ADA HATES ANIME!?!

Appendix Q · Post by **Appendix Q** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 1:29 am

What's the big deal about Ada hating anime? I hate it, too. (Except "Samurai Pizza Cats"...)Anyway, on the strip: Ouch. Getting bumped is one thing. But getting bumped for an anime convention...that's just adding insult to injury.

Rann · Post by **Rann** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 2:02 am

Feh... not only does Ada hate anime, but all us anime fans get to be insulted by the hotel manager's comment. Yaaaay. Thumbs-down on this strip, BJ.
And, Appendix? BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDA! ;p------------------
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"Do I have a little 'take a number' sign on me somewhere, or something?"

Rann · Post by **Rann** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 6:06 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Octapus:
 I wouls hate it too if it cost the my hotel room, and a visit to my long-lost son. Heck, I'd prolly hate Mother Theraesa if she cost me that.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>No reason it should cost her seeing her son. At the most, it'll cost her having a bed for the night. At the worst, she could probably sleep in a chair in the hotel lobby.------------------
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"Do I have a little 'take a number' sign on me somewhere, or something?"

NaKaithus · Post by **NaKaithus** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 7:20 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rann:
Feh... not only does Ada hate anime, but all us anime fans get to be insulted by the hotel manager's comment. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Heh. I was too bummed over the fact that the Dannys didn't like film music. Though, if they're basing their opinion solely on Elfman's output, I can see why--he hasn't done anything musically interesting since "Mission: Impossible"!Nak - Film Score Junkie
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Hampster · Post by **Hampster** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 8:10 am

Wow, another Pizza Cat fan.cool.------------------
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Brian Young · Post by **Brian Young** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 10:28 am

Er, I think hating anime wouldn't really be justified unless one had seen every anime. Buth then again, it's like saying "I hate movies" or "I hate magazines", which is both possible ... Anyway, I don't think Ada really hates anime.------------------
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Eliot_Cayne · Post by **Eliot_Cayne** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 12:44 pm

I'll chalk it up to an outburst of anger about her dropped reservation, but I somehow feel less sorry for her...[This message has been edited by Eliot_Cayne (edited 11-14-2001).]

Octapus · Post by **Octapus** » Wed Nov 14, 2001 12:57 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Eliot_Cayne:
I'll chalk it up to an outburst of anger about her dropped reservation, but I somehow feel less sorry for her...[This message has been edited by Eliot_Cayne (edited 11-14-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I wouls hate it too if it cost the my hotel room, and a visit to my long-lost son. Heck, I'd prolly hate Mother Theraesa if she cost me that.
Maybe she'll come acoss some nice Sailor Moon LARPers who'll share their room. Spirit of giving and all that.-Octapus
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Rann · Post by **Rann** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 1:28 am

You know, WHY do people think it's so frelling important to "laugh at yourself"? If someone had said "Lord of the Rings is a piece of crap, it should be abolished from printing presses forever" and some people jumped up to defend it, then you wouldn't hear anyone talking about it having a "violent cult status", they'd be "defending a great classic".
"American xenophilia"? What the hell? Americans are xenophobic if anything, despite the "melting pot" terminology.
Anyway, just... stop it. It's not fair that whenever someone makes a joke about a fandom or group or race and someone from that fandom or group or race protests, that they can just be told to "learn to laugh at yourself". Unless I'm telling a joke, I don't think I'm all that funny.------------------
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BJ · Post by BJ » Thu Nov 15, 2001 1:33 am

I'd say at least half of the joke in that last panel comes from the style of the strip itself, but that's just my opinion.Also, cons are scary places filled with scary people. I've been to plenty of them, and I'm scary enough, myself. But the 20-stone woman packed into a Sailor Mars outfit? She outclasses me at every turn.And DocMan? Joey would like her thumb back; she's going hunting this weekend and may need it.------------------
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Appendix Q · Post by **Appendix Q** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 1:35 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rann:
And, Appendix? BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDA! ;p<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I don't get it.

