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Past L-E Projects / Re: Galaxy Express 999!!!

« on: December 02, 2006, 08:28:48 am »

Hmm, when updating the front page, there was a tag that said "add image" or something like that.  I decided not to try it, because I'd probably screw something up.  Of course, all the other posts ended up going wacky instead, so...

Regardless, this is actually a very cute show, despite the Tetsuro nudity.  I'm glad I've had the opportunity to see it, because it's not something that I would have normally downloaded and watched.  And I know how hard Suz is working on it, so props to her and the rest of the GE999 staff on a job well done.

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General Forum / Re: Its a ghost town here....zomg

« on: November 30, 2006, 07:14:16 am »

Wow, this is the highest number of people I've seen logged on here over the past week.   I can't wait until all this stuff is sorted out.

And this is another useless post. ^_^

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Past L-E Projects / Re: DEATH NOTE!!!! .:.Master Thread.:.

« on: November 28, 2006, 08:59:55 pm »

*keepergirl whacks bobby6 over the head with a paper fan
Those kinds of posts don't belong on this forum, missy!   

I was kind of surprised you and Bel didn't speak up after I made that post.  I figured you two were probably the biggest Light-haters.
Oh, I also forgot to mention something in my last post.  Bel mentioned on IRC how she thought Light's sister's voice was annoying (or something to that effect), and I just want to say that I agree.  It's not bad when she's talking normally, but that extended "Gohan dayo!" was irritating.

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Past L-E Projects / Re: DEATH NOTE!!!! .:.Master Thread.:.

« on: November 27, 2006, 10:16:39 pm »

The ice cream part was okay but that close-up of L's mouth as he's eating it was a little disturbing.

I really enjoyed the interactions between Ryuk and Light in this episode.  I felt that Ryuk got more time in the spotlight too, which was cool.  I also liked how Light was able to manipulate Ryuk's wants to get what he wanted- I thought that really showed who the more powerful one in the relationship is.

As for the TV in the bag trick: Shouldn't the pen/ pencil be hitting the top of the bag, thus resulting in a noticeable crease along the top?  I do think it was a clever idea, though.

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Past L-E Projects / Re: Death Note Poll 2: The 'justify killing' Poll

« on: November 21, 2006, 12:34:10 am »

Well, I voted for the "Meh, who cares" option.  I voted that way because, first and foremost, it's an anime.  No real humans' lives were on the line here. 
Also, despite being a Light supporter, I don't know that I'd consider any of his killings justified.  Deserved?  Yes.  Justified?  Not really.  Simply because he has the ability to kill doesn't necessarily mean that he should be using it.  It also doesn't mean that it's his place to "clean up" the system.  In other words, my beliefs are that the criminals may have deserved to die, but Light did not necessarily have the right to kill them.
(Also, not all his killings were even deserved.  The killings of the innocent FBI agents and Naomi were more justified than deserved, although I don't really think they were either.)

This whole conversation reminds me of the book (which was made into a movie), A Time to Kill, by John Grisham.

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General Forum / Re: What do you want for x-mas this year?

« on: November 20, 2006, 11:59:23 pm »

For some reason I recall seeing a Logitech steering wheel on the "Black Friday" ads.  Don't remember what store it was, though.

I basically just asked for a whole bunch of anime DVDs along with the Kino no Tabi novel for Christmas.  Some of the DVDs included Kamichu!, KareKano, FMA, and Martian Successor Nadesico.

I also want a PS2, but I figured I can buy that for myself.

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Past L-E Projects / Re: DEATH NOTE!!!! .:.Master Thread.:.

« on: November 19, 2006, 10:13:12 pm »

Keepergirl, when I was reading " I don't think Light is just a man" I thought you were going to the relm of no longer human...lol I think that's me. The creators and writers have made his character so unique compared to the normal "killer". The only other person that stands out in my mind like that is "Johan" from Monster...and he barely killed anyone, rather used people to kill each other.

Haha, read carefully.  I said I don't think Light is a just man.  Very different meanings there. 

I feel the need to say that I'm really glad to see these well-thought out posts and people actually analyzing the situations that occur in the episodes, rather than just a bunch of "ZOMG Light sucks!!!111" posts.  And I'm actually surprised that there isn't as much hate for Light as I thought there would be at this point.  (Either that, or the Light-haters aren't speaking up.)

I don't think that any action can ever be entirely good or entirely bad. Anything you do is near bound to have some negative reflection on someone else.

I disagree with this statement.  I, and I hope most rational people, see no good in rape, child molestation, and a variety of other felonies.  Murder is one of the few felonies that sort of has a white side along with the black.

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General Forum / Re: What got you started into watching fansubs?

« on: November 19, 2006, 09:29:28 pm »

I just went through a whole bunch of my old CD-Rs with shows I'd downloaded when I first got into anime.  It turns out I also watched BakaMX's Gravitation, as well as their Fruits Basket subs. 
At the point when I was watching that stuff though, I really had no idea what a fansub was.  I just knew that if I looked up a title on Kazaa Lite, I could download it.   Most of the shows I was downloading at that point turned out to be crappy quality DVD-rips, and I usually only downloaded one or two episodes to decide whether I wanted to buy the DVD.  (I laugh now when I see the file size is 50 MB and the show is an .asf file.)
As hard as I try, I can't really remember when I first really understood fansubbing.  I think it was about 2 years ago, when I somehow found Animesuki.  It might have been when I was in love with Gundam SEED, and SEED Destiny was airing in Japan.

