S4 Episode 6: Maiden Voyage

[YDV offline]

I KNOW THE SKID WAS SO AMAZING *___*

But it reeked of Power Rangers. >>; Oh well. It still made my inner scifi geek very happy. :B

Soooo I missed the first 10 minutes or so. I have one simple, burning question.

WTF IS UP WITH THEIR OUTFITS?!

My first thought was my TV was malfunctioning. Then I thought maybe their clothes burned and they had to grab random stuff. But no. xD; Everyone's is cool, though, pretty much. Except for Jeremie and Aelita's. I'm sorry, but... no. >/

*ahem* Anywho. THE INTERNET IS SO MADE OF WIN. 333 Seriously. And I am now officially an Aelita fan<s>girl</s> <s>boy</s>thing. *__* SHE HAS WINGS. AND PILOTS A SHIP THAT TRAVERSES THE INTERNET. Speaking of. Wouldn't it be cool if they were a-sailin' along and they passed LF? :B Just saying, you know. An homage would be nice <s>since we gave them like half their ideas, I swear.</s>

Oh, and may I point out. The last time Jeremie fell on a roof was Garage Kids. :B

sdhfkjdshfkdsjfh omg. I haven't been this excited since Carthage *__*

[Taelia offline]

This episode was awesome! Finally, some REAL action for once!

[MY85 offline]

Hoe do you watch the episodes live, TB3? Considering that UK doesn't get it live...

[DarkestSoul X21 offline]

Hoe do you watch the episodes live, TB3? Considering that UK doesn't get it live...

Tech Links. They now have a live fee of the episode.

[Tekirai offline]

I always get them off Youtube, but I dunno how TB3 gets 'em so fast. o.O Unless he already saw it or something.

Anyway, I just watched the commercial for it. Cooooooool. Hopefully it'll be up tomorrow. But Jeremie DOES NOT SUIT RED/BROWN/PURPLE/WHATEVER COLOUR HIS CLOTHES ARE. Dx

[AmericanLyokoTeam offline]

Erm, it was good, excellent in terms of linking Jeremie's story all around, but lacking in pacing, especially toward the last 60 seconds when scenes changed with NO PROVOCATION. not even 'duh duh du du du du' character bump or a pause or anything.

Good points:
Jeremie getting a linked plot and being the focus instead of the secondary he usually is.
New clothes, they work for almost everybody except Aelita who looks... unhappy in the more muted colors and shape. Sissi and Herve benefitted as well interestingly enough. Interesting again to me that Sissi actually looks more... personable? human? something nicer anyway, even though her limited screen time was limited to quips. Herve got a bit more spine snipeing at her.
Skid combat is (pun fully intended) very fluid. It puts the danger back that you don't feel in the Lyoko fights much anymore.
Digital Sea and Lyoko/internet topography knowledge is very nice to have always.
Series of tubes joke, or near enough
"World Information Network" (WIN, anybody?)

Bad Points:
Again, all muted danger, nothing really happened except their own screwup and some minor enemy skirmishing.
Pacing was miserable, especially in the latter half, ESPECIALLY in the last 60 seconds. The final few scenes had some editing moments that would make season one embarassed, and are only topped by that infamous 'scene from the wrong episode' in one of the S2 or S3 eps.
Repetitive 'are you ready? yes. yes. oh Odd, you clown.' style quotes weren't needed so frequently. Aelita doesn't need to announce every little button she pushes either, but I don't see that going anywhere for a while.
Didn't care for the casual underwater theme, too close to another stock song we all know.

Thoughts:
This ep narrowly rises above mediocrity, and suffers from some technical flaws, but an intersting narrative for Jeremie which we rarely see, and the usual cool new eye candy. Would give it a 7/10 perhaps, but it gets a 6/10 for slapping me in the face with some stupid scene transitions and to help ballance the "LOL BEST 10/10!~" votes.

(PS Edit: TB3 would be right about the Aelita/daddy line being so good, it was cute subtle writing. Except it was therefore naturally ballanced out by her giving a per episode requisite reminder of his condition and whineing about how it must be for him.

