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My opinions on G4.by Kirk, 2005-05-11 |
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 First off, Anime Unleashed isnt such a bad idea, per se. Obviously, the people at G4 thought something like this: "Hmm. Adult Swim = Popular, because Anime = Popular. Therefore, Anime + G4 = Popular! G4 = Popular!" Unfortunately, G4 has a very bad track record for getting decent shows. Let's look at their basic collection: - Read or Die: The TV - Gad Guard - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Last Exile - Boogiepop Phantom - Serial Experiments Lain - Dual - Betterman - Gatekeepers - The Soul Taker - Silent Mobius - Crest/Banner of the Stars OK, lets look at these. First off, every single one on there, except for Serial Experiments Lain and Abenobashi, are essential shit. I'm not kidding. This could be indexed as a list of shit that was on BitTorrent lists back two or three years ago that no-one downloaded. Why? Most of it is boring, uninspired anime. I'd rather stick electric needles in my eyes than watch half this shit. No wonder it's on at night. Now, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi might be one of the hidden gems of G4. Its funny, original, short, and fun to watch. Its not overly emotional or complex (ROD), it's not generally boring mech anime (Crest/Banner), and it's not just general kiddy shit (Gad Guard). It's good, original, funny, Gainax stuff. Suprising. My advice to G4: Go out and get the following Animes on TV. You will KILL Adult Swim if you get the following in your belt: - Love Hina - Hellsing - Chobits - Samurai Champloo (Though I like it nice and free.) - Martian Successor Nadesico Get it? Combinations of both traditional love story animes plus cream-of-the-crop Action stuff will have you fighting off the masses. Instead of forcing me to watch boring old rehashed Read or Die, do this. Seriously.  That chick in that picture is the ass end of ugly. In the show, she is ugly. She obviously has very little knowledge of what she is talking about, and also obviously is there to act as a "Babe to look at", but she is not attractive. Actually, let's round this show off into this: I don't like watching fat, ugly ITT Tech graduates play shitty online games for me to watch. Call of Duty is a good online game, but where is Counter Strike, where is Doom 1, where are the good games? Jesus Christ, when you have DDR as a round, you're in the bottom of the barrel. Bring out some good old fashioned Halo 1 deathmatch. My reccomendation- Drop this. I don't like watching fatties pretend to be cool and l33t. If I wanna see games being played, I'll go play them myself.  This, if you didn't know, is The Screen Savers with a different name. WHOA! DID I SAY THE SCREEN SAVERS? THAT'S A FORBIDDEN WORD. HOLY SHIT. Naturally, anything G4 touches is going to become juvenile and sad, and this is no exception. The original Screen Savers had two gray haired guys sitting around who honest-to-god knew what they were talking about. Hell, I remember listening to these guys knowing full well anything that came out of their mouths was pure informational gold. Now, G4 has revamped it to be a little bit more underground. Actually, I like this show more than I give off. The girl seems a bit out of place, but the two guys are actually pretty close to being your typical net geek. I was watching one show where they had a paper motorcycle and one of them was going to sit on it, and he was about to, when the other cast member went: "Dude, stop teabagging it and just get on the thing!!". That was the greatest moment of my life: Hearing "Teabagging" on TV. My reccomendation- Keep this show, it's fine.
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