DStecks posted:

Goodbye, farewell, and amen.

Jsor posted:

Maybe I should've said "JRPG". I won't deny that the series would be different without it, and it has a good degree of symbolic significance, but the whole thing heavily reminded me of every lame excuse to kill god in every JRPG ever. They didn't actually kill god, of course, but it had the exact same general feeling as a JRPG plot. You're right that it's not really a generic shounen trope, though I think a decent subset of shounen anime use that same brand of weird pseudo-spiritualist reason the world is going to end.

MonsieurChoc posted:

Eureka Seven has a real unique feel to it, because the director really wanted to put in that stuff. It wasn't just an excuse for the plot or anything like that. In fact, one of the many reasons the sequels are bad is because they didn't "get it", they treated it like any other anime bullshit and so jsut added their own bullshit to the sequels and it just didn't work.

https://www.japansociety.org/resources/content/2/0/5/4/documents/sato_mcgray%20interview.pdf

There's a lot of symbolism in the show, from all the surfer culture stuff or the musical references (every episode is named after a song, King Adrock, etc.), not all of which is meaningful. But the show definitely has a message, the director is openly political in it. The similarities between the Vodarek and, say, the Tibetan buddhists probably isn't a coincidence.

If I didn't suck, I'd love to do an in-depth analysis of the show.

Edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nRolpUL3g8

DStecks posted:

WITNESS ME!

Jsor posted:

I think we're about to hijack the thread, but...

I don't deny any of that. I liked the planet being an organism, and plenty of other things. I got most of the Tibetan themes just fine and I've read up on the show. I just feel that the very specific piece concerning "the limit of questions", in particular, was a bit hollow and silly. I felt like there were hundreds of other things they could have used to advance similar messages and bring in similar themes. I just found the whole thing about "organisms ask questions, so once we hit a critical mass of sapient organisms there will be too much information and reality will cease to exist" was a bit weird. In fact, I'd argue that even the limit of questions itself wasn't the problem so much as how much the show desperately tried analyze it.

I would've probably loved it as pure philosophy and spiritualism. The way the show goes, this wouldn't work well, because the "meeting of the minds" between the Vodarek priests and the scientists is a very important turning point. I just felt like they spent way too long trying to world-build the hell out of this thing instead of just letting it be. It's fine if the scientists think it makes sense scientifically in-universe. It's fine if it has some philosophical or religious backing. It crossed the line for me, personally, when they spent way too long explaining and analyzing it and wrapping it in faux science.

It's a similar problem that I have with some other shows too. Ghost Hound comes to mind. The shows tend to linger juuuuuust too long on their in-world philosophical ideas. They'd generally work a lot better if they left out just a few more details, or talked about it a smidge fewer times. Just give us the basics and have people in-show state and argue their beliefs. Just whatever you do, don't have people sit there and exposit so that it "makes sense" to the audience. (And it's by no means anime that exclusively has this problem.)

MonsieurChoc posted:

I dunno, I thought it worked in a very 70s sci-fi kind of way (notice the appearance of the Voyager disc in the same episode).

Jsor posted:

Eh, it worked okay, it's only a slight nuisance for me. Despite all my I want to be clear that Eureka Seven is my favorite anime. Any dumb criticism I make is out of love

DStecks posted:

Goodbye, farewell, and amen.

ZorajitZorajit posted:

I'm glad you got clear. But I'm also still on your Patreon and am still willing to chip in to listen to you talk about stuff. I for one really enjoyed the Sir Billi review. But no malice if you'd rather just be out for good. Thanks for the ride.

Puppy Time posted:

Congrats on your freedom, DStecks. My husband and I have enjoyed your run, and I'm personally pretty psyched that there'll be more Sonichu so thanks for encouraging creation and discouraging trolling. (Also I hope you get all those bonus things Chris was promising.)

Infamous Sphere posted:

That's a great fishnet top Alison, where on earth did you find something like that? A costume shop? I used to work in one of those and we definitely sold a few bizarro neon fishnet things.

Puppy Time posted:

Congrats on your freedom, DStecks. My husband and I have enjoyed your run, and I'm personally pretty psyched that there'll be more Sonichu so thanks for encouraging creation and discouraging trolling. (Also I hope you get all those bonus things Chris was promising.)

DStecks posted:

I'm just done Sonichu. This summer has gotten me into a very productive place, and I want to start channeling that into other efforts. I'm planning to start working on a video game that I'm making with a coworker. And eventually there will be more Bad Reviews. But I'm probably going to take a nice long hiatus now.

The Vosgian Beast posted:

Time to start watching these, I guess.

I won't miss much if I skip ahead a bit, right? I know what happens in Sonichu from when it was a big thing a few years back.

