Synopsis: In the near future, the development of colonies on the moon and other outerspace endeavors has led to a build-up of debris floating around the Earth. To remedy this problem, the Debris Section was formed. Their task being to collect harmful debris and remove it from orbit in order to keep ships and satelites safe. In other words, outerspace garbage collectors.
First Glance: A hard-scifi series that takes a serious and realistic look at space and space travel.
Impressions: Planetes is one of the few anime series...no, scratch that. Planetes is one of the few works of scifi that isn't a book to show a realistic and serious depiction of space and what it's like to actually be there. Newtonian physics are proudly on display and there's no giant robots or impossibly talented heroes to muck things up.
Space is a dangerous place. One mistake and you can die or get others killed. And even avoiding mistakes can cost you your life, such as spending too long out there and getting cancer. We also get to see the effects that being born on the moon can have. The series even depicts what happens to third world countries that are rapidly being left behind. Very few scifi series have ever gone this far in setting up a realistic and believeable world. This is the closest thing that television has come to 2001: A Space Odyssey, though the two aren't exactly similar in other regards.
As far as the characters go, there's quite a few to choose from. Some are merely there for a little comic relief from time to time, while others play key roles in revealing some aspect of life in space. The two main characters, Tanabe and Hachimaki, can be either interesting or annoying, depending on what your tolerances are. Tanabe sees everything in a positive light and always tries to do her best, along with spreading her belief that love solves all problems. Hachimaki tends to see the bad in everything and is often grumpy or disinterested regarding most things. Their best scenes are probably in the last few episodes, but don't let that deter you because their are plenty of other interesting characters that show up along the way.
The animation is really good and, as I said, depicts outerspace very well. As in, things that are put into motion stay that way unless acted on by another force. I wouldn't say that it's the best I've ever seen, but it's among the best I've seen in the past few years certainly. The art style compliments the animation and tone of the series very well, so that's another plus.
Conclusion: There's really not much I bring up about this series that would be a negative. In my book, it's one of the best out there and certainly near the top as far as science fiction goes.
Score 4.5/5
Specs: 26 episodes available as part of perfect collection.
Synopsis: Angel Cop tells the heart-warming tale of a cop named Angel who fights terrorists in the far-flung, ultra-violent world of future where corrupt businessmen are conspiring with the Jew-controlled United States to dump nuclear waste all over the place and also there's cyborgs and people who inexplicably have psychic powers.
First Glance: Much in the same way that an infant can recognize its mother just based on her face, you too can recognize Angel Cop based solely on its over-the-top violence, laughable dub, and incomprehensible storyline.
Impression: Angle Cop is, in a word, bad. But it goes much deeper than that. This is not the bad that often crops up in Scifi Channel Oringinals, but rather the deep, lurking bad that hides in dark shadows and slithers out at night to feast upon the innocent and unaware, all the while seeking some host with which to manefest itself in thereby spreading its terrifying influence into the world at large.
I could speak volumes about the laughable dub which oftens substitutes random epithets for meaningful conversation [If this is justice, then I am a banana!; The doctor said this gun would break my arm if I used it. Oh well, here goes!; ect.], the liberal dosage of ultraviolence where even the least powerful guns are likely to cause impossible large fountains of blood to spray forth from gaping wounds and half-removed heads, the random use of four-letter words, the incomrehensible storyline that jumps from one basic story element to the next without any apparent cohesion, or even the impossible-to-root-for good guys, but let's talk about the reasons why you should watch Angel Cop. Oh wait...that's what I just did.
Conclusion: I love Angel Cop, it's so bad.
Score: LOL/ROFL
Specs: Six episodes from 1989. DVD and VHS releases are both out-of-print, but the VHS collection can be found for cheap on Amazon.
Synopsis: A traveler named Kino goes from country to country, never staying in the same place for more than three days. Her only companion is a talking motorcycle named Hermes. Together they bear witness to the many facets of human nature and desire, only taking direct action when there's no other choice available. It is not their place to pass judgment, but merely to observe.
First Glance: Surrealistic fable from the director of Serial Experiments Lain? Sign me up!
