Random and oddball fandom opinions...

[dangermousie]

1. I liked Dark Knight but preferred Iron Man. Sorry. The latter is a movie which I will actually enjoy rewatching. Also, preferred Batman Begins to TDK, too.

2. I enjoyed Twilight. It's brain-dead but was a fun read. Now, the sequels are another matter...

3. While most of my favorite anime is shounen, not shoujo, I have yet to find a shounen manga to hold my attention. But I adore the cheesiest, dorkiest shoujo manga...I can't help it.

4. I adore Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi.

5. I don't think TV stations are evil for cancelling my favorite shows, from Farscape to Firefly. TV is a business enterprise and if they think, rightly or wrongly, they can make more money differently, I don't see why they shouldn't ax it.

6. The entire point of the existence of all of Stargate franchise escapes me.

7. I love New Who but have not a smidgeon of desire to check out classic Who. At all.

8. I couldn't care less if Harry Potter movie is delayed. I don't care if it never comes out. The fifth was the only tolerable one. Emphasis on 'tolerable.'

9. Cylons and their storylines (with the exception of Athena) are boring. Almost as boring as Baltar.

10. What is the point of Ikuta Toma? He has hordes raving fangirls but I don't think he can act (which would be OK if he was a gorgeous block of wood, like Wu Chun) and I think he is also hideous (which would be OK if he could act. I would never consider Matsujun handsome but I adore watching him on screen). Eat something!

11. I shall never understand the appeal of Johnny's. SEQUINS are not a fashion do, you half-starved, barely post-pubescent teen idols! The closest I came was with TOKIO, because they are in some ways not too Johnny-like, but even then...no. All I can do is listen to PVs...the less sparkly ones.

Comments

[fivil.livejournal.com]

1. Agreed. In fact, Iron Man was my fave out of all the comic movies this summer (Hellboy II, Incredible Hulk, TDK, Iron Man). I also enjoyed Hellboy II a lot, it was very sweet and had funny one-liners but Iron Man was the most consistently entertaining. TDK is overhyped as hell.

(Plus Iron Man has the best UST OTP everrrr! :D)

8. I would care but I'm 99.8% certain they'll fuck up this one. Fifth one was fun enough but I have no high hopes for this next one.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hellboy is a story I never could get into...I guess I like my leads to be shallowly cute :P

[angerfish.livejournal.com]

1. Haven't seen Iron Man yet, but my campus is screening it on Friday! *Happy dance*
5. Personally, I think all TV shows should have a set number of seasons so that they can plot the whole thing from beginning to end. This might make it easier to avoid jumping the shark and the like.
6. Hah hah, me too.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

5. So true. Oh yeah.

[vanimy.livejournal.com]

#1: Didn't watch 'Iron man' but preferred Batman begins to TDK too. I loved TDK but I don't think it's TEH best movie eeeeever like everyone and their dog believe it to be.

#6: LMAO! Couldn't agree more......

#7: I like knowing what happened in Old!Who but never really watched any episode, I tried a little and ended up bored. I'm only really interested in New!Who as well. I respect what happened before but I think you can build your own canon in Who somehow...

#8: You and me both (even though not for the same reasons I guess...)! I'm certainly not going to watch either of those last HP movies. To me, it's been over since Book 7 and while I enjoyed the last book at first, then the glaring holes and stupid writing (*hides*) turned me off HP completely. So one less fandom for me definitely.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Re N. 7. So true. Old Who is so not my thing.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

The entire point of the existence of all of Stargate franchise escapes me.

Clearly, the Atlantis part exists for the sole of reason of sending me into fits of rage and hatred every time I see it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

#6 -I know nothing about the franchise save the movie the entire thing is based on. Which I liked, as a matter of fact. LOL

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The TV shows seem to be innumerable and indistinguishable.

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

1. I have some issues with Iron Man. The opening scene with Stark/Downey Jr. in the jeep, with a bourbon in his hand, made me very very uncomfortable. I felt the prop wasn't establishing the character of Stark, it was breaking the jar of Downey's tumultuous past with drug abuse over our heads. That glass was in every. single. shot. and I couldn't move past it.

Also: it was mecha! Mecha! Mecha! I mean... big armor to fight in. It's a mecha. I know it's a comic book franchise but I simply could not get over the fact that it was... a 21st century mecha movie. RahXephon doesn't count as mecha to me, there was only the one machine.

That being said, I love Downey and have for decades. I thought I was going to hate Paltrow but I really liked her character. I'll continue with the series (I love how they threw in the next villain at the end) because the production value is awesome but I won't say I liked it more than TDK.

5. That's an interesting viewpoint and gives me pause in my vitriol towards the execs. You're right, they want to make money, and they want to cater to the broadest audiences... of which I am not a part. My tastes tend to run towards the fringe.

Like someone else in your comments, I wish America would adopt the asian rule of a finite number of eps. It was obvious by the late years of Charmed they expected to get axed every year and managed an 8-year-run. I always imagined their writers going, "Oh shit! We were renewed again? What the hell are we going to do this season?" (I stopped watching somewhere around the fourth season where they kept recycling characters and stories. I hated the way they bled the stones of my characters.)

I'm actually interested in picking up Lost, now that they have an end date. It means they can stop dithering around and injecting storylines and start wrapping things up. Yes, there are 3 more seasons, but at least there's an end in sight... in contrast with other shows.

