From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Now that we've finished with the original series, I wanted to make   
   > some quick comments on the whole thing.  Somehow I didn't find the   
   > original series quite as good as I remembered it.  There's an awful   
   > lot of filler, and much of it is rather mediocre filler.  By the time   
   > SMS comes around, the creators had figured out how to make really   
   > interesting and memorable filler.  There's just too little plot   
   > development crammed all into a few episodes.   
      
   I came into the season with extremely low expectations, and was actually   
   pleasantly surprised.  It was better than I remembered it being, which   
   made me quite happy.   
      
   >   
   > But, as far as conclusions go, this one is pretty good.  My favorite   
   > conclusion is still Stars, but the first part of episode 46 is one of   
   > the most intense sequences in all 200 episodes.   
      
   Stars has my favorite ending episodes, definitely.  Not necessarily the   
   final battle itself, but rather the episode or two before that...much   
   like episode 45 is the one that really grabs me in Classic.   
      
   But agreed, the first part of 46 is very intense.  Sailor Moon's growth   
   to be able to do what she did was amazing.  And it didn't seem out of   
   place.  Sometimes I complain when a main character does and about-face,   
   but with Usagi, you always felt it was there, just waiting for her to   
   recognize her own strength throughout the series.  It was wonderful   
   finally seeing her reach that potential.   
      
   >   
   > Now we're moving on to R.  I'm looking forward to watching this -- in   
   > some ways it will be like a completely new season for me.  The Doom   
   > Tree and Rubeus episodes I have only seen dubbed, once, 10 years ago.   
   > The rest of the episodes I watched fairly quickly on tiny real media   
   > files mainly for the purpose of just completing the series -- I don't   
   > remember enjoying it all that much.  On the whole, I barely remember   
   > anything about R, so it will be interesting to watch.   
      
   You're pretty much in the same boat that I'm in.  I've never seen the   
   "17 newly dubbed episodes" (maybe one or two...maybe), and with the   
   exception of the first 4 episodes, I've only seen the series dubbed.   
   And I don't remember much about it at all, except for a few extra fun   
   scenes.  So this is going to be great.  The on thing I do remember is   
   loving the cherry blossom episode that's coming up in a few days.  And   
   of course Makoto's episode. ^_^  And one of Minako's later episodes...   
   and...well, I really can't remember much (even if it seems like I do), I   
   jsut keep getting little scenes flashing through my head and I can't   
   wait to full place them again.   
      
   Sunnie   
   R, here we come!   
      
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