SSJVegita0609 wrote:As eveyone who's seen it knows, the escaflowne movie is a retelling of the series' plot under much darker circumstances.
fellowhoodlum wrote:Well I thought ditching most of the fluff from tv series was a good idea. Though the story is so compressed you don't really appreciate it in full unless you've watched the tv series. And ironically, after I did _that_ the movie just confused me.

UncleMilo wrote:SSJVegita0609 wrote:As eveyone who's seen it knows, the escaflowne movie is a retelling of the series' plot under much darker circumstances.
Really? I didn't see much connection at all between the plot of the TV series and the plot of the movie.
I've seen both... and I feel they were two very different stories.
Did you see both?
-Uncle Milo
SSJVegita0609 wrote:BTW, after watching the series twice a thought occured to me. Is Dorncurk (dunno how to spell it) supposed to be Isaac Newton? If you listen to the teacher talking in Hitomi's class he's talking about Newton's intrests in alchemy, and the man's name is Isaac. Plus in the flashbacks about his life on Earth he does look quite renisance-esque.
SSJVegita0609 wrote:UncleMilo wrote:SSJVegita0609 wrote:As eveyone who's seen it knows, the escaflowne movie is a retelling of the series' plot under much darker circumstances.
Really? I didn't see much connection at all between the plot of the TV series and the plot of the movie.
I've seen both... and I feel they were two very different stories.
Did you see both?
-Uncle Milo
Yes I have seen them both. I just watched the series fully through for the second time. What I meant was, as opposed to being either a side story or sequal, as most anime movies based on series are, it was a retelling under different circumstances. For example, Escaflowne is now Atlantis, etc. etc. I thought the movie was good, and I think your expectations were too high. Did you think they'd be able to fit all aspects of the series 26 episode plot into 96 min? I thought they did a fine job with what they had, and especially enjoyed the action sequences. They got rid of all the stuff in the series that I disliked, such as intensified luck, Hitomi falling in love with Alan, and THANK GOD THEY KILLED AMANO! Anyways, I like the movie and the series about the same, I just like them both in different ways.
BTW, after watching the series twice a thought occured to me. Is Dorncurk (dunno how to spell it) supposed to be Isaac Newton? If you listen to the teacher talking in Hitomi's class he's talking about Newton's intrests in alchemy, and the man's name is Isaac. Plus in the flashbacks about his life on Earth he does look quite renisance-esque.
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