Monday, November 07, 2005
Ends, Means, Anime
An intriguing thread about "moral values," being antisocial, and meeting expectations is taking place on alt.tv.daria. One especially perceptive comment:
[In "Daria,"] the "bad guys" are for the most part not evil. They are people who have compromised too much to gain ends of too little worth. Sometimes this is very fuzzy, as Daria begins to discover -- for instance, Helen has sacrificed much of herself to her job, but she has done so to a large degree out of love for her family -- something that Daria did not grasp at the beginning of the series but has come to grasp by its conclusion.A provocative viewpoint on "Daria, Hypatia, and the standard of beauty" is on LiveJournal.
The DVDaria Blog has updated with disc-related news and speculation.
At the PPMB:
~ A query on "why 'Daria' fans are so obsessed with anime" has gotten into many byways, about CGI capabilities and storytelling parameters.
~ The premiere of the animated version of "The Boondocks" propels two threads, one making contrasts to Mack and Jodie.
~ The Angst Guy's "Outcasts from Beyond" (formerly titled "Green") is at part 7.
~ RLobinske has finished his "Accidental Future." He's also illustrated his "Mirror of Future Fears."
~ Ranchoth has "Janissaries," "the further adventures of Daria and Cobra."
~ A late-night AIM chat provoked a quickie "Twilight Zone" crossover. Nicely pitched. (And I was there.)
~ Scissors has an informal colloquium going on "writing canonical dialogue."
At the SFMB:
~ Shallow 15 has the second part of "Zero Blue."
~ "Jane's Revenge" and the "BDLE" round robin are both growing in the cellar.
Yet another outtake ... Is it fall yet? I just knew Ms. Li diverted funds for proper floor-cleaning supplies to the barbed-wire-fence budget.
# posted by Greybird @ 10:15 AM 
