People tell me that, but the most popular anime tends to be the most trash (few exceptions). I never liked how in Naruto they just have to announce their stupid five point ninja technique, and how it works. Why the **** do you want to tell your enemy how something works!? I've seen this crap in other anime too, and just boggles my mind there is a lack of common sense.
Also I get tired of how the female characters torture the hell out of the male characters, and to me that novelty wore off a long time ago, and just isn't funny. I also hate how the male character acts like he is oblivious & dumb which is crap I see in today's JRPGs sometimes (looking at Tales of Graces)...
It's like the Anime & Game industry decided that being stupid sells..."oh god my head hurts"
There is a reason why I like stuff like Xenogears, Cowboy Bebop, and such because they don't overboard with dumb stuff (but oh there is the critics that can never be satisfied that need their ego stroked, I wish someone threw rocks at their heads). Oh boy..and I've seen so much dumb stuff in Fairy Tail, that anime might as well be called ecchi that tries to tell a story, I think that anime had potential if it didn't do that nonsense on a almost daily basis.
Now is all modern anime bad? No, there is some I've seen that is pretty good. I forgot the name of this anime comedy right now, but there is one that involves a pink haired psychic, and the humor in that anime is just brilliant since it actually makes fun of every single stupid trope that other anime did, it pleased me greatly to see those tropes get torn apart. lol
I'm also a fan of One Punch Man, the idea behind it is pretty funny, and it still manages to tell a good story.
All girls are busty--anime tend to do this a lot. It seems like any JRPG on the Googleplay that isn't by a well established gaming company does this. It's really obnoxious.
Clowns actually do terrify me. Its a legitimate phobia. (As legitimate as phobias get anyway). Oddly enough, Jesters and Harlequins don't.
Sure it is, with its own long phobia name and everything. That's why I said "few", not "none".
To make the same point, some people are scared of the number 13. It too is a legitimate phobia. But it is not common, and treating the number 13 as intrinsically scary is silly.
Clowns were historically a form of entertainment used for both children and adults, but especially children (including hiring them for birthdays and such). Obviously this would not have worked if most children were scared of clowns, as pop culture and the internet would have you believe.
Bringing up IT is a good example, too, since the clown in that wouldn't have been a clown if clowns were considered scary or off-putting to most people. That was the point (and probably John Wayne Gacy too). It was a clown to attract children.
The technical term for the fear of clowns is coulrophobia. This is not to be confused with the similar-sounding term "coprophilia," as I learned one tragic Tuesday evening.
@Kaliesto Hahahah yeah, popular anime is "interesting". Genres and styles are as varied as any other media. Look for the kind of stories that interest you in general, I'm sure you'll start finding gems.
Wasn't there a clown scare going on recently in US and Europe.
@ardanis yep, right here in NC & SC. I was waiting this past Halloween for one of these 'clowns' to get shot trying to spook the wrong person, or the wrongs person's kids.
I also live in NC, and the clowns I've heard & read about was one of the strangest things I've ever seen, I was thinking this was the year of the clowns for political & literal situations. lol
(Also there is a idea for a Baldur's Gate Mod gag...scary clowns!)
Clowns actually do terrify me. Its a legitimate phobia. (As legitimate as phobias get anyway). Oddly enough, Jesters and Harlequins don't.
Sure it is, with its own long phobia name and everything. That's why I said "few", not "none".
To make the same point, some people are scared of the number 13. It too is a legitimate phobia. But it is not common, and treating the number 13 as intrinsically scary is silly.
Clowns were historically a form of entertainment used for both children and adults, but especially children (including hiring them for birthdays and such). Obviously this would not have worked if most children were scared of clowns, as pop culture and the internet would have you believe.
Bringing up IT is a good example, too, since the clown in that wouldn't have been a clown if clowns were considered scary or off-putting to most people. That was the point (and probably John Wayne Gacy too). It was a clown to attract children.
Fear of clowns is a common phobia. I know several people who are afraid of clowns (and for comparison, no one who is afraid of snakes or spiders). I wouldn't say I'm afraid of clowns, but I certainly don't like them very much.
