Where's Az been???

[Bzzzz]

Haven't seen any posts for awhile...:shrug:

[Taxloss]

A very good question.

I haven't seen him.

[progressoid]

1. Dunno - he seems to be on a long hiatus

:shrug:

[immoderate]

2. I hope he's OK....

and not in church. (I keed, I keed.)

--IMM

[Bzzzz]

3. I hope he's okay too...

maybe he's takin' a nice long vacation.

[immoderate]

4. He deserves a vacation.

When he's around, he does a lot of heavy lifting.

--IMM

[trotsky]

5. Seems like it's been months.

Probably needed a DU break. This place can really get to ya.

[Zhade]

6. Hey, good point. I like Az a great deal, he's very smart.

Likes anime (GOOD, subbed anime) too, which is nice.

Hope he's well. I'll pray for him.

KIDDING!

[GOPFighter]

7. Likes Anime? I did not know that.

He's probably sitting in some threater watching Howl's Moving Castle for the 28th time. (Anyone else seen it?)

[salvorhardin]

8. It's not as good as Miyazaki's other films

The plot's a little muddled and unlike Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service or any one of Miyazaki's other films you sometimes hear yourself wondering "Why are they doing that?" The anti-war message is somewhat hamfisted as well. Of course, the animation is spectacular and the soundtrack is lush and beautiful as always. Not Miyazaki's best work, but Studio Ghibli beats the pants off Disney any day.

[GOPFighter]

10. The WP's reviewers panned the movie...

...so I went in expecting to be disappointed...and came away entranced. I liked it better than Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro (but Kiki's Delivery Service is till tops in my book).

The anti-war message was overdone, but Miyazaki captured the tendency of some societies to excitedly support militarism before wars start only to be appalled at the resulting violence and death. And Miyazaki admitted in a Newsweek interview that it was directed at the United States' run-up to the war in Iraq.

[Zhade]

9. His avatar is from, I think, One Piece (though I may be wrong).

I think he'd only be in the theater if it's not the dubbed version - like me, he seems to prefer subtitled anime.

I personally just can't watch an anime where Billy Crystal is a voice. Nothing against Crystal, I just can't stand when they Americanize anime.