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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 21 | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 12 | 12.50% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 27 | 28.13% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 22 | 22.92% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 14 | 14.58% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 9 | 9.38% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 6 | 6.25% | |
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 : Torturous... | 6 | 6.25% | |
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2012-11-26, 01:31 | Link #181 |
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I was a bit disappointed with this episode which made it not perfect. Things that seemed out of place.
1. Asuna taking an eternity to press the log out button why do the stupid Hollywood Drama scene? I hate that if she had just found the log out button than was grabbed before she had a chance to press it than that would of been believable but her taking what appeared to be the slowest moving finger in the world to press it was just plain stupid. 2. Yui is not a normal NPC yet he does not ask her to investigate anything at all. 3 Azuna, never tries her wings to fly at all.. she should of been able to practice flying than jump and activate her wings lower to the ground. But no she never even tries. Again that awful Hollywood Drama I hate it with a passion. Keep Hollywood drama out of anime it just plain sucks. |
2012-11-26, 01:38 | Link #182 | |
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2012-11-26, 02:41 | Link #183 | |||
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I believe it's already been covered why merely moving away from the tree would not be a great help. |
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2012-11-26, 06:55 | Link #184 |
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In several games, those with Admin rights can teleport to your location, so flying away is useless. That's also assuming she can even use her wings, considering how Sugou can limit Asuna's direct vision on the controls. Asuna will want to log out of the virtual game, in which she tried.
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2012-11-26, 11:20 | Link #186 | |
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2012-11-26, 12:14 | Link #189 | |
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It's just that I think it's reasonable to believe that if someone got wings, he/she would at least try to use them. |
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2012-11-26, 12:23 | Link #190 | |
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Well, explaining that would be easy: sadist intention of giving her wings, but like a bird in cage, can't use them for their true purpose.
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2012-11-26, 13:36 | Link #191 | ||
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We know that system admins can teleport people because the scientists told us so. So flying away was never a sensible option in the first place. I think this isn't "awful Hollywood Drama", it's sensible decision-making. Quote:
In general, I agree that the villains in this arc are more plot devices than real characters. But there are still interesting concepts being raised despite the "cartoony" villains.
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2012-11-26, 14:51 | Link #192 |
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I liked how careful Asuna was being at first, cautious enough to jump backwards when she just saw a panel on the wall around the corner. (The sprint to the console was silly, but rule of drama.) Little touchs and details like that often go unnoticed, but really add to the experience.
The constant cuts between Asuna escaping and the real world also highlighted the contrast between the two quite well, with reality seeming somewhat dull and gray in comparison. Kazuto especially comes off as plain and normal, compared to th bombastic appearance and attitude of Kirito. |
2012-11-26, 14:56 | Link #193 |
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I know that the sprint to the console was risky, but lemme put it this way: she could understand that, despite their appearance, the two that entered the room were scientists, and it was very unlikely that they'd be leaving any time soon. And every moment she lingers, there's a chance someone will discover that she's not in her cage where she's supposed to be, thus justifying her sprint to the console while they were still around.
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2012-11-26, 20:56 | Link #194 |
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Also Asuna is in a race against time not only did she have to worry her absence in the cage could be detected in any second, she had been trapped for two months now on top of her already two year long SAO imprisonment, she'd be understandably desperate to escape at this point.
Also she had no clue how long this terminal would be open for use if at all, she already saw one system terminal forcefully throw Kirito out while he was in the middle of using it and for all she knew the same could happen to her. |
2012-11-26, 21:26 | Link #197 |
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Having read the LN, I found this episode to be pretty satisfying in it's portrayal. I don't really feel anything major was left out aside from the emotions being felt and all the more technical aspects of the game world which isn't new.
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Also, I'm really kind of surprised that people find the fact that Asuna was unable to escape on her own to be sexist or a detriment to her character; in fact, if anything, it truly drives home how much higher the stakes have been raised. The scene introduces the concept that the people in control of Alfheim Online are no longer playing by the game's rules like in SAO. The visuals help drive this concept home, the "GM area" is absolutely nothing like the rest of the game, and doesn't fit the theme at all. The "GMs" take the form of monsters(that likely don't even exist game-side) Spoiler for LN side-note:
And also, if Asuna escaped on her own there wouldn't be a climax to the plot, and that's even worse writing than her supposed subjection to being a damsel in distress. So, to sum up, there is purpose in her escaping her cage because it gives the audience the opportunity to explore the admin-space of ALO, but there's also purpose in her failing to escape. |
2012-11-26, 22:04 | Link #198 |
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Weird. Why on earth Asuna wasn't hiding herself and waiting until those two scientists go away (there are soooo many brained pillars to hide herself) so that he could safely approaching the logout button? Meh, seeing her got captured so easily just made me facepalm.
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2012-11-26, 22:05 | Link #199 | ||
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