{"id":121930,"date":"2024-05-10T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=40165"},"modified":"2024-05-10T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:21:05","slug":"the-big-o-episode-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/the-big-o-episode-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big O \u2013 Episode 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am delighted to at last be returning to The Big O, after an outrageously overlong stay of absence. Big O\u2019s mixture of noir drama, robot action, and philosophical interrogation of identity has made for a show unlike any I\u2019ve seen, one of those unique genre blends at which animation uniquely excels. The show is expertly woven with internal mysteries, but they\u2019re frankly unnecessary to maintain its allure; not when every episode offers something so novel and compelling, whether it\u2019s Dastun\u2019s lost movie love or last episode\u2019s Beck insanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

With our last escapade serving as perhaps the most irreverent of the series so far, I\u2019m guessing things will settle a bit this time, as we presumably return to the question of Roger defining himself outside of Rosewater\u2019s shadow. Roger has always seen the Big O as his method of enacting change in this world, his will to protect and redeem Paradigm made manifest – but if his identity as a pilot is also Rosewater\u2019s design, can he truly hope to change his destiny through the very means that destiny was provided? Regardless, I imagine we\u2019ve got plenty of sumptuous imagery and charming Roger-Dorothy moments ahead of us, so let\u2019s get right to it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 19<\/b><\/p>\n

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We open on some violent and dramatic imagery of a car being crushed, only to reveal this is actually a mundane process: the hauling of wrecks to the compactor down at a wreck yard<\/span><\/p>\n

The overseer tells his robot companion \u201cPhil\u201d that it sounds like he\u2019s low on oil. A grim, unspoken contrast here, as this robot carries the bodies of mankind\u2019s disused machines to be destroyed, knowing well that it is only for want of a better machine that he might avoid the same fate. \u201cYou sound low on oil\u201d feels a bit more ominous when a failure in your functionality would result in you being unceremoniously executed<\/span><\/p>\n

That threat is swiftly realized, as an explosive pole is shot into Phil from the far end of the yard, propelling him into the compactor before detonating<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fact that so many of this show\u2019s murder victims are robots really lets it go wild with the graphic imagery. Dastun arrives to a scene of mechanical gore, Phil\u2019s hand still reaching towards freedom even while separated from its body<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAn inspector from the Paradigm Home Office.\u201d This ominous figure is introduced as a shadow wearing a trench coat, features wholly indistinct as he approaches. His design harkens back to the fundamentals of noir film, a genre which is inextricably linked to black and white film photography. The sheer contrasts of light and shadow afforded by black and white cinema are the building blocks of noir cinematography; without color, the director\u2019s control of mise-en-sc\u00e8ne is that much more total and precise. Fortunately, animation can mimic this power even in color, as the animator once again has total control of the composition – they need not cede ground to the way organic light <\/span>would<\/span><\/i> fall across some subject, they can just create shadows wherever they wish<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here, the shadows slowroll the reveal of his robotic nature. He introduces himself as R. Frederick O\u2019Reilly, or \u201cFreddy\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I like the use of mundane, non-threatening names like Phil and Freddy for these robots. Feels like such names are intended to neutralize their inherently foreign nature, an ostentatious effort to make them seem more human<\/span><\/p>\n

The group is collectively framed through the refuse of the yard. Layouts!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEyewitness\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dorothy heads out for some errands, with Norman encouraging her to buy high-grade oil for herself, a link with poor Phil that emphasizes her mortality<\/span><\/p>\n

Love her oversized oil can. This show has a lot of fun with what elements of technology it makes futuristic and what it retains as emblems of the past<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m told that you take a hands-on approach. Does the fact that you don\u2019t leave things to your men mean you can\u2019t trust them?\u201d Freddy is shockingly the first person to point out that both Dastun and his subordinates are terrible at their jobs. It\u2019s always an interesting concept – the idea of robot policemen implies we are such unruly, uncivilized creatures that we cannot even maintain peace within ourselves, that we must rely on a higher or more objective power to administer justice<\/span><\/p>\n

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The show\u2019s purposefully exaggerated shadows demonstrate another use case, here darkening all the eyes of Dastun\u2019s subordinates to dehumanize them, making a collective of the men under his command<\/span><\/p>\n

Ooh, love this ominous downward-facing composition as Dorothy returns to the streets, the killer lurking on the roof above. The pipes crossing the street add a nice sense of symmetry to the composition, while also visually trapping Dorothy within a central square<\/span><\/p>\n

We at last meet Roger conducting the human element of this investigation, interviewing the wreck yard owner. The owner regretfully wonders if his brain once contained the information necessary to restore Phil – lost like so much else in this era of slowly decaying relics<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crazy jumpscare reveal of this new interviewee\u2019s massive forehead<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think that listening to an old man\u2019s sentimental stories will solve the case?\u201d I appreciate the introduction of a fellow investigator for Dastun to bounce off of. His normal role is significantly less glamorous, as Roger and the Big O generally get to do all the fun stuff<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat was for the executive staff who\u2019ll be listening.\u201d Of course, Dastun isn\u2019t <\/span>really<\/span><\/i> gaining a new partner, as he well knows: he\u2019s gaining a spy, a representative of Rosewater\u2019s personal interests<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roger\u2019s informant floats the idea that these androids are being assassinated because they know too much – because there\u2019s a possibility that, unlike Paradigm\u2019s humans, these particular androids might be able to recall memories from before the great wave of amnesia. Given that, it seems likely that Freddy is here to make sure Dastun <\/span>doesn\u2019t<\/span><\/i> get too close to the truth, or is at least taken care of in the event he learns too much<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorothy is struck by one of the explosive arrows!<\/span><\/p>\n