Also what happened to me, I still love the show but I'm so critical :/)

[MewmiC offline]

Okay so see the network, get the new outfits, find the first Replika and Jeremie on the roof of the school...where to start. I guess the outfits.

My favorite in the gang is Ulrich's and Yumi's, Aelita's is kinda strange looking (but still cute) Odd's fits him but makes him look even more svelte and Jeremie's, I don't know I just don't like it. Sissi got the best out of all of them, and no more head band.

The network looks so cool, it's just like an underwater city and it's beautiful . The Kongre's are even more creepy now that their seen in action those eyes are gonna give me nightmares. How did Aelita know that the sphere they came across wasn't Lyoko anyway?

The fight was pretty good but the best part had to be Jeremie on the roof of the school, poor guy got no credit though. He almost fell twice and no one believes him.

Okay I'm done, good episode but the last few scenes felt very rushed.

[Malkmusian offline]

I couldn't see the episode. I was over at Golden Corral, but what do you mean by the new outfits? Can you just describe them to me?

[MY85 offline]

Hoe do you watch the episodes live, TB3? Considering that UK doesn't get it live...

Tech Links. They now have a live fee of the episode.

Eff. Should have known about it before.

[Mewberries151]

So many pirate jokes...so little time. XD

Um, anyway, very nice episode! Woot for new outfits! They're really awesome! The CL gang getting new ones was to be expected...but new outfits for Jim, Mr. Delmas, and Sissi as well? O.o Awesome! Sissi even got a new hair style, I noticed. X)

The Skid rocks out loud. It's really hard to compare it to any one super robot or concept...especially since Power Rangers took that idea from several other pre-existing shows, and there's far many other franchises that have used it. It's more just a popular concept that tends to make sense when one has a team of fighters that need to be able to break away and or battle independently of their main ship.

*is bricked for being a plot-concept nerd* ;

And woot for them explaining things about how the Skid works, how the InterWeb works, and how...stuff in general works. I think I might have heard a few LTT-based concepts in there...which is pretty spectacular if that's true. ^^

Er, so yeah, Skid rocks...the NavSkids rock. The InterWeb is sweet (and that would have been majorly awesome to just see a little LF logo on one of the walls *giggles* ). And pretty much everything relating to the Skid and the Digital Sea was amazing. I dare say that big sphere they saw in the InterWeb was probably a Replika! ^^

...They should be shot though for that clear rip of the "Blue Danube" during the Skid's "flight" scene. XD Although seeing Odd act like a kid in a candy store, looking out of the Skid's windows, was priceless. *snickers* And, of course, his pod is the one that's mostly anchored sideways. *snerk*

Really great dialogue in this.

"Who taught you to drive, Aelita?" "You did, Odd." "Oh...right..."

And Aelita's dedication to her dad was very sweet. ^_^

And for a change, Jeremie wins over everyone in awesomeness for the episode! Seriously, that was just cool. ^.^

Lol at Ulrich's tiny little "jealous glare" when Yumi mentioned William. X) Some things never change. *giggles*

Very awesome episode! I can't wait for the next one!

[X.A.N.A offline]

Nice episode! I agree that Jeremie and Aelita's new outfits are..... meh. I too noticed that fourth nav-skid, along with the fifth transportation pad... wonder what that's all about.

I give this episode a 7/10, would have been 8/10 if not for the last minute bit where we go from Jeremie's hands by the keys to everyone back in the factory....could have just done a quick fade in/out.

[Taelia offline]

Screenshots, we need screenshots! =D

[Astro-Xana offline]

How did Aelita know that the sphere they came across wasn't Lyoko anyway?

Perhaps she sensed its demonic energy! Also, I'm predicting that the next episode "Crash Course" will involve the Skid being pulled in by the gravity of the other sphere again as the gang wishes to explore it. But what's worse? The Scyphozoa has implanted a virus into the Skid (virtual ship) which was Xana's plan since Xana knew that the Lyoko gang was going to explore this Replika of Lyoko. As a result, while the Skid is being pulled in by the gravity of this other sphere, Aelita cannot navigate the Skid in avoiding this pull of gravity as the Skid is out of control now when driven by Aelita and also cannot separate (like the T-ship in Teen Titans) due to the fact that the Skid has the virus that the Scyphozoa implanted into it. Nor can Aelita shoot torpedoes towards the wall of this sphere (which would be torpedoes that would go extremely fast due to the immense gravity of the sphere which is pulling these torpedoes in which would result in extreme impact upon the sphere) which would result in an opening that the ship can travel through because once again, the Skid has that virus.