Impression: Kino's Journey is surreal, yet filled with real human emotions, desires, and ideals. It's depressing at times, yet strangely uplifting. The world here is ugly and terrifying, yet exhilarating and often very beautiful. We are presented with different human philosophies and emotions in the form of various "countries" that each have something about them that is different from that last. Like the country that so strongly desires that to have their own unique culture that the purposefully make up new customs to try and entertain travels, not knowing that their practice of making new customs has itself become a custom. Or the land where war has been completely abolished, but where peace comes at a cost. Or a land where only "safe" books are allowed. The list goes on from there.
This is not a show that you watch to be entertained or in order to watch thrilling action, though it does offer some of that. No, this is a show you watch in order to take a peek into what makes humans human, not with the all excess baggage of one who has a vested interest but from the calm and detached view of one who merely wants to observe new things and new places.
The art style and music are the technical highlights of the show. The art style because it helps to give us so many new and different and fantastic places that we've never seen before, with each new country has its own personality. The backgrounds have an almost storybook quality to them, which goes along with the fable-like quality of many of the episodes. The music is also very well done and fits in very well, especially the haunting flute solo from episode two.
The animation in Kino's Journey is a bit limited in its range and there are very few scenes that show more than the movement of a few characters, making obvious the show's low budget. Nevertheless, it's not an action series where this kind of detailed and elaborate animation is needed and so the show does not suffer from this deficiency.
Conclusion: If Mushishi requires patience to get into, this requires you to be almost a saint. It's not standard anime fare by any means and if you're not hooked by episodes four, you probably won't ever be. However, if you can manage to stick with it that far and watch the show from the standpoint of desiring to watch something new and intelligent, it's hard to find a better series than Kino's Journey.
Score: 5/5
Specs: 13 episodes across four volumes and a thinkpak release.
Lately a series of public service announcements have been finding their way on Canadian airwaves. They deal with safety in the workplace and preventing accidents. A noble cause indeed, but I'm not sure I like the direction the government has taken with these PSAs. Below is my initial reaction over MSN to the first one I ever saw. It aired after an Oilers game:
Quote:11/17/2007 10:17:00 PM Dave Jeff || DUDE
11/17/2007 10:17:02 PM Dave Jeff || WHAT THE FUCK
11/17/2007 10:17:04 PM Dave Jeff || THAT COMMERCIAL
11/17/2007 10:17:06 PM Dave Jeff || DID YOU SEE THAT SHIT?!?!
11/17/2007 10:17:11 PM Dave Jeff || OH
11/17/2007 10:17:12 PM Dave Jeff || MY
11/17/2007 10:17:13 PM Dave Jeff || FUCKING
11/17/2007 10:17:13 PM Dave Jeff || GOD
11/17/2007 10:17:33 PM Jeff || Dave no but we're probably on different cbc channels
11/17/2007 10:17:34 PM Jeff || Dave but LET ME GUESS
11/17/2007 10:17:38 PM Jeff || Dave I THINK I KNOW WHICH IT IS
11/17/2007 10:17:47 PM Jeff || Dave is it that fuckign commercial where that bitch burns herself with grease?????
11/17/2007 10:17:51 PM Dave Jeff || Yeah!
11/17/2007 10:17:53 PM Jeff || Dave hahah
11/17/2007 10:17:56 PM Jeff || Dave fuck i can't watch that shit
11/17/2007 10:18:06 PM Jeff || Dave i saw it for the first time last weekend on the oilers/flames game
11/17/2007 10:18:18 PM Jeff || Dave and my dad and i were like... what.. the fuck???????/
11/17/2007 10:18:18 PM Dave Jeff || I saw it for the first time now and I'm gonna have fucking nightmares
11/17/2007 10:18:24 PM Jeff || Dave i was like
11/17/2007 10:18:31 PM Jeff || Dave they don't need to show that on public television
11/17/2007 10:18:35 PM Dave Jeff || Uh, no
11/17/2007 10:18:38 PM Jeff || Dave and i havent watched that commercial since
11/17/2007 10:18:41 PM Dave Jeff || A simple "be careful" will suffice
11/17/2007 10:18:52 PM Dave Jeff || That was just fucking horrible
11/17/2007 10:19:02 PM Dave Jeff || I dont' think I've ever seen anything so graphic in my entire life
11/17/2007 10:19:24 PM Jeff || Dave not even that time you watched all that 'gag on my cock' porn
11/17/2007 10:19:47 PM Jeff || Dave all that puking must've been awful
11/17/2007 10:20:04 PM Dave Jeff || Dude I've seen some pretty nasty shit in my day
11/17/2007 10:20:17 PM Dave Jeff || But that commercial is something that's gonna fucking
11/17/2007 10:20:21 PM Dave Jeff || Haunt me
How did I miss this? It was one of my favorite shareware games of the mid '90s, and it's still a great game (for the well-done story, long script, great characters, funny parts, sad parts... it all just works. Not for the quite average gameplay, though. The actual gameplay is nothing special.). Awesome game, play it!
