I feel the same way. There's a lot better ways they could've paced the show and the things they try to introduce. Many things that lasted for 5 episodes could've been done in 5 minutes in one episode. Like, I could've watched starting at episode 5 and I would easily know as much about the show as someone who started from the beginning.
The episodes 2 through 5 arc is the best part of the series so far, though, and the slow pace is an important part of why that is. So I strongly disagree with you here.
And what about episodes 6-11? Why want everything to be over so quickly when the details, and tension, of the events as they happen is such an important reason for why the show's so good? I love the pacing. It's not just because it's slow for no reason, though -- it's because it's slow, with good reason. Slow, but captivating and engaging, and every episode leaves me wanting to watch the next one. And it's entirely unlike it in jut about any other way, but that one element reminds me a bit of Texhnolyze, which, of course, was quite good.
Everything doesn't have to be 1 then 2 then 3 then 4. There's millions of ways they could've integrated those things into the actual episodes with content in them.
If you wanted to cut out half of what makes the show so unique and great, sure, you could have. But it wouldn't have resulted in a better show, that's for sure!
I wouldn't call Marika's buildup very well done at all either. She's the most shallow/weakest character on her own show so far with the people around her being much more interesting.
She may not have as much depth as some characters in some ways, but she's got enough, and her attitude and ability are good. And she has had some character building -- there's her relationship with her mother, the fact that her school studies are failing as she focuses more on being a pirate, etc.
The first few episodes of Pirates were slow paced, but it didn't bother me much, maybe because the techno babble and electronic warfare stuff was different enough from most anime. And the show has developed pretty well since those opening episodes. At least's it not like what happened with Rinne which opened with some action, but then became utterly directionless and had no idea what kind of show it was trying to be.
The problem with the word "technobabble" is that it implies that the words are meaningless or something, when in fact they aren't -- they have meaning within the world of the series in question. They are describing systems and proceses in that universe. And for that reason, I've never liked that term, either for Star Trek or anything else -- sure, they're madeup words. So? They're given definitions there. Works great for me. The term "technobabble" denigrates these elements of sci-fi shows more than they deserve, really, in my opinion (and yes, I say that even though I know that in Star Trek they'd sometimes just make something up in order to get the characters out of a situation. Thinking about in the context of the show itself, it usually made sense anyway.)
But anyway, yeah, the electronic warfare stuff was quite interesting, in part because it's such a natural thing to exist, but it's also something that you almost never see in sci-fi TV shows... not flashy enough I guess, but to its credit Space Pirates not only raises the issue, it explains exactly why it'd be so important, as it certainly would be. Good job there.
That explains why I wasn't interested in atrocious space pirates......plus it has omygawdwa.
What, you only watched one episode and then dropped it? Even if not, if there is anyone like that, go back and watch more, the rest of the show is quite different from that episode!
