Episode Reviews
Monday: Cowboy Bebop - The Real Folk Blues Part II and Stargate SG-1 - Window of Opportunity
Tuesday: Princess Tutu - Finale and Firefly Rewatch - Ariel
Wednesday: Cowboy Bebop - The Movie and Doctor Who Rewatch - Blink
Thursday: The West Wing - Pilot and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Friday: Friday Night Lights - Pilot and Buffy Rewatch - Life Serial
Chapter Reviews
Monday: Emperor Mage - Chapter 8
Tuesday: Blackout - Chapter 11
Wednesday: Emperor Mage - Chapter 9
Thursday: Blackout - Chapter 12
Friday: Emperor Mage - Chapter 10
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threerings 114p · 642 weeks ago
This week: "The Mountains of Mourning" and The Vor Game
After that I'll be out of stuff in this series to read...come on Paperbackswap...
Also, edit my time? I totally WOULD have been here early this morning...if there had been a post. :P
Eliestav 97p · 642 weeks ago
I've been without a working computer the last few days. I am super behind at this rate.
cait0716 125p · 642 weeks ago
This week we're finishing up Tehanu and then starting Tales From Earthsea
Sara 104p · 642 weeks ago
If you could edit the time I'd appreciate it, so I can find the post later.
spectralbovine 140p · 642 weeks ago
Timestamp change request!
Current Progress: Chapter 15.
spectralbovine 140p · 642 weeks ago
How did you guys wait three whole months??
Current Progress: Season 2, Episode 1.
iwouldwalk500giles 118p · 642 weeks ago
Can this be bumped up to the first page please?
thiamalonee 91p · 642 weeks ago
Aurora_Belle 116p · 642 weeks ago
At least this title made sense right away.
Discussion/spoilers in reply.
Ryan Lohner 119p · 642 weeks ago
alchemypotato 129p · 642 weeks ago
Buckle in because it's time to spend the next 4 weeks in the 1940's 1941 - 1944:
This week is epic!
Citizen Kane (1941) - Technically no one directly recommended this. But I'll give credit to Sara and Spectralbovine since they brought it up and I remembered I hadn't seen it. (Spoiler alert: I watched it and it's amazing.)
Casablanca (1942) - Again this wasn't technically a recommendation but Sara mentioned it so she gets the credit.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - HITCHCOCK. nanceoir gets the credit.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - I picked this one because I recall that my mom loved it but I've never seen it.
Double Indemnity (1944) - More Noir. I don't know much about it. Spectralbovine gets the credit.
EXCITEMENT!
Aurora_Belle 116p · 642 weeks ago
The title seems to be an oxymoron but definitely makes sense in context with the story. *shudders*
Discussion/spoilers in reply.
lossthief 111p · 642 weeks ago
Wait, that's the wrong wolf anime...
thiamalonee 91p · 642 weeks ago
SBP 80p · 642 weeks ago
AHHH.
iwouldwalk500giles 118p · 642 weeks ago
enigmaticagentscully 126p · 642 weeks ago
notemily 139p · 642 weeks ago
Newsflesh Trilogy spoilers:
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notemily 139p · 642 weeks ago
Seriously if you're having a bad day, or not, whatever, just watch it because ADORABLE KITTENS and it's ALWAYS ON. 24 HOUR KITTEN CAM MAGIC IN HERE.
RIGHT NOW ONE OF THEM IS IN A BOWL.
BOWL KITTEN.
sir_integra42 111p · 642 weeks ago
MoElskerDeg 125p · 642 weeks ago
- Crying
- Reading fanfiction, and subsequently either crying or squealing with delight or both
- Whimpering
- Staring at fanart
- Sobbing (this is different from crying okay) (because it's less about the tears and more about my whole body shaking uncontrollably and there being this deep ache in my chest that won't go away)
- Planning out possible scenarios involving my loved ones in which I am able to naturally work into conversation the fact that they need to watch this show about a duck ballerina saving a heartless prince from an evil raven.
- Laughing at myself and what my life has become
- Crying some more
In summary:
Ryan Lohner 119p · 642 weeks ago
There are two reasons for this beyond what was in the anime. First, we get to see that the souls trapped inside Envy are being tortured along with him, and Mustang ignoring this does make it quite a bit more disturbing than when he seemed to be doing it to Envy alone.
Second, rather than just being a perfectly nice guy, the Mustang of the manga is a ruthless power grabber who's scheming to take over the country from the moment we meet him. And so, what came off in the anime like an absurd statement that his killing Envy would somehow flip a switch in his head from good to evil, here makes perfect sense as we see how this action would feed into his more negative personality traits and cause them to take over.
So there you have it: that's what it took to make the scene work the way Arakawa intended for me.
Ryan Lohner 119p · 642 weeks ago
threerings 114p · 642 weeks ago
The A.V. club has a great interview with Daniel Knauf talking about how the series would have progressed had it not been cancelled. Part 1 and Part 2.
I thought this was a great quote about storytelling:
I’ll watch Lord Of The Rings, and he has to get the ring, he’s got to throw it into Mordor, but who gives a shit without the relationship with Sam? At the end of the day, all of that big sweeping stuff is just an excuse for interaction between characters. For me—especially with TV, because TV is a really instant medium, and you’re having these people in your living room—it’s not only their relationship with each other, but you’re vicariously having a relationship with the characters through other characters. To me, storytelling is all about the interaction. It’s an excuse to vicariously live through other characters. That’s just always been my definition of storytelling. The rest is just an excuse to throw all these characters together.
megotelek 112p · 642 weeks ago