Talk:FLCL/Archive 2

message: If you are currently on drugs, look no further for that ultimate high. Sit infront of the TV for a while watching this and all your woes will go away as you become psyched out to a new high with this visual media. It kinda seems what the American culture is turning into. --Cyberman 04:19, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you like this show, you should try Excel Saga. --malber 16:08, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would disagree with that. Excel Saga is pretty much pure goofy humor; it doesn't have a coherent yet puzzling plot as FLCL does. I think Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer and Mind Game are more parallel to the spirit of FLCL among anime productions. Garrett Albright 16:31, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe American humor is turning into this. It's international enough - The Vespa, the Elvis impersonation, plus the whole thing centers around a girl from space who's living in Japan - and yet I don't think American humor - or even Japanese humor - can ever turn into this on a total level. Famous foreign films like Amelie are such that their message is clear, and it's up to the viewer to decide on quality. But with FLCL, part of what makes the humor work is the high oddity - there has to be a majority group of people who say "we don't get this", so the rest of us, with one voice and in all the languages of the world, can say: don't even try. -Litefantastic 19:34, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: My two cents: when I categorize FLCL, I say it's "just plain weird." --Yar Kramer 19:39, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: What I think of FLCL

message: Should comedy, drama, soap opera, science fiction, and horror story be unlinked from the main page?  Support if yes, Reject if no, and as always, state your reasons.
:Support - The Wikipedia Manual of Style says to avoid unnecessary links, including words that are just plain English.  While it may be a good idea to link the one genre in general if it can be easily pigeon-holed, this list of five rapid-fire links to a variety of genres doesn't seem like it's doing the reader any good.  --Cyde 16:23, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Support - Though highly experimental, FLCL is still clearly anime, which is a genre which encompases all of those other genre in its own unique way. This is discussed in depth in the Anime article. The article doesn't necessarily violate the maunal of style; the article isn't more than 50% links. However, my feeling on links is that they should link to subjects that will give your average reader a broader understanding of the article's subject. For example, you don't have to link to cigarettes to gain a greater understanding of FLCL. I also find it inconceivable that someone interested in FLCL would be ignorant of the concepts of comedy, drama, soap opera, and science fiction. --malber 17:28, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Support - More wikisyndrome.  Oh, and malber, I think you give your run-of-the-mill animu nerd a bit too much credit :) -- uberpenguin 18:04, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. If one doesn't know what cigarettes or baseball bats are, then that's their problem. Ereinion 21:21, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Support - everyone else has pretty much already said what I think, except possibly Uberpenguin about giving nerds too much credit. ;) --Yar Kramer 22:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Removing extraneous links

message: What is the official romanization of the name of the robot?  I know it was Canti in the fansub I saw, but that's far from official.  --Cyde 08:04, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Canti is official, though Kanchi would be "correct." Garrett Albright 10:02, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's better to say "literal" than "correct", but yeah. --Yar Kramer 18:40, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Canti or Kanti?

message: No, not a law firm. According to this trivia page at the IMDb, Atomsk is a name from an old Isaac Asimov story. According to the trivia here, the name is from a novel by Carmichael Smith. Now, I've looked up the book - it's real. So I think the IMDb is wrong. Now what? -69.67.227.192 00:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I wasn't logged in there. -Litefantastic 00:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since IMDB gets its information primarily from its users (much like Wikipedia, except you can't edit on-the-fly), it can be wrong, and it takes longer to correct it. --Yar Kramer 02:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Asimov, Smith and Atomsk

message: A bunch of information about the title was dumped into the character section. I moved it into it's own section right ahead of it. I haven't sourced any of the information, I'd request someone more well-versed take a look and see if it's true. I just shortened any excess baggage it had, but did not actually author the original statements. Tyciol 16:07, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Title section, for FLCL/FuriKuri/FoolyCooly

message: Does anyone here know about someone(?) called "Arqer and Reeltime"? He/she/they is/are a band, and I bring the matter up because of a single he/she/they released. One of the tracks is called "Flcl". Anybody know anything about this? -Litefantastic 00:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: FLCL on Vinyl