Watching The Half Blood Prince made me realise a lot of things. One of them was that how an almost 3 hour movie with wizardry, dark-lords, death, and zombies could be turned into a 2.5 hours soap-opera. I mean, give me a break from the Love potioned Ron Weasley, or the Harry-Hermione emotional atyachar! I paid friggin 11 quid for this seat. Now just blast my eyes with some fireworks already! And yes, when you choose certain scenes for 3D over others, please try and select the ones which could be termed ‘sexy’ rather than plain-ol conversations in the hallway, or a lounge chair morphing into Mr.Jim Broadbent. #fail #fail #fail.
But yes, one of the other things which has emerged from the many discussions I have been having with my friends [especially that David bloke], is that how similar Voldemort – the ultimate dark lord, and the ultimate dark-Ninja we know of – Orochimaru are. So here I am, doing my analysis of their similarities and the differences as well. Whether, Harry Potter inspired Naruto [as in JK Rowling inspired Kishimoto] is a very sensitive debate which is out of the scope of this argument. We will be restricting our analysis to whether Voldemort and Orochimaru are indeed similar or not. Part 2 of the Analysis will be trying to answer a Kick-Ass question, literally – In a duel, who will kick who’s butt [and who will eat the dust] -Voldemort or Orochimaru. Pick your side!
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by Sujoy on June 16, 2009
in Anime
The best frigging episode of Naruto Shippuden..
in a long time: Episode 113: The Serpent’s Pupil
I have waited a long time for this. Really long. For all those people who are still watching Naruto Shippuden, can definitely understand the utter frustration that we have went throughout the last couple of months. The entire arc has been shifting way too far from the main plot which kept us glued to Naruto at the first place, and that is Konoha,Uchiha and more Sennin, Genin and Junins. Instead the anime has been hovering over such stupid plots such as the Crystal Lady -Guren and the 3 tailed Biju controller-Yuukimaru. I hated that entire arc where everyone had a single piece of dialogue – You are the place where I return to. I think you can hear me scream out so loud right now. That one line makes me cringe every single time I hear it, and you know how many times it was being repeated. That kid Yuukimaru is just one stupid, annoying kid who carries around that crystal with a daisy. And Guren was another arse of a lady. Tragic melodrama oozes out from every corner possible when the two confront each other. But screw all that, we are back in BUSINESS. Shippuden’s latest episode: The Serpent’s Pupil showed to me, why I fell in love with this Anime at the first place. And you know what..It does not have a single frame of Uzumaki Naruto [except for the title credits and the end credits]. And it still rocked me socks off..!!!!
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by Sujoy on March 20, 2009
in oks
I have been planning on sketching a good anime concept, and I found this one on a website which I can’t remember now. But I have edited the facial features from the original, and given it more defined hair and eyes. The wings got a bit messy, and the left hand as well. So, I had to resort to Photoshop to undo the harm. I wish I knew how to colour well in Photoshop to give this a real good technicolour feel. But, it will take some time-may be a year or two for me to come up with a colorful sketch, coz I know that I am shit when it comes to colouring. Last but not the least, I dedicate this sketch to one of my best friends – Rajkamal Roka, aka MAMA—Here’s to you bro!! Congrats for IIFT. Anyway, here we go. I am uploading two stages of the sketch.
Stage 1: Without Wings.
As the name suggests, the initial frame of the angel; her body.
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Stage 2: With Wings.
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So, did you like it, or did it offend you somehow?
by Sujoy on January 26, 2009
in Sketch
Here’s my second one from DeathNote. For everyone who hasn’t seen it, go and watch it. Not the movie, the anime. Puhleeeeeeeez !!!!!!!!!
Here’s the sketch of L, the greatest detective in the world.
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