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Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

I usually just call Fritz the Cat "poo poo" personally.

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ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Being cartoony has nothing to do with it. If having a scene where the dad peeps on Ryuko and gets injured from it is truly important (lol, but ok for the sake of argument), why does it have to actually show Ryuko undressing? Why can't it go Ryuko taking off socks -> dad shown peeping -> dad gets injured? Why does there have to be a "and then the audience sees Ryuko naked" step in this process

Also please explain to me what makes Girls Bravo a comedy with fanservice and what makes Kill la Kill a comedy with sexual humor

ZenMasterBullshit
Nov 2, 2011

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WickedHate posted:

It's not even sexist and labeling it that way just because the costumes show skin is ridiculous. That and the gazy parts are intentional and it's not for fanservice. It's almost satire. Getting mad at it for being "sexist" is like getting mad at Life of Brian for being "blasphemous".

WickedHate posted:

It is, unironically, one of the best works of fiction in human history, and I'm not exaggerating at all. I can understand finding it unappealing or being repulsed by some elements of it, but shallow dismissal just sucks.


Fanservice and the way anime uses it is what it's commenting on, though.

AHAHAAH. Every time WickedHate post they somehow become an even sadder poster.

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

KlK is a lovely show, but I'm glad it exists because it gave us this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93oihEbeKmw

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

ninjewtsu posted:

Being cartoony has nothing to do with it. If having a scene where the dad peeps on Ryuko and gets injured from it is truly important (lol, but ok for the sake of argument), why does it have to actually show Ryuko undressing? Why can't it go Ryuko taking off socks -> dad shown peeping -> dad gets injured? Why does there have to be a "and then the audience sees Ryuko naked" step in this process

Why is it necessary that there not be? Being cartoony has a lot to do with it. In a show like Daily Lives of High School Boys, an upskirt shot would be a lot different because of how much more realistic and less comical the designs are.

ninjewtsu posted:

Also please explain to me what makes Girls Bravo a comedy with fanservice and what makes Kill la Kill a comedy with sexual humor

Because when it's fanservice, there's an intended focus on being arousing with everything else being secondary.

Big Anime Fan Here
Sep 8, 2010

by XyloJW
It made me horny when the mom tied the chick up and slapped her butt, wickedhate, can you milk me?

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Because why would you show that if you don't have to? What reason would there be? The only one I can think of is "to arouse the audience" i.e. this show is wank material (also there are totally shows with plenty of upskirts with a similar "realistic" style. In fact, shows with a comical style like KlK I'm pretty sure are the exception. Nichibros' artstyle isn't very far removed from "generic anime" dude, and there's nothing more generic anime art than ecchi harem shows)

Ok so what if the intended purpose is to be arousing, but that's a secondary purpose? Does that suddenly make it ok to include scenes that are meant to be arousing? Are those somehow ~totally not real fanservice~?

How do you know that the fanservice in KlK wasn't primarily there to arouse, with the secondary purpose of sending a message? By what metric have you decided this?

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

ninjewtsu posted:

How do you know that the fanservice in KlK wasn't primarily there to arouse, with the secondary purpose of sending a message? By what metric have you decided this?

It just doesn't seem portrayed that way at all.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

I guess that's kind of subjective then. I don't really want to go back and dig up skeevy gifs but it absolutely felt like the intended purpose was "fanservice first, message second" to me

I still don't see why "message first, fanservice close second" is excusable either, anyway

Equeen
Oct 29, 2011

Pole dance~
I enjoyed KLK for what it was, and I found the fanservice tolerable for the most part. I feel that the fanservice was less "satire", but more of a homage to Go Nagai poo poo and '70's exploitation movies.

TL;DR shut up WickedHate

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

ninjewtsu posted:

I still don't see why "message first, fanservice close second" is excusable either, anyway
I don't really think it was meant to be arousing to the audience period unless you also think the scene where Mataro was fully naked was also meant to be fanservice just because it happens on screen.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Lol did we even watch the same show

Again, why would they unnecessarily show Ryuko naked in those dad and co peep on Ryuko scenes, if the purpose was not to arouse?

ninjewtsu fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Dec 27, 2014

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax
"It was shown, therefore it was meant to get dicks hard" is a bad argument. It has a lot more to do with how it's portrayed. For instance, early Dragon Ball showed Bulma's underwear, but Toriyama wasn't trying to appeal to pervs.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

When you are talking about a naked teenaged girl it kind of defaults to "it's there to get dicks hard" unless there's a really, really good other reason

Equeen
Oct 29, 2011

Pole dance~

ninjewtsu posted:

Lol did we even watch the same show

Again, why would they unnecessarily show Ryuko naked in those dad and co peep on Ryuko scenes, if the purpose was not to arouse?

