Episode 2 has to do with the number 2, in a tale about Cabin Fever illnesses.
QT and Meow or the rest of Team BBP and Dandy
Dandy and Meow
Dandy and Ukeleleman
Dandy and Dandy.
In the beginning, Dandy and Meow have an argument over a song.
Dandy then quits his team leaving Meow and QT alone. Dandy hopes to find comfort with a princess, only to find out that is a male alien in admiration of his smile, since he doesn't have one. In a twist, Ukeleleman has no one who wants to talk with him, and yearns for a friend, possibly having driven him mad, if that is not his species natural state.And what is madness other than society's standard for what is unacceptable, which is always tested when one approaches ones life in danger? Dandy is a hunter and Ukeleleman is an entertainer, yet in a twist, when
Dandy sees Ukeleleman have people stuffed, he is ironically the man who
is shocked and wants his friends back in what we perceive as right because he is the main character of the show.
Another mad section of the episode is a surreal, 2001: A Space Odyssey moment when Dandy sees himself being in a tug of war with the aid of Meow and QT who are ironically saving him and not the other way around!
We see also see Dr. Gel in two segments as a son and as a person with an Oedipal complex in the River of Time. He is the opposite where he was happier in the first segment opposed to the second.
Also of note, when Dandy punches Ukeleleman in the face, he gives the episode a thematic happy ending, symbolized through the smile in his mask, as both Dandy has his friends back and Ukeleleman receives a smile.
On a final random note, the real life Ukeleleman was played by George Formby, a British actor, who represented the working class.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Space Dandy 2: Episode 3 is about western fairy tales
A clear example of this is when the characters discuss how to use the flashlight with a way home, leaving QT at the Aloha Oe. How do you get on the other side of a bridge with a wolf, a rabbit and a potato? How do you get across the sun with a Betelguese looking cat and a sentient fish?
The tale of the teleportation flashlight is also like that of Jack and the Beanstalk, where the mother complains of why Jack got the magic beans instead of money for the cow. In olden days, the tale was also originally probably about being careful who you trust as well as not always believing what your parents, or institutions say, being creative with what your options are. In the episode, Meow dismisses Dandy at first, saying that the device was a gag that he got from a woman that baited and scammed him into it. In the end, they get food, as Dandy predicted they would, just like Jack and the Giant's Gold.
The food aspect of the tale can even be compared to such Western tales such as Three Little Pigs and Hansel and Gretel, tales used in Stanley Kubrick's the Shining as mentioned by Rob Ager. In the car ride to the Overlook Hotel, Jack Torrence tells his son, Danny a story about cannibalism in the hotel. noted that the hag was a reference to Hansel and Gretel and Jack Torrence makes a reference to the Three Little Pigs, when chopping down the door with an axe.
Also, the setup for the episode is interesting as Team BBP goes through a restaurant that includes fish, before ending up going to the teleported fish planet. It's also a tale of the food business constantly showing and giving smells of food to promote people into eating to maximize profits.
Space Dandy is always a bit of a Fox and the Hound tale, where one must understand the differences between species to get by and I think they do that in this episode.
The tale of the teleportation flashlight is also like that of Jack and the Beanstalk, where the mother complains of why Jack got the magic beans instead of money for the cow. In olden days, the tale was also originally probably about being careful who you trust as well as not always believing what your parents, or institutions say, being creative with what your options are. In the episode, Meow dismisses Dandy at first, saying that the device was a gag that he got from a woman that baited and scammed him into it. In the end, they get food, as Dandy predicted they would, just like Jack and the Giant's Gold.
The food aspect of the tale can even be compared to such Western tales such as Three Little Pigs and Hansel and Gretel, tales used in Stanley Kubrick's the Shining as mentioned by Rob Ager. In the car ride to the Overlook Hotel, Jack Torrence tells his son, Danny a story about cannibalism in the hotel. noted that the hag was a reference to Hansel and Gretel and Jack Torrence makes a reference to the Three Little Pigs, when chopping down the door with an axe.
