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|2006-05-31, 04:57
|Link #61
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I am not saying your interpretation as wrong, however, if Katejina was suppose to be seen in the light in which you suggest, her character has as many holes if not more so then Quess from CCA. I find that hard to believe in a 51 ep show.
|2006-12-11, 04:24
|Link #62
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Victory Gundam general discussion thread *spoilers*
Episode 1
I like the OP.
He lost his first fight? And to a ninja, no less?
Ah, Katejina. Its too bad that I've already been spoiled about you. Doesn't seem to match how you're acting right now though... should be interesting to see how that change comes about.
He launched a jacket using a tree branch as a catapult and hit a jet? That's some broken aiming ability you've got there, Uso.
The head sticking up from the top of the jet looks kinda dumb.
Is that a haro?!
Out-performed by a first timer. That would be humiliating...
"Well, I have to wear a mask like this on Earth because I'm a ninja. *ninjitsu hand sign*" "...Is that so?"
And why did they let a kid with almost no flight experience handle this again?
So Uso is caucasian? How do anime characters even manage to tell the difference...
Why are you out of breath again?
"Why am I still alive?" Because you won? Dumb question.
"Oi Nyung Hakshaku"? Sounds Korean. There sure are a lot of cultural diversity in this show...
The ED is meh...
Episode 2
I'm not so sure that its a good idea to go casual skydiving when the enemy could show up with their mechs and rifles at any minute...
...Or when there's friendly jets flying low on patrol.
He picked a REALLLY bad time to go skydiving.
XD! Oh god, that looked so wrong!
(^animated gif)
Dude, some little kid just beat your ass and stole your mech. You suck.
That wasn't cool, Uso.
There's fresh food in the fridge. That means that someone still lives there.
They're blowing each other up! Hey guys, lets sit up here on this grassy hill and enjoy the show! We can even make a barbeque out of it!
Episode 3
Damn. Those resistance members got owned.
Hey Uso, why are you just sitting there watching his jet turn into a mobile suit instead of doing something about it?
Did that guy ever think that some of his comrads might still be alive in the city and may not want to get blown up for the cause?
"STFU BITCH! *slaps*"
Looks like a comfortable place to rest your head... right on Katejina's lap.
Random pilot haet dogs.
Uso, Katejina, and the kid are the only ones that survived? That's kind of corny...
Episode 4
So that explains why Uso isn't a complete n00b...
No, he's a noisy baby. You need to get him a pacifier.
There you go, Uso. Hit them BEFORE they merge.
I didn't notice it before, but Marvet kinda looks like Casca.
Uso's first kill.
Episode 5
That blue mobile suit looks dumb.
"Get this damned thing off my head!"
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|2006-12-11, 10:29
|Link #63
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I decided that I wanted to just watch the show with no interruptions. I do still have comments through episode 10 though...
I can't say that I've grown attached to the cast so far. I like Katerina (with the direction that things are going, I think I may come to REALLY like Katerina later), and the haro in this one is kind of funny (I didn't like the haros in Seed), and Uso is proving to be a dynamic character (though I don't really like him...), but I'm completely indiferent to the rest of them. Except for the baby, that little bastard cries too much. Its really annoying.
They better start giving me some good reasons to like these characters if they want me to care when the drama fest that I heard about starts.
The fights aren't bad so far. Its no Evangelion or Eureka Seven, but they're not boring either.
All in all, its just been somewhat good so far. Its not boring, and I'm interested in seeing where Katerina's, and to a lesser extent, Uso's characters go, but it hasn't hooked me. Its still got another 41 episodes to do so though, and I don't think that I'm going to drop it between now and then.
|2006-12-11, 21:29
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The beginning's relatively tame (and lame?), but as typical of Gundam shows, once the settings change (from space->Earth or the reverse), things start to pick up.
|2006-12-12, 03:40
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Episode 11
I like the Shrike Team. Betting on the fight between Uso and Odelo instead of doing the typical anime girl thing and disapproving of it FTW.
Spoiler for later events:
On the other hand, this episode made me dislike Shakti... that was dumb when she was crying and planting those seeds instead getting herself to safety.
Episode 12
Heh, did Uso just have a meal while Shakti was standing outside with the brat?
Feeling a little guilty, Fuala? You're the authority figure here. If you can't stand the thought of making inoccent kids lose their friends and family, then keep the guillotine use to a minimum.
Eh, don't get depressed, Uso. Life sucks when you're that old.
"I can't win! Its GREAT TEAMWORK!"
"We're about to get our asses kicked. Dammit, I want to get drunk."
Not a bad episode. It looks like Fuala might soften up a bit, which wouldn't be a bad thing, IMO.
Episode 13
Sits in Mahalia's lap, gets kissed, carressed, and gets pushed back into her boobs? Lucky Uso.
She's wearing lipstick as facepaint?
@ the end of the episode
I thought that Mahalia was going to replace Katejina as the older woman that Uso looks up to and take on a more maternal role and form strong bonds with Uso and serve as his emotional support. Hopefully she's not dead, but I'm under the impression that she got killed off. Way too soon.
Episode 14
Katejina shower scene?! ...Dammit, its tame.
They're putting make-up and lipstick on her corpse? "You're very pretty, sis." Crazy people.
Dammit Lupe, just die already.
Stupid ass Kate! Eject!
And another member of the Shrike Team gets killed off...
That's right Uso, you failed again.
And Uso becomes a little bit more enraged.
The casuality count needs to balance out... so far, all we've seen are likable characters and minor characters that I really couldn't care less about get killed off. Its time to start killing the failures too.
Spoiler for wishful thinking:
Episode 15
Uh-oh. Doesn't look like Fuala approves of Chronicle's and Katejina's relationship. Foreshadowing, maybe?
Uso's a cherry.
Firing empty rifles? Not much of a salute... they might as well just do away with the rifles altogether.
Meh episode. It was kind of anti-climatic to do away with Fuala like THAT. One of the Shrike Team members should have killed her.
Episode 16
They got the drop on them.
And this is why you keep your prisoners locked away in a bare room behind bars.
Another meh episode. Not much to say about it...
Episode 17
Wow, you look dumb with that wig on.
Your sibling gave birth to a failure. Wait a sec...!
Dammit, not a flashback episode... at least save it until the half way point.
Liar. Your soldiers killed the civilians too too.
I hope that they don't pull a Seed and have multiple flashback episodes in close succession...
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|2006-12-12, 06:26
|Link #67
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks
Looking at how big Usso was compared to the chest of Mahalia's Gun-EZ, I don't think the Gun-EZs have ejection pods, and jumping out of the cockpit form that height wouldn't really help her stay alive.
