tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post7079913692451120448..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Oh My Goddess (OAV) (1993)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-53321915664203322442014-02-03T19:47:31.685-08:002014-02-03T19:47:31.685-08:00Yeah that scene where she erases his memories is v...Yeah that scene where she erases his memories is very touching. Such a conflict for those two characters in those final two episodes. Very good writing. We still get a happy ending, but it feels like the characters really earn it.<br /><br />Oh I don't think you're alone. I'm sure lots of folks are hoping for a Season 3 for AMG. Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-58768367910379675932014-02-03T19:43:36.890-08:002014-02-03T19:43:36.890-08:00Well, I think this cycle will pass eventually. Fol...Well, I think this cycle will pass eventually. Folks will want to see some hope at in their stories again. Heck, I don't mind a dark story now and again, but I usually enjoy some humor in there too. Even if the humor gets dark I think it is important to be able to laugh at life's absurdities. Lots of stuff these days takes itself way to seriously.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-12780498234251073772014-01-31T23:12:15.103-08:002014-01-31T23:12:15.103-08:00What attracts and bond these two main characters t...What attracts and bond these two main characters together was their gifted inner shared qualities of loving, respecting, showing kindness towards other people despite the difficult circumstances in their personal life struggles. The female lead is very heavenly skilled and trained as 1st class goddess to have many exceptional talents, while the earth male lead is a short, average looking fellow that fits the somewhat clumsy, goofy personas bill of your every day regular bumbling-nerd type, perhaps. <br />But the very main core of their beings are identical int that both love and respect other and are kindhearted towards other by their inert, humble nature. That's too rare in todays world, at any centuries. She was his very first real childhood friend, and what a friend he proven to be by his initiating his willingness to have their wonderful time and experience meetings together to be 'erase' because he did not want his dear first friend to suffer such severe heavenly punishment. That scene ALWAYS tugged at my heart every time I watch it, and it never fails to do so despite the facts that the artworks was not as well done as the AMG tv series of the 1st and 2nd seasons and it being an anime/animation works and not real actors. Fujishama is a gifted, clever hearted man for writing such in my humble, honest opinion. <br /><br />I truly want to see more of this kind of 'good message' entertainment in any venues, not necessarily from AMG alone, but I do hope someone in the right position as well as appreciation for AMG to bring a revival and continuation of where AMG series was left off at and finish Season 3. I mean for example, “I Dream of Genie” and “The Nanny” finish their shows with the main characters being married, so I would like to see that aspect of these two main characters in AMG having that shown as well to allow another side of their relationship developments shown. Would be fun, funny, romantic, and very entertaining to complete such for a trilogy style run. I hope that's not asking too much from one of many long time fan of AMG? I don't think it is 'cause I'm sure like many fans my heart wants MORE of “Belldandy+KeiiChi” animated stories to be told! Why leave the AMG-fans with the “Sighs..what if... and what could've been if...” like tearing off the last few chapters of a very good book/novel and not letting readers to fullfill their heart desires and wish!? <br /><br />Oh well, anyway...here's wishing for more AMGs in the near future, and I hope there's many folks out there wishing the same! Ace Falconshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531257639904010500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-4313267181224655432014-01-31T22:53:29.962-08:002014-01-31T22:53:29.962-08:00Thanks for reminding me of those old movies that m...Thanks for reminding me of those old movies that made me remember it was a dark decade for us in the 70's, but it didn't register to me to remember because the way I was brought up was to look for the good and not hold the bad in other people. We were brought up to deal with the life "punches" like Keiichii did in handling his pre-belldandy life. Never saw the complete movie of “Soylent Green” because once I found out what was happening to those people I remember I got disgusted and stop watching it. The other two mentioned movies I liked it, despite it's not my nature to seek the dark side in things of life. <br />As for AMG, Fujishima was one of the master story tellers in his creation of making two people of such different cultures/religion and dimentional backgrounds to come and meet and recognized their 'other halfs' of each other despite their very different origins. Without thoughts, they recognized their similarity in their very core beings. Their self-sacrifice before hurting others cornerstone of their heart and soul nature is what draws some of us to this