http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ ... index.html
Well, I have to say, I love the opening theme song. And it was endorsed by PA.
I haven't seen the actual show itself, though, because I lack cable. Has anyone? Is it of merit?
The New Transformers
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by Molokidan » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:53 pm
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by PriamNevhausten » Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:35 pm
The art style bothers me, though not in and of itself. The art style bothers me specifically in the context of Transformers, because the Transformers are robots. Robots have lots of right angles. Robots are not supposed to have an 'organic' look to them. At least, not robots that are supposed to be robots. Robots that are supposed to also turn into other things. And I can't get past that. I mean, if I close my eyes it seems unobjectional enough, I guess.
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"Anything that might be of interest to Slitscan. Which is to say, anything that might be of interest to Slitscan's audience. Which is best visualized as a vicious, lazy, profoundly ignorant, perpetually hungry organism craving the warm god-flesh of the anointed. Personally I like to imagine something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by itself, in the dark, in a double-wide on the outskirts of Topeka. It's covered with eyes and it sweats constantly. The sweat runs into those eyes and makes them sting. It has no mouth, Laney, no genitals, and can only express its mute extremes of murderous rage and infantile desire by changing the channels on a universal remote. Or by voting in presidential elections."
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by BrainWalker » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:48 pm
This is actually the first time I heard the theme song. It's actually pretty cool, surprisingly. Unfortunately, the art style is not, for reasons Priam has pointed out. But honestly, I might actually be able to forgive the art style if the animation wasn't flaming shit. Animation has made leaps and bounds since Astroboy. There's no excuse for animating at 5 frames per second, other than frugality. And they really could not have put less effort into transformation sequences.
Anime is kind of like fish in that it is better the less "fishy" it is.
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by FlamingDeth » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:54 am
The toys for the line look just as cartoony as the art in the show, which is incredibly awesome. Also, it's not being written by generic anime writers, so I have high hopes for it!
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by BrainWalker » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:31 pm
KingOfDoma wrote:How drunk did they get Glen Murakami, anyways?
Probably not very. He was (partially) responsible for "The Batman," after all.
Anime is kind of like fish in that it is better the less "fishy" it is.
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by WillBaseton » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:00 am
What amuses me is that apparently Weird Al plays Wreck-Gar on the show. Someone needs to confirm this for me.
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by PriamNevhausten » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:10 pm
I require audiovisual evidence.
"You haven't told me what I'm looking for."
"Anything that might be of interest to Slitscan. Which is to say, anything that might be of interest to Slitscan's audience. Which is best visualized as a vicious, lazy, profoundly ignorant, perpetually hungry organism craving the warm god-flesh of the anointed. Personally I like to imagine something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by itself, in the dark, in a double-wide on the outskirts of Topeka. It's covered with eyes and it sweats constantly. The sweat runs into those eyes and makes them sting. It has no mouth, Laney, no genitals, and can only express its mute extremes of murderous rage and infantile desire by changing the channels on a universal remote. Or by voting in presidential elections."
--Colin Laney and Kathy Torrance, William Gibson's Idoru
"Anything that might be of interest to Slitscan. Which is to say, anything that might be of interest to Slitscan's audience. Which is best visualized as a vicious, lazy, profoundly ignorant, perpetually hungry organism craving the warm god-flesh of the anointed. Personally I like to imagine something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by itself, in the dark, in a double-wide on the outskirts of Topeka. It's covered with eyes and it sweats constantly. The sweat runs into those eyes and makes them sting. It has no mouth, Laney, no genitals, and can only express its mute extremes of murderous rage and infantile desire by changing the channels on a universal remote. Or by voting in presidential elections."
--Colin Laney and Kathy Torrance, William Gibson's Idoru
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by BrainWalker » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:31 pm
Seconded.
Anime is kind of like fish in that it is better the less "fishy" it is.
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