So why update, one might ask? Well, besides the fact that I felt I would be dissapointing my extensive fanbase, but also because I finished watched a series and wanted to talk about it. The series in question? Yu-Gi-Oh!, and for those of you who know it, you'd also know my pain when I discovered the tragedy that is Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. More on that later, right now let's stick to the juicy details. So whatever possessed me to watch all 224 episodes of the original series? Well to be honest, I have absolutely no idea. I vaguely remember some sort of realization that I hadn't finished watching all five seasons, and so for nostalgia's sake decided to re-watch all those classic episodes I remember from grade four. The unforgettable lineup of Pokemon, Digimon, followed by Yu-Gi-Oh!, and finally Beyblade. Who didn't love those mornings where you'd wake up, grab a bowl of Cheerios, plop yourself on the sofa and sit down for an epic lineup of your favorite cartoons. All that's missing is an episode of Bugs Bunny.
Now you might call me immature for watching a TV series directed at nine year olds, but frankly who cares? I love the show to death and Pokemon is still one of the best video games of the twenty-first century. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. For one, the actual card duels are amazing and Yugi pulls of some ridiculous combos. I used to spend hours at the local convenience store with my best buddies buying Yu-Gi-Oh card packs and trying to replicate Yugi's deck. I soon realized it was futile to try and replicate a deck that wasn't consistent throughout the seasons; Yugi's deck seemed to evolve to have precisely the cards he needed to win in every situation. Now, don't get me wrong, I love Yu-Gi-Oh!, but let me make this clear. The show sucks. Almost every aspect of the show sucks. The dialogue makes me want to tear my hair out and spell 'redundant' with the extra hair. The animation was...good in the first season, and then plummeted downhill as the seasons progressed. In the fifth season Yugi's eyes seem to magically change position, and his face was completely out of proportion. The voice acting? Atem changed actors almost every season, and changed once during the middle of a season. Serenity's (yes that's an actual character's name) voice actor just needs to die, and Mai's voice actress changed drastically from season two to three. To the point of wanting to slaughter 4Kids! - even though we all want to anyways for censoring out all the good parts of Yu-Gi-Oh!.
All this being said, the show is still absurdly addicting. Ever good episode features an epic duel (and I'm using epic correctly here; every duel takes up at least two episodes) with incredibly dull exposition dialogue between the two duelers just in case the plot hasn't been hammered into your skull yet. The sheer amount of flashbacks characters have to blantantly obvious plot points are just mind-numbing. It might be useful if you've never seen an episode before your entire life; each episode makes it quite clear that they are dueling for a reason, maybe not a sensible or logical reason but a reason nonetheless. Playing a children's card game is definitely the best way to take over the world, but remember if you lose you're not allowed to take over the world anymore. One more thing I never quite understood: how on earth is playing a card game physically challenging? Yugi's grandfather almost dies because he lost a card game to Kaiba.
Now. An important issue. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Well, taking into account every awful feature of Yu-Gi-Oh! and you've still got a pretty good show that's at least watchable. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX has none. The characters are so obviously ripped off Yu-Gi-Oh that it makes one brain melt. The animation is even worse than the original series and if you thought the plots for Yu-Gi-Oh were dumb, think agian. GX manages to cram every cliche plot twist together and every Mary Sue quality in existence to form this show. So I thought up the most horrible plot twist they could have done in existence, which involves someone being someone's father. I think we all know what I'm talking about. Well, they weren't that un-original. But, lo and behold, there is a revelation concerning a family member nearing the end of the series. I wonder where they got that idea from hm? Wait what about that old movie with that cloaked dude in space? Nah, probably not.
Also: Yu-Gi-Oh! the original series apparently never happened according to Yu-Gi-Oh! GX except for a cameo appearance by Yugi in the final episodes. He battles Jaden, and I didn't bother to watch it but I'm assuming Jaden wins and Yugi forks over his "King of Games" title wah wah party's over. Which is extremely unfortunately becasue Yugi would've whupped his ass if he'd used the god cards. Also: Older Yugi is very hot.
Now you might be asking yourself, what on earth is the point of this blog entry? Absolutely none, thanks for seven minutes of your life. Yu-Gi-Oh! rules, watch it.
Exciting news for the future: I rule at Linux (but not really), old holidays, and iPods.
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