Hey everyone,
So we all know that anime is one way to go if you like great story-lines in an animated setting. But this blog is devoted to us people who also enjoy American animation. Of course I'm not talking about the lame ones whose jokes are aimed toward five-year-olds, and whose story plot is centered around nothing of importance.
The ones I'm talking about: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Young Justice, and more recently, Generator Rex.
And so, without much further ado, I'd like to begin about the most recent episode of Generator Rex released: Lions and Lambs.
Lots of people have been saying that season 2 is not nearly as good as season 1. I have to disagree with them, and I think this episode is why. It is this episode which has made me want to write a blog about it! If you haven't seen the episode, please watch it as soon as you can (and before you continue reading this blog.)
This is the season finale of season 2, and by far one of the best GR episodes as of yet. What is truly amazing about this episode is that fact that the writers are able to make us feel empathy for one of Van Kleiss' initial sidekicks, Breach. Granted, she is kind of creepy and strange, but through her words, we get a sense of the sadness within her.
Rex: "He's hurting you."
Breach: "It's not real. It can't hurt you if it isn't real."
Breach's voice actor, Hynden Walch, (you may recognize her as the voice of Starfire from teen titans) does an amazing job. In this episode, I found myself rooting for her, hoping that she turns good once and for all. At the same time, I couldn't help but feel her words were giving clues about a much deeper plot in the show (one I haven't figured out yet). Why does she think everyone around her is not real? Does it have something to do with time travel? Is she not from the correct time zone?
Another line that I think is extremely important for the future plotline.
Breach (looking up into a starry sky): "Do you see it...This is where the stillness comes from."
Honestly, I have no idea what it means. At first, it made me laugh after seeing Rex's completely confused look. But then I started thinking it was something that was going to be very important in future episodes. Here's why:
At the end of the episode, after she has just transported Van Kleiss to another time period, the following conversation takes place:
Rex: "So What's going to happen then."
Breach: "I don't know if any of this was real. But it was nice...having a friend for awhile."
The music with the words was very powerful at this moment. But more importantly, I noticed that the animators made it a point to show Breach staring at the sky a long time. She was staring at the sky the same way she did when she told Rex about where the stillness came from.
Lastly, the ending of this episode was the biggest cliffhanger GR has ever left us in. Rex is sent into the future. Providence is being controlled by a woman called Black Knight (I think it may be Breach...possibly from a different time period.) But I also find it fishy that all the old Providence members are gone (Dr. Holiday, Agent Six, Bobo), except for Rex's brother. I have always suspected that there was something not so good about him, and this episodes only continues to affirm my suspicions.
Anyways, we will all have to wait a week until next weeks episode comes out called "Back in Black." It's gonna be a tough wait, but in the meantime we can speculate who Black Knight is. Breach? Dr. Holiday? Rex's mother? I'm just throwing random guesses out there. Let me know who you think she is in the comments!
Thanks for reading.
No comments:
Post a Comment