Saber Marionette R Episode 1 Discussion

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Dec 4, 2010 5:48 AM

Seabury

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Wow! This was literally twice as good as I was expecting it to be! I'd watched all the other saber marionettes first, but apparently this was the first one made, and with a different director too. Isn't it amazing how the same source materials in the hands of different directors can turn out so different? The camera angles, the facial expressions, body language, the pacing, and more are all drastically improved from the other series. 5/5 first episode for me, let's hope they can keep it up...

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Dec 24, 2016 7:02 AM

Fortress_Maximus

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Did a plaster spontaneously appear on Lime's head when Lun hit her from behind or was it already there?

This part (along with Lime doing Explosive Mega Punch on Lun) made me laugh the most:

*Lime licks chocolate off of Junior's face*
Cherry: Oh no! I still haven't done that to him yet!

Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022

Jun 25, 2017 1:24 PM

shinydan

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Let me see if I've understood this. In this show, all the women are dead, so we get male clones and androids with "girl circuits" but - at least in this version - no homosexuality. That's a ridiculously misogynistic premise for a show. Special pleading crossed with pseudo-science to give viewers an excuse to watch women beat each other up for the favour of their men. And the one with the sexadolls is evil because somehow our viewpoint characters have the moral high ground. It's Whileaway through the looking glass and it isn't terribly watchable anyway.

I thought I was being unfair, so I tried episode 2. No spoilers, but seeing one of the androids doing something non-sexual but appallingly servile within the first 4 minutes was where I drew the line. Goodnight, Vienna.

Oct 9, 2017 12:24 PM

Berry-Vodka

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ok this is Romana not Japanesu :D This happens 200 years after sm j and j to x so of course there's women. it surprise me that ppl still can be clone out but there's a difference between those who were born out of a mother and father !!! wow You gotta reach the end of this ova to know that and the king's origins.....

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