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In Training posted:I started watching early because I'll be busy later tonight and I'm not gonna be able to finish. I'll have to stop after 3 episodes. No will to put in Disc 2. Sorry all. I count this as me winning.
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A thing came up, and I will be hanging out with pals and gaming tonight, so I have watched the episodes in advance and will write things either later tonight or tomorrow. I hope everyone enjoys themselves tonight.
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Jul 29, 2015 23:52
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In Training posted:I started watching early because I'll be busy later tonight and I'm not gonna be able to finish. I'll have to stop after 3 episodes. No will to put in Disc 2. Sorry all. jesus christ
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Jul 30, 2015 01:08
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Episode 4 is so good, too!!
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Episode 3 is a really weird one to place in the whole series. Ostensibly it's an episode that's just kinda expanding the world, using a secondary character at its view lense. You see more of the Fraternity and learn more about mankind and the areas we live in space now. You learn that space monsters are circling the solar system in an orbit and basically blocking us from travelling much farther. It also showcases Nono's outlook more by highlighting somebody directly opposed to it. It's an episode that also highlights the visual creativity of the team, neo venice built in the body of an old gigantic class battleship, toy (giant) robots in clamshell packaging, dix neuf pulling even more crazy attacks in an act of desperation, the irresistible power of tennis. There's also some scenes that might get lost in the shuffle involving the importance of the stars and the ability to do the impossible by the end of this episode. Stuff that doesn't get fully realized until the end of the series but is hinted at now, a lot like Lal'c opening soliloquy about what a god would prays to. I remember disliking this one a lot in the original showing but when you notice all the pieces set up in it I think it serves its purpose pretty well. The first half of the series is about establishing a world and time vastly different from our own. The next episode starts to tear it down. Also: NICE! SERVE.     
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Jul 30, 2015 01:29
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Jul 30, 2015 01:46
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Got caught up in a game. Gonna go ahead and watch now.
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Jul 30, 2015 01:53
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Episode 4 is so good.... I forgot how good.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:01
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Sharkopath posted:I remember disliking this one a lot in the original showing but when you notice all the pieces set up in it I think it serves its purpose pretty well. The first half of the series is about establishing a world and time vastly different from our own. The next episode starts to tear it down. I wasn't a fan of it on my initial viewing either (compared to the rest of the series, at least), but I liked it way more on subsequent viewings. It's one of those episodes where knowing what's coming in future episodes makes it easier to appreciate. Also there are cool little things I missed the significance of way back when I originally saw it, like Nicola's comment about the city built on the old battleship. It totally doesn't reflect anything about his character at all, no sir.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:02
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BUSTER MACHINE. NANAGO.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:04
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Also one neat little detail that I like: The Buster Machine in episode 3 is delivered in something that looks like a plastic case, making it look like a giant toy.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:04
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Soixante-Six is still really really cool
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Jul 30, 2015 02:04
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Sharkopath posted:BUSTER MACHINE. NANAGO.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:04
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Yep, still awesome.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:05
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It's really good at drawing out the horror of what is in fact the actual Space Monster and just piling on the impossible after the impossible in rapid succession right to the finale.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:06
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with Buster Legion.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:08
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Episode 4 was pretty jaw-dropping. That is what a giant, humanity-destroying space monster is supposed to look like. The last couple episodes had me disappointed that the enemies looked so inorganic and boring, but this latest development has made up for it.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:17
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i haven't watched any episodes yet, but i'm going to watch two today, and two tomorrow and catch up
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Jul 30, 2015 02:20
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Cake Attack posted:i haven't watched any episodes yet, but i'm going to watch two today, and two tomorrow and catch up Good luck, friend.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:21
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Episode 3 was really good. I must've been sleepy the first time I saw episode 3 because I caught a few obvious things I didn't pick up on the first time through. I really loved the flashbacks with tycho and watching her finally let go of the past with some help from nono. Gonna watch episode 4 now. It's good too.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:32
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Well that was loving badass
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Jul 30, 2015 02:37
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i like how most (all? didn't catch them all) of the cannonfodder topless had joke food names and such also wild guess~ nono riko = noriko
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Jul 30, 2015 02:41
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Nono is good at splitting things.
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One of the most overt examples thus far on why it's important to watch Gunbuster first, so when the "gravity well" emerges from Titan and you'll be all "Hey, that looks kind of familiar... Oh  "Droyer posted:Nono is good at splitting things.
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I found episode 3 strange at first, like many probably did. After rewatching it though I really like it and it ties in thematically with stuff in later episodes. Episode 4 is a clear parallell of episode 4 of Gunbuster, with Nono attaining her true power as Buster Machine 7 in the same way that Noriko obtained hers in the Gunbuster. They even bring back the buster machine march from the original. It's a very good episode, both as a callback and on its own merits.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:51
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Also Nono lands on Dix-Neuf's hand in the same way Kazumi lands on Gunbuster's hand. It's like poetry, it rhymes.
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Davincie posted:i like how most (all? didn't catch them all) of the cannonfodder topless had joke food names and such Citron Limon was my favorite.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:56
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Jul 30, 2015 02:56
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i think just because it sounds cool
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Nate RFB posted:Also Nono lands on Dix-Neuf's hand in the same way Kazumi lands on Gunbuster's hand. It's like poetry, it rhymes. That's actually very interesting since the protagonist/onee-sama positions are reversed. Not sure if it means something, but it's a fun little detail. I think the shot is mirrored too.
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I think it's neat that for all their flashy over the top moves the topless are chumps that can't take on a single one of the space monsters from gunbuster, something that was owned by regular rear end spaceships thousands of years earlier there's some sort of message in there but i'm not going down that hole
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boom boom boom posted:Well that was loving badass 
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poo poo, this anime is real good.
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That said I'm not enjoying it as much as I did Gunbuster, by this point. I can't quite pinpoint why because I like a lot of the individual elements of Diebuster a whole lot more so far.
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it was not a good idea to stop at episode 3 of Gunbuster, because at this point in Diebuster the former feels really boring
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GorfZaplen posted:That said I'm not enjoying it as much as I did Gunbuster, by this point. I can't quite pinpoint why because I like a lot of the individual elements of Diebuster a whole lot more so far. One thing I really like about diebuster over gunbuster is that the whole thing falls together as a single work way better. There's lots of allusions to themes and events that happen earlier in the run that tie everything together by the end in a cool way. I like works that you can appreciate more having seen the entire thing and then works that are also improved on multiple viewings with the foreknowledge of what happens next.
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Sharkopath posted:One thing I really like about diebuster over gunbuster is that the whole thing falls together as a single work way better. There's lots of allusions to themes and events that happen earlier in the run that tie everything together by the end in a cool way. Lal'c's monologues at the beginning of the first two eps are really touching now that I know what happens next.
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Third episode is not as good as the first two, but is still quite good. Mostly I just didn't particularly care for rival girl and her story. Everything with Nono was still gold, and L'alc/Lal'c (whichever) is showing some fun mannerisms. I continue to get "future antagonist" vibes from the dude. Onto the fourth!
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GorfZaplen posted:Lal'c's monologues at the beginning of the first two eps are really touching now that I know what happens next. Yeah it's layered and plays with the narrative where i feel gunbuster is way more of a traditional progression based story. There's a lot of symbology with both stars as physical objects and as an unreachable ideal combined with the idea of having the will to do what you know to be impossible placed all throughout diebuster, episode 3 probably being the most notable example of it so far.
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