What would you consider you a well-made, competent anime series?
not monogatari, that's for sure.
>>121669424
not that garbage. literally no story or character development at all, and just generic art from the looks of it.
>>121669424
>pic related
Cowboy bebop
>>121669424
BITCH DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO ANIME!!!!!!!
>>121669424
>>121669555
Look! The girls are naked! It's so good! WHy is this place filled with 12yos?
>>121669577
I will never understand why people praise that so much.
>>121669604
Look! The girls are naked! It's so bad! WHy is this place filled with insecure prudes?
>>121669510
>show is entirely about characters overcoming their problems
>no character development
>>121669604
>he doesn't like naked girls teasing you
It's way better than full out porn
>>121669694
Sure, but it does not "a well-made, competent anime series" make.
>>121669634
As an entry level anime compared to western shows at the time it was pretty damn good.
It's babby's first anime for many people
>>121669726
And what do you consider non-entry level ?
>>121669717
You haven't explained why not yet.
>>121669604
i find your analysis shallow and pedanticlike you
>>121669750
Anything that doesn't have dub and people won't stumble upon on american tv.
Denno Coil.
>>121669424
>just generic art from the looks of it.
I don't like the show much either, but the art is great and far from generic.
>>121669424
Monogatari is rather well made despite people whining about "slideshows", the staff at SHAFT understands that you don't need flashy animation to engage an audience as long as the layouts are done well and it shows itself to be true, people are engaged by Bakemonogatari and hence it is popular.
>>121669804
>muh secret club
i see now
>>121669424
Prisma Illya.
>>121669850
Entry level literally means easily accessible to people with little knowledge. It isn't a judgement on the quality of the work.
>>121669765
That requires explaining? Do you honestly believe something is "well-made" and "competent" as long as it includes "naked girls teasing you?" MOnogatari had potential but it ultimately suffers because the real meat that matters is hidden behind constant TnA fanservice. Is it good for a fap? Sure. Is it a well-made, competent anime series? No. It wasted its potential to tell a great story about people developing as characters in order to focus on TnA. If that's what you like, go right ahead. I can fap to that too. But I don't think it constitutes a well-made series to detract from real opportunities to tell a story just to provide a bunch of blatant fanservice. The worst thing about this to me if how a lot of the hardcore fans will even try to argue that the fanservice is an integral part of the storytelling that moves the plot along. At times sexuality is important, sure, but blatant fansertvicey scenes are not that. It's one thing to explore the changing relationship dynamics after two people have had sex. It's another thing to have a brother shoving a toothbrush in his sister's face for a couple minutes to pretend its some sort of deep exploration of their relationship. It's cheap fanservice that detracted from the storytelling, as was MOST of the fanservicey stuff in the show, though admittedly not all.
Nichijou
>>121669833
I can understand why some people would consider Monogatari to be bad/boring. It took me 3 tries to actually start watching it properly. Dropped Bakemonogatari twice because I didn't find it interesting to go past a couple of episodes. But then on the third try, something "clicked", and I began to want to know more about the characters and see how they would interact each other and develop.
It's a highly character centric series. If the characters don't interest you, chances are you won't like it, and you'll wonder why people sing high praises of it.
>>121669424
>>121669662
wow the monoshitari defense force is out at full strength today!
i dropped teh show 3 eps in because it was just shitty garbage fanservice otaku pandering bullshit. most overrated show ever, and one of the worst to.
>>121669885
i think you just became so focused on the nudity, so tunnel-visioned that you stopped looking at the great story telling woven throughout the show. faggot.
Hunter x Hunter is the most well made series I've seen, I do have other personal favorites though but HxH takes the cake
>>121669850
Nah nothing like that. I'm actually speaking from experience.
My first shows ever were, if you don't consider pokemon and digimon:
Elfen lied
Death Note
Cowboy beebop
Haruhi
And how do you think I found out about them before I knew anything about anime? It's from those countless shitty youtube amv people made with evanescence music in the background. All of those shows were dubbed and pretty popular even with normies.
And now I have the nostalgia factor for them because it got me into other anime. I don't even remember much about them.
>>121669998
I talked about that storytelling. I obviously saw it. I'm saying all the blatant fanservice detracted from it. You think it required "tunnel vision" to see all the fanservice in monogatari? Seriously? You'd need to be blind to not see it everywhere, in every episode, all the time.
>>121669982
>buzzwords:the post
/v/ pls stay in your containment board.
>>121670045
>dat storytelling
>dat character development
>>121669820
Good answer.
>>121670026
Shit answer.
Perfect.
>>121670041
You're a faggot for not being able to separate the plot from the PLOT. Monogatari easily also wastes time for stupid puns.
>>121670041
no but it takes some serious tunnel vision to ignore writing like that
>>121670075
The idea that good storytelling can't coexist with fanservice is absolutely retarded.
>>121670130
you i like
>>121669885
>it ultimately suffers because the real meat that matters is hidden behind constant TnA fanservice
>detract from real opportunities to tell a story just to provide a bunch of blatant fanservice
So you admit you are just too retarded to be able to pay attention if there are tits on the screen?
That seems like a personal problem.
Monogatari had a great story and characters and having TnA did not detract from it at all. Why should it? There is no reason it had to unless you are a giant prude and shut your eyes every time someone got even half naked.
>>121670111
>stupid puns
Which is something I didn't even mention that also makes it fall flat. I also didn't even get into what passes for animation from SHAFT and how that also detracted from opportunities to make something that was great. People aren't drawn to Monogatari because of its compelling writing or quality animation, things that make a "well-made competent anime series;" They're there for the PLOT. See: everything thread about the series, ever.
>>121670197
>People aren't drawn to Monogatari because
>hi, I'm a nobody and here I am talking for the rest of the population
>>121670197
>People aren't drawn to Monogatari because of its compelling writing or quality animation, things that make a "well-made competent anime series;" They're there for the PLOT.
Speak for yourself. Just because you can't pay attention to the rest of the show when you see some boobs, doesn't mean everyone else is like that.
>>121670026
>Well-made
Yes
>Competent
Not with an incompetent hack working on it.
>>121670197
i see your game now
>>121670197
>Not enjoying Nisio's lame puns.
It's almost as if you don't like having pun.
>>121670230
>>121670237
Yeah there are so many thought provoking conversations being had about this series all the time!
>>121670197
>Taking threads on /a/ seriously.
