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Has anyone seen "Blame!" on Netflix? (no spoilers)
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Kojirospath
Member
I liked it. First 10-15 minutes are the highlight though.
GoldCrusader
Member
It's pretty amazing. Gorgeous show with a great dark scifi theme.
Absolutely worth a watch.
Absolutely worth a watch.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
I watched the opening scene and it pretty much told me that I'd find the characters and plot insufferable.
Was I wrong?
Was I wrong?
the most mountain of dews
Member
I hate cg but I still tried it. Had to quit halfway through. If the animation isn't good I can't watch an anime, no matter how good the story is.
H.Protagonist
[-_-]/
It wasn't bad, but it lacked the lonely, foreboding, alien feel of the manga. The spirit of the story (the main character, really) is the vast, isolated landscape, and they just weren't able to do it justice in the movie because of time/pacing restrictions. Still, I didn't feel like I'd wasted my time.
Read the manga!
Would have to know what you specifically disliked. The main cast is rather run of the mill (the mysterious silent dude aside) but also not in a way that they annoyed me.
You are gonna get more exposition than you are used to, a couple of things are outright stated that are only revealed toward the end of the manga. It could have used more traversal to sell how absolutely huge the city is, but there's still some great scenery. There's some story changes that I didn't especially care for.
It's still worth a watch.
cityhunter
Banned
Like H.Protagonist said, it's ok but do missed those lonely walks across the mass Vista that is the neverending expansion of the cities and levels. The movie kinda shorten and changed a bit around the electro-fisherman arch while left out some other elements that people that read the manga will know what I'm talking about. Overall it's worth a watch, but definitely try to read the manga for the full flavor. Consider the movie like a teaser to the main course.
Todai Heavy Industries baby~
Hero Prinny
Member
didn't think it was anything too special, i guess its more fan service for people who read the manga. Like a previous poster said the firs 10 minutes or so are the best part, after that it slowly starts to go downhill.
It would be awesome, but too risky to make a movie mostly devoid of dialogue. I think the electro fisher arc gives them a good starting point because of the human element. I just hope we get a sequel involving the silicon creatures. I get including a 3rd faction would probably make the movie a convoluted mess, but I still want to see them in high-ish budget form.
Is a sequel planned? I keep seeing people mention Toha Heavy Industries.
Chairmanchuck
Member
A sequel was announced.
Just watched the movie. I dont really think it works as a single movie. Showing a "sidestory"/arc of a manga doesnt really work as a stand-alone product.
People wanna know more about the structure and the universe, but I doubt they will read the manga.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Yeah, but as a stand-alone product, if people havent read the manga, it doesnt make that much sense imo.
Especially since it was advertised also as someone for Blame newcomers (unlike the Gantz Osaka arc adaption).
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
It's kinda dark but I enjoyed it.
Is this that big a deal? It certainly works for most of the Max Max movies and other similar stories where the wandering warrior enters into an already long established dispute between different groups and characters. I have friends who watched it with no clue about the manga and loved it. The story is stand alone enough with enough world building and lore to work as its own thing.
spazchicken
Member
I watched it yesterday, picked at random. Came out of nowhere and never heard of it before. I enjoyed it and plan to watch it again because I was half watching the first portions of it and got really soaked into the last half.
The armor and gun style caught my interest at the beginning and the introduction of the corpse robot girl is where I put down whatever else I was doing.
The armor and gun style caught my interest at the beginning and the introduction of the corpse robot girl is where I put down whatever else I was doing.
TheGameshark
Member
Yeah basically. They were smart and simplified it enough for it to work.
My most rewatched movie of the year. Sound design in general is just amazing, and the OST is fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q576e2453LY&index=28&list=PL5biZceIFYMPbupE47JihVM2Ley36RVfX
What even is this? It's like Basil Poledouris and John Williams scored Tron as a western together, repeatedly referenced Final Fantasy victory music, and then gave the beam emitter it's own fucking piano theme.
This was not what I expected and I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q576e2453LY&index=28&list=PL5biZceIFYMPbupE47JihVM2Ley36RVfX
What even is this? It's like Basil Poledouris and John Williams scored Tron as a western together, repeatedly referenced Final Fantasy victory music, and then gave the beam emitter it's own fucking piano theme.
This was not what I expected and I love it.
meltingparappa
Member
Unfortunately, the sequel announcement turned out to be a vaguely untraceable rumor, which is a shame.
The manga's story is almost modular at times, and they could have adapted any number of future arcs.
Booker Dewitt
Member
Wound up turning it off during the first action scene. Thought the direction of it was super messy and being a few beers deep I kind of found that and the intentional choppiness of the animations unpleasant to look at.
May give it another shot at some point, because they seemed to nail the aesthetic
May give it another shot at some point, because they seemed to nail the aesthetic
shaowebb
Member
Definitely worth the watch. The lure for me is that the setting sticks with you. The tone and atmosphere is pretty great. In the manga it is insane to get an idea of just how big the endless city has expanded to become.
You think...okay maybe its a single city the size of North America. Hah. noooooo...in the manga you find out that there is a single room that is the size of Jupiter. The city expanded beyond our planet long ago. Its possible it is an enormous dyson sphere encompassing not only the sun but well beyond the ORBIT of jupiter at some point. There is nothing to refute this in the manga and a great deal to support it currently. Amazing setting. Lost in something that large. No maps. No history. No idea how it works. No idea what its up against or what you may find within it. So good.
Saw it during the week it was released on Netflix. Had an interesting sci-fi like setting with some nice action scenes. Also, good animation from Polygon Pictures just like their other works (Ajin, Knights of Sidonia) and Killy is GOAT.
I would love to see a sequel in form of a TV series. Hell, I'd like an adaptation of the parody spinoff.
I would love to see a sequel in form of a TV series. Hell, I'd like an adaptation of the parody spinoff.
It's good. Say that as someone who doesn't like anime.
Having looked at the comic a bit, it's VERY strange that they didn't do a series (perhaps that's coming up) and very strange that they started with this story.
I still find the name BLAME! unbelievably frustrating. It's meant to be BLAM but he couldn't spell.
Having looked at the comic a bit, it's VERY strange that they didn't do a series (perhaps that's coming up) and very strange that they started with this story.
I still find the name BLAME! unbelievably frustrating. It's meant to be BLAM but he couldn't spell.
sixteen-bit
Member
I watched it but didn't really understand it.
Soldiussnaku
Member
It was okay, boring in parts and the English VO was terrible as is the par for anime nowadays, so watch in the Jap dib if possible.
Watched till the end yet did it for the battles and not much else.
Watched till the end yet did it for the battles and not much else.
You should see how the author of Hunter X Hunter handles the english language.