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[font="trebuchet ms"] Er, the rules say if the poster doesn't respond within 24 hrs or so, someone can go ahead with it. lol[/font]

[quote name='Panache'] Asian Food as a whole translates great into western culture. Asian Horror movies(mostly of Japanese decent) translate pretty well. [/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] How has Asian food as a whole translated well into western culture? Because 1) you can't count "Panda Express", and 2) the only other "authentic" food many Americans eat is sushi, which most of the time sucks if it's made by American-owned companies. And after [i]The Ring[/i], the Japanese copy-cat movies all sort of sucked. I'm going to agree with the statement that things don't translate well from East to West, but not in the sense that I think dubs are bad. There are cultural differences and distinct characteristics in Japanese literature and media that cannot be translated by western artists (and vice versa). There are exceptions, and there are good "fusions" (i.e. [i]Kill Bill[/i]), but for the most part I think it'd be a bad project for an anime company to translate [i]The Great Gatsby[/i], a very American novel, into an anime. I know I sound elitist, but I would absolutely hate to see [i]Slaughterhouse-Five[/i] or [i]Adventures of Huckleberry Finn[/i] be turned into anime. The one novel I thought would be a good translation into anime ([i]Kafka by the Shore[/i]) was written by Murakami Haruki, and his novels sort of scream "anime" at some points, because that novel has the subtle magical realism and metaphysical visualizations that would translate very well into anime. Not western animation, but Japanese animation. Of course my argument uses generalizations, and there are always exceptions, but on the whole, I'd say most creative artists would have a hard time translating east/west media. Even Miyazaki's [i]Howl's Moving Castle[/i] was sub-par to me, whereas his original creations soared. Using the basis of different texts as significant influences is great, but to make adaptations...eh. And actually, this only really applies to the works that are most greatly described as "American" or "Japanese". And it's hard to talk about the gray area concerning that, so I'm going to stop now. lol [/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] I'll be getting ready for a college interview. :p[/font]

[quote name='cocomo~'] I totally gave up on american music... really I did. I don't know... it just seems like the lyrics seem to get more stupid. How is,"shawty got low low low" good? Catchy beat, yes, but the lyrics are stupid. No offense.[/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] Dude, not to totally hate on KPop, but when they try to put in lame-*** English lyrics that 1) they can't pronounce and 2) don't fit into the song at all, it sounds more lame than the lyrics in "Low". I mean...comparatively the "Low" lyrics sound good. lol[/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"]I was taking a "sick day" off from school ;), so I had fun with cell phone camera: [img]http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08063/sick1813.png[/img] [img]http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08063/sick2439.png[/img] Joys of being a senior. [/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] The results of Super Tuesday, IMO, make this election very interesting. There's a chance that the Republican Convention may actually count in terms of who they choose for the candidate, and even though the Democratic race wasn't expected to be cleared up by Super Tuesday, there's also a chance that the super delegates may be the people who end up choosing whether it's between Obama or Clinton. But I'm pretty pleased that McCain is in the lead for the Republican race, albeit a small one. He's one of the best out of the bunch; I'm pretty anti-protectionist, which makes it hard for me to even support one of the Democrats.[/font]

[quote name='Shinmaru'][b]The Catcher in the Rye[/b], just to see J.D. Salinger's reaction.[/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] [spoiler]Complete horror?[/spoiler][/font]

[quote name='DeathKnight'][color=crimson]*shakes head* The more mature option would have been no response instead falling into your human nature so easily. But, eh, maybe you are being serious. [/color][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] Oh, master, please forgive me for being a mortal human. [/font]

