Comments on: Pardon me, it’s not business, just personal!

By: KONNICHIWA

KONNICHIWA — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:49:36 +0000

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By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:55:23 +0000

“It’s not true in every case, but you can often gauge the production values of a series from the first 1-3 episodes. ”

And then again, that depends only if you’re looking at production values, so it’s good that you also apply the story factor. More often than not, unless a show is OMG with production values and they make me know it (I wasn’t paying attention to the high production value of True Tears until people mentioned it, for example), it’s not something I take into mind. Everyone has different hooks or buzzwords with which to get interested into something. I can’t say that if people drop a show because how it looks or how the characters are initially that they are wrong and stupid. But it makes me wonder why they have that opinion, if not making me wonder about why I decide to keep watching. :3

By: Stripey

Stripey — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:09:45 +0000

heh, this reminds me of a song from Wilber Pan,

可能我不是最好最坏的可是我是最快的

My wife was commenting how true this is in life especially in love. I suppose it applies to blogging too

By: Eirias

Eirias — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:07:02 +0000

Suffice it to say, however, that this technique only works for shounen series; I don’t really use it for anything involving romance or suspense.

By: Eirias

Eirias — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:05:31 +0000

I blatantly cheat by watching anime using ZoomPlayer. The > key 5-second skip makes watching bad anime quite easy. If it actually interests me, then I can stop the skipping, go back to the beginning of the series, and watch from there. I am a bad person.

By: Leviahan DarklyCute

Leviahan DarklyCute — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:13:57 +0000

I totally agree. Life is way too fast than it sould be, people and their preferences are way too judgmental and hasty.

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:38:49 +0000

On the flip side, creators know the first few episodes are the hook, and usually the first 2 episodes have the best budgets and a flashy scene or two. So if what you see is not very good, there is a very good chance that the rest of the series will be worse.

It’s not true in every case, but you can often gauge the production values of a series from the first 1-3 episodes. Story quality can be harder to pin down, though.

By: Nemo_N

Nemo_N — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:55:54 +0000

To me, it’s OK if someone says that the couple of episodes he/she watched were crap, but to call THE WHOLE SHOW crap based on those same two episodes would require no less than precognition abilities.

By: IKnight

IKnight — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:44:46 +0000

Well, quite. With limited time to invest, a vitriolic first impression can be just what one needs. Or one can just watch shows from a genre one is sure one likes.

It won’t make you an aesthete, but it’ll mean you can enjoy anime and hold down a full-time job at the same time.