Code Geass Reruns

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

The past 4 days I rewatched the entire Code Geass series (1st and 2nd) because my boyfriend had never seen it and Dan (one of his friends who has seen it) and I were making a lot of Code Geass references; and well... eventually my boyfriend's curiosity got the best of him and he decided he wanted to watch it.

But that's when I got an idea. I'm also a memeber of the Slayers anime community and a while back they had initiated a rerun schedule where they would watch an episode once every other day or once a week (I can't remember) and at the end of the day the person who set it up would post some screenshots from the episode and talk about some of their thoughts... what they forgot about, what they really liked, etc. Other members who decided to take part could post comments about what they liked as well.

So I was going to propose, as a community, we could rewatch the series. Perhaps one episode a week would be fine? It means it will take about a year to complete since there are 52 weeks in a year. In the first series there is a total of 25 episodes since 25 and 26 were combined into a 46 minute episode and in the second series there is exactly 25 episodes... meaning 50 total.

The rules are simple: if you choose to participate you do not move ahead of the schedule and watch the following episode. You must wait until the next week.

Lemme know if anyone is interested! Sorry about this sounding a bit wordy and rushed. I'm in a hurry but I wanted to get this out there because it was bugging me lol.

Comments

[snowdevil-crow.livejournal.com]

I would do the discussion, but I rewatch parts of various episodes pretty much all the time so I don't think I could stick to your schedule.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

I think the rule is important only in the sense that it has people watch an episode right before the discussion, and keeps the discussion on the topic of one episode. But if we watch episode 22 and I'm like "fuck it, I need to watch 23-25 right now, I can't stand it" then it's not like anybody would know. Still, for less exciting episodes that I'd never wanna watch two weeks in a row, it'd be better to stick to the schedule so you're not talking about an episode you saw a week ago with people who saw it an hour ago.
Plus some people like putting arbitrary restrictions on themselves so they can simulate the old excitement of the original airings. I still remember the first time I watched R2 when Suzaku hands Lelouch the cell phone with Nunnally on the other end and went OH SHIT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOOOOO I CAN'T WAIT A WEEK!!!
I'm mostly excited because I didn't get involved with the fandom until long after the series was over even though I watched R2 in real time. Part of me is glad, as I kind of I prefer to go through a series and form my own opinions without external influence (code trainwreck amirite guyz?!) but I really enjoy the discussions like the one above.