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[timepiececlock]

Watched about 4 minutes of the Escaflowne movie dub on AS tonight.

It's odd. I forgot, somehow, that it would be the same actors as the dub cast for the tv series. I guess the movie is so divorced from the tv show in my mind that, for some reason, I unconsciously expected a totally new English voice cast for it.

Weird.

For the 4 minutes I rewatched, I still didn't like it. I wish AS could have the tv show instead.

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[stardreemer.livejournal.com]

I love the tv show, but had never seen the movie, so when my brother told me it was going to be on AS I was excited. I was very disappointed. I love the tv show so much, I really thought the movie would be good, but it wasn't. It just felt so rushed and not put together well.

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

Things I like about the Escaflowne Movie:

[1] OMG THE MUSIC - The music to the movie is just as good, if not excelling over that of the TV show. "Black Escaflowne", which sounds like Duel of the Fates Esca-style, is STILL my favorite Escaflowne track. Ever.

[2] The animation. Wow, is it pretty.

[3] The character designs. Well, this falls into a 'mostly liked'. I was definitely glad the ski-jump noses of death went away, but there was something about the new designs that made me twitch. (Although, I can't complain with Van-sama running around without a shirt ... or most of a shirt ... for the movie.)

Things I didn't Like:

[1] THE PLOT.

[2] THE PLOT. (Psychic battles? What is this, X? If you're going to do something that drastically different, oh, explain it a little? Maybe?)

[3] THE PLOT. *growls*

So, yeah. Wow, it's been a long time since I've watch the movie, I ought to pull out the DVD and rewatch it. Maybe later. *is watching the Mummy*.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

The movie didn't have a love triangle and movie!Hitomi didn't have a spine. ARG! On the other hand it makes really good music videos and I also didn't mind Dilandou as a crazed physic lapdog or Folken as an evil villain.

AMV recs:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=67687
Makes the entire movie the product of Hitomi's depressed imagination. Which makes more sense than anything else, really.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=11150
Souls of Rage and Sorrow, in case you haven't seen it. Very very very pretty.