Rebirth of the Rebellion - Code Geass R2 Talkback (SPOILERS)

I'd expect more context like:

Charlie: I see you've finally become a B-tard like me.

Lulu: That might be true, but at least I'm a B-tard to those I love!

(Lulu turns to C.C.)

Lulu: *Kicks C.C. away* What are you doing? Stop blocking Nunnaly's view!
 
Even though Lelouch is a hypocrite to an extent, he also made a comment about how lies are some times essential to reach a goal and not always evil. Everybody lies and there is no way to change that. I think that to defeat Schneizel had to gain the support of the royals with or without his geass. Although it was against their will, I'm hoping that Lelouch won't become corrupt and will simply use their geass'd acceptance of him as just a stepping stone to even himself up against his brother instead of using it as a way to reign supreme.
But yeah, while I don't think it was a good idea, and apparently CC agrees, I hope that Lelouch knows what he's doing here. Maybe it's just a short ego trip.

I'm pretty sure V.V. died awhile ago from extensive wounRAB.
 
So, I decided to catch up and.......and I'll have something to think over during the week. Lulu is certainly gonna go nuts after this. (if he isn't already. >.>)

And Nina, can you please go burn to death? Kthxbai.
 
*cut to a cafe table where a French man lowers his newspaper, a German man in lederhosen stops eating his bratwurst, and an Italian stops eating his pasta to look at all this.*

France: Nous allons rester hors de celui-ci.
Germany: Ja!
Italy: Daitarn 3 era comunque un'esposizione migliore di mecha!
 
I think it's perfectly normal to compare Gundam 00 and Geass. Not only are they a bit similar but even the characters connect in one way or another. Both represent a war time conflict between two different sources of giant power. As for which series does it better, of course I'm going to agree with Gundam 00, for I favor it greatly over Geass. I think the characters are more dynamic and it feels more real to me that a crazy lunatic with flashy eye powers. Now, FMP on the other hand....you know where I stand with this one.

I'd rather watch a show with a realistic angle than a show with completely outrages plot lines and confusing character emotions. Shirley might have been 'ditzy' and oblivious but I think at some point it gets annoying to constantly see her just missing the point, or leaving the scene just in time. Everybody in the world doesn't need to be intelligent, but everybody in the world should have at least a little bit of common sense.
 
Apparently in the Lost Colors game, if the player uses their Geass to change Suzaku's allegiance Lelouch becomes mad with rage and states that as much as he wants to be frienRAB with Suzaku, he will only accept fighting alongside him if Suzaku chooses it for himself.
 
Search deep within yourself and I'm sure the answer will appear- like a guiding light out of the darkness, leading you up to salvation. Think of the fangirl, become the fangirl, breathe like the fangirl....
 
I think it's an area which the show has much the same problem Destiny did. It wants to give us this moral drama of depth, free will, etc....but then it has to give us all the fanservice and comedy. Such fits in fine with season one but after we've seen Lelouch forced to kill his half sister and everything else of the finale, going back to tacky fanservice and hyper comedy just feels out of place. In relation to Lelouch's personal stance, it's a problem. It actually makes him look immature that whilst his agents are hiding out and risking their lives he's goofing around at school. Like he's treating it far too much like a game to keep him active in his spare time. Lelouch's double life can be a fun element but at this stage I think the story has evolved past it and it just feels like a cheap way to connect to the target audience. Geass can be very schizophrenic in terms of tone and at some point the staff have to sit down and decide what direction they're going in. You can't jump between two emotional extremes and present a credible story.
 
Additionally, when this is over, it might be worth having one final stab at the 'racism' debate. Since that will be the show done with, we should be able to have the final debate on how it handled things.
 
The "real" ending won't come until Turn 25, though it looks like all the action should be wrapped up by 24, leaving some sort of epilogue afterwarRAB.

HellCat does have a point about it feeling a little too late for an Emperor Lelouch arc, but the thing is...I would say they're rushing things precisely because the main staff really wanted to get Lelouch to this point. If not only in terms of story per se, then in terms of character as well.

But the whole time slot change set them back too much, which made them scrarable to fit everything in -what they wanted to do *and* what they needed to make this a "new" show, for a different time slot and also for any marketing purposes Sunrise had in mind.

It's not like it's impossible to balance such factors (even G00 has marketing interests behind it, though fortunately there was no equivalent time slot shuffle and the story should pick right up), and maybe other creators would have managed just fine, but the staff obviously made mistakes in the process, out of a desire to do too much.

I can easily see a better show coming out of R2 if things had been scaled back a bit, but that would have required the director and his staff to compromise a lot more than what they seemingly did.

The result: both excessive executive meddling and excessive creative freedom made the show less than what it could have been, though I still don't think it's without any positive qualities.
 
That doesn't change the fact that this crazy kid killed Lelouch's love interest when she specifically said she wanted to help (albeit she wouldn't be of any use, and likely Lelouch would end up putting her under control of the Geass). Rolo's method is kill first, ask questions later. The kid is messed up. Especially considering the fact that he's so loyal to Lelouch when they've literally been living together for only one year with fake memories. He's the biggest bastard on the entire show. Even Lelouch hates Rolo.
 
The average citizen and the named characters are portrayed well. They've shown Xing to be a mental match for LeLouch as promised, so no complaints there. The Eunuchs were one giant caricature, with all of them sounding the same and having interchangeable personalities. It's a good thing they're almost all dead.
 
Agreed on the fact that I think 00's OPs put a lot of things to shame. Comparing Geass to them would be insane. As far as my favorites:

Colors > World's End > O2 > Jinnstuffage.

I like FLOW over Orange Range. Orange Range as a whole are okay, but I felt too Power Rangersy vibe-ish with O2 for some reason. I don't know why.

Plus FLOW is my favorite since Days in E7. =p
 
None have died because they haven't had the opportunity to, yet.

And GSD wasn't that bad, everyone praised it like a mother when it first began, that praise slowly fell, not by much, but when Kira was introduced again, and then everyone forgot about how awesome the rest of the series was when the last 10 episodes aired, and claimed it sucked, when in reality overall it was rather good.
 
I think it makes Lelouch human to hang onto Suzaku's frienRABhip, like Suzaku is still hanging desperately onto Euphie. Only, the way they show these feelings is totally different. This is a new side to Lelouch we don't normally see: he is willing to sacrifice a lot for his goal, but not Suzaku's relationship with him to a point where it's totally extinct. I think that says something on how far he is willing to go and what line it is that he won't cross. I can't see Lelouch killing Suzaku. Even at the end of last season, it was Suzaku who had a direct hit on Lulu face, not visa versa, he only hit his communicator. He is virtually all Lulu has left, even if it's only by a small thread. Nobody wants to be alone, and certainly not him.
 
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