The Sailor Moon Pocky Box : Reviews

Subarashiidream.net

Date Reviewed: April 5th, 2005

Category: The Ugly

Pluto

Ah...why does this site look familiar...Subarashii Dream.net V. 3...hmmm well there's a splash page so not bad.

NOW I remember!!! Ok, right...a friend of mine had some rough time w/ the creator of this site, but as always, Pluto remains impartial. Ok, the main page isnt bad @ all. Nice pic of Mars. The Updates are on the right side and the navigation is rather easy to find.

As im flippin through this site, i have a suggestion...i notice that when you click on a part of the site, the name gets crossed out. I suggest not doing this b/c it can get rather annoying to a repeated visitor.

Ok, information...only Ami-chan is done...out of the three, the first two are rather generic as i've seen the same info everywhere. Darkury's info is incredibly long and detailed. On the verge of being too long.

Ok, media...all PGSM. PGSM singles, some songs from Dear My Friend CD, and Aino Minako's Sayonara Sweet Days album. There are also a few random wallpapers, banners, etc, and some fanart.

the forums here are relately dead. only 4 registered members. And it was created 4 months ago...hmmm.

Well, this site has potential, however, the content is rather bland.

Uranus

Once more unto the splash screen breach, dear friends, as the requirements to enter Subarashii Dream (most memorable line from the "Friend" song, by the way) seem pedestrian enough, though the IE recommendation naturally results in a downward glance. Ah, forgive me. The name of the page is Youma Taisan! Was there no www.youmataisan.net domain available?

Entering the page proper, we find a major problem. The IE from the splash page is a necessity for seeing the frame background. In my far superior Opera, it shows up as a white background with black text, except for links, which are white. Not off white either, but invisible on the background. Additionally, the layout is improperly blocked, resulting in a white line between the titular "u" and "m."

After using the Ctrl-A trick to finally find the menu, I see that the site section is up first. To put this into sharper focus than I have in the past: the site section, especially the policies part if applicable, is the best part to tell me whether the site author has a good attitude or is possessed of the mean-spirited selfishness that in extreme cases lands you in our drama column. Good sites can be built with a bad attitude, and vice versa. But it's that which determines whether I'm likely to be interactive with the site and the author. OK, end of rant. This site seems to show a healthy gregariousness while still protecting its images.

The information section is only senshi profiles, and only Mercury (in various forms) is up. Oh, the site now seems to restrict its scope to PGSM. Would have been nice to know.

Media section has most of the major vocal songs, leaving out only the late stuff like "I'm Here." They're in .ogg format, though, which is not so good. This is one case where popularity (mp3) trumps efficiency. Image section has some mediocre work. Too many of the images have rough edges as they blend into the background. Only one wallpaper I really like, a kind of etude in gradient. Fanart is more acceptable, showing good pencil work, except for the first which makes Princess Sailor Moon looks pissed.

Site finishes with some award whoring (a lot actually) and some awards to be given out. All of them demand being free of hentai. Because nothing sells like prudery. And there's a barren forum with less than one post per day. So clearly no one wants to be here, which may restore faith in the general viewing public. The One Good Thing? Umm. . . well, with the low feedback quantity, you could probably get the author's attention, if you really wanted to.

Chibimoon

First we start off with a splashpage that has large font underneath it. My settings are 1280 X 1024 and...Well, I'll just say it's very legible. The picture of Mars is badly cut out, with the edges pixilated. However, apparently the web master of this page is a little thief, so I suppose the quality isn't his fault. Just his taste. Clicking the banner I go:

To a page of PGSM Mars which again, is badly edited. My apologies to whoever made the layout for being so harsh, but it’s glairing at me. Yay for random Japanese. Random Japanese is a peeve of mine. I hate it here.

Next to the large Mars picture are two transparent black squares. The small one has the menu. The large one explains the menu for the idiots of The Sailormoon fandom. It also informs us of the updates to the site.

I accidentally scrolled over the large textbox on the left, and the text re-arranged itself into centered paragraphs, instead of the left justified paragraphs it just was. Interesting.

I've now just clicked the "Site" link. Wow, he's giving credit. Oh. Apparently the webmaster made the layout image. Well, I don’t feel so bad for slamming it then.

Information's next, and I see it's a bunch of info brought to me by "me and Rainbow Tour!". Well, out of curiosity, I click the link to Rainbow Tour for an info comparison...Oh. It's closed. For good. Hm.

Anyways, the info is comprised of a list of characters; most of them unlinked save for Ami. I hate PGSM, though I am slightly intrigued by Dark Mercury, so I could care less. However, being a reviewer, I click the Dark Mercury link. There's much information, followed by a series of un-clickable thumbnails of her transformation sequence. Moving on.

The Media link has music, graphics and fanart. The graphics are...Amateur. But hey, least they're made by the webmaster, allegedly.

Lots of links. I don't see my site. Ok then. I think that makes me feel warm inside.

Most of the "Awards" he won are just "yay I got a good score on a quiz!!" Awards. Something I find pathetic. "Yay, I caught SATURN"...that's good for you. There was no real effort involved in it. Hell, you could have right clicked, and then saved as. Beh. Let's see the awards you are offering others.

What's with all this "Hentai-free" Stuff? This site's pushing of no-porn is making me feel too...clean. Must rectify: Pooh-pooh cunnilingus whailpiss crapfuck cocksnot gangbang triple penitration girl on girl orgy necrophilia clusterfuck Auto-erotic circle jerk.

Sorry for that. Anyways, the awards are dull. I wouldn't accept any of them if offered. I appreciate quality.

Now on to the Community link, this takes me to a messagebored, which I’ve no interest in playing in.

Well, I clicked everything worth clicking. I suppose if I were a fan of PGSM, or a newbie, I'd find this site entertaining. But seeing as I am an elitist, purist fuck, I just have to move on...

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