fma.one side likes Drama the Other Action.fmab
Exactly. And therein lies flaws in both of them both subjectivity and objectivity.
The first FMA in my opinion is mediocre. It is not true to the manga and instead relies on fan service and a plot made up by anime studios. Ed is nihilistic and out of character in it, Dante is a terrible, one-dimensional, unrelateable antagonist. Lust is out of character and she is continually and pointlessly dragged throughout the series when she was supposed to die at the beginning. An alternate reality never before foreshadowed comes literally out of nowhere at the end so that the studio can make more bucks off a separate movie rather than finishing the series then and there like they should have instead of leaving it on a cliffhanger. Al is not given gate powers even though he saw it. It goes on and on.
Brotherhood follows through with the established canon set by the manga and stays true to the original characters. It's sountrack is greater, as is its animation and dynamic. The characters are much more relatable and likable. It's leagues more dramatic than the first FMA, has a huge, compelling cast rather than a shrunken, half-assed anime studio made up one. It's chock full of factions and has a great, coherent ending rather than a pointless cliffhanger. That being said, I don't believe it is perfect either. I believe several fights could have been choreographed differently and that a few characters should not have been killed off. I also believe certain parts were dragged out a bit much. All the same, compared to the first FMA, these aspects are leagues ahead in plot coherence, drama, dynamic and characterization.