As a result, Aelita says "We're going in" and manages to navigate the ship directly right through the sphere which sends the Skid crashing right through the wall of this sphere directly into Sector 5 (the Replika) which results in the Skid scraping across the Sector 5 Replika's floor which results in a bunch of sparks. After which, the Lyoko gang gets out of the virtual ship and explores this Sector 5 Replika which is not yet fully created as we get to see parts of it missing (such as the pedestals walls, etc). In other words, the Replika of Lyoko Xana created is not yet fully created (including its other sectors) which is why there are those other supercomputers under Xana's control so that this Replika of Lyoko will be fully created.

But then danger spills right in as the gap that was created when the ship crashed through becomes bigger and bigger while water is pouring through it and the Sector 5 Replika ends up filling up with water from the Digital Sea. As a result, the Lyoko gang has to get materialized back into the real world fast before it's too late!

[Carth]

RAWr.

I was, at first, not too impressed with this episode. It seemed pretty plot-thin, and the new outfits were a bit of a shock. (Though pwnish they were- I liked Aelita's, kinda, though the pants underneath could have been done without. I don't like Jean-Pierre's or Jim's. They're just too iconic to change.)

But the Skid- WOW. I loved seeing the underside of the digital...sea...the descriptions are a bit over my head. I'll have to hear Aelita's description of Lyoko's setup again. The Kongre were funny as well. I loved their tails for some reason.

I somehow found it funny when the Skid glided over the Sea...and then just suddenly plopped on in.

I loved Jeremie's climb over the roof. Nice to see him doing something physical for once, poor kid. I like his pants. Though, it's different from the one we saw in that other thread...that other one had the tag 'pilot'. What pilot? I don't get it...

No Xanliam. D'aww. No eye candy for me. I wonder if William will get a new outfit in the real world as well. For some reason I want him to have glasses. A nice pair of square black horn-rims...more as an accessory than a necessity. I have a glasses fetish. 0_0

Overall, I thought the episode was a bit rushed, with too little happening in too much time. But still, very awesome. I hope the next one is a bit more WOWlike. And has Xanliam. X3

I'd say this one's around a 7.1/10. Not bad, but not really up to par compared to Skidbladnir.

Well, I'm off to see how the fanartists have interpreted this. *scoots*

[Shi_Min_Xi offline]

But, agreeance on the warrior thing. <s>Dear duck, I was just watching MMPR this morning too....</s>

Was it the ep where the Megazord goes underwater?

Yanno what? It was o___O And I always loved how the Dragonzord lived in the water and Tommy could summon it with his dagger-flute thing xDD

Kind of a spoiler, but yes, they all start out combined in the submarine and can break apart.

Ah, I see. Like the Super Robot from SRMTHFG! or the T-ship from Teen Titans.

T-ship's a better comparision in my opinion but right. xD

<s>I liked the theme song for SRMTHFG! SRMTHFG! Fighting many evils things, that is our goal. SRMTHFG! Come on us! Let's go! -Or yanno, something like that...xDDDD-</s>

<s>Has yet to watch the episode but watching it later ^_^</s>

[Overcaffeinated Sloth offline]

(and that would have been majorly awesome to just see a little LF logo on one of the walls *giggles* ).

We have a logo?

Maybe we should have a logo-making contest, I designed one a little while ago for a neckalce I was gonna make...

[SnIp3r_WoLf offline]

I thought it was a pretty cool episode...

And the Skid!! Two words: Pure Awesomeness! I loved the fight scene with the Kongres, it was ....um.. well I don't know how to describe it... but it was cool.

The new outfits... Jeremie's, Aelita's, and Jim's I didn't like that much...well.. Jeremie's pants were cool, but the turtleneck wasn't... Everyone else's were okay with me.

And I agree with whoever said the last bit was rushed...

Overall, though, it was a pretty cool episode..

