Late in this episode, late in the whole of the series that has been LOGH: DNT – Intrigue, young Julian Mintz muses that there are “many different kinds of battles.” That is the entire point, of course, as this stretch has been defined by the information war waged in the background of those massive spaceship battles that Julian is missing here. The irony, of course, is that while Julian himself is dissatisfied with being pushed into engaging with this element, his frustration is still our gain, as I think I’ve made clear how well I believe Die Neue These has done with this material so far. The glossy, cinematic approach of Production I.G‘s reboot feels like it’s afforded a more effectively fresh presentation of all these People Standing Around Rooms Discussing Hypothetical Movements than it did even with all those big CGI space battles.
The differences in approach between…
