You ran out of ink, too, didn't you, you bastards?

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You ran out of ink, too, didn't you, you bastards?

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Postby Kestrellius » Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:50 am

So...what exactly does that mean, anyway? I mean, it's one of those things that manages to be funny regardless, but I never quite figured out the meaning. Is the idea that the staff were saying they ran out of time or money, and Shinji/Spencer was sarcastically wondering if they were going to claim to have run out of ink as an excuse for the weird minimal animation stuff in episodes 25 and 26?

I know, I know, I'm analyzing a joke, and it's not going to be funny at all by the time this is done, but I'm curious.
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Postby pwhodges » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:08 am

Not a lot of ink being used when he's drawn as an unfilled outline in an empty world. Do you really need anything else?
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Postby unz » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:54 am

Kind of disappointed eoe didn't feature more flymetothemoon lyrics and VA rants.

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Postby FreakyFilmFan4ever » Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:40 am

The phrase could also refer to writing. Old fashioned pen-and-paper writing uses a lot of ink. People who worked at printing presses in its early days would often be ridiculed for having ink on their fingers.

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Postby Sachi » Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:27 am

Just so we all know what we're talking about: https://youtu.be/4hzjuf686oA?t=1m47s
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Postby pwhodges » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:08 pm

I hope that when (if?) the BD set gets localised, that the rant is included somewhere!
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Postby Kestrellius » Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:15 pm

View Original PostSachi wrote:Just so we all know what we're talking about: https://youtu.be/4hzjuf686oA?t=1m47s


Oh, right, sorry. I should have made that clear in the OP.

Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking, phwodges...
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Postby Reichu » Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:52 pm

Ink is (was, rather) used for the outlines on cels. Would have been more apt to say "paint", though. Never found the rant particularly funny or clever, myself.
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