very endearing fairy tales in an anime/manga formats. <br /><br />You're right, the cycles has gone downhill again towards the dark and grim realities of the current bleak outlooks of the world, but I don't much care for the “half empty” future outlook in today societies. I prefer the “half full” and make the best of it if not try to fill it up.... <br />Ace Falconshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531257639904010500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-4647365518278156622014-01-31T13:00:30.472-08:002014-01-31T13:00:30.472-08:00I agree the entrainment in general (anime, movies,...I agree the entrainment in general (anime, movies, television series, etc.) seems to be moving in a more serious, grim and "realistic" tone. But to me this seems to be a cycle that all entertainment goes through. In the 1970s, there was a similar trend to for the more downbeat and realistic. Sci-fi films like "Silent Running", "Soylant Green" and even "Logan's Run" all focused on the dark side of humanity and had downbeat or ambiguous endings. "Star Wars" changed all that, and things swung more toward the colorful, humorous and positive side of humanity. That's why films like "E.T." and "Back to the Future" were so popular in the 1980s. <br /><br />I agree with you that AMG should remain grounded in the world that Fujishima created. It's a fun world. Yes sometimes bad things happen, but it all turns out Ok in the end. The heart of the series is comedy and romance. To go into tragic romance seems counter to everything the show was meant to be.<br /><br />Still I can see a reboot of the series with a more tragic feel, but it would have to start from scratch to have that work. To try to carry one from the established stories, well that just doesn't make too much sense in my book.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-84576021038977931292014-01-30T22:30:06.219-08:002014-01-30T22:30:06.219-08:00someone wrote in fanfiction site a followup of AMG...someone wrote in fanfiction site a followup of AMG(OVA) that I didn't much care for since the fanfic author took the storyline after OVA on a dark, sad grim side journey that turn AMG from "cheerful humor, adventure, romance" into more of a "twilight/harrypotter" dark love tragedy storyline direction. When you stray from the given formula of each of the main AMG characters from both the menga/anime/movie style that the original author/creator of AMG had designed, you're not staying true to what makes it over 2 decade+ popular. <br />I really enjoy reading those fanfics that stayed true to what AMG was about without turning it sad and grim to call it 'their own version'. It's like making the crew/cast of SW and ST/STNG characters OUT of characters. <br />I gotta tell ya, it seems pretty sad to me that the generations of fans that love the "romance/comedy" style sitcoms like "Bewitched", "I Dream of Genie", "The Nanny" and wonderful romance/comedy anime like "AMG(all versions)" are fading away for the generations that love dark romance shows/movies like "Twilight", "HungerGame", "Continuum", etc etc.. or "Clannad". More and more grim, and sadness about the world in todays shows/animes than the positive types like the first set of shows/animes I mentioned. Anyone agree to this? If not, what's your perspective of why the generations of shows/anime fans since from say about 2009 and onward to the present time seems more into darker shows/animes? Ace Falconshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531257639904010500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-80620764180116435002014-01-29T08:01:37.386-08:002014-01-29T08:01:37.386-08:00That's a good question. I haven't heard an...That's a good question. I haven't heard anything about that. But stranger things have happened.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-86093204403947540432014-01-28T22:38:44.637-08:002014-01-28T22:38:44.637-08:00Will there be a 3rd season of AMG?Will there be a 3rd season of AMG?Ace Falconshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531257639904010500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-2761192076963208972014-01-19T09:08:15.458-08:002014-01-19T09:08:15.458-08:00You comment about the mirror is something my wife ...You comment about the mirror is something my wife and I were just talking about. So strange how that happens. And how those routine looks in the mirror never stick in your mind, when you imagine yourself. I think it helps to preserve sanity. ;)<br /><br />No we never see the number Keiichi dials. You see the first few digits (he makes several calls to restaurants before he gets frustrated and accidently dials the Goddess Help Line). When Darkhorse comics released the manga series in the late 1990s, the first collection was called 1-555-Goddess.Could that be a hint?Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-81761949443833629022014-01-17T13:36:15.514-08:002014-01-17T13:36:15.514-08:00All that ever comes out of my mirror is an image o...All that ever comes out of my mirror is an image of an old dude who bears little resemblance to my mental image of myself.<br /><br />I don't suppose we get to see the number Keiichi dialed.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com