Robinson L maintains a dreamwidth journal under the handle irreverent intellectual, although he hasn't been active in a few years. Reportedly crashed into an asteroid in late 2004 and died a fiery death. He got better. He aspires to be (in no particular order) a successful author, an activist, and a parent.
- 2018-09-25 15:02 - F91 and the Problem with Gundam Pacifism - link Re: Black Robe Okay. I mean, I'm not convinced that culture clash films require villains, or that you can't have good people and bad people on both sides. But that's a very good point about not depicting Indigenous peoples as monolithic. <br...
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2018-09-24 22:30 - Eromanga Sensei: Overrated Trash -
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S'okay, I got the idea from the article. I just got bemused at the specificity.
Robinson: Reminds me of that line from House about those 18 restrictions being so simple "even a 17-year-old can figure it out." ... Raymond: Woul...
- 2018-09-24 20:02 - Ferretnibbles 4 - Raymond's Scattered Summer Cinema - link (Or am I missing the joke?)
- 2018-09-24 20:00 - Ferretnibbles 4 - Raymond's Scattered Summer Cinema - link Meaning like how we have Lucy Liu as Yun Jingyi, more commonly known as Joan Watson, on CBS' Elementary? I agree; sadly, such was not the case with the casting of Into Darkness.
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2018-09-24 15:00 - Ferretnibbles 4 - Raymond's Scattered Summer Cinema -
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think, in our attempts to be more open-minded and three-dimensional in our portrayal of foreign characters, we can sometimes forget the sheer joy of watching an over-the-top, hammy, camp villain, the kind of villain the Iron Sheik exemplifies....
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2018-09-10 22:36 - F91 and the Problem with Gundam Pacifism -
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Arthur: The impression I have of Kurosawa's views on war is that he's generally against it but also is very aware that once it's kicked off, it's tremendously difficult if not impossible to stop the violence and using force to defend the innoce...
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2018-09-10 22:30 - Eromanga Sensei: Overrated Trash -
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Wait, you furrow your brow, Eromanga Sensei? Like, the Eromanga Sensei? Raymond, you can’t possibly enjoy that trash, can you?
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2018-09-10 22:02 - A Successful Audition for the Darwin Award -
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You're welcome, thanks for cleaning up the formatting, it looks much smoother now.
Well... I mean... this is the internet...
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2018-09-06 00:30 - F91 and the Problem with Gundam Pacifism -
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a troubled production forced director Yoshiyuki Tomino to turn the first 13 episodes’ storyboards into a movie
Wouldn't this be the first red flag? No wonder the pacing is awful.despite banging the ...
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2018-09-05 22:30 - Alan Moore's Yuggoth Pastiches -
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Like fellow comic book occultist Grant Morrison, Moore hails from an era of comics writing in which being dreadfully clever was prized above telling a satisfying story. Maybe it’s just that I’ve grown to the point where my prioritie...
- 2018-09-05 22:00 - Ferretbrain Presents the teXt Factor Episode 1 - Monotheism - link Thread necromancy several years later. I still haven't reread The God of Small Things, and have no near-term plans to do so. However, this summer I read Ms. Roy's second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Well, I say I read it ...
- 2018-08-28 18:30 - A Successful Audition for the Darwin Award - link I've never really followed the Darwin Awards, so I wouldn't know. Oh yeah. I remember figuring out the html code for footnotes was a little weird for me. I've just looked back at my very first article, and it turns out I submitted it with a footno...
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2018-08-15 15:00 - A Successful Audition for the Darwin Award -
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apart from that, and, y’know, the whole foot thing, Aoyama is none the worse for wear
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2018-08-03 00:00 - Why Perfect Blue is Terrifying: An Addendum -
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As I understand it that's actually a goof in the English dub
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2018-08-02 22:36 - Jim Jarmusch Via Germany, Part 2 -
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Okay, been a little while, but I'm finally ready to follow up on some comments, starting with this one.
And while no-one would fault you for assigning finite purposes to inanimate objects, you should be careful not to extrapolate that ...
- 2018-07-11 00:00 - Why Perfect Blue is Terrifying: An Addendum - link Huh, I don't remember Mima ever literally switching places with Rumi. When did that happen?
