Three and a half years ago a friend and I started watching our way
through the original Japanese version (with subtitles) of Cardcaptor Sakura, comparing it along the way with our memories of
CardCaptors, which was a heavily edited version, in English, which
we'd both watched at school. We didn't get very far and recently I
picked up the series again, and I've now reached the end.
The Japanese version combines all the cute elementary school crushes
stuff with the adventure of saving the world (or at least, the local
area) which is the only thing you get in the American version. I
think part of this is that American children's TV audiences probably
couldn't have coped with the various homosexual
relationships/infatuations and one of the supporting character's
infatuation with her teacher. Also, the American version cuts out a
lot of references to Japanese culture; it might as well be set
somewhere in the West. I don't really know why they did this.
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I just finished watching the new HBO series Girls written and
directed by Lena Dunham. It follows a group of recently graduated
university students, with arts degrees, as they fail to figure out how
to live. I just had a search of reddit and found that many people
think the show is just a shallow comedy, but being in a somewhat
similar demographic as the characters from the show, I thought it
insightful. Worth a look.
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The Problem With The Big Bang Theory… | Shouting Into The Void
I've never seen an episode of The Big Bang Theory, but I thought
this piece had some interesting things to say—about the show, its
audience, and about the class of people the piece is appealing to.
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Just watched the first episode of the second season of Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings. Looks
like it’s going to be a great series. I’ve decided to give up on
reading the books because I’ve found that it’s not enjoyable since
I’ve seen the TV version and so I know what happens, and given that
there are lots of other things I want to read and not so many things I
want to watch, it makes sense to choose the TV series over the books.
So looking forward to the next few months of episodes accompanying my
revision.
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