh, and there's some B-story about a girl in a world with no one else that _mike says will make sense by the end of the penultimate episode.

So, uh, yeah, it's pretty, the story clips along at a nice pace, the tragedy stuff is predictable but still works, and the main character's buddy has a funny voice and does funny things. If you don't enjoy it by the end of Fuko's arc, then drop it.

As for my more personal reactions to what I've seen of After Story (by the way, you'll have to watch that too, Noncon), lol subtle Fist of the North Star reference and oh god that thing with the cat was sad.

Edit: Oh, wait, I forgot that you didn't like Nanoha. You probably won't like Clannad because your heart does not beat.

Kim · 02-20-2010, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by phil_

Edit: Oh, wait, I forgot that you didn't like Nanoha. You probably won't like Clannad because your heart does not beat.

Yes it does! I liked Kurenai!

Just watched the first ep of Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, and it's pretty decent so far. The whole thing with Voyeur bleeding to death was funny, and Hideyoshi Kinoshita is my favorite male character in the history of high school animu. "Why was I the only one who got a transformation sequence?" And Voyeur and his summon are snapping pictures.

02-14-2010, 07:26 AM	#1
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Whatcha watchin'? Because I'm watching several things and it's much more convenient to just post in one thread for all of them instead of posting in their individual threads or starting new ones for each one that doesn't have a thread already. So I just finished all the available episodes of new Doctor Who. Waters of Mars was amazing, and my only complaint is I think he should have failed to save all of them because he can't beat time or something... The End of Time was watchable, but hardly worthy of being Tennant's last episode. Also, they should have kept Gallifrey and the Daleks and everything else free somehow so that Moffat could pretty much just use whatever he wanted from the original series and whatnot, rather than having to come up with a nonsense reason for how the Daleks are back yet again. I'm two episodes into Katanagatari and loving it. The episodes are each an hour long, which is awesome, the art style is nifty, and the ending theme has a bitchin' violin. The villain in the first episode is annoying, but other than that I have no real complaints. The plot is about a master of a swordless style and a strategest for the emperor collecting twelve legendary swords, and it looks like they'll maintain a pace of a sword an episode, so the plot isn't chugging slowly along. I also like the fact that they cut out the whole bullshit of "ARE THEY GONNA END UP TOGETHER" by having them decide they're in love with each other in the first episode. Durarara!! continues to be simply great, and I'm loving the characters. Selty has a lot more personality than I expected she would. I really don't have much to say about it because it is that good. Anything I said would be stating the obvious. I am also watching the second season of Junjou Romantica. The art style kind of bugs me in that the characters' lips are huge and whenever they yell their mouths are trapezoids. I also grow weary at times at some of the characters for being such terrible boyfriends to other characters, Misaki being especially guilty of this, but I like it. It's strangely addictive, funny, and I gotta love how pretty much any relationship problem in the show at some point is resolved through gay sex. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

02-14-2010, 12:51 PM	#4
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Katanagatari is so good that they have to spread it out to one episode a month or Honshu would sink into the Sea of Japan. Also, it's about how to write a story, which is fun for me. I wonder if they're going to stick with this new ending every episode thing. FMA: Bros Before Hos continues to be an entertaining 30 minutes a week, even though I already know what's going to happen. Hidamari x☆☆☆ is Hidamari. If you don't know, then you won't care. Durarara is pretty cool, but I think I need to rewatch what I've seen, since I "wasn't paying attention." __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

02-14-2010, 01:11 PM	#5
Donomni Would you deign to supply me food? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida Posts: 2,004	One Piece continues to amuse me. Got up to the start of the Chopper The Blue Nosed Reindeer arc, so it's been kinda slow going for me, I guess. For some reason I still watch Family Guy and the like, but I flimsily(As in not really) justify it with the fact that American Dad actually makes a point to set itself apart from Family Guy. I'll hush up before I reveal how horribly low my standards are. __________________ Dance your cares away! Chirrrrrrp. Also, dead blog.

02-14-2010, 09:13 PM	#6
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	I remembered that I've been watching Clannad just before I went to work and it's been driving me mad all day because it's so important that you guys know every cartoon I watch. Anyways, starting After Story tonight. It should be ~~depressing and terrible~~ good. Maybe I should just get a MAL, but I'm afraid of slipping down the slope and having a facebook, blog, twitter, checking my email, etc. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

02-14-2010, 09:28 PM	#7
MuMu Rocky Wrench Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rio Posts: 1,197	Finished Kure-Nai yesterday, should probably watch some Zetsubou Sensei today or tomorrow to cheer me up while I download Kino's Journey. Also, Ponyo's been sitting on my comp for a week, but I want to watch that one with my sis.