C&C - "Blue Gender" - Week Five [9/2 - 9/5] [Archive]

RedTail

09-02-2003, 12:59 AM

Yuji is scaring me.

Yea... He tends to do a lot in the next few episodes. It's good ole' psychotic fun!

Yuji has lost his humanity...Alpha male syndrome has set in. But what explains Marlene's 180 turn?

Where were you for the rest of the series?

Yugi... what happend to him... this is not the Yugi we know...

OMG! Where are Yugi's l33t duelist skills?! I didn't even see him play a single card the entire episode!!!

- RedTail

DianaGohan

09-02-2003, 01:02 AM

I Know Yuji Has Gone Crazy In The "Eclosion" Blue Gender Episode Review.

Well, it's offical. Being a sleeper will ultimatley make you a better Blue Killer as well as a better solider then the average human, but will make you as nutty as a freakin fruitcake if you allow yourself to be obsessed by the power. Just look at Yuji and even Tony. Definitley not the definition of normal. Speaking of defeniton, here's on. Role Reversal: Having two characters switch roles for a duration of time usually to show the irony of the situation or the growth of the character. Here, Yuji becomes the non-caring about the mission role that Marlene once had and Marlene becomes the more caring, people concerned role that Yuji once had. And what's going on with the Second Earth government. Intruging indeed. I give this an A-.

Sublime420

09-02-2003, 01:04 AM

Marlenes 180 turn was well planned out. I mean it's not like it was a sudden epifiny. She developed a sense of humanity on earth and they were all reinforced on 2nd earth.
Yuji's 180 seems almost an impossible change of character. Almost drug induced. You just don't go from what yuji used to be, to shooting in the general direction of little children. Seems a bit unrealistic.
Oh, well.
Whatever...

ToonamiFanatic

09-02-2003, 01:07 AM

great episode. Its weird seeing Marlene in Yuji's role and Marlene in Yuji's role a big change from the start of the series. Nice charactor development with Yuji and Tony starting a rivalry it looks like.
I was expecting Marlene to rip Alicia off with her saying Yuji is cute and brave for doing what he did with the diversion mission with how Marlene it seems starting to like Yuji but she didnt. hope next episodes good as this one.

RahXephon

09-02-2003, 01:08 AM

Tonight's Blue Gender emphasized a lot of what we already knew from Thursday's episode. Yuji and Marlene have switched places. Yuji has become obsessed with ever-increasing his performance, whereas Marlene is constantly thinking of the "little things" (read: the well-being of other people). Is Yuji's overwhelming fascination with success the result of whatever they did to him in the labs, or simple jealousy of Tony? It also seems that SEEL--- er, the "High Council" is orchestrating something bigger than we can currently comprehend.

Overall, a rather uneventful episode. Bonus points for the kickin' preview, though. B

-RahXephon

Samurai Karasu

09-02-2003, 01:08 AM

Little children,Rick's shenanigans(sp),Yuji going physco, and ALICIA!!( I knew I'd get it!!!) Oh and not to mention Jerry Jewel (Knew Id get that too.)

Well I thought Marlene being sympathetic to the children was just wonderful because she really seems to have become a much more intresting character scince session 1. I certianly was freaked out at Yuji not caring about the children and laughing while drenched in blood. But to sum it up I'll do another Landstander Esque Grading scale.

Positives- Marlene,Yuji,Rick(LOL),Tony,The children.
Negatives- Alicia(I just dont find her interesting),Kinda felt repetitive,Yuji.

Yes Yuji was up there twice but for two good reasons.

1) His attitude was the kind of freaky scary stuff we can see happening in BG so Positive.

2) However it really seemed like he was just trying to beat his rival but I felt the deliviry of the rivalry was rather half-assed. Eh i'm gonna go with A B-

RedTail

09-02-2003, 01:12 AM

Oh yea... Forgot to mention, lesbo scene cut; as it should have been, but it should have been done before the bg music started playing... Made for an akward edit.

- RedTail

Tienshin

09-02-2003, 01:14 AM

Marlenes 180 turn was well planned out. I mean it's not like it was a sudden epifiny. She developed a sense of humanity on earth and they were all reinforced on 2nd earth.
Yuji's 180 seems almost an impossible change of character. Almost drug induced.

Ah Yes....See thats what I was trying to induce...strong characters, plot twists, its all good. And I think Yuji might be hyped up by something....else. BG kicks ass.

Karl Olson

09-02-2003, 04:18 AM

I was definetely feeling this episode. Role-reversal (Yuji must have been freaked out at the sight of that Blue that had been split in 2 by Tony, and Marlene has been made a dozen times worse by the reprogramming process,) more mystery (what was the deal with that blue egg?,) the music (this, my favorite piece turned up over the scene where the weather clears for the first time) and to cap it off, and Eva-tastical promo (blood coated mecha, talk of being as good as everyone else, and random scribbles n' word flashes!)

