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View Poll Results: Nanoha - StrikerS - Episode 22 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 7 | 16.28% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 12 | 27.91% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 13 | 30.23% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 9 | 20.93% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 2.33% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 2.33% | |
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 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2007-08-30, 02:37 | Link #261 |
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Yeah At least we gave it more than 1/2 the season...
Actually, it did started to slack only during the 1/2 half, for the first half I was righteously defending the series.
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2007-08-30, 03:17 | Link #262 |
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So was everyone, except those who were screaming about lack of NxF. The problem was that the show had a good rep thanks to the first 2 seasons. Plus it was taking a novel approach so no one could evaluate it based on past data. So optimism allowed us to watch on until it was blatantly clear there was no conceivable way they could cram everything in with the remining room. That's when we go back and see whether there had been a waste of time. That's when the complaints started to roar, starting from those who saw the downfall a little quicker than the rest, but spreading to most of the population.
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2007-08-30, 03:21 | Link #263 | |
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2007-08-30, 03:30 | Link #264 | |
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If you understand a show is bad by watching the first episode, well, the show is bad, you forget about it and go watch something else. But, if a good show turns awfully bad around mid-series, it kinda gives the viewer a bad shock; and discussing it (or bitching about it) is a good way to dispel it (better and less expensive than breaking your monitor ). |
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2007-08-30, 03:36 | Link #266 |
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Now that I have spoiled myself with the upcoming last 4 episodes, I can't give out my opinion on StrikerS yet, no matter how much I feel like expressing it right now.
Well for one thing, we haven't seen those episodes yet, let alone those spoilers are pretty vague although they point out the main events that are going down in that episode. While a 4th season may be in the air for Nanoha, we can't really be sure how open ended they will decide to make the ending. Spoiler for jail...jail?:
But I can say that its pretty obvious that StrikerS did go down in quality by the half way point. EDIT:...CHRONO SHOULD HAVE STAYED SINGLE!! WHY OH WHY THE SECRET MARRIAGE!!>_<...it would have made the series a little bit more interesting... |
2007-08-30, 03:46 | Link #267 |
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Throwing aside the military tactics is fine, I don't really support what arkhangelsk is mostly bitching about, so I can give you that. But what pisses me off is that they toss aside character development for the other characters in favor of moe scenes or even MORE unnecessary moments and fanservices. (Yuri is evil) You seem to misunderstand something, people didn't fall in love with Nanoha because it's a "Mahou Shoujo" series, and yes, she NEEDS more reason to be on screen. Nobody was useless in the last two season, I don't see what she's suppose to do to deserve all this attention. Except bait for the evil NxF fans.
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2007-08-30, 03:49 | Link #268 | |
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Seeing how they toss his story aside, being married or not doesn't matter at all
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2007-08-30, 04:11 | Link #270 | |
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The theme songs for StrikerS were the best out of the previous seasons and the ending didn't sound all too happy tuned like the previous two seasons. The Seiyuu acting was all good, even though they did recycle roles for some people to do the Numbers' voices, they all did a good job. The Sound Stages were meant for things that fans wanted...especially the famous NxF fanservice, but we got an overdose of it in the halfway point in StrikerS, so I would say the Sound Stages are pretty much not useful for this season, unless they decide to answer all sub-plots that were destroyed during StrikerS, that would be a wasted effort because the emotional impact won't be as good as watching it. |
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2007-08-30, 04:33 | Link #272 | |
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As for Chrono, I understand that they tossed his story to the side, I'm even more surprised that they decide not to make him important in some way...I really did thought he was going to get really involved with RF6 after hearing about the prophecy, but that didn't happen and he's still on his way to the arrival destination with Cradle. This I can say the same for Carim as well. She was the one who told the prophecy. Atleast we would have gotten some kind of development with her about the prophecy and how it can be avoided and such, but we didn't and as for now, we don't really know where she is...she could just be at her desk right now just watching the battle from a monitor. |
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2007-08-30, 04:57 | Link #273 |
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Well, to be frank, I saw this coming. Contradicts my statement of not believing how it was going to end, but, not that I look back on it...
Nanoha is a magical girl show, hence, it isn't the series for deaths. Sure, it's gotten far more bloodier in times than the first two ever were, but it isn't a series for deaths. I thought I was proved wrong in Ep 17 when I thought, at first, that four characters had been killed if not severely injured (who didn't think Ginga was dead? And yes, I did think that Shamal, Zafira and Vice had been killed/heavily injured, too...I was right in regard to the second option). Anyway, blood as there might be, a mahou shoujou series isn't where characters die. The best example I can ever fish up of such a series when main characters pass away is...well, Sailor Moon. Lame choice, I know, but still, it's an example. Not once has there been a proper death in the Nanoha series. Reinforce 1 simple shifted her form and appearance, and the Ritter only "died" for a short amount of time. I did expect character deaths in StrikerS, but it looks to me like it isn't going to happen. Ending the series following a preset type of ending (love conquers all, everything is good) is well-known in the magical girl genre, and it looks like they don't want to divert from it. As for in-series occurrences, the protagonists are forgiving- to counter your statement, Nvis, I wouldn't be alarmed if, despite what the Numbers did, Nanoha clears them of all charges and convictions and hires them in the service of the Bureau, same deal with Scag. Sure, it goes against the general plot against the Doctor for the most of the series, but every magical girl anime ends joyfully. I wouldn't be half surprised if an outcome like this came to be. |
2007-08-30, 05:52 | Link #274 |
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I wouldn't be surprised if they considered Jail and the Numbers to be too dangerous and unrepentant to use. Remeber what Due said in ep20? "No matter what leash you put on him, no matter what cage you put him, the power you couldn't grasp will bring absolute catastrophe"
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2007-08-30, 06:34 | Link #275 | |
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And I highly doubt anyone will take him seriously if he claims to be one. Hell, he may even be sent to an asylum instead of prison for being insane in their eyes. If he doesn't suffer some form of permanent damage by the end of the series, be it being crippled, mentally broken, or if he had already exhausted his plot device as being Alhazred's orphan or something, I fully expect a prison break to happen if a S4 gets green-lighted. Because honestly, unless he spends 10 to 15 minutes talking about his past, etc, blah blah, I can't see how his whole plot device can be covered reasonably. In fact, it has way more potential than just a backdrop for his character.
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2007-08-30, 06:37 | Link #276 | |
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But hopelfully if S4 wont be like this again. |
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2007-08-30, 06:58 | Link #278 | ||
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Yes, that's what most people quite reasonably thought too. The only problem is when the scale of the story that the writers envisage become apparent, along with the time they wasted on Vivio, people automatically went back to see what could have been cut to make up room to tell the story more adequately. Of course, right after Vivio would be those very training and relaxation scenes... they are luxuries, not necessities. Last edited by arkhangelsk; 2007-08-30 at 07:15. |
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2007-08-30, 07:13 | Link #279 | ||
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But seriously though, you do really go overboard with them. Like for example, Chrono's fleet formation - Did you really have to cut it under a microscope? That's when the term "Ignorance is Bliss" comes to play. I know a fair deal about Tactics and Strategy, but not to your level, hence it's easier to satisfy me. I have to be more specific when I say "Character development" though, when I meant is that the character is given enough focus to seem as if he or she is of an importance enough statsis to be given the position as "Main" character, or even a name. I'm abit more liberate when it comes to what sort of importance they bring, as long as it's not half ass done. (Tossing aside former main characters? Fine, I accept - It's almost unavoidable.... But tossing aside Erio/Caro/Signum till the last moment?!) Quote:
Ah HA! SEE?! WE CAN AGREE!!!!
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