Geeks.... so many geeks....

Flippy_D · Fri 26/12/2003 22:03:21

Any comments? can you find YOU?

BOYD1981 · Fri 26/12/2003 22:19:45

i guess the closest thing on that list to me is "anime fan who insists on subtitles" but that's because i don't speak japanese or like badly dubbed movies, they change dialogue and stuff to match the lip "flapping" or to make it more american...

Evil · Fri 26/12/2003 23:11:10

Roleplay gamer. I'm always the rogue.

m0ds · Fri 26/12/2003 23:53:45

LoL, I've read some of those furry stories before.

DGMacphee · Sat 27/12/2003 02:25:27

It's been ages since I've seen anything from Brunching Shuttlecocks.

As you've shown, it was a very funny site (till it closed down).

Domino · Sat 27/12/2003 03:09:32

Video Gamers are Geeks, damn, time to change my user name.

Shawn

Shattered Sponge · Sat 27/12/2003 04:10:01

Frankly, I don't think anyone who uses the term 'Japanimation' deserves to call themselves a geek, yet alone more geeky then those who insist on subtitles (which is the sensible thing to do, and as we all know, only geeks are sensible.).

Also; this is random, isn't it, Flippy? I remember when this first came on to BS, 'twas ages ago - why bring it up all of a sudden?

DGMacphee · Sat 27/12/2003 04:40:24

QuoteFrankly, I don't think anyone who uses the term 'Japanimation' deserves to call themselves a geek

I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT!!!

* DGMacphee wins on all his lotto tickets too -- what a soothsayer!!

Shattered Sponge · Sat 27/12/2003 04:45:24

No you didn't, you filthy fucking LIAR.

earlwood · Sat 27/12/2003 04:56:05

Whats a furries?

I'm like, a wannabe geek, or something.

DGMacphee · Sat 27/12/2003 05:07:31

Quote from: Shattered Sponge on Sat 27/12/2003 04:45:24
No you didn't, you filthy fucking LIAR.

Suck it, Wapanese!

earl: A furry is someone is is obsessed with animals or humans with such athromorphic qualities.

They range from the minor fan -- say someone who thinks this looks cool:

Then there are type extreme fans that dress like animals at conventions and dream of humping something like this:

Then there are the kinda furries that I dig:

Heheheh, he's a Muppet!

Evil · Sat 27/12/2003 06:27:40

"Well, its not a mop, and its not a puppet, but man, heheheh... So to anwser your question, I have no idea."

Femme Stab Mode >:D · Sat 27/12/2003 06:43:10

Everybody knows that the real geeks sit in darkened rooms with their linux machines

Well, I just started watching anime actively a month ago, and I did use the term japanimation a few times when buying/renting anime, so kill me. I don't care about subtitles, the sound of japanese speech scares me so dubbed all the way.

TheYak · Sat 27/12/2003 07:18:06

I go for dubbed/remastered nearly every time. How could bad lip-synching be more irritating than the words not matching the speech in the slightest and having to read a lengthy speech while missing a nice animation sequence? Just personal preference, I guess. Though it is annoying when they dub using horrid actors or use American phrases in place of the originals. I guess I'm slightly less geeky than BOYD.

earlwood · Sat 27/12/2003 09:08:01

Heh, Nice rack

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I like Dubbed myself, only because no language sounds cooler then japanease.

DGMacphee · Sat 27/12/2003 11:29:08

I like subbed cause the subtitles are funnier that the dubs.

Not only that, Japanese speech sounds so damn wacky when the characters get super-pissed!

Femme Stab Mode >:D · Sat 27/12/2003 11:51:45

I tried watching Spirited Away subtitled and it killed my ears. Now if I tried watching something that's violence and shouting heavy subtitled my head would probably explode. The speech is just weird and scary and shit.

Shattered Sponge · Sat 27/12/2003 13:27:48

Well I can't stand dubs (or re-dubs, as far as anime is concerned) full-stop; there are a couple of dubs which do not make me want to tear my ears off (Perfect Blue in particular, up until Mi-Mania showed up; Kite has a good dub, too, although it's not a particularily good show in it's own right; there are no good live-action dubs, barring perhaps Monkey) but for the most I find the original performance much better than the retread. I also don't have the problem of missing animation, as my eyes usually just need to flick down once or twice per line, and I have pretty good peripheral vision - I rarely miss more than a coupla frames.

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 27/12/2003 13:30:52

Waynes World 2 has the perfect dub

Las Naranjas · Sat 27/12/2003 13:55:01

If you can read at any decent speed, you never miss anything.

But the greatest strength of dubs lies in the fact that Japanese have the most annoying way of speaking possible. In Japanese you can bear it, but when you hear an American voice which should know better....

And there's a few other things, including western distributors, mainly disney, that change the script too much for a western audience [Disney], and you never know whether the English actors have been directed as to give a different impression to that which was originally intended.

And lastly, since dialogue can often be dreadful, it's nice to have it in a language that other people in the house can't understand, and thus ridicule you for.

It's not to say that I insist on dubs (Perfect Blue's was alright, and I hear good things about the Spirited Away one) , except in the case of Monkey, where there's no point otherwise, but it's a safer option.

Geeks.... so many geeks....

m0ds