The pink Zanscare helicopter suits (Tomliats, iirc) only have ejection pods because it's easy to incorporate the ejection system into the design because of its transforming system. Others don't have ejection pods because of how small MSes become from F-91 and on.
The Victory Gundams also have ejection pods, but that's also due to its transforming design making it easier.
Spoiler for One other point seen later in the show, just to cover all the bases if someone decides to debate my points:
|2006-12-12, 06:58
|Link #68
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Join Date: Mar 2006
She had a better chance of surviving trying to climb out and find cover underneath the launcher until one of her teammates could swoop by and pick her up than being a sitting duck and waiting to get fried.
Episode 18
Genitalia? 15-25 years older and female next time, please. Preferably Katejina's.
Another battle... another dead Shrike? Hopefully not.
Doggie spacesuit?
Uso's the wrong person to ask about that kind of thing, Warren. You're looking for Oliver.
Flowers? Definitely the wrong person to ask.
"I'LL CAPTURE YOU!" Uso fails at being hotblooded.
They're out of the ship! Take Shakti's head off with a laser beam!
Somebody needs to walk up to Jinn and knock his ass out for being annoying.
Just let them float around in space until they run out oxygen. I feel bad for Suzy and the dog, but they're dieing for a good cause.
I enjoyed this episode. Good space battle.
Episode 19
Guess that they don't have a "leave no man behind" mentality...
You gave birth to a failure, Maria.
I've got to wander what the point behind bringing in such an intentionally annoying major character like Jinn Gehennam is... I hope that its so that the viewer can have the satisfaction of watching him get brutally tortured and executed later. Alright episode.
Episode 20
A Shrike member is getting a bit of character development... looks like you've only got a couple episodes left in you, Junko.
Nice plan, Uso. Poison the ship that your friends are on. I hope that the baby dies from brain damage.
Shut up Marvet. Junko >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you.
Good episode. Focus on a Shrike member seems to mean that they're about to get killed off, but hopefully they'll break the chain and let her stick around for a while.
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|2006-12-12, 15:20
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Join Date: Dec 2005
@bloodseeker pleasure to meet you. i agree killing likeable side characters isn't the best thing to do in a series(kinda pushes fans away) (well it worked in fma/hughes) but that's the reality of war, and we can appreciate the time we had with the character.that jinn guy dies enjoy his death and weep at the death of others. i also like katejina, though not sure why.(similar to sniper-chan and dorothy(wing)) and yes shakti is annoying and seed has too many flashbacks and sucks.
but what did you mean by
Genitalia? 15-25 years older and female next time, please. Preferably Katejina's.(are you refering to girls?)
uso's a cherry.
@shinji i was going to say what you said.
|2006-12-12, 20:56
|Link #70
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Even if she managed to not slip off, that Zanscare pilot would have fried/shot/crushed/knocked her off the structure as she was climbing down anyway.
|2006-12-12, 23:18
|Link #71
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Good. Someone's watching my favorite Gundam show. People tend to have mixed reactions, so I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
|2006-12-12, 23:36
|Link #72
Yeah, putting make-up on the body isn't weird at all. It'd definitely be much more preferable than a, let's say, completely charred up face or a bullet-ridden body (but that's what closed-casket funerals are for).
|2006-12-13, 01:55
|Link #73
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Join Date: Mar 2006
And do me a favor and don't spoil anymore deaths... I will enjoy it though.
I like Seed (Cagalli and Mwu rank up there with my favorite Gundam characters), I just hated the flashbacks.
Uso flipped out when he stepped outside of a spaceship and into space for the first time. I was referencing Outlaw Star.
The big issue is that I don't care about the main cast, which is vital for getting me hooked on a series. Uso, Shakti, Odelo, Marvet, etc... they could put a bullet between their eyes and I wouldn't care. And whenever they DO bring somebody in that I like, the potential Cagalli or Heero or Domon of this series, they kill them off, either during the same episode or very shortly afterwards. The only characters that I like right now are Katejina and Junto, but the former doesn't get much screentime and the latter probably doesn't have much longer to live if past themes continue.
|2006-12-13, 13:26
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Join Date: Sep 2004
I honestly didn't like Victory at all. I watched up to episode 40 and don't get me wrong, the story is pretty good, but the execution just plain sucks in my opinion.
There are scenes that don't make sense, like checking if someone's a Newtype by gettingwith him in a tube (?), or planting flowers while there's a battle going on around you. Also, the dialogue and overall pace seems a little forced, espceially because there's no emphasis on what they're doing next...
And if you add to that the fact that there were many unnecessary scenes that looked like they were put on just as fillers, I think this show ends up being somewhat lame.
I think this was because of the depression Tomino was going through at the moment. The overall mood is just different, if not horrid...
|2006-12-13, 18:45
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Victory gets way too many accolades IMHO. The characters are incredibly annoying(and any character that COULD be cool usually dies). I mean I get that Tomino was having a rough time(thats why the whole show is basically the viewers seeing the angst of an 8 year old kid), honestly the story could have easily been condensed into one movie, the characters and backstory for F91 are far better suited for a 50 episode show.
|2006-12-13, 20:52
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|2006-12-14, 12:30
|Link #78
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I agree with you all they way 4tran. THe only thing that bugged me was the stupidity of Zansacre. People say Neo Zeon were idiots, trust me they have nothing on Zansacre.
Anyhow Chronicle got screwed badly, i mean he isn't a bad pilot, he does pretty good for himself. Sure he does have grand schemes like Char or other gundam villians, he definitly doesn't deserve the bad rep he has.
Is it just me, but doesn't Lady Une and Katejina behave similar even look similar to some extent.
On another note, Victory did something no other Gundam show has done for me. It created characters i liked. I can't say there was any character i hated at all. I think tomino did a good job with character development, which for him is only rivaled in Turn A.
|2006-12-14, 13:45
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|2007-01-09, 17:29
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Just finished watching Victory gundam. This completes my UC gundam viewing after I was introduced to the gundam universe when I caught Seed back in April of last year. Well almost since I still have to watch 0083. I have a few questions and comments about the series in general.
1. Is Katejina a newtype? I am a bit on the fence on this one.
2. WTF is Tomino smoking when he created those motorad battleships? They are cool but completely useless. Did he have a fascination with motorcyles at the time?
3. Is it me or did the ending to V has a sort of apocalyptic atmosphere to it i.e. like the End of Evangelion. I didn't feel this in any other gundam series I have watched so far. (0079, zeta, zz, 08th MS, CCA, 0080, F91, seed, seed destiny).