[quote name='DeathKnight'][color=crimson]"Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Hillary Clinton has raised more money from lobbyists than any other presidential candidate while Republican John McCain has more of them assisting his campaign. Clinton took in $823,087 from registered lobbyists and members of their firms in 2007 and the second-biggest recipient was McCain, who took in $416,321, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group which tracks political giving. Barack Obama, Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination, doesn't take money from registered lobbyists, although he received $86,282 from employees of firms that lobby, according to the center McCain has 26 registered lobbyists as campaign advisers or fundraisers compared with 11 for Clinton and none for Obama, according to review of records compiled by Public Citizen, a Washington-based group that favors stronger disclosure laws for lobbyists." Not really sure what part of this is funny, Lunox.[/color][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"]Me neither. Overall it was just a very informative and dry article. [/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] I freaking love Married to the Sea.[/font]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial] In order for an observation to be called an experiment, and thus hold any weight at all, [I]all possible confounding variables must be eliminated.[/I] Anything short of this is mere observation and subject to high levels of bias. [/FONT][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] Lol, experiments on evolution. "Maybe to reduce bias we should do a simple random sample of all lions for the next five hundred years instead of taking lions from just Nigeria." "What will be our treatment?" "Nuclear waste inserted into their bloodstreams, DUH."[/font]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT="Arial"] Look, if the Bible can be put into manga form, then surely [I]this[/I]....[/FONT][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] When did this happen? I must read it immediately. I can imagine it now... [img]http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08062/jesusmaryanime2303.png[/img] [/font]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]I feel that the absurdity would only heighten the effect of the metaphors. :animesmil [/FONT][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] Lol, dunno, I think it's just more suited for western animation. :p[/font]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]I call a hearty Second to O.S. Card and Terry Brooks. [U]The Phantom Tolbooth[/U]. Very metaphorical, very nonsensical. That or [U]The Forgotten Door[/U], which would make a very good short series. I had some others in mind, but I can't remember them now.....[/FONT][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"]The pictures in [u]The Phantom Tollbooth[/u] made me envision everything in that style. I feel like I'm ragging on everything here, lol, but I've never seen an anime pull off the kind of quirk that stuff like [u]The Phantom Tollbooth[/u] or Raold Dahl books have. It feels like everything would be too serious or too absurd if made into an anime.[/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] If were awesome like JRR Tolkien I'd make up a language for my character cast and have subtitles in English.[/font]

[quote name='MistressRoxie'][color=#9933ff]The concept of the California Pizza Kitchen having good pizza is practically an oxymoron.[/color][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] CPK has pretty good pizza, actually...[/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] I THINK THIS IS WAT I LOOK LIEK: [img]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/Kitako666/unknown%20anime/animal%20anime/cat-girl.jpg[/img][/font]

[quote name='MistressRoxie'][color=#9933ff] Besides, if he did, he's probably like Mozart. Ew! >

[quote name='Arispa'][size=1]Amen to that. If someone from Georgia tells you you made good sweet tea, you [i]know[/i] it has to have like, two cups of sugar for every cup of water. xD [/size][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] Lol, true that. Anyone who visits the south has to eat at McAlisters, they have the best sweet tea. If I go to college in the north, the one thing I'll miss the most will be the food.[/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] Photoshop isn't a necessity. If you concentrate on one program and become proficient at it, you don't need a slew of art programs just for the sake of having a bunch of art programs. Stuff like Painter or Open Canvas can work just as well.[/font]

[font="trebuchet ms"] Georgia= Chick-fil-a and sweet tea. I'm sorry, but southern food beats the hell out of northern... ;)[/font]

[quote name='Dagger'] And I'd kill to see Makoto Shinkai tackle something by Haruki Murakami. [/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] Really? I really didn't enjoy any of his films, and I have a feeling he'd mess up (to be blunt) Murakami, too. I feel sort of lame saying this, but I think Miyazaki would be awesome at translating Murakami, especially visually. I actually think Satoshi Kun would do better at Murakami, and [i]The Giver[/i] is another novel I think is better to leave alone. I'm very defensive about books sometimes, lol, because I was about to mention any works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez but the things that could go wrong horrify me. But if done well... it'd be pretty kickass. [/font]

[quote name='Aceburner']Okay, this just occurred to me, but Three Musketeers has Shonen written all over it. Swords, French guys in frilly costumes, cute girls, awesome villain, it has everything. I demand an animated series. Someone make it happen.[/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] [url="http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,2088,gwohtn,three_musketeer.html"][u]:D[/u][/url] Not really a "classic", but [i]Kafka on the Shore[/i] might make a good anime if done right. Big if, though. [strike]And basically any metaphysical novel with magical realism, lol.[/strike] [/font]

[quote name='Room Service'][COLOR="Indigo"] I can switch seamlessly between big-***, affluent words like "moribund" and "superfluous" and Ebonics. This relates back to number one; so long as yer speaking English, I can talk on your level. [/COLOR][/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] I'm pretty sure "superfluous" isn't a big-*** affluent word. [spoiler]Words can be affluent?[/spoiler][/font]

[quote name='Clurr'][FONT="Arial"]A lot of my friends are going crazy over this movie and have seen it 3+ times, and are probably planning on going to see it again, again, and again.[/QUOTE] [font="trebuchet ms"] That's the kind of thing I don't get. It's good, but it's not that good. I have no idea why some people are going absolutely batshit insane with this movie.[/font]