Monday, July 24, 2006
Diving in a bit deeper....
You know that theory I made two posts back about C.R.A.B game syndrome? I've been putting some more thought into it and have now put yet another theory that has been running around my weird, demented head..... Here goes.
have you noticed this? Cause I have. You can tell the difference of a movie or video game made in America or Japan. No I'm not talking about anime. What I am talking about is the ending and what the creators do after the game or movie. Quick, name a Japanese game that didn't go... Hero: "the *insert enemy name here* have breached the walls!" Hero's friend/comic relief guy: "the fortress won't hold under that many *insert enemy name here*!!" Hero: "DANG IT!!!" Hero's friend/comic relief guy: "there's no hope" Mysterious voice: "there is hope." Hero and hero's friend/comic relief guy: GASP *scene cuts out to credits*. Yup the ever so annoying cliff-hanger ending. this is how you can tell if the game or movie was made in America. One thing I have also noticed is how its always the sequels to the big box office hits that do this. Pirates of the Caribbean 2, halo 2, half-life 2. I think it's some sort of new movie or game trend to end your 2nd movie or game as a cliff-hanger. Think about it, if a first movie sucked and it ended as a cliff hanger, would you see the second one? I don't know about you but I would say no. So the creators get around this making their first movie very popular, make a sequel, and end it as a cliff hanger. Now you HAVE to see or play the 3rd one or else your friends will say that the ending was really great and torment you by giving you these little hints like "Ooooh hey Frank, do you remember what happened to John near the end of the movie?" "Oh yes Paul, that was sooooo cool!" THAT is how they suck money off you..... plot-revealer friends.
now this topic isn't saying that American games and movies are trash and we should look to Japan for entertainment, Japan, games and cartoons in general, can be just as bad. If their cartoons are popular they tend to create an ENDLESS series, and if you miss one episode in one of the many looooooooooooong mini series you have no idea what the crap is going on and your friends (probably anime nerds) will say "Hey Chris, do you remember episode 629* (the episode that you missed) where hecto** turns into his zackerene form and defeats vigor?" "Oh yes Stan, that was a great episode! I feel sorry for the guy who missed that!" at this point in time you either stop watching the show altogether (which is highly unlikely if you have already dedicated your life to watch more than 600 dang episodes), continue to watch the crap, or if you're nerdy, watch the show until it reruns and watch the episode that you missed, or if you're REALLY nerdy buy the whole season on DVD and spend 36 hours of your pathetic life watching a stupid anime cartoon and its stupid episodes INCLUDING the one you missed. And it doesn't matter how crappy it gets, you're still ganna watch it.
* trust me when I say this 600 episodes in a anime series is the equivalent of 3 episodes of the super friends. Take Dragon Ball Z that incessant cartoon has been making.... Oh I don't know I would say 100,00 but even that seems flea-sized. And to make matters worse their still going! I think their huge collection of incessant episodes can be credited to their methods of showing you their crap. For example, this what a WHOLE episode will be dedicated to. Gokou: "HAH!!" everyone who is on gokou's side: "ahhh....."*stands there and shakes* "ahhhh....." *stands there and shakes some more* ahh.... *stands there and continues to shakes* (you get the point) Gokou: "haha! Now that I have powered up the super sayin 6,549 I can defeat you whirlpool!!" *15 minute fighting sequence of whirlpool getting his butt kicked* *whirlpool is on the floor about to die* Whirlpool: "uuhhg..." Gokou: "give up whirlpool, you have been defeated." Whirlpool: "uuhhg... heh heh heh heh heh" Gokou: "What?!" whirlpool: "HAHAHAHAHA! YOU CAN NOT DEFEAT ME! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" everyone who is on gokou's side: "ahhh....."*stands there and shakes* "ahhhh....." Now ONE episode was done.... Now throughout the 58 other episodes you get to see this crud repeated over, and over ,and over again, great huh? The way I see it, the Japanese are going to create episodes for their anime until Armageddon. My only hope is that this doesn't happen to you.
** I have a question... WHY IS EVERY CHARACTER IN AN ANIME SERIES NAMED AFTER A REAL-LIFE THING!!!?? I swear if you want to create an anime series of your own just think of an object (it doesn't matter what it is, it could be a unit of measurement, a car, a biome, a fruit, the skies the limit really) that would make a cool name like Decca, avalon, Papua, volt, it doesn't really matter as long as some of the obvious ones are spelled wrong or slightly miss-pronounced like dux, or floora, what-ever you can think of really. Don't worry, the characters image will work its self out if you think of a cool name.
games are a bit different. Although they make only 3 and sometimes 5 games if their lucky, they make them so long and "NEW FEATURED!!" and "TERRIFIC STORY LINED!!" that you say (in the words of the immortal Paul bunion from the movie American tall tales) does this story have a point? Or does it keep going on, and on, and on, and ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon like this stinkin' desert? Unless you are final fantasy which will, from the way their going, will continue to make final fantasy games until judgment day. i.e.... it keeps going on, and on, and on, and oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon like this stinkin' desert.
