May 31, 2009
Don predicts some titles for the Summer 2010 season of anime.
That kind of satire is dangerous because it can fall victim to the "Network" effect. Network was a black comedy about the lengths to which the networks would go for ratings. And at the time, Paddy Chayevsky tried to be very outrageous, and to describe things happening which were completely off the wall.
What's terrifying about that movie is that if you watch it today, it doesn't seem farfetched at all. Life has imitated art, and Chayefsky's satire is looking more and more like prophecy.
Which is to say that as outrageous as Don's ideas are, I wouldn't want to bet that we won't see at least one of them.
(Especially because I have seen one of them, in a show that was produced more than ten years ago. I gave specifics in his comments.)
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Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 01, 2009 05:58 AM (PiXy!)
Posted by: metaphysician at June 01, 2009 07:37 AM (WPSw+)
Especially because I have seen one of them, in a show that was produced more than ten years ago.
And here I thought you meant Apocryphelion, the one with the Sumerian prophicies and angsty teens with large mecha. I just know I've seen that one somewhere...
Posted by: ubu at June 02, 2009 10:06 AM (i7ZAU)
Steven, I chuckled when you mentioned how the news now resembles the parody that was Network. All they need to complete the transformation is the daily visit from the psychic reader (which we may already be getting - I don't watch that stuff anymore...)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 02, 2009 01:38 PM (ZbRVK)
Enclose all spoilers in spoiler tags:
[spoiler]your spoiler here[/spoiler]
Spoilers which are not properly tagged will be ruthlessly deleted on sight.
Also, I hate unsolicited suggestions and advice. (Even when you think you're being funny.)
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