I love this standoff between Desslock and Wildstar. Very personal yet epic. In the end, they both respect each other. Interesting how they have the trademark violin playing in the background during Desslock's monologue. It actually works in this scene.
Somehow, I can’t think of Deslock as really evil. He gave a damn about his planter, and tried to save it. He only joined the Comet Empire for vengeance, and to seize it for Gamelon. In this scene , he then realizes how his obsession drove him to his ways. He is one of the most compelling characters created.
To 10 year old me this was devastating. Desslock was the enemy, yet he spared Wildstar. Cheesy at it was, Nova had the shot, but sacrificed herself for her love, Desslock turned and realized his own humanity. Him telling the Nova where to attack and hoping they meet again blew my mind. It was too much for me then.
It would have worked better if Deslock’s fleet showed up in the final episode, when the Comet Empire’s matryoshka doll, ship within a ship was pummeling the Argo/Yamato. Now that would have been cool.
I just played this episode... Haven't heard the theme song in thirty years. Boy, it bring back some memories. Now I've got to find the complete series.
I didn’t understand this scene as a kid but as I read between the lines as an adult, I realized that Deslock wasn’t that bad of a guy. Nova’s love for Wildstar made Deslock realize a lot of stuff. On a side note, Derek happens to by my first name too.
I always thought something was off when the Comet Empire general reported the range of the Black Tigers. I think they meant to say 30,000 METERS rather than 30,000 KILOMETERS. That's a bit of a long range for fighter planes.
And if the death was random and pointless, you damn sure felt IN UNIVERSE it was a waste because THAT WAS THE POINT. If it was heroic sacrifice, you FELT it too!
Loved this show as a kid but Continuity in this show wasn't its strongest suit. When the argo leaves Earth the battle Satellite blast is massive like Main guns but then it can't shoot down one enemy ship as they approach. Also there is no way that Comet Empire shield could hold up to that many Wave Motion guns without some damage. And not one of the fleet captains would fire a few torpedo's are aim a main gun at the bottom??
I seem to recall in the original Japanese version, Desslock finally saw the error of his ways and committed suicide by having himself sucked out through an airlock into space. The U.S. version thought this too dark, hence the change.
Unless I'm mistaken, the scene you're talking about was actually from the theatrical release, "Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato." Pretty sure the plot for this tv episode (where Desslock leaves with his fleet after delivering his emotional speech) was used in both the original Japanese and the English dubbed versions.
@@BCBaron It was. The reaction to the theatrical original was rather negative so it was recut and released with Desslok living and with Yamato surviving.
You will not see Comet episode 25 here on RU-vid, due to some media company exercising some type of copyright infringement control. Believe me I tried on several different occasions to watch it. The only way to be able to see it will be to get that media company to change its mind n allow episode 25 to be shown here
Kirk would have beamed into the Comet Empire and just phasered Zordar. Or which one of The Doctors would have materialized inside and told Zordar to just run and never come back?