You know, I would contribute another name, but all of the main ones on my metaphorical bingo board were already hit. Bravo Escapist, you make me proud.
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Still better than inexplicit peadophilia.It was like Kojima wrote that episode...Soviet Heavy said:In the film, at least. In SAC, it was really jarring to see the Major wandering around the office without pants on. And no, I don't buy the excuse that in the future, nobody really cares about modesty standards in cybernetic bodies. She's the only one who really does it, and there is no reason other than to show off her legs. It also doesn't help that her tactical armor looks way better.Casual Shinji said:Except in Ghost in the Shell (the movie) it's not sexualized at all. There's nudity, yes, but it's not for the sake of titillation. It's actually very sterilzed and cold. Kind of like a mannequin or robot.Meriatressia said:That overated crap Ghost In the Shell has a stupid bimbo robot taking her clothes off to work. I saw that, then said, FTS! and left the video.
I'm probably missing something here regarding History's Strongest Disciple (I haven't read it), but just looking at the front cover:bartholen said:But when I saw this [http://www.mangareader.net/historys-strongest-disciple-kenichi/574] today when I checked out the new chapter out of morbid curiosity, I knew I couldn't hold it in anymore. I mean Jesus Christ, even the dumbest, horniest, most stereotypical 13-year old shounen target audience member would be insulted by that image, not to even mention what follows when you read the chapter onward. In fact that chapter is on the meeker side when compared to something like this [http://www.mangareader.net/historys-strongest-disciple-kenichi/564/3]. HEY AUTHOR, I DON'T THINK HER TITS ARE BIG ENOUGH! WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THEM THE SIZE OF TRACTOR TIRES!
Talk about missing the pointCoruptin said:the entirety of kill la kill
exactly, i kept hearing about subverting fanservice but the only thing i saw was actual legitimate fanserviceAaron Sylvester said:Talk about missing the pointCoruptin said:the entirety of kill la kill
If memory serves, she was only assigned to the squad as an expendable communications specialist through shenanigans on Armacham's part, in order to better realize their psychic experiments, which could serve as a good handwave for why she's comparatively under-dressed. But even then you'd think her superiors would say something about the dress code.Meriatressia said:She is bad in Fear 2. She's out of place.Dragonlayer said:The Citadel DLC is fanservice (and DLC) done perfectly: I fucking loved everything about it, from the Normandy's crew arguing the merits of the Hammerhead vs the Mako, to the NPCs on the Silver Strip complaining about problems you find in multiplayer, like the godawful random rewards system (NPC to supply officer: "You're the reason we're losing this war.").pearcinator said:Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC
It's not sexualized like almost everything else shown here but it is still blatant fan service. Cheesy plot, all your favourite characters, lots of jokes (many of which break the fourth wall), all around silliness, you even host a party for everyone!. Yeah it was pretty awesome. Made purely for the fans.
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Sucker Punch: Yeah yeah, gratuitous panty and cleavage shots - get out of the fucking way, you're blocking the steampunk Reichswehr zombies!
Also F.E.A.R 2: It's not particularly offensive, but it is quite noticeable how the entire squad is fully armoured bar the single female character, who just has a sleeveless shirt and flak vest that exposes her midriff.
And it's especially bad, when all the other females, apart from adult Alma, are fully dressed.
That said, the rest of the squad is not well dressed, either. It's just they have a bit more on, so you don't notice as much. They are all wearing tshirts under flak jackets. It's just the males have long tshirsts, not too short ones.
Everything about that scene is stupid. Even IF you ignore the blatant fanservice.tippy2k2 said:Yah! Another chance to share the "not technically porn but you probably shouldn't watch this on your work computer and you'll feel a little dirty right afterwards" video!
Yeah...that just happened. The entire show is basically that. It's actually a really cool idea for a show but I feel like it's doing a disservice to itself with all the freaking fan service in it. I can't really recommend this show to...well....anyone really unless I know them well enough that they know I'm not watching this show all day with my pants off...
When you think about it, Jubei gets his ass handed to him quite regularly, and there's actually very few of the main baddies that he kills by himself.ExileNZ said:Yes, he gets his head split open by his own sword, but Jubei was only decorative in that fight. The guy's whole body (which Jubei was unable to scratch) starts falling apart because of the poison he absorbed by trying to rape Kagero. Jubei really only distracts him long enough for the poison to kick in, and he's as surprised as the rock guy is (though probably in less pain).
At any rate, my issue here was with "just walk right up and kill the guy, to prove he's a badass". Jubei gets his own arse handed to him and really only helps finish the guy off.
I browsed through the first chapter again to make sure, and to me the fanservice wasn't as blatant or noticeable as in the post-500 chapters I've checked out a couple of, or in the first chapters any other garbage shounen series I've checked out. I mean compare the first chapter to this page where a female character's ass literally takes up about a fifth of the entire page [http://www.mangareader.net/historys-strongest-disciple-kenichi/565/3]. Yeah, even the first chapter is obviously chock-full of fanservice, but compared to the chapters today it looks like it was made by 85-year old nuns.Aaron Sylvester said:snip
That's a good point. If anything, I still think Jubei's a badass, but more because he survived than because it was easy.Casual Shinji said:When you think about it, Jubei gets his ass handed to him quite regularly, and there's actually very few of the main baddies that he kills by himself.ExileNZ said:Yes, he gets his head split open by his own sword, but Jubei was only decorative in that fight. The guy's whole body (which Jubei was unable to scratch) starts falling apart because of the poison he absorbed by trying to rape Kagero. Jubei really only distracts him long enough for the poison to kick in, and he's as surprised as the rock guy is (though probably in less pain).
At any rate, my issue here was with "just walk right up and kill the guy, to prove he's a badass". Jubei gets his own arse handed to him and really only helps finish the guy off.
- Tessai almost murders the shit out of him untill Kagero's poison finally takes effect.
- Benisato nearly kills Jubei at the hotsprings, but Dakuan interferes.
- Jubei again gets punked by Benisato at the shrine, but is saved by Kagero. Benisato inturn then dies due to one of Yurimaru's wires.
- And Yurimaru would've likely killed Jubei had Zakuro not sent in that rat suicide bomber.
I think the only ones he kills completely on his own are Shijima and Genma.
Actually, an adult who was royalty and raised as such until she and her brother fled the country acting like that is pretty believable. She's got the royal sense of entitlement, but none of the actual experience to lead. I'm not sure what's stupid about that.Mikeyfell said:an adult acting that way is stupid and it makes her unlikeable (Same with Rob Stark)
So there's my example of bad fanservice dragging a show's quality down.