Under 15 posted:

On the other hand, one of Yang's hobby horses is that terrorism can't change the path of history... that doesn't line up particularly well with what's been going on in the last twelve years.

reagan posted:

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong with the mkv files, but I just downloaded the show from the torrent listed a few pages back, and the first few files give me an error message. After that, VLC just opens most of the files and sits there, but for a few of the files it actually opens up and plays the show. My computer isn't that crummy.

eXXon posted:

Oh, I was just reminded that Julian is the worst character and he sucks. Maybe it was the crappy subs but it seemed like the during entire show he wass treated like a brilliant young prospective leader sure to become the successor to Yang for no discernible reason.

AzraelNewtype posted:

Your computer might not be crummy, but VLC is. Of course, if it's simply not opening the files, I'm going to assume your downloads are corrupted rather than anything else.


The subs aren't crappy, and he literally did exactly that, which seems like a pretty discernible reason to me.

DamnGlitch posted:

Major spoilers for the end of the show the show goes out of its way to show that yang is wrong. Though the caveat above is probably more accurate (that terrorism cannot bring positive or progressive change). But yang is chatting nasty about them terraists, and then they kill him on his way to negotiate with Reinhard. Profound historical change.

The critical element is that, no, nothing positive has come out of terrorism in the last twelve years. Just death, and the squashing of rights in the name of security.

eXXon posted:

Oh, I was just reminded that Julian is the worst character and he sucks. Maybe it was the crappy subs but it seemed like the during entire show he wass treated like a brilliant young prospective leader sure to become the successor to Yang for no discernible reason.

reagan posted:

What player is recommended for these particular files? It's the blu-ray upload found here:

http://bakabt.me/163344-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-ginga-eiyuu-densetsu-bd-h264-720p-10bit-aac.html

Should I try the DVD batch instead?

http://bakabt.me/161010-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-ginga-eiyuu-densetsu-dvd-ca.html

Wark Say posted:

Is there a way to legally acquire this show in Blu-Ray that wouldn't be a loving nightmare? Like, at all? I'm on Episode 49 and after watching Yang and Julian shoot the poo poo about what has happened so far I decided that this show needs to sit in my shelf along with all the other shows that I cherished enough to buy. I love this loving amazing show and I want to actually invest more time in it that I already have.

Also, my drawing skills are slowly returning to form. Soon we'll meet again, Colonel Von Schönkopf.

reagan posted:

What player is recommended for these particular files? It's the blu-ray upload found here:

http://bakabt.me/163344-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-ginga-eiyuu-densetsu-bd-h264-720p-10bit-aac.html

Should I try the DVD batch instead?

http://bakabt.me/161010-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-ginga-eiyuu-densetsu-dvd-ca.html

Wark Say posted:

vvvv I do know Japanese, although when you say very expensive, it kinda scares me into thinking that's it gonna be something akin to Custom-made-Guitar expensive. How much more expensive than the average BD we're talking here? vvvv

Wark Say posted:

Is there a way to legally acquire this show in Blu-Ray that wouldn't be a loving nightmare? Like, at all? I'm on Episode 49 and after watching Yang and Julian shoot the poo poo about what has happened so far I decided that this show needs to sit in my shelf along with all the other shows that I cherished enough to buy. I love this loving amazing show and I want to actually invest more time in it that I already have.

Also, my drawing skills are slowly returning to form. Soon we'll meet again, Colonel Von Schönkopf.

vvvv I do know Japanese, although when you say very expensive, it kinda scares me into thinking that's it gonna be something akin to Custom-made-Guitar expensive. How much more expensive than the average BD we're talking here? vvvv

Kegslayer posted:

I don't think anything positive comes out from terrorism but I do think Yang is right in that terrorism by itself cannot change the path of history. I'd argue that from a macro perspective, the events that history is going to remember are going to be such things like the rise of China or launching a probe to Mars.

From the show I think Yang is aware that he'll have an enormous impact on history, which is why he doesn't want to support or launch a coup since it will set a bad precedent but even he knows that his actions only delay the inevitable such as the reunification of the Republic and the Empire


I liked Julian. Throughout the series, I think it was implicitly implied that he was just as competent as Yang and he knew that but he's a great character for me because he keeps serving after Yang's death despite knowing that society would always heavily criticise him and that history would never recognise him as it did Yang. Everyone recognises Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan but few people would have heard of Philip of Macedon or Odegei Khan who arguably accomplished more.