DStecks posted:

I'm just done Sonichu. This summer has gotten me into a very productive place, and I want to start channeling that into other efforts. I'm planning to start working on a video game that I'm making with a coworker. And eventually there will be more Bad Reviews. But I'm probably going to take a nice long hiatus now.

DStecks posted:

Goodbye, farewell, and amen.

PassTheRemote posted:

quote:

But Universal will now have to face a trial over whether it "knowingly misrepresented" its "good faith belief the video was not authorized by law." The judges have made clear that copyright owners "must consider fair use before sending a takedown notification" before forming that "good faith belief."

To be successful at trial, Universal doesn't have to prove that the video wasn't fair use. It just has to show that it considered fair use before sending the notice.

[...]

The fair use consideration doesn't have to be "searching or intensive," Tallman clarified. But it can't be trivial, either. "A copyright holder who pays lip service to the consideration of fair use by claiming it formed a good faith belief when there is evidence to the contrary is still subject to 512(f) liability," the opinion states.

In a partial dissent, Circuit Judge Milan Smith agreed with most of the majority's findings but would have found Universal liable for the bad takedown without a jury trial. "I disagree that there is any material dispute about whether Universal considered fair use," Smith wrote. "Universal knew it had not considered fair use, and therefore knew it lacked a basis to conclude that the video was infringing."

Jsor posted:

We'll see if this goes anywhere, but a circuit appellate court decided that companies like Universal have been too overzealous in DMCA notices and copyright strikes, and now have to consider fair use before sending a takedown notice. The provisions allow for people to challenge them in court over overzealous copyright claims, and for the courts to award in favor of the creator if the court finds they didn't adequately consider fair use before making the claim.

I mean, lol if you're an internet reviewer that has enough money to consider counter-suing Universal, but it could potentially help them revise their drat algorithms.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/eff-scores-a-win-in-long-running-dancing-baby-copyright-case/

senae posted:

Doesn't this effectively make contentid illegal? You can't exactly make a good faith evaluation of fair use if a robot is the only thing that saw the content.

Also it wouldn't take long to get a class action going.

quote:

We note, without passing judgment, that the implementation of computer algorithms appears to be a valid and good faith middle ground for processing a plethora of content while still meeting the DMCA’s requirements to somehow consider fair use.

senae posted:

Also it wouldn't take long to get a class action going.

Arcsquad12 posted:

I got a Nostalgia critic video in my recommended tab, and the title was "When does a joke go on too long?"

Doug, I don't think you're qualified to answer that.

Chromatic posted:

That site has to be hemorrhaging money by now. I know a few years back they were making enough to buy Doug a house but that revenue stream has to be pretty well dry by this point.

Arcsquad12 posted:

I got a Nostalgia critic video in my recommended tab, and the title was "When does a joke go on too long?"

Doug, I don't think you're qualified to answer that.

Tracula posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPpBlDaKM_o

I know Game Theory is ~objectively~ terrible but my god this video. How the poo poo can he put blame on Jimmy Kimmel and whoever else pokes fun at gaming while defending the harassment they get and at the end as an after thought say "Oh yeah, stop being lovely to people making fun of your hobby." gently caress you, MatPat or whatever you go as. Sincerely gently caress you.

Leal posted:

I think it would be great if it was just clip shows from Doug's videos and he says "When that happens". I'm positive Doug isn't that self aware and that isn't the case at all, is it?

Tracula posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPpBlDaKM_o

I know Game Theory is ~objectively~ terrible but my god this video. How the poo poo can he put blame on Jimmy Kimmel and whoever else pokes fun at gaming while defending the harassment they get and at the end as an after thought say "Oh yeah, stop being lovely to people making fun of your hobby." gently caress you, MatPat or whatever you go as. Sincerely gently caress you.

Kunster posted:

His previous videos were "I can't enjoy a videogame without titty because science" and "Gta5 reflects statistics but #bluelivesmatter", not to mention the teitter parody account has been surprised how much parodies they notice becoming true. So, really, it's a matter of time until he posts something like "Aylan was a big rear end pussy because I'VE played Wind Waker and pressed forward for a few minutes on San Andreas and that was my science on how I'd survive." Plus given the sheer lipservice he gave Pewds, I wouldn't be suprised if tis was a response to him stopping acting out so much on his videos.

The Vosgian Beast posted:

Anyway, I'm five episodes into Dstecks's Sonichu reviews.

I like that one of the sub-episodes showed Chris transforming into his magic hedgehog fursona a good while before the Anchuent Prophecy thing happened that let him(her?) turn into the magic hedgehog fursona.

Also is Wes Iseli's name actually "Wes Iseli"? because that's both lame and awesome at the same time. It's like being named "Wes Coast"

Kunster posted:

His previous videos were "I can't enjoy a videogame without titty because science"