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Old 2011-04-09, 03:49   Link #1072
magnuskn
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Well, I go to sleep and a huge page of discussion spawns. Tsk.

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Originally Posted by Father Hentai View Post
Only because I question the comments of someone does not mean I am a fanboy of a character he commented negative. If you want to blame me a fanboy, then of him:
Why, thanks for the cheap shot! Your grammar is atrocious, by the way.

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Anyway, on to episode 22.

- While I found Leon to be a patsy for Grace in most parts, at least he was one who had his own plans and not a total moron.

- Lucas commentary and the report we got before the credits show exactly in what tight situation Frontier is: They have three months left and they cannot let any Vajra they encounter let get back information to the main Vajra hives.

- Well, I can't say that Luca stands for the general perception of Ranka in the fleet, but he also is a friend of hers. If he thinks of her as a traitor, then he is not the only one. Alto is still conflicted at this point.

- I still find it amusing that the scientists with Luca can immediately trace the fold energy back to Sheryls TV appearance, but then again it is the Macross universe, where music can move worlds.

- Bobby getting teary-eyed always gets me all emotional, too. I think the "adult three" would have made an excellent storyline all by themselves. It's one of the great strengths of Macross Frontier that the so many of the supporting characters, even without having a detailed storyline, were so compelling. It helped immensely with getting immersed into the overall story.

- And here with the Klan/Alto conversation we get another piece of the quite obvious and important arc of Altos friends pushing him to make a decision with his feelings. Y'know, the obvious and important arc the writers in the end ignored so that they did not have to have Ranka be the obvious loser of the triangle.

- Rankas letter to Ozma proves, btw., that she did premeditate her departure from Frontier, just to put the final nail into the coffin of that old debate. It also proves that the reason she gave Alto ( escorting Ai-kun ) was only part of why she left. However, there is still no indication that she knew that leaving Frontier would draw away the Vajra. Which, uh, it didn't, as shown in the very beginning of the episode.

- Ouch, Sheryl is not pulling back punches on Luca. But, yeah, he kinda deserves it for not even trying to show some empathy for her situation.

- And Leon may be a manipulative bastard, but he is right here that Sheryl can help with the survival of Frontier. And, yes, mankind.

- And Sheryl does get it. Her thoughts are made very clear: They are for the victims and the relatives of those. Not for herself, but for others.

- Hrmh, I know the dramatic appeal of having Sheryl collapse, but she was just beginning to show a radiant smile... I would also have liked to see how the conversation would have gone if she wouldn't have collapsed.

- Wow. I guess I never really took in the THORA translation for the scene at Altos house. It works much better than the one I had back then from gg. From Sheryl saying "I realized that singing is all I have to give", which shows once again how much of herself she is giving to others, from the dialogue bringing it out much better that she tried to spare Alto rather subconciously, to Alto saying "You don't have to force those smiles in front of me anymore", which says so much more about how he perceives Sheryls situation, before she shows him that she is not in the same situation as his mother was.

It really is a beautifully done scene. The characters learn so much about another in just a few minutes.

- Hm. I still wonder a bit how much Ranka felt in that obvious fold transmission between her and Sheryl of what was going on in Saotome mansion?

- To stir the old debate again: Yeah, I definitely think that Sheryl and Alto made love.

- Yaaarh, Captain Wilder and his space pirates!

- Yeah, and buzz off to that suggestion that Alto has it so easy with his decisions now that Ranka is gone. If the scene at the end doesn't show that he had been going stir-crazy with his inner conflicts, which isn't something he completely resolves until the end of next episode, then I don't know what else can do it.
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