Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14138255-20131019173146/@comment-16502426-20131102061159

1. Interesting. The amount of action and lack of other stuff in the trailers almost put me off. The only thing that kept my interested was the increasing amount of plot working its way into the later trailers, particularly the Black Trailer. The first episode is what hooked me. I never honestly thought the trailers were non-cannon (they obviously have since been confirmed cannon), but it did bother me a little that they ignored the significance of Forever Fall. Though I suppose they needed some place to finish that story and decided to throw in some minor world building by explaining what the forest from the trailer was. I dunno. It wasn't the worst thing in the world, but it wan't great either. :\

2. Again, this has since gotten better. I agree that getting out of the school setting is a good thing, but seeing as how the conflict was with a classmate, that could prove troublesome. They seemed to attempt to get away from school by going to Forever Fall, but it didn't help as much as I'd have liked.

3. Influences... meh, they don't bother me. Then again, I have the self-proclaimed ability to pick up and enjoy any form of entertainment. I've never really cared how something relates to other things so much as what the thing itself is.

4. The episode length doesn't really bother me. Am i always wishing there was more? Absolutely! But I realize that there's only so much they can do. I'll take what we can get, and (once again, in the time since your OP) they've said that there is a possibility of an increase in length. I hope after seeing the response to it, RT can definitely justify more resources. I mean, Episode 1 got twice as many views on its first day as the most viewed RvB video did on its first. RWBY has the potential to be RT's #1, and hopefully they devote the appropriate resources to it.

5. I've never understood this complaint. It's a valid complaint, but I didn't ever view the title as a promise. I think Jaune is every bit as important as any other of the main characters. they all have their unique part to play in the story. And once again, you hilariously jumped too soon on the lack of Blake. :D