Revealing that a seemingly-deceased character evaded death
by limbo-ing under the bullet has to
be one of the bigger cop-outs I’ve run into. However, the Stardust Crusaders putting
that into an elaborate, super-mean practical joke at Polnareff’s expense truly
makes up for everything. We feel just as betrayed as he does, don’t we?
I mean, think about the details. They went as far as to have
Avdol put baking soda into his hair to look old! The treasure chest Polnareff
wished for is actually the consolation prize he gets through suffering such MOST
EXTREME CHALLENGE-worthy humiliation.
(Speaking of which,
what happened to that chest? Cameo never revealed any horrible catch to it, did
he? Are we supposed to just assume that it was made of clay, too).
Araki obviously relishes in pranks. Why else would we get a
whole scene centered on our heroes dropping random shit down the bad guy’s blow
hole? Of course, with that said, the escalation to these two hosses pissing
down that blow hole was… bizarre. Sure,
the show keeps living up to its name, but I chortled over how Avdol presented
this was, like, a basic expression of male bonding. You know, it’s just
something dudes do.
On another note, would any of you more learned lunatics
happen to know the actor who voiced our evil Stand this week? A big part of why
the show works for me is that Stands and Stand Users are always the most
loathsome rat bastards. Something about this guy’s guttural intonation made him
even that much more delightfully menacing,
so I’m very curious now if I’ve maybe heard his voice somewhere else.
Watch "Judgment, Part 2" and decide for yourself, then read my comments on the previous episode.
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