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episode 8 was amazing. It doesn't surprise me how surprising lulouches plans are.....because they are surprising and then of course I'd be surprised...
It was awesome. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? New Record! |
I'm starting to get real disappointed in what season two has given to us so far. Especially the last episode (10), it was just plain bad, especially when they in some way were able to predict each others move like I don't know what and then claim they were masters of strategy and tactics. Zero is losing all the time (losing all the credibility as being some kind of evil genius which was the cool thing about him) and he's turning into a bawwing emotional bitch who's making lots of weird AND stupid decisions.
Most of the characters are losing colour in my opinion and it doesn't feel like there's any good development between them. Many characters have gotten introduced in the new season, but after a while just been left behind with no importance to the plot at all. What I liked about the first season was that practically every character introduced had some importance to the progression of the plot line. There's like no tactics or strategy left in the series, even though I guess there wasn't too much real strategy in the first season neither, but back then it felt just a bit plausible and "OMGWTFBBQ" worthy. Anyhow, now it's all about who has the biggest mecha-penis and how many goatse-wide plot holes they can fit into one episode. Anyone who's starting to feel the same? I was speaking idiomatically. |
The Xing-ke/Zero one upping each other in Turn 10 was largely due to the fact that Zero is no longer facing a bunch of incompetent morons this season, with Schniezel being a perfect match for Lelouch's genius and Xing-ke being his own special brand of plot hax, it's become obvious he's not going to be able to win as easily as he did the first time around, but that's part of what makes it so fun to watch. As for the Zero baawww thing, we get one episode where he mopes about after being masterstroked by the emperor, and all of a sudden he's a whiny bitch? Wow. Sure he had his day then, but overall he's grown quite a bit and has learned to go with the flow more and not go into instant defeat mode the moment someone pulls a fast one on him, rather turning to his genius ability and his support around him to pull off comeback victories. Return of OOOOORRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE is going to be all kinds of great. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? #654: Braixen |
I don't feel like season 2 has lost its touch at all. Episode 10 did bore me a little but thats because I usually like zero's plans work out and reach an awesome climax. Although it was nice to see him struggle for once and see him get caught in someone's trap, now he just going to have to work harder for it.
And what can you really expect from the character development, this is season 2 of course. Most of the characters are from season 1 and have already been introduced and thus they still share the same type of relationship with each other or have the same hate toward zero at this point its just a matter of who zero tries to screw over and how they want to get him back. And plus Xing-ke had some backstory told, doesn't that count o-0 FELIPE NO New Record! |
And with the hardships he's meeting now I'm just not seeing him winning over Britannia. I just don't want to see him acquire some pwnhax somewhere near the end just so he can beat Britannia.
Well hopefully, it will change later on in the season. I'm not really saying that the whole second season has been bad, been some good stuff, but the last eps definitely have been bad, in comparison to the greatness of the first season. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Also there are a number of reasons to go after Kallen. For one, she knows his true identity (Sayako is currently playing as Lelouch back at the academy), he has slight feelings for her true, but you also have to remember his Raison d'etre has changed now that Nunally is the Gov. Gen. of Area 11. He can't say that he's fighting to keep her safe and create the world for her because she more or less is, and is also part of the Brittania he wishes to overthrow. He now fights for the lives of everyone he holds close, this mainly includes everyone back at Ashford, and Kallen is included in this group. His decision to rescue her only further implants his beliefs and show that he's changing. How ya doing, buddy? #654: Braixen
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Or how Lelouch times Sayoko's call to Kallen to happen at the exact moment? Or how the Britannians just happen to enjoy building structures that are collapsible on a whim? Or how Mao gets filled with lead and returns the next episode none the worse for wear? Or how Rollo walks in on Suzaku surprising Lelouch with a phone call to Nunally, and immediately grasps the situation? Or, hell, iceberg ships? If you haven't learnt to suspend disbelief by now, you really shouldn't be watching the show. Most amazing jew boots |
I think the real problem with this new season is that its pacing has gotten out of hand. Sometimes it just feels like there's too much happening and with no clear sense of direction. Too many new characters have been added and not enough old ones have died, so it seems like they're trying to do a lot with too much.
Case in point: kidnapping Tian just didn't seem as dastardly as it should be. The characters are just way too fresh and both Tian and Xing-Ke haven't had enough characterization for me to give the slightest fuck how they feel. So while Zero strokes his handlebar moustache (in spirit) and Tian cries her little lollicon eyes out I laughed and laughed and laughed. How ya doing, buddy?
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Nekkid C.C. made episode 11.
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The episode that launched 1000 doujins.
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I was speaking idiomatically. |
I just realized this show is directed by the same guy who worked on Planetes. Even the music staff is the same.