Sampo

09-02-2003, 04:27 AM

Is it just me, or does it seem that Yuji gained the ability to sense the Blue? During that scene where Yuji and Marlene were having a conversation at that space base, Yuji quickly tensed up before Marlene's wrist communicator sounded off. Yuji is freaking me out...

Also about the rendezvous point. Man those other teams got their butts kicked bad. Lots of wounded and trashed mechs. Yuji and Tony frigging rule...

Here's a minor thing I noticed. Anyone catch that when Tony showed the group that Kenya coin and talked about "Heads" and "Tails", but he showed the incorrect sides? I wonder if the animators were thinking about Japanese currency. The value of the coin is "heads" while the pattern is on "tails" side. *shurg* Or that is just another example how crazy Tony is.

...
OMG! Where are Yugi's l33t duelist skills?! I didn't even see him play a single card the entire episode!!!

Hey, Tony does remind me of Kaiba...

True Noir

09-02-2003, 11:37 AM

It's not just you because i seemed to notice that too. WHen I watched that episode i was like whoa. I love this show but Yuji was way to much of a phyco to be loved. And now i like Marlene even more than before. Tony has become a super phyco. It's all just hell. I was starting to get used to Alicia until she started saying all that stuff about Yuji being brave and cute. And i thought i recognized Tony's voice from somewhere.

KaidoYuji8Adam

09-02-2003, 11:53 AM

Yea, sorry about not doing an edit list. My VCR cut away after the commercial break.
Also, I had to go to bed before 12 for school. Which starts tomorrow.
EDIT LIST for FIRST Half of Blue Gender FACTOR .17
Nothing.
As was expected, the Lesbo scene was cut. Makes sense. (I think it was cut...)

TOMORROW.
Well, Seno explains just about everything.

The Blue.
The correlation between the Blue and Sleepers.

We FINALLY get some answers to why Yuji is insane.

It's the best episode of the series. With INCREDIBLE animation. Computer animation also. And some cuts that might make the episode weird. (READ: Sex)

Beat

09-02-2003, 03:21 PM

These are FUNimation's edits right? If this is some stupid ploy to make people go buy the DVD's...

Spastic Minnow

09-02-2003, 03:32 PM

Here's a minor thing I noticed. Anyone catch that when Tony showed the group that Kenya coin and talked about "Heads" and "Tails", but he showed the incorrect sides? I wonder if the animators were thinking about Japanese currency. The value of the coin is "heads" while the pattern is on "tails" side. *shurg* Or that is just another example how crazy Tony is.

Yeah apparently a minor thing but notable. They were switched but it wasn't just Tony. He said "Heads Yuji runs the diversion" while showing the tails side, but when he flipped it you could clearly see it landed on what we would consider tails yet Alicia immediately declares "It landed heads, Yuji wins." So either it's some weird translation goof or a signal that there's something strange going on with sleepers head so they can't tell their heads from their holes. But then, why didn't Marlene note the discrepency? (I assume that if it was something wrong with their heads that the other non-sleepers there would already know the problem and keep their mouths shut).

Sampo

09-02-2003, 04:09 PM

...
And i thought i recognized Tony's voice from somewhere.

He sounds like the same VA who did Suzaku from Yu Yu Hakusho

Kaiser0120

09-02-2003, 06:12 PM

He sounds like the same VA who did Suzaku from Yu Yu Hakusho

And Kyo from Fruits Basket.

Roger Smith

09-02-2003, 07:06 PM

Yuji Kind of Reminds me of Amuro he went pycho sometimes and chop zaku's down until they die or only be scrap metal.
So Yuji is going Pycho cause tony is better than him and later he will turn to a leet fightinng machine (wonders what yuji might do inside a gundam)

Mersault

09-02-2003, 08:11 PM

I've been watching this series on and off and I missed a bunch of middle episodes but these last few have been very good. I missed those episodes because ironically I was working on a research paper detailing the effects of combat on the human mind. As for Yuji going "psycho" that is somewhat correct, Yuji is going berserk. Tony is already berserk, and Yuji is almost worshipping Tony because of it, so Yuji pushes himself to be like Tony. The berserk state is brought on by exposure to abusive violence and in both Tony and Yuji's case they went from peaceful Earth when they slept to Blue ridden Earth now, going berserk is their survival mechanism in combat. Both Tony and Yuji display signs of someone who has gone berserk, such as:

Beastlike, Godlike, Socially Disconnected, Crazy, Mad, Insane, Enraged, Cruel, without restraint or discrimination, Insatiable, Devoid of Fear, Inattentive to own safety, Distractible, Indiscriminate, Reckless, feeling invulnerable, Exalted, Intoxicated, Frenzied, Cold, Indifferent, Insensible to Pain, Suspicious of friends. Even Yuji being able to sense the Blue fits in with the berserker model, as some Vietnam veterans claimed to be able to detect the NVA by smell, or just by gut feeling without visual confirmation.

