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spoiler[And how many of her classmates did she calmly watch die in increasingly gruesome deaths before she decided to act? Lots. And why is she only acting now? Because her boyfriend got hurt a little. She's a horrible b*tch and I can only pray she gets the epic disembowelment she deserves.]

Tanteikingdomkey wrote:

so you admit to having little suspension of disbelief...

I never said that or even implied it. If that's your interpretation of what I wrote then fine, but do not maliciously claim that I admitted it when I clearly did not.

Tanteikingdomkey wrote:

also the email thing was what she was talking not the probes also the scenes in episode 11 are universally acclaimed, and yet you can't be at all happy about it seems.

I dropped the show after episode seven. Episode six was god-awful with the raiding of the passenger liner and episode seven had the blonde-Loli princess. The show ended up being such a chore to watch that I actually did the dishes in order to avoid watching episode eight one night. It was at that point I knew I had to drop it right then and there.

Jaymie wrote:

Quote: It may have started out a bit on the silly side, but it's since become one of the most consistently entertaining shows week after week Kind of like Mirai Nikki, which you dropped prematurely.

I was usually on the same page regarding Mirai Nikki as Bamboo was - delighted in the beginning, grew tired of it at the around the same time - except that I never dropped it. And now, thanks to that, I'll have the joy of finishing what has turned into one of the absolute worst shows I've ever watched. I think Bamboo was the smarter one here.

I dropped Pirates and Lagrange around episodes 6-7. I thought they were decent but were not living up to the hype of their fans. Contradictory tones for both shows were killing it for me.

One-Eye wrote:

I dropped Pirates and Lagrange around episodes 6-7. I thought they were decent but were not living up to the hype of their fans. Contradictory tones for both shows were killing it for me.

why not just drop lagrange then? that way you could keep watching one of them and enjoy it.

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It may have started out a bit on the silly side, but it's since become one of the most consistently entertaining shows week after week

Kind of like Mirai Nikki, which you dropped prematurely.

the thing about Future Diary is....

I stopped at the halfway point and I am completely convinced I will be able to watch the final episode, find out out how it ends, and not care in the least about what happened in the previous 11. That's what I'm planning on doing.

the thing about Future Diary is....

I stopped at the halfway point and I am completely convinced I will be able to watch the final episode, find out out how it ends, and not care in the least about what happened in the previous 11. That's what I'm planning on doing.

I also don't understand why another is rated higher then space pirates, when you say that space pirates was amazing and you watched it twice (good choice btw), and another is still at times irritating.

Secondly, you state that Science Fiction fandom is the best kind of fandom, but you do not seem to have any grasp of - or love for - the "Science" half of that pairing. Moretsu Pirates not doing skirts right is a little thing but it shows that the creators don't understand physics and technical matters. So it is no wonder that you, a person who doesn't care about science and realism, would like a show that also struggles with the sort of physics that students are taught in their mid-teens.

You're right, I don't care about science. That's the reason I'm in my sixth year of a PhD program in biochemistry, and have a BS in engineering.

You're totally right. I hate science. And I hate real science fiction. Which is why I've spent years arguing with people online that the only true science fiction is Golden Era s.f. written by scientists like Clarke and Asimov.

You got me pegged, son.

Also, their choice of non-floating skirts is not a physics choice, but a morally conservative one. They wanted short skirts, without panty flashes. THAT'S IT. And then they wrongfully assumed there wouldn't be people whinging about it on the Internet.

the real issue is that the skirts should not be there in the first place.

Spastic Minnow wrote:

the thing about Future Diary is.... I stopped at the halfway point and I am completely convinced I will be able to watch the final episode, find out out how it ends, and not care in the least about what happened in the previous 11. That's what I'm planning on doing.

Having read the manga to it's conclusion (mostly just to see how badly it could get), all I can say to that is NOPE.

Without trying to get too much into spoiler territory, all I can say is that Future Diary ends up devolving into some "Evangelion-Style Weird Reality-Breaking ***ery"

I honestly can't recall the last time I've seen a series go off the rails so spectacularly.