Anime, books, films
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tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
I think my favorite Naruto character has to be Kakashi, the Sharingan "copy ninja". He's exactly the kind of teacher I like best, actually: funny and a little bit evil to boot. Sasuke with his "I must kill a certain man" monomania is a close second though. I don't like Naruto himself all that much, but he reminds me of Hikaru. (Loud, bratty, ramen-loving gaki!) I don't know why, but this series as a whole reminds me of Inuyasha. There's a similar atmosphere, I suppose, but the connection is really flimsy. But I associate Naruto with Inuyasha for some mysterious reason, even if Inuyasha has better opening and ending theme songs.
Oh yeah, after having seen episodes 10-12, I'm going to laugh at Dean so much. He told me, very snobbily, that he doesn't watch anime with bishounen characters. I managed to nail him with Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha, but it's even more of a triumph when you have Haku from Naruto. Haku is a hunter-nin, and he's most definitely a boy, even if he dresses in pink when he's out of his ninja gear. (I mean, he looks much more feminine than any of the Gundam Wing characters. The GW boys may be pretty, but most of them are sufficiently masculine in appearance.) Not only is Haku extremely pretty with extra large eyes, but he also says lines like, "I won't let them touch your beautiful body with their dirty hands, Zabuza-san." >_< He worships Zabuza, who is one of the best silent assassins of the Hidden Mist village, and...okay, maybe I'm blabbing a little too much about Naruto. But this is really too funny, especially for a series as determinedly "shounen" as Naruto. ::snickers::
I finished Age of Innocence but not Ficciones or the biography of Thomas Aquinas. Nonetheless, I've also borrowed The Sword of Shannara, Dream of Scipio and Long Day's Journey Into the Night. Yes, I'm insane. I should be reading mysteries, in any case, in order to finish that story this weekend. Argh. By the way, The Sword of Shannara is really poorly written. The Elf-Stones of Shannara looks like a huge improvement, and I do know that Brooks isn't such a bad writer with his later books, but that first novel! He was lucky, wasn't he?
The Merlin Conspiracy is still not in the public library system. What injustice! I have to go sit and read in Barnes and Noble again. Oh, and the next Artemis Fowl book is out. Should look that up and place a hold, if possible.
If you were curious, Age of Innocence did improve on me with time, though I still dislike Madame Olenska. I thought the last chapter was perhaps the easiest to sympathize from my point of view. Still, I was rather disappointed. Mother says, rather snobbily, that I shouldn't expect much more from American literature. (She grew up almost exclusively on European books, I'm afraid.) I don't quite agree, after studying American literature in English last year, but you do have to admit that there's something in the fact that many American "classics" are almost entirely ignored overseas. Also, why is Gide and Daudet standard high school reading in Korea (during my mother's school years, anyway) while we don't even touch them here? -_-
Out of AFI's Top 100 Films list, I've seen: Citizen Kane (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Godfather (1972), Gone With The Wind (1939), Lawrence Of Arabia (1962), The Wizard Of Oz (1939), On The Waterfront (1954), Schindler's List (1993), Star Wars (1977), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), West Side Story (1961), Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937), Amadeus (1984), The Sound Of Music (1965), The Third Man (1949), Fantasia (1940), Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981), Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), The Silence Of The Lambs (1991), Shane (1953), Forrest Gump (1994), Ben-Hur (1959), Wuthering Heights (1939), Dances With Wolves (1990), My Fair Lady (1964), Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
Not bad...that's 30 out of 100. For someone who doesn't watch films, that's pretty good, isn't it? It would have been 40 if I counted all the films that I slept through, like Goodfellas or 2001: A Space Odyssey.
...Tari
Post-script: Oh, I forgot to mention that I finished The Midwich Cuckoos this morning. It was extremely creepy, even though it isn't horror. It also explores the whole conflict and competition between sentient species on a whole new level, and Zellaby's speculations are terrbly interesting. I recommend it strongly, especially to Tryo-chan.