The role reversal has been well done I think, Marlene was cold at the beginning due to the blunting of her emtions because of combat. When exposed to prolonged combat the human brain releases opiate like substances to dull emotions. Now that Marlene has been reminded of how she should feel towards Earth and its inhabitants she is beginning to rediscover her emtions, while going berserk has stripped Yuji of his.

SSJPabs

09-03-2003, 12:34 AM

After a really slow start, this series is now a consistently B grade series. Not a whole lot to say so far, other than each episode Marlene gets cuter to me. :o I actually care about the characters now.
EDIT: After the show my opinion is strengthened. I think I'll pick up DVDs or some of the really good eps.

EightOh

09-03-2003, 12:55 AM

Holy ham sandwiches, that was great! Talk about shocking revelations. The Blue aren't aliens. Kraaazy Kaido is actually showing symptoms of becoming Blue 2.0. The High Council couldn't care less. Well, okay, that last bit wasn't really all that shocking.

Nevertheless, this was a really good episode.

DianaGohan

09-03-2003, 12:56 AM

Why B Cells Are Good And Bad For You In The Blue Gender "Chaos" Episode Review.

Hmmm, well that explains Yuji's (and Tony while were at it) insanity: While the B Cells they acquired before they became sleepers increased their offensive cabilities and made them become perfect Blue Killers, it also made them suffer side affects of insanity that may lead to them becoming just like the Blue. I expect something like that, but becoming like the Blue? That was an intresting twist. Also intresting to see that that's how far the High Council is willing to go to win this war and the new alliance between Marlene and Seno (and his Arc team) in order to try and stop them from corrupting the sleepers any further. And tommorow looks even better. I give this one an A.

RedBoot

09-03-2003, 12:59 AM

I wonder why Alicia isn't going nuts like Yuji and Tony...maybe since she isn't as battle-crazy.

EightOh

09-03-2003, 01:01 AM

I wonder why Alicia isn't going nuts like Yuji and Tony...maybe since she isn't as battle-crazy.Eh, she's still sorta nuts. Just not in a cold, vicious, bloodthirsty way yet. :D

ToonamiFanatic

09-03-2003, 01:05 AM

nice plot twist! I always thought the Blue were Alien in nature.The animation quality for tonights episode seemed to be better as Kaidoyuji said it would and he was right. so we finally learn the orgin of the blue and finding that Yuji has symptoms to become a blue was really interesting. This series keeps on getting better and better with each episode. I agree with SSJpabs Marlene seems to get cuter with each episode. Marlene's charactor seems alot different from the start of the series nice to see how she developed feelings. great preview for tommrow night with Marlene setting off on her own to stop yuji from using the double edge. Director Miyogi ? I am really starting to like his charactor alot and his alliance with Marlene and the Arc team.

RedTail

09-03-2003, 01:07 AM

It seems everyone's over all the disapointment regarding the sleepers abilities now that they know what is actually happening to them. I was getting sick of all the talk about them just being able to better pilot shrikes.

- RedTail

Tienshin

09-03-2003, 01:12 AM

Wonderful episode of BG tonight. Some backstory on the blue and why Yuji is now a snarling maniac. My only complaint: That Marlene continues to lose her edge. She needs to forget the emotional bit and just smack the hell out of Yuji. It looks like this "Arc" group will be the final player in this little game as BG begins to wrap up. Count me as "loyal watcher".

AND Blue Gender is making me feel better and better about staying up late only to feel like crap in the morning. I am 85% convinced that I MUST buy this DVD box set. And rising.

EightOh

09-03-2003, 01:24 AM

I think Marlene has basically hit the breaking point. Can't say I blame her.

Tienshin

09-03-2003, 01:26 AM

I think Marlene has basically hit the breaking point. Can't say I blame her.

I hope so...I like Marlene, she is a soldier and there is no way she should be reduced to crying over Yuji. She needs to fight!

JetMaster5

09-03-2003, 01:41 AM

And here I thought B-Cells were suppose to help you, not turn you into a Blue. Hmm, so I guess Yugi......I mean Yuji......is going psychotic. Hey, I'm seeing some similarities between Yugi and Yuji. They both got their psychotic sides, they become awesome at their skills, and they've got a girlfriend. The only difference is that Yuji's not talking to himself.

Karl Olson

09-03-2003, 04:03 AM

Wow, now stuff is really beginning to get going. The B(lue)-Cells revelation was well played, and the opening sequencing was just flooring some how (mech + blood = instant omgwtf).

Sampo

09-03-2003, 06:51 AM

Gah, not much to add since most of the stuff has been covered already.

I was wondering why those double-edge looked more insect like compared to the standard shrikes. Psycho Tony doing those aerial leaps attacks and nutbar Yuji slicing and punching gapping holes into the flesh of Blues.