4. Uso fucking pwns! The stuff he does in V is made of legend. I have never seen any other Gundam characters pulling off the daredevil stunts that Uso did in Victory with the exception of Amuro crashing his plane in Zeta.
5. V2 gundam has to be the most formidable gundam in UC. Considering it's acceleration capability and nearly unlimited delta V due to it's non-newtonian propulsion system. There is a truth in war in that speed kills. Back in WWII Japanese Zeros got slaughtered by the post-1942 American warplanes such as the F4U-4 Corsair or the Grumman Hellcat mainly because of the massive speed/acceleration advantages in those planes. However I didn't really see Uso use the acceleration capability of V2 that much in the series. I wonder why?
6. Why does Chronicle wear his mask? Is he allergic to something or is it purely cosmetic?
7. I love the first opening and ending plus the music used in the preview. Overall the soundtrack is as good as Zeta (with US DVD op&ed) and better than most other gundam series.
8. Is this the only UC series in which funerals are shown? BTW I felt that other gundam series (with the exception of Seed Destiny) sorely lacked this aspect of war.
Finally is it me or did Fukuda just mixed all 4 UC series in a blender and then pour the mixture into two cups named Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny?
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When Nick Draper and Ted Painter chose the name for their running team, it became more than a play on words.
Team "In the Nick of Time," currently the fastest members of Team Hoyt New England, came together at a time when Mr. Painter, 42, was rethinking his running, pondering whether the long training sessions, marathons, 5Ks, 10Ks and the related travel that took time from his family were fulfilling enough.
"I was starting to feel like it was a waste of time," he said. "It made me happy, but it didn't seem to have any other purpose."
Mr. Draper, 24, and living in a Southbridge group home, had undergone surgery that left him unable to compete in the wheelchair track and field events he'd once done at the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton. He still had a need for speed, but no way to fulfill it.
Earlier this year, Mr. Painter was talking with a friend and fellow marathoner who suggested he join Team Hoyt. She'd been working with Team Hoyt New England, part of the larger Team Hoyt started by Dick Hoyt, whose son, Rick, a spastic quadriplegic, has taken part in hundreds of races with his dad lending the muscles. The team was recently honored in Boston with a statue depicting father and son.
Mr. Painter had seen "Dick and Rick" running together and had always been inspired. The Hoyts have been seeking other runners to become partners with athletes who can't run on their own. Mr. Painter "absolutely said yes" and started making plans to join the running team he so respected.
"I don't think anyone can watch that video of Dick carrying his son in a triathlon and not get a little misty," he said.
And so, just in time � in the nick of time, really � Mr. Painter changed how he ran. Instead of trying to cross the finish line first, he was now trying to cross second, putting Mr. Draper ahead of him.
Their first race, a 5-miler, was a new experience for both men. It was also new and frightening for Mr. Draper's mother, Sheila Smith, who said that having to prepare her son for weekend races suddenly had her feeling "like every other mother," and she was a nervous wreck.
Mr. Draper had no worries at all, trusting that Mr. Painter, someone he'd met moments before the race, wouldn't fall and lose control of what was basically an oversized jogging stroller.
"He kept telling me to go faster," Mr. Painter said.
"He's damn fast," Mr. Draper said, his words drawn out but his grin unaffected because of Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease.
Mr. Draper was born with the disease, which is an inability of the body to form the covering that protects one's nerves. It affects the ability to transmit nerve impulses. Two of his uncles also had the disease, which Ms. Smith said is genetic, prevalent in men and, she believes, sometimes misdiagnosed as other, better known diseases.
Mr. Draper is an only child who loves shopping � and it matters not for what. He is interested in lights of all kinds and once had his mother follow a truck driver until they could let him know he had a taillight out.
"He could get stopped by the cops," said Mr. Draper, who is also an animal lover.
He gets along fine with Mr. Painter, a former Army Ranger who advocates for veterans, sings and plays rockabilly music on his guitar, helps with his wife's endeavors for angiosarcoma research, and is the father of one son and two daughters.
Mr. Painter said he has become a better runner since teaming up with Mr. Draper. At times when he would have made excuses for running slower or even walking, he now pushes harder because someone is counting on him and he doesn't want to let anyone down.
"Even on my training runs, I can't run with excuses if I feel off," Mr. Painter said. "Because he wants to win."
After a few races, Team In the Nick of Time was loaned a racing chair that made running and pushing much easier. The chairs are custom made by Michelangelo DiDonato for Team Hoyt, and the men feel very lucky to have been chosen for the loan.
They were making final adjustments to the chair just before a 10K race in Sturbridge on Oct. 6 when their name would again prove fitting.
"All of a sudden we heard this BANG," Mr. Painter said. "We thought, 'Well maybe that's just the 5K people.' "
They went to the starting line and realized the race had started without them. They spoke with the officials, then took off, probably a full quarter mile behind and fired up.
"I went into that race very motivated because I realized I had been coming up just short of winning my age group," Mr. Painter said. "I was thinking it was important to start bringing home some hardware (medals). When we missed the start, I had a reaction to that internally."
The pair, with Mr. Draper shouting encouragement, raced to the finish line not realizing they'd passed everyone else on the course and won.
Ms. Smith said she gets emotional thinking of the team crossing the finish line after a grueling marathon in Plymouth recently. They'd hoped to qualify for the Boston Marathon but the hilly course was very tough. Plenty of runners quit. Mr. Painter said he had slowed on one hill to the point where he thought he'd need to walk.
Watching the wind go out of Mr. Painter's sails when he learned they hadn't qualified was devastating to Ms. Smith, who tears up just talking about it.
"He felt he let Nick down," she said.
While Mr. Painter is already qualified for Boston, he doesn't want to run without Mr. Draper, so they'll try for a qualifying time in Hyannis in February, praying there will be good weather, a smoother course and some spots left open for Boston.
Like the Hoyts, Mr. Painter had decided that the 2013 Boston Marathon would be his last, but after the bombings, they've all changed their minds. While Mr. Painter finished the race, the Hoyts had to stop after the explosions.
Robert LaPointe, Team Hoyt New England's race coordinator, finished but was not far from the bombs. He gathered his family, pulling them into the street and away from the buildings where he felt the danger was.
He, too, will run again with the team next year, feeling the race will be safer than ever.
A few weeks after the Boston Marathon, Team Hoyt New England will host a big event in Holland, the Hoyts' hometown. Offshoots of the team from around the country will converge at Holland Elementary School for a road race and other events, Mr. LaPointe said. He urged any runners or handicapped athletes who need to pair up with a runner to visit the Team Hoyt New England page on Facebook to learn more.
