Forum - View topicREVIEW: Log Horizon Blu-Ray [2015-02-23]
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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I like how this review - all fifteen hundred words of it - took the time to explain in detail what made Log Horizon so good and yet so frustrating. It can be such a strong show in some areas while so weak in others. The Goblin King Arc is incredibly well-written, the world-building is outstanding and the character development for the youngsters is solid and meaningful. Yet the final five episodes are underwhelming and feel tacked on; no-one seems to really care that they're stuck in a game; and though the ideas and game mechanics are fascinating and intelligently formed, the exposition is undeniably clunky.
I love Log Horizon to bits but it has too many issues to simply ignore. It's still a great show though. |
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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If you've been watching the second season, dtm42, you'll notice that the subject of "no-one seems to really care that they're stuck in a game" plays a significant role in later events, especially in regards to the Odyssey Knights. Though I agree that many people, from the outside anyway, appear to have taken it more lightly than is to be expected.
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jr240483
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also it can be a pretty set up for the ending for the series. considering that the world is connected to the game,there is a high chance that if something bad happens in the real world the elder tales world will be effected. though there are definitely some gaping holes on how they got there. if this was an VRMMORPG like SAO was then it would make sense,but since its from a PC and their literately , even the real world would have to take notice. especially if their missing for a long time.
well they had to use those storylines and end it like that in the event there wasnt gonna be a season season considering that LN like these as well as some mangas when they get an anime version, they dont completely be faithful towards the original materials and use their own filler storylines to end the anime series like that. also i wouldnt call that a love triangle at all. for one thing minori is middle school kid. nothing serious was gonna happen. i can easily tell that this author wasnt going to go to the SAO fairy dance arc route in order to please the hardcore otaku community. if it was the former tea party leader and akasuki (considering all three are college students) instead i would agree with you.especially considering how much shiro thinks back about her during his time at the tea party. But it was funny and a calming change of pace over the serious tone during the goblin king arc. and to be frank the dub tone for crusty and lenessia was definitely funny. i really put in the tone for the whole "love-hate relationship" with those two. especially with lenessia consider how much she changed after meeting him and have taking a serious liking at times,but cant stand the guy at times as well for acting like a "mind reading monster" |
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Parsifal24
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I kind of unconditionally love this series sure the animation is "bargain basement" and the love triangle is forced. And yet the strengths such as the world building to the relationships with characters make me not care
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jr240483
Posts: 4378 Location: New York City,New York,USA |
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i would agree that it did felt forced , but it was kinda predictable that it would happen. though i would have expected it to be with akasuki and the former tea party leader and during the second season. not with a middle school kid like minori. definitely threading the lolicon tendices a bit much since a lot of people dont like that type of fanservice. |
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