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CrowLia
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I pretty much agree with Jacob, I saw the movie in December and while I liked it, it felt mostly an inconsequential Jump movie. Nothing about the status quo actually changed. It did however drop a strong message about colonialism and the whole "X country needs some democracy" mindset. I actually loved Akane's final confrontation with Sybil and her speech about respecting the people's fight for their rights and the government they deserved.
I also agree that it felt too drawn out, and particularly the mercenaries' part in the story didn't make much sense, their characters felt like just some fodder to fill up more runtime, having no actual repercusions on the plot, nor individual character journeys that made them relevant. But honestly the only truly jarring thing about it was the insane amount of Engrish. I think half (at least a third) of the dialogues in the movie were Engrish. It wasn't bad for anime Engrish standards, but since they were apparently making it as if this was the primary spoken language in Shamballa, it sounded really bad that everyone's speech sounded so unnatural. I don't really get what was the point of having so much awful Engrish there. It started to get frustrating at one point |
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relyat08
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Yep. She does. Which even further makes season 2 pointless. And this is how I'll manage to pretend that it doesn't even exist. Especially when I show Psycho-Pass to other people. |
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doubleO7
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Thanks for the quick response. I've got two weeks till the screening, so I suppose I'll give the first season a fair shot and see how that goes, though your words don't make me terribly optimistic that I'll finish it. |
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Videogamep
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Am I the only one here who didn't hate season 2? It wasn't anywhere near as good as 1, but I thought it was still decent.
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killjoy_the
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I liked it more than the movie but that isn't saying much because I thought the movie was completely passable. |
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I actually really liked what they were trying to do with Mika vs. Akane because I think Mika's perspective was a pretty logical character portrait to pit against Akane's after season 1 and given the setting. Unfortunately the actual plot of the show and Kirito's motivations were so incomprehensible that it was irredeemably ruined imo. Not to mention all of the other quality issues. |
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KH91
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Best part of the movie was just every scene with Kogami in it and the return of a certain ED song. I just wish he could spoiler[return and reclaim his birthright as the MC of the series], but it's okay if not.
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Doodleboy
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I enjoyed the movie a little bit more then Jacob did. I kind of saw it as a return to form. Rebellion was more interesting then good. Expelled from Paradise was ok but meandering and didn't really have much of a point. The Psycho-pass movie was the best thing I've seen from Urobuchi in a while.
I liked how the movie showed just how terrifying the Sibyl System. The first series was good at showing you how the system slowly pushed you into compliance where the criminal element is phased out until only a few extreme murderers remain. This movie shows what happens if you're on the wrong side of the Sibyl System where it goes from a bureaucracy to a terror state. I also liked the chemistry between Akane and Kougami. The movie really capitalize on their past relationship and it's nice seeing the two interacting as equals for once. Not to mention the reunion scene was pretty damn great. And what it had to say about colonialism was pretty neat to. I remember kind of cynically thinking partway through the movie how the story was turning into a "white savior" story, and then a short while later the movie addresses it, and uses it to push it own themes. As for the fan-service I didn't mind. Mainly because by most anime standards it was pretty tame. And it didn't have the sexual violence that made season one difficult to watch (I get why it's there, doesn't make it less unpleasant). And I liked the bombast and action sequences. I think the director said the movie was partially a riff on Apocalypse Now, and you can kind of see that in the early action scenes. |
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JacobC
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Whoops. Fixed! Sorry, geography is noooot my strong suit. I was worried I was going to get all kinds of stuff wrong even mentioning the region, despite my research. |
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DangerMouse
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Yup. spoiler[She's one of the main students from the case with the grotesque "statues."]
Yeah. He's always awesome and cool, I was looking forward to that and seeing him and Akane back working together. spoiler[Yes, it'd be great if for a third season they find a way to work him back in in some way, even with how ridiculously hard that would probably be until the story gets to a final rebellion against Sybil, for obvious reasons, but it'd be worth it to have the crew mostly back together. I really enjoy Akane too but there is a bit missing from the whole without both of them and Ginoza (who's still there) all there. Also, I really enjoy the satisfying progress Akane's makes throughout, including the way she opened the first ep of S2 manipulating the Dominator response, as one example, was great.] |
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jr240483
Posts: 4427 Location: New York City,New York,USA |
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but you cant say that the english dub version is bad at the slightest. and when comparing the two version, both are solid, though i am in the minority since i am mainly an english dub only person with the fewest of exceptions. the thing that did surprised me on the english dub though was that the replaced Steaphnie Young with Linda Leonard are the voice for Sybil. and Greile as the voice for Ginoza that was news to me since ginoza doesnt sound anything like him unless he's been the VA since season 1. |
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getchman
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I think you made minor error in the review. Linda Leonard was Chief Kasei and the dominator/Sybil Stephanie Young. do you mix up the voice actresses, or did Linda replace Stephanie?
Yes, Josh Grelle has been Ginoza since Ep 1 |
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Raftina
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In some ways, the movie and season 2 are inconsistent: Mika S2: spoiler[Completely and utterly incompetent in every way.] Movie: spoiler[Seems as competent as you would expect of an inspector of the Sybil System.] Sybil System S2: spoiler[Learned to judge a collective and would thus show a non-zero crime coefficient for itself.] Movie: spoiler[Still shows itself as having 0 crime coefficient.] Perhaps it's better to not watch S2. |
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JacobC
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No, I was referring to Chief Kasei as Sibyl because, well, she is. (Spoilers?) Just how I think of her, I forgot her human alias and just think of her as the voice of Sybil. Stephanie Young is the voice of the Dominator, because I can remember the word "Dominator" and it comes right out of the gun, while Leonard's voice comes out of a person who is the Mouth of Sybil. So it's just splitting hairs. |
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