So, what was I saying?
I'm really not sure what to make of all these. Are the references actual things that will come up in the show or are they just references to the source material. If it's just references then they're there for no real reason than just to please the audience or to show them that they know the material, which isn't great. On the other hand, if these are part of the show then, back to what I said, won't it be too bloated? It's only 8 episodes. Is there enough room to get to Fortuna, Mundus and whatever original story they want to tell?
I'm wondering if the order of the sword emblem is not a reference to Fortuna as much as it is to Sparda. Personally, I think it's more related to Nero since the Red Queen did pop up in the first few seconds.
There's a lot of Sparda references here, which could mean anything. They could be just a mention to the character, being so important to the story, or maybe he'll get an appearance.
This one was from the anime. It's the statue of Sparda in the episode with the brothers. I never liked that image and I find it odd that they put it in here as an actual representation of what Sparda looked like. I always saw it as the anime production team not really knowing the source material.
There's a big emphasis with this neon green in this footage. It's green and red on this one, not red and blue.
Here, I'm wondering is this is supposed to be her eyeballs.
It's funny, I always thought that Lady's eyes were red and blue but here's it's green.
She also looks pretty mad at every point.
I got curious and so I went and checked out the '07 anime to see what her eye color was and it can be pretty ambiguous. They looked blue to me but every time I want to commit to one color I see too much of the other.
They look somewhat turquoise on these but most of the time they looked pretty blue to me. At least you can see why anyone would think blue.
I used to know that her eyes were blue but that opening got me double guessing myself so I went to the original source. Well, that didn't help.
They look pretty turquoise (which is a mix of green and blue) with a hint of hazel. Guess it doesn't really matter. I don't want to turn this into a green eye/blue eye thing, lest we turn into a Sonic situation.
Anyway. It's odd to me that they turn everything green when Vergil's color is blue. Even the amulet. The jewel is red so that other half is representative, not literal.
The thing is, red's negative, the opposite color on the color wheel is green. I got a little time and figured I've gone too deep now, might as well go all in. I pulled up photoshop and made an all red layer and then inverted the color and it was this turquoise green. I hope this is a choice just for the opening and not the actual color schemes for Dante and Vergil.
I'm not crazy about these demon designs. I really hated most of the ones for the '07 anime so it's an improvement, sure, but, what we got now, I'm not loving it.
By the way. I mentioned that this l mentioned that his seemed to me like a reference to the manga when Dante turns into a huge demon.
Well, I still stand by that but that head, looking at it again, I wonder if it's also a reference to the Gilgamesh boss. He might look like a Godzilla thing more than a mechanical insect but those horns.
I have to say, I don't love this logo.
The text itself is fine but the silhouette isn't doing it for me. It's too detailed. The best logos are simple, you can make them with basic shapes. The DMC ones tend to be a bit more complicated but they're acceptable because they are still simple, recognizable, shapes that can be easily replicated. You could take it and redraw any of them under one minute if you traced them. 5's wings are as complicated as it should get. This silhouette is not simple, it'd take a while to replicate, even if you traced it. It's good for promotional art, like a poster, but not as a logo.
Is it just me, or does it have a westernisation/DmC reboot vibe to it? I ended up hating that game.
Well, yeah. Just like there's a whole bunch of DMC references here there'll probably be a few DmC ones, too. I remember people said they saw some of it since the first trailer. I think even I said so about his design.
