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"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there
“Yeah! That’s where the disease lives! In my head! My brain has a chemical imbalance!”
Reblogged sarkos
love & pop (1998) x teen girl squad
Reblogged wcwit
the original mmpr really is a testament to the power of giant robots and rubber monsters to capture the imaginations of children because, and I say this with so much love in my heart, absolutely nothing about this show is good
Ron Wasserman’s soundtrack fucking kicks ass and is the sole reason that show did so well.
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The misuse of the "insult to life itself" quote from Miyazaki on AI burns my yams so bad bc the original context is being disgusted with how a characters movements are dehumanizing to disabled people specifically bc of his empathy for a disabled friend and it's such a sadly rare sentiment, this cognizance of how we casually inflict indignity upon disabled people and how he finds it disgusting, I hate seeing it obfuscated
In the video he sees character animation where the presenter comments on how the AI can be used to model "grotesque movements humans can't even imagine." And Miyazaki immediately mentions that he thought of his physically disabled friend, who struggles with movement, with the implication being that what's "insulting to life itself" is the degradation of people like him to grotesque monsters. Regardless of my feelings about AI art I don't think it's worth obscuring this humane thought process to have a rhetorical weapon
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Holy crap. I just came across a translation of an interview with G Gundam director Yasuhiro Imagawa. I've only skimmed it so far, but among other things, there's discussion about where some of the character names came from. Including Allenby Beardsley:
"That was the name of a female conn officer who appeared just two times in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a foreign drama I really like. The actress who played her was very cute, and I liked the sound of the name "Allenby." I think the family name Beardsley was chosen by Mr. Ryota Yamaguchi, who was responsible for the script of episode 30, where Allenby was introduced."
I did not expect that to be the origin, and it still baffles me somewhat that they decided on that name for a Swedish character. Of course, Ensign Tess Allenby has her own article on Memory Alpha:
This makes some sense because Imagawa’s been known to be a huge Trekkie — in the 2nd OP of the show there’s actually a drawing of him in the crowd shot with Argo and he is dressed in a Starfleet uniform.
I might be remembering wrong but I ALSO remember hearing that Ulube was also named after a Star Trek character? I assumed Ulube’s last name came from Ken Ishikawa, who created Getter Robo with Go Nagai, but I had heard something about Ulube being Star Trek inspired—but I can’t find any evidence right now, will have to look further.