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Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

I just discovered this show on Netflix. It's the first anime I've been drawn into in several years and am really enjoying it so far. I just finished episode 3 and am disappointed that awesome knight squad 1 managed to get themselves killed right off the bat. I found myself hecking the characters - "Hey guys, this is maybe why you don't send out a single squad. Or let people romantically involved with each other be on the same four person squad. Or broadcast a mission live to all the cadets."

I mean maybe the immortal captain knew this was going to happen and it was all necessary, or that things get a bit slack after a century. But still.

It also reminds me I should start reading "Attack on Titian" again.

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Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

The science in the show has been pretty good in places. Should I be thinking about how organic creatures can be the size of warships and live in intergalactic space?

Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

The Black Stones posted:

Here's what you need to know about the science in the show:

Who gives a poo poo? It's a tv show.

There you go.

This is pretty much what I figured - though I think "the Gauna make no sense as a deliberate choice in writing" is a cool idea.

Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

Kanos posted:

That's part of the reason the Captain wears a mask. The other (real) reason is she's immortal and nobody outside of the immortal council are supposed to know that there are immortals on Sidonia. A highly visible and important figure like the captain of the entire ship never visibly aging would raise questions.

I figured it was also a clever little nod to the Persian Immortals.

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