While Team in the Nick of Time is currently the fastest Team Hoyt New England pairing, Mr. Painter and Mr. Draper want some competition.
Running with Mr. Draper has had an impact far beyond the two men.
Mr. Painter was at a parent-teacher night recently when he learned his daughter has been going above and beyond to help a fellow student who is disabled, and the teacher noted that she picked up on it after the race team began competing, with their families cheering them on.
It has become so much more than a race for Mr. Painter and Mr. Draper.
Still, Mr. Draper can't wait for the Boston Marathon and is eager to qualify. His mother will be with Mr. Painter's wife, Corrie, who has, from experience, mapped out the best spots to catch the runners throughout the race. Ms. Smith will lace up her son's trademark bright yellow sneakers so she can see him coming, and Mr. Painter and Mr. Draper will listen for her cheers, which they can always hear well before they reach the finish line.
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Actinopterygians, or 'ray-finned fishes,' are the largest and most successful group of fishes and make up half of all living vertebrates. While actinopterygians appeared in the fossil record during the Devonian period, between 400-350 million years ago (Ma), it was not until the Carboniferous period (360 Ma) that they had become dominant in freshwaters and started to invade the seas. At present, approximately 42 orders, 431 families, and nearly 24,000 species are recognized within this class but there are bound to be taxonomic revisions as research progresses. Teleosts comprise approximately 23,000 of the 24,000 species within the actinopterygians, and 96 percent of all living fish species (see Systematic/Taxonomic History). The latter estimates, however, will probably never be accurate because actinopterygian species are becoming extinct faster than they can be discovered in some areas, such as the Amazon and Congo Basins. Unfortunately, habitat destruction, pollution and international trade, among other human impacts, have contributed to the endangerment of many actinopterygians (see Conservation Status).
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I am a cage in search of a bird.
This anime is awesome. Watched the first two episodes. Go to Anilinkz .com if you want to watch from a third party site.
I enjoy the story, the plot is great and everything is razzle dazzle. One problem I have is the protagonist (Arita) which kind of annoys me since he is so small and kind of looks like the perverted Tomoki from Sora no Otoshimono.
They are kind of similar. Anyways, that is my only problem so far...
The anime and animations are pretty well done and my favourite : Kuroyukihime
Are they similar illustrator? I'm checking right now...
I'm back baby
I'm about to risk my lives for you guys to "review"/discuss this series but the only subs available are by Hadena. Oh god, the horror.
So we have this chubby short round kid as our main character. He's bullied, has low self esteem, and practically no confidence at all. He's beta in all stances but one day the most popular, and hot, student in school asks him for a favor. Then shit happens.
Accel World has a lot of promise from the first two episodes. It has an interesting concept and takes it time developing it and explaining it throughout the course of the episode. The character designs are pretty so far and the animation visuals are gorgeous as well. The story doesn't really reveal itself in the first episode but the show takes it time building it up. The setting is by far one of the most interesting aspects of the show - a world where just about everything is worked through virtual reality. Of course, there still are mechanical architects but virtual reality is the dominant system.
It'll take time to fully grasp the story so you should stick along for maybe a total of 4 episodes. If you don't like it then, drop it or stall it.
In loving memory of Cryska.
first of many I will watch this spring
hopes for the best but prepares for the worst
OMG THIS IS FILLED WITH PURE AWESOMENESS! Just finished watching the first two episodes, it was a great opening. I can't believe it's only slated for 24 episodes. It definitely deserves to be 50.
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OMG THIS IS FILLED WITH PURE AWESOMENESS! Just finished watching the first two episodes, it was a great opening. I can't believe it's only slated for 24 episodes. It definitely deserves to be 50.
It would be even more awesome if CR picks this up
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Looks good so far. I kinda like it.
11. Everything is air-droppable at least once.
I really enjoyed what I saw so far, pretty relative to my normal taste. I actually enjoy the fact that the character isn't so average, though I wish his net form (not Burst Brain) was different. Regardless, looking forward to more.
my watch list anime now.....Accel world
i walk away from reality and come to the real reality.....and i hear you voice
Finally caught a bit of this last night. Looks great so far. I'll give it a couple more episodes, but I think I'm hooked for the season.
I am a cage in search of a bird.
Am I the only person looking forward to uppotte!?
11. Everything is air-droppable at least once.
Two Words SPIDER PIG
the effects of being animated adds to the story of the manga counterpart
His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
I enjoyed the two-parter quite a bit. It's a unique twist on the high school fighting genre. I especially like the neural interface design.
There's a lot of promise here, so I'm hoping we get an interesting ride for the remaining 22 episodes.
Viz Media has licensed Accel World, the first ep was posted to Hulu today
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The maintenance costs of the road network are a product of the distance travelled, weight of the vehicle, speed and the width of road used. A little calculation later shows that a fair price for me to use my bike on the road would be around 0.015% of what I pay for my car. Ie for every $100 I pay to use the car, I would be required to pay 1 cent to use the bike. I'd be happy to pay this but somehow, I suspect the administration costs to the general public would exceed that fair amount. While we are being fair and equitable, we should get a rebate for easing our health care burden off the state through a fitter, healthier lifestyle and perhaps a suddenly shortened life eliminating the burden of palliative care and age pension.
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Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton
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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes
Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton.
Michael Drayton
§ 10. His Satires and Odes.
It appears significant that the first of Draytons satires should have been published in 1604; but, while it doubtless implies a mood of disappointment and depression, it cannot be taken for certain to refer to the kings neglect of his advances. In the preface, Drayton states that
The Owle,
entered at Stationers Hall in February, 1604, had been lastly finished almost a year before; and, therefore, it is unsafe to find in it any autobiographical references. Nevertheless, the mere fact that Drayton should have included satire at all in the list of the then common forms of poetry which he seems to have considered it his duty as a poet to practise is some indication that he was not happy or content. The owl, in his satire, is the keen-eyed, disinterested observer. Nagged at by little birds, and attacked by the fear and jealousy of crows, kites, ravens and other marauders, he is rescued by the kingly eagle, to whom he describes the abuses he has seen carried on by evil birds who prey on the commonwealth of fowls. The poem is inspired, doubtless, by
The Parlement of Foules;
but it imitates neither the metre nor the good qualities of that work. More than once in his works, Drayton makes use of birds, of which, however, he betrays no more than common knowledge; and the opening of
The Owle
contains a pretty enough description of the surroundings in which the poet fell asleep to dream his satire. In the satire itself, there is not sufficient trenchancy, originality, or humour to make the poem interesting, and the rimed couplets run sluggish and dull.
