I just had that same experience today, although I had more of an idea of the backstory thanks to MovieBob.Ubiquitous Duck said:I went to watch the Lego Movie a few weeks back with a few of my mates that I knew from University #UniLads
Not the friday nights out that we used to do!
I have to say that sitting down to see the film I had absolutely no idea what to expect, but I doubted Lego could find a way onto a film screen successfully. Also, I was wondering what backstory or anything they have to go on with Lego (it reminded me of the time when they said the film Battleship was based on the 1-on-1 game 'Battleship', which I just laughed at the idea that they could even suggest that a film could be based on that).
I thought during the first ten seconds that the film was going to be played completely straight and I feared what I had gotten myself into for the next hour and a half.
After these ten seconds though, the tone completely changed and I loved the film from that point up until the very end. I was very surprised and I will get it immediately when it comes out on blu-ray/3d/dvd.
Great film.
You actually reminded me that I've had the entire series on my hard drive for almost a year now and still haven't gotten around to actually watch the thing. I'll have a decent amount of free time in two weeks, really should check it out then. Since you seem to recommend it even for people who don't really know much about anime, got any tips before starting? (Besides not giving up after the first two episodes?) I currently have NO idea what its about or anything.Drummodino said:Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about it other than @Legion had an avatar came from it. They have pretty good taste in anime so I stuck with it, even though the first two episodes were... not very appealing.
Boy am I glad that I did. If you're an anime fan, or even if you're not, I highly recommend it. It's basically the Neon Genesis Evangelion of the magical girl genre, but better.
Same here. I got fed up with popular Shounen series, because they started to completely run out of ideas (Bleach being the main offender). Then I got fed up with every other anime series, for unexplainable reasons for me. Something like 3-4 manga/anime-less years go by, and one day I had a conversation with my friend, who prepared an amazing Jinx (League of Legends) cosplay for the convent she attended. I thought she'll get first prize, hands down, but as it turned out, no. She lost with group of people cosplaying Attack on Titan.The Wykydtron said:Attack on Titan for me. I somehow missed the hype, the loud fanbase, the countless fan videos and shopped funny screenshots until I got bored one day and just thought "hey that Attack on Titan thing, that was supposed to be good I think i'll give it a go"
Suddenly best anime of 2013, probably the best Shounen anime... ever and it's Game of Thrones on a particularly shitty day when it comes to the death count. The manga especially. Yeesh.
I hadn't watched a single battle anime for years then AoT comes along and knocks it out of the park. I guess the amount of slice of life comedy animes I was watching until then made me forget what a good Shounen anime looked like.
Well AoT cosplay does have a particularly stylish look. It's the really short jackets and cool boots that sell it. Actually considering the AoT fanbase if they were wearing anything to do with the Survey Corps it's an automatic win. Swanky as fuck minicapes yo'Yossarian1507 said:Same here. I got fed up with popular Shounen series, because they started to completely run out of ideas (Bleach being the main offender). Then I got fed up with every other anime series, for unexplainable reasons for me. Something like 3-4 manga/anime-less years go by, and one day I had a conversation with my friend, who prepared an amazing Jinx (League of Legends) cosplay for the convent she attended. I thought she'll get first prize, hands down, but as it turned out, no. She lost with group of people cosplaying Attack on Titan.The Wykydtron said:Attack on Titan for me. I somehow missed the hype, the loud fanbase, the countless fan videos and shopped funny screenshots until I got bored one day and just thought "hey that Attack on Titan thing, that was supposed to be good I think i'll give it a go"
Suddenly best anime of 2013, probably the best Shounen anime... ever and it's Game of Thrones on a particularly shitty day when it comes to the death count. The manga especially. Yeesh.
I hadn't watched a single battle anime for years then AoT comes along and knocks it out of the park. I guess the amount of slice of life comedy animes I was watching until then made me forget what a good Shounen anime looked like.
