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Meygaera wrote:

Where did you get that Alicia Melchiott figure? How much was it?

Man, honestly I can't remember, one of the popular figure sites like toylet dot net or something. I kept missing out on getting a Valkyria figure, so when I finally had a chance to preorder one, I leaped at the chance. The price was standard for the size, probably $60-70.

Um... did Tatsunoko do anything for Soul Eater except for in-between animation?

My wife can't look at Casshern Sins without wanting to vomit - something about "fish eye lenses" and "scratchy characters" and "OH GOD MY SOUL!!". I still feel like she's missing out on something beautiful, but if I have to make my house a one-man Casshern Sins love in, so be it.

Love the hell out of that show.

Except he's more or less right. If someone hates RPGs, you don't assign them the task of reviewing RPGs. Clear bias and hatred is why games like Godhand gets a 3/10 at IGN even when there's nothing really objectively wrong with a game. There is such a thing as "wrong reviewer for the wrong job" Look at all the hilariously misinformed and ignorant reviews for Hyperdimension Neptunia

Conan-san wrote:

TL;DR - WHY IS THIS REVIEW NOT OBJECTIVE?! Q_Q GIVE ME BACK MY OBJECTIVENESS AND NOT BIAS AND THUS A DESCRIPTION OF A SHOW RATHER THAN A REVIEW! You are the sort of person who can and will ruin reviews. And this comes from someone who disagrees about Erin's views on Black Jack.

Except he's more or less right. If someone hates RPGs, you don't assign them the task of reviewing RPGs. Clear bias and hatred is why games like Godhand gets a 3/10 at IGN even when there's nothing really objectively wrong with a game. There is such a thing as "wrong reviewer for the wrong job" Look at all the hilariously misinformed and ignorant reviews for Hyperdimension Neptunia

Watching it with a hangover probably wouldn't help!

The reputation of France as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" (a phrase I think was invented by Seinfeld) is kind of weird and not really based in historical fact. It was basically a result of France refusing to vote for the invasion of Iraq, which in retrospect was probably smart of them.

Italy on the other hand had a reputation for surrender dating back to World War One. The standard joke was that their tanks had five gears: four for reverse, and one forward for parades. (In fact, Italian military leadership and training were so mediocre that surrender was generally the only option for the PBI.) You would know this if you knew history!

And this comes from someone who disagrees about Erin's views on Black Jack.

Clear bias and hatred is why games like Godhand gets a 3/10 at IGN even when there's nothing really objectively wrong with a game.

I concur on the nice collection, and it looks like you fabricated those shelves as well, and did a good job! I have my anime stuff in a basement room with never enough space to show it all, and have tried taking pictures but I can never get enough light on them.

I like the room because it looks clean and stylish. There are some that I've seen IRL and on the net that are just over the top with the amount of posters but this looks purdy. Nice collection!

To the person with the shelves, they look nice, and this is the first time I've seen a Me2 poster. I was disappointed by the lack of a second volume.

The reputation of France as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" (a phrase I think was invented by Seinfeld) is kind of weird and not really based in historical fact. It was basically a result of France refusing to vote for the invasion of Iraq, which in retrospect was probably smart of them.

eyeresist wrote:

The reputation of France as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" (a phrase I think was invented by Seinfeld) is kind of weird and not really based in historical fact. It was basically a result of France refusing to vote for the invasion of Iraq, which in retrospect was probably smart of them.

... wait, really? Not from... WWII? You know, when they surrendered to Germany? When Germany invaded their country... again... through Belgium? No?

I'm preeeeeeeeeetty sure that's where they get the white flag stereotype from.

SakechanBD wrote:

eyeresist wrote: The reputation of France as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" (a phrase I think was invented by Seinfeld) is kind of weird and not really based in historical fact. It was basically a result of France refusing to vote for the invasion of Iraq, which in retrospect was probably smart of them. ... wait, really? Not from... WWII? You know, when they surrendered to Germany? When Germany invaded their country... again... through Belgium? No? I'm preeeeeeeeeetty sure that's where they get the white flag stereotype from.

I think it was actually the Belgiums who were the ones who surrendered and left France vulnerable, as the French were busy trying to defend THEIR borders from Germany. France didn't so much surrender, more like they got completely screwed over.

And the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" line is from the Simpsons.

Thank you all for the kind comments. Let me share with you my notion that Ikea is the anime collectors' friend. The plain (cheap) pine wood shelves that were put together were from there, and they're great for simple stuff like dvd's or manga. And when you run out of room, buy another shelf and taller end pieces and rebuild it! The glass display case is from Ikea too. The four sides of glass altogether makes it to be one heavy s.o.b., but it does its job well.

As far as I know, the purpose and existence of "The Gate" is never explained.

The explanation for why contractors have to perform a certain action (like smoking or vomiting or whatever) is never given.

In regards to the Casshern review, I don't really care one way or another about the show, it's been on my list of "anime to check out" for a while, but I thought the point of reviewing the same thing twice was to see if there was any added bonus to getting this one rather than the old set. But your review added nothing, it was a recap of what you had said in your previous reviews. I mean, we know you don't like the show, fine, but are there any extras in this set that weren't on the last? is the quality of the blu-ray actually worth it? Is there anything that differentiates it from the previous one?

Maigraith wrote:

But your review added nothing, it was a recap of what you had said in your previous reviews. I mean, we know you don't like the show, fine, but are there any extras in this set that weren't on the last? is the quality of the blu-ray actually worth it? Is there anything that differentiates it from the previous one?

The bluray quality is definitely worth it. I have the combopack and I can tell the difference between the DVD and bluray quality on my HD TV.

The set is no different in disc than from the half sets. The discs actually say "Part 1" and "Part 2" on them still. It also has the same extras as the half sets and nothing else added.

Battle of Agincourt (1415) – Henry V defeats an overwhelmingly numerically superior army with a rag-tag bunch of misfits, inflicts tens of thousands of casualties and loses a handful of his own men. This defeat is reversed when Joan of Arc beats the English back 14 years later, but alas the French get no glory from that victory as they ultimately burn their miraculous general at the stake.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) – Ends not merely with a French defeat, but with Kaiser Wilhelm I being crowned ruler of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles; utterly humiliating for the French.

Battle of France (1940) – Axis powers skirt the Maginot Line (one of the dumbest ideas in the history of modern warfare) and quickly invade France. The French, despite having ample opportunity to rally and counterattack, fall victim to a pervasive sense of hopelessness and fail to muster a coordinated defense. Despite assuring Britain it would never pursue a separate peace with Germany, the French Prime Minister quickly insists on surrender and armistice. The new Vichy administration then busied themselves sinking the French navy so the Allies couldn’t use it against to defend against Nazi incursion.

Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954) – The French surrender to the Vietnamese after a prolonged war of attrition. This paves the way for American involvement, to try to do what the French couldn’t. We know how well that worked out.