Originally posted by Astro forever+Jun 4 2005, 04:29 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Astro forever @ Jun 4 2005, 04:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Well, my intent when I started the thread was more to find the unplanned mistakes from the artists/authors. Because of course, if we were to zap everything that isn't realistic, we might as well zap Astro himself, close this board, this site and burn the mangas!And even if Astro himself was real, he wouldn't have much to face anyway in a world without Atlas or aliens, so he'd have a much more boring life![/b]
I didn't meant to evoke the impression of putting your topic in question by my statement, I too find those issues very interesting as well. It also gives us some room to place some animated GIFs never seen before.However, I still find those physics impossibilities funny and interesting anyway, especially when the contradictions arise from the series itself. Astro being able to carry or catch a big flying rock is one thing; okay, let's say I believe it. But then if his body is strong enough to hold one, how could he be in danger of being destroyed by it ([b]The Human Faced Rock)?[/b]
...or take Astro's exposure to high voltage for instance. When I think of how many times Astro got electrocuted by high voltage cables, by Skunk, by Frankenstein, by lightnings a.s.o., and he still is frightened by the thought of jumping through a tiny 20'000 volt trapeze?
Alright, I admit this isn't a good example as Astro still wasn't quite aware of his powers and robustness to that point of time.
There are things in the series that I appreciate more now than I did back when I was a child.
Same with me. As I rediscovered the Astroboy series 3 years ago I was truly astonished about some episodes complexity of storyline and treating current environment problems.
When I used to watch the series back in my youth I merely was impressed by Astro's visual appearance and his vocal approach than actually to understand what the plots were all about.
Of course in some episodes it was quite obvious what Astro was dealing with, even without understanding the dialogue, but the episodes' real magic hadn't revealed to me until I actually was able to catch the phrases being spoken.
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Just let me have a try...
What about a concrete with microcrystals oriented such a way that they offer hard resistance when in horizontal position, and much less when in vertical position? Yes, that's the perfect material of the future, just let me deposit a patent right away. I have no table here, so I will just put the paper on the wall to write on it...
<CRRAAAAAACK!>
Oh no! the pencil when though the wall!
Oh never mind... anyway this invention had no future <_<
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Just give me a decent note when you're going to invite the WARP drive, then I'll start the preparations for refuging myself in a parallel universum.
But then Doctor Elefun too seemed worried about Astro performing the trick.
