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deidara517



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:06 pm Reply with quote
to be fair it DOES sound like an SVU episode lol
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Panzer Vor



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:35 pm Reply with quote
deidara517 wrote:
to be fair it DOES sound like an SVU episode lol

If Mariska Hargitay gets to wear a maid uniform, I'd probably be all for it.

Then again, the general quality of the show's writing leaves much to be desired, though I hear it's been getting better ever since Christopher Meloni left the show.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:42 pm Reply with quote
Panzer Vor wrote:
Then again, the general quality of the show's writing leaves much to be desired, though I hear it's been getting better ever since Christopher Meloni left the show.


It has its good moments, rarely, mostly when they're doing political stuff or other current events. All of their "filler sketches" are just awful.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:44 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Panzer Vor wrote:
Then again, the general quality of the show's writing leaves much to be desired, though I hear it's been getting better ever since Christopher Meloni left the show.


It has its good moments, rarely, mostly when they're doing political stuff or other current events. All of their "filler sketches" are just awful.


i think she was talking about SVU not SNL and on that note im a fan of SNL but not SVU.
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Panzer Vor



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:52 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Panzer Vor wrote:
Then again, the general quality of the show's writing leaves much to be desired, though I hear it's been getting better ever since Christopher Meloni left the show.


It has its good moments, rarely, mostly when they're doing political stuff or other current events. All of their "filler sketches" are just awful.

I was actually talking about SVU. Mentioning Elliot Stabler's actor by name should have been a tipoff.

Now that you've brought it up, though, yeah, SNL's really taken a huge nosedive in quality over the last few years.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:58 pm Reply with quote
Panzer Vor wrote:
I was actually talking about SVU. Mentioning Elliot Stabler's actor by name should have been a tipoff.

Now that you've brought it up, though, yeah, SNL's really taken a huge nosedive in quality over the last few years.


I don't watch or know anything about any procedurals.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:11 pm Reply with quote
People still watch SNL?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:28 pm Reply with quote
I thought it was funny, but like most SNL things, it probably could have been funnier.

If Andy Samberg wrote a song about it, it could be hilarious!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:00 pm Reply with quote
They also mentioned Spirited Away in their Blockbuster Video closing spoof.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:08 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:

It has its good moments, rarely, mostly when they're doing political stuff or other current events.


That's when they get in the news like Miley Cyrus, their self-parody about the dearth of black women in the cast, Eminem, etc.


penguintruth wrote:

People still watch SNL?


There was even a Japanese version!

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:07 am Reply with quote
Kerry Washington did a great job as host. I never saw Scandal, so it was interesting to see what everybody's raving about. SNL really should hire people of color more often. Not like they're based in a city where thousands of people from all races and ethnicities try to make it as performance artists...

Ugh, Tumblr post warning
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:10 am Reply with quote
It's not that difficult to make jokes about something when you give such specific details. Still, anything anime-related is particularly easy to make fun of.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:51 am Reply with quote
French maid costumes were a popular worldwide fetish long before anime characters started wearing them, so why would anybody assume the cafe was anime related? The bit on SNL didn't mention it. Heck, why are Maid Cafes anime related? I assume its because they started in Akihabara around the time "maid" characters became popular, but being waited on by a maid (or butler) would probably appeal to a lot of people who aren't anime fans.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:48 am Reply with quote
Maybe I should have said moé or maid culture instead, but either way you look at it, it's still true.
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Nayu



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:20 am Reply with quote
Agent355 wrote:
French maid costumes were a popular worldwide fetish long before anime characters started wearing them, so why would anybody assume the cafe was anime related? The bit on SNL didn't mention it. Heck, why are Maid Cafes anime related? I assume its because they started in Akihabara around the time "maid" characters became popular, but being waited on by a maid (or butler) would probably appeal to a lot of people who aren't anime fans.


I blame Leaf. To Heart brought maids into the otaku culture.
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