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Aeon Flux - Operative Terminus [VHS]

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Not as compelling as the first, but the art and dialogue are top notch. If this truly is the end of the animated Aeon Flux, then let us pray for a live action film to ressurect this strange and wonderful venue.

Enter the world of Aeon Flux; a strange, future world that includes a city split by two very different political parties (much like the berlin wall!) strange charactors with even stranger intentions and well made action sequences. This cartoon has literal and metaphorical meanings. The symbolism that is present in the cartoon is unbelievable. Episodes on this tape include the first episode of the series where we are introduced to Trevor Goodchild, the leader of the "communist" government in which there is no privacy and his obsession with a strange monican woman named Aeon Flux. The second, an even stranger episode is about a magical alien being called the demiurge, in which if one is in it's pressence, they are transformed to a goddly creature and their conscience altered. The third, probably most confusing out of the three, is about Trevor's pardise he has made underneath a million of gallons of strange artificial fluid. It is more like a dream rather than an adventure. In this station, Aeon and her friend have to free a scientist who is the only one who can free the prisoners held in this world. Be totaly blown away at the strange drawings in this series, at the symbolism of little events, the metaphors that are presented in a non-literal sence. This is a must buy for anyone who enjoys philosophy and action.

I've been a fan of the Aeon Flux series since the half hour episodes started in 1996. Previously, I had seen the Liquid Television shorts, which I also enjoyed. While I do understand that the timeline of the Aeon Flux universe is muddled, there is definitively a "starting" and an "ending" episode in the half hour series. When I watched on MTV, there was a definitive order to the episodes, which made sense. Monica going from obviously having been part of a larger single country, to the delapitated state we see it in later. So, my disappointment is with this not containing only the "ending" episodes. "The Demiurge" belongs on this tape, but "A Last Time for Everything" should have been on this tape, rather than "Mission Inifnite".

The final installment for all us sticky-fingered flux-o-philes... I really just popped in when I saw CL's review - you've got your tapes backwards. What CL describes is the lineup for Aeon Flux:Mission Infinite. Operative Terminus contains Utopia or Deuteronopia - the 1st introductory show of the 30minute long episodes, The Demiurge - an intriguing and beloved episode that boils down to Aeon vs. God, and Ether Drift Theory - a flat out action story which is the last time we see Aeon die. Also included is the elusive short 'Night' from Aeon's Liquid TV days. Enjoy...

This video contains three of the third season episodes of ÆON FLUX. It contains Reraizure, which is about Nargiles and a person Aeon cares about named Rorty. It contains Chronophasia, way to confusing to explain. And End Sinister which is about human evolution and such. This is a animated show which should not be viewed by protective people. This one contains almost no violence but a lot of morals. Enjoy like I have.

THEY sold the last tape!
DAMN CAUSE I WAS GONNA BY IT!
I only have mission infinite and the first tape.
Im gonna oventually get it though if they still have it
I doubt they do cause Aeon Flux is very rare. The tapes and the dvd are both rare. I have the first 2 tapes but they are really wearing out and the picture quality isnt as good as when I first got it but its an alright condition and I can still see every thing but its in a bad picture frame and fuzzy too but thats probably cause I got the tape around 1998. I hope they come out with a third one on amazon cause this is AEON AT HER FINEST.
The best!