Current Events > Finally finished FMA Brotherhood (Spoilers)

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For the longest time part 5 wasnt on netflix so I couldnt finish it but they recently added it

Eh. I kinda wished Father was a bigger threat. Hoenheim (sp?) p much shut his shit down from the get go. He was awesome above ground but he mainly was on defense the whole time except for Greed.

Gonna go through regular FMA now.

Also, Edward can't do alchemy at all now? Even with a circle?
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I thought that show was amazing up until the very end. Then the final few episodes made no sense to me and the final fight was a let down.
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I liked the final fight, it let literally fucking everyone participate

I didnt realize there were movies lol

I liked the fights to take down Bradley. Dudes a badass through and through.
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Touch posted...

Gonna go through regular FMA now.

Is anyone streaming the original series now? I havent been able to find it through legal streaming.
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VerisimiIitude posted...

Touch posted...

Gonna go through regular FMA now.

Is anyone streaming the original series now? I havent been able to find it through legal streaming.

Netflix
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I think the first FMA is much better than Brotherhood, and the last time it was brought up on CE, people gave poor reasons for it being the other way.
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Anteaterking posted...

I think the first FMA is much better than Brotherhood, and the last time it was brought up on CE, people gave poor reasons for it being the other way.

I take serious issue with anyone who doesn't think the homunculi were better in 2003 than Brotherhood
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boxington posted...

VerisimiIitude posted...

Touch posted...

Gonna go through regular FMA now.

Is anyone streaming the original series now? I havent been able to find it through legal streaming.

Netflix

Wow... lol I couldve sworn no one had it for streaming. Thanks
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one of the main reasons that I liked the 2003 version more than Brotherhood was because of the personal connection the homunculi had to some of the characters
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averagejoel posted...

Anteaterking posted...

I think the first FMA is much better than Brotherhood, and the last time it was brought up on CE, people gave poor reasons for it being the other way.

I take serious issue with anyone who doesn't think the homunculi were better in 2003 than Brotherhood

I prefer Brotherhood's Pride to 2003's Sloth and Wrath.

Luckily Greed is awesome in both.
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The first series took much more time setting up characters and relationships. I mean it arguably went off the rails in the second half but there was feels to be had throughout the series.
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ThePrinceFish posted...

averagejoel posted...

Anteaterking posted...

I think the first FMA is much better than Brotherhood, and the last time it was brought up on CE, people gave poor reasons for it being the other way.

I take serious issue with anyone who doesn't think the homunculi were better in 2003 than Brotherhood

I prefer Brotherhood's Pride to 2003's Sloth and Wrath.

Luckily Greed is awesome in both.

some individual homunculi are better in Brotherhood, yes (I especially love all the action Bradley sees in Brotherhood), but the overall concept is much better in the 2003 version
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VerisimiIitude posted...

boxington posted...

VerisimiIitude posted...

Touch posted...

Gonna go through regular FMA now.

Is anyone streaming the original series now? I havent been able to find it through legal streaming.

Netflix

Wow... lol I couldve sworn no one had it for streaming. Thanks

It got added back a few weeks ago so it was pulled lol
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VerisimiIitude posted...

The first series took much more time setting up characters and relationships.

I think that's the main thing. FMA didn't feel a (the word escapes me, but it's what describes most action animes). Most of the characters were very fleshed out and it felt like the themes were fairly complex.

Then FMA Brotherhood makes everything shallow and adds more over the top fights and stuff, and so we're back in anime for teens again.
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Brotherhood is definitely best watched after the 2003 version. It's still fantastic on it's own and I'd rather watch it than the 2003 version head to head, but to get the most out of it, you have to have already seen 2003.

Just watching the Nina/Alexander episode in Brotherhood is enough to get the feels, but not like if you watch the several episodes at Shou Tucker's house in the 2003 version.
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I liked the Father fight. But would have been nice to see how OP he was before his nation-wide alchemy circle got busted. The way they shut him down made sense when you consider his true identityliterally just a tiny wisp and all his power stolen from others.

Agreed that Bradley was the best fight though. The dude was unstoppable. Tank? No problem.
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averagejoel posted...

Anteaterking posted...

I think the first FMA is much better than Brotherhood, and the last time it was brought up on CE, people gave poor reasons for it being the other way.

I take serious issue with anyone who doesn't think the homunculi were better in 2003 than Brotherhood

I like both. Brotherhood fans tend to be fans of the manga and dislike that the first anime went a completely different direction. I have decided to rewatch both myself starting with Brotherhood. I
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Anteaterking posted...

VerisimiIitude posted...

The first series took much more time setting up characters and relationships.

I think that's the main thing. FMA didn't feel a (the word escapes me, but it's what describes most action animes). Most of the characters were very fleshed out and it felt like the themes were fairly complex.

Then FMA Brotherhood makes everything shallow and adds more over the top fights and stuff, and so we're back in anime for teens again.

Its a shame too. Sometimes its okay for an actiony anime to slow down a bit. If Brotherhood just slowed down a bit and took some much needed time with certain events it wouldve been perfect imo
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I give props to the 2003 version for having the funniest episode out of either series.
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The original had less manga material since it was made so early and used character development to flesh things out, in addition to it's very different story. Brotherhood spent much of it's time following the manga closely so it worked more on fight scenes as you said. Yeah it could have slowed down. It's funny that Brotherhood had some slower episodes at the beginning when it was rushing to get to the manga material not covered by the first show.
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Despite people saying that 2003 went off the rails in the second half, it seems to remain much more self consistent, answering way more questions, rather than relying on alchemy more or less being magical.
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03 is pretty great, but...

That ending is completely fucking stupid. Welp we're in Nazi Germany now. Hooray!

Brotherhood lands the ending even if you didn't like the final fight, but the sheer stupidity of the 03 ending puts it under Brotherhood for me

one thing i never understood about the ending.

if i understand Alchemy right (and it's possible i don't) that's a skill someone can be taught.
anyone can learn it, just like any other skill.
so how can Ed sacrifice his Alchemy to get Als body back?
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ROBANN_88 posted...

one thing i never understood about the ending.

if i understand Alchemy right (and it's possible i don't) that's a skill someone can be taught.
anyone can learn it, just like any other skill.
so how can Ed sacrifice his Alchemy to get Als body back?

The way I understand it is that humans are only able to access the flow of energy required to transmute things because everyone has a personal "Gate" to the realm of the Truth (or basically God's realm, where primeval truths of the world reside). Ed and others that can use alchemy without a circle are able to because they have passed through their Gates and have primal knowledge of the flow of the universe. At the end of Brotherhood, Ed makes an equivalent exchange deal with the personification of Truth (God in FMA) to give up his gate (and thus his ability to tap into the flow of energy required for alchemy) in exchange for Al's body.

Though it has been a long time since I've seen it.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

That ending is completely f***ing stupid.

What's stupid about it? The whole idea of the fuel for alchemy coming from war in both worlds is one of the more interesting connections to our world that I can think of.
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ThePrinceFish posted...

Brotherhood is definitely best watched after the 2003 version. It's still fantastic on it's own and I'd rather watch it than the 2003 version head to head, but to get the most out of it, you have to have already seen 2003.

Just watching the Nina/Alexander episode in Brotherhood is enough to get the feels, but not like if you watch the several episodes at Shou Tucker's house in the 2003 version.

This
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