2004-04-12, 01:03 | Link #82 |
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I'm waiting for Anime-Kraze version before I decide which to go with.
So far I think I like Totan's translation a little better, I only wish they put a little more polish into it. There's some errors like "What do you saying" and other little things with the apostrophes and stuff. (Yes, I'm picky about those things) Keep has the better quality in terms of video and audio so far. |
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2004-04-12, 03:48 | Link #85 |
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really made me think
watching this back to back with bobobo really disturbed me...
This stands out in my mind as a visually stirring piece- perhaps a little too tense at times. I'm still reserving my thoughts on Dr. Tenma's true nature, per the discussion early on in this thread. One thing is for certain, he is only human. I managed to be fairly insulated from any influences from manga so this will truly be my first exposure to the story /characters /concepts etc... I'm having trouble grasping how truly evil all these people are that Tenma has chosen to surround himself with. Perhaps his ambitions got the better of him and this event in episode one jars him loose? The fiance in particular is distasteful, perhaps more-so than her father since he just looks overtly "dirty." Maybe I despise her because she tries to use those feminine wiles on him. is there some overall foreshadowing I've missed/ perhaps a novelty of some character's aspect? It seems to delve right into the dark/occult without so much as a how-do-you-do. i eagerly await the next few episodes. and i will not watch them after taking in a vicious nose hair fight. gawd. |
2004-04-12, 05:00 | Link #86 |
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I don't know about the "dark/occult" part, I think it's a fairly realistic representation of the real world situation. There are quite some doctors in real world who practice some quite unethical things for personal gains, like doing false/irresponsible advertisment for certain brand of medicines for money, or ask for bribes before operations. And personally I don't think many medical students in universities who choose their research projects for the sake of curing other people, a lot of them care about their own grades more than saving people's lives. One of the reasons that MONSTER is so great and psychologically terrifying is that it feels quite possible for the whole thing to happen in real world, just around you and me.
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2004-04-12, 15:02 | Link #88 |
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I watched Totan's too and aside from that one "What do you saying?" line, I thought it was pretty good. The show just has a dark, oppressing feel to it. I am incredibly eager to find out where it goes from here. I agree with whoever said the wife is more distasteful. The Father/Director is a jerk who is using and ignoring him and is a despicable human being but the wife, with that smile on her face, is just so disgusting that you want to hit her. You just want to tell the guy to go to hell. Between this Interlude and to some extent This Ugly and Beautiful World, there seems to be some heavy handed stuff this season.
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2004-04-12, 20:27 | Link #93 |
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Eh, as I've said before, I actually ended up liking Eva. Not particularly because she gets any nicer--if anything, she gets worse--but she's nicely characterized and has interesting growth. It would be boring if everyone in the series was a goodie two shoes, and there's little doubt in my mind that there are people like her out there.
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2004-04-12, 22:06 | Link #95 |
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Actually I like the Eva character a lot, she's just like a somewhat spoiled child... who can speak just what she sees... human lives don't have equal values? well, that's the truth after all... it's just not everyone can speak it out so casually and directly, while she just speaks out what she sees... for me she's at least more likeable than those sickeningly naive "the sky is blue the sun is bright the flower is pretty and the world is a beautiful place" princess kind of characters
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2004-04-13, 00:22 | Link #96 |
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yes, perhaps she does speak some sort of ugly truth, just not truth with a capital "T". Seems its the truth of her family and their little ideology.
-Unless you hail from that group of literary philosophers that doesnt believe in A Truth...but then again deconstructionists want to call everything a "text" so that is also not very accurate. Myself? I'm more of a marxist literary critic for what its worth, which does leave some room for Truth, but only as it is meted down from those in charge. Coincidentally, this interpretation has an interesting resonance with the series discussion-wise since Eva and her father are of the ruling class. there is that differentiation between her breeding and that of Tenma's (with him coming over a lowly student etc etc). Truly he's the forgotten bourgeoisie in this struggle, and from my standpoint his clash can't result in anything but pain. Gotta say, the more I think about it, the better this thing gets for me- and Eva seems like an integral part of the story. Something that sticks out is this: His whole character thus far is built on other people's expectations; i.e. he is certainly not a self-made man. Methinks this will probably result in some kitschy music and an identity crisis later in the series as he tries to carve his niche. |
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It's obvious that his own, personal view of the equality of people is not the same of Eva's and her father's. Though he might pay lip service to it by agreeing with them, the anime does a very good job of showing you how deeply it goes against his grain. (I epsecially love the scene at the restaurant when this is illustrated.) Interestingly enough, this comes about from Eva trying to "comfort" him. At that moment, the death of the man is obviously eating at him, but he wants reassurance that it wasn't his responsibility. She gives it to him, but at the cost of having to buy into a statement such as "people's live are not all equal", and Tenma is a good enough man that he can't really bring himself to do that in the end. Unfortunately for him, Tenma is still a bit naive, in more than one way...
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That restaurant scene was definitely his turning point and a shocker for me, it seemed like the climax of episode one. I was sitting there with my mouth open through most of it. I think we see Tenma taking his first steps as you put it, to define himself in his own terms, but being a self-made man will certainly require some more soul searching if the realism in this series continues to play out. I think he's confused now, but his defiance will become more overt- i.e. we haven't seen the extent of the rebellion. the daughter worries me, is she some sort of oracle? she repeats "kill...kill" but i just have this hunch that in addition to knowing the truth about that night in ep 1 we may see something else from her. Or is that WAY the hell off base? (hence my use of the word occult earlier, which is perhaps inappropriate at this point). |
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2004-04-13, 01:42 | Link #100 | |
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Monster isn't really a "supernatural" series. As someone above mentioned, there isn't really anything in this series that couldn't feasibly happen in real life, which, to me, actually makes it all the more horrifying.
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