#like fam do you know how interesting it would have been to make Alfons JEWISH

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Sequel movie of FMA 2003 was actually supposed to be a trilogy. That's why the one movie sucks so bad

Bro this makes, SO much sense.

The biggest problem with Conqueror of Shamballa is that it feels like they rushed through everything that is actually interesting. The plot makes very little sense and the villain is pretty incomprehensible because I have no idea what she wants outside of the superficial.

Tbh I do think one movie could have worked fine if it wasn't trying to juggle so many things at once.

Like, a movie that's just a character drama/study about Edward stuck in 1930s Germany would have been really interesting. Add Alphonse showing up around the halfway point because he figured out a way to get through the gate, and Edward having to make the choice of if he wants to go back or not. Ultimately, maybe he decides that he can't go back. Edward Elric died in Amestris, and the fact that he's alive at all is already a miracle. Maybe he decides that he's a different person now. He isn't meant for his own world. Alphonse still decides to stay with him, because Alphonse wants to stay by his brother's side now that he's found him again. (You could even ignore the whole "going back" plot. Maybe Alphonse figures out a way to get through the gate and he can't go back either, now. He's just happy to have Ed with him again, and the two of them navigate our world together).

I'm very normal. Just cut out the nonsense plot and the villain and it would be a much more interesting movie. 100%.

Or make it a trilogy, or a series, and give all the stuff they crammed into that 1:45 room to breathe jfc