The Man in the Moone
has already been mentioned, and it may be convenient to dismiss the subject of Draytons satires by saying here that, in 1627, at the age of sixty-three, he published, in a volume containing better things,
The Moone-Calfe.
It is pleasantest to think of this as inspired by his conscientious wish to leave no poetical stone unturned; and yet it was so long since Marston had published a satire that the attempt to follow in his steps was belated.
The Moone-Calfe
is a coarse, clumsy and brutal piece of work, redeemed only by the vigour of its sketches of contemporary manners.
In the same year as
The Owle
(1604), appeared
Moyses in a Map of his Miracles,
to be revised and published twenty-six years later, as
Moses, his Birth and Miracles.
Here Drayton once more makes a high claim for poetry,
That from full Jove takes her celestial birth,
And quick as fire, her glorious self can raise
Above this base abominable earth;
and, in the days before the
Authorised Version,
he may be pardoned for thinking that he could do something for the story of Moses greater than had been done for it by that sacred and canonic writ. He had before him, also, the example of Du Bartas and Sylvester, to whom he renders generous tribute. Unfortunately, his treatment of the story does not raise it in the eyes of modern readers; the poem throughout lacks exaltation and grandeur, and its chief interest lies in certain human moments, where the drama of the episodes is happily amplified by the poets sturdy humanity. But
is not a negligible poem in any study of Drayton. It shows here and there his progress in the management of the decasyllabic line, and now and then strangely anticipates later workmanship. Of such a line as the second of these:
Muse, I invoke the utmost of thy might,
That with an armed and auspicious wing,
Drayton is not the poet who would be guessed as the author by one unacquainted with its
Of the importance of a publication of two years later, however, there can be no question. The
of 1606 were Draytons second striking effort to plough a field untilled by his contemporaries. The Pindaric ode had already been imitated by Jonson: it went on being imitated with an irregularity that Congreve was the earliest author to reprehend. Draytons model is the Anacreontic or Horatian ode. With these odes as with most, indeed, of the works of so stern a critic of himself and so slowly developed a genius as Drayton, we have to wait for the final edition before we can see them at their best. The
of 1606 were revised and issued with additions and omissions in 1619; and in that edition they are best studied.
It was Draytons endeavour to revive Th old Lyrick kindthe kind, perhaps, that was sung to the harp by Hewes at Polesworth, fortified and polished by the influence of Horace and Anacreon. His odes are nearly all composed in short, decisive lines, a medium that English poetry has always found difficult. If the charge against Drayton of being merely a laborious, imitative bungler were ever revived, a sufficient answer would be a few selections, showing how unusually sensitive he was to the faults and merits of his medium. The faults of a long line are monotony and unwieldiness. Drayton is often monotonous and unwieldy. The faults of a short line are jerkiness and excessive compression. Drayton is guilty of both. But in all cases he succeeds, when he is at his best, in bringing out, perhaps in being the first to bring out, the possible merits of his metre, the smoothness and progression of the long line, the delicate, involved patterns and the range of tones, from the trumpet to the flute, that are possible with the short line. In the
there is plenty of compression and some jerkiness; but they cannot be regarded as otherwise than a remarkable achievement in the creation of a new music in English poetry. Their range, in their final form, is extraordinary; and, in nearly every case, their music is an anticipation of something that was to be more perfectly achieved later.
As those Prophetike strings
Whose sounds with fiery Wings
Drave Feinds from their abode,
Touchd by the best of Kings,
That sang the Holy Ode.
Is there any sound like that between Drayton and Milton?
The ode
To His Rivall
contains these stanzas:
Therefore boast not
Your happy lot,
Be silent now you have her;
The time I knew
She slighted you,
When I was in her favour.
None stands so fast,
But may be cast
By Fortune, and disgraced:
Once did I weare
Her Garter there,
Where you her Glove have placed;
stanzas brave and playful which anticipate Suckling. And the exquisite
canzonet, To His Coy Love,
which begins as follows:
I pray thee leave, love me no more,
Call home the Heart you gave me,
I but in vain that Saint adore,
That can but will not save me:
These poor halfe Kisses kill me quite,
Was ever man thus served?
Amid an Ocean of Delight,
For Pleasure to be sterved:
have the true cavalier ring. In these later
too, Drayton sometimes touches the metaphysical poetry of Donne and Cowley, a kind which he did not often affect.
Two of the odes have won more fame than the others; and both reveal that sturdy Elizabethan patriotism which, in Drayton, was to be proof against the solvent influence of the reign of James I. A long and interesting essay might be founded upon the contrast between the tone of Draytons ode
To the Virginian Voyage
and Marvells Where the remote Bermudas ride. In the former, we have all the bravery of the golden days of the adventurers.
Britans, you stay too long,
Quickly aboard bestow you,
And with a merry Gale
Swell your stretchd Sayle,
With Vowes as strong,
As the Winds that blow you.
And cheerfully at Sea,
Successe you still intice,
To get the Pearle and Gold,
And ours to hold,
Earths onely Paradise.
And as there Plenty growes
Of Lawrell every where,
Apollos Sacred tree,
You may it see,
A Poets Browes
To crowne, that may sing there.
The other of the two odes referred to is the most famous of Draytons poems, the swinging
Ballad of Agincourt,
dedicated to the Cambro-Britans and their Harpe. Here, more than anywhere, is heard the echo of Hewes and his like. Drayton worked upon the text of it to good purpose between 1606 and 1619, removing snags and obstructions in the course of its rhythm, and making clearer and clearer the ringing tramp of the marching army.
With his stanzas of eight short, crisp lines, riming
it is the model for a war-poem; and the brave old song has as much power to-day to quicken the heart-beats as has the
Henry V
of Shakespeare, the success of which, doubtless, helped to inspire its composition.
Note 22
. Elton, p. 101, notes a curiously prophetic Swinburnian stanza in the ode
To The New Yeere.
Note 23
. Cf. Elton, pp. 1045.
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LODI - Tokay High senior Anthony Sorbera said he spends 20 hours a week practicing or competing in school sports.
LODI - Tokay High senior Anthony Sorbera said he spends 20 hours a week practicing or competing in school sports.
Sorbera, 17, participates in cross country, track and wrestling. That's enough, he suggests, to allow him to waive a year's worth of physical education credits so he could spend more school time on other courses or electives that will help him get into college.
"As athletes we push ourselves," Sorbera said. "I think it's good for freshman to take a year of PE, but if you're in other sports, I think an exemption is fair for a second year so we can do other activities too."