Michael Martin · Post by **Michael Martin** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 1:36 am

Will somebody please explain why anime has such a violent cult status here in the States? The typical American xenophilia doesn't justify it...After all, fans of, say, Hong Kong movies, or Indian music, don't demand that no ill be said of the medium, and don't deride every point that their own culture touches it.Nor can you claim that its development past normal American levels justifies it - look at American print science fiction. Most Niven fans, say, don't think that somebody who thinks Larry Niven can't write to save his soul is somehow intrinsically evil.--Michael------------------
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BJ · Post by BJ » Thu Nov 15, 2001 3:29 am

You've been raspberried, anime style!And Lord of the Rings IS a piece of crap. I tried reading it, and found it about as engaging as a piece of dental floss. It has to be one of the most self-important, overblown pieces of literature out there.And you know what? That's my OPINION. One of my best friends holds it in the highest regard, and I value his opinion. It doesn't make me like the book, but I have to take it on faith that there's some value in it, even though I don't see it.What ruined Star Wars Episode One, apart from a missing plot? It took itself waaay too seriously. You just can't. Not even anime takes itself seriously (Otaku No Video, anyone?).And comparing fandom to an ethnic group isn't too accurate. Maybe you should compare fandom to people who prefer Ford or Chevrolet, SUVs or sports cars, the Packers or the Vikings, Seinfeld or the Drew Carey Show, Jay Leno or Dave Letterman, heavy metal (Joey) or industrial (me)...the list goes on. These are all personal preferences, and all of us have different ones.Me? I like anime, and I like Disney. Go figure. I'm still gonna take jabs at both of 'em. This isn't the <A HREF="http://jackiesfridge.keenspace.com/d/20010406.html" TARGET=_blank>first time</A>, you know.------------------
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DocMan · Post by **DocMan** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 7:29 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rann:
Feh... not only does Ada hate anime, but all us anime fans get to be insulted by the hotel manager's comment. Yaaaay. Thumbs-down on this strip, BJ.
And, Appendix? BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDA! ;p
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I disagree! Three Thumbs up on this strip, BJ! (must remember to returned the borrowed thumb...) Anyone who takes themselves too seriously to appreciate the joke deserves to be insulted vicously and repeatedly. Preferably in terms they can understand.It's a rare talent to sum up the reality of the con experience in a single small sentence. Most excellent, BJ! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">Doc

ZOMBIE USER 1304 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 1304** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 7:53 am

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Originally posted by Rann:
Feh... not only does Ada hate anime, but all us anime fans get to be insulted by the hotel manager's comment. Yaaaay. Thumbs-down on this strip, BJ.
-----------------------------------You can't take things so seriously...you have to learn to laugh at yourself once in a while~jason

Rann · Post by **Rann** » Fri Nov 16, 2001 1:03 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sheseala:
clueless
(hitting on me when I didn't look attached)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>*flat tone* Gee, attempting to pick up a woman who's not already with someone. How moronic can some guys GET?------------------
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"Do I have a little 'take a number' sign on me somewhere, or something?"

Jackiesfridge · Post by **Jackiesfridge** » Fri Nov 16, 2001 1:09 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rann:
And you'll note, DocMan, that the hotel manager does not take the time to make distinctions that this is "the worst of the fandom", but implies that it is EVERY SINGLE PERSON that stays at that hotel.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>See? Toldja Freddy was a dick.Now, if you please, I'm going to ask that everyone stops and thinks before they add any replies to this topic. If its an item that can be sent to an individual as an email, instead, please do so. Let's not scare off the newbies.-Shannon

Meteo · Post by **Meteo** » Fri Nov 16, 2001 2:08 am

For those who hate anim

ZOMBIE USER 195 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 195** » Fri Nov 16, 2001 2:12 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rann:
People who constantly say "laugh at yourself" obviously never had a childhood roughly paralleling Charlie Brown's, and probably think Peanuts is a laugh riot.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Sorry, but I second laughing at oneself. Constantly? No...cuz then you'd be a pushover and a dink. But, wouldn't laughing at yourself sometimes be a lot easier on the ol' psyche than wallowing in self-pity and taking yourself seriously all the time? Sure, life isn't one big laugh riot, but you can't walk around with a stick up your butt your whole life, either. The phrase "lighten up" is probably another you don't like. And, why attack DocMan's particular sense of humor? I'm sure he doesn't point and laugh whenever somebody hurts themselves...We all have different brands of humor we like, and yours (Rann) doesn't happen to be the same as his. So what? All brands of humor, save for non-sequitur jokes, somehow involve something bad happening to someone/thing else. Not catastrophic, mind you, but bad. That's just kind of how jokes work. Where I was going with that last part, I don't know, but you all can flame me if you want; I won't be responding.

StarrPolish · Post by **StarrPolish** » Fri Nov 16, 2001 2:15 am

::slowly creeps into the forum after a long absence::
Uh...hi.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I'd say at least half of the joke in that last panel comes from the style of the strip itself, but that's just my opinion.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I agree. That's why I foudn that strip so funny, becaues Ada is drawn anime/manga style. Hehe.