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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- The whole bit about being the crew being "outside of time" was interesting, but I found it kind of hard to believe that the first-time "sleepers" were so completely naive about the implications of leaving Earth for 40 years. The cop's misguided sense of duty, the pathetic failure of the guy who looks like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo to realize he was being treated as disposable (or even simply being disposed of), and the shallow, spiteful reason of the company president's daughter were all kind of interesting, but it really doesn't feel like it interacts with the whole alien monster plot well. I think I would have preferred the "time-jumper" plot and the "outside time" things to stand on their own in a kind of police drama in space rather than bringing the influences from Alien and The Thing into it. If you want an "outside of time" plot, I'd say watch Voices of a Distant Star or Gunbuster, although the latter only uses the idea in a few places in its length. |
| I wish the Captain could have made it off the ship as well. That was one creepy robotic cat. Especially after its face was partially ripped off. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| About 75% of this show is a direct rip-off of Alien, and another 20% from The Thing. And yet, I still kind of liked it anyway. |
| I would've liked it more if it were about exploring "outside of time" expect however it took a cheesy route and turned out to be a little better version of C-grade hollywood movies and ova like Roots search.Dub really was forced, but not that bad. |
| If anyone sees this and knows where i could find the uncensored version of this movie please let me know. |
Kuruwin said: If anyone sees this and knows where i could find the uncensored version of this movie please let me know. Hey, more than a year later: this is available on Crunchroll subbed and dubbed. I didn't notice any signs of censorship, but I have no way to know for sure. http://www.crunchyroll.com/lily-cat |
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RobUsaB said: Kuruwin said: If anyone sees this and knows where i could find the uncensored version of this movie please let me know. Hey, more than a year later: this is available on Crunchroll subbed and dubbed. I didn't notice any signs of censorship, but I have no way to know for sure. http://www.crunchyroll.com/lily-cat Thanks for the info. It's currently not available for Europeans but maybe at somepoint it will. |
| I actually loved it, even if it is totally Alien/The Thing as an anime. I love Yasuomi Umetsu's designs and the attempts at making the whole production feel mature. If it was a bit longer and took its time in integrating the horror with the character's backstories it might be more well regarded. I will say that when the real Lily died I was pretty upset. I am a big cat lover and that part felt needlessly graphic and horrible. Poor kitty, even if she is just animated... |
| One of the most underrated anime to me Just a lot of fun and not much I can find fault in |
| Alien? Good. The Thing? Good. Agatha Christie subplot? Forgettable. Adam and Eve cheesy ending? Just bad.. |
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| All the talk of how similar this OVA was with Alien and The Thing compelled me to finally watch this. And I ended up being disappointed. It wasn't scary or thrilling enough. It lacked suspense or tension. The monster kills were dull. The characters are 1 dimensional cardboard cutouts. It focused too much on aspects like time dilation and the "imposter Among Us™" subplot, when such aspects practically had no business being here. If this was a well written script with an ample runtime, I probably would not mind those elements being in this. Though this is anything but a well written story. Lily C.A.T. is less Alien and more Alien: Covenant, but with practically none of the latter movie's strengths. Sharmat_00 said: If you love alien then how could you not like this? Its basically just more alien. Sorry, but this OVA simply did not have the spirit of the first Alien film. If I want more Alien, I'll just go play Alien: Isolation instead. |
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| PG-13? Alien? ┐(´ー｀)┌ |
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| I really liked this OVA/movie, it had similar plot to Alien, and I love the Alien franchise so it's a win, One of the better old OVAs I've seen, I liked the captain's character and felt sad for his sacrifice, I wonder if the two survivors survived the bacteria in the end, I guess we'll never know, I'll give it an 8, it was really good and got me hooked-up till the end.  |
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| Bland derivative of <i>Alien</i> & <i>The Thing</i> (with a touch of <i>2001</i>) whose animation spoils Amano's designs. At least, it timidly tackles a question about space travel (putting it inelegantly within a horror survival), and all of the characters have their own motivation. Score: 5/10 Enjoyment: 2/5 |
| Wow! I loved this! I had heard it was basically just Alien as an anime, but the creators masterfully blended elements from that film and 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Thing with the same kind of existentialism we see in Cowboy Bebop or Blade Runner. Beautiful animation and designs and a cool score too! |
| This was an enjoyable horror flick lol. I've personally never seen the Alien franchise but this was a solid watch. Wish it was longer and the suspense was extended more. |
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