Forum - View topicREVIEW: Sword Art Online episodes 1-7
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Chagen46
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SAO is not the kind of show that really needs Kajiura's grand style. I notices more guitars that I would've expected, though. As for me, I nearly considered dropping the show at a few points, but I stick with it for three reasons: -I feel like I should finish what I started -The promises of the show getting better by fans -Kirito is pretty hot and badass |
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dtm42
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Well then Fencedude5609, we can finally agree on something. Yay.
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getchman
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should i be happy or concerned about this little development?
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jojothepunisher
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Not to mention that the author wrote the side stories mainly for his wish to depict the kind of feel that you would get when you encounter someone much stronger than you in a MMO. In the end, he wasn't actually trying to explain anything significant that were omitted in the first novel, it was more like a fan product. The only worthy side story was the one with Saki, and I honestly felt that arc deserved two episodes, to lay out the emotional impact that event had on Kirito's playing style. It would have being fine even if they removed the arcs on the blacksmith and the dragon tamer in the anime. |
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Yttrbio
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Thatguy3331
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I'm behind two episodes due to certian circumstances involving internet, but I am enjoying this show. As far as Kirito's concerned, I'm pretty ok with him. Besides if I were him I'd probably also be broding between solo and helping others out (though I doubt I'd get a harem, [s] lucky anime bastards [/s] spoiler[JK]) all in all depending on how it handles the rest of LN material it could prove to be a nice 24 ep series.
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Spotlesseden
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Just because it doesn't mean anything to you. It's still important info to know because the final 3/4 of the series will be very different than what you see so far. It will have a continuous story instead of episodic. It doesn't mean the rest of the show will be good. Edit: added for everybody. It's up to you on whether you like the show or not. People who want the author to follow their standard is sad. At the end, scores don't matter. they are all opinions. It's either you like it or you don't. |
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ss-hikaru
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Wow... Thanks so much that was hella entertaining 
I want to see more of Klein too. At first I thought Asuna was cool, but she's kind of annoying now. Yeah, definitely want to see more Klein. |
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ShinnFlowen
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Theron pointed at the two biggest flaws in the show which is the generic main character and the ridiculous event of having people trapped in an MMO for 2 years.
10,000 people trapped in an MMO would make headlines rather quickly so there's no way they'd be stuck for more than a week, yet recent episodes say 2 years passed. It would be hard to accommodate a staggering amount of people in hospitals and the costs aren't cheap either. You would also expect that 2 years would present change in characters' personalities as two years in a setting where people are removed from everything they cared in reality (Only one minor example of this was shown). A character is GENERIC if there is nothing noteworthy about him or her. Kirito is a prime example of generic as he is pretty boring to watch and they try to make him seem more interesting through identifying him constantly as a loner or a beater. You don't need characters always saying that crap to make him interesting. Another problem is the lack of "major villains/events" to help flesh out or grow Kirito's character. The villain in episode 5-6 was not memorable and the unfortunate events of episode 3 were executed to quickly to be meaningful. Those of you arguing that 7-8 episodes is too short to establish good characters know that there are animated movies/shows that are able to achieve such a feature in short periods of time, meaning SAO should not be an exception. I think a C+ should have been the overall score of episodes 1-7. |
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v1cious
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Got better in 8. There's finally an actual plot developing.
Last edited by v1cious on Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:55 am; edited 1 time in total |
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egoist
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It's like you missed the whole thing. They tried doing something about it from day one. |
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Echo_City
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When Kirito's sandwich explodes ("expires" if we wanna be technical), the video cuts the audio to Linkin Park's Chester Bennington belting out "CRAWLING IN MY SKIN". How does an excerpt from the song Crawling by Linkin Park have anything to do with the expiration of a sandwich? |
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Polycell
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I think it's supposed to be that old standby, the mundane event set to dramatic music. I'd say "E for effort", but there'd have to be some first.
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Megiddo
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Maybe it would help if you watch more of them? (warning: very high volume) |
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Clarste
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The very first episode showed that the villain announced his plan on the news. It's widely known. The problem is that there's no easy solution to the problem because it's a hostage situation where the kidnapper can easily kill all 10,000 hostages. Hostage situations have been known to go on for years in some cases, so that part isn't particularly implausible. Although if you're a computer security expert or a real life hostage negotiator I'm sure you could find some holes in it. Honestly, I don't think the anime is particularly great and the score of B- given by the review makes sense to me, and even a C+ would be understandable, but I feel like the show's greatest detractors are the ones who aren't actually paying any attention to what's going on. Which hides the legitimate flaws in the series by attracting a bunch of outraged defenders like me. |
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