Death Note

[Zephik]

I've discovered a new show that I think a few of you will enjoy. It is an anime, but that is irrelevant. It is a series, one of which I do not know how many episodes it runs. I haven't researched into it as of yet. Each episode is approx. 20 minutes in run time excluding beginning and end credits. For your convience, click your way over to Youtube.com and use the search function to find either full episodes or episodes that have been devided into three parts for quicker load times. I suggest searching "Death Note Episode #". Watch the first three episodes and tell me what you think. I bet a few topics in these first three episodes would be pretty interesting to discuss or just to mention. As of what topics I am talking about, you'll catch on pretty quickly if you watch them. If you are still lost about what I am talking about, try and put this show into a "real world" context.

Now, just as a fan of anime and tv shows that took more than half a millisecond to think up, I am going to say that this show is f***ed up and I freaking love it! I guess it is a tendency I have to enjoy "dark" topics rather than your goodie goodie hollywood happy ending. Speaking of dark shows, watch elfen lied. haha.

[SgtM]

You shocked the **** outta me on this one. I was thinking someone was going to off themself and decided to post about it here. The only thing I could think of was how to get help dispatched asap.. Glad that's NOT the case.


DON'T DO THAT AGAIN

[Mitternacht]

You shocked the **** outta me on this one. I was thinking someone was going to off themself and decided to post about it here. The only thing I could think of was how to get help dispatched asap.. Glad that's NOT the case.


DON'T DO THAT AGAIN

Haha, this topic's gonna get a LOT of views.

[Zephik]

oh hahahaha! I'm sorry! I did not think that someone would take it as that. lol If I was going to do myself in I would of said something more on the lines of "goodbye oh cruel world." ;)


Haha, this topic's gonna get a LOT of views.

What are you kidding me? Any regular here knows to politely ignore my posts, I mean c'mon! I am infamous for it. ;)

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Okay, actually I want to start a topic for discussion that has to do with the show. It's not the only one I thought of, but its the most obvious.

If you had the power to kill a person at your own will. Would you use it?

Seriously, think about it! That thought freaked me out man. I thought, well I could kill off criminals that deserve to die, but would that be right to do? Where is the line between morals and opinions? Is there such a line? If you watch the show, you'll kind of get what I am thinking. People in the real world would say its wrong, because that is what you are supposed to say. But online, where you identity is hidden and you are completely anonymous (for the most part) what would you say then?

[Mitternacht]

The kill instinct would only come across my mind if it were for survival. Then and only then, I would use the power to kill a person at my own will. Not for food, but for self-defense. If you are one-on-one, and you know either you or them is gonna go down, you pretty much have no choice.

[Zephik]

What about people like...

Murderers
Rapists
Terrorists
...Religious fanatics that think geology doesn't exist? haha jk

[Slug Toy]

...Religious fanatics that think geology doesn't exist? haha jk

standing ovation please. that might as well be a punch line.

[DaveW]

If you had the power to kill a person at your own will. Would you use it?

Hell, every freakin' day. I work in a resteraunt with a bunch of Jackasses in the kitchen, and dicks for customers. I'd be a mass murderer within 3 minutes.

-Dave

[gaz_the_chav]

Hell, every freakin' day. I work in a resteraunt with a bunch of Jackasses in the kitchen, and dicks for customers. I'd be a mass murderer within 3 minutes.

-Dave


Ha tell me about it I used to work in the Marriot Hotel (Peterborough) and hell, I would of happily gone round several hundred people with a chainsaw!

-gaz

[jdbnsn]

I work in a resteraunt with a bunch of Jackasses in the kitchen, and dicks for customers. I'd be a mass murderer within 3 minutes.


Ah yeah, In my experience people who work in the food service industry are some of the most volitile and dangerous folks in the world. This is why I almost never complain about my food (I've worked at 4 resturaunts). Something about going out to eat makes people lose their damn minds and they think they can flip all kinds of **** at their waitor and it's no problem. I've seen cooks, waitors/waitresses, and even managers lose their minds.

[DaveW]

I've seen cooks, waitors/waitresses, and even managers lose their minds.

My manager loses his mind at the smallest thing, but i keep it together. If you're annoying me, i suddenly get nice. It's not something you want to happen, because it's so damn creepy. When you're treating a waiter like scum, you don't really want him to get nice on you.

Of course, this happens because i'm thinking about the various ways to cause him/her pain. ;)

-Dave

[jdbnsn]

happens because i'm thinking about the various ways to cause him/her pain.


Or indigestion ;)

[DaveW]

Or indigestion

heh heh heh...

-Dave

[Vertigo]

Hell, every freakin' day. I work in a resteraunt with a bunch of Jackasses in the kitchen, and dicks for customers. I'd be a mass murderer within 3 minutes.

