I'm sorry, but it's one of the worst animated series I've ever seen.
I am curious as to what is THE best, or at least one of the best animated series you have seen. (You appear to be an expert, so obviously you must have seen hundreds if not thousands of animated series to educate the rest of us on which ones are better)
I'm not going to flame without giving reasons either:
1. The voice acting was terrible. It was flat, disjointed, and generally on par with low budget dub-overs. It's not the worst I've heard but it's pretty bad. The voice acting alone almost made me stop watching ep1 after 5min. People say things, but they don't actually seem to have any emotion behind what they say.
I can see why people have this kind of opinion on the show, but to say that the voice acting was terrible is too much of an exaggeration. How many animated series can you name that carry the same heavy themes with similar situations and/or characters which have great or better voice acting? Like I stated previously, which specific animated series can you contrast this show with that could help to back up your claims?
2. Plot is disjointed. In some series, this is a good thing, and it can be done well. Not in Aeon Flux. Here, it instead feels like the writers simply didn't know what they were doing. No, it's not a case of "I didn't get it." I could tell what they were trying to do. The problem is that they failed horribly, instead coming off as a chain of lame disconnected cliches (especially in the dialog. I was groaning with every cliche'd line)
Basically, yes, I see what people are trying to pass off as hidden meanings and what not. Again, the issue is that it failed. It reminds me of arrogant artists who make something and then tries to puff it up by making all kinds of psychobabble-like claims. I've seen shows that actually pull off the symbolism, and there are weird shows that I like (see: Kaiba), but this is just crap.
I assume by your repeated use of the word "disjointed," you are saying that the show's dialog and overall plot was incoherent. The fault then isn't with the show's writers or voice actors - it's with you; IT IS the case that you "didn't get it," otherwise you wouldn't interpret the majority of the show as "disjointed." Most viewers were/are able to grasp the situations and probable meanings of the show, yet complaining about its lack of unity or connection reveals just how little you actually understood of it. You repeatedly claim you "got" the show's intention, yet that's impossible if it was too disjointed. If you can't see the contradiction with your own statements, then you are a lost cause.
Also, you lazily use the word "cliche" without giving specific examples of dialog in which you found to be common or unoriginal. Care to be insightful and share specific lines? And what "hidden meanings" did you think they were trying to pass off? And in what ways did they fail? It's really easy to spew out this kind of criticism without backing it up.
Lastly, which shows have you seen that are able to pull off this "symbolism" you speak of?
But people... please tell me what the heck you see in this show. All I see is someone shoving poop in my face and demanding that I call it gold. I could only stomach 2 eps before I had to shut it off in digust - and again, I'd like to stress I *did* understand what was going on, it really wasn't complicated like many here seem to claim. By the end of each ep it was pretty clear what had happened and why, and by thinking about it for a few more minutes you could see what they were trying to do. It wasn't really original either, unless you've only ever seen crappy hollywood flicks and don't read books.
Not sure why it matters what other people see in the show, or why they like it. How does that affect your opinion of the show? Are you going to be swayed by what others think and say? Does it really take a bunch of strangers for you to give something a second a chance?
I am certain that no one is demanding you say the show is "gold;" when you come to this forum to post your complaints about the show, don't expect people to instantly respect you or your opinion. You should have enough common sense that most people are going to defend the show against people like yourself who go out of their way to post their disdain for an animated series.
By the way, you state that you could only stomach two episodes before turning it off - does that mean you did not watch the entire series? If that's the case, well then your whole argument about it being horrible and the worst animated series falls apart.
The fact that you say the show wasn't really original further demonstrates your poor judgment, and once again you fail to provide any evidence which would support this. You used Kaiba as an example of a show that's weird which you liked - would you claim that show is more original or that it didn't recycle numerous Sci-fi plots and ideas possibly even from Aeon Flux?
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