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Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Revolutionary Girl Utena': Episode 2

Tue, 20 May 2014 19:44:03 +0000

I'm halfway through a rewatch while reviewing the series over on my bloggyblog so I'll be stealing screencaps from those posts until we catch up here. (V tbg uhat hc qrpvqvat ubj gb gnyx nobhg Xbmhr naq arrqrq gb gnxr n oernx, ohg V thrff V'yy arrq gb or ergheavat gb gung abj, ru?) Wakabaaaaaa how do you even pretend to be straight I love you so much. <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e54a3abfc81d70f1968839c56f71ec9c/tumblr_mxl3dhd5io1qz5stvo4_500.png"> Anthy stirring her tea is perfect. <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a45a84860186d32fbbab0784ba10819/tumblr_mxl3dhd5io1qz5stvo5_r1_500.gif"> This scene just kills me. Nagul'f orra qbvat guvf fuvg sbe fb ybat naq fur unaqyrf guvf ntterffvir, juvavat obl nf vs ur'f gur puvyq ur cergraqf abg gb or. Fur pna'g svtug onpx culfvpnyyl orpnhfr bs ure... sbe ynpx bs n orggre jbeq... fgngvba va yvsr, ohg fur pna vafhyg uvz gubebhtuyl jvgu ure fhtnel qvfqnva. Naq ure oevrs ubcr gung Hgran zvtug or qvssrerag vf fb dhvpxyl qnfurq ol Hgran'f hggre qvfertneq sbe ure fvghngvba. <img src="http://37.media.tumblr.com/02af5a375cdeeaa0f5393a8d917752a7/tumblr_mxl3dhd5io1qz5stvo7_500.png"> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5eeb6ed9a4fbef1c8ede813a761ed470/tumblr_mxl3dhd5io1qz5stvo2_500.png"> I'll have more to say about Anthy's glasses later on. For now it's just a gorgeous shot. <img src="http://37.media.tumblr.com/16bfa9a9200b23fe5e2fe1211c0f54f0/tumblr_mxl3dhd5io1qz5stvo8_500.png"> Anthy smiliiiiinnnngggggggggg :-D (Naq abg whfg ure urnegoernxvat fzvyvat znfx gung fur jrnef jura fur unf gb cergraq yvxr Hgran vfa'g n irel irel qrafr crefba) <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/73b56db3f21df6bd97024e51509df27e/tumblr_mxl3dhd5io1qz5stvo10_500.png"> Inside the Body of the Paleozoic Era is one of my favorite duel songs. You in the sea. I in the sea. The Paleozoic Era in my flesh. Living on and on. Closer and closer to death. The endless story of the Paleozoic. Like a whale. Like a dolphin. Like a sea-lion. I travel down into the depths of the sea. Down through the history in the depths of the sea. And at the bottom I find myself. Ammonite! <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/1635676d73285fd2ffe6353049659523/tumblr_mxdlssvcDp1qz5stvo4_r1_500.jpg"> God I love this show.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Revolutionary Girl Utena': Episode 1

Mon, 19 May 2014 19:37:04 +0000

Hiiiiiiii I said I'd be back after I either recovered from the... uh... discussions from the last couple seasons of Buffy or when Mark started Utena, which ever came first. Mark started Utena first. :-D I'm thrilled. I only watched Utena for the first time earlier this year and it made an immediate impression. It is so tightly plotted, the character work is so on point, and the treatment of HORRIBLE THINGS is so well done, that I just fell in love and it immediately jumped to the top of my all-time favorites list. NOTE: Guvf jnf gur svefg fubhwb navzr gung V rire fnj, rira orsber Fnvybe Zbba. N sevraq bs zvar unf thvqrq zr guebhtu n traer rqhpngvba naq V fgvyy trg areibhf nobhg fubhwb ebfrf jurarire V frr gurz. Gur bcravat gb Ebfr bs Irefnvyyrf GREEVSVRQ zr. (V'z fgvyy znxvat zl jnl guebhtu gung, zragvbavat gb jneq bss fcbvyref) As this is a series that consistently builds upon everything that came before, let's just say that I adore Wakaba and Utena's relationship. <img src="http://37.media.tumblr.com/b3dec9e0c4847c27e807924a20f8f607/tumblr_mxks6lu03j1qz5stvo5_500.png"> V gbgnyyl fuvc N-Xb naq O-Xb <img src="http://37.media.tumblr.com/351e66f64b3bfc8338de96253bb2fa53/tumblr_mxks6lu03j1qz5stvo8_500.png"> and I love Anthy more than anything. <img src="http://37.media.tumblr.com/6ad13ba7b86d05a2ef8d716dd1cecbe3/tumblr_mxks6lu03j1qz5stvo10_r1_500.png"> Everything is perfect, everything hurts. V jvyy nyfb or ba ernql gb fcvg sver ng gur cnegvphyneyl ercerurafvoyr frpgvbaf bs gur snaqbz fubhyq gurl qrpvqr gb fubj hc.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Trickster's Choice': Chapter 13

