Comments on: Lightning Chess: reports back from a Code Geass (S1) marathon

By: Omisyth

Omisyth — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:35:55 +0000

Also marathoned Geass, but it was from my days as an inexperienced anime watcher before I gained the knowledge to CRITCISE AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT. Hell, at least it was entertaining.

By: NOTMYNAME

NOTMYNAME — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:51:13 +0000

I think Geass makes a lot of sense…from a theatrical perspective, as opposed to a realistic one, which makes all the difference in the world.

You could go mad trying to find some plausible logic behind a lot of the events in either season, but if you don’t demand that, I think one can appreciate it dramatically and thematically. Some parts don’t even work that way, but many of them do.

Owen: Actually, he meant to use the cliffhanger as the first scene in the show, making the rest of season one a long flashback.

Not the scene at the end of R2, but I can see why you would see some amount of resemblance there.

By: IKnight

IKnight — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:37:58 +0000

I marathoned the first season of Geass the first time I saw it too, and I certainly wasn’t able to collect my thoughts for some time. I think I benefited from marathoning through it, though.

You’ve definitely put your finger on one of its strengths when you say that it does well because it does a lot.

By: Owen S

Owen S — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:43:53 +0000

And I say this knowing just what happens in the last minutes of R2 (well, y’know, I have been around the otakusphere in the last year).

Actually, that’s how Taniguchi wanted the first season of Code Geass to begin–with that scene of R2 in the pilot [citation needed]. So you’re watching the show as how the director originally intended it to be, in a sense!