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Mr. Jelly:
Guess who has two thumbs and made a lazy 10 second replay

THIS GUY

Regulith:

--- Quote from: WingZero on November 30, 2012, 09:09:35 PM ---imo SoaS was weaker than BM in terms of drama. SoaS had a 3 minute build up to one sad event meanwhile in BM it's pretty damn easy to understand what is happening right from the first 6 seconds. prior to the sad moment in the former were comedic moments. BM begins and ends in an interesting way that would take some thought to understand and is also more fit for the drama category.

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the buildup in soas is superb

in the short time you know the sentry you see how much the engineer truly loves it, it's like a son to him, then the second his engineer sense goes off you just sit there denying the inevitable until that heartbreaking moment when you watch him dash into the room only to see his creation slipping away before his eyes, then crumbling into pieces

and then we've got medic whose bird died and he shoots up some glowing red jarate before fighting some kind of birdman version of himself and just non-chalantly chops off his head

I teared up during story of a sentry, felt the engineer's pain for his lost friend and felt so happy to see them reunited (whether in death or dream it doesn't matter), but bad medicine didn't make me feel anything except "what the forget am I watching"

the bird was already dead so I didn't really have a reason to care about what he was fighting for

Jetlok:

--- Quote from: Regulith on November 30, 2012, 09:52:13 PM ---the buildup in soas is superb

in the short time you know the sentry you see how much the engineer truly loves it, it's like a son to him, then the second his engineer sense goes off you just sit there denying the inevitable until that heartbreaking moment when you watch him dash into the room only to see his creation slipping away before his eyes, then crumbling into pieces

and then we've got medic whose bird died and he shoots up some glowing red jarate before fighting some kind of birdman version of himself and just non-chalantly chops off his head

I teared up during story of a sentry, felt the engineer's pain for his lost friend and felt so happy to see them reunited (whether in death or dream it doesn't matter), but bad medicine didn't make me feel anything except "what the forget am I watching"

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you seem to have not understood bad medicine you should look it over again

Regulith:

--- Quote from: Jetlok on November 30, 2012, 09:54:57 PM ---you seem to have not understood bad medicine you should look it over again

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then please, explain it to me

WingZero:

--- Quote from: Regulith on November 30, 2012, 09:52:13 PM ---the buildup in soas is superb

in the short time you know the sentry you see how much the engineer truly loves it, it's like a son to him, then the second his engineer sense goes off you just sit there denying the inevitable until that heartbreaking moment when you watch him dash into the room only to see his creation slipping away before his eyes, then crumbling into pieces

and then we've got medic whose bird died and he shoots up some glowing red jarate before fighting some kind of birdman version of himself and just non-chalantly chops off his head

I teared up during story of a sentry, felt the engineer's pain for his lost friend and felt so happy to see them reunited (whether in death or dream it doesn't matter), but bad medicine didn't make me feel anything except "what the forget am I watching"

the bird was already dead so I didn't really have a reason to care about what he was fighting for

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--- Quote from: Regulith on November 30, 2012, 09:56:13 PM ---then please, explain it to me

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both soas and bm have the theme of losing a loved one, both are simply conveyed differently. they both also use an object to symbolize that loved one, the sentry in soas and archimedes in bm. in bm, the first few seconds show that archimedes is dead and medic really didn't want to face up to that; so far in fact that he injects a drug into himself, showing that he is in complete denial of his bird's death. archimedes in a way "comes back" to the medic, the two once again reunited. now think about this; doctors are people who battle death. a figure which serves as the symbolism for death (or medic wearing a blighted beak) takes the bird away from him, which shows that death takes away those unfortunate enough to meet its grasp for good. medic, living up to his job's namesake, literally battles death with the help of his bird's spirit. after killing death, he finally goes into the acceptance that his friend is gone for good.

edit: additional brown townysis of the themes of soas and bm
as i said before, both have similar themes with different ways of showing them.

soas is more of a happy ending after losing the sentry engie was so close to; reuniting with it in the afterlife.

bm is bittersweet, medic finally man(n)s up and lives with the fact that archimedes won't be coming back.

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