Yeah, those scenes were dumb, but they disappeared by episode 7 or so.

Oh, and shut up WickedHate.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

The later in the show you go, the closer you get to the creepy incest rape cage though

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax
Now the stuff with Ragyo was definitely not meant to be arousing. It was clearly just supposed to be frightening and show what Satsuki was going through and trying to overcome.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Let's just say that the incest spank cage was disturbing to a point that was simply unenjoyable to watch. I don't even want to touch that potential conversation

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax
You're making it sound way worse then it was. It wasn't Cross Ange or anything remotely like that.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Oncce you have introduced the Incest Element there is no going back dude

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax
That's really silly. You can't assume that just because a story has a parent abusing a child sexually it's supposed to be for the audience to get off to.

Equeen
Oct 29, 2011

Pole dance~

ninjewtsu posted:

The later in the show you go, the closer you get to the creepy incest rape cage though

True, true. That was seriously unnecessary.


WickedHate posted:

Now the stuff with Ragyo was definitely not meant to be arousing. It was clearly just supposed to be frightening and show what Satsuki was going through and trying to overcome.

I don't doubt this, put the execution was pretty bad, to say the least.

I really liked Kill la Kill like you did, Wicked Hate, but you need to acknowledge its problematic aspects.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

I didnt read any of these posts, either

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

Equeen posted:

I don't doubt this, put the execution was pretty bad, to say the least.

I really liked Kill la Kill like you did, Wicked Hate, but you need to acknowledge its problematic aspects.

It might have gone to far in showing the trauma Satsuki was going through. I don't know how it could have been portrayed better, though.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Like I said, I don't even want to get into the arousal conversation there. I'm just talking about pure "that was really creepy and disturbing and just straight up not enjoyable to watch."

WickedHate posted:

It is, unironically, one of the best works of fiction in human history, and I'm not exaggerating at all. I can understand finding it unappealing or being repulsed by some elements of it, but shallow dismissal just sucks.

Can we go back to this instead? Now I know you haven't seen Ping Pong, but gently caress it, lets even just say Attack on Titan. I like Attack on Titan. I wouldn't call it "one of the best works of fiction in human history" but I enjoy it plenty enough so lets start there.

What makes Kill la Kill a better work of fiction than Attack on Titan? Like, lets not even get into books or movies or anything, just even within anime. I want to hear what makes Kill la Kill The Best

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

Can we just skip to the part where he gets a new red title with a picture of Ryuko's butt

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

ninjewtsu posted:

Can we go back to this instead? Now I know you haven't seen Ping Pong, but gently caress it, lets even just say Attack on Titan. I like Attack on Titan. I wouldn't call it "one of the best works of fiction in human history" but I enjoy it plenty enough so lets start there.

What makes Kill la Kill a better work of fiction than Attack on Titan? Like, lets not even get into books or movies or anything, just even within anime. I want to hear what makes Kill la Kill The Best

I, too, would like to hear this argument and it would probably be a better route than the current yes it is/no it isn't conversation about the bad touching.

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

ninjewtsu posted:

Like I said, I don't even want to get into the arousal conversation there. I'm just talking about pure "that was really creepy and disturbing and just straight up not enjoyable to watch."

Good. I hate to draw this comparison because it was based on a real story, but it's like that book/movie The Girl Next Door. That's how that thing should be portrayed. Those scenes aren't there to be pleasurably enjoyed.


ninjewtsu posted:

What makes Kill la Kill a better work of fiction than Attack on Titan? Like, lets not even get into books or movies or anything, just even within anime. I want to hear what makes Kill la Kill The Best

I said it wasn't for everyone. I just think you have the wrong idea about it.

Rodyle posted:

Can we just skip to the part where he gets a new red title with a picture of Ryuko's butt

I'm not a guy.

Pootybutt
Apr 5, 2011

I've been spending this whole discussion wondering if that show with the "front-tail penguins" was this year.


(It's Daimidaler.)

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Ok but why do you think it is the best

The idea that someone would enjoy Kill la Kill that much is a confusing and foreign idea to me. I'm interested in hearing why you believe that

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

If I had absolutely no idea about what Kill la Kill entails, the current line of discussion would make me not want to watch it because regardless of the intentions of the fanservice, that's all that's being talked about. Surely the greatest work of fiction would have a little more meat to it then that?

