Comments on: Angels: October 24-29, 2005

By: Sailorleo

Sailorleo — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 03:16:10 +0000

In reply to Chris (khade). Bishojō Senshi Sailormoon went back and forth on that, but that was partly because half of the show was filler. They were constantly ahead of the manga, which also caused the plot of the last two seasons to deviate a bit.

By: Sailorleo

Sailorleo — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 03:12:39 +0000

In reply to Ed Gedeon (eddurd). The song's name, incidentally, is Moonlight Densetsu (Moonlight Legend is the usual rendering; I don't think DiC Great Eastern named their English opening song which is a filk cover, not a translation).

By: Kitirena

Kitirena — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:51:54 +0000

In reply to Ed Gedeon (eddurd).

You know, now matter how hard I try, I can’t imagine that fitting the tune of “Moonlight Densetsu”.

Oh, wait, are you referring to the horribly slaughtered and bastardized DiC/Cloverway dub that deserves to be buried forever in a toxic waste dump?

(Nobody call me an “otaku”, nyao. Trust me, the original Japanese version, if you can get hold of a good fansub, is awesome! DiC censored the daylights out of the Americanized version, when they didn’t just totally screw up entire episodes and make cuts just for no apparent reason. Holy wars have been started for less, believe me!)

By: Kitirena

Kitirena — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:47:43 +0000

In reply to Leon Arnott (l).

Of course! Magical Girls are serious business! Let’s see YOU fight evil monsters in stiletto heeled pumps and a miniskirt without smearing your lipstick, nyao!

Okay, maybe not you, specifically, but, well, you know what I mean, right?

(Gaah! Horrible memories of overweight 40-something guys crossplaying as Sailor Moon and friends came back to me as I was typing this… And now I have the dreadful feeling that Shaenon will read this comment and draw a pic of the Skin Horse gang as magical girls…)

By: Village Wizard (villagewizard)

Village Wizard (villagewizard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:16:26 +0000

I can't exactly remember whether I got it, but I strongly suspect I didn't. It wasn't really obvious. Not for anyone not intimately familiar with the relevant genres, anyway. Seems to me you probably have to love to overanalyze, instead of liking to just go with the flow, in order to have the mindset to understand this kind of joke.

By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman)

Jon Stout (brasswatchman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:16:25 +0000

/* This strip is supposed to be a setup for horrible destructive things happening to Iris’s house, but not everybody seems to get it. So, um, sorry. Sometimes writing is hard. */Hey, *I* got it. I thought you did fine.

By: Wayne (wayne)

Wayne (wayne) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:16:24 +0000

That would be such an awesome super power: Causes Foreshadowing. It would probably cost like Luck or Unluck, 15 points per dice.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:16:23 +0000

(TUNE: "Me And My Shadow", Billy Rose & Dave Dreyer)

See me foreshadow,
In your house so nice and clean!
It may get bad, oh!
Your collections smashed to smithereens!

Each fragile antique vase,
The real Persian rugs ...
Each glass collection case
The rare mounted bugs!

But, see me foreshadow ...
Having an a-po-ca-lyp-tic scene!

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:16:22 +0000

I thought it was a great sequence:

Panel 1: Long-time readers get it.
Panel 2: Drop-in readers get it.
Panel 3: Iris gets it.
Panel 4: Dave lampshades it.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:16:21 +0000

This seems pretty obvious to me… it’s like whenever you see someone carrying a cake somewhere on TV. You know it can’t end well…