Danger^Cart
02-01-2006, 03:34 AM
If anyone has seen Cowboy Bebop all the way through, then they know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the crazy, badass assassin with the mind of a child, Pierrott Le Fou.
However, I found some certain aspects hard to grasp, not because of their improbability (If you walk into any anime, especially futuristic ones, expecting something practical and of the norm, then your watching the wrong thing) but because of the lack of explanation.
1) How EXACTLY does his integral forceshield work? At first, I thought it only deflected objects moving at uber-fast speeds, as in subsonic and above, maybe give or take a few measures either way, hence, the deflection of bullets, but his ability to grasp objects without his shield obstructing the act. This would also account for his defeat, in Spike throwing a knife into his leg (moving slower than a bullet, obviously). However, this doesn't account for the scene where Spike rolls a flammable container of some sort (where the HELL did that come from by the way?) and shoots it, hence releasing its contents LITERALLY at Pierrots feet. Well, I'm not exactly sure on the science of this, but a bullet travels just under the speed of sound, and I'm pretty sure that heat travels a hell of a lot slower than that. Not to mention, I really don't see his forceshield deflecting heat in the first place, seeing as how it was obviously designed to deflect fast moving projectiles, and be able to interact with slow moving objects, such as his hands.
2) How the fuck can he fly? While this is cool, and the animators/writers did a good job of making it look practical (that scene where he's bouncing toward the camera/or where he simply lifts off and floats towards spike is awesome, in the sense that it gives you a feeling of clostraphobia, and really conveys the fact that there's nowhere to run) do they ever explain why he is able to do this? They showed, in the origin montage, him getting his forceshield, but never show how he's able to FUCKING FLY.
Once again, I'm not trying to nitpick, its just that a show that's so good at explaining the unbelievable neglects a few important factors. I'm not so much angry or dissapointed that they didn't explain why he can fly, or go over how his shield works, I'm just curious.
*If anyone has any insight, please discuss it and/or post a link to a corresponding interview/article.
Discuss!
However, I found some certain aspects hard to grasp, not because of their improbability (If you walk into any anime, especially futuristic ones, expecting something practical and of the norm, then your watching the wrong thing) but because of the lack of explanation.
1) How EXACTLY does his integral forceshield work? At first, I thought it only deflected objects moving at uber-fast speeds, as in subsonic and above, maybe give or take a few measures either way, hence, the deflection of bullets, but his ability to grasp objects without his shield obstructing the act. This would also account for his defeat, in Spike throwing a knife into his leg (moving slower than a bullet, obviously). However, this doesn't account for the scene where Spike rolls a flammable container of some sort (where the HELL did that come from by the way?) and shoots it, hence releasing its contents LITERALLY at Pierrots feet. Well, I'm not exactly sure on the science of this, but a bullet travels just under the speed of sound, and I'm pretty sure that heat travels a hell of a lot slower than that. Not to mention, I really don't see his forceshield deflecting heat in the first place, seeing as how it was obviously designed to deflect fast moving projectiles, and be able to interact with slow moving objects, such as his hands.
2) How the fuck can he fly? While this is cool, and the animators/writers did a good job of making it look practical (that scene where he's bouncing toward the camera/or where he simply lifts off and floats towards spike is awesome, in the sense that it gives you a feeling of clostraphobia, and really conveys the fact that there's nowhere to run) do they ever explain why he is able to do this? They showed, in the origin montage, him getting his forceshield, but never show how he's able to FUCKING FLY.
Once again, I'm not trying to nitpick, its just that a show that's so good at explaining the unbelievable neglects a few important factors. I'm not so much angry or dissapointed that they didn't explain why he can fly, or go over how his shield works, I'm just curious.
*If anyone has any insight, please discuss it and/or post a link to a corresponding interview/article.
Discuss!