Spoilers Pacific Rim: The Black S2
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I barely remember the first season now but I liked it.
So it looks like this will be the final season, as initially I was wondering if they might go for a S3. But it certainly went into some interesting (and dark) places. I only really had one nitpick about the last episode:
It tied up the major plot points pretty well, but I wish they'd actually shown Mei using the memory chip she got from Spyder in "Sisters of the Kaiju." Perhaps I missed something, but I never got the impression she had the chance to use it in the final few eps to reclaim her old self.
I just finished the season and overall I loved it. I'm torn on it being the ending, though. On the one hand, I want the Pacific Rim universe to continue. On the other, I wouldn't want the story to get dragged out too much.
Given that when it was announced that this was the last season, they tweeted that "The journey is far from over" I wonder if they plan to do a spinoff. They never show what state the rest of the world is in at this point.
Something that I feel doesn't get enough attention is the soundtrack. The music in this series is so good. It's taking a lot of inspiration from the first movie while also being distinctively its own thing.
Given that when it was announced that this was the last season, they tweeted that "The journey is far from over" I wonder if they plan to do a spinoff. They never show what state the rest of the world is in at this point.
Something that I feel doesn't get enough attention is the soundtrack. The music in this series is so good. It's taking a lot of inspiration from the first movie while also being distinctively its own thing.
Overall, I wasn't too impressed with this series. It was just too grim -- it didn't feel like Pacific Rim, which for all its post-apocalyptic (or cancelling-the-apocalyptic) setting was mostly a celebration of the fun of kaiju and giant-robot stories. There was no fun in The Black, just angst and arguing and grief and horror. Even the moments of warmth and sentiment were bittersweet at best.
Well, Loa's deadpan snark was fun. But that was about it.
Well, Loa's deadpan snark was fun. But that was about it.
I understand that criticism, and I thought that aspect was played up too much at the beginning of season 2. But on the whole, it didn't bother me. I'm not sure if I can really articulate why since I often find those kinds of things off-putting.
But then I also liked Camp Cretaceous season 4 which a lot of people hated, so I tend to enjoy these kinds of shows more than a lot of other people. Same with Godzilla: Singular Point which many viewers found unintelligible, I liked it a lot. Funnily enough, both Singular Point and The Black
end with an emotional scene of a sentient robot sacrificing itself to defeat a giant monster.
I loved Singular Point -- I never expected so much mindbending hard science in a Godzilla production. It reminds me of Serial Experiments Lain in that regard, although the mindbending ideas there were more fanciful. And G:SP did have a fair amount of fun and humor. Although it was odd that it was ultimately a story about artificial superintelligences doing the critical world-saving work while humans merely supported and facilitated their efforts. (There's another anime on Netflix, listed under The Orbital Children even though its onscreen, literally translated English title is Extraterrestrial Boys and Girls, which is also like that. I'm wondering if it's a trend.)
Hmm... both Singular Point and The Black also have female leads who are named Mei and have neck-length purple hair. But I liked G:SP's Mei better.
Hmm... both Singular Point and The Black also have female leads who are named Mei and have neck-length purple hair. But I liked G:SP's Mei better.
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