ReLife is a anime series about a Japanese adult, Arta, who is given a chance to go back to high school. He is given a pill that lets him look like a high schooler. It based on a Japanese comic.
Arta struggles in high school but comes to enjoy it. He makes friends and later worries what will happen when the ReLife experiments ends. (His classmates will forget him.) He also worries that he is getting too close to one of his classmates.
I enjoyed this. Arta comes across as likable and so do his classmates. (Even though Arta is the character we spend the most time with, you get to know some of the other characters pretty well.) The setting is contemporary Japan. Maybe the show’s high school setting is not what a real Japanese high school is like but the setting is interesting.
The episodes are short and there is only 2 seasons (and one of those is only 4 episodes long). The show is comedic but there are also serious elements. It is not zany.
This is not an action oriented show, so if you like anime that is mostly action oriented, maybe it is not for you. I think this is worth checking out. I own it. I like the central idea of the show.
http://www.anime-evo.net/2016/07/18/relife-review/
This is an interesting review
https://www.theouterhaven.net/2016/07/relife-review/
So is this one.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Friday, May 17, 2019
There is still drama surrounding Game of Thrones
Apparently some people were not happy with the most recent episode of Games of Thrones. (I am not watching the show but I know there is only one episode left and people want an epic conclusion.) There is apparently an online petition to get the season remade. I am sorry if you are disappointed but this is not a Choose Your Own Adventure novel. (Those were great.) If you loose interest in a story, you can stop watching.
Years ago there was a survey or study of sports talk radio audiences. I think it said for every 100 people who listen only 5 to 10 people call in and of those 5 to 10, only 1 calls in multiple days a week. I wondered if something similar is going on with audiences of TV shows or movies. For every 100 people who watch a TV show maybe only 5 to 10 sign online petitions about it or comment on internet articles about it.
If HBO gave in and remade season 8 of Game of Thrones (which is highly unlikely), that would be a very bad idea I think. What if they remade it and some fans were still unhappy enough to create another petition asking them to remake season 8? Would HBO remake it again?
Years ago there was a survey or study of sports talk radio audiences. I think it said for every 100 people who listen only 5 to 10 people call in and of those 5 to 10, only 1 calls in multiple days a week. I wondered if something similar is going on with audiences of TV shows or movies. For every 100 people who watch a TV show maybe only 5 to 10 sign online petitions about it or comment on internet articles about it.
If HBO gave in and remade season 8 of Game of Thrones (which is highly unlikely), that would be a very bad idea I think. What if they remade it and some fans were still unhappy enough to create another petition asking them to remake season 8? Would HBO remake it again?
Friday, May 10, 2019
Thinking about Star Trek Deep Space Nine
I have been thinking of Star Trek Deep Space Nine a little lately due to the documentary about it coming out soon. https://seansmoviethoughts.blogspot.com/2019/05/thoughts-about-what-we-left-behind.html I have not watched Deep Space Nine in a while, maybe this is a good time to re-watch the first season.
I know the show seems to growing more popular in the last five years or so. I remember it not being as popular as Star Trek the Next Generation for years. I am not sure if the show being on Netflix helped people discover it.
Here is the set up in a paragraph or so. Star Fleet has a base (Deep Space Nine)near the world Bajor and Bajor recently won a war against the Cardassians. However Bajor is near a wormhole and mysterious being called the Prophets dwell there. Commander Benjamin Sisko (played by Avery Brooks) takes over Deep Space Nine.
I know the show seems to growing more popular in the last five years or so. I remember it not being as popular as Star Trek the Next Generation for years. I am not sure if the show being on Netflix helped people discover it.
Here is the set up in a paragraph or so. Star Fleet has a base (Deep Space Nine)near the world Bajor and Bajor recently won a war against the Cardassians. However Bajor is near a wormhole and mysterious being called the Prophets dwell there. Commander Benjamin Sisko (played by Avery Brooks) takes over Deep Space Nine.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
I guess people are excited by Game of Thrones
I guess people are excited by Games of Thrones. For a while I was not sure. Most of the TV websites I look at on a regular basis are full of articles about the last season of Game of Thrones. There are 2 episodes left. Maybe the excitement will grow.