6. God, I hear that. I tried to watch it and couldn't get past the pilot. I have no idea how people with taste managed to marathon entire seasons.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love mecha so that's a bonus. No idea how faithful the movie was as I don't really read comics (the art and the fact that it's not a finite story usually puts me off).

There's always one commenter who argues on these things.

[darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com]

I don't think you should judge his acting until you've, um. Seen it? XD But aside from that, Toma's the ultimate underdog. Johnny fucked him over and never let him debut -- he was in a popular junior group with Yamapi, and Johnny just plucked Yamapi out and made a megastar out of him and left Toma in the cold -- so even now, as a rising 20something actor, he's stuck with "Johnny's Jr" after his name.

Re: There's always one commenter who argues on these things.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I saw him in Hanadan2 and Hana Kimi and was left singularly unimpressed. I suppose he can be a revelation in Maou (I have heard mixed things) but since the chances of my checking that drama out are zero, I will have to wait about some other drama which piques my interest to see if he hits the triple of performances which do not work for me, or actually ends up impressing me.

Re: There's always one commenter who argues on these things.

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

I've seen the first few episodes of Maou. All the many issues of 'why did they bother remaking something [so badly] when the Korean version was so damn good' aside, I don't think you're missing anything in terms of his acting. Not a scrap of nuance. (And I don't dislike Ikuta Toma by any stretch of the imagination, though I don't find him attractive either, so hopefully I'm maintaining an open mind.)

Re: There's always one commenter who argues on these things.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't usually mind remakes, even for dramas I adore (e.g. I think My Girl is a perfect romantic comedy drama but if the Japanese or Taiwanese wanted to remake it, I might be interested depending on the cast). There are very few dramas I don't want to be ever remade: The Outsiders for Taiwanese, Pride, Itoshi Kimi E and Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (and Utahime, now, probably) for Japanese and only Legend, Capital Scandal and Mawang for kdramas. With my luck, they remade one of the few I didn't want to see remade. I mean, Mawang really was perfect in every way so...

[partypaprika.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with your cylons comment. It just can't seem to hold my attention. Definitely true for Baltar as well

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay, am not alone!

[moonyka.livejournal.com]

1. Am I the only one who didn't like Iron Man? Not that it matters but I was wondering.

8. You have made my day with these one.
10/11. And with these ones too. I have a friend who is going to Japan on 2009 for Arashi's concert and I told her I hope she doesn't come back blind or something, you know, the sparky and the bling and all that thing calling Johnny's fashion.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think all the boys in JE must be blind by now.

[ulkis.livejournal.com]

1. I liked Dark Knight but preferred Iron Man. Sorry. The latter is a movie which I will actually enjoy rewatching.

Yeah. I mean, I liked Dark Knight but Tony Stark and Pepper Potts are a lot more fun to watch than Joker/Rachel/Batman/Harvey Dent. (Which I know is the point, but it doesn't make for good rewatching when it comes to the latter characters.)

2. I enjoyed Twilight. It's brain-dead but was a fun read. Now, the sequels are another matter...

Breaking Dawn pretty much had the same plot structure as Twilight (nothing happens 3/4 of the book, last part someone chases them) only about 250 pages longer. I have no idea how Meyer managed to do that.

5. I don't think TV stations are evil for cancelling my favorite shows, from Farscape to Firefly. TV is a business enterprise and if they think, rightly or wrongly, they can make more money differently, I don't see why they shouldn't ax it.

Yeah. I think they could have probably made better decisions sometimes, but I'm sure they're not any happier they have to cancel something they put an investment in.

6. The entire point of the existence of all of Stargate franchise escapes me.

The main guy from Atlantis was cute, but when I tuned in it seemed very dull.

Sometimes I'm curious about what I hear are some cracktastic elements of Old Who but yeah, I don't think it's a requirement to watch New Who.

I didn't care about Harry Potter at first, but then someone posted a quick summary and I got impatient for it. Ah well, it'll be something to look foward to.

I think the only Cylon-focused episode I ever thoroughly enjoyed was "Downloaded" in season 2. The Cylon/Baltar hijinx on the baseship during season 3 were just annoying though. Don't get me started on the freaking Hybrid.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Tony Stark and Pepper Potts are a lot more fun to watch than Joker/Rachel/Batman/Harvey Dent

Exactly.

The Basestar of boredom nearly killed with with its...well...boredom.

[zsuness.livejournal.com]

*is here to defend Ikuta Toma* XD I liked him in both Hanakimi and Honey and Clover acting-wise. I dunno what he's doing in Maou, though, have yet to check that out, but I already think he's too young for that role. And JE's appeal is in the GHEI and the fanservice. It works pretty well for me. I'm also quite shallow.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

JE's appeal is in the GHEI and the fanservice.

Neither of which is, sadly, my thing at all :) I have no idea, he might be excellent at those or singing, but I have yet to like him in a drama. But seriously...he is so scrawny looking. Yikes.

[zsuness.livejournal.com]

I find him good looking (with the lighter hair) ..and he's definitely better at acting than singing. You know, JE is full of fails and if you're not into the ghei or not shallow enough to fangirl someone only for their looks then I guess it's understandable that you have a hard time finding something that can be appreciated in anything JE related. XD