Marlene's dream was frigging crazy, red blood everywhere. Wow. Berzerk Yuji ends it by blowing the a hole right through that Blue into Marlene shrike.

Damn, can't wait for tomorrows episode.

I think Marlene has basically hit the breaking point. Can't say I blame her.

I kinda wish she would break Yuji's arm or his neck for the way he is acting :evil:

PearlRose86

09-03-2003, 07:22 AM

I kinda wish she would break Yuji's arm or his neck for the way he is acting :evil:

Join the Club.

Really great plot twist last night... I'm really digging this series now. Still up in the air about if I should buy the box set, but that opinion is changing with every episode. A few more like this, and I'll gladly shell out the funds for the box.

-Maggie

Trip

09-03-2003, 11:24 AM

Good acquisition FUNi. :)

Oh, and it gets even crazier soon. :D

Michael

09-03-2003, 02:29 PM

twas good i think. So the blue are just cross bred thingys not good if Yuji turns into the new blue heh

delariean

09-03-2003, 02:48 PM

True Noir

09-03-2003, 04:39 PM

I guess I was right about Yuji and the other sleepers being able to sence the blue quicker. But them saying that the sleepers could become Blue really surprised me. That little fuzzy bunny turned into a monster blue. FREAKY! Great episode though!

ClockStomper

09-03-2003, 04:58 PM

Wait a minute.....Yugi has a girlfriend?!?!?!

Nah, but he is surrounded by dangerous pedeophilles (Pegasus, Kiaba, Marik.) I think he's intesested in the Joey kid, but he's too into his sister.

Blue Gender thoughts:

Interesting to see them go insane, but he still don't see how Blue cells make you drive robots better. "I've got AIDS! But that's okay, I can now be the best racer on all of Nascar!"

So what specifically edited from these last two episodes? I hear mention of a lesbo scene, but was it between random soldiers or main characters?

Beat

09-03-2003, 05:23 PM

No, the two main sleeper chicks.

I heard this episode has a major sex scene cut out (because FUNimation wants you to buy their DVD's) I'm not asking for someone to put that up, but could someone at least validate or devalidate my fears?

Roger Smith

09-03-2003, 05:48 PM

So is Yuji some kind of Pychotic Newtype?

Znath

09-03-2003, 06:59 PM

it's about time...
what i mean is i'm glad they finaly at least tried to explain stuff
such as the blue's origins and why Yuji seems to get more rabid each day

guess we have to watch it and see how it ends :D
explanation episodes may not be exciting but... this one sure helped
things actualy make sense for once
sept where or how the blue cells came about
but i imagine that's somewhere around the next bend

er note: lets spell it Y U J I and not Y U G I
just trying to keep people clear and not confusing
a slightly infested sleeper guy in the future that fights evil bugs
with a slightly infested kid who plays cards like it's his life

Zach Logan

09-03-2003, 07:20 PM

Well I missed, and forgot to tape an episode of Blue Gender. I guess I'll just read the reviews on the forums. THis series really has progressed since the first episode when everyone called it the new "s uck" series. I'm glad Williams Street has picked up another great show :).

Beat

09-03-2003, 07:42 PM

So is Yuji some kind of Pychotic Newtype?

That's one way of looking at it.

Yal

09-03-2003, 08:11 PM

No, the two main sleeper chicks.
Those two are sleepers? I thought woman #1 was one of the scientists assigned to the sleeper project (and an Arc sympathizer, if not member), and #2 one of the supervising soldiers.

For those without the DVD, it's the scene where #2 walks in on #1 watching the footage of Tony going nuts on the blue egg. #1 comes on to her as a distraction, the whole thing is just a kiss, a leer, and cut to next scene. From what I've seen, the folks who called Blue Gender "borderline hentai" a few weeks ago haven't seen much hentai...

KaidoYuji8Adam

09-03-2003, 10:14 PM

EDIT LIST for Blue Gender Factor's .17 and .18: ECLOSION and CHAOS

I FINALLY got a chance for EDIT LISTS.
FACTOR 17:
"(Kyle Pope)
1) Yuji's "You ******* bug!" changed to "You damn bug!" as Yuji goes hand-to-mandible with the Blue.

2) Scene of Su kissing Brenda and Brenda subsequently pulling Su to the floor of the command vehicle after Brenda catches Su at the computer cut.

They're leaving much of the violence intact (possibly because the Blue now have lavender blood instead of red) but sex remains strictly taboo even when it's only implied."

ME FACTOR 18:
1. BLUE in Marlene's dream being blown apart, blood flying, as well as guts showing, and more cut. (Makes sense.)

2. Su and Brenda making out, and fondoling eachother cut, as well as Rick's comments.

3. In crazy scene where Seno is looking at the battle indecies, two red-tinted scenes of Su and Brenda kissing, then having some type of sex, nipples included cut. (Again, makes sense.)

