The story has been done lots of time. It's good for producers because there's no copyright and its easy to make a decent version. Gerard Depardieu (sp?) was in a tv version not too long ago that was alright. And I think they did a movie version 5-10 years ago with that guy from Memento that, again, was alright.
It would be nice to see it with a new or fresh angle, but I'm not holding my breath.
I watched the first two episodes last night and it was pretty good. The thing that I noticed right away was that the clothing on people was not the traditional hand painted flat colors, but computer textures that move. It's really funky but really cool.
I saw a few minutes of it at a local anime shop; it was on the store's TV. First and only thing I noticed were the crazy clothing textures; they gave me a headache. If it weren't for them, I would probably pick up more of the show.
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I saw the 1st part of the 1st DVD and it looked good. The anime guy at my video shop says it is really good.
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I have the first couple of DVDs.. the story pretty much mirrors Count of Monte Cristo.. but the real meat and potatos of the series is the stellar production values put into it. The story isnt for me.. it's too highbrow for my personal tastes, but I continue to buy the DVDs because I want the series to sell decently so US companies continue to import non traditional anime. Other series that fall within this category are BLAME and Technolyze. Didnt like the story.. liked the art and concept enough to support it.
The clothing thing makes me think of a common effect used in Hanna-Barbara and Warner Bros. cartoon where the texture of clothing would not move with the character. I assume they chose this method because it's easier than correctly animating the texture with the character. No matter the intent or actual production quality, that effect makes the whole thing look cheap to me.
The clothing thing makes me think of a common effect used in Hanna-Barbara and Warner Bros. cartoon where the texture of clothing would not move with the character. I assume they chose this method because it's easier than correctly animating the texture with the character. No matter the intent or actual production quality, that effect makes the whole thing look cheap to me.
Watching the trailer, I hated it too. Not because I felt it looked cheap, I suppose it was a stylistic choice. However, I find it hard for my eye to follow movement or make out detail when there's too much of that non-moving texture on the screen. It was a bad choice, I feel.
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Good lord, I wouldn't have expected brilliance like that from that nemeslut Quintin Stone!
How do they come up with these ideas?
It sure looks most intriguing. I will probably see it one day.
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It can't be any worse than the recent films. Seeing flashes of carnivale is promising, maybe they actually follow the book.
HBO needs to do a mini-series a la Rome or Elizabeth of this work.
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The story has been done lots of time. It's good for producers because there's no copyright and its easy to make a decent version. Gerard Depardieu (sp?) was in a tv version not too long ago that was alright. And I think they did a movie version 5-10 years ago with that guy from Memento that, again, was alright.
It would be nice to see it with a new or fresh angle, but I'm not holding my breath.
I watched the first two episodes last night and it was pretty good. The thing that I noticed right away was that the clothing on people was not the traditional hand painted flat colors, but computer textures that move. It's really funky but really cool.
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I saw a few minutes of it at a local anime shop; it was on the store's TV. First and only thing I noticed were the crazy clothing textures; they gave me a headache. If it weren't for them, I would probably pick up more of the show.
"Today's Tom Sawyer, he gets high on you, Kat. You." - Haakon7
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I'm pretty sure they roll dice.
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I saw the 1st part of the 1st DVD and it looked good. The anime guy at my video shop says it is really good.
I don't think I've ever said this sentence before, but man would I love to hump that butterfly.-- KrazyTaco
One phone call and you're melting like butter over my kettle pop. -- Edwin to Mex
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They sure roll, I'll give you that.
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"You really need to smoke a tree first to appreciate that one." - Sanjuro
I have the first couple of DVDs.. the story pretty much mirrors Count of Monte Cristo.. but the real meat and potatos of the series is the stellar production values put into it. The story isnt for me.. it's too highbrow for my personal tastes, but I continue to buy the DVDs because I want the series to sell decently so US companies continue to import non traditional anime. Other series that fall within this category are BLAME and Technolyze. Didnt like the story.. liked the art and concept enough to support it.
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The clothing thing makes me think of a common effect used in Hanna-Barbara and Warner Bros. cartoon where the texture of clothing would not move with the character. I assume they chose this method because it's easier than correctly animating the texture with the character. No matter the intent or actual production quality, that effect makes the whole thing look cheap to me.
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Watching the trailer, I hated it too. Not because I felt it looked cheap, I suppose it was a stylistic choice. However, I find it hard for my eye to follow movement or make out detail when there's too much of that non-moving texture on the screen. It was a bad choice, I feel.
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I'm able to see the patterns just fine. I'm up to episode 14. Good stuff.
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