Talk:Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears

What the steaming HELL is with Japan and episode titles that give away the plot points in advance? --M Sipher 00:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm guessing that they don't think it matters, since the "next episode preview" from the previous episode ALREADY FUCKING DID IT. Gnnnn. - Chris McFeely 09:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

IIRC, the guy who does Annotated Alchemist said it's a cultural thing- anime isn't supposed to surprise its audience... like the Greek plays where everyone knew what was coming. It's supposed to expose human nature- not tell a story. (It sounds much more insightful when he says it.)

I happen to think that's just making excuses for Anime's shallow, stock storytelling. Anime's vapidity doesn't stem from a high-minded ideal- it comes from creators recycling ideas that have already been recycled twice. "But this time we'll do it longform, with CGI!" -Derik 10:01, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Yyyyyeah. That's one of the larger piles of bullshit I've ever heard. Especially since with rare exception anime's "expose human nature" means "whinge and cry about something for at least a full episode and drag the plot from turtle-on-quaaludes-slow to a SCREECHING HALT". --M Sipher 20:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

"The Kind-Hearted Hero, Leomon, Dies!" Fuck right off with that, Japan. At least with this particular episode here, you would only know what "MegaZarak" was if you were paying attention the toyline. It's not an immediate spoiler - it's more like... example, example, uh.... "Enter: The Rat King." Who is the Rat King? We don't know! Get excited! Same sort of thing here.

"The Death of Ultra Magnus," on the other hand, with the title card being a picture of him shot to death? Fuck right off. - Chris McFeely 10:05, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

What bugs me about TDOUM-- it's even played like a looming disaster the audience sees coming. He just dies and everyone was like... "Bwuh?" Like it's a surprise.

(Such a strange episode, but HM is a bizarre, often disjointed, series. Galvatron being kidnapped by aliens comes to mind.)

Are yous till missing the RTM title of one of your HM episodes? I think I have my CD's with the RTM rm's on them aroudn somewhere... -Derik 10:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe I've got all the rest of them - wonky audio oediting meant that Dormant Volcano and Head On Fort Max got their dub titles cut off on the Metro DVDs, but I believe the rest of the episode have them (although I am just checking on an ep by ep basis as I go through the series). If you could confirm the Head On Fort Max StarTV title, though, that'd be squiffy. :) - Chris McFeely 10:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. -Derik 10:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

..."Gigantic New Being?" Really? God. When you're watching this show with the subs on and the StarTV audio playing, you start to see that it's not that inaccurate as translation go, just... phrased and delivered strangely. And then, every once in a while, they hit you with some silly shit like this... - Chris McFeely 11:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)