Fanboy mode engaged What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Episode 12 is a definite proof that Geass is made for harem game
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A funny episode, I laughed pretty hard in some scenes actually. FELIPE NO
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There used to be a real gravity to Zero's actions that just doesn't exist anymore. The disparity between Eleven and Britanian lifestyles used to be a constant reminder of the world's dystopia, but I don't think they've even attempted to touch on this theme since the first episode. Everything since then has been all about Zero's crew and the school. It just keeps spiraling into this social drama nonsense while behind-the-scenes machinations are dealt with the most half-hearted exposition I've ever seen. Oh something bad's gonna happen, you know it's gonna be bad because we say so.
I guess they understand their audience, though. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Well the school nonsense is probably going to come to an end very shortly. Milly is gone, Kallen is off FIGHTING TO SAVE THE WORLD, Nina is somewhere being a crazy racist bitch, and
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Jam it back in, in the dark. #654: Braixen |
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There's nowhere I can't reach.
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If you're still saying that even after the latest episode, drop it now. Delete all episodes. Forget it ever existed. It's obvious that you're not even following the plot anymore.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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Yeah, the ORANGE thing was explained back in the picture dramas from the first season. If you can't see why he'd change sides to side with the guy whose mother is the very person he failed to protect with his life which in turn lead to his sort of downward spiral, then you are several different kinds of retarded.
Also, agreeing with Blah. Also also, fuck yes ORRRRRRANGE. Order of the ORANGE Knights. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? #654: Braixen |
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I kept trying to put my finger on why Code Geass sucks all of a sudden (yes even the last episode you nerds).
There's no more risk. Oh sure there's never really a risk of LeLouche and various biting the dust as with all other protagonists. If they could really die there wouldn't be much of a show, but the key is in making obstacles seem difficult if not insurmountable (only to be overcome by a helping spoonful of chakra). This just doesn't happen anymore. The Black Knights have become the elite wing of a standing army. The United States of Japan is for all intents and purposes a sovereign country with its own territory and the military backing of an entire superpower acquired through ridiculous plot development. The appeal of a ragtag group of freedom fighters combating the system from within and fomenting a popular revolt just isn't there any more. LeLouche no longer requires subterfuge and treachery, he can simply send an armored division to level the facility of a secret cult with all the characterization of a door mat. The show's gotten away from itself. It's got no soul and zero sense of pacing. The cast has become too large and the attempts to thin its ranks are hamfisted and prone to cheap melodrama. Bloo bloo bloo Shirley now you're dead, I'll honor your memory by committing genocide. Which brings me more to the next point. There's no reason to give a fuck about anybody anymore. With all the Chinese bullshit and Ashford academy slice-of-life nonsense there's been no room for characterization. Returning characters from the original season are re-introduced with all the fanfare of a silent fart and given no indication of what they've been doing, or what their motives are. Not even people seem like people. In the previous season the realities of life in Area 11 were constantly emphasized. The disparities between Britannians and former Japanese gave real meaning to the struggle, and the prejudices of both sides while flawed were understandable. Now there's no mention of Elevens which had factored in so prominently before. The focus has entirely been on geopolitics and the Ashford Academy hoopla. Focusing all attention on the "good life" in a system which by all rights should not exist makes it unclear why it's worth destroying in the first place. Further, the Black Knights are now driving the murder wagon, matter-of-factly massacring thousands of civilians belonging to an under-developed cult which apparently produces Geass users in a facility which had no previous indication of being occupied at all, let alone being a fucking research facility. Even the children were slaughtered, yet they're also amoral killing machines so beyond the basic idea that indiscriminate slaughter == bad I don't see why I should give a fuck what LeLouche has done or even why, specifically, it was wrong. It's spiraling into a tailspin of mediocrity and hamfisted plot development. The same thing happened to Gundam Seed Destiny before it turned into an absolute shit pile so I think I'll enjoy the coming trainwreck and nerd rage. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
For those who are wondering, this is what happened during Zero's absence between R1 and R2:
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Episode 18 was R1's 22 all over again, except this time
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That was simply poetic. We're not even close to the end yet. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
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Even if what is being hinted at between Todou and Asahina happens, Kallen and ORRRRRANGE are pretty much all Zero needs at this point, seeing as how Orange is now Captain Badass and the new Gurren is the most overpowered mech I've ever seen in my entire life, moreso than the Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice from SEED. Jam it back in, in the dark. #654: Braixen |
NUNALLYYYYYYY
Lelouche and C.C alone in the whole world ending CONFIRMED (because now he's headed for world destruction I'm sure, starting off with Rolo.) I've been looking forward to this. I don't want an everyone's alive and happy ending. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
I'd be pretty miffed if they decided to pull a KILL EM ALL now, but you're on the money about the Rolo thing. His ass is going to be dead very, very shortly.
And god damn I love that avatar, nanaman. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. #654: Braixen |
The only way this could get better is by taking Nina out along with Rolo. She's got to be the worst Britannian in the series.
Still holding out for an "it was all a geass-induced haze set by the Emperor and Lelouche is actually dying" copout ending that leads to Code Geass R3: Nunnaly of the Revolution. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |