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ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:No, the story really couldn't have continued further IMO.  It needs an end, and if it kept going on and on, would rather be over-stretched, boring/repetitive, unrealistic and lame (like Elfen Lied).

Umm... actually, Elfen lied probably needs to continue a bit more, like to answer all these unanswered things it left. Elfen Lied isn't exactly lame, just full of flaws.

No, I meant boring and repetitive aspect of Elfen Lied.  It leaves some things unanswered, but they probably wanted that effect.
Back to repetition: after the beginning, there'll be some sad sob story of some girl, winds up at the house.  After being accepted, there's another sad sob story, then after that, another sad sob story, followed by guess what?  Oh, and the main plot should become very obvious - it's just a sad sob story about the main girl of the story...

Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I used to know that journalists have control over how people see things, but I also believed that they could only really give "suggestions" and rather have little control over what people think.  However, the examples shown in this show surprised me at how powerful omitting information can be.  The story is biased towards one end.  However, I sometimes really wonder what has been omitted from the story...

Journalists do have quite a bit of control. They can completely warp something to their liking, overexagerate on the bad stuff, completely ommit the good stuff and reasons for doing the bad stuff, and make something sound completely different from what it really is. And in history past, they have done so many times.

I'm sure everyone who's done senior English are aware of it, but this is probably the strongest example I've ever seen.

Assassinator Wrote:Think this: one of the main issues that secured John Howards victory in one of the elections is the "children overboard" incident, when he claimed that asylum seekers are thowing children overboard, and they are evil people smugglers, and claims that they are all cruel and heartless (maybe children don't fetch money when smuggled?) people, in a bid to support his anti-asylum seeker stance, and that had a drastic effect on the votes, and was thought as one of the causes of his win. It actually turned out that nothing like that ever happened, and that he knew the truth all along. But though his "lie", it completely changed many people's views of refugees. That lie was a work of art, even afterwards, he just brushed it off and blamed one of his underlings. John Howard has THE skills in controlling what people think, skills that the opposition can't come close to, thus their loss. But seems like Johnny is going to loose it this time, unless he pulls some poo poo out of nowhere like the last two times. (He should've lost 6 years ago)

Someone picture he got his hands on, which was supposedly taken during a rescue opperation -» Evil, cruel asylum seekers who are actually people smugglers who have no human values and throw children into the water to die for their own wicked purposes. That's a work of art, from a master of an extremely powerful skill.

Yet, all you can base your understanding off is what the media tells you... :P

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LastPerson Wrote:Excellent Series.

Although the ending....... I HATED!

I thought the ending was alright. It seemed like hell is going to freeze over in the last few episodes, but worked out pretty nicely in the end.

I think the ending was great too.