Sailor Moon Eternal (2021)

20250707:
Today we came back from the Aquarium of the Pacific. I decided to watch some of this second episode with Mia (24 minutes).

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20250708: Finished this today. Overall, I think this felt a tad better than the first three seasons of Sailor Moon Crystal. With that being said, I still wish it had twice as much action. That is, pad the fight with some exchanges before one side throws out the super move. As it stands, the characters and their powers are just one-dimensional. Even their emotions are one-dimensional. Overall, the show and movie lack depth. Of course, I'll still end up watching the next movie, Cosmos.

Rating: 2.8/5

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While each part is technically its own movie, the two parts share the same IMDb and Wikipedia pages. As such, I will follow suit and give them one blog post. Watched first half 20250630, second half 20250701 (Netflix)
Sailor Moon Eternal (Part 1) (2021)

Watched first six minutes 20250701, next 24 minutes 20250707, remaining portion 20250708 (Netflix)
Sailor Moon Eternal (Part 2) (2021)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10635042
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_Eternal

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Instant Comments:
Part 1
1a: everybody having the same dream all the time is lame
1a: pause at the 48 minute mark 1b: so they just got their arcs and power upgrades (Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars) but here they're trapped because conveniently Venus has to go through her power upgrade
1b: Artemis transforms. Unlike the others who got their crystals from within theirselves, Venus gets hers from Artemis. meh
Post Credit:
1b: Is that Sailor Saturn?
1a=20250630,1b=20250701

Part 2
1a: Six months?
1b: resume epusode 2 at 6 minute mark
1b: hehe children Usagi and Mamo.
1b: half decent fight sequence here
1b: pause at 30 min mark
1c: resumed at 30 min mark
1c: hehe just a dream
1c: lol. another crystal. I feel like some of these new powers and such... they make sense in the moment, but often not in scope of the entire story. like why did the Golden Kingdom have to fall at all hehe spoke aloud... they let Saturn and Chibi-Usa go after the quartet on their own.... as if they assumed the power level of those two would be enough to take on the quartet; and while that turned out to be the case, I don't know why that would have been sensible to assume
1c: why did the enemy imprison Helios and not just kill him?
1c: lol. they always know the name. "It's Eternal Sailor Moon!"
1c: what about Tuxedo Mask's golden crystal
1c: ah ok. here it finally comes into play
1c: why is it that Queen Serenity didn't defeat this Queen Nihellenia and just trap her? I guess a way to explain is that Sailor Moon took the power of her friends as well
1c: oh interesting. the pink "Sailor Moon" was really Chibi-Moon?
1c: this sets up Chibi Moon to have her own arc well. and yet... there isn't? (very common for children to have spin-off: Boruto following Naruto, Fuller House after Full House, Girl Meets World after Boy Meets World)
1a=20250701, 1b=20250707, 1c=20250708