From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
      
   >S -   
   >   
   >S was pretty much as good as I remember.  After this rewatch I still   
   >maintain my opinion that the second half of the season is superior to   
   >the first.  The second half is much darker, and the themes more   
   >present and mature (as I said, here we're talking about killing an   
   >actual specific person rather than just some hypothetical holder of a   
   >talisman).  The conclusion is markedly different from the Classic and   
   >R ones, relying more on psychological and ideological conflict rather   
   >than just Sailor Moon aiming her wand at the bad guy and an   
   >inspirational song playing.   
      
   I liked it as well, better then I remember liking it the first time   
   through. I found it interesting that the villains were killed mostly   
   of their own (or of their peers) actions. With one exception, there   
   was no Queen Beryl meriting out punishment for failure.   
      
   >SuperS -   
   >   
   >This season has always been interesting because, while most people who   
   >had actually seen the season said it was good, many people who had not   
   >seen it were convinced it was the worst of the seasons.  People were   
   >disappointed that it didn't have the Outer Senshi.  They were under   
   >the impression that Chibi-Usa had much more screen time than any other   
   >character.  It was supposedly kiddy-friendly and "sickly sweet" (to   
   >use a phrase I remember from one criticism).  Of course none of these   
   >(other than the absence of the outer senshi) are really accurate   
   >descriptions of the season.  I also avoided the season for a long time   
   >because of what people said about it, but when I actually did watch it   
   >I enjoyed it a lot.  Sure, it's mostly filler (although I still don't   
   >think it has as much filler as Classic).  But the filler is very high   
   >quality and brings back a lot of minor characters that the series had   
   >dropped during S.  Plus it has Nehelenia, who is played by my favorite   
   >voice actor (Yoshiko Sakakibara).   
      
   I'm pretty sure that this was the first season I watched in the   
   original Japanese format because this was the first season that VKLL   
   subtitled. It seems that one group was working on an English dub of   
   Super, so VKLL moved on to SuperS.   
      
   Of all the various villain attacks, I think the ones in this season   
   were the most disturbing of the entire series. Yet, that does not keep   
   the villains from being engaging and you eventually find yourself   
   sympathizing with them, particularly Fisheye.   
      
   OK, for the schedule of movies and specials, I plan to watch the   
   SuperS Special next weekend (With the one appearance of H&M in   
   SuperS). According to Doi's episode guide, it comes between episodes   
   131 and 132. As for the movie and Ami-chan's First Love, I think both   
   of those can wait until the end of SuperS since they use a different   
   power-up from the TV season.   
      
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