Let me sum up: Some greatest hits of the geeky t-shirts my husband has bought me over the years.
Let me splain: Yeah. We's nerds. My husband actually left the "Curie's in Love" shirt hanging from a ceiling fan on my last birthday. Which did indeed make me cry. Like a Wookie in an existential quandary.
Let me splain: More Japanese goodness. The husband and I have been having fun with streamy Netflix since we got rid of cable. I'd watched a little Trigun with him before, and remember the Rem story tugging me heartstrings. I really enjoyed rewatching this weekend.
This scene gets me. The things that feel right don't always make sense. Case in point--I'm totally with Vash. Aaaaaand I killed a spider for my husband this morning.
Let me sum up: Music video from Japanese rock band Mr. Children detailing their epic origins! Sort of.
Let me splain: This week's submission comes from reader Nile. Though the video contains tears, it didn't quite tip me over the spill point. Tears are tricky and subjective that way. But you don't need to speak Japanese to enjoy the story. And as a regular reader of WTF Japan, Seriously!? I was happy to get some potential tear fodder from the floating kingdom that is both wacky and emotional.
Let me splain: This makes me cry tears of rage...because it's so dang bad. This is the ending of the 94 minute version of this fabulous film, edited by Universal to make it more...accessible? commercial? palatable? for TV viewers. This version basically involves splicing a lot of random fantasy sequences together as though they were reality. And it hurts my brain. Gilliam's original cut makes me cry plenty of genuine tears. Take a twisty Gilliam world, add a dash of Tom Stoppard, throw in some Michael Palin (in my opinion, the most endearing Python) as a total creeper, and top off with a dash of melty-face Mona from "Who's the Boss," just for kicks!
