Twilight Fire

[quote name='Memphis'][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Adding fuel to the fire lol. [b]Neon Genesis Evangelion[/b] - Heh, I'll admit right now that I lack the brain capacity to comprehend majority of everything of what was happening, and I hate doing a lot of thinking lol. With that being said, depressing and psychological animes aren't my thing. (Judging from NGE, they give me tons of headaches.) I really wish I did some research before tuning into it on AS. Story - "sighs" With all the depression going on, it was hard for me to even grasp the story. Animation - For an old series, it looked really good. Characters - Heh, my biggest gripe of all. SHINJI. Hate is a strong word, but I truly hate this boy. (His VA didn't make it any better.) I cannot stand characters with no backbone, and I was pretty much done with the series when Shinji started whining about everything. And foolishly, I let people talk me into sticking with the series... "Stick with it, it get's better." X_X Shinji gets worst (That boy is an anime killer) and; In comes Asuka. Which I thought she would make the series a little more interesting. For a moment she did, and then like Shinji, she's going through all this depression. Rei... Do I really need to say something about her? Misato was a decent character until she started going through all that depression as well. Truthfully, I don't like any character in NGE, and as I said, the depression made it hard for me to catch any part of the story. And then that ending.... which was a headache in itself. The only type of animes to ever make me want to put a hole in my tv are the ones that pisses me off. (The ones that just gotta have some type of animal being killed and I try to avoid those at all cost because I tend to take it out on others lol.) NGE made me want to put a hole in my tv just because it made my brain tired.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]OMG! I forgot about that one! Thanks for mentioning it... That show gave me a headache so badly. Ugh. Everything you said there is exactly how I feel about it. *two thumbs down for NGE*[/COLOR]

[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]I completely agree with some of you who said "Bobobobobblah blah blah," whatever it is, is a terrible series... It IS! My goodness, there's no plot in it and it drives me nuts. It's so absurd. Nose hairs, jelly people, cross-dressing sun person, and the screaming girl... -___- However, I just don't see how someone could say Dragon Ball Z is a terrible anime. Granted, if you're not into fights and stuff like that, then I guess it wouldn't be for you. Also... there are times in that series when I'm like "Just finish for pete's sake!" But no. The what-could-be 6-minute plot turns into 3 episodes. Reminds me of that joke: "How many DBZ characters does it take to change a light bulb? ... One, but it take 12 episodes!" *rim shot* Hahaha... *ahem* Now [B]DBGT[/B] was something is disdained completely! So "Blah" if you ask me, especially with that opening theme - it sounded like the writers of Pokemon helped with that one... *rolls eyes* That's probably why I Naruto and Inuyasha get on my nerves too. I think that they are both really good series; however... How many flashbacks are needed in ONE episode (Naruto) and how many power-up episodes does there really need to be (Inuyasha and his sword)??? That's just my opinion(s)... ^^ [/COLOR]

[FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="2"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Ah yes. I do recall when The Golden Compass came out and there were so many who tried to persuade you to not see it. Here's my opinion... The Golden Compass is actually part of a trilogy written Philip Pullman, an acclaimed atheist. From what I heard, he wrote this series to combat, for lack of a better term, C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series, which has a lot of Biblical/Christian symbolism within them. The Golden Compass is actually the first part of the trilogy as well as the "cleanest." Again from what I have heard and read of commentaries, Pullman gets more aggressive as the series progresses, and in the end, the boy and girl (symbols of Adam and Eve) kill God to do their own thing. Now, I'm a Christian myself, yet I wasn't on the streets to keep people from seeing the movie. In fact, even before I heard about all of that "kill God" stuff, I wanted to see the movie since it appeared nothing more than a fantasy flick. And even after hearing what I heard about it, I still wanted to see it. *gasp* Does that make me a sinner? Lol No. If I can't stand in my faith and my beliefs because of a simple movie, then my faith in God must be very weak. Ok, so moving on to your REAL question about censorship... I think, as you said, that some censorship is good and beneficial. As you pointed out, movie ratings are good form of censorship: they let people know what is appropriate for this age group, etc. I guess it boils down to balance: some people take some censorship way out of proportion, with either TOO MUCH or TOO LITTLE. If we can find that balance, maybe it would work better for everybody. Oh geez, what a lengthy answer... Sorry! Interesting topic though. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]