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| Re: Spoiler-free thoughts on the new episodes | |
| Posted By: Means of Eternal Life <dswensdly@hotmail.com> | Date: 2/14/10 7:56 p.m. |
In Response To: Spoiler-free thoughts on the new episodes (Vincent) : What's this? Did the UK get something before America? Blasphemy! : Origins 2 - definately one of my favourites. Mainly because it was just scene
: Prototype - liked the art in this. It didn't try and do anything clever like
: Homecoming - okay, didn't see that twist coming. Nicely done. Again, I liked
: Odd One Out - very silly :) Not a massive fan of this one, but then I suspect
: Bonus content - the making of episodes were definately interesting, but my
: Overall I'm very satisfied with Legends, and I feel like it's going to be
I concur on the episodes. I'm glad I preordered it, even if my copy won't be Blu-Ray. Not to worry, though. I'll be happy to add it to my collection. It's been many years since I added something to my DVD collection that was anime. As for the content of the episodes, I have to say that I was surprised by how well done they were. For Prototype and Homecoming, those really came across very well, and knowing the studios involved, Bones and Production I.G., I'm not surprised. The effectiveness of them is something that usually comes in a full-length movie, a 13 or 26 episode series, not something you'd expect from a mere 12 to 15 minutes. Not bad at all. Very good in fact. I also liked Origins Parts I and II; they definitely gave a greater level of context than I have seen with the franchise before, even if they did mix in depictions of specific events with symbolic and hyperbolic presentations. For someone not familiar with that style, it can be confusing or upsetting, but if you understand it, it flows perfectly. From that and Prototype, however, I have a few points of curiousity; *Were the various Flood forms seen in Origins Part I simply artistic flourishes and representations, or do they represent permutations or advancements of the known Advanced and Pure Forms? *The Infection Forms apparently possessed the capacity for flight; is this an advanced-stage capability, or just another artistic touch and flourish? *The Forerunner clothing and supposed "Combat Skins"; do the Forerunners wear them in the traditional sense of armor and clothing, or is it something more exotic, like something bonded to their flesh and whatever internal augmentations they have? Are they at least partially biomechanical beings, cyborgs, or a mix inbetween? *The Prototype suit; is it a bit of a revisiting of the MJOLNIR Marks I-III, given that the prototype and those suits were usable by normal Humans? Are there any images that exist that show us what the Marks I, II, and III actually looked like? I remember that Ensemble had designed a canonically-accurate depiction of the Mark I for Halo Wars before scrapping it in favor of the Cyclops because it looked to much like a Spartan in MJOLNIR Mark IV. Is this or similar imagery appropriate for public consumption, or is it put aside for some future project? Another question I have about the early non-used MJOLNIR suits is, were they effectively mini-mech suits, or were they similar to the Sarco exoskeletons revealed last year in that company's public display of the suits? It would be interesting to see how they would compare to a human in size; for would they be more along the lines of a streamlined power-loader suit, or genuine mechanical framework around a human body?
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