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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46451: Jun 7th 2017 at 5:21:39 AM

Yeah.

That depresses me quite a bit as well. I kind of hoped somebody who'd worked with Monty would pick it back up and try to finish out whatever animation Monty had tucked away, or maybe some of his notes on where he wanted it to go, but, it seems like that hasn't happened.

I mean RWBY was his dream project it seems so at least he got to see it come to life, heck, actually give it life and continue to nurture it. How many creators who work on things that get adapted into big-budget films get to say that?

But dang it if that last teaser he did for Namine fighting alongside Vincent Valentine wasn't cool.

edited 7th Jun '17 5:26:01 AM by Soble

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shinigamiPeter Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#46452: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:37:11 AM

As much as I liked Dead Fantasy and would like it to continue, I'm not sure if there was any way for it to go on- Dead Fantasy was 99% fight scenes, and I'm not sure if anyone could animate them like Monty.

At least his dream project survived (which at the time wasn't so certain). But damn, it's such a shame Monty didn't live to see RWBY as it is now- not only its popularity post-Volume 2 and 3 skyrocketed, but we've got official Japanese manga and dub with all-star cast. Better yet, it's going to be broadcasted on Japanese TV! That must've been a dream for him- for his pseudo-anime series to be so completely embraced by the capital of anime. He would've died...from happiness grin

edited 7th Jun '17 10:38:42 AM by shinigamiPeter

Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
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#46453: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:43:22 AM

[up]They say the good die young. This is most certainly true with Monty Oum.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#46454: Jun 8th 2017 at 12:26:52 AM

I believe that there will be an animator who will be on equal or higher level of Monty Oum.

It won't come anytime soon, though.

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ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#46455: Jun 8th 2017 at 5:57:57 AM

tbh I think the RT animators are, at a technical level, just as good as Monty. It’s the creativity in movements and choreography that they lack.

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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46456: Jun 8th 2017 at 6:27:36 AM

When I rewatched the series last, I have to admit that I couldn't see an obvious transition point where I could say "yeah, this is where Monty died". All four seasons have a mix of solid and meh fight scenes, and if the style has shifted over time, it's been the typical gradual development, not a sudden thing caused by Monty's unexpected death.

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#46457: Jun 8th 2017 at 8:11:16 AM

@D Roy: While he does 2d rather 3D, Yutaka Nakamura is your best bet.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46458: Jun 8th 2017 at 8:36:39 AM

So a plot point that very well could have been dropped but might be interesting come up again is, Blake as a criminal. Because when She was explaining her situation to Sun in Volume 1 she refers to herself as "a criminal in plain sight, hidden by a little, black bow" or mostly that.

It probably won't happen, but it could be something if she was also on the run and that's a thing she'll eventually after confront in Mistral. May also help with showing faunus discrimination. Just a thought.

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#46459: Jun 8th 2017 at 12:22:46 PM

[up][up][up]The moment I started Volume 3, I could tell the fight quality had dropped through the floor. I can think of only a single fight with enjoyable choreography in the entire first half of the show (which is as far as I got before I decided to drop the series).

but HOW?
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46460: Jun 8th 2017 at 12:32:16 PM

The supposed Monty Oum fight quality and the apparent extreme drop in quality had always come off as an Informed Attribute to me.

I kind of wish people would stop talking about it as if it were a fact.

edited 8th Jun '17 12:32:45 PM by LSBK

shinigamiPeter Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46462: Jun 8th 2017 at 1:00:32 PM

I haven't got very far through the synopsis yet because the very first line made me pause. I had to back and check what, precisely, the opening scene of Volume 4 was. Don't know how I forgot, but I did.

The first time I watched that episode, the opening scene gave me a very strong memory of something, but I couldn't think what it was reminding me of - even though I compared it to Odo melting down into his puddle state at the time.

It's the Founders home world that the opening shot reminds me of. It's not simply the puddles, or that specific scene. There's something about that location and the colours of it, the desolate, muted sense surrounding it that reminds me of the atmosphere that was created by the special effects that showed us what the Founders' home world looked like. And, for those people who don't know Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, it was a barren world with a small piece of land jutting out of what appeared to be a vast ocean of some kind of shimmering liquid.

The piece of land jutting out had, tucked away within it, a garden of many objects and species of plants — it was a playground of sorts for the Changelings to practice their shapeshifting and just to exist as another form for a while. But it also had a strange, locked location (which was the key to the plot of the episode).

Beyond this area, the ocean of liquid was a vast race of Changelings, all in their puddle form, sharing a state of being known as the Great Link.

It was strangely compelling and creepy all at the same time. That's the feeling the introductory scene of Volume 4 gives me about Salem's landscape and those pools.

On the subject of that landscape — I can't decide if that purple crystal is a 'Fifth Dust' (let's face it, with four Dust types, there's bound to be a Fifth hidden away that turns out to be the key to everything), or a sort of 'Anti-Dust' (it could, of course, be both).

If the Dust influence are the Greek elements, then the fifth will be an aether/quintessence equivalent and probably be some kind of universal energy that will allow things such as space/time manipulation to be possible. If influenced by the Japanese elements, then the fifth would be Void, and play a similar role.

edited 8th Jun '17 1:15:13 PM by Wyldchyld

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46463: Jun 8th 2017 at 1:28:33 PM

Also, apparently Team WTCH is canon.

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EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#46464: Jun 8th 2017 at 1:44:33 PM

What kind of color is WTCH supposed to be?

but HOW?
Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#46465: Jun 8th 2017 at 1:45:36 PM

Brown.

Because they can float, so they must be made of wood.

Pretty sure that's the joke.

edited 8th Jun '17 1:46:06 PM by Karxrida

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#46466: Jun 8th 2017 at 1:46:05 PM

Well played.

but HOW?
Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46467: Jun 8th 2017 at 6:14:32 PM

So I just pre-ordered the Volume 4 soundtrack from iTunes and ended up getting four of the songs (Let's just Live, Bad Luck Charm, This Life is Mine and Bmblb) right now. Only listened to the first so far but I've enjoyed what I've heard.

VoidsEmpathy Emissary of the Void from Realm of In-Between Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: A heart full of love
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#46468: Jun 8th 2017 at 6:18:43 PM

It doesn't show up for me in iTunes, so I'm not sure how you have that >:3

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46469: Jun 8th 2017 at 6:25:41 PM

. I can think of only a single fight with enjoyable choreography in the entire first half of the show (which is as far as I got before I decided to drop the series).

I... I'm not the only one who saw a problem here? :p

So, how's it feel coming back to this series? :p

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46470: Jun 8th 2017 at 6:27:06 PM

[up][up]I'm Australian so maybe it's only showing up for us and Japan.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#46471: Jun 8th 2017 at 8:20:11 PM

Using itunes in australia

Crazy

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#46472: Jun 8th 2017 at 8:21:07 PM

So, do the wombats use it then?

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46473: Jun 8th 2017 at 9:39:48 PM

Mostly it's the Platypus who buy Apple products, Wombats tend to be Android users.

32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#46474: Jun 8th 2017 at 11:45:08 PM

Itunes also has a hideous price mark up here.

No where near as bad as some countries, but still irritating.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46475: Jun 9th 2017 at 3:38:42 AM

Yeah but everything in here Australia has a price mark up because fuck us Aussies right?

...wow, kind of sad that I'm used to us Aussies getting screwed over.


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