Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171229202410/@comment-34633327-20180101234506

73.Anon.52 wrote: KingFubuki92 wrote: Monty's death is entirely what I was referring to when I said it wasn't entirely their fault. that said they definitely need a new animation choreographer as part of their writing triumverate, these last 2 seasons make that abundantly clear as they fail to leverage the created world to add bits of action to dry conversation where it would be appropriate, or connect what fight scenes they have more fluidly. Monty was bad about breaking things with RoC, but Merry seem to be taking things too far away from the action that this series first showed great promise for.

While I'm not sure if he's the best choice, maybe they should at least have Torian involved. He's done alot of the better looking Death Battle Animations, and him being near the head of the animation staff could help.

Indeed on the last two seasons. Seasons 4 and 5 are the inverse to Seasons 1 and 2, less action but better story (Debatable, but it isn't hard to be better than Volume 1's story, nor is it harder to be better than the Breach). I think Season 3 was actually the best balance, equal focus on story via Pyrrha's struggle as a maiden, Cinder's plans in the shadows, Qrow and Ironwood engaging in a dick measuring contest for Ozpin, and Weiss trying to master summoning, while also giving cool fights. Some may have been superfluous like SSSN vs. NDGO (I still wonder how that was needed. SSSN didn't even have anything to do with the big plot like RWBY and JNPR, only Sun did and that was via Blake.) but they still showed cool fights.

What they need to do is try what they did for Volume 3. But instead of Tournament Fights, they could show Grimm fights as the group travels (Which they should have done in Volume 4) and Training Sessions since they are clearly lacking in the skill department (Which we should have seen this volume!). Maybe even show Villain vs. Villain fights! Like say Adam steps too far out of line and Hazel has to teach him a lesson, or Cinder thinks Mercury and Emerald are slowing her down and wants them to prove to her they can still be useful! Hell, show us some of the Menagerie people like Mata training!