@mbun said in Anime! Who's watching what?:

@ochi said:

I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS ON PROGRESSIVE.

Yeah. I didn't hate it, but without talking way too long here I'll just say for me it felt like the story was trying too hard to imitate the original and have fanservice for fans of the original versus actually continuing or building on the story in any meaningful way. Nor is it what Alternative is doing in having a completely new story that follows the formula of the original but has it's own original merits beyond being fanservice.

Yeah. I'll praise progressive for the moments where they genuinely got creative (Hidomi's dream sequences were always great), but I have to poo poo it for fundamentally missing the mark in trying to ape the themes of the original without truly building up to anything, even as fanservice. I can't say that either Hidomi or Ide's growth is handled all that well either.

I feel like 2-3 episodes in alternative could be cut out and it would probably be a better series overall, which is a shame when the series is only 6 episodes.

@mbun said in Anime! Who's watching what?:

Been watching FLCL Alternative past couple weeks, and three episodes are out now, which is half of it. I know lots of people who were looking forward to new FLCL were disappointed with Progressive and sort of checked out after that, but I definitely think Alternative has been the stronger of the two "seasons" so far, especially Episode 2. For those who don't know, every "season" has an almost completely new cast of characters, and the dynamics are very different between them all, so even if you weren't into the original it is still worth checking an episode out to see if you're into the new seasons. Not sure how much attention this has been getting, so figured I'd throw it a shoutout. Can't promise the remaining three episodes will be amazing, but they usually ramp up for the second half, so now wouldn't be a bad time to catch up and watch along.

I've been watching alternative, and I've been greatly enjoying it. While it's among the least action packed of the 3 FLCL series, it captures the uncertainty being a teenager far better than progressive.

I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS ON PROGRESSIVE.

I just remembered: one of the youtube channels I watch literally provides some of the service you need on one of their side channels:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcCjuxEtb1l-lfhElopj5aA

It's a channel exclusively with broll and older advertising matertial

I glossed over your quandary involving the citation of sources. With video things are always kind of strange:

Citation lends itself towards an understanding of the fair use doctrine, but the robots that control youtube's algorithms can be butts all the same with regard to detecting who owns what. That said, it's always, always a good practice to cite your sources.

Generally speaking I'd advise using the absolute minimum amount of audio that you can from sources that you might not have a proper license to, as the robots listen more than they watch. If you're working with something that was produced for mass media, like an actual advert, I would generally say you're probably fine to use it as it would generally be considered a sort of "primary source" that has it's own historical context.

Well, there used to be this website called gametrailers where you could do some of that. :p

But on the whole a great deal of marketing material is constantly being tossed out and lost to the wind due to not being documented and archived

note: You should consider making your top 10 list in google forms instead of having people email you lists. It'll output to an excel style sheet for you to look at

Otherwise for now the only town I'll nominate is the town of Greenvale. Despite the darkness hiding within it, there's just also so much unique character to it all.

@naltmank said in Last movie you watched:

I just watched Night is Short, Walk on Girl. Really liked it. I think it dragged on a little bit near the end, which is saying something given its trim 93 minute runtime, and I wish the acts were a little more elegantly connected, but the overall style and energy of this movie is something else.

Have you seen the series The Tatami Galaxy? Night is Short, Walk on Girl is basically a sequel/spiritual successor. If you liked the film you'll mostly like the series, though Tatami galaxy is a bit less colorful

At a glance it doesn't appear to be the case, at least not in a official capacity.
http://west.paxsite.com/schedule

Last year though they did have a panel:
Youtube Video

@arglebarglefooferah

Despite the ominous phrase in my signature bar. I'm just here to keep the peace and nudge us towards healthy discussion habits.

While reset era seems to have a mixed rating from those outside it's bubble, the general rule here is just try and keep it positive and constructive. No one's being banned for specifically saying that they think this is no big deal, it's all in the delivery.

Just like the joke that started this whole mess, delivery is everything.

EDIT: I see you've deleted your account. Whelp. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

@arglebarglefooferah

It's all in attitude and delivery. Saying something glib like "get over it" doesn't do much to further the conversation.

And generally speaking, the politics of this site is meant to be a reflection of the politics reflected within the allies themselves. And as a reminder one of the major slogans of the site is "Love and respect".

All in all this is simply a PR misstep/flash in the pan controversy that will eventually blow over and be ironed out, but it's always useful to examine a situation and take a step back and think about big picture ideas.