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Toonami runs on feels, dude
I understand why someone would like it, but almost everything didn't sit well with me. I dislike the
final fight, I dislike the fact it felt like everyone got off just about scot free. I just don't like the direction the series went. Father seemed like a great idea in the lead up, but really ended up feeling like a toothless villain.
The Frankman
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But there are feels and there are FEELS.
FMA: B had FEELS for a second there.
(yes, I forgot how much Ling got worked up there, moreso than Greed)
thetechkid
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I on the other hand despise those, and like a clean end. Before GiTs starts I'm out, do not want to see that show anymore.
The Frankman
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In fairness, real life rarely ever wraps itself up in a nice little package. If you're lucky, a complex situation will get resolved clean like 1-2 times in your entire life.
Also ditto. Night people.
Hey thanks
Maybe someday since I've heard good things about AO, though only just getting "context" isn't exactly reassuring. I want despair, not context.
Oh Ao, Ao, Ao. It's hard to believe that show is even related to E7. It's just so damn weird. It's probably the best sequel they could have done. I dislike the mechs, most of the music and think the action choreography is worse, but that plot is so damn insane. It's fun.
Um... you're wrong, dude.
(FMA:B ending spoilers)
The only reason the "giving up alchemy" thing worked was becauuse Ed and Al's souls became slightly conjoined during the human transmutation of their mom. Any other alchemist who sacrificed his gate would have had no way to get back to the "real" world. They would have been stuck in that white purgatory.
Since Ed and Al's souls were slightly conjoined, Ed wasable to leave with Al through the back door.
And yes, Father was toothless. Neither he nor Hohenheim know how to fight at all. Bradley's the "final boss" type character in terms of combat prowess
Since Ed and Al's souls were slightly conjoined, Ed wasable to leave with Al through the back door.
And yes, Father was toothless. Neither he nor Hohenheim know how to fight at all. Bradley's the "final boss" type character in terms of combat prowess
mightynine
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I swear, of all the things to bug me, this inconsistent use of [adult swim] on show intro bumps makes no sense to me.
ThatObviousUser
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No that wasn't the case. Mustang was considering it to get his eyesight back at the end of the series. So it wasn't Ed/Al specific. I also don't remember them talking about any of the "conjoining" stuff on the actually show.
I like a plot I can chew on. If a series leaves things open for the viewer to decide, it gives you a lot to think about. You can interpret the ending based on how you view the themes of a show. It's part of why I had issues with the end of Kids on the Slope, a show I otherwise love. Closing all the lose ends leaves little room for thematic interpretation and discussion.
You need to hide your spoilers, dude.
And I don't remembe rthe part you're saying. The part I'm referencing was just a theory that Ed presented for why Al's body didn't die, and why Ed had such stunted growth.
The part you referenced I think was brought up, but it was debunked for the reasons I mentioned .
And I don't remembe rthe part you're saying. The part I'm referencing was just a theory that Ed presented for why Al's body didn't die, and why Ed had such stunted growth.
The part you referenced I think was brought up, but it was debunked for the reasons I mentioned .
ThatObviousUser
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You know, my brain likes clean endings at first, but it's the shows with ambiguous endings that stick in your mind years after the fact and allow you to keep the show "alive" through discussions with others.
I don't remember any of that being in Brotherhood.
Yep, it's part of why Cowboy Bebop still remains one of my favorite shows of all time. It's pretty obvious what the ending is trying to say, but it leaves a lot of room for discussion and interpretation.
ThatObviousUser
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To be honest, ALL of FLCL is left open for interpretation. Nothing is just explained in that show. It almost goes a bit too far, part of the reason I don't adore it like some people. I admire that it tries to be thematically interesting.
It was.
I remember the explanation for Ed's shortness (by Ed himself) being that he was actually inadvertently sustaining his brother's body as well. I'm almost positive that was Brotherhood and not the original anime
Sometimes I like my endings more ambiguous and sometimes I don't. Anything to prevent them all from being samey.
