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Magical Girls
Jun. 10th, 2015 04:11 amSo I have two very different sets of magical girls on my mind today.
In the evening I had occasion to finally read up on what the Madoka Magica movie Rebellion is about. And oh gosh. The TV series was always good at ripping your heart out and stomping on it, and it certainly sounds like the movie continues with that. Gah. I'm not entirely satisfied with how things end up in it, but considering how I wasn't satisfied with the TV series' ending either and now it's been turned upside-down after I figured there was no way to resolve it, perhaps there's still hope that somewhere down the line, another movie will happen that will finally end happy for all the characters.
I don't want to give spoilers, but just ... oh man. Homura! Gah. Probably the most heart-breaking character in the TV series and that pattern doesn't change with the movie, either. She just refused to give up on giving Madoka a normal life.
EDIT: I found something on YouTube that said the original creator wanted the movie to have a happy ending, but the others involved overrode him and came up with the depressing version instead. That's kind of sad. I would have liked the creator's version much better.
Then about an hour ago, I'm on Facebook and I see an ad in the sidebar talking about a new Powerpuff Girls series coming next year. Well, I hadn't heard anything about that, so I clicked. That's ... interesting. I hadn't expected a reboot of that, but since they seem to get around to remaking everything eventually, I guess I should have. The new designs look pretty close to the original, so that's neat. I wonder how the new voice actresses will sound and if the show will be much the same as the original in tone and plot.
I've had the theme song stuck in my head for the last while thanks to that. While I was never die-hard into the show, I really did like it quite a bit as silly, innocent fun and I believe I saw most of the episodes from the first couple of seasons or so. I love magical girls shows, and it's basically an American-made magical girls show. I treasure it for being something that was so special to JP, and for being what led me to YGO, since I was watching Powerpuff on his recommendation and then ads came up for YGO and I thought "... That show looks cool."
I think my favorite bit on the Powerpuff Girls was when Mojo Jojo started throwing accusations at a bird and then the telephone. ROTFLOL! I laughed so hard at that nonsense.
In the evening I had occasion to finally read up on what the Madoka Magica movie Rebellion is about. And oh gosh. The TV series was always good at ripping your heart out and stomping on it, and it certainly sounds like the movie continues with that. Gah. I'm not entirely satisfied with how things end up in it, but considering how I wasn't satisfied with the TV series' ending either and now it's been turned upside-down after I figured there was no way to resolve it, perhaps there's still hope that somewhere down the line, another movie will happen that will finally end happy for all the characters.
I don't want to give spoilers, but just ... oh man. Homura! Gah. Probably the most heart-breaking character in the TV series and that pattern doesn't change with the movie, either. She just refused to give up on giving Madoka a normal life.
EDIT: I found something on YouTube that said the original creator wanted the movie to have a happy ending, but the others involved overrode him and came up with the depressing version instead. That's kind of sad. I would have liked the creator's version much better.
Then about an hour ago, I'm on Facebook and I see an ad in the sidebar talking about a new Powerpuff Girls series coming next year. Well, I hadn't heard anything about that, so I clicked. That's ... interesting. I hadn't expected a reboot of that, but since they seem to get around to remaking everything eventually, I guess I should have. The new designs look pretty close to the original, so that's neat. I wonder how the new voice actresses will sound and if the show will be much the same as the original in tone and plot.
I've had the theme song stuck in my head for the last while thanks to that. While I was never die-hard into the show, I really did like it quite a bit as silly, innocent fun and I believe I saw most of the episodes from the first couple of seasons or so. I love magical girls shows, and it's basically an American-made magical girls show. I treasure it for being something that was so special to JP, and for being what led me to YGO, since I was watching Powerpuff on his recommendation and then ads came up for YGO and I thought "... That show looks cool."
I think my favorite bit on the Powerpuff Girls was when Mojo Jojo started throwing accusations at a bird and then the telephone. ROTFLOL! I laughed so hard at that nonsense.
