So I feel I owe some people an explanation.One of my earlier claims before the villains list was the doctor who revived series review and I assure you it is coming just I've encountered problems since then.first off my comp got virused after I made the claim and with it all the episodes I had stored on my hard drive since it had to get wiped clean.second is that It's not that easy to find episodes that are not on megavideo and we all know that megavideo blows chunks with the time limit.third It's hard to find the time to get it all watched and finally It's just really slow the first season.I own three and onwards so once i get there it'll be fine just the first two may take a while so Don't expect it yet though I may do a full series review for the whole thing just to give my full thoughts in a more organized setting.so yeah.
UPDATE So I got real lucky.The canadian sci fi channel started airing the first season of the revived series so I may have the first series review up sooner then expected.Rock and roll
Sanity? Coherance? Grammar? They just get in the way of the Immortal K!
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Doctor who: The mirror effect
I should probably save this for when I do the review But something recently occurred to me when I Saw one of the recent new episodes of doctor who the episode "night terrors". I heard a nursery rhyme and since I freaking love really creepy little girl nursery rhymes cause sinister is my middle name I went to find the lyrics which go something like this.....
Tick tock goes the clock
And what now shall we play?
Tick tock goes the clock
Now summer's gone away?
Tick tock goes the clock
And what then shall we see?
Tick tock until the day
That thou shalt marry me
Tick tock goes the clock
And all the years they fly
Tick tock and all too soon
You and I must die
Tick tock goes the clock
He cradled her and he rocked her
Tick tock goes the clock
Even for the Doctor..
First off at the end of the episode when the last line played and the death certificate for the doctor was shown I got really big chills.I have to admit that was by and large the creepiest thing in the episode and that is saying alot but the second thing was I noticed the name of the lake the doctor died and got chills "lake silencio"....Okay I got chills from that too but for different reasons more like chills of face palmage.
But I noticed in the comments of a video on the rhyme a commentor mentioned that the date of the doctor's death was april 22 2011 and flip the date of 22/04 makes 4022 double 2011.He also said 4022 was the year river song died but Upon research it is not the date of her death but the number of people saved in the silence in the library two parter in which river song died. From that point on i started noticing things left and right with the mirror effect to it mostly in series 6 but some in series 5. For instance In series 6 the doctor had an incident with adolf hitler and mentioned that "The british are coming" Funny since he should know that since the series before He was with winston churchill dealing with the nazi-esque daleks. kind of a double mirror.
But also I huge theme in series 6 seems to be a mirror of life and death,and love and war.Love causes life and war causes death.But here's something spooky the first episode featured the "Death" of the doctor caused by the war madame Kovarian had with the doctor.The last episode has been confirmed to be called the wedding of river song and we saw the birth of river song AKA melody pond in the series.Death from war and life from love.Beginninng and end.Mirroring the actual relationship between the doctor and river song. The first time the doctor met river was the last time river would meet the doctor and assumedly vice versa.
But let's go back to the poem for a second.the first three verses seem to be telling the story of a relationship between two people ending in their deaths again appropriate since We've seen the deaths of both characters but the last verse seems to be the kicker. mentioning a "He" cradling and rocking a child implying the doctor knowing river when she was born but ending with time running out "Even for the doctor"
I absolutly love this massive web of mirrored fates and numbers it really shows some interesting thinking with the staff though in fairness if all of this was on purpose I really underestimate steve moffat but I do love this kind of thing and with the next episode the god complex coming up in a few days My interest is really soaring with how this is gonna go.
Tick tock goes the clock
And what now shall we play?
Tick tock goes the clock
Now summer's gone away?
Tick tock goes the clock
And what then shall we see?
Tick tock until the day
That thou shalt marry me
Tick tock goes the clock
And all the years they fly
Tick tock and all too soon
You and I must die
Tick tock goes the clock
He cradled her and he rocked her
Tick tock goes the clock
Even for the Doctor..
First off at the end of the episode when the last line played and the death certificate for the doctor was shown I got really big chills.I have to admit that was by and large the creepiest thing in the episode and that is saying alot but the second thing was I noticed the name of the lake the doctor died and got chills "lake silencio"....Okay I got chills from that too but for different reasons more like chills of face palmage.
But I noticed in the comments of a video on the rhyme a commentor mentioned that the date of the doctor's death was april 22 2011 and flip the date of 22/04 makes 4022 double 2011.He also said 4022 was the year river song died but Upon research it is not the date of her death but the number of people saved in the silence in the library two parter in which river song died. From that point on i started noticing things left and right with the mirror effect to it mostly in series 6 but some in series 5. For instance In series 6 the doctor had an incident with adolf hitler and mentioned that "The british are coming" Funny since he should know that since the series before He was with winston churchill dealing with the nazi-esque daleks. kind of a double mirror.
But also I huge theme in series 6 seems to be a mirror of life and death,and love and war.Love causes life and war causes death.But here's something spooky the first episode featured the "Death" of the doctor caused by the war madame Kovarian had with the doctor.The last episode has been confirmed to be called the wedding of river song and we saw the birth of river song AKA melody pond in the series.Death from war and life from love.Beginninng and end.Mirroring the actual relationship between the doctor and river song. The first time the doctor met river was the last time river would meet the doctor and assumedly vice versa.