NOT AN EDIT:
All of Rick's comments to Marlene, as well as his advances left in.
Also, part of Marlene's dream that was cut makes a return. (This is when Yuji goes crazy, and you see blood flying, and a piece of gut flowing down the Blue.)

Combined, these two episodes have had only 5 edits.

ALSO, you think the show is insane now? WAIT until these next few episodes. VERSUS is INCREDIBLE, as well as anything after.. Hell, all episodes are now incredible.

JetMaster5

09-03-2003, 10:24 PM

Wait a minute.....Yugi has a girlfriend?!?!?!

Yugi doesn't? I thought Tea/Anzu was his love interest and vice versa. I mean, Tea/Anzu went out on a date with Yugi. Or was it more like Yugi loves Tea loves Yami Yugi?

Ok, fine, so maybe Yugi doesn't have a girlfriend yet.

lostrune

09-03-2003, 10:52 PM

OK, what the hfil does Eclosion mean?
I can't seem to find it in the dictionary, and I don't see the word used in the episode.

Edit: Oops, never mind. Found it in an old bio text.

Eclosion - the emergence of an adult insect from a pupal case or an insect larva from an egg.

So ya learn something new everyday....

Will Sturnick

09-03-2003, 10:55 PM

OK, what the hfil does Eclosion mean?
I can't seem to find it in the dictionary, and I don't see the word used in the episode.I think it's the Engrish equivalent of "Enclosion".

EDIT: I guess that edit up there proved me wrong. :o

RedTail

09-03-2003, 11:02 PM

#1 was one of the scientists assigned to the sleeper project (and an Arc sympathizer, if not member)

Facts on Su:

- The Arc hadn't been formed when she was assigned to Yuji's sleeper brigade.
- The data Su shows Miyagi is falsified.
- Su looks a lot like another very important person in the series.

Hope that helps clear things up.

- RedTail

Sampo

09-03-2003, 11:51 PM

:D That's so wrong

I'm a little confused did the rabbit turn into a Blue? I thought it exploded. Another thing the sleeper Han was obsessed with a while back was that Alicia?:confused:

I'm not sure what happened to the bunny. But as for the sleeper, she looks like she is older than Alicia.

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/wizardgrey/images/BlueGender/sleeper.jpg http://home.hawaii.rr.com/wizardgrey/images/BlueGender/alicia.jpg

Cell Pictures stole.. err borrowed from AnimeSpy Image Gallery (http://www.ksl.mediendesign.eduhi.at/2001/eckerstorfer/projekte/animey/website/ig/categories.php?cat_id=89) Its a foreign site and its slow... If this site is "illegal" I will edit out the link and nuke the above pics.

I think when Yuji first arrived to the station and Marlene was getting chewed up by that dumb committee, they said that ONE damaged sample was recovered during the operation. That was Yuji. I guess that lady didn't survive because her coffin was open by that Han/Blue?

EightOh

09-04-2003, 12:56 AM

Payback at last!

Man, Alicia reminds me of myself when I (very rarely) play first-person shooters online. I'm usually more concerned with yapping than I am with shooting the enemy.

I've come to the conclusion that she's not much of a soldier, though. :D

Roger Smith

09-04-2003, 12:58 AM

Questions?

Can A Sleeper Turn to a Blue?

What happen to the bunny? (no im not refering to you trix rabbit go adn hunt down some cerial you suck at anime)

And why does the organization is Call Ark the ship should be call the Ark

DianaGohan

09-04-2003, 12:58 AM

Marlene Returns To Earth And The Arc Makes It's Move In The Blue Gender "Collapse" Episode Review.

A lot going on here. Seno's group The Arc has made their move and drives the council out of power and into retreating into that shuttle (and on a side note, that ***** got shot in the arm. Yay) as the Arc take over second Earth. And the next part of the operation begins on earth. And now we know how far Yuji's B-Cell development as gotten: He's now willing to kill anyone if they get in his way of killing the Blue. And this makes the next episode all the more enticing. I give this an A.

ToonamiFanatic

09-04-2003, 01:11 AM

Bout time Amit gets shot maybe she will learn now!

I thought tonights episode was pretty good. The arc goes into motion and Marlene heads back to the Surface to try to convince Yuji to come to his senses before its too late. I noticed something that was pretty funny had to do with the animation when they were closing the doors on second earth they showed one shot of a group of people running to get past the doors before they closed but it looks like they were really running in place.
Alicia isnt much of a soldier just trying to impress Yuji more than fight.
so the arc drove the high council from the military station of second earth . question though who was that gray haired man on the high council who said Miyagi you got away this time but it wont be the last when their shuttle was headed to the medical station? Cant wait for tommrows episode looks to be good from seeing the preview.

