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[BassForever]

So apparently the people of Milos can also do Alkihestry but even better?

 

[B-Dubs]

I know this is Non-Canon as fuck but it makes Shou Tucker an even bigger jerk. Kratos had Talking Chimera for a long ass time!

So did Amestris, they probably just thought Tucker was doing something different and not just using people.

So apparently the people of Milos can also do Alkihestry but even better?

Nah, it's not ranged so it's just the same as Amestris.

 

[Line_HTX]

Big moe eyes.

 

[Man God]

I'm only half into this, man. It's kinda boring.

Same here. At least Shambalambadingdong was bad in an interesting way!

 

[Crayolan]

Okay this scene is pretty cute.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

He doesn't want to wear it on his right ear.

Flashback was kawaii desu.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Btw, he could have done that any time.

 

[Regiruler]

Fuck yo prison

 

[grandjedi6]

Honestly you could make a filler/canon movie focused on the last two crest of blood spots that haven't been shown assuming Milos is one of the 3 locations not shown in the manga/anime.

More than just 3!

 

[Soulflarz]

This episodes so weird

 

[BassForever]

I'm only half into this, man. It's kinda boring.

Well this film is called Fullmetal Alchemist and yet the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother have barely been in this movie and honestly feel minimally involved in the plot at this point.

 

[Line_HTX]

Pedro was gunned down at the border? That wolf is racist.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Yep. More Nazis.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

TOM feeling ride or die.

 

[lazybones18]

Yep. More Nazis.

Hughes will surely make an appearance

 

[Schadenfreude]

Pedro was gunned down at the border? That wolf is racist.

Those damn Milosians keep taking our jobs.

 

[Zonic]

Well this film is called Fullmetal Alchemist and yet the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother have barely been in this movie and honestly feel minimally involved in the plot at this point.

Yeah, I think it takes a while for the film to remember to bring Ed & Al back into the main plot, which I think should be soon.

One could argue so far, Shamballa had a bit more focus on the brothers in comparison due to the plot revolving more around Ed.

 

[BassForever]

This movie reminds me a lot of DBZ Wrath of the Dragon, an original story that stars mostly original characters in an established world where the established characters feel like the supporting cast most of the time.

 

[Professor Lich]

I like finding things that are hidden.

 

[Man God]

Well this film is called Fullmetal Alchemist and yet the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother have barely been in this movie and honestly feel minimally involved in the plot at this point.

There's quite a few episodes of Brotherhood with very little Elrics, so its not that odd.

 

[Line_HTX]

Julia and Ashleigh sound like bad news.

 

[Crocodile]

I think you were thinking about the story far more the then the actual mangaka who wrote it. I think when the editors slapped him and said "explain this shit before you end it" we got the final volume of the manga/OVA being 90% exposition to try and explain things which ended up being more confusing then had they just left it unexplained. I really do think the mangaka just wanted people to see gore porn and action and the story was just a flimsy excuse to see London turn into a river of blood and shonen battles.

That's the sense I've gotten from a lot of fiction I've consumed recently (I've put more thought into this than the authors). Making gun porn is fine but being able to understand the plot without Wikipedia open or some shit is the bare minimum for decent writing. I'm not demanding complex character arcs or whatever, just for logical consistency, for things to make sense and for no huge gaping holes in the narrative.

Hellsing never seemed to be anything other than spectacle and ridiculous ultra-violence. That's what made it fun, though. It's also why I find it odd when people recommend it to anime newcomers. I can't imagine it being right for anyone unless you're in the mood for a bit of the old ultraviolence.

Ultravoilence was what helped make anime popular in the West starting in the late 80s and Early 90s. That appeals to people in a way similar to Transformer movies. "Popcorn fun" and what not.

 

[BassForever]

Yeah, I think it takes a while for the film to remember to bring Ed & Al back into the main plot, which I think should be soon.

One could argue so far, Shamballa had a bit more focus on the brothers in comparison due to the plot revolving more around Ed.

For sure, Shamballa did focus on the characters it needed to focus on, it was just trapped in the hell of trying to wrap up a BONES ending. I feel like Star of Milos would have been better received had their been multiple FMA:B based movies and this was like the 4th or 5th one that focused on original characters as opposed to being the only film.

 

[MetatronM]

I know this is Non-Canon as fuck but it makes Shou Tucker an even bigger jerk. Kratos had Talking Chimera for a long ass time!

It also begs the question of what the hell Cretan alchemy is based on. The only alchemic powers that we know of in canon (Amestris and Xing) were taught alchemy by the Eastern and Western Sages, respectively.

 

[Schadenfreude]

At least these wolf scenes have some cool animations.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

SHOCK AND AWE!

 

[ckohler]

Yo. That budget.

 

[Grexeno]

It also begs the question of what the hell Cretan alchemy is based on. The only alchemic powers that we know of in canon (Amestris and Xing) were taught alchemy by the Eastern and Western Sages, respectively.

I assume that alchemy from Amestris or Xing inevitably leaked outside.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Welp, he's dead,
But there'll be others. And with greater numbers.

 

[Man God]

It also begs the question of what the hell Cretan alchemy is based on. The only alchemic powers that we know of in canon (Amestris and Xing) were taught alchemy by the Eastern and Western Sages, respectively.

Mister Ho probably taught them.

 

[Zonic]

OMG IT'S THE LIFE STREAM FROM FF7

 

[B-Dubs]

It also begs the question of what the hell Cretan alchemy is based on. The only alchemic powers that we know of in canon (Amestris and Xing) were taught alchemy by the Eastern and Western Sages, respectively.

They probably got it by osmosis considering they share a border with Amestris. Stuff like that doesn't stay in one place without a reason, like the desert keeping Xingese alchemy out of Amerstris and vise-versa.

 

[Line_HTX]

Sanguine Star.


WTF, Herschel sounds like Ragna the Bloodedge.

 

[BassForever]

There's quite a few episodes of Brotherhood with very little Elrics, so its not that odd.

The difference is the actions of those other characters have impacted the brothers journey or were sparked by their journey. Nothing in this film feels relevant at all to the brothers journey to get their bodies back. It really feels like their dicking around at this point instead of focusing on their actual mission.

 

[Soulflarz]

Okay this episode jumped the shark with the blood thing

 

[grandjedi6]

oh hey, more conveniently color coded werewolves!

 

[Crocodile]

This animation porn <3 <3 <3

LOL at this masked general guy

 

[Man God]

OMG IT'S THE LIFE STREAM FROM FF7

Pretty much what I thought.

 

[Grexeno]

This animation porn <3 <3 <3

LOL at this masked general guy

"General Hitler von Evil, what are your orders?"

 

[Schadenfreude]

DON'T CARE!

 

[Professor Lich]

This animation porn <3 <3 <3

LOL at this masked general guy

I think that's General Grievous.

 

[Zonic]

Oh man, they're totally gonna raid those tombs, like that one game.

........Uncharted!

 

[Man God]

The Elixir of Life!

 

[Imperial Bishop]

What a coinceidence.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

I'm surprised there hasn't been one scene of Ed being called short and losing it from that.

 

[BassForever]

I'm surprised there hasn't been one scene of Ed being called small and losing it from that.

Another sign of Non-Canon status

 

[Zonic]

I wonder if this star is sacred to Milos.

......no, I'm not hinting or teasing, I have very little memory of this since it's been many years.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Exposition time.

 

[B-Dubs]

Shit, they dug a lot of holes looking for that thing.

 

[Line_HTX]

I'm cutting myself.