Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Thirteen: The Other Side of the Gateway - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: What We've Learned You'd think that after sixty-some reviews, I'd know how to talk about this series, but alas, it would seem some things are beyond the scope of human ken. Greed… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Thirteen (Episode Sixty-Three)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Ten: Eye of Heaven, Gateway of Earth - *** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: The World Shall Taste My Eggs Well. That was an adventure. All right, there's a lot to unpack here. First things first, the big purple fella what ate one of our protagonists… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Ten (Episode Sixty)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Nine: Lost Light - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Lies When we last left our heroes, Hawkeye's throat had been slit and she was being held against Mustang to force him to commit human transmutation. The previous episode ended with him breaking and saying, "All… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Nine (Episode Fifty-Nine)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Eight: Sacrifices - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: The Sacrifices Gathered See? I told you they’re fine. We don’t get much action from the much-built-up sacrifices — Ed, Al, Hoenheim, and Izumi — but they are now in the same spot, so yay, *faint applause*, you… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Eight (Episode Fifty-Eight)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Seven: Eternal Leave - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Bits and Pieces I’d like to offer a clip of dialogue from the dub to start. For context, Olivier and Alex Armstrong, along with the Kurtises and some Briggs soldiers have confronted one of the heads… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Seven (Episode Fifty-Seven)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Six: Return of the Fuhrer - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Unravel As we get closer to the end, I notice the cohesion of the series falling apart. It's starting to feel a lot less like a single narrative than a Frankenstein's Monster of separate… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Six (Episode Fifty-Six)
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50 Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Season Four Episode Nine: Emissary of Darkness - **** Part One: Silly Coat I had fun with this one. The episode has a narrow focus, which allows… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Nine (Episode Forty-Seven)
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50 Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Season Four Episode Seven: The Promised Day - ***** Part One: Safe Houses and Secret Networks Here we go, here’s the fun stuff! Episode 45: The Best… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Seven (Episode Forty-Five)
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50 Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Season Four Episode Three: The Abyss - ** Part One: So Many Smells We return to Ed and Al in the north, trying to get Winry to… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Three (Episode Forty-One)
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50 Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Season Four Episode One: Daydream - *** Part One: Out with the Old, In with the New We have a shiny new opening, and you know what… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode One (Episode Thirty-Nine)
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