Sailor Moon Crystal

[Labster]

So, Crystal is over now.  And, according to the fansubbers, none too soon:

please stop this anime genocide

SMC was a mistake, but thankfully it's finally over.

only one more ep until the suffering is oversubbing this show makes me feel like i've been trapped in a space-time void

I kinda stopped watching around episode 22.  I had been watching classic Uchuu Senkan Yamato, and realized that Yamato easily had twice the animation of Crystal in the last few episodes.  So I just stopped.  A static part-of-a-girl's-face for 15s at 1080p is not an improvement over classic BSSM anime.
In the end, it just didn't have the tight pacing of the manga, nor the comedic content of the older anime.  Nor much content at all.  The first 14 episodes might be worth it if you want a summary of the manga story in anime form.  I enjoyed it until about that point, though it's not amazing.  After that, I don't think I liked a single episode -- superheroes standing around talking for 20 minutes with 2 minutes of action is not very dramatic.
I don't think there's any new content here, so Bob et al. can safely ignore it for their fics.
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[Bob Schroeck]

I don't think there's any new content here, so Bob et al. can safely ignore it for their fics.

Oh, I was going to anyway, but I enjoyed the five or six episodes I'd managed to see.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Black Aeronaut]

I think I'd still like to borrow some material from it for my SI fic (Garrick Grimm, not Ezekiel Darkwood).

Garrick making certain that the Four Heavenly Generals survive would butterfly things something fierce, I think.

[robkelk]

I think I'd still like to borrow some material from it for my SI fic (Garrick Grimm, not Ezekiel Darkwood).

Garrick making certain that the Four Heavenly Generals survive would butterfly things something fierce, I think.

Usagi and Mamoru each having a bodyguard unit / circle of confidants / specialist team rather than just Usagi having a support group would change things somewhat, yes.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[GethN7]

I think I'd still like to borrow some material from it for my SI fic (Garrick Grimm, not Ezekiel Darkwood).

Garrick making certain that the Four Heavenly Generals survive would butterfly things something fierce, I think.

Usagi and Mamoru each having a bodyguard unit / circle of confidants / specialist team rather than just Usagi having a support group would change things somewhat, yes.

I'd honestly think it might have added more gravitas and plot springboards to the canon, given the backstories behind the guys.

[Black Aeronaut]

GethN7 wrote:

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robkelk wrote:

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Black Aeronaut wrote:

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I think I'd still like to borrow some material from it for my SI fic (Garrick Grimm, not Ezekiel Darkwood).

Garrick making certain that the Four Heavenly Generals survive would butterfly things something fierce, I think.

Usagi and Mamoru each having a bodyguard unit / circle of confidants / specialist team rather than just Usagi having a support group would change things somewhat, yes.

I'd honestly think it might have added more gravitas and plot springboards to the canon, given the backstories behind the guys.

And the fact the Usagi's bodyguards/generals each has a corresponding significant other in Mamorou's own cadre of bodyguard/generals is the freaking icing on the cake.
Yeah, this has 'FUND IT' written all over it.

[OpMegs]

I watched the whole thing with my wife, and we enjoyed it, even if taking pokes at the plot holes (Why doesn't Pluto just slow time down if she's forbidden to stop it on pain of death? It's not like Dimande was particularly moving the crystals together that fast) was as much a reason to as anything. Now that it's over, we'll probably be getting back to the classic series, just to (heavily) contrast how the Black Moon Clan alone was handled.

This is kind of a master course on the value of filler. Sure, a lot of the episodes in Classic SM didn't progress the plot, but we got to see the girls' personalities a lot more, and they added flavor. The Black Moon Clan's Phantom Sisters got a redemption arc in classic, whereas they get burned one after the other as particularly named mooks in Crystal.

All in all, it's probably not bad if you hadn't seen the original stuff before. But for people wanting a modernization of the Classic Sailor Moon stuff they grew up with, it fell flat on its face. Now we just see if the merchandising boom gets it a season 2.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Labster]

I think it's safe to say there's a merchandising boom:
Collect
all of the different packaging!
Just in
case you haven't read it, a link to the RPG of champions, Senshi:
The Merchandising.
I'd just like to note
that my opinions aren't really clouded by nostalgia.  I watched
classic Sailormoon for the first time 2-3 years ago, in the Japanese
language.  What I was expecting was an anime adaptation closely following the manga, what I got was an animated manga.  The "adaptation" part was mostly missing.

This is kind of a master course on the value of filler.

Very much this.  I probably would have continued watching had I not seen the original
series, just to see where the story went.  But I don't think the new series would have captured my imagination afterwards -- I probably would have just thought about it vaguely once in a while, rather than toy with the idea of writing a fic in the universe.  The filler was a large part of the appeal: these girls might be superheroes or reincarnated goddesses, but ultimately they're still teenagers dealing with just growing up in addition to saving the world.  Growing up is hard enough.
And somehow I rest easier in a world where the future Queen and her court are likely to start bickering over who ate the last croquette.
-- ∇×V

[robkelk]

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And somehow I rest easier in a world where the future Queen and her court are likely to start bickering over who ate the last croquette.

There wouldn't be a "last croquette" - Mako-chan would simply make more.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012