2011-09-22, 15:58 | Link #1087 | |
The Chaotic Dreamer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: In a cruel yet beautiful world
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As someone said, everything is banking on the ending to this show, so it better be done right. And I'd prefer them getting it over with much more than having them unnecessarily draw it out over more episodes. Spoiler:
I can't wait for epi 12, looks like it'll be really good. |
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2011-09-22, 16:31 | Link #1088 |
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This is exactly what I was talking about with CLAMP. They tend to seem slow and repetitive, yet keep dropping subtle hints that something is off, but never really giving enough away as to exactly what, leaving the audience to speculate as the series goes on while making things more and more obvious that more is going on beyond what we're shown, then near the end *BAM!!!!!!!!!* they just spring the twists/answers right into our faces before ending in some big way.
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2011-09-22, 16:58 | Link #1089 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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This ep was hilarious. A mythical creature weeeeeeee! Zomg so bored when is it gon end?! I dont care jus gimme me money! There you go yummy furuki blood. Ohai random monster pops up and does nada. Fumito arrives. Yo peeps! *scared faces* Meanwhile in the background saya wtf blank zombie face.
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2011-09-22, 17:14 | Link #1090 |
Hiding Under Your Bed
Join Date: May 2008
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Is it being implied that the 'father' is an Elder Bairn? ie: Same shadowy figure in the flashbacks that seems to be Pretty-Cafe-Boy's assistant.
I don't know that anyone is actually surprised at the Truman Show direction. Those random fishermen in an early episode complaining they hadn't signed up for "this" as they were being slaughtered kind of set the framework for that already. Good to see it all coming out in the open though. As long as Cafe-Pretty-Boy gets slaughtered by the end, I'll be happy. |
2011-09-22, 18:05 | Link #1091 |
Attention Queen killer.
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Pripyat, Ukraine
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So this is Episode 11.....The main cast punk'ed Saya and it was all an act...an experiment. I really thought Saya was really protecting the town....but no they're were just experimenting her.
Still liked Yuka and class rep. That dog better save the day. The teacher and Fumito.....who's the villain here? they both just do their own thing and doesn't give a fuck about Saya in which I really felt bad about her. I hope Saya will go Rambo and kill the twins, tokizane and whoever the director chooses. Good series overall, and props to CLAMP for mindfawking me yet again, touche.
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2011-09-22, 18:19 | Link #1092 |
One-Eyed Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NJ, USA
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So that clears up a few things. I wonder what role the dog plays in it all. So they haven't shown the face of the one Fujimoto used to knockout Saya, he also said he would give him her blood. I wonder if that's supposed to be her father. So since the monster in this are different from the monster in Blood:TLV, i'm assuming they are man made monsters or else how would they be able to be under Fujimoto's control. I'm assuming he took Saya's blood and engineered those monsters.
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2011-09-22, 18:26 | Link #1095 | |
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The whole Truman Show thing didn't surprise me, but what did was Tokizane turning out to be a jackass. Funnnnnyy stuff And I finally like the twins! Their shit-eating grins gave them actual flavor, at long long. In fact, it's safe to say these characters received more development in this episode alone than throughout the whole series. And I don't just mean because their real personalities came out. No, their fake personalities could've received an equal amount of attention in previous episodes instead of being cardboard cutouts - actually it might have made this reveal more powerful, because we'd be more attached to the "characters" of the twins, Tokizane, etc and their "bonds" with Saya, and their revealed douchebaggery would've thus been more upsetting for us. But because they never fleshed out even their fake personalities, seeing that they don't really care about Saya isn't exactly tragic, because they were never real people in our eyes - we never saw them have a real friendship with her, since they were nothing but one dimensional stock characters. Well, maybe the point wasn't to make us feel bad about that. I don't know Oh and I liked the very last shot. Loved the use of that creeping piano theme as Fumito shows up and dons his friendly "I'm going to blood rape you all" smile. |
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2011-09-22, 20:02 | Link #1096 |
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That was a very well-executed plot twist. The "Truman Show" elements here had long been speculated at, but the true nature of Saya's "friends" was interesting to behold (particularly with Tokizane, where I have to applaud Blood-C for making many viewers think he sincerely cared about Saya even if Saya was the star of something akin to the Truman Show).
However, the "star of the show" spent almost the entire episode in a borderline catatonic state. Indeed, I don't believe she uttered a lone word. For Blood-C to be a true success, in my opinion, we need to see Saya shine, at least to some degree, in the final episode. It's possible that she's the only true protagonist now. How that comes about, exactly, I don't know. Tokizane and the twins clearly don't care much about Saya. Kanako seems to care about Saya to some extent, and is probably the closest thing that Saya has to a real ally here. But after that, who knows? Saya's world has completely come crashing down, and she may be entirely friendless, as well as with no real family members accessible to her. What does she hold on to in such a situation? Who does she trust? Who does she turn to? What motivates her to move onward? In some ways, it's not hard to see why she's borderline catatonic in Episode 11. It's a very sad situation that she's now in, and how she handles it will be telling.
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2011-09-22, 21:35 | Link #1100 |
Snobby Gentleman
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterrey, México
Age: 44
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Whom Then Are There Now
The tale has crumpled; the illusion's collapsed, and I feel in a very bad mood, as everything Saya experienced wasn't anything but a cutout, cardboard dream.
And, CLAMP should be entirely praised for devising and executing such a malevolent, heart-breaking twist. Who would have known that adding ideas from the Truman Show, Total Recall, and adding a tiny spice of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni could actually yield such a mind-blowing twist? The Truman Show because everything in town was staged without Saya's knowledge, or her not even raising suspicions about her surroundings; except that the townsfolk were extras that ended up as disposable fodder for the Furukimono, and if Furukimono are actually real beings in that universe or man-made. Total Recall because the current Saya personality is a fake one, artificially implanted and overwritten by the project's leader at being led a lie about her "happy" existence until the time was right to awaken her. "Tsusutori", whatever her name is, is CLAMP's reply to Ryukishi07's Higurashi Takano. Both are obsessed with myths and legends; both are obsessed to dig up those legends as true and bring proof of them into the outer world. I still don't know how a crazy-b****h is Tsusutori at full extent, but what I know is that I feel that she's not Saya's ally. Spoiler:
This is off-topic, nevertheless, I'm posting. The film Total Recall is going to get a remake for next year. |
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