Dead Leaves

Post by **Malvado** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:50 pm

I'm watching it now and I've got to say there are a lot of similarities between this and Furi kuri. Because I don't know what the hell is going on. This does use a different art style but I can see some of the same.

Post by **Libaax** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:53 pm

Heh then its cool cause i download ffdshow a long time ago.

Post by **LordMune** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:57 pm

I think you still need VobSub to get the subs to display properly, but I'm not sure...

Post by **Libaax** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:03 pm

I haven't need that before. I will see if i need that or something else when i download this anime.

Post by **Eldo** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:43 pm

I used BSplayer to watch my Escaflowne ogm's a while back. Works fine for me. Yeah, you'll probably need some freaking codecs as well.

Post by **martyr3810** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:51 am

You need VobSub if it has multiple options for language subs/audio tracks... some OGMs don't... and Eldo is using in my personal opinion the best player... (BSplayer).

P.S. Anyone ever think its funny to watch it with english audio and english subs? You should SEE some of things they mistranslate...

Post by **Necromancer** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:34 am

I installed a nice codec pack a few weeks ago. OGM already worked before but I wanted the modified windows media player classic.

Post by **Malvado** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:28 am

martyr3810 wrote: P.S. Anyone ever think its funny to watch it with english audio and english subs? You should SEE some of things they mistranslate...

yeah the direct translations like the true corny names for spells and such.

Post by **Femto** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:21 am

So, who watched it and what did you think?

Post by **LordMune** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:25 pm

I watched it. It wasn't that good. I mean yeah, it was hardly a waste of time, but the story was uninteresting, the characters were meh, and the animation style reminded me more of four-color american "ka-pow! bam!"-type comics more than anything else. It killed my time in a relatively enjoyable way, no more, a bit less.

Post by **Femto** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:52 pm

Wow, that's pretty harsh. Sure, it's not Berserk in terms of storyline, but not everything has to be. Television would be boring if every show was too story intensive. I think the story is pretty functional and somewhat original too. It's a film that you can just sit down and enjoy. Those are your opinions however, and I respect them. This really bothers me though:

LordMune wrote:the animation style reminded me more of four-color american "ka-pow! bam!"-type comics more than anything else.

The art direction was the most awesome thing of the film! Look at the character designs, the solid shades of black, the bright colors, everything is awesome. It's not fluid as far as animation goes, but that makes it even more stylized.

No love for originality these days...

Post by **LordMune** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:48 pm

I dunno... I just found the character design to be incredicly dull. The design of the villains was pretty horrible, IMO. The rest didn't leave a lasting impression at all.

I'm just not a big fan of big blocks of solid bright color. I loathe it.

Post by **Eldo** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:17 am

Well, Femto, since you study animation, the common folk like us only look at the surface, while you look and explore the whole core of the animation.

Haven't downloaded it, since my laptop is shit. 200megs free space, which is bullshit.

Post by **The_Oringial** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:38 am

It kind of reminded me of "Natural Born Killers".

Post by **Starnum** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:21 pm

Heh, I finally got a chance to watch this last night. It was freaky, but mildly entertaining. I guess you're wanting more in depth opinions. Well, I thought the animation was nice, but I felt the actual art style could have used more detail, for my taste. It's definitely original looking, although it kind of reminded me of FLCL and Heavy Metal at once, or something. I was happy to find that it actually had a plot, at least of some kind. The fighting was pretty cool. Heh, there were some kind of funny parts too, that was nice. Although, am I the only one who was kind of attracted to the main chick?