But let's go back to the poem for a second.the first three verses seem to be telling the story of a relationship between two people ending in their deaths again appropriate since We've seen the deaths of both characters but the last verse seems to be the kicker. mentioning a "He" cradling and rocking a child implying the doctor knowing river when she was born but ending with time running out "Even for the doctor"
I absolutly love this massive web of mirrored fates and numbers it really shows some interesting thinking with the staff though in fairness if all of this was on purpose I really underestimate steve moffat but I do love this kind of thing and with the next episode the god complex coming up in a few days My interest is really soaring with how this is gonna go.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Review: Higurashi no naku koro ni
Lemme tell you something about Higurashi no naku koro ni.....
A few years back before I was into doctor who and was mostly a gamer and otaku A friend of mine Started watching higurashi All I had heard or seen was damn near traumatizingly gorey and violent so I wasn't Running into the series with my head held high.I'm a bit of a sissy when it comes to gore though oddly enough I love alot of horror movies.....I digress.
Evantually maybe a month later I decided to give it a shot and I could not stop watching trying to figure out what was going on. It had me from the start but maybe I should take a more scientific look to this
For those who don't know higurashi no naku koro ni is a japanese anime series that came out of a game series of the same name.It has the same cast of characters every arc but at the end of each arc usually all or most of the main cast ends up dead only to start up the next arc like nothing happened.When the afore mentioned friend told me that all of the things that happened in each arc did happen by which I mean all of the stories at the end are canon and did happen but not at the same time.Sort of.....It's confusing to think of but trust me when I heard this I tore through the series in a fit of classic mystery glee.However much like old time mystery novels it's graphic......really graphic like nightmare fuel for months graphic and I was 21 when I started watching it.It's like a mystery crossed with an old school and awesome horror movie It's the how and when that make it so fascinating
- Plot-The plot to higurashi Looking back is fairly twisted and swirled in terms of how things end up at the end.mostly surrounding the identity of the main villain Who I will Identify as Oyashiro Since that what I called it in the top 10 villains.But I really think that while following the full plot to higurashi through to the second season higurashi kai is an impressive and unique story I really think the beauty lies in the first season's short story-esque arcs.The first season only known as higurashi no naku koro ni or when they cry in english And in 26 episodes there are six mini stories with clues to the big payoff in kira but you could easily take the first season alone as a series of short stories and really either way you are in a good position to get the most out of the series.While stories have been done better I still stand by the main story of the first two seasons......I'll get to the other two later.
- Animation- the animation is bright colorful and yet still very sinister when done right.It gives off a nice sense of small town imagery and sights and also the feeling of the summer.Living in a small town I definatly see the similarities.the second season Improves it a little but while the first season can be crude here and there it never becomes anything terrible so I do enjoy it all in all.
- Characters For the most part are enjoyable and fun to watch but also deep and when they want to be disturbing as all hell. A fun fact,Rena ryuugu When I first started watching the series her voice annoyed the hell out of me and I said to the earlier mentioned friend I quote" I think I hate her".......hindsight is a bitch cause she is in fact my favorite character in the series.Both her voice actors english and japanese are good once you've gotten used to them.She's just something to see how possibly the most adorable character turns into this....
That's episode four......you see why this is a fascinating show how in hell's name did this happen?!?!?!
The sonozaki sisters are interesting to think about when you see the second and fifth arc.the both of them are very interesting to watch just to see both the similarities and differences between them.I think both have the same voice actor and they're both pretty good as well
Rika furude is my second favorite for a reason she just has the most fascinating storyline when you know what's going on in kai.She's interesting to get into the head of and while i can't say why she's a cool character because of that twist with her character.her japanese voice actor is quite good but her english one is....okay.
The houjou siblings.While both of them do have good stories and personalities i just never got into either satoko or the plot point man satoshi.Both VA's are okay in both again not my thing.
Keiichi maebara.....In the first arc he's pretty good but past that I never really had any reason to like him past that and again VA's are okay.
The minor characters again good but nothing great sans a few really nice characters.
- Sound- The sounds provide the most atomosphere from the show and can really change the way you feel in a scene.Without the chirping it's not as creepy by a long shot but with it it just gives this uneasyness to the more unsettling parts of the series.As for the main opening to the first two series,The first is a great eerie way to get into the mindset of the series and kai's is an excellent way to feel the emotional sense of the series. as for rei and kira well.....
Rei is okay in every aspect the story is okay,the plot okay,the main theme okay,the animation is slightly worse then kai but okayeverything is okay.It has a few good laughs even though it has some really obvious fan service moments.and then there is kira.......WHAT WENT WRONG HERE!?!?!?!
Kira has the most annoying opening ever,the animation is slightly better then rei but the first episode was just offensive.They took a clever and kinda cute idea for a plot and turned it into something so fanservice filled and gets damn near pornographic at points with it.I can't speak for the other parts of kira that are not out as of yet but with that opening It would be hard to take it seriously so I'm not holding my breath.
All in all watch the first two season though only the first is in english.....I don't know why since you need kai for the rest of the plot But either in english or japanese it's pretty good I give it my blessing just avoid rei and especially kira like the plague.....
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