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<blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 1271225" data-attributes="member: 6929"><p>I tend not to get 'normal' things, which (for the purposes of argument) includes 'reality' TV. The more unrealistic explosions, weird technology, strange vistas of another time, etc, the better. Otherwise... I've already got it, being both human and alive. Maybe I'm easily bored by the things that are around me every day of my life...?</p><p></p><p>I don't so much <em>not</em> watch things as watch things that I like. There are very few of them. I'm fortunate enough to have some kind of (vague) instinctive insight into the Japanese philisophical mindset, so I can enjoy anime - if it's good. I hate the 'visual shorthand' of giant sweatdrops and mouths bigger than heads, but I can get past that most of the time. I'm one of those grown men who watches shoujo (girl's anime - almost exclusively Cardcaptors), for the dual reasons that it's happy (and I like being happy), and that because 'it's for girls', the censors aren't as strict with the violence. At which I grin wickedly and go back to watching the sub, in which that all takes a back seat to the hideous web of relationships blossoming in all ways but the right one.</p><p></p><p>Also, having looked around a bit, I can say that 'angular' anime style isn't representative of the genre as a whole - the eighties were very rounded in style, and probably put people off for that as well. And being an artist, I can appreciate the cultural impact that a brush has had on the overall anime style; just that one implement explains a lot.</p><p></p><p>I also don't get broadcast sports. I think people should <em>play</em>, not <em>watch</em>; that's the whole point, isn't it? Play is something that animals do to keep in shape. Humans just codify it a little more. Why go any further?</p><p></p><p>Finally, I do get Monty Python. Most of the time. Their comedy is rich with ideas, but sometimes the execution is flawed - they go on too long. This really reiterates the point that I'll like anything that's <em>good</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s/LaSH, post: 1271225, member: 6929"] I tend not to get 'normal' things, which (for the purposes of argument) includes 'reality' TV. The more unrealistic explosions, weird technology, strange vistas of another time, etc, the better. Otherwise... I've already got it, being both human and alive. Maybe I'm easily bored by the things that are around me every day of my life...? I don't so much [i]not[/i] watch things as watch things that I like. There are very few of them. I'm fortunate enough to have some kind of (vague) instinctive insight into the Japanese philisophical mindset, so I can enjoy anime - if it's good. I hate the 'visual shorthand' of giant sweatdrops and mouths bigger than heads, but I can get past that most of the time. I'm one of those grown men who watches shoujo (girl's anime - almost exclusively Cardcaptors), for the dual reasons that it's happy (and I like being happy), and that because 'it's for girls', the censors aren't as strict with the violence. At which I grin wickedly and go back to watching the sub, in which that all takes a back seat to the hideous web of relationships blossoming in all ways but the right one. Also, having looked around a bit, I can say that 'angular' anime style isn't representative of the genre as a whole - the eighties were very rounded in style, and probably put people off for that as well. And being an artist, I can appreciate the cultural impact that a brush has had on the overall anime style; just that one implement explains a lot. I also don't get broadcast sports. I think people should [i]play[/i], not [i]watch[/i]; that's the whole point, isn't it? Play is something that animals do to keep in shape. Humans just codify it a little more. Why go any further? Finally, I do get Monty Python. Most of the time. Their comedy is rich with ideas, but sometimes the execution is flawed - they go on too long. This really reiterates the point that I'll like anything that's [i]good[/i]. [/QUOTE]
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