Also, the setup for the episode is interesting as Team BBP goes through a restaurant that includes fish, before ending up going to the teleported fish planet. It's also a tale of the food business constantly showing and giving smells of food to promote people into eating to maximize profits.
Space Dandy is always a bit of a Fox and the Hound tale, where one must understand the differences between species to get by and I think they do that in this episode.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Sailor Moon Crystal Episode 2: Ami- Sailor Mercury
In the first episode, there were very interesting plot devices, such as the show being a dream and destiny playing a role in the episode.
Episode two: Oh boy!
Why didn't the disk brainwash Usagi if it brainwashed Ami? Is it because she doesn't have a brain?!
Random characters and Usagi comment saying how they believe that Mercury has no friends and studies too hard. Maybe it's because I'm from the US but I find that hard to believe. She has to eventually take a break. And her character doesn't seem to be stressing out. Heck, she's playing video games better, thanks to her studying discipline! This is just way too oversimplified for the kids, especially kids who do have to study hard and want to become doctors.
But we do get the point: institutionalization yields mindless people. Uniform answers and uniform approaches to answers, yield a bad backwards society. Too many answers don't lead to too many questions, etc..
We didn't really get any of that stuff we got in the first episode.
Usagi just gets a hardon for woman who play video games this episode; this will probably never explored as a mature relationship and will just result in fanservice that turns people away from Sailor Moon Crystal.
Episode two: Oh boy!
Why didn't the disk brainwash Usagi if it brainwashed Ami? Is it because she doesn't have a brain?!
Random characters and Usagi comment saying how they believe that Mercury has no friends and studies too hard. Maybe it's because I'm from the US but I find that hard to believe. She has to eventually take a break. And her character doesn't seem to be stressing out. Heck, she's playing video games better, thanks to her studying discipline! This is just way too oversimplified for the kids, especially kids who do have to study hard and want to become doctors.
But we do get the point: institutionalization yields mindless people. Uniform answers and uniform approaches to answers, yield a bad backwards society. Too many answers don't lead to too many questions, etc..
We didn't really get any of that stuff we got in the first episode.
Usagi just gets a hardon for woman who play video games this episode; this will probably never explored as a mature relationship and will just result in fanservice that turns people away from Sailor Moon Crystal.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Was Crystal Act 1: Usagi a dream episode?
I would've put references to X, much like the destined meeting between Usagi and Tuxedo Mask. Usagi awakens to a dream, much like that. It is referenced in the outro, which even has the lyrics regarding sleep.
Furthermore, Usagi asks the cat, "if she's in a dream?"
The cat is a key dream-like element from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
The sailor sequence is an unrealistic bit of animation that can't happen in real life.
Sailor Moon is a doppleganger aka ghost image of Sailor V, someone she saw and wants to be in the show (like in a dream?)
Naru-chan also plays the idea of doubles and mirrors with her two moms.
Usagi's double is also Sailor Moon, much like the man's is Tuxedo Mask.
She also plays a double playing the video game for Sailor V. The man helping her win the game is a double for the man who Zordonly omnipotently sees her defeat his minions. He's also a double for her younger brother.
Furthermore, if you recall in Inception, a key aspect of that film was being in places randomly, not knowing why, and certain aspects of that are relevant in how they cut the episode.
Furthermore, Usagi asks the cat, "if she's in a dream?"
The cat is a key dream-like element from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
The sailor sequence is an unrealistic bit of animation that can't happen in real life.
Sailor Moon is a doppleganger aka ghost image of Sailor V, someone she saw and wants to be in the show (like in a dream?)
Naru-chan also plays the idea of doubles and mirrors with her two moms.
Usagi's double is also Sailor Moon, much like the man's is Tuxedo Mask.
She also plays a double playing the video game for Sailor V. The man helping her win the game is a double for the man who Zordonly omnipotently sees her defeat his minions. He's also a double for her younger brother.
Furthermore, if you recall in Inception, a key aspect of that film was being in places randomly, not knowing why, and certain aspects of that are relevant in how they cut the episode.
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