2013-08-13, 00:36 | Link #1462 |
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2013-08-13, 14:13 | Link #1463 |
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Something bugs me: Why they don't wear any armor AT ALL?
Since the military isn't fighting against anyone who can use guns, but just a bunch of giant naked people that cant thrown them away very easily (on walls, on roofs, on trees, on the ground)... An armor wouldn't help? I know they are supposed to be light and skinny, but I'm not talking about any medieval heavy full plate armor, just something more impact-absorving and resistant than a cotton shirt and a denim jacket (and a poncho cloak). Afterwards, an armored - let's say - Levi would still be lighter than Reiner is and still able to hand the 3d maneuver gear. Pretty sure someone already pointed that out, but I can't find it with the search Last edited by ANM789; 2013-08-14 at 22:09. |
2013-08-13, 16:28 | Link #1464 |
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If a titan catches you, you're pretty much dead. Sure, there are exceptions, like Eren or Reiner, but not enough to matter. Mobility's their only defense, and an armor would interfere with that, and wouldn't protect them against almost anything the titans are going to do. Not so much because of the weight, but because it would restrict their movements.
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2013-08-13, 16:29 | Link #1465 |
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If a giant smashes you against a wall or eats you, the armor will most likely NOT help though...
Also it is not just about speed, but also about flexibility. Armor may not make you slower, but complicated 3DMG moves would become very hard or even impossible, because the mobility is lower. EDIT: Ninja'ed
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2013-08-13, 18:42 | Link #1466 |
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Well the only thing that would be useful is some kind of protection to the knees, elbows and head, and not as a defense against titans but as a way to reduce possible damages from falling and smashing against walls and obstacle (which would be a serious threat considering all those 3D gear maneuvers).
We have actually seen already Armin and Eren suffering concussions to their heads and that could have been prevented if they wore a helmet, but I guess that the mortality rate is so high that they probably thought it was better to leave the soldiers as much as light weight as possible, because if someone gets hit 99% of cases he is dead already. Or more simply the author didn't want to draw them with helmets, because they are cooler that way.
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2013-08-14, 10:12 | Link #1469 | |
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Then again even in the real world I keep wondering why skaters and cyclists wear protections (at least some do) but parkour practitioners do not, even though logically they should need those even more.
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2013-08-19, 21:58 | Link #1473 | |
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Example: In the ancient time of the Romans, someone was VERY close to creating a steam engine. He basically knew most of the principles behind it, but he simply didn't put them together at the end, which caused it to be delayed for another 2000 years.
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2013-08-19, 23:42 | Link #1474 |
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^I'm not really buying it though...
I think the fact that Misaka's mom was basically the last known Asian woman on earth, Eren's father and the Pandora's box that is the genetic manipulation/science behind the Titans, and religious ethos surrounding the walls speaks to an age that has run its course and then something post-apocalyptic takes place or shape creating the dystopian mishmash we see right now... I know there is certainly enough speculated history to say the scientist, alchemists, Egyptians doctors, if not wizards themselves existed in the past and could conceivable be tangent reasoning in a context where this is actually the progression to what is now a medieval world, but the genetic aspect concerning the titans is post modern IMO... The 3D gear (which is sooo much more than just a grappling device) is also something that screams "lost tech" in the face of what is so much primitive engineering on a world level...Which is to say,... ...Titans are of the future...
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2013-08-22, 23:06 | Link #1475 |
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Though if this isn't Earth the point is moot, since technological progress doesn't necessarily need to follow a precise path with preset checkpoints.
Using the same logic you should conclude that steampunk settings are in a future after the loss of digital technology, which in most cases isn't true. BTW where did you get the genetic bit?
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2013-08-26, 06:08 | Link #1477 |
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Attack on Titan TV and Blu-Ray Comparison
Not only did the DVD/BD fixed some of the animation errors from the TV airing but got rid some of the still shots. Funnily, Eren looks more handsome in the TV version.
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