Char0079 said:Bio said:
Even with the series almost over and the archpriestess giving her evil speech of evil, I still really, really, really don't see why stopping Fractale is supposed to be a good thing. I could understand a screw the world, I love Phryne mentality, though I wouldn't applaud the protagonist for it, but as is I just don't really get it. People choosing to migrate and meet different people is so horrible? And for the parts that are evil brainwashing whatever isn't it possible to implement Fractale without it? The tons of people are going to die without these resources thing seems a lot more relevant either way.
This has been a really awkward series in my eyes. The setting is good on most levels, but the characters are pretty bad and the tone is all over the place. I'm not really expecting much of the finale.
I completely agree. The series started with so much promise, but then it all kind of took a turn for the bizarre. The characters (except Phyrne I guess) are all so two dimensional, and unlikable in a lot of cases. They've never really set up a decent reason for the viewer to dislike the Fractale system either. The idea that the system requires a virgin clone to either have sex in a special room, or to conceive a baby in a special room, or whatever (and then combine with Nessa? I guess?) is also really vague and aggravating (because who doesn't want to see the female lead of a show getting molested multiple times in 11 episodes? Meh). Why does Fractale require a virgin? Why with all of the processing power it possesses, does it need humans to run it at all?
At the end of the day, they haven't really given me a clear reason to want to see Fractale destroyed, and therein lies the weakness of the series. Except for the outliers (like the people in Lost Millennium, and Clain) everyone seems to be extremely happy with Fractale (even Clain seems to be pretty happy with it). I know the creator is a social commentator, and that he's making a message about the role of electronics in our lives, etc, but it doesn't really work for me. If you compare it to the Matrix, the Matrix was "evil" in a sense because it used humans for fuel, while deciding the span of their lives, and things of that nature. Not only does Fractale not use humans for fuel, but the darn thing provides free medical care, free housing, a salary, and pretty much everything you can think of. All of that going for it, and the downside they offer is that once every couple hundred years a new key has to be made? That, in exchange for no wars, no hunger, and no suffering of any kind? Not a hard choice for any rational human being to make , especially considering that you could just ignore Fractale, and live in peace, like Lost Millennium would if they didn't attack Fractale. Now that I think about it, that is kind of a large and weird logic inconsistency in the Fractale universe. The system has absolutely no problem letting you remove your terminal and live like people did in pre-fractale times, but at the same time, people are trying to destroy Fractale. Everyone gets to make their own choice, yet that isn't good enough? It's like Lost Millennium is a professional trolling organization, bent on ruining life for everyone (I wonder if that is intentional...)
Unless the last episode is absolutely jaw-droppingly incredible, the series as a whole is a solid 8/10 for me. It's sad, because it could have been a 10/10 if they'd given the viewer any reason to care about anything other than the fledgling relationship of Clain, Phyrne, and Nessa.