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Jul. 31st, 2011 04:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennariaEXCEL SAGA
Genre: Comedy and Parody
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What's it about: It's funny! It's very funny! Look at how funny it is!
Oh, right, the plot. Um. Well, Excel is working for Ilpalazzo, who wants to take over the world. Insofar as there's a coherent plot to the entire series, that appears to be it.
Other than that? Well, this is the sort of series wherein the heroine dies in the first couple minutes, and then is resurrected by the (personified) Will of the Universe because really, think of the storyline, here she'll fix that for Excel. Of course, then Excel is promptly shot by her employer, because she will not shut up and actually listen to him. It's okay, the Will of the Universe will take care of it - although Ilpalazzo tells Excel dryly that she shouldn't rely on that too much.
On the bright side, this means this is the kind of series that openly acknowledges that its heroine is really annoying, and we're not expected to think she's a sweet thing who just doesn't happen to have the brains God gave a goldfish. On the downside, it's also the kind of humor that's based on everyone being assholes. It's possible to view it as crack humor, but that's kind of a lot of crack, and it would've helped to have warning. Warning that isn't just the opening credits being all LOOK HOW FUNNY WE ARE.
Overall opinion: A lot of other people apparently like this series. I'm just not one of them.
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This is actualy a two-fer, because the next series up is from the same people.
Genre: Comedy and Parody
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What's it about: It's funny! It's very funny! Look at how funny it is!
Oh, right, the plot. Um. Well, Excel is working for Ilpalazzo, who wants to take over the world. Insofar as there's a coherent plot to the entire series, that appears to be it.
Other than that? Well, this is the sort of series wherein the heroine dies in the first couple minutes, and then is resurrected by the (personified) Will of the Universe because really, think of the storyline, here she'll fix that for Excel. Of course, then Excel is promptly shot by her employer, because she will not shut up and actually listen to him. It's okay, the Will of the Universe will take care of it - although Ilpalazzo tells Excel dryly that she shouldn't rely on that too much.
On the bright side, this means this is the kind of series that openly acknowledges that its heroine is really annoying, and we're not expected to think she's a sweet thing who just doesn't happen to have the brains God gave a goldfish. On the downside, it's also the kind of humor that's based on everyone being assholes. It's possible to view it as crack humor, but that's kind of a lot of crack, and it would've helped to have warning. Warning that isn't just the opening credits being all LOOK HOW FUNNY WE ARE.
Overall opinion: A lot of other people apparently like this series. I'm just not one of them.
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This is actualy a two-fer, because the next series up is from the same people.