[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

"Gaim Situation" in my experience can describe... a LOT of things, and changes from person to person. What is it to you?

Oh man, that's right! You weren't even on the forum back during my Gaim PTSD days! To keep it as short as possible, I'm saying Build is a show I loved that's running the risk of becoming something I really don't.

The common thread is that the things I didn't like later in the show (and the V-Cinemas in Build's case, obviously) have led me to reevaluate my overall opinion on the series, and not for the better. The Cross-Z and Grease movies, to me at least, aren't merely crappy in a vacuum. They're an escalation of underlying issues with Build's writing that have been there longer than I wanted to admit to myself. Seemingly minor symptoms I chose to ignore.

Part of me has been saving up a big rant on Build for a while, but if that's ever going to happen at all, it's not right now. The thing about my opinion on Gaim is it never stopped evolving. It eventually looped back around into being a series I can say I enjoyed again, and the whole experience kind of taught me how to avoid falling into the same trap again. I spent a good year or so denying to myself that there was ever anything in Gaim I loved to begin with, and no matter how similar the situations get, I don't think there's any risk of that happening to Build. After all, the things we believed in were not an illusion, right?

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

Is it worth it to watch the Build V-Cinemas for hate viewing or so bad their good stuff?

I'm gonna say they aren't. Being "so bad it's good" generally involves something being hilariously inept, which is kind of the exact opposite problem those movies have. They're frustrating because it feels like a lot of talent and passion all being applied in the wrong directions.

I think the ideal way to watch them is if you can pretend in your head they're not related to Build at all. If you put aside all the toes being stepped on, they're not bad movies. Very backhanded compliment, I know, but I'm really trying here.