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REVIEW: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection


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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:46 pm Reply with quote
UltimateEye wrote:
Wow, an alternate ending film after the fashion of End of Evangelion... I would have seen this movie regardless, but the review has my interest piqued. I have yet to see confirmation that the movie trilogy recap of the Code Geass series will be dubbed, though, which will be a strike against Re;surrection. Most of the characters are supposed to be speaking English, which is part of makes a good dub even better.


I think the those movies just released on home video, and they are all sub-only. It's disappointing since they did get the relevant actors to reprise roles for Akito. I don't know that I would have expected the whole cast to come back considering that it has been over a decade and many stopped voice acting years ago or have moved on to better paying work in video games, but a dub would have been nice.
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UltimateEye



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:57 pm Reply with quote
This is a small thing, but is Nunnally still using a wheelchair in Re;surrection? It's strange that the disgraced Sir Orange was healed with prosthetics but the Viceroy of Area 11 wasn't. Britannia certainly has the means available to help Nunnally walk, especially if she's no longer blind and possibly the empress now.
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Richard Eisenbeis
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:28 pm Reply with quote
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Considering that the reviewer thinks that "While still showing his enemies no mercy, he no longer sees his allies as pawns to be sacrificed for his own goal; now losing even one is the same to him as a complete failure." is somehow a new development even though Lelouch explicitly states early in the first season that he operates under the idea that every single comrade death is a fail state and plans all his strategies accordingly (hell, it's even a major plot point in R2 that Schneizel recognizes Zero as Lelouch because of his zero sacrifice chess playstyle), I think we can safely say that the reviewer generally didn't pay very much attention during the original series.


Hey, sorry that this passage of the review caused some confusion. When I wrote this, I was specifically thinking about Lelouch as we see him in the final battle of the Zero Requiem plan where he sacrifices thousands upon thousands of his soldiers for his goal. Zero Requiem Lelouch is willing to sacrifice anything and anyone for his goal--even himself.

In the review, I was trying to explain that the Lelouch we see in the new film is no longer that Lelouch and that he is devoid of any drive or ambition to fight--except to protect those he cares for.
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BlueAlf



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:44 pm Reply with quote
Thanks Richard for writing this review. I've really been looking forward to it.

Now the movie sounds much more interesting than I thought.
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RegSuzaku



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At the very least, this film can be completely ignored with impunity thanks to its built in loophole; the whole thing takes place in the film canon, not the TV series timeline. Therefore, the Code Geass you know and love remains the same as it's been since it finished airing a decade ago, and these events can be seen as just a tantalizing “what if” if they're not to your liking.



I just wanted to thank you for including this... seeing you remind people of this in such a public way makes me feel like I have my Lulu back.
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Fluwm



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:10 pm Reply with quote
Honestly it sounds like a better sequel than R2.
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Gemnist



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Considering that the reviewer thinks that "While still showing his enemies no mercy, he no longer sees his allies as pawns to be sacrificed for his own goal; now losing even one is the same to him as a complete failure." is somehow a new development even though Lelouch explicitly states early in the first season that he operates under the idea that every single comrade death is a fail state and plans all his strategies accordingly (hell, it's even a major plot point in R2 that Schneizel recognizes Zero as Lelouch because of his zero sacrifice chess playstyle), I think we can safely say that the reviewer generally didn't pay very much attention during the original series.


When did Lelouch ever say that losing one of the Black Knights was an automatic failure? He was always an "ends justify the means" kind of guy that, while carefully strategic, merely shrugged off death, and even killed some of his allies (e.g. the Japan Liberation Front). It only struck a chord with him when it got personal (like when Shirley's father died and when Kallen got kidnapped) or when the person in question had given him a debt (like with Urabe). The whole point of Lelouch's character arc in the original anime is that he needs to care about more people other than his loli sister and subsequently going from a Light Yagami-esque antihero to a true beacon of hope and heroism, with the Zero Requiem being the ultimate expression of him finally doing so, so saying he always cared for his subordinates is essentially saying he had no character arc. Also, Schneizel didn't discover Lelouch was Zero during that chess game; he simply stated that Zero would normally jump at the opportunity to kill his opponent, which contradicted Lelouch's retreating move in that moment.
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Karasu-Lacryma



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Code Geass: Akito the Exiled had a lot of things going against it but the art style was not one of them. It took the original series' style and just pushed it to a level of shine that just made the whole world feel so much more thoughtful and sinister.

I understand they didn't want to stray too far from the original series, but that was a decade ago. From the clips I've seen of the new trilogy Re;surrection, the animation really does not look better at all. Which is disappointing, but not a deal-breaker. I'll probably see this if tickets aren't too much. I've never expected or demanded quality writing from Code Geass, only fun and satisfying twists and turns; this looks like it won't disappoint.


Code Geass one of my favorite series to dissect. There's so much good and bad at once - I always wonder how it ends up so entertaining. There's some genuinely great and subversive concepts but the script goes of the rails so often. There's always some consequence to something, no matter how ridiculous or illogical it may be, and that leads to a very watchable series.
Honestly though, the show only works because of Lelouch. If this were a movie about the rest of the cast permanently going on without him, it might not be much lower quality, but it WOULD be a lot less enjoyable or interesting.
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Ronnie Hall



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Is there a release date for itunes anywhere? I can't find any information on the official site. I'm looking forward to seeing this Smile
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Ronnie Hall



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Is there a release date for itunes anywhere? I can't find any information on the official site. I'm looking forward to seeing this Smile
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