ShanNAblah

09-04-2003, 01:14 AM

The preview for VERSUS
Its FANNNN TASTIC

Tienshin

09-04-2003, 01:16 AM

Insanity. That is all I can say.

Where to start? Lets go with the obvious. Yuji is still a certifiable loon at this point. His scene with Alicia where he laid out exactly what he would do to her if she got in his way officially marked his turning the corner. This from a guy who pissed himself in ep 1.

Marlene. I can't help but think she is a pawn in a much larger game. It's a rule in anime that 70% of the time the guy wearing the sunglasses and is super collected can't be THAT good of a guy. I dont trust Miyogi at all. And what was Marlene's body count on that "regime change" mission?

Tony. Absolute freak show. What was he doing with that dead blue? And methinks Alicia is in very real danger. But he is good at what he does. Still.

Arc? Something is amiss

Judging by tomorrow's preview title the fan is about to be hit with much feces.

Karl Olson

09-04-2003, 04:18 AM

(and on a side note, that ***** got shot in the arm. Yay)

The second I knew it was gonna be a show down, I was nearly praying that Marlene didn't cut corners and that she just went straight for head shot. Ah well, the shoulder is damaging enough, cause she might have even paralysed it.

Anyway, this episode was very much it's title. It's all hit the fan. Yuji is seems to be two shades from Bluedom while Tony fondles dead blue. Meanwhile, all sorts of political intrigue action and coups are going down in space. btw, that's gotta be dangerous to using though explosives so freely. One stray bullet, or piece of shrapnel, and it could depressurize.

anyway, this episode gets 4.7/5

Sampo

09-04-2003, 04:24 AM

I was wondering how the heck Miyagi's Arc forces would be able to over-throw the council. They sectioned off each area with those emergency bulk heads and had Marlene capture the docking bays so more troops didn't arrive. Not bad, it makes sense.

Yuji nearly ventilates Alicia's shrike. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? :evil:

It will be amazing how Marlene will be able to reach Yuji at this stage. He is waay over the deep end now. As for Tony (Kaiba). Listening to the dying heartbeat of a Blue... man that is some crazy stuff.

I really can't wait for tomorrows episode. Blue Gender rocks!

Bout time Amit gets shot maybe she will learn now!
...

I wish Marlene blew a couple of more holes through her or walked over and slugged Amit with her fist. Well, that would have made me happy! Although that scene where the dragon lady lock and load with that rifle looked pretty bad ass.

...
Can A Sleeper Turn to a Blue?
...

Based on what Miyagi said during Tuesday's episode, Sleepers do have the ability to evolve into a "type" of Blue as they continue on with their mad slaughterfest. What kind of Blue they might evolve into... Not sure.

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What happen to the bunny? (no im not refering to you trix rabbit go adn hunt down some cerial you suck at anime)
...

Aye the Trix Rabbit is too busy in the courts suing those kids for racism. "Trix is for kids!" Bah those mean kids! It's just frigging cereal!!!

rhudson765

09-04-2003, 04:49 AM

So is Yuji some kind of Pychotic Newtype?

Don't all newtypes eventually end up pychotic at some point? :D

Wounded_Dragon

09-04-2003, 03:03 PM

Don't all newtypes eventually end up pychotic at some point? :D

No...usually their loved one dies...

THEN they go psychotic. :D

Michael

09-04-2003, 03:11 PM

another good epsiodes, to bah only 6 are left :(

Beat

09-04-2003, 03:24 PM

No...usually their loved one dies...

THEN they go psychotic. :D

You're thinking of the artificial ones. Which is basically what Yuji and freinds are.

Roger Smith

09-04-2003, 03:31 PM

No Amuro have Pychotic Reason sometimes
Yuji always has pychotic reactions

Amuro=Natural Newtpye
Yuji (Half Artificial Half Natural) Newtype
Amuro=Tonny
Char=Yuji

KaidoYuji8Adam

09-04-2003, 04:48 PM

EDIT LIST for Blue Gender Factor .19: COLLAPSE

ONE stupid edit.

1. At the end of the episode, Yuji is killing the two Blue. Only two shots of him killing it are shown. Three are missing.

This edit doesn't make sense considering episode 16 was a slaughterfest.

GR :mad: More inconsistent edits.

ShanNAblah

09-05-2003, 12:59 AM

Wow Versus made my week and now i go in my corner to wait for JOKER

oh what was the best quote from tonights show

Tienshin

09-05-2003, 01:21 AM

Regarding the scene with Marlene approaching crazy Yuji while he is firing on her and then she calms him down with a kiss and a hug to the bosom: Is it just me, or would going crazy kinda be worth the price of admission for that alone. if you were animated of course.

Awesome "factor" tonight...especially with a conspicuously absent Tony. I think things aren't shaping up well for young Alicia.

So the drop mission...complete failure. What a stupid time to plan a takeover of second earth! Or is it? I have no idea.

