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View Poll Results: Psycho-Pass - Episode 21 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 31 | 57.41% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 13 | 24.07% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 5 | 9.26% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 2 | 3.70% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 1.85% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 3.70% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2013-03-15, 17:44 | Link #61 | |
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Although I must say, anyone else wonder why Makishima doesn't use a gun? You would think it would be easy enough for someone like him to get a handgun, yet he resorts to using a nail gun.
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2013-03-15, 20:05 | Link #63 |
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I got chills. Akane's become so dependable in such a short time, and it's absolutely fantastic. Can't wait for the conclusion next week, but I'm really sad to see it end.
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2013-03-15, 20:32 | Link #64 | ||
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Really sad scene seeing Tomomi go. They haven't been giving him much focus recently, but he's my favorite character in the show. I like how he represents the older, 'better' days, but he takes it all in stride. Of course, he's a beast too, with all the focus they put on Kogami's strength, you couldn't really appreciate just how powerful a fighter Tomomi is until now. He owned Makishima with some fatherly rage. Rest in fictional peace. Quote:
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2013-03-15, 21:38 | Link #65 |
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During the part Ginoza and his dad were talking about stuff, I knew something was gonna happen, I was literally saying in my mind "no gen, don't do it, please gen don't"
but he did. Still the whole symbolism showing that they finally acknowledged eachother as father and son was amazing. 1 more episode left! I feel like Akane is either gonna end up being an Enforcer or Part of the Sybyl system. |
2013-03-15, 23:36 | Link #66 |
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I hated this ep...(but still rated it a perfect 10). Masaoka was one of my very favourite characters in this series. It's no surprise he died, since I read the spoilers for this ep. And he got to out-fight Makishima and have a heroic sacrifice to save his son, but still. Not happy about it! I'd prefer Masaoka to survive. It is interesting that he was able to overwhelm Makishima the way he did, because it shows that he was a better fighter than Kougami, whose skills have been very much at the forefront throughout the series.
The decision to have Gino's arm torn off is one I dislike. It's very clear, thematically, but it's just too unsubtle. Kougami's straightforward attitude towards Makishima is a refreshing one to see. Yep, he just wants him dead, unlike vice versa where Makishima wants entertainment. Akane has gone through a serious shift here, and it's true that she doesn't quite seem like the same character. But I think it's understandable that she's acting the way she is. She's very focused, everything about Sybil's been revealed and she hates it, she thinks that there is only a faint sliver of hope, and so forth. I'm very pleased that she's getting the chance to analyse the situation and make predictions. She was always cool-headed and logical even earlier in the series, but now things have got tougher, she's really rising to the occasion. Sybil was right, she really was suited for the MSWPB! I hope she's going to shoot Makishima with the paralyser-Dominator sometime. Hey, he should be happy if she does! Isn't it what he wants, to be part of society and be recognised as someone Sybil should want to shoot? I can imagine a scene where Akane sees a stand-off between Makishima and Kougami, Akane chooses to zap Kougami with the Dominator, Makishima laughs at her and thinks the Dominator pointed at him is useless, and then get shot... Incidentally, I wonder if what Yayoi said this ep means that she was avoiding working with Akane before? After all, if she was worried that Akane wouldn't have her back in a pinch, she'd hardly be keen to go on a mission with her. |
2013-03-16, 01:09 | Link #67 | |
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I don't even care about the plot part, but I'm pretty sure your logic is backwards here.
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2013-03-16, 03:51 | Link #68 | ||||
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On that note, I was getting really irritated with all the: "Woah, Akane is doing shit now," comments from the characters. I feel like it would have been better expressed in expressions, rather than dialogue. In Gino's case with his little flashback montage and his inner realization that Akane has become self-sufficient (and vengeful), it was also somewhat acceptable. If you look at the story as a whole, having people in addition to Division 1 move to capture Makishima would have been strange. Although the threat to Japan is very real and very possible, it's one that can be solved by a single group who has actually captured Makishima once before. Honestly, the situation was actually worse when Akane managed to arrest him, in terms of opposition. This time it's just Makishima, and they have the whole division (minus one) there to do it. Bringing in more people would mean a greater potential to destabilize the ranks of the MWPSB with classified information, a greater loss of life (it's an anime. Everyone else would just die in the end in one way or another, or not even be allowed to participate), and would honestly be a diminishing return when it only even took two people the first time. Sure, the stakes are higher, but at the same time the threat is technically lesser.