There were 2 controversies recently about Game of Thrones. One is that one of the episodes was really dark apparently and the makers said it was a problem with people’s TVs. The next week there was a Starbucks cup visible during an episode. (Heh.) Apparently the makers of the show are going to remove the Starbucks cup.
I might check out how reviews about the series ends.
There were 2 controversies recently about Game of Thrones. One is that one of the episodes was really dark apparently and the makers said it was a problem with people’s TVs. The next week there was a Starbucks cup visible during an episode. (Heh.) Apparently the makers of the show are going to remove the Starbucks cup.
I might check out how reviews about the series ends.
Friday, May 3, 2019
Cobra Kai season 2 thoughts
I enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai, so I watched the second season. I think the first season was a little better than the second season. I am still interested in seeing season 3. Some characters from season 1 either disappear completely or are written out of many episodes. The show is evolving.
In the second season of Cobra Kai, Daniel LaRusso opens his own dojo (Miyagi-Do) to halt the influence of Cobra Kai. Several students of both schools get intense in their feelings against each other and this threatens to explode. Johnny Lawrence wants to redirect his students, he still wants them to be badass but not bullies. (A few of the Cobras are becoming bullies.) His old mentor John Kreese has a different point of view.
Daniel is training Robbie, the estranged son of Johnny. Johnny wants to connect to his son but might have up given on the possibility. Johnny is less than thrilled that Daniel is training Robbie. Johnny concentrates on his relationship with his star student Miguel (Xolo Mariduena).
I liked this but there is a character who seems to only be there for comic relief. I hope that character does not return for season 3. There are some characters I’d rather spend more time with than him. However maybe the writers have a plan for him for season 3 where he will move beyond his comic relief status.
Peyton List is on hand as bad girl Tory, who joins Cobra Kai. List does the best she can with that character but either the writing for her character is bad or her character needed more scenes to show different facets of her personality. (I am probably saying this wrong.)
The fight scenes come more often in this season and some of the fights are pretty good. I am not sure if the fight in the finale episode was a bit too much. I guess the writers did not want to end each season with a tournament but still wanted to up the action.
I think this has a good cast. Xolo Mariduena is good as Miguel, Jacob Bertrand is good as Hawk/Eli, and of course Lawrence and Macchio anchor the series. There are still some goofy or odd things about this show and maybe it wouldn’t work if it had to fill 22 episodes a season.
In the second season of Cobra Kai, Daniel LaRusso opens his own dojo (Miyagi-Do) to halt the influence of Cobra Kai. Several students of both schools get intense in their feelings against each other and this threatens to explode. Johnny Lawrence wants to redirect his students, he still wants them to be badass but not bullies. (A few of the Cobras are becoming bullies.) His old mentor John Kreese has a different point of view.
Daniel is training Robbie, the estranged son of Johnny. Johnny wants to connect to his son but might have up given on the possibility. Johnny is less than thrilled that Daniel is training Robbie. Johnny concentrates on his relationship with his star student Miguel (Xolo Mariduena).
I liked this but there is a character who seems to only be there for comic relief. I hope that character does not return for season 3. There are some characters I’d rather spend more time with than him. However maybe the writers have a plan for him for season 3 where he will move beyond his comic relief status.
Peyton List is on hand as bad girl Tory, who joins Cobra Kai. List does the best she can with that character but either the writing for her character is bad or her character needed more scenes to show different facets of her personality. (I am probably saying this wrong.)
The fight scenes come more often in this season and some of the fights are pretty good. I am not sure if the fight in the finale episode was a bit too much. I guess the writers did not want to end each season with a tournament but still wanted to up the action.
I think this has a good cast. Xolo Mariduena is good as Miguel, Jacob Bertrand is good as Hawk/Eli, and of course Lawrence and Macchio anchor the series. There are still some goofy or odd things about this show and maybe it wouldn’t work if it had to fill 22 episodes a season.
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