Yes, I keep forgetting Match-cut is first and foremost a community of horror fans... I'm certain I'd enjoy Death Note more if I was one, which isn't the case at all. As I said, I appreciate the idea, but the execution is not up my alley.
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Yes, I keep forgetting Match-cut is first and foremost a community of horror fans... I'm certain I'd enjoy Death Note more if I was one, which isn't the case at all. As I said, I appreciate the idea, but the execution is not up my alley.
That all depends on how smart you think they think they are. The plot twists and reveals are only partially the point. You're not supposed to be completely blown away by ever reveal, although personally I think the cat and mouse games played out over the course of the show are for the most part fairly satisfying. The subtext, the tone (tense! tense! tense!) and fairly complex character psychologies (Light, L, Light's father, even the Shinigami are ripe with pathos) are the strengths of the show.
Oh and the show is very well animated people, it just doesn't have an action scene every five minutes. Case in point, when characters obsessively write down names in the Death Note... awesome animation!
I keep thinking a lot of people don't like it (and this is actually the reason given by film critics who saw the movie but not the anime and manga) because the set up promises a story about playing God and the effects of vigilantism in society, but instead it's really just a cat-and-mouse thriller.
Most of the people from Axis stayed over at Axis once we split. That's all I was saying. We weren't mostly horror fans. We were originally from RT's FDT, and migrated to Axis, and then split off into Match Cut. Thankfully a few have stayed with us from the Axis split, but most of us aren't horror-centric.
freaking correct!
i know you're a fan of naoki urasawa. can you imagine how much much better and more interesting death note would be if it had been written by him? anything will be, yes, but my point is why waste such a nice potential on a -- not even a cat-and-mouse thriller -- i'll say, a stupid chess board game that doesn't hold a consistent rule.
haaaaaaaarrrrrrrd to say. i have lived with these stuffs my whole life. when i read or watch japanese cartoon, it's not about appreciating art -- unlike books or movies -- it's more like living.
there is this guy, shota kikuchi, who's practically unheard of in the states and even in thailand -- you google his name, and almost nothing shows up. i love one of his manga series way back then. he still consistently produces low-key work which i adore, recognize the talent, but don't go banana over it. a hard-edge conservative and a pervert. always a nice combination in my book. :P
Hell fucking yes I love Urasawa.
Monster and Master Keaton are two of the best manga ever written. I was drooling over Master Keaton when my peers were reading Detective Conan (aka Case Closed here in the States).
Death Note is fantastic, especially for an anime.
Sweet... kind of unrelated but I really think you'd like Kin Dza Dza (only fansubs available so have to watch online) a Russian cyberpunk. In some ways the type of grain/palette reminds me slightly of The Ninth Configuration.
Can check it out here (in two parts):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...61878127683608
I'm watching this series now. I'm on the fourth episode and I'm hooked. Tell me it gets better as the series continues and doesn't trail off.