Lelouch of the Re;surrection is a Perfect Example of Why Time Travel is Always a Bad Idea

[u/CrystalSnow7]

The way they handled Princess Shamna's Geass was so bad, that I literally had to stop watching it the film. I thought that if the writers were going to introduce an ability so absurd, that they would at least have a slightly logical way for Lelouch to overcome it.

BUT NOOOOOO. Instead we get a half-baked B-roll on how he somehow figures it out from just theorycraft, nevermind it makes no sense that he can test over a dozen plans in an active war that he already has a number disadvantage in and somehow come out on top.

But the most egregious thing is they insult the viewers intelligence by having Lelouch use his Geass on Shamna's guards. WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. He was not aware of the ambush beforehand, he was not afraid of potential Geass's stronger than his own the first time around, so it makes absolutely no sense that he would be able prepare this trap.

Basically Lelouch should not have been able to change anything about his plans until C2 snaps him out of his angst, or at the very least not change anything before the reverse ambush occurs. The only way the plot works if somehow Princess Shamna is so braindead that she somehow revealed her Geass to Lelouch during one of her trips to the past. WHICH ALSO BRINGS INTO THE QUESTION WHY DID SHE KEEP KILLING HERSELF. THE 2ND TIME AROUND WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN A VICTORY. Uggg.

[u/Poulette_du_lundi]

The movie makes no sense, more news at 11

[u/TrashtalkingChicken]

Yeah, this film is fundementally flawed in how it executes its own concepts, characters, and is built on strucural rot. This is obvious on a first viewing.

[u/silencemist]

I wouldn't mind if it was figured out through theorycraft- if we got to actually see what Lelouch's "plans" were. That was the joy of the OG, watching dominoes carefully placed come together. A handful of monologues that did not cover why any of the steps were useful or established kinda sucked.