Kaguya Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Good dialogue really changes things, right? Stray Cat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Maybe if all of SAO was like this I'd actually watch it! I probably wouldn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbl Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Greatness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 The last third of the second season had real potential, it suffered from one major flaw..... there was absolutely no reason why the story had to take place in the sao universe and the fact that it did destroyed all possible potential of greatness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssal Monkey Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Having read the books, I basically ignore the anime except for the first book (that is pretty much only the Asuna story in Aincrad) and pretend everything else is extra extended universe material. I like to live in my ignorant world that proclaims the editors wanted to make Kirito into a harem protag where he was originally clearly meant to be just a normal romance protag in a fanfic. The alternative is to ignore the romance and actually think about the real world ramifications of the crazy shit the story does introduce. Mind kidnapping people, brainwashing, and coordinating murder in virtual reality for terrorism, using viirtual reality as a substitute for reality for painful terminal illnesses? It might be old, but I don't read much sci-fi, so its pretty cool. That is how you make SAO interesting: just ignore the characters and pretend they don't have personalities. Everybody is a background character where the events are the focus! The last third of the second season had real potential, it suffered from one major flaw..... there was absolutely no reason why the story had to take place in the sao universe and the fact that it did destroyed all possible potential of greatness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 The alternative is to ignore the romance and actually think about the real world ramifications of the crazy shit the story does introduce. Mind kidnapping people, brainwashing, and coordinating murder in virtual reality for terrorism, using viirtual reality as a substitute for reality for painful terminal illnesses? It might be old, but I don't read much sci-fi, so its pretty cool. That is how you make SAO interesting: just ignore the characters and pretend they don't have personalities. Everybody is a background character where the events are the focus! Now, if we see SAO 3, people will be jumping back on the SAO wagon because Alicization basically turns Kirito into a sidekick for the story which makes it incredibly interesting. Though it basically falls into the exact same problem. However, if you're in it for the actual emotion behind the story rather than taking it as mindless action that it's advertised as, I can't help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssal Monkey Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I don't know man I feel like ghost in the shell did alot more with their setting without having interesting characters. I can't even remember the name of the main gal. In SAO the characters are all so flashy (screaming cliches in other words) it's kinda hard to ignore them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Abyssal Monkey, on 19 Feb 2015 - 9:40 PM, said: Hah! I can almost guarantee that its something limited to me. When I read a story, I don't perceive them as a character, but rather a collection of previous actions. Thus, when I see an event happening, I immediately think of how those facts come into play. This main reason why I generally stay away from adaptions of written media, as when I read I don't imagine characters acting it out, but rather objects performing actions. All that descriptive characterization is completely ignored as I don't perceive it. On the other hand, when I see something as an illustrative media, I do the exact opposite and tend to ignore the events taking place in favor of characterization. This is probably why I didn't find many interesting elements of GitS, as I was more focused on the characters than the events and actions they were taking part in. Don't get me wrong though, GitS was great, and Motoko was an excellent lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosakyun Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Woah. That's a gift from God, I tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Reading the title of this thread made me realize you've used a combination of words that will never be possible. Shows like Milky Holmes are considered masterpieces compared to SAO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalChaos Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I tell you watching SAO parodies feels like the best use of actually having watched the anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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