2005-03-18
Posted in Reviews
at 1:04
Mibu gishi den A.K.A. “When The Last Sword Is Drawn”
Yet another asian materpiece in which key plot elements are delayed until they will have the best possible effect. This historical drama is excellent and, as with My Sassy Girl, I will give it the best possible score.
As my friend Gabe said, “This is better than ‘The Seven Samurai’. That’s just famous because it was really good for it’s time. Go watch this, dummy!”. As my brother says, “I can’t watch North American movies anymore.” I agree with both of them.
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2005-03-17
Posted in Geek Stuff
at 20:57
Today, I spent several hours working to convert my site layout from tables into CSS. You probably won’t see the new files until I finish writing the new templating code but I think you should know something.
If you want to create a layout with a full-width header, body with full-height sidebar, and full-width footer, don’t mess around with positioning. It will only waste your time. Use the existing text flow system to your advantage.
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2005-03-16
Posted in Fanfiction
at 23:31
Title: To Tell A Hawk From A Handsaw
URL: FanFiction.net
Author: N. Reynolds
Source: Ranma 1/2
Rating: 6/6
Type: Continuation (Anime)
Length: 8 Chapters, Complete
What if, upon Nodoka’s departure after her first visit, Ranma realized how thoroughly everyone else knew him and how easily they controlled him? What if he decided to feign madness to escape their control? Inspired by Hamlet.
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Posted in Fanfiction
at 21:03
Title: Uncles
URL: Main Site
Author: Nighthawk (concept) & Cobalt (story)
Source: Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon
Rating: 6/6
Type: Semi-AU, Crossover
Length: 3 episodes so far
This is another one of those fanfics that’s written extremely well with humor sprinkled throughout. It does make use of fanon cliches about Nabiki but, given the overall quality, I’m going to assume that it was intentional. I should mention that “Uncles” is actually the name of several fanfics that share the same concept by Nighthawk. In this case, the fanfic I’m rating is the one by Cobalt.
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Posted in Fanfiction
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Title: Bitter Memories Rewrite
URL: FanFiction.net
Author: N. Reynolds
Source: Ranma 1/2
Rating: 4/6
Type: Alternate Universe
Length: 7 chapters so far
This is probably the first “Ranma with foreknowledge” fanfic I’ve read although I did see the beginning of an addventure thread based on the concept. I think that this Ranma has too many social skills to be explained away by having had a vision of everything up to and beyond the end of the manga. However, if you can excuse that, it’s really an interesting read. It does start with the boring old anime/manga start but ends up going off on it’s own original tangent with some interesting ideas. Rating, 4/6.
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