I think my favorite Naruto character has to be Kakashi, the Sharingan "copy ninja". He's exactly the kind of teacher I like best, actually: funny and a little bit evil to boot. Sasuke with his "I must kill a certain man" monomania is a close second though. I don't like Naruto himself all that much, but he reminds me of Hikaru. (Loud, bratty, ramen-loving gaki!) I don't know why, but this series as a whole reminds me of Inuyasha. There's a similar atmosphere, I suppose, but the connection is really flimsy. But I associate Naruto with Inuyasha for some mysterious reason, even if Inuyasha has better opening and ending theme songs.
Oh yeah, after having seen episodes 10-12, I'm going to laugh at Dean so much. He told me, very snobbily, that he doesn't watch anime with bishounen characters. I managed to nail him with Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha, but it's even more of a triumph when you have Haku from Naruto. Haku is a hunter-nin, and he's most definitely a boy, even if he dresses in pink when he's out of his ninja gear. (I mean, he looks much more feminine than any of the Gundam Wing characters. The GW boys may be pretty, but most of them are sufficiently masculine in appearance.) Not only is Haku extremely pretty with extra large eyes, but he also says lines like, "I won't let them touch your beautiful body with their dirty hands, Zabuza-san." >_< He worships Zabuza, who is one of the best silent assassins of the Hidden Mist village, and...okay, maybe I'm blabbing a little too much about Naruto. But this is really too funny, especially for a series as determinedly "shounen" as Naruto. ::snickers::
I finished Age of Innocence but not Ficciones or the biography of Thomas Aquinas. Nonetheless, I've also borrowed The Sword of Shannara, Dream of Scipio and Long Day's Journey Into the Night. Yes, I'm insane. I should be reading mysteries, in any case, in order to finish that story this weekend. Argh. By the way, The Sword of Shannara is really poorly written. The Elf-Stones of Shannara looks like a huge improvement, and I do know that Brooks isn't such a bad writer with his later books, but that first novel! He was lucky, wasn't he?
The Merlin Conspiracy is still not in the public library system. What injustice! I have to go sit and read in Barnes and Noble again. Oh, and the next Artemis Fowl book is out. Should look that up and place a hold, if possible.
If you were curious, Age of Innocence did improve on me with time, though I still dislike Madame Olenska. I thought the last chapter was perhaps the easiest to sympathize from my point of view. Still, I was rather disappointed. Mother says, rather snobbily, that I shouldn't expect much more from American literature. (She grew up almost exclusively on European books, I'm afraid.) I don't quite agree, after studying American literature in English last year, but you do have to admit that there's something in the fact that many American "classics" are almost entirely ignored overseas. Also, why is Gide and Daudet standard high school reading in Korea (during my mother's school years, anyway) while we don't even touch them here? -_-
Out of AFI's Top 100 Films list, I've seen: Citizen Kane (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Godfather (1972), Gone With The Wind (1939), Lawrence Of Arabia (1962), The Wizard Of Oz (1939), On The Waterfront (1954), Schindler's List (1993), Star Wars (1977), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), West Side Story (1961), Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937), Amadeus (1984), The Sound Of Music (1965), The Third Man (1949), Fantasia (1940), Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981), Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), The Silence Of The Lambs (1991), Shane (1953), Forrest Gump (1994), Ben-Hur (1959), Wuthering Heights (1939), Dances With Wolves (1990), My Fair Lady (1964), Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
Not bad...that's 30 out of 100. For someone who doesn't watch films, that's pretty good, isn't it? It would have been 40 if I counted all the films that I slept through, like Goodfellas or 2001: A Space Odyssey.
...Tari
Post-script: Oh, I forgot to mention that I finished The Midwich Cuckoos this morning. It was extremely creepy, even though it isn't horror. It also explores the whole conflict and competition between sentient species on a whole new level, and Zellaby's speculations are terrbly interesting. I recommend it strongly, especially to Tryo-chan.
