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by Merridian
Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:42 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Toji's Squandered Potential
Replies: 10
Views: 4481

Re: Toji's Squandered Potential

Hidaeki Anno was the Rian Johnson of Evangelion.
by Merridian
Sun Sep 10, 2017 12:21 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Nature of sync tests
Replies: 12
Views: 3383

Re: Nature of sync tests

Spiritual harmonics. Pilots have to stop thinking. Higher stress levels screw around with their synchronization. The soul trapped inside Eva dominates in typical Anno-Jungian fashion. Throw in your Japanese Zen crap and it starts to make sense. The pilots have to concentrate on no-mind, but they're ...
by Merridian
Tue May 23, 2017 6:35 pm
Forum: EvaGeeks News and Feedback
Topic: NemZ Has Passed Away
Replies: 66
Views: 61722

Re: NemZ Has Passed Away

RIP man. My condolences to his family and friends. ;__;7
by Merridian
Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:32 pm
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: [Music] The Grand Music Discussion Thread [3]
Replies: 717
Views: 175167

Joy Division to me is more disturbing than sad, it's a sort of cold, arm's-length despair. It's haunting, but it doesn't gut-punch me. It's haunting in the way that something like a David Lynch movie is. Pretty accurate assessment. Cold, debilitating ice of sound that sinks into...
by Merridian
Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:53 pm
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: Walkin' On Moonshine (Weird Image Thread 6)
Replies: 1980
Views: 260690

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by Merridian
Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:48 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Last Movie You Watched
Replies: 1979
Views: 353856

caragnafog dog#777484 wrote:I had something of a breakdown rewatching Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. Recommend me something that will heal me.
Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice will either uplift you or break what is left of you. :)
by Merridian
Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:41 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Controversial Anime Opinions
Replies: 1347
Views: 245330

People who dismiss Elfen Lied because of violence and nudity are the same sort of people who would dismiss ME!ME!ME! for being vapid fanservice. It's far easier to dismiss because of its sloppy directing and sappy, hamfisted story than its because of the violence or nudity. Violence and nudity ...
by Merridian
Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:20 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Controversial Anime Opinions
Replies: 1347
Views: 245330

El Squibbonator#777104 wrote:Elfen Lied
I thought Elfen Lied was more or less universally despised by everyone that isn't an edgelord teenager.
by Merridian
Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Last Movie You Watched
Replies: 1979
Views: 353856

Watched the third Hobbit movie last night, what was it called... uh, The Hobbit 3: The Desolation of Smaug 2: An Unexpected Battle, Parts 1 and 2: The Conclusion; or, More of the Same . It was exactly that. I have to wonder if studio pressures were what pushed the superfluous, half-assed fanfiction ...
by Merridian
Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:48 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Last Movie You Watched
Replies: 1979
Views: 353856

Blue Monday - sooner or later I'll get around to finishing Drive. Might just have to order the BD or something. I never expected Refn to be the one who dragged me back into filmfaggotry. i kept hearing for a bit that Refn was going to direct a remake of maniac cop. and apparently highly respect...
by Merridian
Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:40 pm
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: [Literature] Currently Reading (discussion)
Replies: 1913
Views: 308317

Joy Evangelion#775394 wrote:I plan on reading a Camus novel soon. I've read The Stranger but nothing else by him, so whaddya recommend, doggie?
THE PLAGUE
by Merridian
Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:35 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Last Movie You Watched
Replies: 1979
Views: 353856

Awesome, glad to see you liked OGF, Merri. As the anti- Drive , it's probably my favourite Refn, and I recently bought the Blu-ray as well. The visuals and Cliff Martinez' soundtrack ('Bride of Chang' and 'Sister, Pt. 1' in particular) are simply awe-inducing. I saw ...
by Merridian
Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:24 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Last Movie You Watched
Replies: 1979
Views: 353856

Only God Forgives - actually saw this a couple days ago, but it's still in my mind today so might as well post it. Short version: bloody brilliant film, one of the best I've seen in a while. A perfectly paced meditation on consequence, the visually rich film plays out more like a dream than...
by Merridian
Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:53 am
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: [Music] The Grand Music Discussion Thread [3]
Replies: 717
Views: 175167

Do we have any gigging musicians here? In any style of music? ^_^ I don't gig, but I do record a fair amount. Not sure how to describe it, other than a pseudo-ambient composite of the arsenal of instruments I have on hand and pretend I know how to play. Most of it sucks. I'm in talks with a...
by Merridian
Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:15 am
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: [Literature] Currently Reading (discussion)
Replies: 1913
Views: 308317

Ant Colony by Michael DeForge was somewhat shit hipster drug music comic book filled to brim with nicely garish color palate, amusingly homosexual ant protagonists, the surrealistic comforts of the absurd, and a vaguely disreputable end note that was not only lacking but seemed to reach for the amb...
by Merridian
Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: Old Stickies
Topic: What anime are you watching right now? Summer 2014
Replies: 1823
Views: 332022

I had to get used to the kitties but Spring and Chaos was beautiful. What an affective way of telling Kenji Miyazawa's story and goals. I will finish reading his stories in translation soon. Spring and Chaos is a beautiful film. The montages in particular made quite an impression on me when I f...
by Merridian
Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:39 pm
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: So, who's into conspiracy theories?
Replies: 131
Views: 23822

Anyone ITT who hasn't read some of Val Valarian's Matrix books needs to. I've read the first two and most of the third volume, but I need to get the fifth. It's apparently his opus and written with regards to the preordained massive shift in consciousness, apocalypse, and possible de...
by Merridian
Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:58 pm
Forum: EvaGeeks News and Feedback
Topic: Serious Discussion: Does It Belong Here?
Replies: 146
Views: 39146

OK. 1) Nuking OT dissolves at least +50% of current EGF usership as far as I can tell. As Trajan noted earlier, EGF's OT section has consistently proven itself to be one of the prime staying-factors for users. Evangelion has been discussed to point that there really isn't much left to sa...
by Merridian
Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:20 pm
Forum: EvaGeeks News and Feedback
Topic: Serious Discussion: Does It Belong Here?
Replies: 146
Views: 39146

^TBH I've always gotten the impression that it isn't the topics so much as what's posted and how the discourse reads that probably necessitates the drastic measures.
by Merridian
Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: EvaGeeks News and Feedback
Topic: Serious Discussion: Does It Belong Here?
Replies: 146
Views: 39146

What qualifies as "political discussion"?

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