2010-03-23, 19:47 | Link #1441 | ||
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Rome and Helvetia are descendants of those surviving international forces that integrated into Europe. Amazing Grace is their common heritage. |
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2010-03-23, 19:48 | Link #1442 |
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I thought it was an awesome ending, one of the best I've ever seen. The series as a whole was a bit slow for my taste though, so overall only 8/10.
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2010-03-23, 20:00 | Link #1443 | ||
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An amazing episode. After all the spectulation, the first episode's legend turned out to be quite misleading, but it gives a good theme of progress and finding truth together. Noel and Ashia (angel Aisha!) were amazingly powerful; the way Aisha pointed at Noel seemed to challenge her to redeem herself and break out of her despair.
Colonel Hopkins got a bit more development than I expected. It seems he was unwlling to massacre his own countrymen, even if he felt no qualms about slaughtering Romans. 'Rome must be destroyed!" almost echoes the Roman senator Cato's 'Carthenage must be destroyed', for any classics geeks. I was pretty surprised that Hopkins got a gun to his head so early on; it shows how Felicia can't stand the idea of another war after all she's been through. Wonderfully tender moment between Felicia and Kuraha, when the latter broke down; and Kanata doing her Lynn Minmay act held me spellbound. Quote:
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So Rio coming back is excusable, but Felicia not hugging her at the end isn't. The plot seems thoroughly wrapped up, and the origin of the angel could well remain a matter of myth. Something to show what the characters go on to do in the future would be nice, though, as well as how the decay of the world is getting on. |
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2010-03-23, 20:03 | Link #1444 |
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Extremely long review I wrote on the whole series as a whole:
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Overall Score: 9.04/10 (Score computed from a average of all the ratings of 12 episodes)
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2010-03-23, 20:34 | Link #1445 | |
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In any case, even if that were so I don't think it'd make Rio a "hostage." I mean, she'd be his only wife and not just some consort, some addition to his harem. If that were the case it'd give her significant political standing rather than making her a hostage, at least that's what I think.
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2010-03-23, 21:20 | Link #1446 | |
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Vingt was a Helvetian town.
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2010-03-24, 00:40 | Link #1450 |
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I suppose the difference is, in the Vingt instance it was an uncontrollable biological weapon or something, whereas in this case he'd have had to order his men, all loyal Helvetians, to slaughter their fellow countrymen with their own hands (figuratively speaking).
Even if Hopkins was willing to kill Helvetians, it's clear that his men aren't as gung-ho about the war as he is. They'd probably disobey or turn on him if he gave the order to kill the townspeople that were blocking them.
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2010-03-24, 03:22 | Link #1451 |
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If you manage to convince yourself the enemy are less than human, you can feel nothing for them while treating others normally. If Vingt was Helvetian, and Hopkins wasn't at all regretful about it being destroyed, though, he probably does have some problems.
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2010-03-24, 05:17 | Link #1452 |
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Shades of WWII
The rogue colonel's effort to trigger war reminds me of some history I've read about how a few war-mongering middle officers maneuvered Japan into the war in China in the 1930s. I wonder how much of Sora no Woto's war story arc is allegory for that episode in Japanese history.
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2010-03-24, 09:14 | Link #1453 | |
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Year, maybe it inspired the staff. Yet I guess it’s not the only model of Hopkins. Ems Dispatch, for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ems_Dispatch |
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2010-03-24, 12:29 | Link #1454 |
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a few thoughts about the finale:
- the soldiers dont care about the ceased-fire signal but they stop and listen to "Amazing Grace"... we need to try that in the real world - i think that bad bad general did not die after being stepped by spidertank (no killing allowed in this show) - the spidertank can climb wall but the maidens look like not wearing seat-belt - Rio said "the Roman Emperor is actually a reasonable guy"... i can imagine she used a gun or other weapon to force him being reasonable^^ - season 2 can continue with some new squad members my overall rating: 8/10 (the OP is an excellent song, the characters are likable but the main plot is unconvincing) anyway, this is still the best series of the season |
2010-03-24, 15:02 | Link #1457 |
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Especially the question as of how it can climb buildings without making them collapse under 50tons of spidertank. "Wight-Reducers". Yey! So ... err... what? Humanity develops antigravity generators, and the first thing they do is build a tank around it and start a war with heaven. /facepalm
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2010-03-24, 18:23 | Link #1458 | |
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2010-03-24, 21:10 | Link #1459 | |
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The only other series that is aware of it IIRC is FMP where the Behemoth needed lambda drivers to prop itself up. Where as here they have something that modifies gravity to lighten the mech. |
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2010-03-24, 21:13 | Link #1460 | |
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