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machetecat
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And then Madoka spoiler[was reincarnated] as the plot of the 3rd film. Calling it.
This looks interesting enough where I'd probably watch the movies, but I'm not gonna flip out if they don't work well with the show. Hopefully they'll be fun to watch, spoiler[and maybe the movie with an original plot will have a happier ending, just to mess with everyone. 
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Iris Rose Lily
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I think this is gonna be good "kyubey's counterattack" very interesting.
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Kyogissun
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There is ONE and ONLY one way I will be content with these compilation movies...
...And that is if they're done from scratch. Aniplex, I already watched the god damn show, I don't need to watch it AGAIN. The show is fresh enough in my mind that if I see the exact same scene merely touched up, I'm gonna be bored. Now, I can see the justification for this IMHO, there's a 'good' bit of stuff from the original series that if done right, can be trimmed away for a neater, better paced and more engrossing story AND, most important, have each movie end on giant cliffhangers. Last but not least, I'm REALLY hoping that the movie sets things up the way we were led to believe, that is that the movie lays out a spoiler['post madoka wish' universe]. Without spoiling anything (other than that spoiler[Madoka does eventually make her wish]) it does greatly alter the outcome of the story and left it open for a lot of stuff. If handled right, The Puella Magi series could become its own franchise and have a number of spin offs before it hits a point of exhaustion and needs one final series to wrap it all up neatly. There's a lot of untapped potential for the series what with the metaphysics and philosophy it dabbles in and the creative team behind the show would be idiots to waste that potential... If you ask me of course.
I really hope this doesn't happen and I'll be honest, if it does I think I'll just drop the series entirely. I'm not saying that there should never be a solution discovered to the overall problem, spoiler[AKA the entropy of the universe and whatnot], but there sure as shit should NOT be a 'quick fix' ending that just makes everything bad go away out of the simple reason of making a happy ending... That's just in bad taste. |
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TarsTarkas
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If they have an adequate budget and the love for the series, then it could be very good. I am willing to give it a chance.
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Vaisaga
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As overrated as I think Madoka is, these movies will be a good chance to fix some of the problems the TV series had.
Lol Gundam reference  Never change, Shinbo.
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Crisha
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No, no, no, Shinbo, you're doing it wrong. The names of the movies in order should be "Madoka Magica , and "Madoka Magica: Revenge of the Witch". Either way, do not go out of order! 
If the movies are filled with more spoiler[rewinds from episode 10], then I'll be pleased. EDIT: "Entropy"
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3rdHalf
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I think it is quite wrong to draw parallels between Madoka Magica Films and Evangelion Films - at least not yet. I doubt that they will totally reanimate first two compilation movies. Instead they will, probably make two recap movies like Eva: Death & Rebirth. P.S I loved the End of Evangelion. It was a fair and reasonable f#ck you, from Anno - to all douchebag Eva fanboys. |
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Veers
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Madoka movies... hm. So it wasn't fake after all, then? Well, I'll watch them because they're Madoka, but I'm pretty skeptical about this news (though I gotta admit I love the name idea, even if it brings up its own share of questions, heh).
Compilations, I dunno... is that necessary? The show's short to begin with... I guess cut out a few landscape pans here and you could trim an hour off to get it down to two 90 minute movies? Madoka is a pretty deliberate and dense series in the sense that there is very little superfluous dialog and its pacing really is pretty solid when you look at the series as three short arcs (1-3, 4-8, 9-12), so if you start trimming stuff to fit a movie timeframe, I'd think there's a good chance you'd have to start cutting out stuff that is significant to the story, leaving you with a movie that fans will either get bored or rage at and newcomers will be missing out on important details, or might be a pacing mess on its own. The show's pacing wasn't perfect (starts pretty slow, even though that's very deliberate and I think changing that aspect too much would destroy a key part of what makes Madoka Madoka... I don't think Kyouko had enough presence relative to what the plot wanted to do with her, and I don't just say that as a Kyouko fan... and the ending, though I've come to appreciate it, still feels a little off in places), but it wasn't bad. I mean, Gurren Lagann and Eva as a couple examples of some shows with compilation movies that I've seen... TTGL's was alright, but I'd never watch it again. Eva1.1 had terrible pacing. Eva2.2 I did like, but I really only liked it because I didn't like NGE, so I was happy with the things 2.2 did differently, which is not the case for Madoka. I'm pretty much with Kyogissun here; if they're just edited footage from the show, that's gonna be pretty uninteresting because I can already watch the show at whatever pace I want (skip to the fights if that's what I'm in the mood for, and so on). I am curious, though, Kyogissun, what "good bit" of stuff you think could be safely trimmed--I'm not being facetious, honestly curious. I think one of the things that made the show work as well as it did was that feeling of creeping dread punctuated by whams/battles/etc., but I'm not saying the story couldn't be good in trimmed down format (after all, I enjoy a couple Madoka AMVs that basically condense the whole show down into 5~ minutes). As for this third movie... I think there is definitely some potential for continuing the story past where the series leaves off or in places where it hurries past, but only if the ending of the series is left untouched. As in, spoiler[Madoka and Sayaka gone for good, story focuses on the aftermath of Madoka's wish from the perspective of the three remaining girls.] There's also some room for further exploration of the ground episode 10 covers, because as effective and powerful of an episode as it was, it moved quickly (to good effect), and it would be cool to see more of Madoka and Homrua's relationship as developed there... also, this would have the added bonuses of not even having a chance to mess with the ending of the series and spoiler[ultimately being deliciously depressing in light of how the series does end.] Anyway, at the end of the day, even if the movies suck, it's not worth getting too bent out of shape about because it's not like continuations or spinoffs that I end up disliking will erode my appreciation for the series....... at least until SHAFT starts taking queues from George Lucas (Madoka forbid), right? I'm setting my expectations really low for these movies in hopes that I'll be pleasantly surprised. One soul crush is enough for me, thanks willag. 
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Kutsu
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I'm actually mostly looking forward to the 3rd movie. I've never been a fan of compilations.
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Crisha
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Han-mura shot first! Kyubeedo shot first!
Aw, hell, I want a shirt of that now.
I aim to please.
Otherwise, I quite agree with a lot of what you said. I shall stay hesitant and skeptical, yet I hope they really expand upon their potential. |
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aereus
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Considering Madoka was a 1cour show, 3 movies would basically be the same running length as the TV series.
I assume they are going to expand on certain things and gloss over others to fill out the entire cast better in the movies. |
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Veers
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Edit: A recent one, http://boards.4chan.org/a/res/56949090 for as long as it's alive, anyway. |
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Sam Murai
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I'm actually more intrigued about what the content of the compilation films will be than the new content of the third film. The show is so well compiled and planned out, it makes me wonder how they will be able to translate it into a tighter window of time. But all things considered, the storyline is straightforward and simple enough to condense to its key points and make for a viable, non-rushed set of films--that is, if they are reanimating a good chunk of it or creating newly-animated scenes to bridge the new chain of events (made from the TV footage) together (I imagine certain things would need to be reshuffled slightly to work…). Otherwise, it will look like a cheap, quickly constructed mess serving only to set-up the new-material 3rd film.
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Hellfish
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A compilation movie is not something I find exciting but I am curious of what they could do with a third film... O.o
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Shiroi Hane
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You mean, people camping outside the cinema weeks before it opens? |
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