People watch it for a multitude of reasons just like any other anime.
>>121670237
>>121670256
Glad to see you agree.
>>121670247
>someone disagrees with me
>call their arguments bait
Every time.
>>121670256
But there are. Or are you going back to your logic of "There are lewd posts in this thread, that must mean nothing of importance is being discussed in all of it."
>>121670256
Only, there actually are a lot of discussions about the series, and most of it doesn't involve fanservice. You'd know it if you had actually taken the time to read through Monogatari threads.
>>121670276
See >>121670130
>>121670197
The only thing I agree with you about is the writing. Monogatari is a one trick pony in that respect. The characters are trying so hard to be witty and wordy that they are pratically masturbatory devices for the authors ego rather than real people involved in a drama.
>>121670297
>claim something about the entire fanbase's motivation while not even being a fan
>not bait
choose one.
>>121670197
>>121670111
>stupid puns
What like "I stuttered" shit with snail?
You seem to think that shaft invented those. The show is like an illustration to a book. There isn't a lot of action going on because many of the LN is dialog, which is why you get random scenes all the time and the only thing they can really animate is the PLOT.
The LN and Japanese language is very heavy on spelling and pronunciation puns. I admit I can't fully understand them because I don't know the language at all, but I know this much about it at least.
Saying something is retarded because you don't understand it is really narrow minded.
>>121670297
What argument? You just projected yourself to others thinking people have the same reasons of watching the show like you do.
>>121669982
>no character development
>dropped it 3 eps in
anon is a faggot
>>121670344
>There isn't a lot of action going on because many of the LN is dialog, which is why you get random scenes all the time and the only thing they can really animate is the PLOT.
And here we get to the real root of the problem. Had this series been written for the purposes of something other than an LN, there wouldn't have been so much sex shoved in because fuck you, it's an LN, that's why.
How about shutting up about Monogatari and not getting so assblasted over one idiot's comments?
It's good, and competent at the very least at what it tries to do.
>>121670410
What's wrong with sex?
>>121670438
That "idiot" has so far managed to provide far better arguments than you for his opinion.
quite frankly anime is fucking garbage. every script is thoughtless, all the characters are one-dimensional, and the animation almost always cuts huge corners.
LOGH is an extremely competent sci-fi story (by the standards of sci-fi, which is a shit genre).
Maybe Gunbuster too (interesting ideas, beautiful animation)
>>121670460
Don't refer to yourself in the third person, idiot.
>>121669982
dude the show starts at episode 12
>>121670492
LOGH is a fucking terrible anime, might aswell be a drama CD the amount of effort put into the visual.
>>121670460
>arguments
There are literally none. You are a faggot.
"Nudity and sexuality is bad" is not an argument, it's autism.
>>121670542
yeah the visuals are boring and the design is fucking pathetic. but i think it's by far the most competently written anime out there.
>>121670548
"It's good" is even less of one.
>>121670492
What about shows that are pure fun?
Or are you the type that only watches things that are serious business?
>>121670410
but how come you're you so opposed to the sexuality of it all? just because the promiscuity is so visually detailed and so extensively thought out doesn't mean the show depends on it to engage viewers. if you think lewdity is why people watch monogatari then you're a serious faggot
>>121669424
>recommendation thread
ITS OKAY WHEN MONOGATARI DOES IT
>>121670574
i guess i am. i just don't enjoy shows/movies that are "pure fun." if i don't feel like i'm being challenged at some level, however miniscule, i feel like a child.
>>121670573
>I only acknowledge arguments I agree with and ignore all the rest
>>121670611
Exactly what I thought reading your post.
>>121669510
>and just generic art from the looks of it.
>hasn't even seen the show
>literally shitposting for the sake of shitposting
>>121670607
>being challenged
>feel like a child
I this really how you really feel or is this how you think you should feel because of what society tells you?
>>121670606
Dude hidden rec threads are a thing of the past.
Now people use hidden monogatari threads.
Fucking genius.
>>121670573
That wasn't even an argument, so no point in labeling it as such. Why are you so stupid?
>>121670567
What about WMT shows like Anne of Green Gables or Little Women? Those are literary classics, surely they are more competently written than LOGH?
>>121670573
I enjoy watching it anon. So do lots of other people. That's why it's good. Have you even tried to provide an argument for why it's bad?
>>121670445
Where did I ever say there was anything wrong with sex? My initial posts even talked about how it was used effectively in some instances. My argument is that the series wastes opportunities to be great in order to be sexy instead. I don't think that makes a well-made, competent anime series. I think it shows a weakness in the creators, a greater desire to sell the product to as many people as they can with the fanservice, than to tell a great story regardless of how wlel it will sell. But really, the problem here is that it's an LN adaptation. I have never seen a single one of those that I would call well-made and competent, because LNs pretty much as a rule, are not well made or competent. They're quick, cheap cash-grabs aimed at a shallow demographic. We're talking about a medium were entries commonly have plot summaries for titles because the market is so saturated with similar crap that their shallow audience can't be bothered to flip the book over to read a summary on the back cover. Gotta hook them with the title and the sexy art on the cover or you're done.
>>121670607
>fun makes me feel like a child
How horrifying.
>>121670607
then maybe you should try something other than the chinese cartoon industry to "challenge" you, edgelord.
i hear mcdonalds is putting mazes on their paper place mats.
>>121670654
what is there to hide about the monogatari series?
It's gud and enjoyable.
>>121670672
The point has gone over your head.
>>121670681
Lots of people enjoy watching Naruto, I guess that is good aswell now. Retard.
>>121670681
Well then I guess Naruto is the best fucking thing ever isn't it? Every post in this well-made, competent anime thread better start praising Naruto because "a lot of people like it."
>>121670650
it's just the way i am. i despise action movies because it just feels like i'm wasting my time. oh, an explosion, oh a beautiful girl. and i'm supposed to go "yah!" and root for the hero etc. (i feel the same way about cowboy bebop. I'm supposed to go "oh, these characters are so cool! this show is so stylish!"). don't mean to step on anyone's toes really.
and for the record, i would have thought that society promotes "pure fun" stuff, not discourages it.
>>121670720
The difference is that narutards have shit taste.
Escaflowne
best titel song.
>>121670707
For its fanbase it is good anon. Don't get so mad about Chinese cartoons freind.
>>121670685
>the series wastes opportunities to be great in order to be sexy instead
What the fuck are you talking about? How does it do that?
