Author Archives: Ubu Roi

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Doing a Few Reps (repetitions, that is)

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Well, if you don’t want to do six episodes of watching five people doing the same things over and over again, you can always spend 23 minutes watching Hinako work up a sweat on these puppies, doing a variety of … Continue reading →

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Are You Out of Your Alledged Mind?

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Ubu Roi

So let me get this straight… There’s going to be a total of SIX iterations of the time loop in the Endless Eight arc? The only possible explanation of this is that they were trying to top season one’s mixed-up … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Fan Speculation, Fandom, Snap Reviews | 3 Comments

Needless

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Very appropriate name. Awful OP, an ED that rivals Divergence Eve’s for inappropriate (doesn’t beat it, but does manage a respectable showing), and a setup/characters/style that are so obviously trying to rip off Gurren Lagen (with a much more frenetic … Continue reading →

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Retirement of the Router From Hell

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Random net storms. Super-slow download speeds, worse than a basic 54k phone modem. Pings of 200 to 1,000. Disconnects, where it just decides it’s not going to talk to the DSL modem at all, requiring multiple restarts, resets, and reentry … Continue reading →

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I’d Pay to See THAT in Theaters!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Ubu Roi

I had a really, really silly thought this morning. Why doesn’t someone do a Lord of the Rings parody…

Posted in Random Nonsense | 9 Comments

RahXephon, just a note

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Ok, I really started getting hooked about the middle of the series, and blew through the last four disks in one night; staying up until ridiculous in the morning doing so. Anyone who read the complaint about Haruna, and the … Continue reading →

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Things I Learned From the First Episode of RahXephon:

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Never, ever take the subway anywhere. If you don’t run into a great big pile of rocks, you might just end up in a strange alien temple.

Posted in Random Nonsense | 3 Comments