December 11, 2003
Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 08
"Philosopher's Stone"
I like how this show sets up everyone that isn't Ed and Al to be pretty much as evil as possible. There's no possible way you could feel sympathetic to the military, which is basically using the alchemists for their own nefarious purposes. That makes watching much easier, you know with that whole concept of gray thrown out the window. Subtle is definitely not a hallmark of this show. A guy with a big X on his face, suppose he's evil?
Oh, and you know that whole thing about all the people Ed bumps into turning out to be evil? Yeah, let's just leave it at that.
Winry makes her first appearance for a while in this episode, which was inevitable, given her place of prominence in the opening credits. This was another one-shot, more or less filler episode. I suppose this is okay, as this is a long series. I should mention we're still in flashbacks at this point, and I don't know if we'll ever get out of them.
Rating: B
Posted by Kei at December 11, 2003 01:32 AM