To be honest, I have never understood the annoyance some people take with the whole "animal-headed human" thing. Isn't it simply demonstrating a high extent of anthropomorphism? I don't see how that could possibly be a bad thing. After all, my argument is "well, why do they have to be human?" It just seems like an awfully fictitious attribute by which to judge a story -- especially when the reviewer clings to that one thing and fades everything else into the background. Pacing, narrative, etc. seem like far more universal criteria.
To be honest, I have never understood the annoyance some people take with the whole "animal-headed human" thing. Isn't it simply demonstrating a high extent of anthropomorphism? I don't see how that could possibly be a bad thing. After all, my argument is "well, why do they have to be human?" It just seems like an awfully fictitious attribute by which to judge a story -- especially when the reviewer clings to that one thing and fades everything else into the background. Pacing, narrative, etc. seem like far more universal criteria.
But to each his own.