Provide examples please.
>all LN adaptations are shitty
>all LNs are shitty
Why the fuck are you even here?
>>121670700
Do you see what happens with monogatari threads?
Most of them start off fine and finish like this.
I enjoy it too.
>>121670675
i've not seen anne of green gables, but yeah you're probably right.
>>121670693
wow guess what i do. i give literally any art form a solid chance, anime included. are you like 14 years old?
>>121669820
Good taste respect
>>121670685
at least you're making sense now. but still
>>121669768
>>121669717
Nobody ever said monogatari was a well-made, competent anime series because it has fanservice.
It's a well-made, competent anime series that has some of the best way of doing fanservice I've ever seen.
>>121670685
This is kinda true about the pretty girls attracting buyers. I've recently started playing a little game by noticing what kind off loops and bullshit they will go through to put the main girls into swimsuits or sneak in even if the show takes place somewhere totally unrelated.
>>121670707
>>121670720
Alot of people don't find Naruto enjoyable.
Alot of people don't find the Haruhi anime enjoyable.
Alot of people don't find the Madoka anime enjoyable.
What is that telling us?
Nothing.
What somebody likes and what not is completly subjective.
>>121670774
Here the end was there from the beginning I guess then. This is worse then Monkey-fags shitting up a thread.
>>121670740
You should really stop wasting your time with anime, as it clearly isn't the medium you are after, not kidding get to watching serious film.
>>121670707
>enjoyable things are bad
Literally your logic right now.
Unless your logic is people enjoy watching Monogatari and people enjoy watching Naruto therefore Monogatari is Naruto.
Either way you're fucking retarded.
>>121670707
>The point has gone over your head.
Sure, it did. I'm beginning to think that's the natural course of action of an idiot being called out on their stupidity.
>>121670720
>people enjoying a series is proof that it's bad
Are you fucking serious? Calm your fucking autism.
>>121670809
>What is that telling us?
>Nothing.
That was the exact point the posts you responded to made.
>>121670811
thanks for the rec but i have seen most of the films in that graphic. but sometimes i'm in the mood for anime, and i'll give one a shot. hence why i'm lurking /a/ right now.
>>121670782
>not seeing the point
it's no wonder you sound like an edgy 12 year old. you are.
>>121670843
I assume most people watching anime think of film as hollywood, so I gave you the entry level chart.
>>121670812
Hey man, I'm not the one who said "I enjoy watching it anon. So do lots of other people. That's why it's good." That's probably the stupidest thing I've read on /a/ yet today and I was watching Kronie's shitposting spree a couple hours ago.
I utterly despise shows that hold back their quality for majority of episodes just so they can animate one scene in one episode with insanely high frames per second.
I think that's rules out all Gainax shows and Trigger.
Out of true curiosity, I've only watched the monogatari animes, but were the novels actually full of PLOT like we got in the anime version?
Quite frankly, even after watching all the anime I am still not sure what the author is trying to convey. Whether thats because SHAFT did a terrible job, I am too retarded to see it, or a mixture of both I really don't know.
It just seems that absolutely nothing happens. 1st episode we find out one of the girls has an issue, 12 episodes later Araragi pulls a, "oh just do this."
"............kay." And POOF, it's all fixed.
>>121670838
Why do you guys come here and start shitting up these threads instead of watching some serious film or somewhat.
I mean I don't bash everybody who listens to some Drumstep crap and I still don't find that enjoyable.
>>121670812
No you are missing the point completely. The poster I responded to says "I like monogatari and a lot of other people do thus monogatari is good" I am pointing out that his point is retarded because you could make the argument Naruto is good following the exact same reasoning he used. It is showing how absurd his argument is thus discrediting it. Demonstrating that the number of people who like something has little connection to it being good or not.
>>121670811
What Hollywood trash like Transformers?
>>121669533
This.
>>121670809
Actually yes.
I would love a monogatari thread with no fan-service at all. It would be lovely.
I guess people need to post the same webm 10 times over which makes the random faggot think that there is only fan-service and nothing else.
>>121670864
I was referring to why sexuality is good anon. Being enjoyed by people because it connects with us like nothing else is why it's good to use. People have been using sexuality in art for a very long fucking time.
Why it's bad is something you faggots have yet to answer.
>>121669424
>pic unrelated
>>121670880
well did you like the show or not? that's all that really matters in your case, since you're not spewing autism.
>>121670880
None of the issues are resolved by the end of Bakemonogatari. What are you talking about?
>>121670740
See that's the thing. There seems to be a thin line between pure fun and dumb fun for retards.
There are a lot of Hollywood cashgrab action films that are pure shit. But then you get stuff like The Raid, John wick, Dredd and the like. Both basically do the same thing but somehow are different.
It's like the difference between 80's parodies and shit like "from the writers of scary movie".
I'm ok with pure fun animes because they can really make the animation and the theme work in their favor. But if they were to make a live action show of the same thing I would cringe extremely hard. I don't know how to really explain it well but all I'm saying is that pure fun isn't bad and you shouldn't worry about enjoying something.
>>121670076
>>121670785
The show gets little love on /a/.
>>121670907
Get some reading comprehension, I was referring to sexuality in general, not monogatari.
You have yet to explain why you thing sexuality is bad and shouldn't be portrayed.
>>121670926
>only fan-service and nothing else.
Good thing I never said or implied that. Learn to read.
>>121670969
Your post nor the one you were responding to say anything about sexuality. It is not evident from context nor written in your post. You need to explain yourself properly rather than blaming this on other people. If you intend to make a point it is your responsibility to make it clear for other people what you are trying to communicate otherwise why should you even bother to make it?
>>121670962
>John wick
>>121671023
it's good I know
>>121670969
And I won;t explain that because I don't hold that belief? Is English not your native tongue? I've stated this pretty clearly multiple times now. You're either intentionally misrepresenting my arguments because you can't argue against the ones I've actually made, or you're just plain stupid.
>>121671055
>>121670969
>>121670907
>>121670812
>>121670707
Am I missing [spiler] IRONY [/spoiler] here?
>>121671019
Read the fucking posts faggot
>There are literally none. You are a faggot.
"Nudity and sexuality is bad" is not an argument, it's autism.
>"It's good" is even less of one.
>I enjoy watching it anon. So do lots of other people. That's why it's good. Have you even tried to provide an argument for why it's bad?
I guess this explains how you got lost watching monogatari too. All the TnA distracted you and you turned into a retard.
