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You say you want a (Slayers) Revolution?
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 Quote: Lina Inverse is a wanted felon for the crime of.....being Lina Inverse.And even better, her friends are willing to admit that that's a valid charge. -- If you become a monster to put down a monster you've still got a monster running around at the end of the day and have as such not really solved the whole monster problem at all.  Quote: Florin wrote: That was rather funny! It's also hilarious the contrast between Lina's self-image vs what other folk thinks of her. "When you hit a storm, pray to a god" "If you meet Lina Inverse, curse a god, " "There is no future left for you" So what is she..a demonic otherworldly entity? __________________ Into terror!, Into valour! Charge ahead! No! Never turn Yes, it's into the fire we fly And the devil will burn! - Scarlett Pimpernell  Quote: ordnance11 wrote: No, just a typical dungeon-fantasy-RPG player character. -- 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 
And the most recent ep is great for an explanation of random tiny creature.
It also shows what NOT to say to Lina. "You're boobless! Queen of the land of Boobless, here to spread booblessness!" I do love that the entire chain of evidence is "mage tanks destroyed by Dragon Slaves with no consideration for collateral damage: must be Lina Inverse." --- "Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay waste."
Are you getting a different translation than I am? (I've only found the Static-Subs/Eclipse fansub.) That quote looks a bit different than the one I
remember reading... -- 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 Quote: OpMegs wrote: For some strange reason, I keep seeing Edward Elric instead of the creature. __________________ Into terror!, Into valour! Charge ahead! No! Never turn Yes, it's into the fire we fly And the devil will burn! - Scarlett Pimpernell Quote: robkelk wrote: I'm doing Eclipse subs, mainly because I liked their work on Code Geass. I was writing it from memory, though, so it may be a touch off. --- "Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay waste."
And Episode 3 is up from Eclipse and other groups.
I had to laugh at the end of this one. They played the "because you're Lina Inverse!" thing perfectly, but Mr. Inspector isn't an idiot at all. Well....not much of one. Constantly inviting himself to be slugged was kinda stupid. That said, I wonder what could happen to cause Zel to go crazy as the preview for next ep shows. --- "Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay waste." Quote:They played the "because you're Lina Inverse!" thing perfectly, but Mr. Inspector isn't an idiot at all. Well....not much of one.Just when I thought he was a parody of Inspector Zenigata, they go and pull this kind of character-building stuff... Quote:That said, I wonder what could happen to cause Zel to go crazy as the preview for next ep shows.Oh, any number of things... but I'm betting on something connected to Zel's origin story. -- 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
So, finally, I've gotten through this series as well as the followup "Second season" of Evolution-R
I have but one thing to say. THAT IS HOW YOU DO A FINALE. It may have been a deus ex machina to bring about that fight, but it really was worth it. I said at the beginning that the animation of Slayers Revolution was beautiful compared to the older show. Well, all I can say is that Evolution-R must've been the producers going "You know, that fight was awesome, but wouldn't it look EVEN BETTER with modern animation?" The fact that this is liscensed already makes me so happy. I can't wait to see the dubbed version. For those of you that are spoiler-hogs, the rundown of what all 26 episodes were building up to: The McGuffin of the second season is the Hellmaster's Jar, a magical focus that apparently contains the preserved soul of Rezo, the Red Priest. After about half a season of trying to find it, adnd then getting it from the previous owner, we spend a couple episodes trying to decide whether or not to ressurect Rezo at all, even if he's the key to restoring Tagorashia, Pokota's home country from season 1. Eventually, they do so anyway, and Rezo assists in resurrecting the country, but on the eve of their celebration, Lina and Xellos confront him to confirm one thing: that the Demon Lord Shabranigdo was reborn along with Rezo's soul. Xellos recalls Gaav, whose soul was bound to a human's and grew more powerful with each reincarnation. If Shabranigdo's "ghost" has gained the same ability, then he's a threat to all Mazoku-kind, even as he realizes taht Shabranigdo has forgotten the very goals of purposeful destruction that he once taught the mazoku themselves to uphold. So he assists Lina in one final fight of defiance against the soul of the Demon Lord, resulting in possibly the most epic and apocalyptic looking rendition of Lina (Referred to by Shabranigdo as "the one whose eyes know not despair") and Shabranigdo himself, who has modern animation to properly convey him as an engine of utter destruction rather than his old "somewhat bigger monster than before" look from the first season of Slayers. All of which leads up to the finale wherein Lina's forced to cast the Giga Slave again to destroy Shabranigdo once and for all. Superb, Slayers Evolution-R. Absolutely superb. My inner fanboy totally squeed with delight. --- "Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay waste." |
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