Forum - View topicShelf Life - Band of Brothers [2010-06-28]
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Agent355
Posts: 5113 Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready... |
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes the original FMA as much as I like FMA:B. There are even parts and aspects of the original show that I like more than the retake (shocking, I know)! I *loved* the end, for example (the movie, not as much). I go into it in detail in the spoiler-icious "FMA 108-The End" thread in the Manga forum.
But FMA fandom in general is very protective of it's favorite property. I think the funniest thing I noticed was the fan reaction that Aaron Dismuke wouldn't be able to reprise his role as Al--as if Funi should've castrated him or something (poor kid). Maxey Whitehead is doing a fantastic job, and Aaron Dismuke can go back into Dub acting if he likes-based on his performance in Ouran, he's still got the stuff! I'm also scratching my head as to why Soul Eater isn't on [as], based on it's buzz and fan loyalty quotient, it has a lot more going for it than Kekkaishi (and I really like the Kekkaishi manga). Well, this review makes me want to check out SE, anyway. |
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MetatronM
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Aaron is going to be in the Brotherhood dub later on. He's going to be playing spoiler[young Van Hohenheim]. |
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shamisen the great
Posts: 658 Location: Oregon, USA |
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Original FMA- I also enjoyed the original FMA (including the movie). It has its flaws, but overall I think it stayed close to the themes if not the actual content of the manga. I prefer adaptations when they're not carbon copies of the source material.
Shelf photos- my collection is probaly not the most discriminating. Ever since I've had access to internet shopping and my own source of income, I have not been the model of restraint. I recently had to convert my dvd's to thin cd cases to save room and it took over 900 cases. Yeah, I've got a problem. |
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KanjiiZ
Posts: 661 Location: Central Coast |
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I'm kinda curious...what race is Felipe Smith? I know it doesn't relate to anything, but I would like to see from what perspective Peepo Choo was written in.
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Azure Shift
Posts: 15 Location: Texas |
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Heheh yeah didn't hit me at first either and it is nice to see that,I kinda wonder why it is kinda rare. Anyway I enjoyed reading today's column. |
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bglassbrook
Posts: 1244 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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erinfinnegan
ANN Columnist
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There's a picture of him in this interview. I think his parents are from some South American country, but I don't remember which one. Felipe has lived in Chicago, L.A., and apparently Akron according to that interview. He's lived in Tokyo for a couple of years now. He is one international dude. |
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kpk
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Sheska had a big role in the first series. She's only make two appearances in Brotherhood. Hohenheim (Ed and Al's father) make more than just one appearance in the first series.
Yeah.. what he said. |
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Charred Knight
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It's not that the first one is bad, it's just that the first one is over rated. For example with the changes to the homunculus, Lust was really the only one who really took advantage of the change in origin with Sloth and Envy never really taking full advantage of their origins. It also gives characters who appear for one or two episodes character development while characters who appear throughout the series like Riza Hawkeye are flat characters. I would also make complaints about how Ed and Al are able to easily kill people while in the manga Ed and Al refuse to make those choices and instead find another way. The animation was good, the music was great, and it usually worked but I never really was amazed at the first series. |
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WingAlchemist
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I absolutely loved the first FMA. I thought it was brilljant. I never quite got why they also made the movie, because that one kind of ruined the ending for me, but I still enjoyed it. I started reading the manga after the first series, and then I realized how much better it was, but I still thought that the ending of FMA was very good, because it stayed close to how the themes and characters were.
When I heard FMA:B was going to be closer to the manga, I was excited as well as wondering if they could actually pull it off. The manga is very unique (I've never really seen one like it), and it has a art style that I really enjoy. Putting that aside, when I saw the first episode, I was immediately turned off by the fact it was a filler episode. Seriously? A filler at the beginning of probably one of the most anticipated anime? After that, I haven't watched it. I'm still gathering courage. What also bothered me is that Roy's seiyū was replaced. I loved Toru Okawa a lot, and his voice suited Roy. And I haven't watched Soul Eater, because it never really appealed to me, but maybe I'll give it a shot after reading this. |
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Megiddo
Posts: 8360 Location: IL |
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That one episode of filler has been the only filler in Brotherhood. So nice job on letting one episode deter you from a rather excellent series.
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UncleChuckTH
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Brotherhood stands on its own pretty well, I would say. I never saw the original FMA or read the manga, and either way walking into Brotherhood was simple. That first part of the series didn't really need to drag on if you ask me;condensing it was a good idea. Besides, the rest is excellent and amounts to a better story from what I can tell.
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PetrifiedJello
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Very true.
Indeed. Sometimes, the actual outbursts have been more informative than the review itself as people defend their own personal review. Having read the article and the comments, I am a little more confident on the differences between the FMA series. If I were to buy, I'd go with the first and completely ditch Brotherhood. I've always heard good things about the series and I've been dying to check it out. Thanks to several of the comments posted in this thread, and Erin's review, I can now safely determine the version which will suit me best. That's why I love passionate comments. No matter how "offensive", there's always a truth to their words. |
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Bargain Hunter
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I'm in the middle of my first watch of FMA and absolutely loving it. It's virtually a flawless entertainment delivery machine. I will absolutely buy FMA: Brotherhood because I want to see every incarnation of this show there is. Including the manga and all OVAs/movie(s).
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Anime World Order
Posts: 390 Location: Florida |
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Remember, the anime that appears on Cartoon Network at this point is pretty much a step removed from paid programming akin to late-night informercial time. Kekkaishi is on because Viz is paying Cartoon Network, same as with Death Note. The same goes for Fullmetal Alchemist and FUNimation. It's not like Cartoon Network can make any money off of sales of DVDs and merchandise of these properties they don't own anyway. That's why the timeslots for these things are so absurdly late and it doesn't matter if tons of people watch them or not. It sucks, because seeing anime on free/basic cable TV is how pretty much everyone is introduced to anime in the first place. And now anime's virtually gone from those channels such that the only way you'd see it would be if you were specifically looking for it to begin with.
For what it's worth, I would say that as great as the original Fullmetal Alchemist TV series was, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood blows it away. Hands down, no contest. The reason there's so much ambivalence towards it online is that...well, what everyone has already said: the first 20% of the series is a reanimated version of about 50% of the original show, only sped through and with slight differences that become less slight later on such that you can't easily skip those 13-14 episodes. And what do the lion's share of anime reviews focus on? The beginning, because if you talk too much about the later parts of a series you risk spoiling things for people. So it is that many FMA: Brotherhood reviews have an unavoidable "this is awesome...but we've seen it before..." vibe to them. The experience is akin to watching the first 13 episodes of [insert 50-episode Sunrise mecha series here], which serve solely as exposition with a "been there, done that" kind of feel before the REAL story starts. Said story almost never make senses if you skip ahead (except for GaoGaiGar; by all means skip the first box set entirely on that and start with the second box where it gets great since the first half is the definition of average and it's all recapped anyway), so you have to just grit your teeth through them. In an era where most entire series are 13 episodes long, most people decide it's not worth the effort. Here's hoping that once the second set of FMA: B comes out in the US, more people who are currently thinking "eh, I already watched this show 6 years ago" will give it a shot. Bones really took a gamble on the original FMA by having it deviate completely from the source material such that the entire second half could technically be called "filler" material. But it unfolded so well that you don't hear too many complaints about it (I do agree that the FMA movie does diminish the impact of the original TV series' ending). Unfortunately, when they used the same strategy with Soul Eater, the end result wasn't as great... |
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