>>121670949
I enjoyed the banter between Araragi and most of the girls. Not sure about the series as a whole. Half the time I just wanted them to move onto the next scene, and the good scenes that I enjoyed never seemed to last long enough. Quite frankly I believe Snake is worthless but that's just my opinion man.
Not quite sure how I feel on the sisters. I can't tell if they actually love their brother more than a brother or if that's just SHAFTs pandering to their fanbase. Maybe a little of a) and b).
I do enjoy Araragi's banter with Shinobu and Crab though. Those are personally some of my favorite scenes.
>>121671089
>"Nudity and sexuality is bad" is not an argument, it's autism.
It's also not something anyone said, other than you.
>>121671089
Nobody has been talking about that since a fucking age ago. Even
>"It's good" is even less of one.
was referring to an argument made before that post. To this one
>It's good, and competent at the very least at what it tries to do.
You have been arguing with yourself over a point nobody else has paid any attention to. I think you have the reading issues here if you think that was the argument we were having until now.
>>121670871
But TTGL had a lot of good animation all over. Except for that one desert episode
>>121671151
>Except for that one desert episode
You mean the best one?
>>121671151
The one that made me nearly drop it.
>>121671102
snake is worthless. as a person anyway. if you only hate her for her personality and not for shortcomings in how she was written then she's fine as a character.
and it just sounds like the show developed at a pace different from what you were expecting.
>>121670926
Why do you care about the random faggots though? If you ignore them they will fuck off and you'll get to talk in your thread with people who want to discuss real point about the gataris and others who want the PLOT.
>>121670979
Fucking hell did I ever mention you in that post?
It's a generalization, a weak on I do admit but just look for yourself, nearly all threads talk only about fan-service even though it was not the initial point. Don't take it so personally.
>>121670963
It did, you see it's often in the "AOTS threads".
Like Lain, people love Lain but there is nothing to discuss anymore.
>>121671089What is the spoiler key-bind? Must be annoying typing that shit every-time no?
>>121671120
We are literally fucking arguing over this right now.
That faggot has been saying "nudity is bad and ruining the show" for the entire thread.
>>121669885
>>121670410
>>121670573
That is the only bases for his entire argument. Monogatari has naked people in it and therefore that's bad.
>>121671193
No we aren't arguing over that at all, we are arguing about
>I enjoy watching it anon. So do lots of other people. That's why it's good.
and if that is a valid point or not, which it is not.
good times in this thread
>>121671146
>There are literally none. You are a faggot.
>"Nudity and sexuality is bad" is not an argument, it's autism.
Reply with
>"It's good" is even less of one.
Now you are pretending to be talking about something else which is not even fucking mentioned in any of the posts.
>It's good, and competent at the very least at what it tries to do.
You didn't even fucking mention this post or how you even disagree.
Can you backpedal any faster?
And you still fail to provide any argument to why Monogatari is bad.
>>121671183
>Like Lain, people love Lain but there is nothing to discuss anymore.
Lain gets daily threads despite that. Denno is lucky to get one a week, and those die without a reply 7 times out of 10.
>>121671193
Show me where anon said "nudity is bad and ruining the show" and that it isn't just you misrepresenting the arguments that are actually being made. Because I'm not seeing it in any of the posts you're quoting there.
>>121671228
How is enjoying something not an argument for something being good? I can't explain why I enjoy looking at sexually charged imagery. It something I connect to because I have a libido.
You haven't given one shred of evidence or an argument as to why it's bad.
>>121670837
>>121670969
The things I would do to monkey, goddamn
>>121671183
There's really nothing to discuss in Eva either, but there are always Eva threads.
>>121671322
I enjoy something and lots of other people enjoy something is not a valid argument for it being good. I already demonstrated that. I enjoy Naruto and so do lots of other people. Does that mean Naruto is also good?
>>121671319
>>121669885
>it ultimately suffers because the real meat that matters is hidden behind constant TnA fanservice
>It wasted its potential to tell a great story about people developing as characters in order to focus on TnA
>detract from real opportunities to tell a story just to provide a bunch of blatant fanservice
Right there. The only argument in the entire post is "TnA is distracting me from the story and character development so I will pretend there is none".
>>121671363
We already discussed everything. There is nothing to discuss anymore.
The only thing left to do is shipping waifus/husbandos.
>>121671363
Eva attracts a lot of idiots who don't pay attention to the show. One just the other day watched the entire series and EOE without knowing Yui was in Unit 01.
>>121671380
Why do complimentary colors look good together?
Why is running water soothing to listen to?
Why are you such a faggot?
If you can explain these things to me I'll think about explaining why nudity is pleasing to look at.
>>121671415
Hey, I didn't even know Rei was a clone even after watching EoE.
>>121671438
This is all entirely irrelevant to the the point being made. Either Naruto is good or your argument for why "sexually charged imagery" is good is bullshit. Pick one.
>>121671322
You're using subjective terms like good and bad, but the topic of the thread was "well-made, competent anime series." I'd argue that these are more objective statements that would take certain aspects of a show and its production into account, not just wether or not you enjoyed it. Because, as I pointed out before, Naruto is enjoyed by many people around the world and I don't think you're going to argue that it's well-made and competent. It's filled with QUALITY and most of the characters are stupid one-dimensional pieces of shit. Lret's not even get into the horrid writing.
I think you can make arguments about Monogatari being well-made and competent, but I haven't seen you make any. On the flip-side, I have been making a bunch of arguments about how I feel the focus on fanservice detracts from those things that had the potential to make the Monogatari series great. You've chosen to either intentionally misrepresent these arguments as "nudity is bad" which is leading us nowhere fast. I think I already hit the nail on the head when it comes to Monogatari's major flaw though: it's an LN. If it had been written as a manga, or an original anime series, it would not have suffered from the coinstraints of the medium and would've had more room to tell its story in ways that were competent, compelling, thought provoking. As opposed to ways that are boner-enducing. I've never once said there is anything wrong with sexuality. Monogatari is hot, sure. But it's only competent for an adaptation of an LN, not in general, and I definitely don't think what passes for animation from SHAFT makes it well-made either.
>>121671309
True but the Lain threads are mostly composed of f/a/uxx, bearsuit/slowpoke and the OP lyrics.
I'm not blaming since, like previously said everything has been said but it's hardly discussing the anime itself.
