cgChick wrote:EEEE THANK YOU TARA!!! You're the best! I'm amused to see how far they went to erase Alvis from the omnibus, your caps were pretty amusing in showing that difference. This is a lot of work on your end and the LE fandom thanks you a lot for it, great work!
You're welcome! I'M ALWAYS HERE TO SERVE I'm just sad I can't rip the BD for everyone.
Like, literally since my computer doesn't have a BD player, it doesn't read, the drive it's in locks up when I have it in so I can't even access it. But I know BDs are hard as hell in that regard. That said, I may cave and order the DVD version for the 4/20 releases just in case the movie is too low key for someone to rip right away. And you can't record or even take screencaps on a PS3/4 when you have one playing, so.
I can kind of get why they'd cut Alvis completely though in maybe trying to focus on the other sides of the storyline, and the time constraints in doing even that, much less giving any kind of in depth focus on the other things. Still, the fact that they still made Dio a player was funny in that regard with their total edits. Suddenly no Al in his vanship, MAGICAL DISAPPEARING LOLI.
-TK- wrote:Thanks for the review!
However… it seems like too many things are missing, if compared to the original series.
So, I can't decide if it's worth buying the BD.
TBH I would have preferred a remake of Lastexile Fam to have an extended version with additional content instead of an omnibus movie (like, going from 21 to 26 episodes adding new material), but that’s just me.
I think they did an ok job keeping their focus straight on what to focus on. I mean, if you consider Millia the "star" of the movie, it makes sense to cut out things like Alvis/Claus/Lavie, Fam's storyline and background with Sadri, and other things that weren't directly connected to her. Given the length of the movie and what they had to do, it wasn't too bad looking at it from that angle. Otherwise yeah, a lot of small things I loved were cut. Though I do hope their big changes of the end (ala the Luscinia stuff) make a difference in terms of the plot/storytelling since that was something completely changed up. But until the movie is online somewhere we won't know for sure.
That said yeah idk if i would say it's worth a buy as a BD. I think the DVD release in April is a little cheaper, so just to have it, maybe go that route. But I wouldn't call it a must have immediately type of thing (despite my own MUST HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY adventure...)
Because aside from the movie itself and all opinions on it, the booklet available is all of the BD booklets put together into one, which are online already - though it's a nice thing to have. And the BD I have from the theatrical release has the trailer and a few short CMs that aired in Japan to promote it, that's all. I was hoping for a textless version of the ending after seeing it, but alas. But hey, maybe they will end up adding it to the public release.
I would have loved something like a bigger additional content, too, tbh. But since they did this, who knows if it's the last new thing. I know it's not likely, but. I DREAM, I DREAM!!!! (just like I still dream for a 1/8 Dio figure from Fam)