The show seems to play up the villains joining the good guys and it seemed obvious to me that Jackal would be next, so seeing him bite the bullet really changed the game.
Hmm, that's interesting. I never really felt like Jackal was going to join the good guys, but I did genuinely expect him to hang around the show longer. I would've expected him to still be around for the end of the series, not basically just an arc villain.
If Jackal's death was the result of the cancellation then it was a really classy bit of improvising. To me it felt like a logical end for Jackal, a logical development for Blaird, and a really interesting twist on the classic Roy Fokker death. I've seen a lot of homages to that episode but never one that cast a villain in Roy's role.
I still need to get my hands on Macross 7, I've been dying for another series, anime or not, like Sazer-X to watch.
I get the feeling you'd like original Macross and the Do You Remember Love movie, too. I think Macross is probably the origin of a lot Sazer X's ideas about how to blend drama, sci-fi, action, and comedy. Certainly Sazer X seems to homage a lot of Macross's most famous episodes.
Macross 7 was never licensed for a bunch of reasons, but there's a really good fansub of it that should be floating around out there. Let me know if you have trouble finding it. If you want to check out Macross is has two semi-recent DVD releases that shouldn't be hard to find. Both are good.
(Also, does this mean Remmy's sushi tasted like natto?)
Culturally all I know about natto is that it tends to be portrayed as something old people like.
In the case of Remy's sushi, though, I think the idea is that it was pretty awful but Blaird likes it anyway because he's used to eating the space equivalent of MREs. Any home-cooked meal is heavenly to him.
Anyway, episode 28 was really great, the final arc is off to a strong start.
[HIDE]- Patora! Of course Gordo's wife is baffling and awesome. She reminds me a lot of Akiko in the second half of Double-- goofy, yet curiously effective.
- Blaird's scene with Patora is amazing. Everything about Blaird in this episode is amazing.
- Cyclead's Cosmo Capsule comment cracked me up way harder than something should at this time of night. Cyclead is growing on me a lot, he gets some wonderful dialog.
- "Our goal is no longer the Cosmo Capsules."
It's on. Sazer X is always at its best when doesn't use hunting Cosmo Capsules as its main plot engine. This is going to be the best story arc ever.
- What a good episode! The funny parts were funny, the fight choreography was tight, a bunch of plots moved along briskly, and the script juggled a million characters pretty effectively. [/HIDE]