Doesn't Work in Vista
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-All DOS games (most will run in DOSBox emulation, though)
-Klik & Play and all games made in KNP do not work at all. (:bummed:)
-Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance doesn't load. Annoying!
-Re-Volt -- crashes during loading. Fixable?
-Speed Busters Demo 3 (Mexico track) -- menu loads, but game crashes when you attempt to load the race.
Work, with fixes (patches, compatibility mode, etc)
Full Games
-Claw -- Req. registry key addition to disable the DVD movies, which do not work ingame in WinXP/Vista, though oddly the lower-quality CD movies do, and the DVD ones can be watched through any movie player.)
-Moto Racer 2 -- requires Compatibility Mode (XP or Win9x modes).-Pod -- Requires 3Dfx emulator (properly configured) and multiple patches to run. This is required in WinXP as well.
-Powerslide -- Win9x Compatibility Mode required.
-RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren -- Requires Win9x Compatibility mode or the game crashes when you try to save.
-SimTower -- Game does not work as installed. Graphics work with added file. Sound does not work on my system (cannot get the sound driver to function). (patched, files added)
-Star Wars: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight & Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith (expansion) -- Work fine, but when the game goes to a menu the screen turns black with only the cursor visible. You must alt-tab out and then back into the game to fix the problem. (patched)
Demos/Shareware/Freeware
-Battle Realms demo -- requires Win9x Compatibility Mode.
-International Rally Championship demo -- requires Win9x Compatibility Mode.
-TrackMania Nations (Freeware Game) -- requires several patches to run in Vista; without patches it will not work. With patches it runs fine. (patched)
Works, no changes needed (only listing games released before Vista came out in 2007; all games since are compatible.)
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Full Version Games
-Baldur's Gate (though it looks better with one thing in the graphics options disabled) (has patch, user addons)
-Chessmaster 3000
-Dark Messiah of Might & Magic (though on my system it crashes on about every other loading screen, for some odd reason) (has patches)
-DethKarz (crashes sometimes, but the game is unstable on any OS)
-Drome Racers
-Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
-Guild Wars (inc. all expansions/updates)
-Morrowind (patched)
-NWN 2 (inc. MotB expansion, patches)
-Outlaws
-Recoil
-Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (patched)
-Rockett's New School
-RollerCoaster Tycoon
-Sid Meier's Pirates! (patched)
-Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
-Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force - Expansion Pack
-Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
-Starcraft (patched, w/BW)
-Quake III Arena
-Warcraft III (patched, w/ TFT)
-Wizards & Warriors (though unlike in Win9x, but just like in XP, workarounds are required to get videos and some graphical elements to work) (patched)
Demos/Shareware/Freeware
-Arx Fatalis demo
-Claw Demo
-Fallout 3 (Van Buren) Techdemo
-Incoming demo
-Moto Racer 3 Demo 1 -- Windows pops up a "this game is incompatible with this OS" box, but the demo actually runs fine.
-Speed Busters Demo 2 (Hollywood track) -- works fine, unlike the third demo version.
-Summoner demo
-Temple of Elemental Evil demo
-Throne of Darkness demo
-TrickStyle Demo
-Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria Demo
-Warzone 2100 (all demos)
-Wizardry 8 Net Demo
etc, etc, etc -- very few demos that I have tried don't work...
Emulators
All I have tried except for Hu-Go!, which does not work (And DOS ones of course.).
Synopsis: The series follows the exploits of experts mushishi named Ginko who travels across a medieval world and helps people whose lives are disrupted by primordial creatures called mushi. Only a select few can actually see mushi and fewer still know anything about them, which makes them all the more dangerous given their inherent ability to interact with the human and animal world.
First Glance: What's going on here?! A series with no action, no real storyline, episodes with almost zero connection to one another, and everything's all weird and SMART! Okay, just relax, I've seen worse before so there's no reason to panic just yet. I'll give it some time and see what happens.
