I watched the first ep of that a week ago. Its a beautiful show, but to me its kind of ruined because instead of experiencing it as something new and experimental i experience it as an already established pop culture. I’ll still watch it but i probably wont lainmaxx like most of the nerds who watched it in their formative years.
Comment on Anon likes a thing
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Serial Experiments Lain. I managed to acquire a bootleg Japanese VHS of the show (sans subtitles) in '99 or '00 and fell in love. I bought the English dub as soon as I could find it. I was totally obsessed, even going as far as carrying a messenger bag like Lain had, and making a custom Windows XP theme based on Navi. I even bought a Palm Pocket to mimic the smartphones shown in the show.
Lain shaped my passion for IT, and I feel it changed my life in profound ways.
I’m confused by the sudden popularity. It went under the radar for so long. Now all of the merch goes for insane amounts of money.
Auth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Shit man i bought that on dvd centuries ago
4grams@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No shit, that’s back?
I loved it when I watched it in my youth. The theme song still pops up on my playlist once in a while. I didn’t one-watch it like 5-10 years ago but it didn’t connect like it did when I was young. Still, lots of fond memories from it and how much it inspired me.
I’ve been wondering when it would come around again.