Complete bloodbath for our fallen heroes, not to mention our two main characters blowing off some serious steam on each other. If this were FLCL, they would have been having "Armored Shrike Sex"

RedTail

09-05-2003, 01:32 AM

question though who was that gray haired man on the high council who said Miyagi you got away this time but it wont be the last when their shuttle was headed to the medical station?

Chairman Victor

Based on what Miyagi said during Tuesday's episode, Sleepers do have the ability to evolve into a "type" of Blue as they continue on with their mad slaughterfest. What kind of Blue they might evolve into... Not sure.

Only animals physically mutate when they're exposed to B-Cells. Humans exhibit some physical effects (rash, slight pain, and internal abnormalities), but it's more psychological than anything. With exposure to extreme situations and the right conditioning, the B-Cells become active and "strengthen" the afflicted person.

Over time, the B-Cells begin to affect the brain. Ambition and emotion only help accelerate this process. They become more and more like the Blue. More advanced really. Yuji and Tony can even sense them (you'll learn another disturbing secret involving Tony and Alicia soon).

Ah, and Yuji mentioning that his mind isn't even his own. That's the best. It means so many things. I'll comment more on it when the series is over.

So the drop mission...complete failure. What a stupid time to plan a takeover of second earth! Or is it? I have no idea.

Actually, it's very smart. A good deal of the forces loyal to the HC are on Earth at that time. Plus, Miyagi knows that the mission will fail. Hell, he thinks Earth is a lost cause. No one will want to support the HC if their ultimate plan retake Earth fails.

Edit: I just call 'em as a remember 'em. The butch dyke getting cut in half by the flying Blue was cut. At least the sound of it happening was left in.

- RedTail

ToonamiFanatic

09-05-2003, 01:50 AM

that was a great episode. Looks like Yuji is finally coming to his senses.
The drop mission looks to be overrun big time with blue suprised they escaped. wonder how Yuji and Marlene will make it back to Second Earth didnt the drop team members take the shuttle Marlene came down in by herself I didnt notice. I really thought that was brave of Marlene to keep coming towards Yuji even with Yuji pointing a gun at her point blank range.she got away with a bullet skidmark on her face and a tear to her suit thats lucky. I am going to have a hard time waiting for monday.
and next weeks going to be the last full week of Blue Gender I am sad :(

Sampo

09-05-2003, 04:43 AM

...
Only animals physically mutate when they're exposed to B-Cells. Humans exhibit some physical effects (rash, slight pain, and internal abnormalities), but it's more psychological than anything. With exposure to extreme situations and the right conditioning, the B-Cells become active and "strengthen" the afflicted person.

Over time, the B-Cells begin to affect the brain. Ambition and emotion only help accelerate this process. They become more and more like the Blue. More advanced really. Yuji and Tony can even sense them (you'll learn another disturbing secret involving Tony and Alicia soon).
...

Doh, ok I was a somewhat right :sweat: Thanks for the info.

Ok, the second drop mission got annihilated with broken shrikes and corpses littering the battlefield... Weird, I guess slapping a sleeper in a double edge doesn't matter much if they are overrun with tons of Blue. I am amazed that those soilders were able to launch that shuttle with all those Blue crawling over the space port.

Marlene trusted Yuji enough and ignored his gun shots to finally bring some sense to the chaos tormenting his mind. Nice.

I wonder what the heck Tony and Alicia are doing in the center of that hive. I guess we will find out next week.

Favorite scene. Watching Yuji and Marlene duke it out in those double edges. It was cool when one of them clung to the wall.

Eddy

09-05-2003, 03:39 PM

I missed collapse since my damn VCR sucks and recorded Blue Gender for about one minute... but I will watch yesterday's later. I hope I'm not too confused as to what happened...

HumanoidTyphoon

09-05-2003, 03:45 PM

If this were FLCL, they would have been having "Armored Shrike Sex"You know it.:D

I really thought Yuji was going to kill Marlene for a while there. Did she get hit in the shoulder or did it just graze her? Another thing did I miss something or was she using a double edge? I have to say the giant blades on the back of the double edge's are pretty damn cool.:cool: The next episode previews are always great too. Can't wait to see what going on with Tony.

Tienshin

09-05-2003, 03:50 PM

You know it.:D

I really thought Yuji was going to kill Marlene for a while there. Did she get hit in the shoulder or did it just graze her? Another thing did I miss something or was she using a double edge? I have to say the giant blades on the back of the double edge's are pretty damn cool.:cool: The next episode previews are always great too. Can't wait to see what going on with Tony.

Yeah, Marlene snagged a double edge from someone who was dead. (Was that body she pulled out decapitated?)

I think all the shots grazed her leg, shoulder, and barely missed her head. I thought Yuji had killed her when he got out of his double edge and started walking away. Intense action, but I guess in a way we all kinda wanted to see them bust each other up. Yuji will be in for one serious makeup session.

