*TFS* Hellsing Ultimate Abridged

I never got the impression that Alucard was supposed to be "redeemed" by the end of things. Different perspectives, I guess.

I'm not really sure how this makes it better though, if that's your take. It's not like he regrets anything here, either.

I also don't really see how "I must be vanquished by a human" is Insane Troll Logic.

edited 13th Oct '17 7:55:00 PM by LSBK

I liked the "Anderson, who is this guy?" bit.

And the part with the Jews.

I was half thinking that Alucard might recognize the Jews and decide to leave them untouched and let them go wild on the Nazis, but this worked quite nicely.

I feel like when Alucard accused God of being a hypocrite for freeing the souls he'd eaten, He should have countered with "at least I gave them a choice". When it comes to God, it's servitude or damnation. When it comes to Alucard, it's invariably both.

Also, I've been looking up the music used in this episode, and the Big O track from when Anderson gave himself a Jesus injection is the same one from Alucard's flashback in the beginning of episode 3. Which is neat.

I was thinking he could counter the standard "starving children in Africa" thing with "Have you heard of charity?"

Gotta wait...who knows when to explain how Schrodinger fits in this narrative now.

Flashback at the end of Walter's fight, when the Major claims victory. Assuming they don't cut it out entirely and just have Alucard leave because he decided he's got better things to do.

Also, God did have a plan for Dracula. If Dracula hadn't become Alucard, then WW2 would have been a lot worse seeing as how they would have only had Walter fighting the Nazi vampires and, while Walter is badass, he's not Alucard levels of badass. Then, to go a step further, without Alucard around as he is, Mellinium probably would have been successful in starting up WW3 since, again, no one is around who could successfully stop them.

Alucard didn't actually "win" that. He just made the same "point" that everyone new atheist does when they learn of the problem of evil without actually understanding anything and then immediately switched the topic.

Eh, I liked the first half more than the second half.

edited 14th Oct '17 8:52:01 PM by Soble

Yeah, he commits that same sort of edgy "I don't really care because I automatically assume I'm better than you" fallacy that those edgy sorts of atheists do.

That was without a doubt the low point of the episode. But I'm sure all the edgy teens in the audience love it.

Maybe I'm just cynical but while it was nice having Alucard back, they kinda fucked up the pacing of the fight by skipping over the duel with Anderson and Dracula. And once again, Anderson is the better character between the two. Oh and that fight's ending will never make sense: "Lol I win, look it's your heart"

I'm always a sucker for jokes about how no one can figure out Alucard spelled backwards is Dracula.

The Nail of Helena is what's fueling God Monster Anderson's powers. The Nail is stabbed in Anderson's heart. So long as Anderson's heart and the Nail are intact, Anderson can regenerate from any damage. In the actual show, Alucard tries to shoot the Nail but its blocked by thorns— not even his super pistol can penetrate them. So, in order to defeat God Monster Anderson, Alucard rips out his heart and then crushes it. By crushing his heart, the Nail is no longer connected to his body. Without the Nail's powers keeping him alive, Anderson whithers away and dies.

Alucard basically took out Anderson's batteries.

Speaking of Alucard's super pistol, they took out the scene of Walter giving it to him and mentioning that it was built specifically to kill regenerators. Without that, I wonder how they're going to explain the Doctor being able to blow it up during Alucard's fight with Walter.

That's bullshit though because he was losing. He was on fire and consumed by thorns made by a creature more powerful than he is. There's no reason he should've had the power to charge at Anderson and then strike a killing blow, while God-Monster just so happens to suddenly be incompetent.

Except because of a plot revelation down the road, if there was no Alucard then there wouldn't be a Millennium.

To be fair, that's an Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole. In the original, Seras saves him from being killed there.

Now, with lyrics:

It's actually mildly surprising how deep they get:

edited 14th Oct '17 7:28:37 PM by Gaon

So this episode is awesome. Alucard's return and the following murdering spree is probably the single best part of the show.

My only problem is that the episode peaks too fast and the rest just doesn't measure up. Not bad by any stretch, but that murdering spree.

Also, I was really bugged by the Major and Herr Dockor showing up — not their jokes, which were fine, but literally them showing up. There's no logical through-line or establishment to them leaving the zeppelins to getting here.

edited 14th Oct '17 7:39:19 PM by Karxrida

I assumed they were watching from said zeppelin.

By the way, did anyone else notice a certain Holy cameo in the episode?

x2 It just looks like they're on a rooftop to me because, like I said, no establishing shot.

edited 14th Oct '17 7:55:02 PM by Karxrida

Perhaps. Any idea where should shots were taken from in the OV As?

I found the entire episode great. Putting in the entire fight between Alucard and Anderson was worth smashing bits of episode nine in.

I could've sworn I saw the scenery moving past, so it had to have been the zeppelin.

Ooooooooh, where was it? I'd love to see a TFS/Alfa Legion crossover.

Alfabusa himself was the "hurray/oh no it's the Catholic Church" guy