Comments on: Birdy the Mighty Decode Review - 82,5/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Machi http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-12312 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:17:35 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-12312 Well its as I said in the shoutbox this show is good but that's just it the show is well good but nothing close to great or outstanding. It doesn't particularly try to impress in story telling, I mean I feel really empty with each episode and just go on for continuity sake since each episode isn't particularly something that stands out to make you think "I want to rewatch it". Or rather one wouldn't even bother much re-watching it because its very predictable, I'm not at all impressed with the build up of the show (if that's what one would like to call its progress towards events.) Frankly, it just doesn't try to leave a "Closed door that leaves us guessing". What I mean by that quotation is that it gives too much or too obvious a hint into the plot that as a viewer I don't feel at all drawn to engage the show. If the show gave a suggestion as to what is being built up, by suggestion I mean a very subtle hint, then I'd be inclined to engage the show and try to work as if I could try to write what will happen next and end up surprised at how much better what the show presented/wrote from what I wrote in my imagination. To relate it back to the quote this show isn't a closed door that leaves one wondering what could be behind it but rather its a door wide open that you can already see whats inside and so no longer feel the inclination to engage in the pleasure of guessing or thinking about the other side of the door. Its difficult to explain but its the feeling I get when I watch shows like say Kaiba, Dennou Coil, or Fantastic Children (now those are great examples of shows that are able to leave a closed door that leaves the audience guessing rather than an open door that leaves audience to be passive viewers as Tetsuwan Birdy season 1 does.) Just my rather complicated two cents hahahaha Well its as I said in the shoutbox this show is good but that’s just it the show is well good but nothing close to great or outstanding. It doesn’t particularly try to impress in story telling, I mean I feel really empty with each episode and just go on for continuity sake since each episode isn’t particularly something that stands out to make you think “I want to rewatch it”. Or rather one wouldn’t even bother much re-watching it because its very predictable, I’m not at all impressed with the build up of the show (if that’s what one would like to call its progress towards events.)

Frankly, it just doesn’t try to leave a “Closed door that leaves us guessing”. What I mean by that quotation is that it gives too much or too obvious a hint into the plot that as a viewer I don’t feel at all drawn to engage the show.

If the show gave a suggestion as to what is being built up, by suggestion I mean a very subtle hint, then I’d be inclined to engage the show and try to work as if I could try to write what will happen next and end up surprised at how much better what the show presented/wrote from what I wrote in my imagination. To relate it back to the quote this show isn’t a closed door that leaves one wondering what could be behind it but rather its a door wide open that you can already see whats inside and so no longer feel the inclination to engage in the pleasure of guessing or thinking about the other side of the door.

Its difficult to explain but its the feeling I get when I watch shows like say Kaiba, Dennou Coil, or Fantastic Children (now those are great examples of shows that are able to leave a closed door that leaves the audience guessing rather than an open door that leaves audience to be passive viewers as Tetsuwan Birdy season 1 does.) Just my rather complicated two cents hahahaha

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-12035 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:40:43 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-12035 Steve: I do want to urge you to check out the second season, then. It's better in every single way when compared to the first season and it has more than enough deaths to make up for this, and at least Nakasugi is gone now. Steve: I do want to urge you to check out the second season, then. It’s better in every single way when compared to the first season and it has more than enough deaths to make up for this, and at least Nakasugi is gone now.

]]> by: Steve Hoffman http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-12034 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:17:43 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-12034 I personally felt cheated by the end. They took a great story, and cheapened it immensely by removing the sting of death in exchange for the possibility of a second season. I loved the original, but this story built up to a great climax and then just fizzled in resolution. I personally felt cheated by the end.

They took a great story, and cheapened it immensely by removing the sting of death in exchange for the possibility of a second season. I loved the original, but this story built up to a great climax and then just fizzled in resolution.

]]> by: Denizen http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9579 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:57:53 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9579 This was a very flip-floppy series, really. The first three episodes were excellent, and then it just dropped - and as you said, the overall quality rose again. Some parts are really badly drawn and animated, and some have the most amazing production values of this year. It's an interesting use of budget, and I think it does pay off. Overall, it's been one of the most enjoyable series of the season, and i'm looking forward to the second part. This was a very flip-floppy series, really. The first three episodes were excellent, and then it just dropped - and as you said, the overall quality rose again. Some parts are really badly drawn and animated, and some have the most amazing production values of this year. It’s an interesting use of budget, and I think it does pay off.

Overall, it’s been one of the most enjoyable series of the season, and i’m looking forward to the second part.

]]> by: ryvrdrgn14 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9574 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:49:54 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9574 The first time I watched this in the original version I was like "Eh? What the hell is going on?" I was interested in the concept, but this new remake definitely makes the story and characters much clearer so I really like it. I just hope the second season isn't bad. The first time I watched this in the original version I was like “Eh? What the hell is going on?”

I was interested in the concept, but this new remake definitely makes the story and characters much clearer so I really like it.

I just hope the second season isn’t bad.

]]> by: green http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9569 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:04:35 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9569 Looking forward to your blassreiter review. Birdy is alrite I guess. I give it 7/10, nothing particularly outstanding though. Looking forward to your blassreiter review.

Birdy is alrite I guess. I give it 7/10, nothing particularly outstanding though.

]]> by: senerikfred http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9567 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:11:25 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9567 Ah, okay then. It's just that sometimes you randomly put things on hold, then give up, but it really is easier this way. :P Ah, okay then. It’s just that sometimes you randomly put things on hold, then give up, but it really is easier this way. :P

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9564 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:53:53 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9564 senerikfred: when I first started with this blog, I indeed waited with my reviews until the series fully finished. Then Red Garden came along, with its supposed sequel "Dead Girls", which vanished into thin air when it aired. Because of that, I decided to just write a review for every individual series, for consistency's sake. senerikfred: when I first started with this blog, I indeed waited with my reviews until the series fully finished. Then Red Garden came along, with its supposed sequel “Dead Girls”, which vanished into thin air when it aired. Because of that, I decided to just write a review for every individual series, for consistency’s sake.

]]> by: senerikfred http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9562 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:42:17 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/birdy-the-mighty-decode-review-825100/#comment-9562 Eh? I haven't even been watching this, but if it has a second season, don't you usually wait 'til the END-end before you write a review? Eh?
I haven’t even been watching this, but if it has a second season, don’t you usually wait ’til the END-end before you write a review?

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