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Don't get me wrong, they were fine on their own, but failed in presenting the original concepts.
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex is the superior interpretation of Shirow's cyberpunk world. (Or re-interpretation, in this case)
Hell, it managed to touch on more of the manga's content than the movies did, despite the first movie being directly based on one arc of the manga, the second movie being at least partially based on another, and SAC completely IGNORING the events of the manga.
Perhaps you do not have the background required to pass judgment in this instance?
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You're right, the movies, although beautifully rendered, couldn't stack up to the depth that SAC brought to the table.
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pointless comment, random hate. You got anything good to add?
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Way to lump every Halo fan together in a "drooling adolescent" clump.
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I obviously just wanted to voice hate toward Halo as a whole. Of course I'm a Halo hater many adults are, xxXX. It represents the Xbox live generation that has lowered the IQ of the gaming community as a whole, xxXX.
Your need to respond and insult my intelligence rather than attempt to defend the game or its story, xxXX... that gives me enough pleasure, xxXX.
07/28/09
Well I don't particularly think the story is that good. I never did. Halo CE impressed some people but there wasn't really much to it other than fighting the flood and covenant. Then suddenly the aliens started talking (which only the grunts did before). The plot also seemed weird to me. Either way I do defend the game, it's a great game for game play, multi player, features and community. Other than the story it's excellent. Sorry you don't like it but that's not really that important to anyone who likes it so I don't think it needs defending out right. You're getting pleasure because I have seen too many halo haters to jump into a huge list of why halo as a game is good? Your sad man. You must be bored to even be here hating on a game you don't even like but whatever.
07/28/09
Who the [i]hell[/i] do you think you are to make such accusations that the Halo fanbase is made up of dribbling idiots! Have you no decency? Out of the millions of people who play and enjoy the game, how many do you actually think there are that are just as intelligent, or even more intelligent then yourself that simply don't like to talk? I play Halo, and I'm taking multiple AP classes, multiple years of a foriegn language, the highest levels of Math that my school allows, and you [i]dare[/i] to insult my intelligence? My uncle's the Dean at the University of Pennsylvania, for God's sake!
As I said, I don't mind that you have different tastes, and don't like Halo. But before you decide to yap about people insultin gyour intelligence, shut up a moment and stop insulting [i]mine.[/i]
07/28/09
Frankly, that premise is fucking amazing. Now, CE had some poor level design choices, which hurt the game's execution somewhat, but it also had some brilliant ones, constantly driving the game forw--wait, let's keep talking about story.
The story itself was influenced by such things as William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" and Niven's "Ringworld" series, as well as lots of H.P. Lovecraft. It was as intelligent, if not moreso, than most of the games out there, from Half Life to Final Fantasy to really anything you want to name (with the exception of Marathon, which was so fucking intelligent it required footnotes and scholarly review).
Now, as for Halos 2 and 3, Joseph Staten's influence grew, and we got stupid things like fighting on the Covenant side. His book, Contact Harvest, was the worst in the series, and it featured uh, what, two poorly-written romance subplots and also featured the whole "covenant/human" perspectives that hurt The Flood so much.
Good ideas, bad execution.
07/28/09
I'm calling troll.
07/28/09
A few good apples doesn't sell me on the whole batch.
But I do apologize if I offended you so strongly. Yet as a whole- Halo fans are fairly ridiculous *in my opinion*.
Again, I never questioned your intelligence specifically. I am more insulting what I feel the brand has become. I was old enough when Halo 1 came out to appreciate the quality from a more mature standpoint, as it seems you are in school still. Halo 2 and 3 were shameful in plot.
Of course online play was great... but that doesn't make it deserving of awe and respect.
Not that I claim to be better than you in any way maturity has nothing to do with age. Just pointing to the fact that Halo is probably amazing to you... partly because of youthful nostalgia towards a series you have grown up with.
Anyhow I'm sorry I troll. I really just wrote that first comment riding a quick wtf reaction to someone I respect working with a franchise I do not.
07/28/09
First- yes I was bored.
Second- I apologize for the troll
Third- admitting the story was terrible is all I was looking for. With that said I'll concede this and state that multiplayer was obviously amazing.
But I commented on this post, as I said on another reply, in shock as to why someone I respected so much would be working with this story.
Hopefully, in my opinion, it gets thrown out and redone.
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Definitely walking the line- again, I apologize.
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SAC was a magnificent anime. Everything about it was good. Awesome voice acting, well developed settings, great action, the whole nine yards.
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"hey, we have to raid this building!"
"Well, that was fun. Now lets talk about politics for an hour."
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You must have been. Was there a lot of talking? Sure, but in the end, it all served a purpose.
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Edit: well, checking imdb now and he's not mentioned even in 2nd GIG, though I'd swear I've read it last week in the little booklet that was in the SAC pack with all those interesting information about GITS and SAC after I watched 1st & 2nd GIG again... mmmm will have to check again today :S
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Masamune works with his team.
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That being said, Oshii would probably be the first person I would think of to make a GOOD Halo anime. Jin-Roh was an excellent movie.
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Yeah, I know they'll never make another one...but still, a man can dream.
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A tachikoma version of that spinning teacup thing would be awesomesauce.
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