I think you see where I'm coming from with this, most of today's media is centered around making games, movie and cartoons suck so bad. That we aren't aware that the "man" is sucking our brains out so that we can spend oodles of cash on their products, I think it's because the economy is screwed up.... But then again, this stuff was popping up even before we elected dubya. In conclusion some anime may suck.... but it's the people who contribute to it by watching it that make it suck even more.
this is must signing out.
have you noticed this? Cause I have. You can tell the difference of a movie or video game made in America or Japan. No I'm not talking about anime. What I am talking about is the ending and what the creators do after the game or movie. Quick, name a Japanese game that didn't go... Hero: "the *insert enemy name here* have breached the walls!" Hero's friend/comic relief guy: "the fortress won't hold under that many *insert enemy name here*!!" Hero: "DANG IT!!!" Hero's friend/comic relief guy: "there's no hope" Mysterious voice: "there is hope." Hero and hero's friend/comic relief guy: GASP *scene cuts out to credits*. Yup the ever so annoying cliff-hanger ending. this is how you can tell if the game or movie was made in America. One thing I have also noticed is how its always the sequels to the big box office hits that do this. Pirates of the Caribbean 2, halo 2, half-life 2. I think it's some sort of new movie or game trend to end your 2nd movie or game as a cliff-hanger. Think about it, if a first movie sucked and it ended as a cliff hanger, would you see the second one? I don't know about you but I would say no. So the creators get around this making their first movie very popular, make a sequel, and end it as a cliff hanger. Now you HAVE to see or play the 3rd one or else your friends will say that the ending was really great and torment you by giving you these little hints like "Ooooh hey Frank, do you remember what happened to John near the end of the movie?" "Oh yes Paul, that was sooooo cool!" THAT is how they suck money off you..... plot-revealer friends.
now this topic isn't saying that American games and movies are trash and we should look to Japan for entertainment, Japan, games and cartoons in general, can be just as bad. If their cartoons are popular they tend to create an ENDLESS series, and if you miss one episode in one of the many looooooooooooong mini series you have no idea what the crap is going on and your friends (probably anime nerds) will say "Hey Chris, do you remember episode 629* (the episode that you missed) where hecto** turns into his zackerene form and defeats vigor?" "Oh yes Stan, that was a great episode! I feel sorry for the guy who missed that!" at this point in time you either stop watching the show altogether (which is highly unlikely if you have already dedicated your life to watch more than 600 dang episodes), continue to watch the crap, or if you're nerdy, watch the show until it reruns and watch the episode that you missed, or if you're REALLY nerdy buy the whole season on DVD and spend 36 hours of your pathetic life watching a stupid anime cartoon and its stupid episodes INCLUDING the one you missed. And it doesn't matter how crappy it gets, you're still ganna watch it.
* trust me when I say this 600 episodes in a anime series is the equivalent of 3 episodes of the super friends. Take Dragon Ball Z that incessant cartoon has been making.... Oh I don't know I would say 100,00 but even that seems flea-sized. And to make matters worse their still going! I think their huge collection of incessant episodes can be credited to their methods of showing you their crap. For example, this what a WHOLE episode will be dedicated to. Gokou: "HAH!!" everyone who is on gokou's side: "ahhh....."*stands there and shakes* "ahhhh....." *stands there and shakes some more* ahh.... *stands there and continues to shakes* (you get the point) Gokou: "haha! Now that I have powered up the super sayin 6,549 I can defeat you whirlpool!!" *15 minute fighting sequence of whirlpool getting his butt kicked* *whirlpool is on the floor about to die* Whirlpool: "uuhhg..." Gokou: "give up whirlpool, you have been defeated." Whirlpool: "uuhhg... heh heh heh heh heh" Gokou: "What?!" whirlpool: "HAHAHAHAHA! YOU CAN NOT DEFEAT ME! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" everyone who is on gokou's side: "ahhh....."*stands there and shakes* "ahhhh....." Now ONE episode was done.... Now throughout the 58 other episodes you get to see this crud repeated over, and over ,and over again, great huh? The way I see it, the Japanese are going to create episodes for their anime until Armageddon. My only hope is that this doesn't happen to you.
** I have a question... WHY IS EVERY CHARACTER IN AN ANIME SERIES NAMED AFTER A REAL-LIFE THING!!!?? I swear if you want to create an anime series of your own just think of an object (it doesn't matter what it is, it could be a unit of measurement, a car, a biome, a fruit, the skies the limit really) that would make a cool name like Decca, avalon, Papua, volt, it doesn't really matter as long as some of the obvious ones are spelled wrong or slightly miss-pronounced like dux, or floora, what-ever you can think of really. Don't worry, the characters image will work its self out if you think of a cool name.
games are a bit different. Although they make only 3 and sometimes 5 games if their lucky, they make them so long and "NEW FEATURED!!" and "TERRIFIC STORY LINED!!" that you say (in the words of the immortal Paul bunion from the movie American tall tales) does this story have a point? Or does it keep going on, and on, and on, and ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon like this stinkin' desert? Unless you are final fantasy which will, from the way their going, will continue to make final fantasy games until judgment day. i.e.... it keeps going on, and on, and on, and oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon like this stinkin' desert.
I think you see where I'm coming from with this, most of today's media is centered around making games, movie and cartoons suck so bad. That we aren't aware that the "man" is sucking our brains out so that we can spend oodles of cash on their products, I think it's because the economy is screwed up.... But then again, this stuff was popping up even before we elected dubya. In conclusion some anime may suck.... but it's the people who contribute to it by watching it that make it suck even more.
this is must signing out.
# posted by Mustafa's blog @ 11:15 AM 
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I really loved the name thing your talked about. It is soooo true. Pick any name of any object you want and try to build a story around it. How about if we changed the spelling of coffe slightly to Kofee. Then he could develop lightning fast speed and reflexes.
A great observation. Really enjoyed it.
A great observation. Really enjoyed it.
You laugh, but I miss the stinkin' desert going on, and on, and on, and oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon. Here we have trees. Oh and trees. And did I mention that we have trees?
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