Last Friends

roon wrote:

If you don't mind using the softsubs, I'm going to chip in and say they work beautifully in MPlayer OSX.

I re-watched Ep6, and at first even though I thought the pacing was slow, it felt a little bit better upon the second viewing.

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I'm really weirded out at the one-way love triangle, though... :sweat:

I usually have no problems with them on VLC Media Player. :victory:

So things start looking up episode 6? That's a relief. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:So things start looking up episode 6?

Really? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Really? :headscratch:

I thought that was what roon was implying... mebbe I misread.

Wynter wrote:

I thought that was what roon was implying... mebbe I misread.

yeah, it would be counter to my own impression as well - I think 4 and 5 were much stronger eps.

looks like someone finally .........
i like that in ep 6
that was the only thing i found good in that episode :puppydog: :hehe:

phlargo wrote:
I don't suspect they would or could do it, but it would be amazing to see the story artfully turn around to support Sousuke in a way that the audience could accept.

They have the time to do so, and I'm hoping they prove me wrong. It's just that at this point, all we see is an abusive guy who offers kids pastries, wears a suit and tie nearly everytime he's on screen, runs after taxis and apparently has a deep, infuriating hatred towards liars, and girlfriends who don't show up on time. Hard to sympathize just yet. Dig deeper into his tortured soul, if he has one, and perhaps he could just be seen as a tragic consequence of what happens when parents aren't around. Perhaps then viewers can sympathize with him, or at least understand more of his character. Who knows, perhaps the pastry scene is the door opening to that point, and we'll get more layers of Sousuke's character. That'd be sweet to say the least. Certainly they're trying to portray him as more than a one-dimensional character, but it just hasn't worked so far.

Wynter wrote:

I thought that was what roon was implying... mebbe I misread.

A little bit of misreading. ;) While the episode was definitely slow and accomplished nothing until the very end (which isn't much of an accomplishment, since viewers probably picked up on it way back), I thought a second viewing made me appreciate the pace a little more. Granted, I knew about it beforehand... but I digress.

Also, I'm still hoping that the added episode means they're going to incorporate the "present" story. It would really suck if they left things hanging at these amazingly depressing flashbacks, so I'm holding out for an ending that takes place long after these events. If not the 7-9 months after the flashbacks, then sometime after to see what everyone is doing with their lives.

deseipher wrote:They have the time to do so, and I'm hoping they prove me wrong. It's just that at this point, all we see is an abusive guy who offers kids pastries, wears a suit and tie nearly everytime he's on screen, runs after taxis and apparently has a deep, infuriating hatred towards liars, and girlfriends who don't show up on time. Hard to sympathize just yet. Dig deeper into his tortured soul, if he has one, and perhaps he could just be seen as a tragic consequence of what happens when parents aren't around. Perhaps then viewers can sympathize with him, or at least understand more of his character. Who knows, perhaps the pastry scene is the door opening to that point, and we'll get more layers of Sousuke's character. That'd be sweet to say the least. Certainly they're trying to portray him as more than a one-dimensional character, but it just hasn't worked so far.

The writer and director have had more than ample time to flesh out some of the characters, but they're too busy scratching the surface for six episodes...

This drama's starting to turn into a Chinese meal: after you're done watching, one hour later, you're hungry again. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
The writer and director have had more than ample time to flesh out some of the characters, but they're too busy scratching the surface for six episodes...

This drama's starting to turn into a Chinese meal: after you're done watching, one hour later, you're hungry again. :sweat:

Which is a shame really, since the ingredients (the actors) are of excellent quality. :sweat: :puppydog:

EDIT: well some of them

roon wrote:

A little bit of misreading. ;) While the episode was definitely slow and accomplished nothing until the very end (which isn't much of an accomplishment, since viewers probably picked up on it way back), I thought a second viewing made me appreciate the pace a little more. Granted, I knew about it beforehand... but I digress.

So.... although the second viewing made you appreciate it, it still wasn't up to par with the others, right?

I'll have to watch it myself to see, because personally I felt the fourth episode was weaker than the first three.

EstherM wrote:Which is a shame really, since the ingredients (the actors) are of excellent quality. :sweat: :puppydog:

EDIT: well some of them

LOL.

Let's hope the ship gets righted in the next episode or two... Time's a wastin'... :sweat: :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

Let's hope the ship gets righted in the next episode or two... Time's a wastin'... :sweat: :fingerscrossed:

Or... the ingredient balance is, well, rebalanced - to follow the current metaphor, you nauticaphillic (we'll assume that means you like sailing...)

phlargo wrote:(we'll assume that means you like sailing...)

Nope.

Can't even swim. :ashamed:

bmwracer wrote:
Nope.

Can't even swim. :ashamed:

hehe.. I was really just using the opportunity as an excuse to make up a name for someone who likes ships or sailboats.

But really.. no swimming, eh?

Watching EP 6 RAW~

For some reason the soft subs aren't working for this episode. :shamefulcry:

harsh wrote:Watching EP 6 RAW~

For some reason the soft subs aren't working for this episode. :shamefulcry:

Make sure they aren't named something with a weird character or are nested in any directory with a strange character or the original video's name contains a peculiar character - that will make them act funky.

Change the names to "Last Friends - Ep. 06" for both and it'll most likely work like a champ :)

Ack, I changed the names and moved the files around, but the subs still aren't showing up, which is weird because I've tried subs for other episodes on ep6 and they show up fine.

Ah! I tried Suketeru's subs and they work fine, I guess it was just Seri's sub that was giving me problems. :woot:

harsh wrote:Ah! I tried Suketeru's subs and they work fine, I guess it was just Seri's sub that was giving me problems. :woot:

Seri's subs are in Unicode (UTF-8): you need to open it and save it as plain text. :)

Hmm, someone at the D-Addicts thread noted that the official site now says only 11 episodes will be made for Last Friends... :headscratch:

Yow, is the script/drama in that much turmoil that they're flip-flopping with the number of episodes?

The wheels may be coming off this drama in more ways than one. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: