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Topic	Why does FMA: Brotherhood start with a filler episode?
Gamechamp3k 01/22/18 5:40:16 PM #15:	Nade Duck posted... Gamechamp3k posted... Nade Duck posted... Gamechamp3k posted... Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." Lokarin posted... GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist. it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc. It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material. i've always thought of filler as episodes that (though not necessarily bad) aren't in the source and could be cut out entirely without any effect on any important parts of the story. Episode 1 of Brotherhood fits that definition perfectly. Its long-lasting effect on the series amounts to people offhandedly saying "Hey remember when that ice guy did ice things." There's no narrative impact. --- http://i.imgur.com/ES0IWHz.jpg Kuro-channnnnnn... <3 <cite>Gamechamp3k posted [p:894584423] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>Nade Duck posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Nade Duck posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote>Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist.</quote> it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc.</quote> It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material.</quote> i've always thought of filler as episodes that (though not necessarily bad) aren't in the source and could be cut out entirely without any effect on any important parts of the story.</quote> Episode 1 of Brotherhood fits that definition perfectly. Its long-lasting effect on the series amounts to people offhandedly saying "Hey remember when that ice guy did ice things." There's no narrative impact. --- http://i.imgur.com/ES0IWHz.jpg Kuro-channnnnnn... <3</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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