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I saw an interesting thought, that the recent popularity of anime among Americans is because our entertainment now is not only constantly moralizing, but also p

• Ylpertnodi 3y ago
  >because our entertainment now is not only constantly moralizing ...been that way for several decades, not just 'now'.
  • bacchusracine 3y ago
    >...been that way for several decades, not just 'now'. Yes, yes, but they've forgotten a key truth that used to be understood. People like to be moralized to. Persuasive speech is interesting to people because done well it evokes a response on an intellectual and emotional level. Moralizing is not the problem. The problem is that if you're going to preach at people you need to make it entertaining preaching or people aren't going to stand for it, never mind pay for the privilege.
• dreamcompiler 3y ago
  > ...but also poorly made. This. Linked video [0] is entirely CGI generated in real time, and it looks better than the CGI in most modern Hollywood blockbuster movies, which can spend 10 minutes rendering each frame if they need to. I'm not a gamer but people familiar with modern video games probably already know this. There's no excuse for the lack of quality in modern movie CGI other than "we refuse to pay what good CGI artists are worth." [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU0gvPcc3jQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU0gvPcc3jQ