Fish and Chips (post: 1334949) wrote:Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is probably the perfect "Predictable" show. Right off the bat they show you we end up in space somehow, then feeds off that growing expectation of getting there. The real treat when they reach the Spiral King in episode 15 isn't the battle (though consequently episode 15 is my favorite), but the dawning realization that we're not even off the planet yet. There has to be something more, and more there is, leading to a much stronger second half of the series.
Now only if ______ had survived. *Fist shake.*
The opening scene might have been obvious in retrospect, but at the time, I'd assumed that that was a scene from events prior to the start of the series. Of course, now, we can easily identify Captain Garlock as Simon, but I didn't get the connection until I noticed people talking about how we never did get to see the opening scene later on. By the time the series got to space, I'd completely forgotten about that first scene.