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2013-03-16, 04:53 | Link #69 | |
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so it's 2 down for the team >.<.while it's almost expected with masaoka going with his son gino, that part was really so sad. Gino wasn't even thinking about his mangled arm anymore, but it seems fitting he will have a prosthetic left arm like masaoka. I guess that mean he has a good chance of surviving this. Now Yayoi also raised a big death flag with that "i'll entrust my life to you" statement to Akane. whew how many of them will die before this is over...
only consolation is Masaoka at least "won" over Makishima in a fight but unfortunately the guy has no scruples. wonder if there is a reason why Makishima's went after gino/masaoka instead of the control center & or escaping. ASIDE from the predictability/being logical of the later choices. That choice is for the fighter/killers who "leaves no enemy" like guerillas, instead of someone who's just going for the initial goal (the crops) ===== Quote:
secondly multitasking is a myth humans are shown to be incapable of multiple actual conscious actions simultaneously. If this is also true for brains divested from human bodies well who knows :P never been done IRL AFAIK.. well nothing just pointing it out. Incidentally this also begs the question on how the 200 brains could compute faster than comparable hardware as per Seung's dialogue, PDP notwithstanding. After all their tech seems a lot higher than current IRL tech. Human brains advantage has always been the unpredictability (see Supercomputer World chess champion matches) and never the speed. some comparisons: nerve impulses = .6 m/s-120 m/s active thinking impulses = 20-30 m/s (72 - 108 km/h) compared to lightning (itself) = 139,200 km/s = 139,200,000 m/s (normal, slower on higher altitude) lightning flash, w/c is of course light = 299,000 km/s = 299,000,000 m/s sound = 340.29 m/s (sea level) electricity (thru conductor,therefore speed of impulses in you computers ) = speed of light , a bit less
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2013-03-16, 09:28 | Link #70 |
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Well, we all knew it is coming but I was really sad when Masaoka died. Predictable, but a pretty well done scene thanks to the heartfelt reaction between him and Gino. Poor Gino, the guy has practically lost everything and I doubt his PP will recover from all these sadness and rage.
Akane is getting smarter, but I still don't like that her growth means making other characters stupid. They have been in the game for too long but still need Akane to think out strategy for them? What's up with Gino becoming all stupid and walking right into a trap? At least we have Kougami VS Makishima to looking forward to. The moment when they both pulled out their small knives was hilariously awesome
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2013-03-16, 21:00 | Link #71 |
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Well, I had the Old Guy pegged to die first but Kagami proved me wrong on that front.
Gino's screwed pretty much....ain't no way he's recovering from this. Looks like he's about to join the other side as an Enforcer, assuming he survives. Holy moly...Akane has officially become one of my favorite girl characters EVER now. Never in a million years I'd figure her to become the badass motherfucker like she's become. You go, girl...YOU GO. I bet some of the male posters were shipping Yayoi and Akane hard I am going to hate this show ending next week.....damn. One of the best series I've seen in a long, long time...
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2013-03-17, 09:42 | Link #73 | ||||
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2013-03-17, 20:28 | Link #74 |
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Man, it felt like just yesterday the whole team was still together. Now two are dead, one injured, one gone rogue and the remaining two have been split up. Things are definitely going down in this last episode and i'm not just talking about the Makishima vs Akane vs Kogami.
By that, I mean I can't help but keep thinking that somewhere along the way Ginoza is going to get involved, the fact that he was on his way out with the cloudiness of of psycho-pass slowly increasing, the death of his father before his eyes wont help. Whatever he does will no doubt impact what happens greatly (If he does get involved that is) Shame to see Masaoka go like that He was always one of the favourites along with Kagari. Stop killing of my favourite characters Psycho-Pass!!
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2013-03-18, 02:51 | Link #75 | |
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I'm talking about having a conference between 250-odd people and keep debating an issue until a consensus is reached, at the speed of thought. Which is a lot faster than an ACTUAL conference between 250-odd people who keep debating an issue until a consensus is reached. Actually I'm assuming that was an improvised weapon. |
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2013-03-18, 03:29 | Link #76 | |
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2013-03-18, 05:08 | Link #77 |
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Shogo is more of a Rhas Al Ghul from Batman Begins. He's sort of like Moriarty, too. He's doesn't relish in killing himself. I believe he's only killed one person on screen and it was a quick execution.
He does play with human monsters but he does this as some sort of research and seems to be disgusted and intrigued by the serial killers he facilitated crimes for. He's not really an anarchist, either. He hints that he wouldn't mind a more conventional government and social system. He's a social observer, critic, and self appointed judge and executioner of the society... all of it. He doesn't like society or the Sybil system that runs it... so he wants to break it all. He sort of says he's punishing and freeing mankind at the same kind. He's an anti-nihilist. He wants people to go back... making moral decisions for themselves, producing art, killing each other, being superstitious, etc. |
2013-03-18, 07:26 | Link #78 | |
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When did he hint at this?
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2013-03-18, 10:05 | Link #79 |
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He "just longs for a world in which everyday things are done in an everyday way." (episode 15) Since we have no idea where he got the basis for what "everyday things" look like in his world, it's safe to assume this was Urobuchi interjecting his own perception of what an "everyday thing" looks like, from our world, which is not necessarily a world plagued with rules and restrictions, but most definitely not a world in a state of anarchy.
Despite his lunacy, one of Makishima's goals is to expose weaknesses of Sibyl's society. Spreading anarchy is just a tool he's using. I'm not sure whether he wants to prove a point to his opponents or to prove it to himself. Seeing as he's more of a philosophical-type, by extension always willing to question himself, I'm assuming it's the latter. |
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