Computer programmers use logic analysis or just copy and paste YouTube stuff they have. Nowadays a blockbuster has to be planned 5 years in advance for things to work and so much can get in the way. Poor preproduction, changes in technology, scandals of multiple kinds, etc... You're in debt and if you're moral, you care that your employees are getting underpaid and overworked. Sometimes you pull off a shortcut to an unknowing unadult audience due to these restrictions, because your budget runs out, your preproduction missed that one risk or factor that screws everything up, your time is up and you have to write down the next plot point or you just didn't have that skill under the right amount of pressure.
Race, which is nearly insignificant in this age, as there are so many different subcultures that can be explored in the world
Gender: Male, Female, Trans, None, Mixed.
Sexual Identity: Ability, Promisciousity, Aggressor, Equal, Cultural Features, Addicted, Asexual, Do they use it for power or some sort of gain in life? Do they want children? Are they for abortion? Why?
Religion: Donominations, Are you part of a cult? A fanatic?
You can do the Star Wars monomyth and just have people fight for similar causes with race not being an issue.You can take a risk and deal with something that is difficult to discuss.
Being the less dominant or less group thinky of this species with great observation skills will make you a great writer. You can see monomyth logic and real world concepts and play around with them, finding a flaw, a weakness or most likely an obstacle that you, the writer, director and auteur have experienced and want to logically and emotionally convey to someone else.
You can even deconstruct the monomyth IF YOU'RE TALENTED ENOUGH. Use stereotypes and all sort of things and not offend people, have people consider it art even.
We live in a world of special effects blockbusters making billions of dollars. The US budget spent on military, rather than for world hunger or education to reduce crime and improve economy at home. The New Hollywood movie becoming neglected. Brand marketing has become important rather than quality work. Lack of education for film or video game analysis leading to ignorant perceptions of what truly makes each medium great. We live in a world where people can go online and find other flawed, ignorant people with the same mindset they have.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Space Dandy Season 2 Episode 2 is 2 good
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.
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.
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.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Space Dandy Episode 4: Space Zombies Brief Analysis: Another spin on the previous themes
Much like that dialogue about treating zombies like dangerous schizophrenics in the Walking Dead, Episode 4 of Space Dandy, "Sometimes You Can't Live With Dying, Baby" is a progressive take on zombies in a world of space exploration.
Aliens fighting zombies. Zombies, not being discriminated against in space.
Space Dandy like most of us current progressives, future conservatives think that QT can't be a zombie because QT's a robot. For whatever reason, (it is an intellectual space comedy,) we are wrong!
However, it also deals with the darker side of space as well: zombies and life insurance. Bounty hunting and the dangers of encountering new species for money. Diseases are quite a theme of the episode- not just from encountering dangerous aliens but also lactic acid bacteria from the yogurt the zombies eat, raw meat, the indication that no one is alive based on a lack of vitals, venereal diseases Space Dandy could have picked up from a hospital of non-humans, raw meat.
Aliens fighting zombies. Zombies, not being discriminated against in space.
Space Dandy like most of us current progressives, future conservatives think that QT can't be a zombie because QT's a robot. For whatever reason, (it is an intellectual space comedy,) we are wrong!
However, it also deals with the darker side of space as well: zombies and life insurance. Bounty hunting and the dangers of encountering new species for money. Diseases are quite a theme of the episode- not just from encountering dangerous aliens but also lactic acid bacteria from the yogurt the zombies eat, raw meat, the indication that no one is alive based on a lack of vitals, venereal diseases Space Dandy could have picked up from a hospital of non-humans, raw meat.
Boobies is not the only hangout place this episode as Space Dandy attempts to "pick up chicks" at the hospital before going to the mall.
