It seems like a lot of internet hate for EL started from people getting gushing reviews and then finding a decent but at times flawed series. If we started out with more qualifiers for our opinions, might the weight of expectation be removed and opinions leveled out?
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Yes, definitely!
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Thanks for replying! If I can ask, where did you see this blog? I only ask because it's been several months at this point, and had forgotten I posted it.
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I found it as the most recent thing under Diclonius Debates board on the Elfen Lied forum, which I noticed while visiting the wiki after rewatching the series again.
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Great! I hope we see more of you at this wiki. We need help completing the transcripts for episodes 9-13, and the OVA.
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Hell no! I spend a lot of time on MAL. Home of the most obnoxious and pretentious elitists on the internet. There is NOTHING we can do to make the internet stop hating Elfen Lied. It is seen a series for "fake geek girls" and "casual fags". They praise other series with the same penchent for melodrama and the same issues, but Elfen Lied has become a designated punching bag.
Yielding to the elitists will accomplish nothing. Now I have lots of elitist friends on MAL. I too love Galactic Heroes and Tatami Galaxy. I love films like The Seventh Seal and Stalker, both of which I own. I love classical music, art, and literature. I can play the role of a MAL elitist well, but I choose not to. I love this flawed little series and I will keeping flying this banner no matter how unpopular it gets. So what if our fandom has shrunken online?
Here is my response to MAL elitists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM
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LN, I'm not looking to persuade hardcore haters like JesuOtaku and wishy-washies like Bennett "I changed my mind from neutral to hate from the time I reviewed it to the time I made a 'making-of' about the review' The Sage. I was just positing that taking it down from gushing might persuade those who first go to watch it. I in essence agree with you. I just wondered if a 'warts and all' approach might go better with those new to the series.
As to our fandom shrinking, I wonder about that. I wonder if the haters we're discussing haven't made some avoid saying they like it.
I don't care. I've been watching since 2004, and been here since 2010. I want to make this the best wiki ever so that if a media opportunity comes up, they have a ready-made resource waiting. So I'm not going anywhere.
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Did Bennett say he hated it? He gave it the most fair review of any major youtube anime critic in YEARS besides Black Critic Guy. I believe Bennett's friend Marc also mentioned liking the series.
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Watch the 'making of' video for that review. He does near to a complete 180.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfrWlf_bJ5Q&index=11&list=PLOEG6qRWBWHkoCAeEwykmLbQd9JvqxUNB
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