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:22:59 +0000

Drat! I was afraid of that. Definitely not snarking you.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Trickster's Choice': Chapter 13

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 02:46:06 +0000

It's almost as if a conversation can be seen from multiple viewpoints at the same time and critique isn't a binary value judgement.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'The West Wing': S03E16 - The U.S. Poet Laureate

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:06:37 +0000

+1 WOULD PROMOTE AGAIN.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'The West Wing': S01E18 - Six Meetings Before Lunch

Thu, 9 May 2013 00:57:18 +0000

You're not the only one and Sam's "hip hop hand motions" pretty much sealed my dislike.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'The West Wing': S01E18 - Six Meetings Before Lunch

Thu, 9 May 2013 00:55:51 +0000

I'd like to add a couple things to monkeybutter's response: when Mississippi only just formally ratified the 13th amendment this year, I have a hard time thinking of Slavery as something "in the past." This isn't even to mention that de facto slavery persisted well into the 20th century. Lastly, African American wealth is practically nil in the USA, and this is one of the clearest ways to get a window into the long term effects of both slavery and then post-1865 structural racism. Not only were black people denied the ability to save for their children, since they made no wages, or to even raise their own children for that matter, they were systematically denied other governmental and private programs that enabled white wealth accumulation. It's hard to buy a house when nobody gives you a loan. That means there's no house to pass down the generations. No house to borrow money against and serve as a foundation for saving more money. Etc etc etc. There's a whole host of other examples for why username:Sara is wrong, but I'll leave it at that.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 11 - Toys in the Attic

Tue, 5 Feb 2013 04:26:53 +0000

My favorite is Spike holding Ein because of feelings.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 11 - Toys in the Attic

Tue, 5 Feb 2013 04:24:52 +0000

Very very true. What I love about Spike is that he can be super competent and caring (important Cs) and but then he eats very disgusting things and allows lobsters to turn into deadly space goo and I'm sure is gross in 100s of other ways.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 11 - Toys in the Attic

Tue, 5 Feb 2013 01:53:16 +0000

I took a lot of screencaps because this episode is great.

and finally...

I took surprisingly few caps of Ed, it seems.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 9 - Jamming With Edward

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:11:42 +0000

I love how Ed talks to the AI.

And for the most noticeable translation difference we have:

What wacky adventures await the full Bebop team?

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 8 - Waltz for Venus

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:08:46 +0000

I don't think Jet had a scene by himself so instead I present this phrase which makes no sense to me. Can anyone explain?

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Princess Tutu': S01E07 - The Crow Princess

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:02:08 +0000

We too are stardust.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 7 - Heavy Metal Queen

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:32:04 +0000

WE DISAGREE I love this episode VT is awesome LETS FIGHT.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 7 - Heavy Metal Queen

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:29:46 +0000

In what I believe will be a continuing series in Jet being domestic, we have Ein judging Jet.

I also find it so interesting that an episode like this gets discussed as a "one-off". The world is such a part of the show that I find these world building episodes more satisfying than an episode like Ballad of Fallen Angels. Something I missed about talking about things here was seeing how much differently everybody looks at the same thing. Part of how I'm approaching Cowboy Bebop is as aspects or facets of the same thing. Each episode zooms in on a part of a whole. I may be proved wrong that there is an overriding plot, since all I know about what's coming up is RQRQRQRQRQRQRQRQRQRQRQ.

Also, though I'm late on discussing this, my favorite part of the last episode was learning about the ~~giant moon explosion~~ Astral Gate accident, where you get this brief bit of information that opens up such an amazing metaphor. Our means of colonizing space, the astral gates, exploded, killing off what looks like at least half of Earth. Ooops.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 6 - Sympathy for the Devil

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:34:15 +0000

I was also bored during the episode and have no strong feelings either way. Although I do love the harmonica parts. Vg'f uneq gb or fnaqjvpurq orgjrra Onyynq bs Snyyra Natryf naq Urnil Zrgny Dhrra, gubhtu.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 5 - Ballad of Fallen Angels

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:00:26 +0000

I missed you most of all!

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 5 - Ballad of Fallen Angels

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:56:19 +0000

GUVF VF NYFB FBZRGUVAT V ERZRZORE.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Cowboy Bebop': Session 5 - Ballad of Fallen Angels

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:53:48 +0000

While I've seen Cowboy Bebop before, I remember very little (and it turns out what little I remember was in this episode). This short scene with Jet is my favorite. I had a feeling it'd be translated differently in the dubbed and it very much was!

Also hello again everybody!

Mark Watches : Mark Finishes 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer': S07E22 - Chosen

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:44:23 +0000

It's probably due to my being a recovering alcoholic, but when I see that shot of Willow giddy and lying on the floor all I can think of is how she is a recovering addict who just got very, very high.