based on twitter stats this is my hottest take yet

Obā-san · 2017-03-01 02:24:24

"comparing political events to metal gear solid is the new/old comparing political events to harry potter"

glennmagusharvey · 2017-03-01 02:46:48

i compare them to cross ange instead

take that

Salix Babylonika · 2017-03-01 02:50:50

no one knows what that is but you, glenn.

Crystal · 2017-03-01 02:53:27

This... I... yeah. Yeah. This was basically my reaction, but imagine it in the form of an agreement.

Crystal · 2017-03-01 02:55:08

Jane said:
no one knows what that is but you, glenn.

An anime about political drama with a propulsive main lead that is put through the wringer while also having some... gnarly stuff in it, or something like that, that has a fairly negative critical consensus, but more importantly, a cute main character.

Klinotaxis · 2017-03-01 02:58:37

having to wear bulletproof armor is no reason to cover my shoulderz

glennmagusharvey · 2017-03-01 03:15:56

Jane said:
no one knows what that is but you, glenn.

my point was that one could substitute pretty much anything for it. though i have indeed compared political events to specifically cross ange, lol

Crystal said:
has a fairly negative critical consensus

I actually thought this but it seems that it's more accurate to say "polarized" than "negative". The average score on MAL isn't too shabby either, at 7.48.

Sredni Vashtar · 2017-03-01 03:18:46

MAL is not an accurate gauge of anything, honestly.

Crystal · 2017-03-01 03:22:21

That's why I specified critical, as in, I've primarily seen semi-professional or above critics speak negatively of it. Granted, polarized is the second word I'd say, or as a parenthetical.

Salix Babylonika · 2017-03-01 03:23:14

where is the anime Rotten Tomatoes tbh

glennmagusharvey · 2017-03-01 03:24:53

Sredni Vashtar said:
MAL is not an accurate gauge of anything, honestly.

Maybe not any specific gauge of quality, but it seems that a fair rule-of-thumb is that ~6+ is a questionable series, ~7+ is an average series, and ~8+ a well-regarded series, as far as how well-received it is by the western fandom. Not really set in stone of course, and this one-dimensional assessment completely neglects the shape of the opinion distribution, so an apparently average series could be either just regarded as meh by a lot of people, or be something that produces polarized opinions.

Sredni Vashtar · 2017-03-01 03:31:05

Crystal said:
That's why I specified critical, as in, I've primarily seen semi-professional or above critics speak negatively of it. Granted, polarized is the second word I'd say, or as a parenthetical.

Ja.

Tatterhood · 2017-03-01 03:35:05

I understand all political events through the lens of star driver

it doesn't help much

Crystal · 2017-03-01 03:41:22

That was at glenn, but, nice to have understanding and agreement.

Now I'm wondering what other "recent" hot topic anime have been host to so many... arguments of this particular framing. Not exactly thinking of your Paranoia Agent types and whatnot, which, well, are flat-out commentary.

Sredni Vashtar · 2017-03-01 04:00:35

The OP to Paranoia Agent is always relevant:

glennmagusharvey · 2017-03-01 04:03:12

In a way, I think it makes a little sense to bring up Cross Ange, because that's a series that "goes there", in terms of featuring various content that you'd normally expect to be off limits -- socially, politically, sexually, and so on. And we're also living in a world where recent political events have similarly challenged and broken a number of social norms we had presumed would always be respected. There isn't a proper allegory beyond a relatively superficial (though perhaps stark) one involving the first episode's premise and the way the election played out, though.

If you want a closer allegory to political events, involving despair allowing villainy to triumph, RWBY might be a better choice, as its setting actually specifies that deadly monsters are spawned by negative emotions.

Crystal · 2017-03-01 04:05:55

Sredni Vashtar said:
The OP to Paranoia Agent is always relevant:

"Crystal why did you post this, we're talking about Zoids."

"Relevant."
"Vash, this is a Futurama discussion."
"Relevant."

^ Or Tales of Zestiria/ToZtX, which does the same.

glennmagusharvey · 2017-03-01 04:07:27

Sredni Vashtar said:
The OP to Paranoia Agent is always relevant:

this seems to be a "wtf did i just watch" sort of deal lol

glennmagusharvey · 2017-03-01 04:15:34

Crystal said:
Or Tales of Zestiria/ToZtX, which does the same.

Oh yeah, that too. Though it doesn't play it out in quite the same way.

based on twitter stats this is my hottest take yet

Comments

Howdy, Stranger!

Categories