Impression: This can be a very difficult series to get into by its very nature. Episodes are set all over the place and Ginko is rarely in the same place twice, which also means a new set of supporting characters in each episodes. The mushi themselves are also very bizarre, running the gammot from ones that appear as rainbows and others that get inside your head and feed off of sound and that's just getting started. The episode format can also be a bit off-putting, in that it follows the same format everytime. Ginko comes to a village, someone is having a weird problem, Ginko figures out what's going on and solves the problem. It probably would be a mediocre series if it weren't for the fact that Mushishi does what it does incredibly well and in every way.
The characters and well-designed and unique, the music is suitable surreal and calming, the animation is muted but pleasant to look at, and Ginko is a likable main character, but the area where the show really shines is in it's art design. From misty mountains to lonely, seaside villages, every locale is breathtakingly crafted and all those weird little mushi are given their own unique designs that could have been ripped straight from Hayao Miyazaki's sketchbooks.
Conclusion: Mushishi is a series that requires some amount of patience to really get into, but one you're there the rewards are more than sufficient.
Score: 5/5
Specs: 26 episodes across six DVDs, the last of which is still a month or so away.
Synopsis: Original Dirty Pair involves the original, duh, pursuits of Yuri and Kei, the World Welfare and Works Association's "top" agents as they travel from world to world fighting various sorts of crime and generally causing trouble for anyone that happenes to be in the area...or on the same world. One might be prone to wondering how they happen to retain their jobs given the propensity of destruction to follow in their wake, but just repeat to yourself that it's just a show and go find somewhere to.
First Glance: It's from the 80's and, as such, there are certain expectations that go along with this. Number one is that the animation is going to be nowhere the quality we currently enjoy. Number two is that there will be lots of blatantly 80's music everywhere. And number three the action is going to involve lots of explosions and bullets. Does Original Dirty Pair deliver in this regard? Yes. Yes it does.
Impression: Original Dirty Pair is an action series involving to girls, aged 19 for whatever reason, who fight crime in a future time. Plus it features all the cool things about the science fiction from the 80's. So it's really hard to find with it.
The series and movies feature equal parts comedy and action, often at the same time, which makes for very dull moments. It's spare in the way of actual character development or intruiging storylines, which might put off some who are looking for a deeper experience. While there's certainly a very large place in my heart for the series that feature the latter, there's no need to overlook the genuinely good and entertaing series/movies that just set out to keep you occupied for half and hour or so with large explosions, flying bullets, and gun-weilding 19-year-old girls who wear revealing clothes most of the time; all of which OPD does very well and in large quantities.
Conclusion: It's 80's action. If you don't expect to be intellectually stimulated on some level, you'll end up being entertained for approximately 400 minutes.
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Specs: Original Dirty Pair was released from 1985 through 1987 and consisted of 10 episodes and 3 movies that clock in at 25 minutes and 50 minutes each, respectively. The series is readily available from any online DVD store and the movies can be found used on Amazon for less than $10 each.
NARNIA!!!!!!!!! There's like a billion things happening at once i'm so totally Jesus christing and WTF's and I need anyone *ANYONE* who wants to buy my video game shit speak up now because its about to go to pawnshops, throw out a price and its yours because i cant wait on ebay anymore which is like completely stuparded because of the fucking well, whatever, its dum, i'll break it in pieces i'll sell individual games, whatever doesn't matter and if you want the toys tell me theres geuwd shit there especially the aliens/predator things, consider the lazyfatbum store open for business, but I need *money* ***NOW*** plsssssss LS if your offer still stands tell me
oh and guess who can play Knights of Cydonia on hard with a 95% rate I have fingers made of silver bats that scream in latin and kill with their acid tears, I have the hands of a tall lesbian and if anyone has GH3 and wants to face me let me know so i can start feeling sorry for you LAUGH
the list of my shit is in the other thread and im to much of a dick to go look for it just tell me quick because i only have a week, that's 7 days ladies no more
NES games = 1
SNES games = 5
N64 games = 10
GC = 20
DC = 15
DS ganes = 15
GBC = 5
PSX = (theres only 2 :P) 10
virtual boy = 40 (with games)
DS = 90
GBA SP = 40
GBC = 20
NES = 10
SNES = 20
N64 = 30
GC = 40
DC = 1,683.76 ( 30 :()
PS2 = 30
XBox (new in box ICONIC) = 50
other shit i cant remember = ask
if its too expensive but your rely want them throw out a price just make it quick dimmat!
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