Lodi Unified is the only large school district in San Joaquin County that does not allow student athletes to waive a second year, or 10 credits, of PE if they have extensive participation in athletics. With increased pressure on students to carry heavy course loads to get into college, however, some like Sorbera are seeking a respite from the second year requirement
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Tuesday night's discussion began with parent Marena Henne, mother of Tokay High athlete Kylie Henne, proposing a waiver program and providing the district with policies used by nearby Stockton Unified, Galt Unified and Lincoln Unified. Some schools offer end-of-day PE periods where athletes head to practice instead of class.
Henne said her daughter, a junior, plans to apply to Dartmouth College. The college accepts incoming freshmen with a diverse load of studies and extra-curricular activities.
"A second year of PE isn't going to help her get into Dartmouth," Marena Henne said, adding that her daughter spends hours playing water polo and swimming.
Other arguments in favor of the waiver included reducing the risk of in-season injury for athletes that are pushing themselves in PE, and that it would not cost money or jobs to implement a waiver.
PE teachers, however, asked: What is so difficult about taking two years of PE? They said exposing students to a variety of sports and athletic challenges over two years of coursework is paramount to education. They also argue that coaches are not necessarily credentialed teachers, and putting them in charge of school credits is lowering standards.
"Coaches could be dentists, grocers...not qualified to do this job," said McNair High PE teacher Scott Berchtold. "PE standards are no less rigourous than any other subject area. Parents wouldn't want dentists or grocers teaching English or math."
Lodi High PE teacher Brad Friesen lamented the new culture of high school athletes gravitating toward a 12-month focus on one sport, suggesting that PE is one place where athletic diversity is valued.
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 546-8257 or kreid@recordnet. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/lodiblog.


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Sri Lanka to phase-out paraquat: Sri Lanka's Daily News reports that Sri Lanka plans to phase-out use of the herbicide paraquat within the next three years. Assistant Director of Agriculture K.B. Gunarathne explained the decision was a response to "the high rate of deaths due to paraquat poisoning caused by its inherent toxic properties." There are 400-500 deaths each year in Sri Lanka from paraquat poisoning. In October 2006, the Pesticide Registrar mandated a reduction in paraquat concentration from 20% to 6.5% and restricted the bottle size, but preliminary reports on the new formulation suggested that the number of poisonings would remain "well over 50%." The first steps of the phase-out began on January 1 and the final phase-out scheme is to be completed by the end of the year. In the meantime, officials have ruled that the annual quantity of paraquat manufactured in 2008 "shall not exceed the present [2007] level." PAN North America Executive Director Kathryn Gilje noted that "there was active presence at the Dec. 2007 PAN International meeting from a Sri Lankan Women's Federation and peasant farmers association that had been working on this issue. This is wonderful news!"
Lindane banned in Chile: After a grassroots struggle lasting more than a decade, environmentalists are claiming victory with the announcement that Chile plans to ban lindane, a neurotoxic, persistent organic pollutant (POP). "The International POPs Elimination Network and Pesticide Action Network provided important foundations for our campaign," reports RAP-Chile (PAN Chile). Chile, like the U.S., has banned lindane for agricultural applications but still permits its use for "public health" Applications. According to RAP-Chile, "this successful crusade closes a huge contradiction in legal regulations." The good news came in the form of a letter from Chilean Health Secretary Maria Soledad Barria to four members of the Alliance for a Better Quality of Life -- Maria Elena Rozas (Pesticide Action Network/Southern Cone), Alicia Muñoz (Association of Rural and Indiginous Women), Elizabeth Maturana (Research on Organic Agriculture) and Lucia Cuenca (Latin American Environmental Conflicts Watch). The Health Secretary also promised to act on the Alliance's proposal to monitor foods for pesticide residues and implement a Pesticide Residues Control Program to prevent "adverse effects on public health."
Pesticides sicken soils: Scientists have documented that pesticides are harming nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria, resulting in stunted growth and lower crop yields for alfalfa, soybeans and peas. University of Oregon researcher Jennifer Fox told Environmental Health Perspectives that"people assume that endocrine disruption by pesticides occurs only in humans and animals with estrogen receptors,but we find thatnontraditional targets are affected by pesticides." Fox explains that plants create flavonoid molecules (which are similar to phytoestrogens) that help attract nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria to their roots. Experiments have shown that farm-levelconcentrations of pentachlorophenol (PCP)and methyl parathion inhibited flavonoid "signalling" by 90%. When Fox and Tulane University colleagues exposed alfalfa seeds to PCP, they found that the plants produced no nitrogen-forming nodules and yields fell by more than 80%. Methyl parathion and DDT exposures reduced yields by about half. The researchers estimate this "could translate in real-world conditions to a one-third loss of plant yield." Ironically, soils poisoned by synthetic pesticides require added inputs of synthetic fertilizers.
China cracks down on pesticides: With 23,000 chemical pesticide products being sold under 16,000 different names, Chinese farmers have little certainty about the chemicals they are using or the risks involved. On December 19, China's Agriculture Ministry announced that it would begin removing thousands of pesticide products from store shelves. "There are more than 1,700 in common use," Deputy Director Wang Shoucong told a press conference, "We must control remaining pesticides to safeguard our exports of agricultural products." Wang promised that the Ministry would reduce the number of pesticide products on sale, would tighten registration procedures, standardize labeling and assure that ingredients and warnings were legible and understandable by China's millions of small farmers, who are most at risk from chemical exposure.
Local groups oppose DDT spraying in Uganda: Uganda's Ministry of Health is planning to begin DDT spraying to combat malaria in January, despite strong opposition from the Uganda Network on Toxic-Free Malaria Control. "While we are all more than willing to support a program to help us get rid of malaria," Ellady Muyambi, General Secretary of the Network, wrote in an open letter to the The Monitor, "spraying our homes with...DDT will destroy the delicate ecology of our poverty-torn country." Muyambi pointed out that "many of us do not have ceilings and windows to prevent the DDT spray from escaping out to the plants and animals." Muyambi wonders why Uganda's underfunded Health Ministry is spending so much energy promoting DDT as a "quick fix." Instead of using a toxic pesticide, Muyambi recommends safer approaches such as planting neem and other indigenous trees that are known to repel mosquitoes. When it comes to malaria, Muyambi argues, a "quick fix" is like "fast food." While fast food "may temporarily satisfy hunger, it causes sicknesses from obesity to heart disease." Similarly, DDT "will bring destruction to our environment and our bodies."
