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Topic	Gawd I miss Fullmetal Alchemist. It was such an amazing show. SPOILErs
saspa 01/20/20 12:00:24 PM #13:	keyblader1985 posted... The homunculi feeling like Saturday morning cartoon villains was definitely a flaw in Brotherhood. Some people lived and died with no character depth at all. The original show tried to humanize nearly everyone, except maybe Gluttony and Kimbley. The first show's problem was that the plot started falling apart near the end. When it first started to deviate from the manga, it was still good. Alphonse ~~being turned into a Philosopher's Stone~~ was very interesting. But then you get all these weird plot twists, and the true antagonist comes out of nowhere. But while it made questionable decisions, it still handled those decisions very well. The endings (show and movie) stayed in keeping with the show's major themes of sin, atonement, and sacrifice for a greater good. Brotherhood's ending was nice, but too safe. Considering everything that's happened in the series, I feel like most people got off too easy. What bothered me the most was the way everyone turned on the original anime when Brotherhood came out. The first show was lauded as one of the best anime ever, then once Brotherhood came everyone pulled a 180, saying Brotherhood was perfect and 2003 was crap (past the shared material, which everyone agrees was better the first time). That passion seems to be cooling down lately, and more people are appreciating the differences between the two now. Oh yeah, it was absolutely difficult being an FMA fan a decade ago, there were borderline witch hunts for any fans of the original show hehe. Anyway, the original show's plot does fall apart, and it has probably one of the worst endings of all time (Brotherhood's ending on the other hand went too far on the other side of the spectrum with its happy-go-lucky "everyone lived happily ever after" conclusion) since I feel it actually goes against one of the most important themes of the original, that being the journey and relationship of the two brothers, which is what makes the original FMA so much better. The followup movie wasn't that great either. The concept of the gate leading to an alternate real world of ours was somewhat intriguing but I don't know if it was ultimately a good idea. But yeah it is a shame because it was such a great show so the final part ending badly and that ridiculous villain didn't help either. It's funny, both shows had a pretty terrible lame villain but for completely different reasons. Yet they're both inexplicably tied to Hohenheim. It took nearly a decade, but it's great to see that it's safe for fans of the original to discuss the show and strengths/faults of both freely without backlash. --- https://imgur.com/0UFI0T9 <cite>saspa posted [p:933223642] in Gawd I mis... [t:78332495]...</cite> <quote>keyblader1985 posted... </cite> <quote>The homunculi feeling like Saturday morning cartoon villains was definitely a flaw in Brotherhood. Some people lived and died with no character depth at all. The original show tried to humanize nearly everyone, except maybe Gluttony and Kimbley. The first show's problem was that the plot started falling apart near the end. When it first started to deviate from the manga, it was still good. Alphonse being turned into a Philosopher's Stone was very interesting. But then you get all these weird plot twists, and the true antagonist comes out of nowhere. But while it made questionable decisions, it still handled those decisions very well. The endings (show and movie) stayed in keeping with the show's major themes of sin, atonement, and sacrifice for a greater good. Brotherhood's ending was nice, but too safe. Considering everything that's happened in the series, I feel like most people got off too easy. What bothered me the most was the way everyone turned on the original anime when Brotherhood came out. The first show was lauded as one of the best anime ever, then once Brotherhood came everyone pulled a 180, saying Brotherhood was perfect and 2003 was crap (past the shared material, which everyone agrees was better the first time). That passion seems to be cooling down lately, and more people are appreciating the differences between the two now.</quote>Oh yeah, it was absolutely difficult being an FMA fan a decade ago, there were borderline witch hunts for any fans of the original show hehe. Anyway, the original show's plot does fall apart, and it has probably one of the worst endings of all time (Brotherhood's ending on the other hand went too far on the other side of the spectrum with its happy-go-lucky "everyone lived happily ever after" conclusion) since I feel it actually goes against one of the most important themes of the original, that being the journey and relationship of the two brothers, which is what makes the original FMA so much better. The followup movie wasn't that great either. The concept of the gate leading to an alternate real world of ours was somewhat intriguing but I don't know if it was ultimately a good idea. But yeah it is a shame because it was such a great show so the final part ending badly and that ridiculous villain didn't help either. It's funny, both shows had a pretty terrible lame villain but for completely different reasons. Yet they're both inexplicably tied to Hohenheim. It took nearly a decade, but it's great to see that it's safe for fans of the original to discuss the show and strengths/faults of both freely without backlash. --- https://imgur.com/0UFI0T9</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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