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Definitely looks like Marco is morphing a sports bra.

Anyway, David shows up, seems like bad news, and it turns out he is bad news.

Other than Marco seeing David with the box, I remember little about this book, I thought the whole David saga lasted two books, not three.

They really should have had some kind of dark shadow in the background of these three covers to show the looming threat.

This was one of the first times I was invested enough in a book where the departure of a member of a group really shocked me.

There were a lot of shocks in this book for me, and with my frustration with Cassie as a hippie getting in the way of the animorphs defeating the evil aliens on my first read through versus my appreciation for Cassie as a primary reason the rest of them weren't dead after the first few missions and an example of the strength and relevance of empathy in every situation, I was pretty horrified

She had committed a brutal act that went so far beyond her personal boundaries that she couldn't be part of the group anymore.

That took me a while to come to terms with.

And then things get really terrifying when Cassie makes friends with a yeerk and makes a series of decisions that viscerally upset me to this day.

I want to hear your first hand experiences, and your reasonings behind liking or not liking the two sequels.

I'm asking this question because it's come up many times over the years, I've literally never met anybody else who like the second or third matrix movies, but don't think I've ever heard any argument against either movie that isn't "the dancing scene is dumb", "the architect is confusing" or " it's not as good as the first matrix".

And none of those are expanded upon, it's a short statement like that. And then you're supposed to understand that because of the dancing or because the architects monologue was confusing, the other four hours of film should be disregarded.

Based on one or more of those brief barbs, everyone I've ever talked to virulently hates and disregards the sequels.

I liked reloaded and revolutions when they came out in the theater and I still like all three movies today.

I liked the fourth one also, but I've only seen it once and that might be because my expectations were so low(no fishburne?). A second screening is in order.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think.

I'm curious if there is another person who actually likes the sequels or if you don't like the sequels, is there a reason outside of culturally unpopular 5 minute scenes ruining the entire rest of both movies for you?

I actually only recognize the howler, and I'm guessing that the hammerhead on skis is from the Arctic episode. But I think of that andalite bird when I see that weird green creature. I don't know what the purple one is supposed to be, do you guys know?

So the dog. Opening scene. If it's just looking to infect everyone it possibly can, it doesn't make a lot of sense for it to turn around and stare at the pursuing helicopter.

Are there prevailing fan theories about the reason that the dog, presumably the surviving thing, stopped and looked back at the pursuing helicopter?

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Looks like everyone got banged up and is recuperating after a battle.

Is there a particular scene where Rachel gets a bloody nose as a human?

Sherman: Your methods pretty scientific lady

Anne: studied urine biology before I met Steve

The movie is way more fun than I was worried about, it was James Cameron's directorial debut.

It's very dumb, but the enjoyable kind.

Hit me right away, but face close-up in the comments

My views have radically changed since I first read the books about when they were coming out, and my rereads a decade or two later.

I'm pretty sure Marco used to be my favorite character because I was the class clown but was not the dullest light bulb, so I instantly identified with his humor, strategy and pragmatism.

There were definitely points in the series where I thought that I identified with other characters more, but I know that Marco was my constant since he was always cracking jokes to make sure the team wasn't overstressed while at the same time having the master plan in mind at all times.

Cassie used to be my least favorite, although I admired her skill in morphing. Her hesitation in making decisions that harmed the yeerks often bothered me and I could recognize the advantages of having Rachel on your team for power or ax for technology or Marco for strategy, but when I first read the books I didn't realize what Cassie brought to the team.

This was because as a child I had morals and assumed without evidence that everybody else did also, so I didn't realize how important Cassie's were.

Rereading the books as an adult, two of Cassie's books became some of my favorite adventures and the depth with which she is forced to examine her own beliefs and crucially change her beliefs to adapt to her new reality as a child soldier was pretty fascinating, since I didn't recall such a depth of emotion and moral ambiguity with her books previously.

Now I can recognize and appreciate how important it is to have someone who can question how just an action is regardless of the righteousness.

Without Cassie, the team would have been far more vicious and all either died very quickly or become genocidal maniacs.

I know, I am as disappointed as any of you that there is not a complete set of these amazing covers.

It seems like 1-13 were produced for the 2018 re-release of the novels.

If anyone knows Dang Thanh Tam or speaks Vietnamese, get in touch with the artist or find his presence online and ask him if he has any more covers filed away somewhere.

Oh, or if there are any Animorphs fans with an extra several grand lying around, commission him to finish these.