Zombies. But not just zombies, also the fact that every zombie story takes place in an alternate reality where noone has ever heard of a zombie story.
You might like Mira Grant's Newsflesh trilogy. They're set 25 years after the zombie apocalypse. From Howard Tayler's review:
The best part? The usual rules apply. The zombie apocalypse that showed up was the one we expected. All the zombie movies you and I watched ended up saving our lives. George Romero became a saint. That totally won me over. I'm bored by zombie stories in which nobody knows what's going on. I saw the first episode of "Walking Dead" and was disappointed*. If you want me to love your zombie fiction, please acknowledge the last 20 years of pop culture.
Being inside/near extremely hot environments. Examples include walking away from an explosion casually and Frodo and Sam standing inside an environment without burning up or dying from poisonous fumes
You wouldn't think people were tired of zombies though, especially with the sky high ratings the walking dead gets and it even has its own talk show and tv spin-off-.-
I don't really watch the show though, so I don't know if it's good or bad.
There are many sci-fi films where someone is holding their breath in outer space. And while having full exposure rating, to make sure all kinds of radioactive rays are evenly bathed in. Some titles take that even a couple of steps further by making the vacuum breathable like its common sense.
The staple of pretty much every Hollywood romantic comedy. Hugh Grant will be rebuffed several times but will not give up and eventually the 45th flower bouquet, 12th diner to a chic French restaurant and the grand airport chase will erode her resistance. Guys if you try things like this in real life you'll end up between two cops. Also it's creepy.
The gender-inverted trope exists too but is more common in Japanese media ("Oh if I cook and clean and do his laundry he'll HAVE to love me someday!") Ugh.
There are many sci-fi films where someone is holding their breath in outer space. And while having full exposure rating, to make sure all kinds of radioactive rays are evenly bathed in. Some titles take that even a couple of steps further by making the vacuum breathable like its common sense.
I give this a pass if its for less than 90 seconds, minus the breathable part. Technically survivable some of the time.
You wouldn't think people were tired of zombies though, especially with the sky high ratings the walking dead gets and it even has its own talk show and tv spin-off-.-
I don't really watch the show though, so I don't know if it's good or bad.
Oh, they're popular. But for some of us (this guy), the zombie apocalypse happened when they took over pop culture.
I don't mind zombies sometimes. I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for example. I am fine with them in my RPGs. But it gets old fast when people can't shut up about them.
The staple of pretty much every Hollywood romantic comedy. Hugh Grant will be rebuffed several times but will not give up and eventually the 45th flower bouquet, 12th diner to a chic French restaurant and the grand airport chase will erode her resistance. Guys if you try things like this in real life you'll end up between two cops. Also it's creepy.
The gender-inverted trope exists too but is more common in Japanese media ("Oh if I cook and clean and do his laundry he'll HAVE to love me someday!") Ugh.
More like pathetic imo. If anything is creepy, it's the fact people can get arrested for having feelings towards someone, this is just dystopian.
Have you noticed how many games there are where there's a "silence" status effect which prevents characters from casting spells, even though nobody actually says incantations while casting the spells? The only games I can think of where people say things while casting spells are DnD games.
Have you noticed how many games there are where there's a "silence" status effect which prevents characters from casting spells, even though nobody actually says incantations while casting the spells? The only games I can think of where people say things while casting spells are DnD games.
True, although do other D&D games do it besides the Infinity Engine games?
I think this might be a symptom caused by lack of spoken audio in early games, roleplayers not speaking them in their campaigns, and developers not finding a way to avoid it sounding cheesy.
Have you noticed how many games there are where there's a "silence" status effect which prevents characters from casting spells, even though nobody actually says incantations while casting the spells? The only games I can think of where people say things while casting spells are DnD games.
True, although do other D&D games do it besides the Infinity Engine games?
Have you noticed how many games there are where there's a "silence" status effect which prevents characters from casting spells, even though nobody actually says incantations while casting the spells? The only games I can think of where people say things while casting spells are DnD games.
True, although do other D&D games do it besides the Infinity Engine games?
