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Lain Discussion Panel At Otakon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Lawrence Eng writes: "At Otakon 2000 earlier this month, the producer and character designer of Serial Experiments Lain, Yasuyuki Ueda and Yoshitoshi ABe, answered questions at a Lain discussion panel. The full transcript of that discussion, the IRC transcript of the talk with Ueda and ABe that took place the day after the convention, and other related interviews can be found here. I thought people might appreciate a chance to look into the minds of the Lain creators."

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  1. Folks, you're on the wrong track here by PD · · Score: 5

    As one friend to another, I must clue you people in.

    *lain* is not the same as *laid*. If you think that getting lain is the same as getting laid, please check again.

    We geeks won't become the sex symbols of the 21st century if we can't even get the slang right. :-)

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  2. Lain Links an other stuff by bludstone · · Score: 4

    okay...


    Here is a link to an interesting Lain site, Thought Experiments Lain. It has spoilers galore, and a good explanation of the computer, literary and historical references in the anime. Don't visit the site unless youve seen Lain in its entierty and are trying to make some sense of it.

    Here's a link to my little' 'ol Lain Gallery. With plenty of pretty pictures for you to look at.

    I was also at otakon, but I went to the bandai panel instead of Lain. Got an interview with the guys for atanime.com too. (eep, shameless self promotion!) BTW, did anyone else who was there think that BOA's Performace at otakon was sub-par?

    Anipike has plenty of links for other stuff.

    Personally, I loved this anime and found it intriguing. Yes, I do think it is VERY pretencious, but that just part of the experience. When doing an anime like this, its impossible to avoid it. Eva was amazingly pretencious too. Lain is currently my favorite set of anime dvds, and if you havnt seen it yet, I honestly reccomend checking it out.

    Okay, Im done..

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  3. Re:Umm, right. by pheonix · · Score: 4

    -1 Flamebait

    If I were Rob, I'd be reading this trash while humming the tune to "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" happily to myself. I think it's pretty obvious by now...if you don't want to read about a topic...DON'T READ THE FUCKING TOPIC. This is a simply concept, one would think.

    I laugh everytime I read a comment from some half-assed imbecile that actually took the time to open up a topic they didn't want to read about, click the reply link, and explain how "inappropriate" the content is on slashdot.

    Perhaps someone could enlighten me..what, pray tell, is appropriate content here? News for Nerds, Stuff That Matters....seems pretty broad...whatever that nerd Rob feels is news, and whatever matters to him...