[Taelia offline]

I hated the whole Kadic scenario. The students were just standing outside doing nothing. >:(

[Mewberries151]

(and that would have been majorly awesome to just see a little LF logo on one of the walls *giggles* ).

We have a logo?

Maybe we should have a logo-making contest, I designed one a little while ago for a neckalce I was gonna make...

*points* The little LF logo in the top left corner of the page (the description kind of covers it). ^_^

[Beikoku no rikugun offline]

Excellent! The new outifts, the technology, the design for the Internet, all a job-well done!

[Rail Runner offline]

I liked the part where Jeremie was on the roof of the dorm...that was neatly done.

I hated the part when they were just..in the ship one second, and standing around Jeremie the next....its like huh what...crazy.

[Sankyou offline]

Omg!!!! I missed this eppie!!! Is it on YouTube?!

[Stonecreek]

I'm gonna have to start with a fashion recap...ugh, for the most part.

-Aelita: You look like you fell out of the early 1900's now. Distinctly Victorian cut on that dress-thingy she was wearing, though I like the color and lack of puff balls dangling from it.

-Yumi: She, meanwhile, looked liek hse just got back from some serious Flashdancing. It would've been better had there been no other garment on under her peasant top.

-Odd: Love the new top. Outside of that, WTF are they thinking? His shoes are ghastly, red clunkers that would look more at home in the Wizard of Oz. Also (and I only noticed it when he was sitting), but the pants aren't reching all the way down. That would make them capris, correct? I've only heeard of girls wearing capris. Stereotypes are being perpetuated here...

-Ulrich: I'm not sure about the sticking up collar, but the open shirt look at least seems current. His hair seems spikier than even, though.

-Jeremie: I like his new shirt better under lab lighting, where it has a red tinge to it. If it looked like that al the time, I'd be for it. But the shirt is boring, and the pants have an unfortunate electric blue stripe running down the legs.

I missed the first three minutes, so I did not see any new designs for anyone else. As for the content of the show, I hope we don't get stock footage of the Skid takeoff that's as long as it took this time. The ship in action was a thing to behold. Where did the kids learn to pilot so effectively (the video game reason given does not sit well with me). Also, unless I misheard, the nav skids can only take one hit before being KO'ed? So you'll never, ever see one get hit msot likely, or else the character inside will meet the digital sea and eternal virtualization. That tanks.

But, looking past the outfits and my squabbles about the ship's makeup, Jeremie went all tracker ninja this episode, which was in turns thrilling and amusing. The battles with the kongres (conger eels) now has them as my second fav. monster, behind the mantas. Maybe it was the lack of the seemingly prerequisite William battle that stood out the most. The episode was fine without him. OVerall, an 8/10. They could've screwed this up so much worse, but things could've gone better, too.

[TB3]

Speaking of the Naskids - did anyone else notice that they each had a personalised colour-stripe down the side in a different style - Odd's was a wavy-purple, Ulrich a jagged-yellow, and Yumi's was overlapping pink and red. Anyone see what the 4th was coloured in?

Where did the kids learn to pilot so effectively (the video game reason given does not sit well with me).

Well it's entirely possible that Jeremie built the Nav-skids around the pre-existing software for the over-vehicles, so the kids would be familiar with the handling and mobility, just spruced up a bit (remember that Odd compares the two, so that may imply similiarities).

Regarding the controls, it seems to me that to save on training time and improve on familiarity Jeremie probably took a video-game (Galatic Invaders?) cracked it's programming and styled the the Skid and Navskid controls around it (Mucho Grande' Copyright Theft!). Judging from the show, the kids have been playing a LOT of 'Galactic Invaders' lately, so that may well be them training-up for piloting the Skidships.

Also (and this is more of a personal theory), in the past Odd has shown a degree of...erm...'psychic' control over the Overboard (first instance of this was 'The Chips are Down', and more recently, check out 'Wreck Room' where it moves by itself into an intercepting position to catch him), so it's entirely possible that the Navskids, like the overboard, are linked into their pilot's minds somewhat, making piloting a bit more intuitive).

[Writing_Addict offline]

Shame I missed this..
Semi- nice feedback though..