Trigun, episodes 8-10

[kate_nepveu]

Still having fun. Spoilers through episode 10 behind the cut. Spoil me and die.

Okay, the thing with stopping the sand steamer by pulling a switch hidden behind many scalding-hot pipes? "This episode was badly written!"

I am also not impressed with the guy with the ridiculous things on his shoulders, and would be just as happy if we didn't see him again.

Vash promised the woman with the long hair and the old sad song that he wouldn't kill anyone. IIRC, he doesn't remember anything before waking up in the devastated city, so she must be from after that?

Also, "Derringer Meryl" and "Stun-gun Milly"? Enh. Maybe they sound better in Japanese.

Next episode: Best. Character. Introduction. Ever. "That is one heck of a well-prepared dead man."

Other comments about the Jovian lizards mechanical spider-things: Wolfwood never fired a gun before, my ass. Was that really alien tech, and the buttons were just helpfully labelled in English for the ease of viewers? Is the lost tech (the terraforming plants, Vash's walkie-talkie—was it just the not-very-good animation, or was his portion of it supposed to be the birthmark on his cheek?) also alien tech or something else? And how did Vash escape the robot and save Wolfwood?

Aaaand then we're back to slapstick, in the shootout episode. Vash without his coat; "For Love —" "— and Peace!"; just how well-prepared Wolfwood really is, to be carrying that huge cross around; and that's about it.

Oh, no, there was the bit where Meryl and Milly were clearly stand-ins for the fan girls, eavesdropping at the hotel room door to try and figure out just what the two guys are doing in there. Slash has ruined my brain, I tell you.

I note that they name their cities after months in the Gregorian calendar, even if the animators can't decide whether the fifth month is spelled "May" or "Mei."

And yes, of course Wolfwood is everyone's favorite character after Vash and the cat. Probably even ahead of the cat for a lot of people (I'm not prepared to say myself, just yet).

I really need to make more icons for the show, but the only thing that's caught my eye, the crossed guns at the end of the opening credits, doesn't work at all when scaled down to 100x100. And there's a lot of work I ought to be doing, so I shouldn't go hunting better ideas just now. *attempts to exercise willpower*

Comments

[pixelfish.livejournal.com]

I wish you could see questionstar's rendition of Vash and Wolfwood. Mmmmm....delicious. (She doesn't have them up now, but they were easily my favourite versions of the characters.)

[kate_nepveu]

rilina is right that the character design is not very consistent in the series; when Vash was waking up and practicing with the egg and the gun, he really didn't look much like he usually does.

I admit, I do want to take a pair of scissors and snip off those six hairs on Wolfwood's chin.

[rilina.livejournal.com]

Wolfwood is so awesome. I especially like the portable confessional. Hee!

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

The action figure of Wolfwood comes with the portable confessional.

Which fits over the head of other standard-sized action figures.

It looks really good on Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[kate_nepveu]

I want one!

[kate_nepveu]

Any guy who can pop a portable confessional over someone's head and then hit them up for money, and also spot when Vash is genuinely smiling, is pretty awesome, yes, whatever else he turns out to be.

[kate_nepveu]

I'm screening part of your comment because I don't think it's been revealed in the show up till this point.

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(Anonymous)
2006-10-10 07:32 am (local)
Reading your comments has inspired me to rewatch my DVDs recently - I watched this one last week. (I admit to skipping through much of episode 8).

A few comments:

According to Episode 6 Vash can't remember anything before July City except for his early childhood, so we can't deduce when he met Rem from that alone.

Episode 9 reveals little extras in hindsight when rewatched - for example when Vash asked if Wolfwood was going to chase after the child emptyhanded, and Wolfwood only then realises he's left his Cross of Mercy behind - this scene takes on new meaning after having seen episode 10. Likewise one other scene here, but you haven't seen far enough in the series to get that one, so I won't spoil you.

The PLANT appears to be creating sentry/security robots on automatic rather than terraforming, but the coloured light glimmering into the control room is the same as in the terraforming PLANT in episode 6. Nygubhtu "ybfg grpuabybtl", gur CYNAGF qb nccrne gb or bs uhzna bevtva fb Ratyvfu (be engure, "Ratevfu" nf gur uvynevbhfyl onqyl jevggra Ratyvfu va znal navzr frevrf vf fbzrgvzrf pnyyrq) vf ernfbanoyr.

I wonder what you'll think of the character design changes in Episode 12...

Hollow49

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For the other parts--

Yes, early childhood, but I was really not getting an "early childhood" vibe off those memories. =>

Good point about the empty-handed bit.

And we'll see about episode 12! Probably this Friday, but you never know. *goes off to be swamped with work*