2012-01-22, 15:09 | Link #61 | |
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I am pretty sure, that if the creators of this anime wanted, they could come up with some ideas how to make the information flow balanced. |
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2012-01-22, 15:27 | Link #62 | |
I disagree with you all.
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2012-01-22, 17:06 | Link #63 | |
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Exactly, and it's not like Lucius is Mark Anthony or Julius Caesar where they can offer insights to historically important event.
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And like I said, he doesn't even need to figure it out, the picture attracts him, he touches it and it just happen to be the water spread. That's not really that out of stretch, it not like he is playing with the controls and changing temperature and the strength of the water...
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2012-01-22, 23:49 | Link #64 |
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I just watched eps 3 and 4 (i.e. ep 2) and, to quote my assessment of last weeks eps:
Hats off to the folks that dreamt this bizarre and extremely funny series up! 8/10 vote for this ep from me. Just ... too ... funny!
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2012-01-23, 15:51 | Link #67 | |
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2012-01-23, 17:22 | Link #68 |
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Yeah, Roman to Europe is like China to East Asia and Persin for Middle East. The impact is profound.
But with that being said, like Anh_Minh mention, the time gap makes it nonsense for Lucius to teach anything to modern people, especially when he's not even a notable historical figure.
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2012-01-23, 18:58 | Link #69 |
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So apparently the subbers no longer feel the need to list shows here at AS? It's not like WhyNot and gg haven't listed here before. Is this an indication that subbers now think AS is irrelevant?
I'm downloading the WhyNot episode one torrent now. gg's comments about the closing song exude a degree of arrogance that rivals Newt Gingrich's and discouraged me from watching their version.
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2012-01-23, 19:01 | Link #70 |
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I've traveled some in Europe, and when you visit old, old cities with ruins still accessible very often the guide tell you, "you can always tell which ruins are Roman - they're much more advanced than the more recent constructions." Roman aqueducts are still in use in some places. They were amazingly advanced for their time, but that said, I very much doubt there are many technical advances they could share with a 21st-century Japanese.
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2012-01-26, 19:25 | Link #73 | |
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Well this was a very pleasant surprise. I actually like the flat animation style; it feels somehow more "Roman" since it doesn't have depth-of-field. (This isn't what I think of as "superflat" though; it seems more like adapting the tools, Flash I believe, to fit a style.) On the subject of Roman pictograms, I'm sure with a large illiterate population, and many spoken languages, icons and images must have been pretty common. When I visited Pompeii a couple years' back, the guide made sure to point out a particular iconic marker on the stone walkway. It was made of metal and set in the paving stones; the design itself consisted of a pair of testicles and an erect penis pointing to the brothel. It wasn't far from where the Roman ships docked so the sailors would know where to go. Those of you enjoying this for the "culture clash" aspects should watch Ikoku Meiro no Croisee if you haven't yet done so. One more episode to go, I guess. Lucius's sexual orientation has so far been a mystery. Still when the Emperor calls, the citizen must comply. Wasn't that Marcello Mastroianni from his La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 period with the shovel (?) in episode four?
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2012-01-26, 19:33 | Link #74 |
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Ep 5 actually became available a little while ago....
Oh yes - and I totally agree with Seiji on recommending Ikoku for those interested in culture clashes. Edit: Totally forgot to mention, ep 5 was great! The stuffed hippo scene especially caught me off guard.... *sigh* A great series! Although I thought there were supposed to be 6 eps for some reason? Edit: NM ... ep 6 is available.
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2012-01-27, 11:13 | Link #77 |
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You just might. A live action movie is in the works as is being reported; Lucius is dark haired in the movie. I hope we will be able to have access to a subbed version of the movie as I would enjoy watching it. Watched the final eps 5 and 6 last night...very amusing and entertaining. 7/10
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2012-01-27, 11:28 | Link #78 |
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If I were running noitaminA, I'd commission another half-dozen episodes once the manga has moved along sufficiently. The production costs must be ultra-competitive compared to regular shows.
I had wondered in the earlier episodes about the extensive generosity shown by the Japanese to Lucius. Not until episode six did he actually pay for anything. Throughout the show I've thought there's a subtle satirical undertone about technological borrowing. The Japanese are traditionally seen by Westerners as have borrowed their technologies then improved upon them. It's amusing to see the tables being turned here with Japan as the source of technological and cultural innovation.
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2012-01-27, 15:18 | Link #80 | |
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The Roman Empire, conquering and uniting the known world with legions, law and the bath!
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To put it another way, it takes a foreigner to tell me why he or she loves Singapore — for its law and order, its cleanliness, its relatively low level of crime and its high level of racial tolerance — where I would see an suffocating bureaucracy, littering by uncouth seniors, kickbacks in high places and a simmering envy of filthy-rich high-rollers from abroad. At a time of such low levels of national self-confidence in Japan, it's great to see something like this. A nation that can still laugh at itself is a nation that can find the will to rise and rise again. |
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