-Dave

And that's not even including the customers. I love when some fat chick comes in and orders a Whopper (cut in half) Cause she's watchin her figure. Or when vegetarians come in, or a family of mexicans that expect us to speak spanish then order 20 burgers. *sighs*

Ok, how bout the power to maim or injure, or even just cause a lot of pain. That might be sufficient.

[Airbozo]

I would rather have the power to "Clown-a-tize" someone. Could you imaging pissing me off and "poof" You have to walk around the rest of the day with a Bozo-nose? Cut me off in traffic "poof"! Red fuzzy hair. Run into me with your shopping cart... "poof"! Big red clown shoes! Not until you make another person smile would the effects start to wear off.


As to being a waitperson or kitchen staff; I have HUGE respect for anyone working in this field, work long hours, most weekends, most holiday's, no wonder most wait staff have hair triggers. I saw this early on and now only use my culinary expertise for personal or very small "known" party's. Imagine if you will a restaurant full of clowns... (the customers not the staff).

[DaveW]

I would rather have the power to "Clown-a-tize" someone. Could you imaging pissing me off and "poof" You have to walk around the rest of the day with a Bozo-nose? Cut me off in traffic "poof"! Red fuzzy hair. Run into me with your shopping cart... "poof"! Big red clown shoes! Not until you make another person smile would the effects start to wear off.


As to being a waitperson or kitchen staff; I have HUGE respect for anyone working in this field, work long hours, most weekends, most holiday's, no wonder most wait staff have hair triggers. I saw this early on and now only use my culinary expertise for personal or very small "known" party's. Imagine if you will a restaurant full of clowns... (the customers not the staff).

That's the funniest thing i've ever heard.

I'd quite like the super-charged-gravity-gun from HL2. Being able to blast customers across the car park would be amazing.

We have a new word for retarded customers here. We call them Custards.

-Dave

[.Maleficus.]

That's the funniest thing i've ever heard.

I'd quite like the super-charged-gravity-gun from HL2. Being able to blast customers across the car park would be amazing.

We have a new word for retarded customers here. We call them Custards.

-Dave
Hahahahaha Custards, I love it!

I might have to use the kill-someone-with-my-will power sometimes, but I'd rather just make them look really messed up. Like make them grow an arm or leg out of the side of their head. Or make them wear their ass as a hat. (Thank you That '70's Show!)

[Zephik]

Or make them wear their ass as a hat.

Wow, thank you so very much for that HORRID mental picture. :shivers:

haha.

[Mitternacht]

Or be like Cartman!

*poof*

Ha-ha-ha-ha-haaa-ha, you are-a-chicken! Ha-ha-ha-ha-haaa-ha!

[tybrenis]

Wow. I truly love the few run-away threads like this. They get off task so far, that even the starter of the thread, moderators, and highly respected members join in.

They aren't bad, they're just plain fun, unlike other run away threads. With that disclaimer...

I also have a lot of respect for people in the foodservice. It must be a pain in the ass considering the hours they work and the **** they put up with on a daily basis.

if I could have a kill/maim power, I think I would use the naked fat chick/mountain goat power. See, this is how it works. Some douchebag pisses me off? Bam. Ugly naked fat chick. Cut me in the lunch line? Bam. Ugly naked fat chick.

However, then I realized that with a bunch of ugly naked fat chicks around, All I would see is horrendously overweight women. This is where my second power comes in - all ugly naked fat women simply look and sound like goats. Mountain goats. Haha! You're a mountain goat.

EAT IT, GOAT!

[dgrmkrp]

I would rather have the power to "Clown-a-tize" someone. Could you imaging pissing me off and "poof" You have to walk around the rest of the day with a Bozo-nose? Cut me off in traffic "poof"! Red fuzzy hair. Run into me with your shopping cart... "poof"! Big red clown shoes! Not until you make another person smile would the effects start to wear off.
funny =))

back on topic: i've seen the first episode at a friends recommandation.. frankly, i didn't have the time to fully enjoy then.. and baaam! cruel fate again planed something for me/us.. i was watching the show on a site (will not name it, may have been a tad illegal.. but the disclaimer said it wasn't..) that provided full blown dvd-quality anime and tv shows.. suspicious.. well, using the nice internet connection from the uni i could download 3 of these while watchin' one :) but of course, i didn't.. and the site was shut down because of no more bandwidth..
ranting over, i enjoyed the idea and the vision of the animators, although the 'chinigami' (death god) in this series kinda scared me (i am accustomed to the guys in bleach).. still, the friend has all the episodes up till now saved and has procured scans of the entire manga series... 500 megs of black and white graphics.. he told me how the story goes and i might want to congratulate the makers if i watch it myself.. basically, all that you guys talked about, they have too.. except the clowns!!! :)