I'm not really annoyed if a show or movie has a clean cut ending when I feel it shouldn't or opposite.
I'm much more annoyed when a show feigns ambiguity with a great open ending but then lamely cleans it up with an after credits scene or something. I feel I would also dislike the opposite but that doesn't really happen often. I guess I could think of examples where the ending is nice and neat but then a wrench is thrown into the conclusion at the very very end.
I'm not really annoyed if a show or movie has a clean cut ending when I feel it shouldn't or opposite.
I'm much more annoyed when a show feigns ambiguity with a great open ending but then lamely cleans it up with an after credits scene or something. I feel I would also dislike the opposite but that doesn't really happen often. I guess I could think of examples where the ending is nice and neat but then a wrench is thrown into the conclusion at the very very end.
It's in the manga so it works for both. I really enjoyed the way everything came together in FMA:B (or the manga, whatever), it's just so neat. I mean, it's just the conclusion that the entire show was inexorably being built towards. It's like seeing a well-executed plan unfold.
The real thing that bothered me in FMA was
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I remember this episode of GiTS.
The real thing that bothered me in FMA was
all the crazy pseudo-philosophical bullshit about "God" or the "Power of God" or whatever, because that's a real magical unknown power source out of nowhere
I remember this episode of GiTS.
Kids on the Slope was almost a perfect example of that to me. They had a PERFECT place to end it at the
train, sad goodbye scene
FMA B Ending: I liked it.
After the Conqurer of Shambala ending... I liked finally getting to see
It was a great ending for those who actually wanted to see loved characters get a nice ending.
FMA's multi tales work for me the same way Multi Tenchi Muyo series do. It let me see a variety of takes on characters I like, and different ways at how things would end up, if a few (or a LOT) of things changed between them.
After the Conqurer of Shambala ending... I liked finally getting to see
End clearly get with WINry, and "procreate". Take THAT, Casshern Sins!
It was a great ending for those who actually wanted to see loved characters get a nice ending.
FMA's multi tales work for me the same way Multi Tenchi Muyo series do. It let me see a variety of takes on characters I like, and different ways at how things would end up, if a few (or a LOT) of things changed between them.
The Frankman
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"What DO they make them do?"
oh Major... really?
Really?
REALLY?
oh Major... really?
Really?
REALLY?
But I don't want a nice ending. I don't need to see that. I just need it hinted at. My constant hate of nice things must be why I like Casshern so much, haha.
At least
Arakawa had that planned from the beginning. That was set up back when Ed, Ling, and Envy were stuck inside Gluttony's stomach.
I'll give the manga one thing, no way it could have been worse than the first FMA ending. God dang. I do agree that CoS was kinda fun, though.
If Cowboy Bebop wasn't on, I'd agree.
Cowboy Bebop isn't at the moment, and this is the first GitS season.
The Frankman
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Well, ok then. I'll give it up to GitS. It's pretty damn fantastic.
Next week on Toonami:
12:00 - Bleach - 268 - Hatred and Jealousy, Orihime's Dilemma
12:30 - Samurai 7 - 2 - The Pupil
1:00 - Casshern Sins - 14 - The Truth Illuminates the Darkness
1:30 - Eureka seveN - 2 - Blue Sky Fish
2:00 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 45 - The Promised Day
2:30 - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 4 - INTERCEPTER
Later.
12:00 - Bleach - 268 - Hatred and Jealousy, Orihime's Dilemma
12:30 - Samurai 7 - 2 - The Pupil
1:00 - Casshern Sins - 14 - The Truth Illuminates the Darkness
1:30 - Eureka seveN - 2 - Blue Sky Fish
2:00 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 45 - The Promised Day
2:30 - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 4 - INTERCEPTER
Later.
mightynine
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No #LATER for a laugh?
Schadenfreude
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See ya next week, Toonami Gaf.
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