That said, after watching their reviews of EVA and Monster, I can say I'm not big on their tastes or style. Complaining about EVA being whiny and unhappy? That was the point! You don't give a negative review to a war movie for showing the horrors of war.
With Monster, I sympathize with them on one hand since I don't think the show's that good (great manga, great story, but what works in manga can't work the same in anime and the direction is so faithful panel-by-panel it does get stiff and boring; the complaints people had about the Watchmen movie actually apply here). On the other hand, it's ridiculous to complain about it for being too "thick" when they also praise every other 200+ episode shonen anime. And yeah, some people HAVE read both Tolstoy and Tolkein. And complaining that it's not science fiction? That's bad marketing, not a sign of a bad show! The guy who acted in the show while also bashing on it harder than everyone else also just bugs me for some reason; I guess on some level its my whole image of "anime dub actors=fans", but also that he bashes the dub except for his own role is just snotty. I was also annoyed with the comments about "modern technology" and stuff. Really, this isn't a CGI-heavy action show, what sort of technological advance could really improve the directing quality of a show like Monster?
It seems as if a lot of these people aren't fans of anime as a wide artform but rather only fans of it when it fits a specific genre and story expectations. In this way, they're the equally unlikable flipside of the Academy voters who ignored Wall-E and The Dark Knight because they were "genre movies."
Of course, I might just be bitter they dropped the fan review submission thing.
