Recent content by bearlotz

I've got a two-fer: Close your ears to the voice of greed, and you can turn a gift for one into a gift for many. (I'm sure someone is going to pop up and let the class know where that came from, but they only get points if they didn't just Google it) In life never look up to anyone, and...

Have you seen the animated videos for "Freaking Out" and "Ghost"? Made by a crew with no official ties to the band, just riffing on doing some world-building loosely based on the lyrics, and damn good overall I would say. OT: Heard about a musician called Emilie Autumn recently and decided to...

I mostly agree with the overall point here. Motoko's sexuality is integral to her characterization no matter how it's used (major theme of "what does it mean to be human when your body is just hardware and your mind can be tampered with can be demonstrated by having her either withdraw from the...

Good morning everyone, thank you all for coming. Before we get started, some background: while in college (guess I should get used to calling it "university", as a start) I got assigned a German exchange student as a roommate for a semester. We had some good times and stayed in contact after...

...huh?? Ah, that explains it: vastly different valuation systems. You call me "utterly wasteful" for wanting good food, I say the stuff that your body uses to maintain itself is more important than some cloth you drape over it to avoid being fined for public nudity or booze (I like to party as...

Just because you made 3-5 portions doesn't mean 3-5 people need to eat it. You can prepare 2-3 meals at ~4 portions on a Sunday, package them up, and not have to worry about it for the rest of the week. OT: I never really cooked anything until I was at university, and then I found out that...

If you have an interest in anime in general, I would strongly recommend you power through. Like it or hate it, the show was influential as all get-out and you'll start spotting references everywhere by the end. Other than that, a few viewing tips: 1) Don't think of it as an "aliens fighting...

In the same boat here, if the mechanics/gameplay are bad then it's getting tossed within an hour. If I see QTE's, I'm putting the controller down and running the opposite direction.

Does anyone else find the title just a wee bit misleading? I looked into this expecting to see new employees getting the boot left and right with a small bribe to keep them quiet about it, and instead I find Riot offering new employees who don't like working at their company what basically...

I'm thinking skirts wouldn't be the way to go with a tail...unless of course you're a bit of an exhibitionist ;) OT: Not sure if I'm allowed to bundle it as one thing, but generalized sensory enhancement. I want to be able to see farther than anyone else (and in the dark, through fog, etc.)...

Au contraire, man with no hair: I submit into evidence as exhibit A, Kite. There are 2 release versions for the US, a 60 minute version and a 47 minute version. The longer cut is rated for ages 18+, and the version on Netflix is 47 minutes. As for what they cut...*Edit: spelling

It seems like Cakey pretty much listed the entire anime catalog for the US, so I'll just pick up anything remaining that I've seen: I didn't see this on Netflix so I'm not sure what level of censorship they have on it...but I'm going to guess "high". A comedy about a high school girl trying to...

I'm rather curious, what anime would you two recommend? I don't always enjoy "hipster" fare, but it's usually interesting at any rate. OT: I liked the first part well enough, not "set the world on fire" type stuff but not offensively bad either. Then the second part happened and I figured it...

Well this thread popped up at a really convenient time. ENGAGE THE TEXT-WALLINATOR Once the conversation-ball gets rolling I can usually manage to not completely halt it, but getting to that point is much more of a challenge. Maybe I'm just doing this whole thing wrong, but it seems like I...

How right you are, goodsir lechat. It's a strange to hear myself saying this, but I found that the fanservice/sex appeal was pretty much the least interesting thing about this movie while I was watching it. Mostly I was just amazed that there was actually a great movie coming out of such a...