Have you noticed how many games there are where there's a "silence" status effect which prevents characters from casting spells, even though nobody actually says incantations while casting the spells? The only games I can think of where people say things while casting spells are DnD games.
True, although do other D&D games do it besides the Infinity Engine games?
Neverwinter Nights games do it.
Every JRPG ever.
Ah, true. I was thinking NWN might but I couldn't remember.
Hmm... maybe it is because I haven't played many modern JRPGs. I prefer the 8/16 bit style JRPGs. Final Fantasy VII and X kinda killed it for me (long live IV, VI, and IX!).
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Also I get tired of how the female characters torture the hell out of the male characters, and to me that novelty wore off a long time ago, and just isn't funny. I also hate how the male character acts like he is oblivious & dumb which is crap I see in today's JRPGs sometimes (looking at Tales of Graces)...
It's like the Anime & Game industry decided that being stupid sells..."oh god my head hurts"
There is a reason why I like stuff like Xenogears, Cowboy Bebop, and such because they don't overboard with dumb stuff (but oh there is the critics that can never be satisfied that need their ego stroked, I wish someone threw rocks at their heads). Oh boy..and I've seen so much dumb stuff in Fairy Tail, that anime might as well be called ecchi that tries to tell a story, I think that anime had potential if it didn't do that nonsense on a almost daily basis.
Now is all modern anime bad? No, there is some I've seen that is pretty good. I forgot the name of this anime comedy right now, but there is one that involves a pink haired psychic, and the humor in that anime is just brilliant since it actually makes fun of every single stupid trope that other anime did, it pleased me greatly to see those tropes get torn apart. lol
I'm also a fan of One Punch Man, the idea behind it is pretty funny, and it still manages to tell a good story.
Back to tropes:
All girls are busty--anime tend to do this a lot. It seems like any JRPG on the Googleplay that isn't by a well established gaming company does this. It's really obnoxious.
Although, sometimes there're rare exceptions
To make the same point, some people are scared of the number 13. It too is a legitimate phobia. But it is not common, and treating the number 13 as intrinsically scary is silly.
Clowns were historically a form of entertainment used for both children and adults, but especially children (including hiring them for birthdays and such). Obviously this would not have worked if most children were scared of clowns, as pop culture and the internet would have you believe.
Bringing up IT is a good example, too, since the clown in that wouldn't have been a clown if clowns were considered scary or off-putting to most people. That was the point (and probably John Wayne Gacy too). It was a clown to attract children.
@Kamigoroshi No, just no.
(Also there is a idea for a Baldur's Gate Mod gag...scary clowns!)
If only my friends could give me god-like powers...
Feed by Mira Grant
It's in my to-be-read pile, so I can't vouch for it personally, but I trust Howard, he hasn't steered me wrong yet.
I don't really watch the show though, so I don't know if it's good or bad.
Spacewalking without spacesuit
There are many sci-fi films where someone is holding their breath in outer space. And while having full exposure rating, to make sure all kinds of radioactive rays are evenly bathed in. Some titles take that even a couple of steps further by making the vacuum breathable like its common sense.Perseverance wins the girl in the end
The staple of pretty much every Hollywood romantic comedy. Hugh Grant will be rebuffed several times but will not give up and eventually the 45th flower bouquet, 12th diner to a chic French restaurant and the grand airport chase will erode her resistance. Guys if you try things like this in real life you'll end up between two cops. Also it's creepy.The gender-inverted trope exists too but is more common in Japanese media ("Oh if I cook and clean and do his laundry he'll HAVE to love me someday!") Ugh.
I don't mind zombies sometimes. I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for example. I am fine with them in my RPGs. But it gets old fast when people can't shut up about them.
Now, *this*
I think this might be a symptom caused by lack of spoken audio in early games, roleplayers not speaking them in their campaigns, and developers not finding a way to avoid it sounding cheesy.
Hmm... maybe it is because I haven't played many modern JRPGs. I prefer the 8/16 bit style JRPGs. Final Fantasy VII and X kinda killed it for me (long live IV, VI, and IX!).