Message-ID: <20050414221819.25871.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:18:19 -0700 (PDT) From: nik To: tenchi@usagi.org In-Reply-To: 6667 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [tenchi:105889] Re: Re:OVA 19 Reply-To: tenchi@gold.win.jp ML-Count: 105889 Precedence: bulk --- True Sheol wrote: So, no matter what foreshadowing or hint is give, unless > it is made absolutely clear so that every brain-dead viewer > will 'get' it, it's bad storytelling. -_-# That is a gross misrepresentation of the argument, True Sheol. I would suggest rereading the previous posts before making a claim like that, particularly before associating people who disagree with your view with "brain-dead viewers." I assure you that I, for one, am not brain-dead. Nor did I ever ask for things to be made "absolutely clear." In fact, I stated on several occasions that I did not want to see detailed explanations because I feel they can be just as guilty of killing a good story as the underexplained, confusing, shock-value stunts such as the Misaki incident. > >So there's a little foreshadowing with Tenchi, but things often > happen in stories without foreshadowing. However there was > foreshadowing with Misaki, just not in the form that we westerners > would like (meaning the anime).< > > Let's make this simple. If it would have been so easy to > foreshadow Misaki's connection with the counter reaction, how > precisely could have Kajishima have done it which would have been > satisfactory? That question is more about art than science. I think that trying to identify a maximum and minimum point of satisfaction will only serve as a distraction. nik __________________________________