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Death Note
HazukiChan:
Death Note had a very different and brilliant premise, and a far different way of showing the bright, bored, young man trying to change the world. And it is full of moral complications and twists and turns.
From the first episode what hooked me in was thinking of how many of us could resist using the Death Note? If someone had hurt us or our family in some way, could we keep from using it?
Also all the mental battles between L and Light kept you on the edge of your seat. I kept saying to myself "who will outwit who?"
And Ryuk was priceless with his apple fetish. :)
SeventyX7:
--- Quote from: HazukiChan on May 02, 2009, 09:36:56 PM ---Death Note had a very different and brilliant premise, and a far different way of showing the bright, bored, young man trying to change the world. And it is full of moral complications and twists and turns.
From the first episode what hooked me in was thinking of how many of us could resist using the Death Note? If someone had hurt us or our family in some way, could we keep from using it?
Also all the mental battles between L and Light kept you on the edge of your seat. I kept saying to myself "who will outwit who?"
And Ryuk was priceless with his apple fetish. :)
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To be honest, I never really felt there were any moral complications. It was pretty clear to me Light was in the wrong. The apple fetish is more or less a support of this. Apple = the fruit god forbid Adam and Eve to eat, but of course they defy god and eat it anyways. Light's just like that, so arrogant he believes he's better than god at dishing out punishment. FAIL!
LiquidZero:
--- Quote from: SeventyX7 on May 03, 2009, 06:08:05 AM ---To be honest, I never really felt there were any moral complications. It was pretty clear to me Light was in the wrong. The apple fetish is more or less a support of this. Apple = the fruit god forbid Adam and Eve to eat, but of course they defy god and eat it anyways. Light's just like that, so arrogant he believes he's better than god at dishing out punishment. FAIL!
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well i guess you could think "what gives him the right to say whether people live or die" or "god punishes in his own ways" er somethin like that. but if i was light and you asked me what gave me the right i'd say "this notebook" "it gives me the right to say who dies". just like if you ask a person with a gun what gives him the right to take life, answer the gun. with great power comes great responsibility imagine if the punisher found this note book there would be no crime and no war.
HazukiChan:
Many people were convinced that Light felt justified at first in using the Death Note as he was only killing criminals, people he felt that the world would be far better off without, and alot of us at that point could agree with his logic. But then as with all things, power corrupts. The more he used it, the more his judgement became impaired, and he started to use it in revenge, and to further his own cause, to create the Utopia that he imagined, and one in which he would reign over as he felt he was the only one capable of doing so.
LiquidZero:
^^ point made ^^ :-X I wonder why L and his disciples wanted to take him down so bad?
they enjoyed the challenge maybe?
Justice? (i doubt it)
i wonder what cases L had to solve before?
they should make a show called Death Note: L
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