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)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Five: Adults' Way of Life - *** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Why Does Armstrong Have No Nipples? I Demand Manly Nipples! This is the episode that broke me originally. During my first run at this show, I got all the way to Episode Fifty-Five, and… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Five (Episode Fifty-Five)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Four: Beyond the Inferno - * Spoilers: Yes. Oh, also warning for a suicide reference here, because that's the direction the show wants to go now. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Hooray, the Zombies are Back. As we steadily make our way toward the end of this series,… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Four (Episode Fifty-Four)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Three: Flame of Vengeance - *** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: WELL I'M GLAD WE DERAILED THE PLOT TO HAVE ZOMBIES FOR ALL OF TWO EPISODES "Immortal Legion" my fucking ass. As with the rest of the final season, a lot of things are happening simultaneously… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Three (Episode Fifty-Three)
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 Eleven: Filial Affection - **** Part One: Taking the Cake Reviewing a series I’ve already seen fully through multiple times is a bit of… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Eleven (Episode Forty-Nine)
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 Ten: The Oath in the Tunnel - *** Part One: It's Fine It's fine. It's fine, you guys. It's a fine episode. I… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Ten (Episode Forty-Eight)
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)
Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Season Four Episode Six: Revving at Full Throttle - *** Part One: Awkward Dad Talks This episode is more cohesive than the previous one, but you'll notice many of the same problems, namely that Al and his father have reunited in Liore, yet seem to have skipped the actual… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Six (Episode Forty-Four)
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)
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