Farmwomen, pesticides and asthma: "Farm women are an understudied occupational group," says National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences scientist Dr. Jane Hoppin. Hoppin is the lead author of a January report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine that investigated the effects of pesticide exposure on more than 25,000 women farmworkers in Iowa and North Carolina -- the first study of its kind. According to the American Thoracic Society, the study found "an increase of 50 percent in the prevalence of allergic asthma in all farm women who applied or mixed pesticides." Parathion was associated with a three-fold increase in allergic asthma while malation exposure was linked to a 60% increase. Permethrin, "a commonly used insecticide that is used in consumer items such as insect-resistant clothing [and] anti-malaria bed-nets, was associated with both allergic and non-allergic asthma." One surprising finding: "Women who grew up on farms...had a lower overall risk of having allergic asthma." This unexpected discovery moved Hoppin to speculate that "growing up on a farm" may have "a huge protective effect" but, she cautioned, "whether it is causal or not remains to be seen." Hoppin plans a larger study in 2008.
Bravo Bové: Jose Bové, the mustachioed farmer who vaulted to world fame when he attacked a McDonald's restaurant in France, is set to embark today on an "unlimited hunger strike" to draw attention to a campaign to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from French fields. Bové's Big Mac Attack came after the US targeted French foods with tariffs as punishment for the country's refusal to import hormone-treated U.S. beef. Bové was also threatened with a four-month jail term after destroying a field of GMO crops in 2004. While GMOs are commonplace in the U.S., most French citizens fear these experimental creations could harm human health and unleash an uncontrollable spill of GMO traits into the natural world. In December, France suspended the commercial use of GMO seeds until February 9 while biotech safety studies are carried out. This two-month suspension isn't good enough for Bové and the other activists who plan to join the January 3 hunger strike. "It must be a year without GMOs," Bove insists, "We are starting this hunger strike to show our determination."


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Kill List
Much of 'Kill List' will be familiar to anyone who caught 'Down Terrace' during its brief run last year: the semi-improvised dialogue and naturalistic performances, the close, documentary-style photography and the deep-seated sense of suburban moral decay. But it's altogether more confident: where the earlier film leavened the darker moments with slapstick and satire, 'Kill List' is an unrelentingly grim ride into the bleakest imaginable terrain, its only humour black beyond belief.
It begins in a quiet housing estate, where Jay (cockney shoot-'em-up veteran Neil Maskell) and Shel (MyAnna Buring) are trying to raise their seven-year-old son amid money troubles and a faltering marriage. The arrival of Jay's foul-mouthed colleague Gal (Michael Smiley) and his paramour Fiona (Emma Fryer) prompts a realisation: these two apparently normal working stiffs are, in fact, hired hitmen, and it's time for them to get back to work. But who is their enigmatic new client, why does he want them to knock off a priest and what's his connection to the mysterious Fiona?
For the first 45 minutes, this seems like a fairly standard killer-for-hire set-up. The editing and the audio palette are unusual and unsettling, the performances noticeably superior and the mood unrelentingly claustrophobic, but the plot seems to follow a predictable template. Then something happens – no clues except to say that it involves a hammer – and 'Kill List' takes a sharp left-turn into no man's land.
There will be some who find the resulting series of increasingly brutal and dreamlike events hard to process, and a number of plot points remain unexplained even as the credits roll. But allow the film to take hold and its power is inescapable: the effect is like placing your head in a vice and waiting as it inexorably closes.
It's hard to remember a British movie as nerve-shreddingly effective since 'Dead Man's Shoes' in 2004. Like that film, 'Kill List' may not make the impact it deserves upon initial release. But this is a grower, a film which lingers long in the memory: look for it on 'Best of British' lists for a long time to come.
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MyAnna Buring
Struan Rodger
Neil Maskell
Emma Fryer
Harry Simpson
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2.9 / 5
Rating Breakdown
- 5 star:6
- 4 star:6
- 3 star:7
- 2 star:2
- 1 star:10
The comments by others merely illustrate how misunderstood PTS and depression are; or worse how little people are prepared to try and understand. The film is an allegory of the mental decline of Jay due to the aforementioned. It is graphic, unerving and gritty. There is nothing pretty about PTS; it can destroy even the most loved of the sufferer (hence the finale). Jay and Shel's lack of selfawareness and undertsanding of Jay's condition preclude a happy ending. Highly recommended viewing, albeit disturbing at times and inevitably sad. If you like this sort of thing then try Vahalla Rising.
This is not a typical movie. Its not cliched, it doesn't use a worn plot pattern (although parts will echo with other movies) and the style is totally unique. My issue with this film - and its my only issue - is killing of a child that occurs in it. A number of people expressed concern at 'not understanding' it - I don't think you are fully meant to at all here. People are polarised on this film - its real marmite stuff. Personally, I loved it and the film stayed with me a for while afterwards but I get why others object to it. I watch a lot of movies so for me, seeing something this original and challenging was really refreshing.
There was a point where I considered walking out of the movie and the revulsion brought up by the final scene was strong enought that I immediately wished I had... Having slept on it, Kill List was pretty much what I had hoped for - a movie about something other than what was happening on the screen, Watch it again? Nope.
A strangely compelling film, very well acted/directed and the production values are entirely delibarate, the sound in particular is very effective. The plot cam seem slightly disjointed but it's supposed to be. A typically British film this may not be a classic but it's a very good film and it should be saluted!
An ambitious film which ultimately takes on too mucn getting lost in the process. There's the `hitmen as buddies` scenario, a gritty, sardonic British version of Pulp Fiction, then there's the psychological analysis element which tries to ground the film in surburban realism . . . . . and then there's The Wicker Man in the final reels, where presumably the film-makers are trying to incorporate diverse philosophical ideas into what is already a head mix. Ths film succeeds in that it poses questions about the nature of good and evil, and about human capacity for love and hate. However the film is gripping and the editing and the soundtrack are intermittently effective. However it's too much of a mish mash to achieve the aesthetic coherence which one would hope for from a four or five star film.
Sorry, but I should have paid heed to the word 'cult.' Bad camera shots, average acting and the arguments over trivia yet when the husband and wife were alone she changedcompletely. Couldn't wait for it to end. Embarrased to be British
It's a well made gritty realistic urban hitman picture, that sudenly turns into a pile of pretentious crap, straight out of the vomit which is The Whicker Man, (and its ilk!) There's no excuse, even by the PTS syndrome studying gazelle... it is, what it is! A half decent plot, well photographed, realistic practical effects, then, for no real reasons, apart from artistic ball locks... it turns into some ridiculous arty farty religious cult that makes no sense at all flick. (Even if you suspense belief that much that no involvement with the police or emergancy services results in people being murdered left, right and centre!!) The extras on the DVD are crap as well, especially the "making of". Which is simply a montage of visuals with a sound track blurting over it. Don't bother with it, unless you suddenly take drugs during the last fifteen minutes!