Coil is pretty complex, if they were a thread now I could not help since I do not remember well enough, I can't believe I'm the only one in that case too.
>>121671363
Rei>Asuka.
300 replies.
>>121671415
That is actually quite amusing.
>>121671464
Let me guess you also misread the lance of longinus as the lance of longitude.
>>121671322
Because in Aspergerstan simply liking something isn't even a valid reason to like it, much less think it's good. At the very least one must have a bulleted list of reasons why the show is better than all other shows. Also it is imperative that the show not be popular. Having more than 100 fans is conclusive evidence that the show is not good.
>>121671489
I haven't fucking watched Naruto, I can't fucking tell you why it's good or shit.
Comparing an entire work to a facet of human emotion makes you a gigantic faggot though. You can discuss characters, plot and themes of Naruto.
Why is the human body beautiful? Because we are biologically hardwired to see it that way. You can try bringing in math and the golden ration if you want but you not being able to understand the appeal in sexuality makes you fucking autistic.
If you want to judge stuff objectively you first need to give criteria by which to judge them.
Just saying the "what would you consider" invites stating opinions which is in no way a meter for quality.
>>121671499
You haven't explained how the fanservice detracts from anything. If the argument "nudity is bad" is not something you're putting forward why is the fanservice bad?
>>121671570
>I haven't fucking watched Naruto, I can't fucking tell you why it's good or shit.
You don't need to watch the show. I am pointing out the flaw in the logic of your argument. There are many popular things that you would consider bad and this directly contradicts your line of reasoning whereby "I like it and lots of other people like it therefore its good". Justin Beiber for example.
>>121671570
You can't tell me, but by your prior reasoning, I can tell you that it's very very good. Why? Because a lot of people like it.
>>121671502
There's always at least some discussion on the show. Usually in the form of "is it pretentious or not?" to my knowledge.
>Coil is pretty complex, if they were a thread now I could not help since I do not remember well enough, I can't believe I'm the only one in that case too
This is true for me, though, I do remember a significant amount. I need to give a rewatch one of these days.
>That is actually quite amusing.
It would be if the person didn't get assblasted when called out on being ignorant and acting haughty.
>>121669424
>competent
>chinese children's cartoons
>>121671611
It's not something I'm putting forward. Seriously, can you not read? Re-read my posts. There really aren't that many words there, anon.
>>121671613
Why the fuck are you comparing liking a complete show with enjoying one facet of a visual medium, i.e. the human body? How are you so retarded that you even try to make the comparison?
>>121671650
So why is the fanservice bad? How does it detract form the storytelling? You haven't explained that at all.
sidonia
>>121671634
Ghibli.
Your move.
>>121671611
He said that because it's an adaptation of an LN with lot's of dialog the only thing they can really focus on other than the dialog is the fanservice. Which is exactly what you have in the show.
If shaft made an original series about supernatural stuff they might not focus on the fan service so much.
He's basically saying they didn't really have any choice in the matter because of how the LN was written. You need to understand the fanservice is in the LNs too. It'snot invented.
>>121671611
>You haven't explained how the fanservice detracts from anything.
I thought that was pretty obvious. You've watched Monogatari I presume? There is a metric ton of blatant fanservice everywhere, in every episode. There is a great story in there too, mostly about characters developing, a story with some real potential. But this takes a backseat to the fanservice. The fanservicey type things are rarely used in such a way that they actuually move the plot, the character development forward, and in these cases I think it's great that they do that. But the majority of the series is not character development and plot. The majority of the series is PLOT. That's what I mean. The focus on fanservice detracts from, takes away from, reduces, the focus on character development, on plot. It does this to a very large degree even. Again, I thought this was obvious.
>>121671683
No it is just you that is retarded here. The examples themselves are irrelevant. They are being used to highlight how your logic is fallacious. It does not follow at all that many people having opinion x about thing y means opinion x is the case.
>>121671701
>fanservice bad
Fanservice pollutes the story and basically voids all serious intentions.
>>121671628
Okay, once again, how the fuck are you comparing attraction to something on a basic instinctual level to something that is supposed to be a complete creative work.
I can explain why that I like Starry Night because of the brushstrokes and complementary colors. I can't explain why I like the brush strokes or why complementary colors look good.
>>121671630
True, I forgot about that, you're right.
>I need to give a rewatch one of these days.
Me too, I can't even remember what the code does/is. Thank you for reminding me.
>It would be if the person didn't get assblasted when called out on being ignorant and acting haughty
People take /a/ way too seriously. That being said, it's probably the reason why you're here forever.
>>121671722
>bears
DROP.
>>121671334
Name a few.
>>121671791
shit you're right
nothing since champloo then
>>121671746
First of all you are grossly over exaggerating the amount of fanservice in the first place. It is not in every episode and when it is only for one or two scenes.
Second how does story telling or character development take a backseat to fanservice? Why can't you have both? Monogatari manages to have were well written and developed characters and now an actual plot while still having lots of ero. Why it can't have both is not something you've ever explained.
>>121671753
Why does it do that? How does it do that?
>>121671791
Bear with it.
>>121671767
How the fuck are you missing this point? You like it, so it's good right? Well I like fucking you in the ass, so fucking you in the ass is good. The problem here is with your "i like thing so thing is good" reasoning.
>>121671752
Are you fucking serious? You just asked me the equivalent of why I like the color blue. There is no fucking way to explain why I enjoy sexual imagery. Why do you like certain flavours?
Comparing that to a a finished creative work that tries to write characters and themes and ideas, things you can break down and analyze, is retarded.
>>121671883
Great example anon. Do you like playing with your dick? If so explain why you like it, and if not explain why you don't like it.
>>121671951
You really are just that fucking stupid. Wow.
>>121671921
The ability to explain why something is good is in no way related to the truth of the matter. The argument that "a lot of other people like it and i like it therefore it is good" is not logically sound regardless of what you apply it to all it can ever show is that the opinion is popular not that it is right.
>>121671921
No one gives a shit about why you like the thing. They take issue with your reasoning that liking a thing is what makes it good.
>>121672014
Well there has been no fucking reasoning as to why the thing is bad.
So if the thing is neither good or bad it can't be used to prove the quality of a work it's in.
Proper release of Tsukimonogatari when?
