1 Either this is a short-form shaggy dog story, or the link is a bit off.

2 Hmm.  It should work.  Don't open it in a new window or tab, just click on it. Screws up the comments editor, though.  Sigh.

3 Well, the comments editor works fine for me - but the hidden part doesn't, at least in Firefox. IE seems to work, though. Is there supposed to be a picture with the 'And a Cure' post? Anyway - point taken, and perhaps I'll look up UPW after all. Otherwise, enjoy the cream of NWN.

4 Hmm.  Works for me in Firefox, and now it isn't messing up the editor.  Maybe I'm just going crazy.  Yes, that seems likely.

5 Okay, the editor problem only happens in Firefox 1.07 or older.  So that was easily fixed.

6 I've updated the "And a cure" article with a link to my video clips and an appropriate quote.  No pictures, because (a) they're up at Chizumatic already and (b) the fansub I have isn't nearly as good a transfer as the DVD.  I may well buy the DVD once it's available as a reasonably-priced box set.

7 I tend to be very scared of Hollywood making adaptions of my favourite books and comics. I've heard mixed things about V For Vendetta. I had the entire run of Warrior magazines that originally published Miracleman and V For Vendetta. Unfortunately they got water damaged. Sob.

Alan Moores desparate attempts to distance himself from movie adaptions is equal parts understandable given the horrendous track record (I still haven't seen League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and can't bring myself to) and partly bloody minded.

I find it endlessly amusing that DC drop wads of cash on the poor man and he's constantly forcing them to give it to anyone but him. Philosophically I understand what he's getting at but still its a situation I wouldn't mind.

I'm going to defend the Matrix. (Ducking for cover from the brickbats) The first is actually pretty good. The Wachowskis'  combined a fun mess of stylish kickin' and explodin' with just enough science fiction / cyberpunk. In what other movie can Keanu Reeve's deadpan acting skills be a positive ? Except for maybe Point Break. Gotta love surfin' cops. Or maybe not.

The battery thing was just an excuse for some cool and scarey visuals by Geof Darrow. It wasn't enough to knock my "suspension of disbelief" though.

You can't say that anime and manga are low on the "suspension of disbelief" scale either. I'm as much into anime and manga as a good hollywood flick. And I do agree that Hollywood takes itself far too seriously.

The Matrix series was at least an attempt at a solid movie series which delivered action and something to think about afterwards. Instead of the usual poor Philip K Dick premise hiding a standard action flick.

Having said that, Richard Linklater's Scanner Darkly does look interesting.

Here's hoping I can square some time to see V For Vendetta. I think the Wachowskis' kinda understand it. Even if they botched the central premise of anarchy versus fascism to liberal versus conservative.

8 You can't say that anime and manga are low on the "suspension of disbelief" scale either.

What, you mean you have a hard time swallowing the premise of, say, Midori No Hibi or Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi?  Puh-leeze. ;)

The Matrix was a good flick.  The battery stuff was a stumble, an unncessary one, but one that really only irritates engineer-types.

As for Alan Moore... I like about half his work.  He can be very good indeed, but sometimes it all gets a bit pretentious.  (I haven't seen League of Extraordinary Gentlemen so I can't comment on his disagreements with Hollywood.)
Gah. Note to self: Do not enter HTML into new WYSIWG comment editor. Does not work.

9 Whaddye mean "Don't click"? You expect someone with Engineer's disease to resist that?

10 Heh.

11  Is this similar to the King from the film "300" being struck by loads of arrows but he is still on one peice? A shower of arrows nail this guy but he still has a sword in his hand, limbs in all one piece and his flesh is just "peppered" with arrows going though his body...

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I have this problem, too. In the blog that I write I always try to relate anime to something, and most of the time it's literature. I guess I'm sick with the first definition of Engineer's disease: I major in biology, but I don't like it as much as I do literature. Despite this, I can speak or write at length about literature compared to biology.

But I'm also diseased with the second definition: I have the need to read novels, or think too much, even when it's things are very simple. It's not that I'm overanalytical, but I am fond of thought. I don't know why, I just am. This is just like trying to explain why some people like Uwe Boll. It just is, they just do.

Oh, and let me say once more that your blog's header image is awesome! It soothes my eyes, and it has the best header among all the other anime blogs I've read. Looking forward to more posts of yours.

13 Thanks!  It was actually a test image from the mee.nu banner generator program, but I liked it enough that I kept it.  (Well, that and I've been too busy to set up the automatic banner changer...)

14 This is the weirdest spam package!