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Re: Personal Review of The Babysitter
Posted By: AfroRyan <afroryan@gmail.com>Date: 11/7/09 8:39 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Personal Review of The Babysitter (Frankie)


: "Berger" not "Burger"

Potato potawtoe...except...you know, pronounced the same.

: Hair, yes. Every episode too, but it varies wildly - some is much more
: "appropriate, but still not buzzcuts." Hair is ARTISTIC LICENSE
: here and if we made a live action version, they would all have buzzcuts,
: including some, but not all of the women, who would have sensible military
: dos.

So non-canon then. I'm fine with artistic license. Basically, if there was ever a canon version of this story made (even live action, as you suggest), Cal would sport a buzz cut of some sort.

: Scale: Deliberate artistic notion and actually fairly common in Anime - it
: doesn't get discussed much because you're not usually comparing it with
: "rea;" things. But you'll note that it's used like a kind of
: literal framing - make things you wish to appear smaller, smaller and pile
: on with the camera angle. We discussed this in depth. O'Brien, for example
: would be canonically 5'10" with generally six-foot plus ODSTs, so
: he'd be short, in real life, but not exaggerated as in Babysitter.

I understand artistic use of scale (it's used a lot in Paranoia Agent and FLCL). And holy crap, Tekkonkinkreet is awesome, so I know Studio 4˚C is capable of pulling it off. However, some of the shots seem like simple continuity errors...that is to say, the discrepancy in height serves no artistic purpose in said shots, so why bother? The only place it seemed appropriate is during the river fight with the Brute. I don't mean to argue Frankie, I still thought Babysitter was a well told, well executed story overall. I'm just hoping Origins is more on par with Studio 4˚C's crowning achievements.

: It's interesting to see how folks are digesting this stuff. Imagine how it
: would be if we did a live action movie.

I'm digesting it just fine, in the same way I digest a McDonald's burger. It's Ok, but it certainly isn't gourmet. Halo is perfect for animation in general (everyone wears helmets, so none of that "animating mouths" business...you know, like Desert Punk). As for live action, I would think it would turn out awesome. I would shave my afro and donate it to you if you pushed for another Neil Blomkamp short...or whoever handled the ODST commercial, those were great too.

I'm really looking forward to the Prodcution I.G stuff, and to the Bones stuff...being that both studios are responsible for some of my favorite anime. Also really wanting to see the Casio Entertainment short. Basically, I want to see it all, and I have high hopes given the high profile studios.

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Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 6:41 p.m.
     Re: Personal Review of The Babysitterurk 11/7/09 7:00 p.m.
           Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 7:22 p.m.
                 Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterInnerRayg 11/8/09 4:03 a.m.
     Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterRiceatron 11/7/09 7:04 p.m.
           Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 7:19 p.m.
     Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterBry 11/7/09 7:24 p.m.
           Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 7:29 p.m.
                 Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterBry 11/7/09 7:35 p.m.
                       Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 7:37 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The Babysitterrolandk73 11/7/09 7:38 p.m.
                                   lolololololol *NM*AfroRyan 11/7/09 7:40 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterBry 11/7/09 7:46 p.m.
                                   Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 7:56 p.m.
                                         Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterLouis Wu 11/7/09 8:10 p.m.
                                               Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 8:44 p.m.
                       Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterFrankie 11/7/09 7:56 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterYNation913 11/7/09 8:09 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterJohn_117 11/7/09 8:14 p.m.
                                   HAIRCUTS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS! *NM*AfroRyan 11/7/09 8:46 p.m.
                                         SPARTAN mullets FTW! *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 11/8/09 11:20 a.m.
                                   Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterNeloms 11/7/09 11:02 p.m.
                                         Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/8/09 7:09 a.m.
                                               Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterSonofMacPhisto 11/8/09 7:56 a.m.
                                                     Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAngelicLionheart 11/8/09 12:26 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterHunt3r 11/7/09 8:18 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/7/09 8:39 p.m.
                                   Re: Personal Review of The Babysitterscarab 11/8/09 3:16 a.m.
                                         Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterPete Cooper 11/8/09 4:06 a.m.
                                               Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterSonofMacPhisto 11/8/09 7:58 a.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterJayshum 11/7/09 11:19 p.m.
                             Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAngelicLionheart 11/8/09 1:04 a.m.
                                   This man knows what he's talking about *NM*AfroRyan 11/8/09 8:25 a.m.
                                   Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterFrankie 11/8/09 10:26 a.m.
     Why do people think that Cal would have a buzz cutHikaru-119 11/7/09 8:45 p.m.
           Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzAfroRyan 11/7/09 8:49 p.m.
                 Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzHikaru-119 11/7/09 8:51 p.m.
                       Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzAfroRyan 11/7/09 9:00 p.m.
                       If hair ends up being our biggest complaint...GrimBrother One 11/7/09 10:31 p.m.
                 Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzBry 11/7/09 9:21 p.m.
                       Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzRiceatron 11/7/09 10:09 p.m.
                             HBO: Where everyone has a buzzcut. *NM*GrimBrother One 11/7/09 10:32 p.m.
                             Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzBry 11/7/09 10:34 p.m.
                                   Re: Why do people think that Cal would have a buzzFyreWulff 11/7/09 11:30 p.m.
     Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterSqorck 11/7/09 11:04 p.m.
           Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterLeisandir 11/8/09 10:01 p.m.
                 Re: Personal Review of The Babysitterslurpeekilla 11/8/09 10:31 p.m.
     Just to clarifyAfroRyan 11/7/09 11:46 p.m.
           Access to neural interfaceJillybean 11/8/09 1:50 p.m.
                 In answer to Hikaru ^ *NM*Jillybean 11/8/09 1:50 p.m.
                 Re: Access to neural interfaceFrankie 11/8/09 2:12 p.m.
                       Re: Access to neural interfaceJillybean 11/8/09 2:51 p.m.
                             Re: Access to neural interfaceFrankie 11/8/09 3:00 p.m.
                                   Re: Access to neural interfaceJillybean 11/8/09 4:07 p.m.
     Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterArchilen 11/8/09 9:14 a.m.
     Re: Personal Review of The Babysitterbloogyo 11/8/09 10:20 a.m.
           Re: Personal Review of The BabysitterAfroRyan 11/9/09 12:51 p.m.



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