>>121671858
It could be both, and in a very few instances it is. I even talked about how I liked that. But it's not both, because most of the time it's just fanservice for the sake of fanservice. What is this telling me about the characters and their development? >>121669555
>>121669744
>>121670045
>>121670372
>>121670539
Is it telling me anything about that or is it just fanservice? I don't believe that you aren't getting this anymore. I think you're just arguing for the sake of arguing anymore.
>>121672052
My argument was that it wasn't well-made or competent, not about whether or not it's good or bad. There's at least one other person arguing with you though.
>>121672096
Because >>121669555 and >>121670372 was exposition
>>121669744 was character development of snake and her relationship with araragi
>>121670539 was exposition
>>121670045 was the only one not really doing either but it was pleasing to watch.
Why is having a few scenes here and there that are just nice to watch bad? Not every second has to be driving the plot or character development. This is called pacing.
>>121672191
Good or bad isn't an argument I'm having. It's not well-made or competent because the fanservice is forced in all the time often at the behest of character development and plot. It's nicely blended on one or two occasions and in every other instance is just there because it can be, to make it sexy, to make it sell. It's an LN adaptation, so what do you expect really, right? So sure, it's competent, for an LN adaptation. It's not competent in general though. And it sure as shit isn't well made.
>>121672191
>exposition
>exposition
>exposition
Is this nigga serious?
>>121672191
If you're going to call blatant fanservice just for the sake of being fanservicey exposition, I'm done. You clearly weren't actually interested in a debate about these issues from the beginning with the way you kept intentionally misrepresenting my arguments, but now you're just fucking trolling.
>>121672313
>talking about snake after koi, Araragi's insitance of doing everything himself and introducing his slide into full vampirism
>not exposition
>if there are tits on the screen nothing of value must have been discussed.
>>121672352
>blatant fanservice
What the fuck is this? Do you mean it was unnecessary? Well shit, moving pictures are unnecessary, the whole thing could have been a black screen with a voiceover. I don't understand how making it visually appealing is somehow bad.
There is no fucking issue other than your inability to appreciate all spectrums of human emotions including libido because you are a stuck up autist.
>>121670276
Gigguk
>>121669424
Berserk
Claymore
Monster
Steins;Gate
>>121672527
>There is no fucking issue other than your inability to appreciate all spectrums of human emotions including libido because you are a stuck up autist.
Explain to me how random screens of color in between scenes and shots of a character's head that fills out only the bottom left of the screen is "appreciating spectrums of human emotions" because that to me is just fucking bullshit. Shaft can get away with it literally because the fans eat that shit up. You know what else has great exposition but doesn't need breaks in animation to convey it to the watchers? Haruhi.
Negima used that shitty style of animation and look where it got them. Nowhere.
You Monogatarishits have to stop defending this cancerous animation style.
>>121674607
>Haruhi having great exposition
>it's just Koizumi talking
Good one
Also you were specifically talking about fanservice, not the rest of the art direction.
If you want to argue that Shinbo is a bad director and not extremely successful who's been imitated but never successfully then go ahead.
But you'd be wrong.
>ITT: People seriously and vehemently arguing over others subjective taste.
Also Crab the bestest.
>>121673642
>Also Crab the bestest.
But that is not Bird.
>>121675034
>can't even quote posts properly
sasuga birgdfag
>>121674803
>it's just Koizumi talking
At least it has lots more going on that being Exposition: The Anime, using fanservice to distract you from how boring the pretentious infodumps are. And what's more, you teenage shits justify it as tasteful. Fucking reddit. Fanservice serves only 1 thing and 1 thing only: to titillate the viewer. Doing it during exposition is not a new thing, ecchi shows in the past have been doing it for WAY longer but you niggers don't know because you eat anything MAL says is good.
>Also you were specifically talking about fanservice, not the rest of the art direction.
That anon wasn't me. I'm talking technical camera angles. Do that in movies and you'd be labeled a reject. Watch ANY Japanese drama and you'd see the same camera angles which look so awkward in real. I CRINGE at the camera angles Bake uses. That's how shitty it is.
Also, the only reason Shinbo is successful is because you fans eat all of it up since you know no better. As shitty Kyoani and Production IG anime are they know camera angles. Not the repetitive "artistic" bullshit Shinbo craps out.
>start of exposition scene
>random slide of random color
>surprised face on character
>random body part zoom in on the other character
>another random slide of random color
>same person but different camera angle
>rinse and repeat
>multiple variations include moving backgrounds, Shaft's trademark titled heads, and boobs
>>121675090
Give me a break I'm slighty drunk.
>>121675251
>stop liking what I don't like
Well it all boils down to this in the end.
Also using well choreographed ero scenes during exposition is worse than just having a guy just talk about it?
>Doing it during exposition is not a new thing
Nobody says it's new, monogatari just does it really well. Obviously you disagree but then it just sucks to be you.
>>121675034
>>121675288
Even Arararagi is better at dancing Platinium Disco than her.
>>121670685
>Know nothing of Kodansha LN and Bunko releases
>call every each of them as the same garbage as other LN
Anon, as far as I am concern, Kodansha and Dengeki novel shits are quality weabs and otaku are searching right now.
>sexy covers to attract readers
sole proof that you have never seen Monogatari, or other Nisio books at all. They are boxes without much exposition, and the back "summary" didn't really help much.
>>121675389
>putting words in my mouth
All I did was talk about technical direction since you brought up Shinbo first saying I'm wrong because I said he was a bad director. Don't feel bad about not being able to rebut.
>Also using well choreographed ero scenes during exposition is worse than just having a guy just talk about it?
How about making it better? Instead of only using either fanservice or muh symbolism as filler material during exposition scenes, how about showing exactly what the characters are talking about, either in a memory or in a flashback? I'm not saying this because Shinbo is wrong in this regard, I'm saying this because it promotes laziness in animation. It's generally easier to animate naked women with no detail (or even static characters doing one single action with moving backgrounds, or just plain colored slides with some flowery designs on them) on them the way Shaft does it. But "intellectuals" like this kind of style because these people feel that fanservice is "justified" when these kinds of things happen. Pretentious little fuckers incarnate.
>monogatari just does it really well
It does well because you niggers don't raise your voices to it or don't know better. I already mentioned this in my previous post.
>>121675623
Because it does do flashbacks when it needs to. It also shows what they are talking about just as much, >>121670539 for example.
I don't think taking the naked part out will make it any better either. You're the one who seems to irrationally hate it for no reason.
If you are so certain other shows do it better why don't you link an example. Because right now this is your example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxVEntzj-Q
>>121675816
>I don't think taking the naked part out will make it any better either.
