Our Angst Is Entertaining: A Review of Clone High

Quite unexpectedly one night a few weeks ago, when contemplating what leisurable activity to pursue next, Max decided quite spontaneously that we should view the first episode of the one-season series Clone High. The premise sounded interesting and Max in general gives very good recommendations, so we watched the show via Youtube.

The first show honestly wasn't a huge hit; I was entertained, but not blown away (as other series have done with their first episode). However, a couple of days later I had a strange urge to watch more, so I went on a whim and found the rest of the episodes and continued on. A few days later I had finished the last of the twelve episodes, and now I am here to give a review.

Tales from the Imperium: The Inquisitor and the Three Xenos

[Editor's Note: This is the first in what will hopefully be a long series of fables, classical stories, and legends (in both unabridged and summarized form) from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, collaboratively written by myself and Stormshrug. We hope you find them enjoyable, and encourage you to contribute yourself to the collection if you feel so inclined.]


Once, long long ago, an Inquisitor served the Emperor of Mankind faithfully and strongly. Although his name is now lost to the sands of history, he is remembered for his long, golden hair and his sterling record of service to the Imperium. He fought tirelessly against the xenos, the witch, and the heretic for many centuries, and slowly but surely the years began to weigh upon him. He found himself questioning his faith, being tempted by the radical, and in short suffering doubt, an inquisitorial sin.

What About My Star: A Review of Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

As mentioned in the last post, today I was finally able to sit down and watch Macross Frontier: The False Songstress, the first MF movie. It was billed as a synopsis of the show with a significant amount of new animation, with a second film coming next year and serving as a sequel to the show. With these expectations in mind, and a positive review from Rome (who had watched it a few days prior) Max and I set out to see what if it was all it was cracked up to be.

[Many spoilers for the original series after the jump]

It's Long, Long Goodbye: A Review of (Rewatching) Macross Frontier

Although I only watched Macross Frontier for the first time last November, the fact that it almost instantly became one of my favorite series got me to convince Emma that she wanted to watch it this summer, so I find myself about 3/4 year later having finished watching the show for the second time, and figured I should post my impressions of the show again.

In short, the show lost none of its brilliance in a rewatching. The art is still fantastic, the characters deep, the music mesmerizing, and the story compelling. The only complaint I could possibly think of on the first watching was that the show takes about 10 episodes to really get going (but once it does it never stops, in a good way) and while that remains, it's a small price to pay for an outstanding series, and it remains the only flaw.

Things not Keikakudori: A Review of Death Note

When a couple of my friends enthusiastically recommended Death Note to me as a show, I saw no reason to not watch it. It was a relatively short series with a definitive end that was popular (although I knew very little about it) and my friends liked it. With that in mind, I set out to watch through the show.

First the positives. I like the main question posited by the show, namely the morality of using murder to achieve a peaceful society. The characters were interesting and relatively realistic, the art quality was pretty high, the voice acting good. The first few episodes were good enough to draw me in and not cause me to drop out right away, and since I got more than 10 episodes in, I was intent on finishing the show all the way through.

A Slight Difference of Opinion: Roleplaying, or Lack Thereof

A follow-up to Stormshrug's recent fascination of these kind of things, I present the last two characters I made for a D&D and Orpheus campaign, respectively.

Shaima, son of Thaima (fall 2009 Dahmprealm campaign)

(Middle picture credit to Stormshrug)

Dahn Gottesson (Summer 2010 Orpheus campaign)

(DM Rome states that the middle picture should be the same as the last. Oops)

-HTMC

Bonus! Since Stormshrug didn't post it (he made all of it though), here's Jesse's character from the same campaign Shaima appeared in.

Bertram (the Murder Bear)