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[spoilers and thoughts] re;surrection
Feb. 12th, 2019 12:40 amWOW it GOT REALLY DUSTY OVER HERE, so dusty i feel a bit out of touch with typing my posts in html but anyway yes I am clearing the dust off dreamwidth aND HOPEFULLY WILL BE BACK WITH MORE FICLETS SOON but in the meantime because i need a platform to get things off my chest and also keep my tweets spoiler free, here i am.
This is also really petty, but let me just point out how I refuse to append the names of Code Geass and Lelouch to the re;surrection title in this post, because it is meant to symbolically express my disavowal of this movie's Lelouch as the same person as OG!Lelouch, and this Code Geass as a faithful enough continuation of the original series, or at least one that does it enough justice.
Since Koda, queen of GG subs and my oldbird CG fan heart, has already done an excellent job summarizing the movie with information from various sources HERE (and thankfully so because i didn't bother reading up on Zilkhstan or any of the new characters and just tried to go in and get what I could just from watching the film) -- I would suggest reading that first and then coming to this post, because I only zoom in on specific things/fill in the gaps, and have tried not to repeat things that were already in her summary.
ETA: She’s since updated it to include information from my post! I’ll leave mine intact though, because there are some areas I’d tried to cover in more detail, and there are things I'm sure my fellow suzalulu stanners all want elaboration on.
Also, the last time I talked about what I gleaned from a Japanese movie (Akito Ep 2), it ended up being shared and scrutinized on many platforms and idk if the same thing will happen here but I'm aware of the possibility, so first,
Disclaimers and full disclosure: I'm writing my impressions and thoughts as a suzalulu fan, for like-minded fans. I'll focus a lot on whatever I managed to catch from their moments. This is as much an opinion post as a "more details" one and my personal stance is that this movie is a bad AU fanfic that ignores important points from the original series, and should be disregarded. My thoughts and comments are going to be mixed in with my retelling of events.
Also, since i CBF anymore, if I have to mention something that I didn't care too much about/didn't pay too much attention to/wasn't too sure about, I'm just going to gloss over it (my Japanese ability lies somewhere between N3 and N2).
No one can really, fully remove their individual lenses in their readings of things, so feel free to take any adjectives and feelings/impression-related things i mention with as many pinches of salt as you like because your own reading of the movie might still end up different if/once you actually watch it for yourself.
Lastly, of course I'll be criticizing things and talking about why certain parts make no sense to me. If you already know about the ending, and wish to be happy with it, I would suggest not reading this post.
A quick summary: Re;surrection's writing was extremely shoddy and bad in places, it felt like a fanfic, and it's arguably still watchable and enjoyable in some parts, but -- that's not the Lelouch I know, and this is not the Code Geass I know. This movie is Not What Lelouch Would Have Wanted.
( cut for detailed spoilers for specific moments, ranting, theories about why certain things are so ???, suggestions on how suzalulu fans should interpret this movie )
This is also really petty, but let me just point out how I refuse to append the names of Code Geass and Lelouch to the re;surrection title in this post, because it is meant to symbolically express my disavowal of this movie's Lelouch as the same person as OG!Lelouch, and this Code Geass as a faithful enough continuation of the original series, or at least one that does it enough justice.
Since Koda, queen of GG subs and my oldbird CG fan heart, has already done an excellent job summarizing the movie with information from various sources HERE (and thankfully so because i didn't bother reading up on Zilkhstan or any of the new characters and just tried to go in and get what I could just from watching the film) -- I would suggest reading that first and then coming to this post, because I only zoom in on specific things/fill in the gaps, and have tried not to repeat things that were already in her summary.
ETA: She’s since updated it to include information from my post! I’ll leave mine intact though, because there are some areas I’d tried to cover in more detail, and there are things I'm sure my fellow suzalulu stanners all want elaboration on.
Also, the last time I talked about what I gleaned from a Japanese movie (Akito Ep 2), it ended up being shared and scrutinized on many platforms and idk if the same thing will happen here but I'm aware of the possibility, so first,
Disclaimers and full disclosure: I'm writing my impressions and thoughts as a suzalulu fan, for like-minded fans. I'll focus a lot on whatever I managed to catch from their moments. This is as much an opinion post as a "more details" one and my personal stance is that this movie is a bad AU fanfic that ignores important points from the original series, and should be disregarded. My thoughts and comments are going to be mixed in with my retelling of events.
Also, since i CBF anymore, if I have to mention something that I didn't care too much about/didn't pay too much attention to/wasn't too sure about, I'm just going to gloss over it (my Japanese ability lies somewhere between N3 and N2).
No one can really, fully remove their individual lenses in their readings of things, so feel free to take any adjectives and feelings/impression-related things i mention with as many pinches of salt as you like because your own reading of the movie might still end up different if/once you actually watch it for yourself.
Lastly, of course I'll be criticizing things and talking about why certain parts make no sense to me. If you already know about the ending, and wish to be happy with it, I would suggest not reading this post.
A quick summary: Re;surrection's writing was extremely shoddy and bad in places, it felt like a fanfic, and it's arguably still watchable and enjoyable in some parts, but -- that's not the Lelouch I know, and this is not the Code Geass I know. This movie is Not What Lelouch Would Have Wanted.
( cut for detailed spoilers for specific moments, ranting, theories about why certain things are so ???, suggestions on how suzalulu fans should interpret this movie )