What? I didn't say to take out all the fanservice. It works in that scene because the whole scene is about it. Also, great job shoehorning on the fanservice argument when my post wasn't about it.
Haruhi's deduction scene with the real world sepia tone is far better than this bs. First fucking scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grPp0x18QtI
It doesn't show how Senjougahara underwent all that she claimed, just some still shots of muh symbolism. Not even a hint of HOW she met the crab, just her naked body and translucent crab outline. They even lampshade it with the line, "Oh there is no need for you to understand." Yes they showed the whole weight thing with the bath scale, but it's just functional fanservice so I give them less credit than I would've.
>>121669424
* Kaze no Stigma
* Heroic Age
* Strike Witches, 2ace
* Freezing, 2ace
* Ghost Hunt
* Nabari no Ou
* Rogue Hero's Aesthetics
* Ikkitousen starting from series 2, 2ace
* Godless Sunday
* Problem Children
* Shining Bread
* and maybe Kantai Collection
>>121676264
Why would it show that? It's told from the point of Araragi, you're seeing what he sees and what he imagines when she explains it.
Meanwhile the direction of the shots is interesting, it's not even muh symbolism. Is that something you through out every time a shot isn't done from the default angle in the default lighting?
Meanwhile in Haruhi it's two guys talking on a boat and they don't even try to keep it interesting.
>monogashitari defense force
Absolutely disgusting.
>>121676704
>people actually discussing
>Absolutely disgusting
You sicken me, shitoposter-kun.
>>121676704
You already posted the same shit twice, anon. Keep your autism in check, please.
>>121676646
>Why would it show that?
Oh I don't know. Visual information? Industry standards? I'd understand like Araragi's ahoge symbolizing an erection but fucking translucent crabs aren't enough. The crab stripped her of all her weight. That's a very important part of that exposition. Why isn't it expounded upon? If it's Araragi's point of view, is his imagination that poor? When obviously it's not given all the other imaginations he's done in the anime?
>Meanwhile the direction of the shots is interesting
It's poorly done. The only time you do overhead shots is when you do crowd shots or something like a sports replay. Here it's done pointlessly. Just to be hipster I guess just like its fanbase.
>Is that something you through out every time a shot isn't done from the default angle in the default lighting?
There are other ways to make a shot interesting than to reuse the same weird angles again and again. It's why Michael Bay is a shit director even though he knows how to make it explode. The only thing he knows how to use is dynamic shots, even when it's not needed. Hmm, sounds familiar.
>Meanwhile in Haruhi it's two guys talking on a boat and they don't even try to keep it interesting.
It's justified in Haruhi because none of those niggers have experienced a closed circle murder before and that's what the two homos were talking about. In the scene I offered, it's a personal anecdote from Crab which you're not even shown because
>muh budget
>muh artistry
>you wouldn't understand
>>121676704
Not disgusting just annoying. Fujoshis are the real disgusting people. Hypocritical to a fault.
>>121677151
>boring ass dialogue from Koizumi without even any camerawork to keep us interested
>it's okay because we need exposition and the director is too retarded to present it to us in an interesting way
>actually engaging camera work during crabs exposition
>this is bad because there are too many cuts while I'm trying to read the subs and can't keep up
There is nothing to understand. There is no hidden super symbolic reason for the overhead shot. Or her weight and height cards, or the long shot of the hallway, or the closeup of her face.
Monogatari plays with all the elements of design like color, balance repetition of elements, contrast and dominance. It's just done to keep it interesting. Faggots like you just whine as soon as any shot is not 100% representational and even a little abstract because you are retarded. This is not deep, this is just you being a faggot.
Meanwhile you have two faggots talking on a boat and it just switches from headshot to headshot and this is so much better because that way poor anon does not get overwhelmed.
This is just your shit taste showing, nothing more.
>>121677573
>nitpicking scenes
>sees horrid angle work as interesting
>deflections galore
It's not a question of being artistic or symbolical, which I wasn't even claiming it to be but whatever helps you seep at night I guess, it's a question of being necessary.
>color, balance repetition of elements, contrast and dominance
Nigga what? These justifications are reaching like Luffy's rubber arm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyt6aFI_sfA
THIS is what being artistic and being functional at the same time is. Stanley Kubrick. Not hacks like Shinbo whose cum you swallow because you don't understand a single THING about technical direction.
Shinbo does some things right, but he gets a lot of others wrong. I already rattled off a few of the angles he likes to use in repetition yet you still defend it as abstract.
>calls me retarded
When you spend time thinking about how to rebut my arguments and only coming up with personal insults this guy's words >>121676704 suddenly come true.
>headshot to headshot
>boring
That's almost all of the shows during 2 people talking anon. Next you'll be telling me stationary shots are boring because it's to make sure the audience isn't overwhelmed. You fucking faggot.
>>121677953
>my artsy shots are better than your artsy shots
>I rattled off my opinions as fact
That's nice dear.
For me it just has to be really good at one thing. That could be animation or music or suspense or even fan service. If it isn't really good at something, why am I watching it?
I don't get what you faggots are trying to prove here but you should just kill yourselves
>>121678069
>literally no counters as to why Shinbo makes mistakes technically
>calls camera angles as artsy shots
>confirmed plebgatari defender
Go back to reddit. You're the kind of hack who defends Michael Bay because he makes money off reused angles and say "hey he makes money" even though he makes a lot of technical mistakes in direction.
I had Satoshi Kon in store for you which would have enriched your background on technical direction in animation but I guess you don't wanna learn and instead cling on to wrong opinions.
>>121678225
>counter your opinion
What the fuck are you talking about?
Shinbo makes mistakes technically is 100% your retarded opinion. Angle work being horrid is 100% your retarded opinion.
What is there to argue about? I don't agree with anything you said.
>>121669885
>I'm really gay so I couldn't pay attention to an amazingly well told story
That isn't a shortcoming of the show.
