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Triggerhappypilot posted:So it has a I wonder if this is the target audience they're working with when you see the word "particles" and "reactor" and think of GN first.
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dogsicle posted:the unarmored waist should do some sick 180 and 360 spins rip Victory Gundam fights
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So I finally got around to marathoning this show to catch up before the season finale and uh, looking around on pixiv etc. is it me or is this show not very popular? I feel like it might be due to the direction and writing of the show skewing more towards the traditional "war is hell" Gundam fans and it's only popular amongst old grognards. I hope it's doing well in any case cause I'm enjoying it a lot.
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For what it's worth, my impression is that this show doesn't do a very good job of being very "Gundam" in the sense of delivering on mecha fanservice. I sorta know what Barbatos looks like, I have a vague idea that it's a melee monster but also it has a rifle and also it has a pair of long range rifles it can mount on its rear but they just re-equip it for every fight so it's really hard to get a sense of the specs of the machine. Gusion Rebake is fatty artillery guy with extra arms so kind of like a Seravee/The O and it has an awesome pointless transforming Gundam head. I think Grazes look like awesome chunky Flags with Geth heads attached to them and they're a great grunt suit. The Turbines have a really cool set of suits that definitely look like typical Gundam series aggressors but basically every Gjallarhorn suit kinda blends into each other in a mess of blue-purples to me. I think a lot of it is that they don't pad the action scenes with a minute of people announcing their suits and launching to reused footage and that the dark suits don't really show well in space where a lot of the early fights are done. In any case, I don't feel like this show particularly panders very well to the presumably large audience of watchers who just wanna see robots smash and shoot each other. On a side note I love that Azee and Lafter are probably the most skilled pilots in the series behind Macky and I kinda rolled my eyes at Ricardo Fellini trucking through space with a literal harem. By the time they reveal that he's a big softy that gives girls in trouble a home and mostly fronts that they're his personal harem I grew to really like the Turbines too.
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I think you're doing a lot of projecting here.
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Xy Hapu posted:Oh come on, your avatar is a power fantasy machine bristling with guns the sole purpose of which is to kill other human beings. Actually my avatar is an inside joke from when I misidentified a huge Strike Rouge decal on a wall in a club as Heavyarms and I most decidedly am not a fan of SEED. Anyway the reason why people watch Gundam, or rather, the reason why Gundam is still relevant, is that it has always had the message that war is terrible and also that children will often get dragged into the wars that adults create. Zeta Gundam, for example, had a lot of concessions in terms of action scenes and rapid rotation of mobile suits for merchandising purposes but the protagonist is driven by a noble(r) purpose. The ending is grim as hell and even if the fights are kickin rad you still walk out of it knowing that all that violence is lovely. If you're referring specifically to the last combat scene, it is a very well animated slaughter and yes you are supposed to think that everything is messed up while also thinking it looks good. Your opinion could be divided on whether rejecting a duel offer by attacking them immediately is either kinda lovely or the smart thing to do, you might find it kinda funny that the dudes are dumb enough to stand outside of their suits and get caught out in the open but then the blood splatters start happening and you're supposed to realize this is not a Good Thing. Merribit is the voice of the writer being really unsubtle about what is going on here.
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Mar 20, 2016 08:39
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Actually if my memory of movie posters in college dorm rooms is correct, yes!
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Mar 20, 2016 11:07
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Well poo poo I'm sad now they had to kill off the female pilots who were better than most of the other pilots to make Ein scary and my favourite pilot got drilled into goop.
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Mar 20, 2016 23:18
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If they had 50 episodes they could have more time to flesh out... well, everything. Or Dort coulda dragged on even longer, I dunno
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Mar 21, 2016 21:27
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I could've gone for Kudelia being less ridiculously sheltered and white guilt-y. I like her in general but sometimes her privileged behaviour is really over the top when it doesn't need to be to contrast with the nature of the child soldiers.
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Mar 21, 2016 21:47
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Then before the final blow lands, the Grimgerde glows red as McGillis yells ALAYA-VIJNANA
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Mar 21, 2016 22:59
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Really though, McGillis can't die because him murdering Gaelio and then marrying his sister who isn't aware of what really happened is the kind of pathos that people signed up for when they saw Mari Okada on the credits
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Mar 21, 2016 23:10
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McGillis has pretty obvious motives: he wants to burn the whole thing down. He arranges for Tekkadan to transport Kudelia safely to Earth because she is a key figure to revolution. If she makes it alive, she can cause further dissent through negotiations and if she dies, she will be a martyr for the cause. Gjallarhorn will be forced to respond to Tekkadan and fighting will happen, leading to casualties on both sides (nevermind the child soldiers) which looks horrible because it looks like Gjallarhorn is interfering with the political affairs of a nation when it is ostensibly neutral. Goading Carta into fighting them weakens the Seven Stars by depriving them of one of their heirs, marrying Almiria gives him political power and the only real question is what his intentions for Gaelio are. On one hand, Graze Ein is a walking political disaster which is great for McGillis on the other hand I'm not sure if he wants Gaelio to reform Gjallarhorn from within or just kill him because he is part of the establishment.
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Mar 22, 2016 00:01
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Crushing the nobility that has a stranglehold on the entire solar system is a pretty understandable motive.
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Mar 22, 2016 00:17
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Lestaki posted:If you're a member of said nobility, it's actually not. But 'gently caress you dad' is an acceptable reason, I guess. There are plenty of times in actual history where minor nobles were involved with (or instigated) overthrowing the monarchy in order to implement a representative government though, with varying degrees of success.
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Mar 22, 2016 00:35
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Logicblade posted:I woke up this morning and I was still furious that Lafter died.
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Mar 22, 2016 03:00
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W.T. Fits posted:Honestly, rather than a season 2 I think I'd rather see a straight up sequel series like Zeta, instead of "IBO continues where it left off, but with more executive meddling!" like 00 Season 2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Dead Orphan Storage
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Mar 23, 2016 06:24
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I understand the concern about people not dying leading to reduced storytelling impact but at the same time I'm really happy that more competent female pilots didn't just get mulched for shock/worf value.
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Apr 4, 2016 00:19
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I don't know if the Grimgerde, as a limited production Valkyrie Frame, is supposed to have equivalent output to a Gundam Frame but McGillis definitely chucked the Kimaris lance at Gaelio like it was no thang
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Apr 4, 2016 21:05
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I'm not seeing how an anime from Japan is going to upgrade past Hanzo Steel for a protagonist weapon now that Mika has learned to wield it without resorting to beam sabers.
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Apr 5, 2016 01:55
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If only she didn't fall for the World's Angriest Man. E: actually her pride would have led to her death anyway so nevermind
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Apr 16, 2016 08:02
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chiasaur11 posted:It looks like the option parts this time include a couple of maces, so it's not like Mika's abandoning gently caress off bludgeoning damage. He's just learning to better appreciate a weapon that can stab and bludgeon. I like how it looks like a minor timeskip and then suddenly a scene where Kudelia looks like a grown rear end woman and you start wondering exactly how many years have passed.
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Jul 12, 2016 11:14
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In terms of scale he hasn't ranked very high but sacrificing childhood "friends" in the name of revolution is pretty up there.
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quote:ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion Rebake Full City
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On its own it's pretty weak that they got off unharmed but in the greater context of Gundam and anime as a whole, it's pretty good that a bunch of (sane, competent) female pilots didn't get mooked to show off how strong a new villain is.
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