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Arguing About Giant Robot Cartoons

I must have no life whatsoever. I need a girlfriend, or a job, or something. Because I just spent nearly an hour arguing about what is and what is not canon in Gundam’s Universal Century timeline.

The Universal Century timeline, by the way, is the original “universe” in which Gundam takes part in. The original series and its direct sequels (Z, ZZ, CCA, F91, and V) take place here. Also, several side story OVAs (0080, 0083, 08th MS Team, and MS Igloo). Also, there are several video games, side story manga, and novelizations. However, Sunrise has claimed that “if it’s filmed, it’s canon”.

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The Nerv of Some People!

Just a little rant:

Folks, Neon Genesis Evangelion is a great show. Is it the best show ever? No. Is it the best show of its kind? Not even. Is it one of the best? Maybe. Is it perfect? No. Fuck, though, if it isn’t extremely well directed most of the time, with all sorts of amazing scene composition, human behavior study, and great mecha action set to beautiful music. It’s still my favorite Gainax production, next to Wings of the Honneamise and Ebichu Minds The House.

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Sci Fi vs Gurren Lagann

As many of you know by now Gurren Lagann has begun its first airing in the United States. Every Monday at 11PM EST you can catch two new episodes, airing only on the Sci Fi channel. Sounds great right? An amazing series with an average dub getting air time is always great. Unfortunately Sci Fi, best known for bringing us epic series’ such as Battlestar Galactica and countless original movies no one will ever watch, is ruining the experience.

If you’ve yet to tune in you might be asking how. Let’s start by looking at some basic times… read more

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1&1 Sales: A Story of Fail

As some of you may already know imgDump.info has successfully used up the file limitations on it’s host. In order to address the issue and continue to expand imgDump I’ve contacted the host, 1&1.

The email I sent them is as follows. (Minus a few spelling mistakes I’ve only noticed now >_<)

Hello,

I have been a customer of 1&1 for a long time now with two separate hosting accounts.

Recently I have hit the file quota on my one account, 255,410 of 262,144 used. My storage space and bandwidth quota are still well within reasonable bounds. read more

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Gurren Lagann: The Dub Review

The Gurren Lagann dub premiered for the first time on Sci-Fi tonight…

The short and simple of it? It’s not so bad.

So dub’s often get a bad rap, often for good reason. With much anticipation Gurren Lagann fans with little or nothing to do sat around and watched the premiere of the first two dubbed episodes on the Sci-Fi Channel. And boy, what a commercially studded event that was (more on that to come, trust me (fucking Sci-Fi)).

For those unfamiliar with the show, you’re way behind the times. You can read up on Gurren Lagann here and check out a ton of Gurren Lagann images (including the cut Eye Catches) here. Unfortunately this is set to hit as big as Evangelion, and be ruined by a shitty fan base shortly there after. read more

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Family Values

What, exactly, are "family values"? You hear this a lot from politicians and clergymen. Usually conservatives tout their adherance to traditional family values. It’s an interesting buzzword. It’s sort of the right wing version of political correctness. I have some news to break to any halfwit who hangs on the words "family values", though: there isn’t any such thing as family values.

No unit of people has any shared system of values. Values only exist to the individual, as well as value itself, which can only be assigned to individuals. Families, traditionally, are units that were formed with the intent of holding land and property. Somehow, in the past few decades, politicians have expoused their fondness for "traditional family values". If you value the sterile, unloving concept of merely existing to propogate the species and own material goods, that’s fine. But, of course, politicians never mean that when they say "family values". read more

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Batman: The Dark Knight Review (SPOILERS)

Tuesday afteroon I saw the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, at a local theater. Pre-movie, I scoped out the trailer to Christian Bale’s next no-doubt-blockbuster, the fourth Terminator movie (which means now there’ll be two too many). I also sat awkwardly through the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen, directed by Zack Synder, who also directed the adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300. While it does seem like it might make interesting watching, I still think some comic stories are best left on page. Watchmen deconstructed the superhero comic genre, the movie isn’t going to do anything so bold. I can see it going over people’s heads, that is, even if they do it justice. But hell, who am I kidding? I’ll go see it. Sorry, Mr. Moore. Really, I am. read more

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Layman’s Gunpla Guide – Airbrushing Tutorial

Introduction

Airbrushing can be sound pretty daunting to a lot of folks. It may not be the simplest way to go about painting your kits. Nor the least expensive way to start out. Yet the time and energy spent into learning, using, and maintaining your equipment will no doubt pay off with some of the best paint jobs imaginable.

Starting off with airbrushing requires a bit of an investment; airbrush, compressor, and various little bits and pieces to bring it all together. Setup can run anywhere from $75 all the way to $500 and beyond. Buying the most expensive equipment doesn’t mean you’ll be a master anymore than lower end products will ruin your kit, it’s all in how you use it. Currently I use a Badger Renegade Velocity along with a Badger Airstorm compressor. read more

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