Full Metal Alchemist

[76]

Once again I'd say to just watch the show for what it is. You're certainly not going to enjoy it if you continue to compare every aspect of it to the manga/anime because it won't be the same. It's a new show, expect some changes.

I was and am watching it for my own, personal entertainment, however what is the point of discussion if we always state that which we like and never that which we do not?

I did expect new changes - I did not like the ones I saw.

The first series was accurate to the manga, for the first 20 episodes, with this series , Instead if having 20 OF THE EXACT SAME EPISODES. is having one or two ANIME ONLY EPISODES to quickly bring it up to speed. It's not suppose to be the same.

My point is: they could have done BETTER.

What part of that DON'T. YOU. GET?

Not a damn bit of it.

In fact I think we've been over this several times, and you always conveniently ignore that part of the post. Which means either you're not reading at all, or you're just Bawwing for the sake of it.

We'll never truly know, will we?

FMA is a great anime, and the half-ass job they're putting into this series is what's peeving me. Not that it's "not exactly like the old series or the manga".

It really feels like they're treating it just like the DB:E movie; Just throwing something out there to ease the masses.

It felt like I was watching an OVA special of the show where everyone had to get their 2 minutes of screentime.

By the way: Where does this series pickup relative to the story manga-wise?

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[guardiansoulblade]

It's the "Mother" remake of the first series episode 3 airing today, I'm looking forward to seeing it inside the gate. I wonder if they'll have all those funny words written on the gate like in the manga.

[Ishbalan]

Well, to be honest, having already swallowed eternal sadness last Sunday after that horrific timevoid they call a pilot episode, I can say that I enjoyed the second episode a bit. Just a bit. I cringed and grimaced only once:
It was when they Ed announced in a monologue, "But then our mother died in an epidemic" WITHOUT ANY VISUALS OF THE EVENT EXCEPT A MINUTE AT HER GRAVE. The event was so emotional before. This time around, they didn't give us half a moment to become attached to Trisha. Fucking.... fuck.

Other than that, I thought it went rather smoothly. We covered pretty much everything that needed to be said leading up to Ed becoming a State Alchemist in one episode. The alchemy exam was much shorter and simpler than before, and we had no extra time or anything to meet characters. Ed met Mustang, Hawkeye, and the Fuhrer and no one else of significance. So I suppose I must forgive the hasty introduction they gave Hughes. Scrap the emotion and binge on the plot because we've got no time for my sappy episodic pissfest.
I was happy to see the appearance of many until-now manga-exclusive elements that I missed (because I don't read manga.... at all. I know what you're all thinking after reading that, but its the truth. Sorry for being so pretentious. ). Back when I was obessed with FMA, I used to read up on the manga's plot on wikipedia and I was fascinated by it, and I'm happy to see it now coming to fruition on screen. They mentioned Xing and Xerxes, and they implied that Hughes had been to the battlefield, and most important of all, Truth was there.
The new take on the Truth scene was done, admittedly, better than originally. (Though, I still would have liked to have seen that opening scene from episode 1.) In the original, they covered the need-to-know stuff initially, and then covered the rest later when Izumi came into the picture. This time it was covered all at once.

In conclusion, we've stepped up from being a moldy meatloaf to being a meat patty thats gone through the Lean Mean Grillin' Machine, but we're still a long way from being the deluxe Ribeye that was the original Fullmetal Alchemist.

[guardiansoulblade]

WHAT THE HECK?! They gave Trisha Elric 30 FLIPPIN' SECONDS? They spent 15-20 MINUTES LAST TIME AND ALL SHE GETS THIS TIME IS 30 SECONDS?! That's not right! I can understand them flying through the alchemy exam, that's not that important, but what they did to Trisha is wrong, Wrong, WRONG!!

[OropherZero]

^ WHO BLOODY CARES we've seen the 15mins already, move along time now. I was very happy with this episode in that it didn't drag as an entire repeat of the previous season. Why do people here want to see the same thing with better animation and widescreen? :/

[Full Metal Sempai]

They messed up with Rose's hair colour (check ep3 preview)...
Nooooooooooooooooo

Ok,seriously now,my impressions from ep2
While I liked that they showed a lot of stuff from manga in ep2 (Truth,the real examination with the Fuhrer),they also covered the tragic event of Trisha's death like something trivial.Same goes for the death of Winry's parents.No anger and cries,nothing.Come on guys,these were really strong scenes...

All in all,I'm now thinking of letting several eps go by and check it after 10 weeks or more so as to let the story progress a bit.We have Lior and Tucker before we advance to the main plot although Tucker is kinda getting mixed with Elysia's birth so....

[Chrono63]

Mhm, watched ep2... but I still don't know what to think about it.
IMO it's a good thing I forgot much about the first serie, since you're better off not comparing and just watching this as a new show.
I shall need a few eps more to make an opinion.

[Vivaldi]

Hmm, In episode two, you really can feel the "review episode" vibe, what with the way they tried to cover so much ground so quickly. I enjoyed the new scenes, there's only one thing I had a beef with.

The state alchemist exam was fucking stupid.

You preform a fairly mundane transmution, the only notable thing being you used no transmutation circle, then you attack the Führer, makes some smartass comment about it being too easy to kill the Führer, Führer makes snarky comment back, Ed passes exam. Yeah...sure. The way the state millitary is depicted, Ed would've been executed quickly, possibly on the spot, for high treason or somesuch.

Also, I thought the Führer's sword skill was supposed to be a secret (owing to the fact he's a homunculus), not something he casually shows off in front of his staff, it's supposed to be a ceremonial sword ffs.

[Full Metal Sempai]

Hmm, In episode two, you really can feel the "review episode" vibe, what with the way they tried to cover so much ground so quickly. I enjoyed the new scenes, there's only one thing I had a beef with.

The state alchemist exam was fucking stupid.

You preform a fairly mundane transmution, the only notable thing being you used no transmutation circle, then you attack the Führer, makes some smartass comment about it being too easy to kill the Führer, Führer makes snarky comment back, Ed passes exam. Yeah...sure. The way the state millitary is depicted, Ed would've been executed quickly, possibly on the spot, for high treason or somesuch.

Also, I thought the Führer's sword skill was supposed to be a secret (owing to the fact he's a homunculus), not something he casually shows off in front of his staff, it's supposed to be a ceremonial sword ffs.

The Fuhrer's sword skill isn't supposed to be a secret.He's the head of a nation,he ought to be the best at something and he frequently uses his leet techniques in the manga even in public...
And about treason,manga's Bradley is rather easy-going to just kill someone for a comment like this.

As for my complaints about Trisha short screen-time,checking from manga chapter 21 again - the chapter with Elric's past - the directors followed exactly the manga.It only had 2 pages with Trisha and the exact same words about epidemic.

[Hagaren Viper]

Am I the only one who was able to watch episode 2, get to the whole Trisha's funeral scene, and only think "Wow, that was short" before moving on and not caring?

We all know what happens anyway, so I don't see the big deal. And apparently it was pretty similar to the manga (It's been a while since I've read that chapter, I should find it again). Admittedly that scene probably works better in a comic than an animation, but still, it's not like we don't see Trisha's death in every FMA AMV anyway, we don't need to add more to that. ;p

I was kind of disappointed that Ed and Al's transmutation on their mom didn't look quite as epic, but Truth (Or whatever the heck it's called) made up for that.