| Surely you can get your answer by checking out the score, rank or reviews. |
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| The movie is made from the OVAs, therefore you lose content since the movie is shorter, but plot wise you might enjoy the compression. A bit like Macross Plus. I surmise people usually watch the OVA. |
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| Just watch armitage 3 first. It's great. Armitage dual matrix is the sequel obviously you want to watch what happens to them in the first place first correct?? |
| "People die if they get killed" who knew. |
| 10/10 great thread |
| Both. |
| I wouldn't normally say this, but the film. This is what I posted on the Polymatrix board Personally I think it's a vast improvement. You miss a few entertaining scenes but plotwise it suits this format much better, makes more sense and has more engaging pacing. The OVA meandered a little too much for my liking, though losing scenes with Armitage strutting her kinky stuff is a shame. The dub's good too (it was made with English as the primary soundtrack). Elizabeth Berkley does a great job as Armitage, Keifer Sutherland is stiff as a board though Though admittedly some plot developments feel a bit rushed in the middle of the film, but the OVA had its own problems in plotting. |
BlackoutingJan 24, 2017 10:18 AM
| Honestly I would go with the OVA , I viewed it first , and after the film still find it better. And you can always just watch both ~ |
mokahless said: Now, the only copies of poly-matrix I was able to find have this weird colourization, bolding of lines and softening on it, which I think looks horrible. Kinda notice some bolding too but not sure what's down to it being "blown up" to widescreen. OK... it gets weirder. Found a fresh version of Polymatrix and compared it for quality to my old copy. The old one is considerably zoomed in on most scenes (*super* blown up)... but not all the time. In some cases the new one is more zoomed in / aligned differently (eg where Ross is having flashbacks and the plane is descending into the ramp at the start of the film - in the new one you can't see the shuttle's nose). So it looks like they rescanned the whole transfer at some point? The old one is more saturated with deeper blacks but also has a strong blue tint in some of the scenes - in the new copy the flashback is more sepia; Armitage's intro montage is virtually monochromatic; and after D'Anclaude smashes the controls with the guitar the new one has a definite red tint while he's standing there (here the "new" one is basically identical to what appears in the OVAs). So I see what you mean. What this means - your guess is as good as mine. The "new" one is overall better quality (much bigger file) but is pale and has much less detail in dark areas, it's just muddy, and is even a bit blocky in the blacks. Overall I'd take this over the one that was awkwardly zoomed in though (I think you'd know it if you saw it). |
BlackoutingJan 26, 2017 6:43 PM
| Also noticed that there are some new scenes and reanimated parts in the film, not just the ending~ eg (being vague to avoid spoilers) - Ross getting treated in hospital, then visiting the morgue (not in the OVA? Takes place right after OVA 1) - where Armitage is fighting the robo guy in the hospital in OVA 3 - fight is different (at least the end) and the film has a battle in cyberspace afterwards Haven't done a side-by-side comparison but I didn't realise this (/forgot). No wonder there's no Jap dub of the film as they did more than just cut parts out. Maybe that explains some of the scenes looking a bit odd? Nope! see above edit. |
BlackoutingJan 24, 2017 2:56 PM
| http://www.crunchyroll.com/armitage-iii/reviews/helpful/page1 But even this subbed official version seen here on Crunchy is far inferior to the old unofficial and more importantly unedited bootleg copy that used to be available on the net. As to why the unedited version was superior I will go into more detail later in this review. (...)do yourself a huge favor and find an old bootleg full unedited copy of this anime rather than the version being supplied here on Crunchyroll. I say that because this is the official release which was heavily edited due to live television time constraints. A lot of scenes that got cut were important for avoiding confusing watchers. Well, that's frustrating. |
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