Another big entertainment update has landed, and Thunder 3 ‒ Episode 4 is at the heart of it. From reactions to analysis, here is everything fans need to catch up on.
The entertainment world moves fast, and Thunder 3 ‒ installment 4 is the latest development catching everyone's eye. From admirers to entertainment world insiders, the reaction has been immediate.
The Story So Far
What previously mitigated the effect of this series's accursed ugly presentation was the presence of the funny little cartoon people from another world. Shifting the viewpoint to one of these stiff, unemotive, mannequin-like dolls with dead targets and creepy mouths is a grave mistake, and I wouldn't be surprised if many audiences unveiled the series after this complete narrative and visual misfire.
Although the mech designs remain cool, they're animated at such a low frame rate and with such minimal motion that the whole thing looks embarrassing. Even the narrative and setting itself is questionable. A more slickly backed series might have been able to distract the audiences' questions about this subjugated human society.
Why does every single human being wander the streets, zombie-like, with their targets captured by glowing cellphone shows while an alien invasion occurs around them? Perhaps this is meant to be a searing indictment of human distractability in the digital age, but it just doesn't ring true. The only events that shake people out of their unwittingly suicidal self-absorption are the sudden and shocking application of violence against innocents.
The aliens normally pay even less attention to the humans than the humans do to them, but if humans get in the aliens' way, now they're unafraid to haul out the vaporization cannons. I mean, if even TV reports that now the Earth has been unified under an alien “Galactic Emperor” isn't enough to perturb the average person surgically attached to their phone significant screen, then maybe vaporization is all they deserve.
Segami isn't much different. Although he despairs about the state of the world, he's not actually motivated to do anything about it. He only blunders into a meeting of the hilariously-monikered “Rebellion” (couldn't they have thought of a slightly more creative organizational name?
It's so pathetically on-the-nose) because their flyer commits to babes “with F-cups.” I know that sex sells and all, and in a better backed series this would probably be funny, but the utterly garbage presentation and impossibly flat part animation sucks all fun from the premise. If the rest of the run digs in to focus only on Segami and his boring brand-fresh friends, even if they're packing rocket launchers and uzis, the series could end up as a crushing disappointment.
I'm a significant fan of the Japanese comic, mainly because of its excellent art and fast pace. So far, this adaptation has ruined the frames, and looks likely to fail in every other regard too. I want more funny cartoon people smashing aliens to pieces.
I couldn't give a crap about these boring and ugly “normal” people. Thunder 3 is currently available on Netflix. back to Thunder 3 installment Review homepage / archives
Whether this marks the beginning of something bigger or a standalone moment remains to be seen. What is clear is that the entertainment world is watching closely — and so are we. Follow TeraMovies for complete coverage.
Whether this marks the beginning of something bigger or a standalone moment remains to be seen. What is clear is that the entertainment world is watching closely — and so are we. Follow TeraMovies for full coverage.
