Rewatching SAC_2045

[julibriss]

I watched it the first time it aired! I just don't remember if I actually liked it or not. All I remember was the second season being much tighter than the first, with the finale of season one winning me over with that cliffhanger. But, also, I had a bottle of red wine while I binged the entire first season. I wanted to formulate an opinion unaffected by the Beer Goggle effect. 

Additionally, been watching it with another person who is going through the entire GitS franchise for the first time, wanting to compare their first impressions with mine.

And what are my impressions the second time around? 

• the CGI is rough. With standards set by previous installments and time, it just looks dated and everyone is off-model (does help that The Major has a moeblob waifu updated design that I really don't like, don't at me). Daresay, generic.
  
• it took to ep. 6 to get interesting
  
• music (as in, besides the opening and ending songs) are serviceable. so far they really havent had a chance to shine
  
• battle and fight scenes are still great 
  
• the one Black character getting the Clown treatment, hate it 
  
• someone on MAL said it was for the "Netflix audience" and now I can't unsee it; it kinda fits...
  

The other party is fresh off of Stand Alone Complex and Solid State Society, so there was also a bit of quality whiplash. Big shoes to fill and all that. One of their quips was "The tachikomas are carrying this show." They agreed with me that the visuals were a downgrade and they perked up when the backflips started happening. If it wasn't for the investment and backstory they already have in the character, they likely would've dropped SAC_2045. 

However. We've only just finished episode 6. 

This is where the real fun begins.