11-20-2016, 10:01 AM
(11-19-2016, 08:59 PM)OdinYggd Wrote:(11-19-2016, 06:11 PM)Tanis Wrote: And the ringleader of the traitors in this case is high ranking, respected beyond reproach by both his peers and his own men, and had 15 years to lay his plans and weave a vast web of conspirators and patsies throughout the ranks.
Once the war started, there was no easy way to stop it, and the only people who held all the pieces of the puzzle where either traitors, died soon after figuring it out, or where in no position to put what they knew to effective use.
Its also worth remembering that what may seem irrational to us, can be perfectly rational (and unavoidable) to someone else; its easy to forget that as part of the audience we are privy to information that many of the characters are completely in the dark about.
Funny thing, from what I've seen so far this is exactly how real world politics works.
They didn't just make an awesome giant robots explosionfest, they actually managed to encode in political interactions, how easy it is to manipulate public opinion, and even some character depth in explaining why each piece of the puzzle acts the way it does.
Just finished episode 12. Okay now I see where you might have issues, things happen in episode 12 that seem like they should have been the end of it.
Edit: Found the problem.
Aldnoah Zero has a strong parallel to Code Geass, that becomes painfully obvious by Episode 14.
I felt like the things that happen in episode 12 were just a complete blindside, and if they were gonna make that happen anyway it defeats the purpose of the series before it essentially.
Then season 2 just spirals into whacky land. The politics and combat tactics just go completely asinine, the dumb sideplot with the magic macguffin robot eye thing (where did this even come from it's like 10x more advanced than any other tech the Earth people have). And the ending is just incredibly unsatisfying - it's a dumb fight that happens after anything that could be a stake is resolved, it's literally just fighting for the sake of it (or machismo, or pride, or something - incidentally which is completely out of character for Inaho).
At least from what I remember, my memory is a bit scratchy but I felt like I had to see it through by the time I was into season 2 and it didn't get any better.