Blood-C #12 — Rocks Fall, Everybody Dies
September 29th, 2011
So… it was all just a big advertisement for the movie, eh?
Impressions:
Heh. They bring everybody back to life, only to kill them all, and the most hilarious part? They don’t even bother to really try to answer or address anything that wasn’t already obvious. There’s no big twist at the end, no stunning reveal, nothing. Just your run-of-the-mill conspiracy for conspiracy’s sake. And that is why this is my favorite comedy of the season. At least they did an even better job with the action than usual, even if the style was slightly different, and frankly, not for the better. I really don’t like that style, and moreso when a show switches randomly into and out of it, although I know lots of people have been touching themselves over it lately. The gore was hilarious too, particularly the twin getting torn apart by her legs. Now that’s the kind of panty shot that I think everybody can get behind.
In the end though, it doesn’t end. It’s just a big ol’ ad/prequel for the movie. Huzzah. At least it’s some more random mindless action to look forward to. And seriously, what is with Clamp and their fixation on eye gouging?
Final thoughts, such as they are, at the bottom.
Final Thoughts:
Do I even need to say anything at this point? This show was a trainwreck of horrible pacing, unrelatable characters, and over-the-top gore while Saya kept on repeating that she’d protect everybody. It certainly could have been done far better if they made her look overwhelmed or helpless against the monsters eating all of her friends, but like basically all of what passes for character development in this show, Saya just sat there and watch everything with an idiot grin on her face and then went back to singing her happy song, so none of it had the slightest shred of impact past the visceral (or occasionally comical) head gnawing.
The action was extremely well done though and other ‘action’ shows could learn a lot from it. Almost all of it was totally meaningless, yes, but it was visually attractive and not made up of 50% explaining what was going on and 45% reiterating how you believed so much in yourself that you can’t lose. That, and laughing at its awful writing at the only reasons that I can think of to watch the show though. As I said, the writing manages to be both slow and ridiculous. Certainly amusing to write about and laugh at, but recommendable as a good show overall? Good lord, no. Maybe the movie will figure out what to do with this mess.
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Maybe the movie will figure out what to do with this mess.
Blood-C was a crappy show. I’d say at least 85% of it sucked. But– I want to see that Blood-C movie. As much as I’d hate to admit it, achievement unlocked.