Finally, Space Dandy again impressively makes the world one at peace, when everybody seemingly had fears of it because of a intergalactic zombie apocalypse, a theme mentioned previously in other episode analysis.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Space Dandy Episode 2 The Search for the Phantom Space Ramen is about Space Dandy and consuming
There is an old saying that states it "is a dog eat dog world." Space Dandy Episode 2: "The Search for the Phantom Space Ramen" is an example of that.
A woman's role in this film is essentially that of a secretary: a secretary for captured aliens, registration, but a secretary nonetheless.
Dandy attempts to gain money giving them his fellow Betelgeuse alien Meow as a capture bonus, but receives no reward and receives Meow back again..
Fried dragon, like a dragon roll perhaps? Demonstrating how some food is aesthetic, although unhealthy as it is fried, made of who knows what unhealthy substance.
The shots in boobies has shots of different life forms being food or consumed.
SPOILERS:
DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT THE EPISODE TO BE RUINED.
The characters in Space Dandy are like that of the characters of Cowboy Bebop: Young. Poor. Hungry.
Woolong are the currency in this continuity, making us ponder whether this is actually a Cowboy Bebop sequel, prequel, etc..
Then comes Scarlet, the first strong female presence in the film half way through the episode.
The Betelgeuse Meow ironically is revealed to have given away their location, giving a good reason why he should be thrown out, after free loading off the barely loaded Dandy. They were constantly being followed by the Golgos Empire. Apparently, Dandy doesn't try to have Meow put through the space vacuum anymore.
The show has elements of Star Trek science fiction in it, with its use of seemingly impossible space phenomenon observed by the characters: access to a wormhole to figure out how that restaurant obtains alternate universe food is quite a sci fi experience, just like the space time warp thingama-cut in the first episode.
Even more Star Trek logic, is assuming that the food was from an alternate universe, rather than just cooking it a certain way.
Finally, the very philosophical debate, given by a wise being at the end of the episode
What if you were a species or possibly just a being that can easily accidentally kill a person? Should you be killed off or jailed or given freedom? A life sentence?
It is implied Dandy lets the old man go, because he is also on the run from some sort of accident.
http://www.funimation.com/shows/space-dandy/videos/official/the-search-for-the-phantom-space-ramen-baby/anime
A woman's role in this film is essentially that of a secretary: a secretary for captured aliens, registration, but a secretary nonetheless.
Dandy attempts to gain money giving them his fellow Betelgeuse alien Meow as a capture bonus, but receives no reward and receives Meow back again..
Fried dragon, like a dragon roll perhaps? Demonstrating how some food is aesthetic, although unhealthy as it is fried, made of who knows what unhealthy substance.
The shots in boobies has shots of different life forms being food or consumed.
SPOILERS:
DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT THE EPISODE TO BE RUINED.
The characters in Space Dandy are like that of the characters of Cowboy Bebop: Young. Poor. Hungry.
Woolong are the currency in this continuity, making us ponder whether this is actually a Cowboy Bebop sequel, prequel, etc..
Then comes Scarlet, the first strong female presence in the film half way through the episode.
The Betelgeuse Meow ironically is revealed to have given away their location, giving a good reason why he should be thrown out, after free loading off the barely loaded Dandy. They were constantly being followed by the Golgos Empire. Apparently, Dandy doesn't try to have Meow put through the space vacuum anymore.
The show has elements of Star Trek science fiction in it, with its use of seemingly impossible space phenomenon observed by the characters: access to a wormhole to figure out how that restaurant obtains alternate universe food is quite a sci fi experience, just like the space time warp thingama-cut in the first episode.
Even more Star Trek logic, is assuming that the food was from an alternate universe, rather than just cooking it a certain way.
Finally, the very philosophical debate, given by a wise being at the end of the episode
What if you were a species or possibly just a being that can easily accidentally kill a person? Should you be killed off or jailed or given freedom? A life sentence?
It is implied Dandy lets the old man go, because he is also on the run from some sort of accident.
http://www.funimation.com/shows/space-dandy/videos/official/the-search-for-the-phantom-space-ramen-baby/anime
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