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FMA 49 - END / Conqueror of Shamballa Uh... wat the fukk?? I appreciate the big swings in '03's attempt at wrapping things up -- But unfortunately, my memory of this show was somewhat correct as its ending dives straight off a cliff. "Oh, but the friends you made along the wa-" Shut the fuck up Hohenheim.

Damn went out the same way DOOM did.

FMA 40 - 48 That lull is actually way shorter than I remember being because good lord this is fantastic

I suffered so now you must too

I can't. I physically cannot. I have a weekly radio show and stumble upon a thousand artists per year. This is an impossible task.

FMA 29 - 39 The anime original stuff with Wrath and Greed up to episode 34 is GREAT. There's a very Southern Gothic vibe with the Dante mansion that I heavily mess with. Unfortunately, 35 - 39 feels like a lull. It's dragging now -- And while there's moments with Winry and Mustang that feel of narrative significance, something feels off. When the Homunculi are spending their time plotting in dive bars, the threat feels much smaller than it should. Not only that, but the Ishval stuff is becoming a bore.

I went to a Cheeseburger In Paradise once. It was mid. Although now I feel like I need to hit up Margaritaville next time I'm at Universal to pay my respects.

His ass saw Ryuk not once but twice jfc

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/reviews/23852766/one-piece-live-action-review-netflix-season-1 Interesting take that sums up why I'm hesitant on jumping into this.

Dead as a doornail.

That's... insane. I'm still skeptical, but very unexpected nonetheless.

This type of thing always reminds me of this scene from Falling Down. Not sure what this says of me psychologically speaking.

Will see this in theaters, but we need to bring back the intermission holy shit

FMA 26-28 I gave up. A couple things happened in Brotherhood 11 that already occurred in the original series. Mission failed. Chimera Order impossible without editing.

I'll admit, watching anime on a week-to-week basis has become a turn off. Most of this shit has a million characters and plot points I'm not gonna remember in more than 3 days if I don't continuously marathon. Maybe that's the nature of the beast? Maybe I'm getting old? Idk.

FMA 13-25 / Brotherhood 9-10 Well I ruined the illusion of a seamless transition LOL it looks like both So no, as much as I hate to say it, you can't jump from "The Event" into Brotherhood as too much '03 original stuff is in play already. However, aside from The Secretary / Juliette Douglas just hanging out in the background with no follow up, you can seamlessly jump into Brotherhood right after Lab 5 (so basically go from FMA 22 to Brotherhood 9). That said, I forgot how cartoony and lame Brotherhood can be. "The Event" holds no weight and gravitas, and neither does Basque's talk with Ed & the subsequent tension between the brothers. I remember the humor calming itself down at a certain point, but this is really rough. EDIT: Went back and watched FMA 25 with the commentary track to wash the taste out of my mouth. To hell with the inconsistencies, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

But, like... 4:3 shouldn't be a "nuisance" anymore. TV's are too big now to complain about black bars. At the same time, TNT & TBS still crop cinemascope movies to 16:9, so how am I not surprised?

Ticker didn't quite make it to 100.

FMA 8-12 I have a weird nostalgia for the Barry The Butcher episode (it was the 1st episode of FMA I randomly came upon on AS in the mid-00's). Also don't hate the Justin Cook fake-Elrics 2-parter as much as a lot of people do. General observations: Are the backgrounds traditional matte paintings? Wouldn't be surprised if in '03 studios were doing parts of production the old-fashioned way while digitally painting the characters in front of that. Also noticing a decent amount of tape hiss whenever a child actor speaks (as if they were recorded with a different [possibly analog] set up outside of Funi's studio or something due to child labor laws). EDIT: OH BOY. Found a tragic flaw in my approach to use Brotherhood's 1st episode as a pilot to my endeavors here and it's FUCKING HUGHES [In Brotherhood, the Elrics meet him right before Leore, whereas they've known each other for at least 3 years at that point in FMA 03]. This is gonna eat at me but whatever. Not splicing in any other Brotherhood episodes until I bounce off of FMA.

FMA 4-7 Hard to believe Mustang has the same VA in Brotherhood and the OG because here he sounds very... "light" I guess is the word. Also what I can gather from bouncing off of B's pilot to this is that it works! BUT I did notice that the dialogue for that one Brotherhood episode felt very shonen-y and, dare I say, "kiddy" compared to that of these episodes in the OG. It's almost like comparing Marvel fare to Ingmar Bergman. That and you're forced get to hear the introductory "HE'S THE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" twice.

I haven't seen either FMA or FMA:B since the latter was premiering on [AS] like 13 years ago... so guess what I'm doing? FMA:B 1 / FMA 1-3 MACHETE ORDER BABY.

They could just work with the tourism board and offer Crash Bandicoot LARPING to raise funds.

I really hate the trend of adapting arcs/sagas into movies instead of television. Not that I care for the Demon Slayer news since I'm not a fan, but more-so with Chainsaw Man and Made In Abyss.