The comments by others merely illustrate how misunderstood PTS and depression are; or worse how little people are prepared to try and understand. The film is an allegory of the mental decline of Jay due to the aforementioned. It is graphic, unerving and gritty. There is nothing pretty about PTS; it can destroy even the most loved of the sufferer (hence the finale). Jay and Shel's lack of selfawareness and undertsanding of Jay's condition preclude a happy ending. Highly recommended viewing, albeit disturbing at times and inevitably sad. If you like this sort of thing then try Vahalla Rising.
This film will divide people into two groups. Those that think they under stand it and those that think they don't. Im in the latter of the two groups. Ever heard of the tale of the Emporers new clothes? Thats how I would catagorise those people who think they understand it. Isnt it funny how people rave about a film that has a few arty camera angles and a bit of quirky "gritty" banter. 44 Inch chest has the same ingredients (arguably without the same level of violence) but you understand whats going on. With this film you expect to find out whats going on, but nothing ever really gets explained. Call me old fashioned, but I like a beginning, middle and end to my films (even if they aren't in chronological order, ala Pulp Fiction) not, as this film seems to deliver, a beginning and a middle. The film gets two stars because it does deliver some good moments.
Rubbish. Couldn't get into the film so turned it off after 35 mins! What a let down :(
Some great acting and gritty drama but a completely bizarre end. Leaves a bit of a bitter taste. Would prefer not to watch a small child been stabbed to death. A better plot at the end could have made this a brilliant film. Unfortunately it's just weird.
Boring, weird and seemed like it was made up as it went along. Awful, worst movie experience since The Road
for those who say the ending was rubbish and didn't make sense, can i suggest you watch it with your eyes open next time. BRILLIANT film. one of the best to come out of this country for a long time.
for those who say the ending was rubbish and didn't make sense, can i suggest you watch it with your eyes open next time. BRILLIANT film. one of the best to come out of this country for a long time.
Oh my, awfully boring, no build, disappointing finish.
one of the best films i have seen for years,absolutely terrific and a joy to watch a proper film,i have a feeling that people who dont like this film dont understand exactly whats going on within the film,open your eyes people or go watch something else which takes a lot less brain power to watch.
one of the best films i have seen for years,absolutely terrific and a joy to watch a proper film,i have a feeling that people who dont like this film dont understand exactly whats going on within the film,open your eyes people or go watch something else which takes a lot less brain power to watch.
Well, it has ruffled some feathers hasn't it! I thought it was great. I watched it as a study of post traumatic stress, made all the better because neither the characters, nor the audience fully understand what is happening. Which I guess is what PTS must be like. It's not perfect, there needs to be a bit more explanation of what happened in Kiev, for example, and the cut hand thing only seems to be a device. But it is so much braver than so many films, and the dialogue so sharp, and the three leading characters' performances so compelling, that the film deserves much credit.
Very unusual movie using commonplace premise that bends and twists into something mindbending. I disagree with the egatve crits here...thisfilm is an experience not to forget.
I'm all for championing British film when it's worth sounding your horn, but this was just as bad as Heartless, another poorly written, short on logic mess. How is this meant to make its money back? I pity the poor investors!!
I can't believe what I've been reading here - no perspective or detail? Awful sound design? This film is beautifully shot with gorgeous attention to detail, and the sound design is brilliant - really adding to the tension and eeriness of the whole thing. I really enjoyed this film right up until the horrible bit where the guy gets his knee bashed in, and then it was a bit too gruesome for me. I'm also still very very confused about the plot. The acting was fantastic, though.
Not an easy film to enjoy or even to be involved with. The sound is disastrous and this does not assist engagement but the plot is just too undeveloped and confused to engage the audience. It is simply too full of unexplained items to make any sense and it ends as "Wickerman" meets ""Kill Bill II". It started with the potential to be an interesting, if brutal film noir but it just seemed to me that Wheatley literally lost the plot and found part of another one half-way through - a pity, because it started with promise.
Unusual, unpredictable and unpleasant, this starts out as domestic drama, transforms into a thriller with black comedy elements, then ends up in `Wicker Man` territory. The whole doesn`t quite work but it is memorable. Michael Smiley is excellent and disturbingly likeable as Gal.
I felt let down by the implausible ending.The film had a decent enough premise and some good acting. But the plot doesn't really amount to much because you're going from one genre to another without ever being given a chance to suspend any disbelief. It's like 'err yeah nice try Ben Wheatley... good effort'! But where did Mr Huddleston get 5 stars from? Is he a friend of the director's, trying to champion mediocrity from the now defunct Film Council or are you just having a laugh at the reader's expense just to see what response you get back? It seems there are a few others with the same issue Time Out? Maybe I wouldn't of gone out to see the film if not for your glowing report? Who knows but thanks anyway....
First up, it's not a 5 star movie. Interesting, mixing genres, but ultimately a plot that is not smart enough. All along it is promising an Angel Heart like twist, when in the end what it gives is just a simple solution. It takes a long way to get there and the first 40 minutes are unusually slow for a horror movie. However, where it scores big points is two characters who suck you in and a story that builds to a memorable and unforgettable finale, which although you understand what is going on, is still massively disturbing.
Interesting review and comments... and as for the film, well it was good in places, funny, extremely violent and thought provoking. Twenty four hours on I'm still thinking about it. The film is almost three movie genres rolled into one, it is watchable, apart from the excessive violence. I counted five walkouts. I wish the film was clearer in places, notably the sound, dialogue and third part. Nevertheless, an interesting bit of film making.
i have not done a comment before so here is my first ....and last on time out ......as per goodman comment i trusted time out with a five star and best of brittish nomination and whilst the first 2/3 were thrilling the movie plot descends into farce with the story relying on 60's occult subject matter to resolve the plot of why the killers were involved . this aspect was utterly uncompelling and beyond useless . never again tom huddleston one star for the great take on domestic dyfunction and the two males leads acting skills.
I feel robbed. This film is beyond belief awful. Poor acting, badly shot, combined with bad editing, oh and awful sound design, it was literally like pulling teeth. The short which was shown before the film was also awful, however at these it had some pace and had the benefit of, well, being a short. I haven't felt so violated after visiting the cinema for years. It's so unbelievably bad words don't come close.
This is far from being a 5 star film. The end is both meaningless and pretentious. The first and second thirds of the film are reasonable attempts at a well rehearsed genre the last swerve into occult dreamscape is clumsily told and edited.