Reign: The Conquerer (anime fans help...Wraith...)

[Mao]

I've recently hopped onto Reign: The Conquerer on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network (relatively) late at night. I'm curious though, I've watched pretty much the entire series, but can someone tell me the ins and outs of what I may not be getting? I once heard that of the thousands who watch the show, the ones that understand it may be counted on one hand, and I may not be in that hand, so can someone tell me what's the deal with the Pythagrian (sp?) Cult and the Braham Priests and whatnot?

[Wraith]

I can't help you there, as I've never seen it. I've heard enough bad things about it, and the premise doesn't sound all that great, so I haven't bothered with it.

Search the net, though. I bet you'll find a couple sites dedicated to it. If you're lucky one of them will even have useful information ^_^

Wraith
I'll get back to you as soon as my state collapses

[Harry Seldon]

The best site I could find was at geocities and it only recapped each episode without explaining anything. http://www.geocities.com/alexhedran/ if you want to give it a try.

[mrmitchell]

It's a great anime. Usually the ones who don't like it have never seen it or just don't understand any of it, if you've been around on the AS message boards.

[Jon Miller]

I don't like how it looks

Jon Miller

[JCG]

Well, the 1st episode pretty much bored me and I haven't found time to watch the rest...seems OK but nothing too great.

[Mao]

Yeah...the entire thing is from the same guy as Aeon Flux apparently...but can anyone explain it to me?

[DRoseDARs]

Based (ever so loosely) on Alexander the Macedonian's rise to power and path across the known world (Mediterrean sp?) to India. His mother, raving psychopath, has a vision of the whole world being destroyed. It starts inside a temple-thing outside a coastal city of Greece(?) and spreads rapidly to all points of the globe. The final image is the grown Alexander atop a horse. Assumption being he causes the destruction. There are groups that oppose him, either because he's a conquerer or because they've seen the same nasty vision of what's to come. Alexander isn't inherently evil; it is the culminations of his actions over time that determine the future. He himself learns, or rather infers, this truth when he pays a humble visit to the town freak in Athens(?). Weird little man with a BIG barrel doubling as a holodeck. And everyone keeps saying, "What good is it having college degrees in Philosophy and Logic?"

Cod pieces, on the other hand, ARE inherently evil. And cut that hair you hippie!



Unless of course you already knew this stuff. I'm no expert, but no one should be really. This cartoon really isn't "deep." It's mostly mindless drivel.

I personally dislike (but not quite 'hate') this cartoon. It's boring, confusing, and nowhere NEAR as interesting as Aeon Flux.

[SnowFire]

The evil ones stopped showing Trigun to show this- right before they finished the series up, too!

I saw the first episode (when hoping for more Trigunny goodness). While any show with evil flying mathematicians has to have potential, I hate hate hate hate the art design they use. That and the fact that the philosophy seemed silly. I'm a huge fan of mystical takes on history, too, a shame that this wasn't better than it could have been, or at least it seemed.

[Mao]

OK, so now apparently Reign is "cancelled" again and Trigun is back. Also Big O is back. Now, the bad translation with the title notwithstanding (I'm assuming it's a bad translation, otherwise, it's just weird...), I liked the series the first time I saw it, and now they're gonna show the second season in August. Anyone else like it at all/can give me insight?

[mrmitchell]

This cartoon really isn't "deep." It's mostly mindless drivel.

OK, so now apparently Reign is "cancelled" again

It only has 16 or so episodes IIRC. You saw it from start to end. (Reference--my sig.)

Reign was a good anime. Not spectacular, but it certainly isn't deserving of all the crap it's gotten.

[loinburger]

The crap level would have greatly decreased if they'd just put on some trousers. If they'd been wearing trousers during the preview, then I might've thought "Hmm, that looks like a weird show," rather than "What the **** is this?"

[mrmitchell]

ARE YOU SURE THERE'S NOT ANY REASON YOU KEPT LOOKING BELOW THEIR WAISTS?


(Thank you.)

[loinburger]

Of course there's a reason, they're not wearing any friggin pants. Duh. Even man-bulge is better than man-thong.

Oh, and of course I keep looking below their waists because I'm a flaming homosexual. Huzzah for man ass.

[VetLegion]

I have seen Laputa castle in the sky recently. I liked it. Any simmilar works someone can recommend? Does not have to be anime, just Steampunk in general.