Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

[Testarossa Autodrive]

Quite honestly, it was a little more epic in the manga. I thought to myself, "Wow, this is gonna be ridiculous when it's animated!" And as I watched, it just didn't pack the same punch it did on page (or in this case, on the computer screen). The fact that we were expecting this, however, probably contributed to the lack of epic-ness; at least in my opinion. If there hadn't been so many "with this power, I will no longer be tied down to your so-called God" hints, it might've been a little more surprising. The events leading up to another Xerxes catastrophe was obvious. The fact that Father's been attempting to capture the power of God was just as, if not more so when putting together all the telltale signs. *shrug*

[DarthEnderX]

Quite honestly, it was a little more epic in the manga. I thought to myself, "Wow, this is gonna be ridiculous when it's animated!" And as I watched, it just didn't pack the same punch it did on page (or in this case, on the computer screen). The fact that we were expecting this, however, probably contributed to the lack of epic-ness; at least in my opinion. If there hadn't been so many "with this power, I will no longer be tied down to your so-called God" hints, it might've been a little more surprising. The events leading up to another Xerxes catastrophe was obvious. The fact that Father's been attempting to capture the power of God was just as, if not more so when putting together all the telltale signs. *shrug*

As someone who's not a manga reader I can say that the fact that Father's plan is never really clear contributes to the lack of epicness.

They've never really established the thing beyond the gate is supposed to be God before now. Not only that, but supposedly Father wants the power of that God, but what power is that exactly? The only power the thing in the gate has ever shown so far is taking body parts from people. Pretty sure Father could already do that without going to all this trouble.

Also taking away from the epicness is the fact that they make it look like everybody just died. Pretty sure they aren't unless the rest of the series is just Father wallowing in his epic victory, but you kept waiting for whatever the good guys were gonna do to kick in, and it doesn't in this episode.