>>121678357
All this recycled bullshit
>repeated fanservice motion shots during exposition
>corner random body part shots during exposition
>overhead and telescopic shots on anything but a crowd
>numerous close up shots in a single episode which is supposed to indicate a hard point but because its done a lot, loses its meaning
>numerous random color slides that only serve the purpose of saving animation money like the order 1886 did for "cinematic experience" when it was just to hide the fact that they couldn't do 1080p 60fps like they promised
>Shinbo's head tilt shots that serve no purpose like Bay's getting out of the driver's seat shots
>colorful abstract backgrounds with a stationary foreground character which further indicates budget saving because it's cheaper to do CG than draw/animate a moving person
All that is my retarded opinion? You fucking cum rag, I have nothing against artsy work but when it's done POINTLESSLY like Shinbo does and his retarded fanbase eats it all up like you it pains me. Because now you people are going to hold it up to become THE standard like reddit is already doing with time travel and Steins;Gate.
>What is there to argue about?
Go be pretentious somewhere else you teenage waste of sperm. Next to fujoshis you people are the most irritating anime fanbase ever.
>>121678702
Being that retarded that he can only talk in greentext.
>>121678768
Welcome the /v/ audience.
>>121678768
Being so retarded he hides his ignorance of animation/film direction that he can only strawman.
>>121669424
Baccano!
>>121678808
>implying /v/ doesn't eat that shit up
>>121678225
>bringing up Satoshi Kon
pleb here thinks that Kon's symbolism and direction are superior.
Shinbo's symbolism and direction are almost identical to Kon's, anon. You are just being a judgmental fanboy that is clouded with personal opinion.
Also, being this based to your own opinion doesn't mean anyone else will agree with you. You can just get the fuck out if you hate almost everything about the franchise and the fanbase,
>>121678702
>any of the first three bad
For what reason?
>close up shots losing meaning
No they don't. If they were done for dramatic effect sure but they aren't.
>not having unlimited budget works money
How silly of them. They should have run the whole thing at 60 FPS.
>not liking head tilts
Can you be anymore of a faggot?
>>121678866
THIS is competent anime with competent direction. Shades of Tarantino all around. Not the Monogatari bullshit some autistic retard's been peddling.
>direction
Here we see a direct comparison that is made between the two characters, as Kagenui is shown standing on a pillar to avoid touching the ground while Araragi is shown standing on the ice without a reflection. Despite the fact that they have absolutely nothing in common beyond these oddities that have informed their lives, they share the same burdens precisely because of these oddities.
>>121679006
What's interesting about this title card is how it's deliberately separating "human" from "compassion". Perhaps it begins to hint at the answer to the bigger question being posed by Tadatsuru and the role every character in the series has to play in this bigger game involving dark and mysterious forces. If you notice the theater spotlights that are placed on Araragi throughout the scene, you see that there are two spotlights that use the same colors as the ones on this title card. If these two words represent two distinct concepts, Tadatsuru suggests that Araragi is the one who can unite the two ideas together.
>>121678940
Baccano will suffers head tilt too, if Shinbo directs it.
Or it will just become another Durarara if Durarara's production committee was in charged of it.
>>121679042
I think it's important to recognize how this is represented on the screen as well. In the scene above, where Yotsugi makes the compassionate choice, we see her shrouded in darkness while Araragi is still lit. At first, we might be led to believe that this is a visual representation of humanity and the loss of humanity. But this is what we see when Yotsugi and Araragi are reunited at the end of the arc.
Now Araragi is the one in darkness, while Yotsugi is the one in the light. It's not necessarily that their roles are reversed, it's more like they are two sides of the same coin. Even though Yotsugi's loss of humanity was meant to create a rift in the relationship, in fact, it makes the bond between the two characters even stronger - especially since she is literally going to live with him now. The ending itself represents the coming together of human compassion, offering hope for Araragi's plight and the inkling of a resistance against the forces that have been manipulating everyone in his life.
>>121679111
forgot to include the picture
>>121679140
One I mentioned was the closeup on Araragi's eye as he declares that he would willingly sacrifice himself in order to save his loved ones. Here we see a similar shot near the end of the arc when Araragi meets with Senjougahara on Valentine's Day:
Araragi's commitment to his morality, which he believes will make him lose his humanity, is also why Senjougahara loves him and will never forget him. What he thinks will make him lose himself is actually something that gives him a presence in the lives of others.
>>121679006
Speaking of reflections. In suruga devil when he picks Suruga up in his beetle you can he he does have a reflection in the rearview mirror. Didn't they say the process was irreversible?
>>121678902
>Shinbo's symbolism and direction are almost identical to Kon's, anon.
HA HA HA HA HA let me laugh harder HA HA HA
Find me ANYTHING in Monogatari that matches up to Perfect Blue/Paprika and I will literally eat my shoe. Paprika's whole opening scene SHITS on anything Monogatari and Perfect Blue's even better.
>Also, being this based to your own opinion doesn't mean anyone else will agree with you.
I argued against that one retard in your defense force saying Shinbo DOESN'T make technical mistakes. He does, the retard just refuses to acknowledge it. It's not even opinion, most Japanese soaps use the close up shot consistently like Shinbo does and trust me it looks horrible.
>>121678929
>For what reason?
Pointless. I don't know what function it serves besides misusing the angles. Being artsy is not it. It's like I'm using a top of the line camera for a school assignment to film beans grow.
>If they were done for dramatic effect sure but they aren't.
Close up shots are usually done to make a point, not just drama. Monogatari uses it to the extent that the moment any character wants to hammer home a point it loses its meaning.
>How silly of them. They should have run the whole thing at 60 FPS.
Shaft has the money and the team to deliver better work. You're settling for less.
>Can you be anymore of a faggot?
Did I say I disliked it, retard?
>>121679171
I think you are entering spoiler territory.
>>121679169
The other amusing point to come out is another allusion to the fact that Kaiki and Araragi are very much the same as well.
The fact that we see this represented through Senjoughara, who was helped by both men, is fitting. The fact that she says this while looking into a mirror is perhaps a bit on the nose, but is another example of the visual metaphor they used throughout this arc.
>>121679111
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>>121679006
>trying this fucking hard to defend your favorite shitty LN adaptation from valid criticisms
>>121679192
SHAFT didn't have the money when they were doing bake and the animation quality has gone way up since then, but the direction was always good.
>Pointless
No it just reduces monotony. Why should you have the established headshots for dialogue the entire time? What's the point?
>>121679215
too subtle for you?
Though pretty much all of the posted things are pretty in your face things but it's nice if shitposters aren't getting the most basic visuals.
>>121679215
Let them. Not one person has addressed it until now because they know it as well as I do.
>>121678225
You're the filmfag, aren't you?
Your bias and blind application of what you consider "rules" for camera work and scene composition is embarrassing to read.