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Past L-E Projects / Re: DEATH NOTE!!!! .:.Master Thread.:.

« on: November 19, 2006, 04:52:18 am »

I can see why some people still think Light is not so bad, but his days of killing criminals for justice are long gone.  Perhaps somewhere in his head he still thinks all he is doing is making the world a better place, but more and more he is acting out of fear of persecution.  The criminals he kills now are used for learning the capabilities of the Death Note rather than fulfilling some sense of duty to the public, and he has shown that he has no problem using this knowledge against innocent people.  Light has shown himself to be a highly intelligent individual.  A truly just person would try to find a way to continue his crusade while evading capture but at the first sign of trouble Light goes on a killing spree.  Are these the actions of a just man?

I don't think Light is a just man.  He started out as a just man, but he has crossed the line to being a killer now.  That doesn't make me respect or admire him any less.  I've always found the "bad guys" in shows to be more interesting than the good guys.  Light never disappoints me with his intelligence and organization.  Episode 7 showed us the he's very good at cleaning up his messes.  These are all characteristics that I admire.  So as it stands right now, I support Light more than L. 
My points above were to demonstrate that Light only began killing innocent people after "the law" had started going after him.  But I also said that killing innocent people is wrong. 
Do I think Light's a killer?  Yes.  Do I hope he gets caught?  No.  I enjoy watching him and trying to figure out what he'll do next.  He's intelligent, rational, and an overall entertaining character.

(By the way, I also agree with sosanimeboy.  Light needs to go on living his ordinary life in order to not draw attention to himself.  However, even just living his ordinary life brought him to the attention of L, since he's related to a police officer.  So it's really not that easy for him to avoid being detected and/or caught.)

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Past L-E Projects / Re: DEATH NOTE!!!! .:.Master Thread.:.

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:19:03 am »

What I find intresting is that Light takes the role that the law usually have, and the things most of you call barbaric are things the law usually do. The only diffrence is that one person instead of multiple instances condemn the criminals.

This was essentially what I was getting at.  I, myself, believe in the death penalty for murderers (and there are a few other crimes that I believe warrant the death penalty but the law disagrees with me here).  All Light started out doing was giving the death penalty to those criminals that the law had already deemed as guilty.  If I remember correctly, those criminals were ones who had committed felonies, not really lesser crimes.  Only later on did his actions go further, eventually leading him to kill others who committed less severe crimes and even innocents.  But that all happened after the police and L had made Light out to be their enemy.

Light's actions in killing criminals really are neither black nor white, neither right nor wrong.  In my opinion, killing the criminals was okay.  Killing the innocent people was wrong, but a wrong that was necessitated by the interference of the victims.  (But still a wrong, nonetheless.)

Perhaps if he hadn't been made out to be a criminal, Light's actions would have helped reduce crime rates, at least in Japan.  (Although, I do see Light as being the type of person who would wipe out crime first, and then start killing those who disagree with him, or those who get driving tickets, and so forth.  I think he loves the power he feels he has through using the Death Note, so I could definitely see him taking things way too far.)

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Past L-E Projects / Re: DEATH NOTE!!!! .:.Master Thread.:.

« on: November 18, 2006, 05:29:56 am »

That's why I re-encode the fansubs to MPEG-2 format, compensate for overscan, and author the episodes by setting up chapter points and such.

So not only can I watch my favorite subs on my TV, but I get to control where the scenes start and end at as well.

See, all that?  Yeah, way too much work.  Much easier to go to a video store (or even better, buy online) and pop the DVD in the player.

As DN goes on, my admiration for Light continues to grow.  My dislike of L's eyes also continues to grow.
You know, none of these innocent people would have died in the first place if the police and L hadn't made 'Kira' out to be their enemy in the first place.  Just a thought.

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General Forum / Re: What game console are you getting?

« on: November 17, 2006, 09:15:06 am »

My ex also had a Dreamcast (I don't know if he still has it, or if it's still working).  Many hours were spent by the both of us playing Soul Calibur.  That game was awesome.  Soul Calibur 2 just isn't the same.

I still have my Sega Genesis.  It still works, and I still occasionally play it.  My family also has our Turbo Grafix (I think that's how they spelled it) 16, and my brother just recently hooked up his SNES to the TV in the den so we can all play it.  We love the old school systems.

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General Forum / Re: Anything at Any Time for Anyone

« on: November 17, 2006, 07:24:52 am »

Tsubie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

There's a chart with all the different region codes and their respective regions.

I think it's odd how Japan is R2, when geographically it falls into the areas that are R3 through R6.

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General Forum / Re: Anything at Any Time for Anyone

« on: November 17, 2006, 05:34:05 am »

R3 = Chinese releases

Lad speaks and understands Chinese, but not Japanese (he's taking Jap. courses now that he's in college).  I believe the same holds true for Maceart.  Thus, Lad translates Keroro from the Chinese.

Edit: Just to clarify, mainland China is apparently R6.  However, southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and a few other places are R3.  It's still in Chinese, though.

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General Forum / Re: What game console are you getting?

« on: November 17, 2006, 05:27:31 am »

Well, I already said this on IRC, but I'll post it here, too.

I'm probably just going to buy a PS2 now that the price is low enough for me to consider it worth it.  It'll go along nicely with my Gamecube, which I dearly love.  Maybe I'll get a PS3 around the time PS4 is coming out, if there are games I actually want to play on it.  I'm not counting on getting a Wii.