AbsoluteDestiny.

SQ · Post by SQ » Tue May 11, 2004 3:58 pm

Yeah. I bet you all were looking for a topic in this forum you could actually read. :!O (The old guys, anyway).

Anyhow! Onto the topic.

Really simple one, really.

How did you get to know AD's name?
Was it the guides? Was it just because he's around a lot?
Was it his music videos?
Or was it his 'presence".

Just wanted to know why you think AD's famous.

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Screwy topic, huh? But it's something to talk about other than "OMG!!11 i L057 mE viyo!11ONE"(not referencing to any particular topic, btw).

So. Yeah. Enjoy the topic that can easily be bent and be fun for all.

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:08 pm

I had heard about his guides a while back but didn't really know him until I saw his Storytelling - A Gothic Fairytale video. It really blew me away and ever since I've begun checking out his work and I'm partial to That Other Girl and Childhood's End. Nice guy.

SQ · Post by SQ » Tue May 11, 2004 4:12 pm

Yeah, he is. I talk to him online sometimes and I met him briefly at AWA 9(buying his DVDs) you can tell he's a great guy.

I knew him before I even knew him because... Well, everyone was mentioning his name when I first joined, and the guides had his name, and then AMVapp I think had his name in there somewhere...

So I think his name was imprinted in my head ever since I joined the org.
I never saw any of his videos until this year either.

Gothic Fairytale is awesome, but not in the editing aspects(I think). The anime as very cool. I'm not a big fan of AD's editing, but he is an awesome guy all around; especially for the guides and AMVapp.

TobinHood · Post by **TobinHood** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:23 pm

I ran into AD actually when he made his first video, the Lain one. What was it called? Accelination or something and then i used to talk to him online alot, like when he was thinking of putting out a 30 second AMV project thingy or something. But now he's always too busy to chat

Watching all that Card Captor Sakura Pr0n. (j/k)

AD, YOU'RE FAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:27 pm

AD was the lead guitar for G&R before Slash.

You heard it here first.

Quiet Cannon · Post by **Quiet Cannon** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:37 pm

The first time I saw AbsoluteDestiny's name was when I checked out "Shameless Rock Video". I remember thinking, a lot of people seem to like this video and it has won a lot of awards, let's see what it's like. After watching it, my thoughts were somewhere along the lines of "What the hell was that!? I don't understand this video! Was someone high when making or watching this?"(Note: Those were pretty much my exact thoughts when watching FLCL or a lot of other AMVs using that anime) No offence, but I'm just not an abstract thinker when it comes to AMVs, and that video was too strange for me.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:43 pm

The guides first since I read those a few dozen times the same day I joined and the names 'ermac and absolute destiny' just sort of stuck. I didn't put them to a 'person' until I'd been posting on the forum for a few months. I've never been good with names so I was surprised when I realized exactly *where* I knew his name from. ^_^;

SQ · Post by SQ » Tue May 11, 2004 4:46 pm

I've never been good with names either.

If anyone remembers the DW Chang and Hsien incident, LOL.

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:47 pm

I mentioned in my journal that I was struggling with an AMV, so AD emailed me and offered to take a look at it. He told me it sucked, and I ended up ditching the video

That was my first AD experience

SQ · Post by SQ » Tue May 11, 2004 4:49 pm

That reminds me of the Big Big Truck interview.

Speaking of which, I wonder if anyone reads those...