They are also the type of people who think if one series "subverts" something or parodies it, then that thing can no longer ever be used across the genre because its been destroyed.
Because as we know, once Evangelion mocked the concept of child soldier mecha pilots, Gundam was cancelled forever.
The Lion King is almost certainly a ripoff of Kimba the White Lion.
That doesn't make it any less of a good movie, from when Disney actually cared about quality.
By the way, I'm three Rebuild movies down. One to go. I don't see why you warned me about them so harshly--I agree they're not perfect, what with Mari not getting enough character development to build upon her Blood Knight foundation, and so far I do like the actual series better, but so far, I don't see why you didn't want me to see them.
Again, have not been able to see movie 4 yet. Will have time on Monday--it's over an hour longer than 3.33 was!
I don't think taking inspiration from or subverting something makes either less of a good movie, its just how most Lefties think.
And understanding why Rebuild is terrible requires to both know Anno and his intentions behind it, as well as being a big enough fan of the original prior to seeing them. Because he openly despises anyone who likes the series, admits to enjoying ruining things for them, and only did Rebuild begrudgingly because no one cared about any other work he did and he knew he could fuck with fans once again.
He literally is Rian Johnson but Japanese.
I'm not going to tell you you're wrong for liking them, because they are pretty solid movies in a vaccuum I suppose. But there is a reason why most fans prior to their release despise them. Especially with the huge wait time between many of them (during which Anno would continue mocking people about their opinions on them).
I meant it in the sense that it plays with escapist tropes. Tourists think for some reason all anime is just "muh power fantasy" when there are plenty of grim and depressing moments in old anime
This is an insightful comment. Their subversions become status quo, to the point where a traditional product almost feels subversive.
Imagine a Star Wars movie in 2024 that features a straight white male protagonist who isn’t a morally gray anti-hero, isn’t surrounded by more competent female characters, and isn’t a spy-infused beta male weakling. The mainstream press would lose their minds over such a thing because it would be legitimately transgressive in this climate.
Its why something like Stellar Blade was even news worthy.
The PS2 had uncountable games just like it. I'm able to conjure "Red Ninja: End of Honor" from memory as a close to 1:1 copy across most categories. No one really cared about it other than "oh its a stealth action game but you are a woman, neat" and that was it.
The mainstream press would lose their minds over such a thing because it would be legitimately transgressive in this climate.
Not just the mainstream press, also the normies.
I learned this when discussing the Mario movie on some normie YouTube channels and was disgusted to find so many normies hating on classic Mario games because they said they hated how "Peach was a damsel in distress" and they kept praising the movie for making her a boss babe. Even though in real life practically every woman is a damsel in distress who either needs a man to help her through life or the government because most can't take care of themselves or survive on their own. Yet now a basic biological fact is considered "sexist".
Space Lesbian is an improvement for the Gundam series, considering half of its fanbase for generations has been fujos lusting over Space Homo shipping.
They are also the type of people who think if one series "subverts" something or parodies it, then that thing can no longer ever be used across the genre because its been destroyed.
Because as we know, once Evangelion mocked the concept of child soldier mecha pilots, Gundam was cancelled forever.
Evangelion isn't that original either, it seemed new because of the 90's anime boom, but before it there was Ideon
Its just gnosticism draped over a mecha show. But its originality doesn't matter.
Its just the most mainstream example of a "deconstruction" in anime. Its the one everyone knows and can point to, even if they haven't seen it.
The Lion King is almost certainly a ripoff of Kimba the White Lion.
That doesn't make it any less of a good movie, from when Disney actually cared about quality.
By the way, I'm three Rebuild movies down. One to go. I don't see why you warned me about them so harshly--I agree they're not perfect, what with Mari not getting enough character development to build upon her Blood Knight foundation, and so far I do like the actual series better, but so far, I don't see why you didn't want me to see them.
Again, have not been able to see movie 4 yet. Will have time on Monday--it's over an hour longer than 3.33 was!
I don't think taking inspiration from or subverting something makes either less of a good movie, its just how most Lefties think.
And understanding why Rebuild is terrible requires to both know Anno and his intentions behind it, as well as being a big enough fan of the original prior to seeing them. Because he openly despises anyone who likes the series, admits to enjoying ruining things for them, and only did Rebuild begrudgingly because no one cared about any other work he did and he knew he could fuck with fans once again.
He literally is Rian Johnson but Japanese.
I'm not going to tell you you're wrong for liking them, because they are pretty solid movies in a vaccuum I suppose. But there is a reason why most fans prior to their release despise them. Especially with the huge wait time between many of them (during which Anno would continue mocking people about their opinions on them).
It wasn't supposed to be wholly original. It was intended to be, in part, a commentary on many of the common anime tropes.
I meant it in the sense that it plays with escapist tropes. Tourists think for some reason all anime is just "muh power fantasy" when there are plenty of grim and depressing moments in old anime
And Gunbuster.
Hell, Gundam itself was a subversion criticism of the entire super-robot genre.
Japanese anime has no problem with evolving and devolving as necessary to expouse creativity and good story.
This is an insightful comment. Their subversions become status quo, to the point where a traditional product almost feels subversive.
Imagine a Star Wars movie in 2024 that features a straight white male protagonist who isn’t a morally gray anti-hero, isn’t surrounded by more competent female characters, and isn’t a spy-infused beta male weakling. The mainstream press would lose their minds over such a thing because it would be legitimately transgressive in this climate.
Its why something like Stellar Blade was even news worthy.
The PS2 had uncountable games just like it. I'm able to conjure "Red Ninja: End of Honor" from memory as a close to 1:1 copy across most categories. No one really cared about it other than "oh its a stealth action game but you are a woman, neat" and that was it.
Or OneeChanbara, Iirc the general opinion about that game was that japan could be weird, it was a far cry from modern outrage
Not just the mainstream press, also the normies.
I learned this when discussing the Mario movie on some normie YouTube channels and was disgusted to find so many normies hating on classic Mario games because they said they hated how "Peach was a damsel in distress" and they kept praising the movie for making her a boss babe. Even though in real life practically every woman is a damsel in distress who either needs a man to help her through life or the government because most can't take care of themselves or survive on their own. Yet now a basic biological fact is considered "sexist".
The left uses words like magic spells. Every "-ist" or "-aphobe" is just their way of conditioning people to deny reality.
Just don't tell them that when they hype up witch of mercury which seems to be a darling for some of them (cuz space lesbian).
Space Lesbian is an improvement for the Gundam series, considering half of its fanbase for generations has been fujos lusting over Space Homo shipping.