Chas McGill posted:

Agree with all of this. I also feel that he represents what Yang was talking about in regard to the flow of history and the power of the cause over isolated terrorism and individual atrocity - he carried on where Yang left off because he believed in the same things and wanted to continue the work. One of my favourite moments in the series was Julian's reaction to Yang's death - a character who's been completely inoffensive throughout the series turns into a beast in grief and rage..

Pimpmust posted:

In the proud tradition where every good fleet commander (except Yang) is also an axe-wielding badass, crack shot and probably a fighter pilot Ace in their spare time.

Or maybe that was more the Gaidens making even Reinhard into some bloodthirsty ice-warrior, only slightly below Kircheis in killing potential (otherwise the perfect Augustus & Agrippa duo).

It's both and at the same time.

Pimpmust posted:

In the proud tradition where every good fleet commander (except Yang) is also an axe-wielding badass, crack shot and probably a fighter pilot Ace in their spare time.

Or maybe that was more the Gaidens making even Reinhard into some bloodthirsty ice-warrior, only slightly below Kircheis in killing potential (otherwise the perfect Augustus & Agrippa duo).

It's both and at the same time.

Madurai posted:

Julian flew a Spartanian, but didn't seem particularly good at it.

Pimpmust posted:

Dude shoots down like 3 fighters and a cruiser in his first outing, which seems pretty loving good. Like yeah, he's no Poplin, but then again: Who is?

DamnGlitch posted:

As stated above, but yeah. I don't know about the blurays but I know at some point the whole series on DVD (mind you, just SERIES and not movie / prequels) were in the range of 3,000 dollars USD.

If it makes you happy you can buy a nice passport HDD that'll hold the whole bluray rip and put that on your shelf (and save about 2900 dollars).

UberJumper posted:

Quick question getting into this and loving it.

But according to the op these are prequels:

(Optional Prequels)
Gaiden 1 - 4 Episodes
Gaiden 2 - 4 Episodes
Gaiden 3 - 4 Episodes
Gaiden 4 - 12 Episodes
Spiral Labyrinth - 14 Episodes
Mutineer - 4 Episodes
The Duelist - 4 Episodes
Retriever - 4 Episodes
3rd Battle of Tiamat - 2 Episodes

Shouldn't i watch that before the main series?

Iserlohn posted:

The only prequel sort of thing you should be watching is the "My Conquest is the Sea of stars" movie. The prequel OVA's were made after the main series' run and are not really referenced at all. You'll also be dealing with different levels of animation, whereas the main series is pretty nicely consistent.

UberJumper posted:

Thanks, is there a list of character names with their portraits? I am having some problems remembering who is who unfortunately (i spent a good chunk of the first movie thinking the other character was yang). The wiki's have a ton of spoilers, which kind of ruins it.

UberJumper posted:

Thanks, is there a list of character names with their portraits? I am having some problems remembering who is who unfortunately (i spent a good chunk of the first movie thinking the other character was yang). The wiki's have a ton of spoilers, which kind of ruins it.

Go RV! posted:

The size of that would be absolutely huge. You don't need to know everyone by name, just be aware of the major players. They'll keep popping up the name/titles for a long time.

You'll learn to identify them in time. Just remember Yang and Dusty are two different characters.

Nate RFB posted:

I do have these handy for whatever reason:

Nate RFB posted:

Iserlohn posted:

How could you possibly forget about Rai???

Chillyrabbit posted:

Quick question do the other people (ie non main character types) get smarter in the series instead of being blindly and somehow criminally retarded? I watched up to episode 16 but it seems every one-off or somewhat important character is so retarded it breaks my immersion.

EDIT: Like trying to attack iserlohn after losing it; the loving fort that annihilated 6 or 7 alliance fleets. The food riots on the occupied planets, like seriously people need food and looting = riots

Pornographic Memory posted:

Or Buckock and Trung Yu-Chang. Marr-Adetta never forget

That battle was Yang-worthy and the Empire only really avoided disaster due to their absolutely crushing numerical advantage.