Me: Isn't that the anime, that half of my Facebook friends bang on about non-stop for something like half a year?
Her: Yeah. That cosplay was good, but I think they won, because everyone loves Attack on Titan.
Me: Fine, then I guess I'll see what this fuss is all about...
25 episodes later, it was something like 3AM with work waiting for me in the morning, and yet the first thing I did was reach for a manga. Wow, I didn't expect it to be THAT good.
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Also, Titanic. I watched it when I was something like 10 years old, so I didn't really understand it that much, so all that stayed with me from it was Leonardo Di Caprio "pretty boy" jokes. As Leo started surging on my favorite actors list in the last few years, I decided to give Titanic another go. My God, it's beautiful. I almost started crying during scenes with doomed passengers during their last moments. Really, a masterpiece for the ages, I'm ashamed that I dismissed it for so long.
That's my pick too, it was sold to me as 'you can play Raiden and fight in an action game'. Too bad guys, I already played Dirge of Cerberus so I'm not falling for it.The Wykydtron said:OT: Thinking about it again, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (yes it is a word) was totally awesome and I never expected anything from it.
Go into it blind like I did. Don't look up reviews, don't listen to people talk about it (except me now). It's one of those things best experienced with as little prior knowledge as possible. Just know that it gets better as it progresses.Mojo said:You actually reminded me that I've had the entire series on my hard drive for almost a year now and still haven't gotten around to actually watch the thing. I'll have a decent amount of free time in two weeks, really should check it out then. Since you seem to recommend it even for people who don't really know much about anime, got any tips before starting? (Besides not giving up after the first two episodes?) I currently have NO idea what its about or anything.Drummodino said:Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about it other than @Legion had an avatar came from it. They have pretty good taste in anime so I stuck with it, even though the first two episodes were... not very appealing.
Boy am I glad that I did. If you're an anime fan, or even if you're not, I highly recommend it. It's basically the Neon Genesis Evangelion of the magical girl genre, but better.
In a nutshell the anime is about the nature of sacrifice, hope, and despair, and how helping others for selfish reasons begins to take a toll on people.Mojo said:You actually reminded me that I've had the entire series on my hard drive for almost a year now and still haven't gotten around to actually watch the thing. I'll have a decent amount of free time in two weeks, really should check it out then. Since you seem to recommend it even for people who don't really know much about anime, got any tips before starting? (Besides not giving up after the first two episodes?) I currently have NO idea what its about or anything.Drummodino said:Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about it other than @Legion had an avatar came from it. They have pretty good taste in anime so I stuck with it, even though the first two episodes were... not very appealing.
Boy am I glad that I did. If you're an anime fan, or even if you're not, I highly recommend it. It's basically the Neon Genesis Evangelion of the magical girl genre, but better.
Okay, okay, we had a wig (properly made), so hair was a secondary problem... But yeah, body paint (which I helped with, and I was damn proud of my work on it), costume, and especially weapons (which me and my friend made from a special foam, and then painted it in right colors, lots of work, but it looked spot on) took a LOT of effort, but it was damn worth it. So now you can imagine my opinion on AoT, when I heard that all our hard work was good enough only for a 2nd place, because AoT and it's cosplay (I didn't attend the convent itself, but from what I heard, it was Eren, Mikasa + [supposedly really well made] really tall guy painted as Colossal Titan) beat our hard work. And yet... Yeah, AoT is just awesome, plain and simple, I just cannot be mad at it.The Wykydtron said:Well AoT cosplay does have a particularly stylish look. It's the really short jackets and cool boots that sell it. Actually considering the AoT fanbase if they were wearing anything to do with the Survey Corps it's an automatic win. Swanky as fuck minicapes yo'
Jinx cosplay is pretty cool actually, props to anyone who can pull it off. You need hair colouring, body paint, invulnerability to wardrobe malfunctions and really long hair. Oh and red eye lenses if we're being picky