Michael

09-05-2003, 03:52 PM

good epsiode, but awlays leave on a cliffhanger ahhhh

KaidoYuji8Adam

09-05-2003, 04:16 PM

I'm not going to comment on the edits right now, because I gotta go.
All I know is that The-bashed-in-the-head-by-a-shrike black control guy was cut, as well as Brenda's body cutting in half..Makes sense..VERY graphic and violent.

Get really for LOTS of human blood and guts in the next episode. Probably most won't be shown.

Oh, and some REALLY twisted stuff.

And I mean, out of the Blue stuff...
NO hints.

but, its REALLY screwed up.

Yal

09-05-2003, 05:06 PM

Ok, the second drop mission got annihilated with broken shrikes and corpses littering the battlefield... Weird, I guess slapping a sleeper in a double edge doesn't matter much if they are overrun with tons of Blue.
Doesn't matter if said sleepers are on the other side of the city, anyway. Yuji and Tony may be gods of combat, but they're completely useless militarily.

I did notice one odd thing, in one of the battle scenes we see a blue shove a claw through a shrike, and the blood on the other end was purple. That threw me for a bit, but I'm guessing it was just a mistake.

MH Knights

09-06-2003, 01:06 PM

What I find funny is that when Marlene is trying to talk Yuji down, she only mentions Joey and none of the other recovery team members. Guess she only like Joey...

And about all of the double edges. From what I understand Yuji, Tony and Alicia are the only sleepers that were recovered. The other DE's were proballypioleted by elite/highly trained normal humans. Since Marlene is able to handle the DE when she fights Yuji, it can be surmised that you don't need to have B-Cells to operate one.

No for some gripes...

-Do they have storm troopers teaching these guys (the humans) how to shoot? Or maybe some Cobra trainers? Seriously, they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. You have Yuji, who has almost no formal training, killing blue with one shot but the trained military only has about 10% accuracy. Yes I know Yuji is B-Cell looney, but still...

-And speaking of Yuji's shooting spree, just how many rounds does that gun of his hold!? I don't see any sort of spare clips or other ammo holders mounted on the DE. Not just the normal rounds, but grenades too.

-Why is it they always have to kill off the lesbians? From reading the edit lists it seems Sue and her gal-pal had something. But now that gal-pal is dead it looks like "Goku" (Al or whatever his name is) is going to step in. I sense some sort of cultural thing here (oh those wacky Japanese). I have a feeling I'm going to get chewed out for this one :P

-Just what was in the last scene at the launch ramp. Were all those blue dead or were they just standing there waiting. It sounded like they were alive but then why didn't they attack the remaining humans?

-For being the biggest nest in North America Yuji and Marlene sure weren't bothered during their conversation. You think the streets would be crawling with blue. That would have been cool if when Yuji and Marlene were fighting in the DE's the blue would have attacked them.

When the series finishes up in two weeks I'll post some general gripes, sort of a "Common Sense Violations" list.

DianaGohan

09-06-2003, 06:07 PM

Yuji Begins a Return To Normalcy in the Blue Gender "Versus" Episode Review.

You know the ending scene where Yuji is firing at Marlene and she comes to him asking him to go back to what he was when she first met him? That is the winner of best acted scene of AS 2003. It was just so emotional, so well done, and acted out so greatly it made me wonder how FUNImation could be responsible with 3rd Season DBZ. Anyway, great episode. Outside of the scene I mentioned, there were a lot of great moments, like Yuji whistling that song (from his time that he and Joey whistled in the 3rd episode) while killing those Blue, Marlene vrs Yuji in the suits, and seeing the other forces get killed by the Blue (even though they didn't show Su's death, you still knew it happen). I give this episode a very well deserved A+.

Beat

09-06-2003, 06:43 PM

I would also give it an A+ is FUNi wasn't being a DVD pimp with their edits. So it gets an A-. Psycho Yuji finally realizes that he loves Marlene more than killing. About friggin time.

True Noir

09-06-2003, 07:04 PM

RedTail

09-08-2003, 12:30 AM

Doesn't matter if said sleepers are on the other side of the city, anyway. Yuji and Tony may be gods of combat, but they're completely useless militarily.

Quite right. In their psychotic state, they are absolutley worthless. Their comrades get slaughtered because of them.

And about all of the double edges. From what I understand Yuji, Tony and Alicia are the only sleepers that were recovered. The other DE's were proballypioleted by elite/highly trained normal humans. Since Marlene is able to handle the DE when she fights Yuji, it can be surmised that you don't need to have B-Cells to operate one.

Nope... Remember all the other sleepers during training? If you can't, perhaps you'll remember the one who runs away screaming, "Please, don't send me to Earth! I don't want to die!!" Also:

There are still hundreds if not thousands of sleepers in stasis on SE. Miyagi has Marlene and Yuji try to save them.

- RedTail