2015-04-05, 11:43 | Link #81 |
天国無事故
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Im Lost
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Well, this one, next to Fate and Oregairu is on the run to become my AOTS. The story is really fresh and entertaining, the characters are interesting, and the feels might arise throughout the season.
About the chapter, it was really good, but there are two aspects that I didn't like it: sometimes the faces/expressions didn't match the feelings of some specific scenes, and that bad try of comedy scene to relax the mood at the end(which could have worked if it was well done). 9/10, definitely gonna keep watching.
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2015-04-05, 11:50 | Link #82 |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Highly enjoyable, except for the final "joke." I fear for the future if the director finds that amusing enough to end an episode on.
Other than that, this was superior classic moe: I could feel Ken Akamatsu's "autonomic reflex to protect" her, the girl who is small, sick, sad, clumsy, incompetent, doomed, and really, really cute. The word "moe" has devolved into a generalized meaning of "cute." Here it has its original full meaning again, at least for one show. There was even the gap moe of her high physical capabilities set against her various weaknesses, and maybe you could say of her confidence set against her fail strategies. I felt as if this director's previous shows -- GJ Club and Engaged to the Unidentified (Mikakunin de Shinkoukei) were less awkwardly told than this show, and maybe aimed at a slightly older audience, but a lot of things worked well here. The basic concept is good, and they got the appropriate amount of feels out of it, I thought. That first meeting in the elevator was great. And it's always good to be able to ponder our own death. I wonder when we will find out how old Isla is?
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2015-04-05, 14:41 | Link #86 | ||
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Age: 36
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Take the case of the child and the grandmother - The android will always remain in its current form, the grandmother however will not. And no, if they were able to copy the memories to another body it wouldn't be respectless or making them mere objects. In fact if you do you actually give them a longer live span and their personality is the sum of their memories in the first place. What she didn't like was the prospect of having them update her 'grandaugther's' OS, while she would loose all her memories, and not even have the same personality.
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2015-04-05, 14:57 | Link #87 |
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 38
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Have you watched Kara no Kyoukai? The epilogue episode introduced me to a nice reasoning why you have to take the body into equation as well. Since the body defines how we interact with the world and how the world interacts with us, it also defines our personality and behavioral patterns. Therefore thinking of our soul/personality as one part and our body as another is somewhat naive. Many people's personalities change when their health starts deteriorating. This show could just as well be trying to say stuff on preciousness of the one life we have. The old lady, in my opinion, recognized the futility of pursuing another Giftia just like hers. It'll never be the same, no matter what the company does.
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2015-04-05, 15:00 | Link #88 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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It's always easy to blame the evil corporation. In the absence of more info those judgements are pointless, however. It comes down to two things, first, how much does it cost to increase the lifespan of an android, where the marginal cost lies. And second, whether the customers are willing to pay the premium that a longer lifespan entails.
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2015-04-05, 15:11 | Link #89 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 38
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2015-04-05, 15:13 | Link #90 |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southeastern US
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I thought this was overall a disappointing first episode, not because of the story but because of the writing and direction. This story deserves better handling than what was shown here. The mix of drama and comedy would have been better served with a lighter touch. This felt too forced on both sides, lacking any finesse. Hopefully, the production team will settle on a more nuanced approach in coming episodes. If this continues with the same heavy handed approach, I'll probably drop it.
For me, the story here at the beginning reminds me of a blend of Blade Runner and Mahoromatic because of the reminder at the end of each episode. |
2015-04-05, 16:24 | Link #92 |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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I'm not sure if I missed it so I would appreciate it if someone can tell me a timestamp where it actually explains why is it a problem if they don't retrieve the giftias? I mean wouldn't they just stay immobile/inactive if they expire?
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2015-04-05, 17:01 | Link #95 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Age: 36
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A straight and even number, resulting from multiplying an exponent of 2 by 10. Only way to make it more suspicious would be making it exactly 32767 imho. And the rumor of electronics being built to break after X years nowadays isn't really new either. So I suspect the story might lean on that.
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2015-04-05, 17:32 | Link #98 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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2015-04-05, 17:56 | Link #99 | |
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: In "our" house
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Ara, I don't want that. Speaking of personalities, won't it also be a problem if thy love one's personality change all of a sudden. It will cause problems too right? |
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2015-04-05, 18:03 | Link #100 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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The easiest thing I can think of would be the giftias spilling private information to random people... it's not that hard to think of some bad drawbacks with corrupted memory data but it would be greatly appreciated if the show itself established what kind of problems they do.
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