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Eilavel
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Well, overall I had fun. The mysteries were usually slightly on the silly side, but it sold them with pacing, style and panache. Having had to drop the season for a week or 2 was possibly to my advantage, as I think this worked well as a 3-ep marathon.
I suspect this adaptation is disappointing for readers of the material; it must simplify or skip a lot of material to complete the arcs in this amount of time. On the other hand, as an anime-only viewer I have to say that despite its limitations I prefer this manner of adaptation for something inevitably single cour; I prefer a flawed but complete story to one that drops halfway unless its truly super (the recent Plus Sized Love might be a nadir for this, resolving exactly 0 plot threads over its episodes). I will say that the I would have preferred the story without the final 2 minutes; I think there was more pathos in the bittersweet ending. But, its not that kind of story so I don't begrudge it too much. |
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Edjwald
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I had the same reaction to the last two minutes. I thought the concluding episode was a lot like the overall anime for me - powerful ideas and vivid characters with the plot lacking a little something in the development...time...finesse...reinforcement...but still fun to watch.
But the last two minutes reminded me of my reaction to a lot of Spielburg films like Minority Report or War or the Worlds (or even Saving Private Ryan), where the last two minute scene tacked on the end for good feels just weakened an otherwise powerful conclusion IMHO. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Add my agreement on the unnecessarily "happy" ending, though she was right that she hadn't actually gotten any real revenge. Honestly I didn't mind that so much as I minded Connie being reduced to a cringing damsel in distress, after just showing us her brave, never-give-up side. I mean, Pammy was just a crazed woman with a knife, not some supernatural demon. Run away, dodge, kick, fight back! Instead she falls to the ground, shuts her eyes waiting for the killing blow, begging to be saved by someone. Feh.
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DuskyPredator
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My general thought was that these things usually end with a goodbye. Having her suddenly return with Connie becoming defenceless feels like a regression at the very end.
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Blood-
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Episode 12 (Finale)
I hear ya all on the happy ending thing, but it worked for me. I prefer leaving this show knowing that Connie and Scarlett will still be hanging out together as opposed to their poignant separation. At least the finale wasn't a bizarre mish-mash like Roll Over and Die when suddenly a flurry of obscure characters and concepts were chucked into a blender and then dumped over your head. |
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 10378 Location: Virginia |
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In the novel Scarlett announces that she was cheated out of 84 years of life and that is how long she will be around as a ghost.
Randolph asks Connie how much Scarlett is around. Connie indicates that she is there from when Connie wakes up to when she goes to sleep unless she has gone to do something specific. Randolph muses that this may complicate some "activities". He hasn't yet realized that it might not be entirely clear who is operating the body when he tries to get frisky. |
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