Laziness pays off

Sort of. One of the posts I've been meaning to make is a False Dichotomies one, about Wonder and Understanding.

And here a guy in Scientific American has gone and written a similar essay. He doesn't hit the same points I want to, but now I have another excuse to procrastinate.

Totally Airwolf

http://www.livejournal.com/community/scans_daily/912828.html

Words would spoil it. Go.

(ganked from gwalla via the KnT forum)

In lieu of content...

You get a mini-review of FF7: Advent Children. Minus spoilers.

Okay, for starters. I never actually finished FF7. I only ever played it over at a friend's house, and I only got to the point where you leave the first city. Midgar or whatever. So, Sephiroth? Never met him. Don't understand why he's so "OMGWTFBBQ" to fanboys and fangirls. Standard issue uber-bishi. Which can be cool when done well, of course.

So, with that in mind, the review.

The animation was amazing. Incredibly realistic, including movements, but it still had things that made it seem stylized and animated. Which is probably for the best. The fight scenes were amazing. Kicked the Matrix sequels asses everywhere. Though there were a few "gravity? What's that?" moments. Okay, a lot. But that's anime.

But looking back on it, there wasn't that much there there. It was all about Cloud, with most everybody else only showing up as a cameo to help fight a big monster, which Cloud did all the real damage to, anyway. Which is kinda sad, I liked some of them more than Cloud and their entrances were cool. Then they wandered off after that fight. Such is the fate of the cameo. And most of the plot was strung between just to get from one badass fight scene to the next. The fight scenes were truly badass, though I had to get over my suspension of disbelief before I could appreciate them. (Cloud got shot in the face, and it just broke his glasses. Right.)

So, I guess it's sorta like a cheerleader you don't know that well. Pretty but vapid, though there might be more to her if you knew her well.