I was directed here to introduce myself (late, but I love making an entrance). So, by my user name you can guess I'm pretty much guess I'm a geek. Things I'm a fan of (Warning: Lengthy):
- 2D Animation (especially the traditional stuff), both Japanese and Western. Obviously my leanings are more strongly Japanese. I'm not an anime freek though. It being anime doesn't automatically make it good, not does it being popular. I consider myself discerning. I enjoy kids stuff and adult stuff. I like Star vs the Forces of Evil as much as something like Ergo Proxy.
- Comics/manga. The self-contained stuff like The Maxx, Watchmen, Transmetropolitan, etc. I'm not into Super heros much. Not even in the Cinematic Universe. I'm hugely critical of anime and films that aren't true to the source, unless they really pull it off so well it's like something original merely inspired by the source. I loved the Film Adaptation of Watchmen, the anime adaptation of Claymore left me cold and wondering, "How could it just... end?" The same could be said about Full Metal Alchemist, although if you watched the anime only, you'd enjoy it until the manga. All I say is thankfully they haven't tried to make an adaptation of Transmetropolitan or The Chronicles of Wormwood.
- Retro games. Famicom, right up until PS2 when I stopped gaming then. I stopped because a lot of games on PS2 just felt "too much". I mean good graphics and complicated gameplay don't make up for a shabby, pointless game. But it doesn't have to be that way. No decent plot can still be good. The best action platformer, Rockman (Mega Man in the US), proved that (well, 1-4 at least). No good graphics? So what? FF4 (sold as FF2 in the US and totally lost in translation and gameplay) had a beautiful story with actual depth. And the graphics sucked compared to what the Super Famicom could do. As for remakes, much like Disney, they simply show a lack of new inspiration and a desperate need to make an IP relevant again.
- And, lastly, and yes you will burn me as a heretic: pastel-coloured ponies. But before you light the fires, I do not consider myself a "brony" because I'm not mentally impaired enough to like the show for the fandom. Unlike "bronies", I can be quite critical of the show where warranted. Like how S3 was clearly the intended ending, S4 had some terrible episodes, and how most of the show felt like filler episodes after S5.
That's why the they call me...
The overly-zealous fan who fights the good fight for quality. He who walks the thorny pass, daring to criticise that Holy Cow. He who is reviled by the plastic fake fandom of the masses. He who dares to say superheroes aren't that super. He who fights against the horror of remakes of films and games, all alone, unappreciated, and even unwanted.
Fanboi
- 2D Animation (especially the traditional stuff), both Japanese and Western. Obviously my leanings are more strongly Japanese. I'm not an anime freek though. It being anime doesn't automatically make it good, not does it being popular. I consider myself discerning. I enjoy kids stuff and adult stuff. I like Star vs the Forces of Evil as much as something like Ergo Proxy.
- Comics/manga. The self-contained stuff like The Maxx, Watchmen, Transmetropolitan, etc. I'm not into Super heros much. Not even in the Cinematic Universe. I'm hugely critical of anime and films that aren't true to the source, unless they really pull it off so well it's like something original merely inspired by the source. I loved the Film Adaptation of Watchmen, the anime adaptation of Claymore left me cold and wondering, "How could it just... end?" The same could be said about Full Metal Alchemist, although if you watched the anime only, you'd enjoy it until the manga. All I say is thankfully they haven't tried to make an adaptation of Transmetropolitan or The Chronicles of Wormwood.
- Retro games. Famicom, right up until PS2 when I stopped gaming then. I stopped because a lot of games on PS2 just felt "too much". I mean good graphics and complicated gameplay don't make up for a shabby, pointless game. But it doesn't have to be that way. No decent plot can still be good. The best action platformer, Rockman (Mega Man in the US), proved that (well, 1-4 at least). No good graphics? So what? FF4 (sold as FF2 in the US and totally lost in translation and gameplay) had a beautiful story with actual depth. And the graphics sucked compared to what the Super Famicom could do. As for remakes, much like Disney, they simply show a lack of new inspiration and a desperate need to make an IP relevant again.
- And, lastly, and yes you will burn me as a heretic: pastel-coloured ponies. But before you light the fires, I do not consider myself a "brony" because I'm not mentally impaired enough to like the show for the fandom. Unlike "bronies", I can be quite critical of the show where warranted. Like how S3 was clearly the intended ending, S4 had some terrible episodes, and how most of the show felt like filler episodes after S5.
That's why the they call me...
The overly-zealous fan who fights the good fight for quality. He who walks the thorny pass, daring to criticise that Holy Cow. He who is reviled by the plastic fake fandom of the masses. He who dares to say superheroes aren't that super. He who fights against the horror of remakes of films and games, all alone, unappreciated, and even unwanted.
He is...
Fanboi