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

quote:

13:30 - far shot of satsuki hanging in the cage
13:34 - shot of satsuki’s feet, ragged and hanging, Ragyo laughing. Panning up to Satsuki’s face until 13:43, without pausing to stare at her boobs like so many other animes
13:43 - close-up of Satsuki’s face (look of rage at 13:53)
13:54 - Looking at Ragyo talking to Satsuki
13:58 - medium-far shot of Satsuki, her body is darkened rather than well-lit. Ragyo gloating
14:11 - beginning of bad touch scene. The lighting of Ragyo is bright, the lighting on Satsuki is dark, guiding the eye to Ragyo, not Satsuki.
14:21 - Four second butt shot
14:25 - Close-up of a look of rage on Satsuki’s face
14:29 - Close-up of Ragyo’s face. Gloating.
14:36 - shot panning downwards from above Satuki’s face to her face. Seven seconds. No cleavage.
14:43 to 15:39 - Backstory.
15:40 - Far panning shot of cage.
15:56 - Butt slap.
15:57 - Shot of Ragyo and Satsuki’s face. This time, the lighting is on Satsuki.
16:03 - Closeup of Satsuki’s face into a close-up of Ragyo’s face. Still enraged / still gloating
16:09 - Shot of Satsuki’s legs from halfway down her thighs and panning downwards.
16:17 - Backwards shot of a bad touch sweeping down from Satsuki’s chest down to her behind.
16:28 - From Satsuki’s face into Ragyo’s face.
16:36 - Butt slap.
16:37 - Far shot of cage. Dark. More butt slaps and Ragyo emphasizing how much she wants Satsuki to hate her.
16:40 - Close up of faces. Butt slaps continue.
16:44 - Satsuki’s face, still mad. Still slapping. Maniacal laughter from Ragyo.
16:51 - End of the scene.

Let's recap -
lots of exposition
no lingering on boobs
lighting that deliberately de-emphasized Satsuki's body
lots of focus on the faces
fostering Satsuki's anger made a part of the conversation deliberately

If you think they spent a bunch of time on Satsuki's body you were paying attention to the wrong loving thing and you're using disgust to justify voyeurism. The scene wasn't fanservice. God drat.

Pootybutt
Apr 5, 2011

ninjewtsu posted:

Ok but why do you think it is the best

The idea that someone would enjoy Kill la Kill that much is a confusing and foreign idea to me. I'm interested in hearing why you believe that

I prefer KlK cause its' less of a shitshow animation wise, doesn't slow down for a minute and also is actually finished.

Edit: tho that only thing anyone would really need to say is "Mako."

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

ninjewtsu posted:

Ok but why do you think it is the best

The idea that someone would enjoy Kill la Kill that much is a confusing and foreign idea to me. I'm interested in hearing why you believe that

It makes absolutely incredible use of it's limited budget that practically turns it into an entirely new form of art, it's characters are extremely well written and fun, the jokes are funny, the action is great. It's just really well made on nearly all levels.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

Prodigy of Victor von Doom
Kill la Kill was a blast to watch. The end.

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

ninjewtsu posted:

Ok but why do you think it is the best

The idea that someone would enjoy Kill la Kill that much is a confusing and foreign idea to me. I'm interested in hearing why you believe that

I have had conversations with people who have only ever been moved to tears by Madoka Magica, so I can believe that WH is serious sadly.

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

WickedHate posted:

It makes absolutely incredible use of it's limited budget that practically turns it into an entirely new form of art, it's characters are extremely well written and fun, the jokes are funny, the action is great. It's just really well made on nearly all levels.

While I'm not saying I speak for ninjewtsu I get the impression he'd like to hear something that delves a little deeper than that. Most of those praises are really generic outside of that comment about the animation y'know? (and there have been plenty of shows that go a long way with a limited budget and/or time as well, what sets this apart from those?)

e: to name a few random shows that I could say those exact same lines about; Ping Pong, Eva, etc.

Srice fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Dec 27, 2014

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Rodyle posted:

I have had conversations with people who have only ever been moved to tears by Madoka Magica, so I can believe that WH is serious sadly.

Hey, it was Madoka AND Final Fantasy 7.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

lol ok

Can WickedHate's redtext be "practically turns it into an entirely new form of art" under Ryuko's butt


Srice posted:

While I'm not saying I speak for ninjewtsu I get the impression he'd like to hear something that delves a little deeper than that. Most of those praises are really generic outside of that comment about the animation y'know? (and there have been plenty of shows that go a long way with a limited budget and/or time as well, what sets this apart from those?)

e: to name a few random shows that I could say those exact same lines about; Ping Pong, Eva, etc.

Yeah basically. I was thinking it'd be more than two sentences, both of which can be easily summed up as "it's just good, alright?"

I mean when you express a sentiment like "It is, unironically, one of the best works of fiction in human history, and I'm not exaggerating at all." I'd hope you'd have some real substance to show for it

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Pootybutt
Apr 5, 2011

"Dig Deep and Defend Your Love For This Thing We Don't Like WickedHate, Only the Longest Dissertation Will Do"

Or just let him like what he likes, who cares

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