Comments on: I Held Out As Long As I Could

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:28:37 +0000

You’re lucky, I think I’ve changed my mind. But it will still be the weekend at least. See the new post (as soon as I finish it…)

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:43:03 +0000

You’re leaving DE for last? You just want to torture me, that’s all.

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:29:15 +0000

08/01/2006 12:54 P.M. DELIVERY

Obsessed? Don’t be ridiculous. I just desire to be well-informed.

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:59:12 +0000

BAYTOWN, TX, US 08/01/2006 4:26 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

No, I’m not waiting impatiently to get off work today and go watch anime. Whatever would make you think that?

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:36:28 +0000

Well, the tracking site says it was checked into Houston at 8 A.M. this morning. I assume that means it was actually sitting on the dock most of Sunday, and that a fair portion of today will be spent pushing it around the warehouse to get it on the right truck for delivery. Very small chance of delivery today, but likely tomorrow.

I’ve decided that I’m going to leave Divergence Eve for last.

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:39:09 +0000

Which is odd, as I’ve gotten Saturday delivery before. I note that FedEx and UPS have slightly different delivery days. Anyway, I’m just being irrationally grouchy, and I know it. But I don’t let little things like that stop me when I’ve got my grouch on!

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:39:43 +0000

“4 days” means 4 business days.

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:23:32 +0000

I’m a little cheezed on that…. the delivery map on Robert’s site said I was in a 4 day shipping zone. (I misread it as 3, but that was my fault). Ordered on Tuesday the 25th, but…..

NEW STANTON, PA, US 07/27/2006 1:02 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
07/27/2006 12:50 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
HAGERSTOWN, MD, US 07/26/2006 9:45 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
07/26/2006 8:00 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 07/26/2006 4:23 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Your package is in the UPS system and is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 08/01/2006.

Tuesday. A full week from the order. SIX days from when they were contacted for pickup. I know the map is from UPS so I don’t blame Robert for that. I guess I’m spoiled…. I live in a state that is as big as some countries (like France, cough, gag), and they’re being shipped by ground transport from Hagarstown, MD to Houston TX, which is slightly less than Antwerp to Moscow. But still, I’ll have nothing to do this weekend but work on a new Agenda blog post and play EQ.

And I should be clear: I consider this an improvement. My last two orders through DVD Empire got held or split because something wasn’t in stock when they claimed it was, which is why I went back to Robert this time. DVD Empire is about 5-10% cheaper over this size of order, but I know if Robert says it’s in stock, it is in stock and will ship. Empire has delayed orders for nearly 2 weeks when they promise “same day shipping if you order by 3pm!” Something I pre-order should not go out of stock on the release day! But what do they care? Anime isn’t much of their business, but it’s Robert’s specialty.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times and …. I dunno, nothing seems appropriately sarcstic. I just hope that this time I remember to save the discount number for my next order. Every little bit helps.

Edit: dangit, some blogs use bbcode, some use html, and somehow I keep forgetting this is one of the latter. Which, considering it’s MY blog, is a tad embarassing.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:49:13 +0000

When are they due to arrive?

By: DrHeinous

DrHeinous — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:16:20 +0000

Ah, good. I want to see the end of Mars Daybreak!

-W

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:25:56 +0000

Actually, it’s not accurate for me to say that the “only” problem with SO is the technobabble solutions to their problems. The biggest problem was that they threw too many characters at the viewer in the beginning, making it hard to keep track of them all. Basically, the only ones I could lock down at the beginning were the ones that became the captain, first officer, and the one whose father was the ex-PM. And I feel it was a mistake to have the puppetmaster underfoot but not shown.

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:14:39 +0000

I suspect I’m going to like DE better, though I’ll actually have to watch it to find out I’ve noted before, that one of the problems with Godannar is that the bad guys are very one dimensional and there’s a lot of plot that’s just unsupported. My final grade for Godannar is going to depend heavily on whether they finally show a rationale behind the Mimetic Beasts, and whether my psychic theory bears out.

If it turns out that they’re just mindlessly following the stanadard anime tropes and have cardboard villians (which is what I’m afraid will happen), then they’ll get a poor grade. I may gas over the fanservice (hey, Shizaru made the cut on my dream harem for a reason!), but fanservice alone doesn’t make anime great. Just very watchable.

Very watchable.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:27:38 +0000

I’m going to be interested in seeing how you compare it to Godannar, since they’re both science fiction stories with fan service.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:25:15 +0000

I don’t think you’re going to be disappointed with Divergence Eve. It’s not the case that it’s something you have to suffer through just so you can watch Misaki Chronicles. MC is definitely better, but DE is very good and well worth watching in its own right.