2007-05-06, 00:18 | Link #61 | |
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Bokurano is a rather bleak and gloomy psychological anime. If he had satire the OP with ironical scenes from Lucky Star, it might have been a winner, but alas... wasted potential. Natch.
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2007-05-06, 09:54 | Link #62 |
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Actually, I loved that Bokurano parody. Sure I'm a bit biased as I think Uninstall is the best OP for the season, but if you look closely Skane, they followed closely the original OP. That is...
Uninstall - Logo for both Ano toki.. - Landscape of the city, though to be fair we don't see Konatas back but... Bokura no... - We get a close up of the robot, but now we have a closeup of Konata looking at the raining landscape from the previous scene (ano toki...) Mimi wo Fusaidemo... - People walking Hosoi karada... - Close ups of the main characters Unintall Uninstall - Robot shooting missiles, LS having VF match Kono Hoshi... - Original has someone running, but we have Miyuki walking. Would've been better IMO if they chose the scene that had Kona running Inochi no... - A girl opening a van door, Kagami opening a classroom door Hitotsu da to.. - Original has person walking and looking over his shoulder, switch to another person looking back, then a girl watching the rain. LS has Akari closing the door, Miyuki looking back after turining the light off, then three of them walking. Admittedly a poor transition. Uninstall - Girl walking through a road(??), girls walking through a train entrance Osore wo Shiranai.. - Another bad transition. Its just the three girls in the train, when the original has two peoples backs to the screen (though to be fair, they're probably talking as well) Senshi no.. till end - Original has more close ups of the other main characters. LS has more closeups of the gang. Admittedly, the bad transitions are just due to the lack of LS screens to match the original, which is obvious since its after 'Inochi no..' that the creator was having problems. It should'nt be a problem once the series is over, assuming the creator is willing to make a version2. That said, it still gave the feeling of the original OP. That sure, there's some action involved, but most of it was just the main characters doing every day stuff. I mean, whoever sees Bokurano's OP would never think its a psychological drama/thriller. XD
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2007-05-06, 10:15 | Link #63 |
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Well, as I said, I like the song, but a song alone does not an AMV make. Matching scenes is one thing, but most people fail to capture/match the mood. More so in this case, since the themes of Lucky Star are virtually polar opposites of Bokurano's.
Even if it was meant to be satire, it would still fail, because there was no sense of irony in it. Hence my comment about wasted potential. To put it one way, the AMV is better if I just close my eyes and listen to the song. Cheers.
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2007-05-06, 13:24 | Link #65 | |
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2007-05-06, 17:04 | Link #67 | |
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2007-05-06, 21:16 | Link #68 |
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@skane
I might hazard a guess that you can't see the forest for the trees. Think about it; let's compare the Bokurano OP LS style to any of the AMVs that parody the LS OP using other series' characters (or even RL people). For simplicity's sake, let's take the AMV where they use Rockman characters. What was the creator of the Rockman AMV doing the SHnY ED/LS OP dance steps trying to do? Was he trying to show the underlying themes of Rockman in the AMV? Was he doing a satire by showing some sort of irony between the two? No, he was just making an AMV that imitates what is being shown in the SHnY ED/LS OP by using Rockman characters. Nothing more, nothing less. Same thing with the Bokuran OP, LS style. The creator was just making an AMV that imitates what is being shown in the Bokurano OP by using Lucky Star characters. Nothing more, nothing less. I really think you're thinking too much into this by trying to find a deeper meaning to the AMV when there really is none. That Bokurano OP AMV is really just a parody; they really weren't trying to do something with it. As someone wise has said before, 'Sometimes a boot is just a boot.'
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2007-05-06, 21:34 | Link #69 | |
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He did not use the original score, but retained the spirit of Rockman by using a Midi-theme; and he succeeded in faithfully recapturing the elements of the LS' OP in his AMV, something that this Bokurano AMV failed to do (in terms of recapturing the elements of Bokurano). If one has watched both OPs, then that one can immediately associate the Rockman AMV with LS with ease. The mood is there. If one then watches the Bokurano AMV, it will fall flat, because there is nothing Bokurano-ish about it (aside from the song), NOR LS-ish (in terms of mood/essence). It FAILS on both accounts. To use back your line, sometimes a failure is just that. A failure. It has nothing to do about finding a deeper meaning. If I wanted "deep" AMVs, I wouldn't be watching parody AMVs for it. AnimeMusicVideos has a very nice selection of "deep", or rather, "serious-themed" AMVs. Cheers.
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2007-05-06, 22:15 | Link #70 |
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How about some Tai-Bo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T40jP...elated&search=
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2007-05-07, 12:43 | Link #76 |
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A JAPANESE MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALn7...elated&search= ehh if your a guy you might wanna cover your eyes at 00:45 or somewhere in the 40.... |
2007-05-08, 02:00 | Link #78 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kbmoHMiqiI
First incarnation of a Lucky Star/Nursery Rhyme mashup. Not too shabby.
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