My god, her getaway is incredible. She hijacks a car by steering it with her <\/span>foot<\/span><\/i>, drives it right alongside an oncoming truck, and manages to shave the explosive off on the side of the truck. Some Transporter-ass lunacy here<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dorothy is thus taken in as a key eyewitness. Always charming to see Roger\u2019s increasingly passionate defenses of his partner<\/span><\/p>\n

Roger swiftly ascertains the truth of the situation: Dastun has lost control of his own police force<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a work of art, R. Dorothy.\u201d \u201cAnd what are you?\u201d As a fellow android, Dorothy might well be the only one Freddy respects enough to actually be shamed and changed by<\/span><\/p>\n

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God, this show is such a bounty of fantastic compositions! Love this shot of Roger presenting his card to Rosewater\u2019s secretary, their faces caught in reflection on the polished counter, but both sets of eyes concealed by the card. A layout that emphasizes the lack of human connection between them, the anonymity of this exchange – in fact, this episode is consistently using the obscuration of eyes as an effective dramatic motif, extending as well to our presumed killer<\/span><\/p>\n

The card is further used to emphasize their battle of wills, being pushed forward and back to highlight only the speaker\u2019s face, creating a sort of environmental shot-countershot exchange<\/span><\/p>\n

Roger suspects the obvious choice Alan Gabriel, but Angel tells him that Alan is out of the city alongside Alex Rosewater<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roger thus assumes Alex was not the one who assigned Freddy, making Freddy\u2019s motives that much less clear<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou lie constantly. You\u2019ve even given up your own name. Did you ask for that, to live your life this way?\u201d To Roger, whose identity was stolen and replaced entirely without his consent, the idea that Angel would actually choose to live in such an unmoored, lonely way is unthinkable. But the cinematography unites them: stuck within this freight elevator\u2019s cage, they both appear as trapped animals, following a predetermined track to whatever destination it brings them<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo I hear pity? I don\u2019t think you and I are all that different.\u201d The only thing separating them is that Angel chose this, or at least claims she did<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gorgeous shots of the two of them staring out across the ruin of the wider world, each considering it might be time to directly challenge their past, to stop living in the dream of Paradigm and learn who they really are<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have something in common. We\u2019re two people who don\u2019t run from trouble.\u201d Most of Paradigm\u2019s citizens survive by ignoring the cracks in the facade. As two children of Rosewater, Angel and Roger possess both the opportunity and the will to investigate where those cracks lead<\/span><\/p>\n

Dastun\u2019s cracked the case! He found the common link between our victims: purchasing high-quality oil from a certain local vendor, thus revealing their status as more advanced robot models<\/span><\/p>\n

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More shots emphasizing hands versus eyes – Norman failing to extract Dorothy in an impersonal conversation conducted entirely through overlapping hands, and then Freddy immediately connecting with the culprit through this scope-and-eye framing. Motifs like these don\u2019t need an exact one-to-one textual \u201cexplanation\u201d – it can be enough simply to keep using these motifs to raise questions of common understanding, asking the audience to consider these scenes in light of the episode\u2019s overall focus on the imperfections of communication, whether between humans and androids or between any two individuals<\/span><\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the culprit turns out to be an android as well. Self-destructive or not, neither humans nor androids can disobey their programming<\/span><\/p>\n

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But now the police station is under attack! Spies everywhere!<\/span><\/p>\n

Angel seems to know something, describing this intruder as \u201cDelphi,\u201d presumably referring to the home of the Greek oracle Pythia. A simple enough metaphor, framing these interlopers as prophets heralding the inescapable future<\/span><\/p>\n

And at last we hit that cut of Norman\u2019s bike firing missiles as Dorothy calmly sits astride it, perhaps our last unaccounted-for cut from the show\u2019s OP<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roger can see the sad irony in having to take down this welder robot, as oblivious to its directives as Roger once was. \u201cYou have my sympathies for having to obey a master who\u2019s mistaken. You\u2019re not my real enemy!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Angel’s poor sad symbolism balloon rises from the wreckage<\/span><\/p>\n

And as Dastun points out, Freddy also can\u2019t avoid his programming, was forced to play through the charade of detective even though he was actually sent here as bait<\/span><\/p>\n

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And Done<\/b><\/p>\n

Ahh, it is good to be back with this fantastic show. The art design and layouts are just exceptional in every regard; each scene has its own visual wonders to enjoy, and each composition is laden with either immediate or long-term dramatic intent. It\u2019s always nice when Dastun gets to show off some sturdy old-fashioned police work, and I was impressed by how well this episode conveyed that Dastun, Freddy, and Roger are all victims of cyclical programming in their own ways, doomed by their ambitions to always repeat the same mistakes. A staple of noir\u2019s post-war fatalism, here neatly reconstructed in the light of machines\u2019 helpless programming – just another example of Big O understanding its influences well enough to paint in their styles with tools of its own. What a show!<\/span><\/p>\n

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