Gundam Franchise Mega-Thread
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The three "films" of the OG Gundam are on Netflix. I know they don't have a great reputation. But I think a lot of the hate is unfounded. Really, most of what is cut isn't that important. Gundam Shows have A LOT of filler. The one exception is maybe 00.
Yeah, maybe someday I'll come back to it, although the fact that I've already seen Char's Counter Attack kind of renders it pointless. ZZ just totally drained my enthyusiasm to watch Gundam with the episodes I saw, so I figured its better to drop it, take a brake and come back to another show when I'm in the mood for some Gundam.
I thought that the OG Gundam movies were fine. I never felt confused or lost watching them, and I'm sure I enjoyed watching them more then I would have enjoyed watching the whole original series. That said, I'd recommend watching Zeta the series over its compilation movies, which don't seem to have as good a reputation.
I wish there were more Gundam Online games that were open to all regions w/o Micro Transactions.
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Latest Trailer for Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance
That looks really interesting. It almost seems to be portraying the Gundam as a horror movie creature, some unstoppable force intent on wiping the soldiers out (a feeling helped by the footage keeping the Gundam mostly in shadow, with glowing eyes in the darkness). Who knows if the whole (6 episode) series will keep that tone, but its definitely an intimidating sight.
Apparently its coming out October 17, I'll be looking forward to it.
That looks really interesting. It almost seems to be portraying the Gundam as a horror movie creature, some unstoppable force intent on wiping the soldiers out (a feeling helped by the footage keeping the Gundam mostly in shadow, with glowing eyes in the darkness). Who knows if the whole (6 episode) series will keep that tone, but its definitely an intimidating sight.
Apparently its coming out October 17, I'll be looking forward to it.
You know how Zeon generally have Mobile Suits with 1x Eye & Federation has 2x Eyes.
We don't have a faction with 3x Horizontal Eyes in a row.
That would be nice & Alien-ish =
We don't have a faction with 3x Horizontal Eyes in a row.
That would be nice & Alien-ish =
Of course I'll watch the series because it looks really interesting, but I'm a little annoyed by the tendency to make Zion seem like the Federation's equivalent if not the "good guys".
They killed THREE BILLION people in a few days. Their favorite sport was gassing the colonies and using them for target practice against Earth. Their leader openly used Nazi-style rhetoric.
But in the latest series they always appear ethically and morally not dissimilar from their enemies. OK, the Federation didn't want to give Zion independence. But I don't see that as a good justification for their atrocities. At least in the original series they were clearly the "bad guys", albeit with various nuances.
They killed THREE BILLION people in a few days. Their favorite sport was gassing the colonies and using them for target practice against Earth. Their leader openly used Nazi-style rhetoric.
But in the latest series they always appear ethically and morally not dissimilar from their enemies. OK, the Federation didn't want to give Zion independence. But I don't see that as a good justification for their atrocities. At least in the original series they were clearly the "bad guys", albeit with various nuances.
I've been meaning to schedule a rewatch of Gundam Unicorn for that very reason.
I want to say that it was Unicorn that began the Zeon "apologism" trend we've seen recently. I may be wrong though.
Bandai/Sunrise is probably of the same mindset as Disney is with the Empire/First Order from Star Wars. They want to market the biggest/most popular villains of their IP. But have to try to tap dance around the overt Nazi Schutzstaffel aspect of their depiction. "So, of course the Empire/First Order are bad, but did you know the Jedi are also evil"? It's true! From a certain point of view.
Yep!
By the way, I'm the only one who thinks that the "plot twist" in Unicorn is a little idiotic?
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Two of the most terrifying pieces of hardware was this suit:
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And this mobile armor
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While the suits got model kits—the space shuttle like craft got no merchandise IIRC.
RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis"
The RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis" (aka Gundam Unit 2, GP02A) is the second of four mobile suits in the Gundam Development Project featured in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. Originally belonging to Earth Federation, it was stolen and piloted by Delaz Fleet's ace pilot, Anavel Gato. The...
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And this mobile armor
AMA-X7 Shamblo
The AMA-X7 Shamblo is a Neo Zeon amphibious prototype mobile armor, introduced in the light novel Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and featured in the anime OVA and TV adaptation. The AMA-X7 Shamblo is an amphibious mobile armor developed by Zeon Remnants with the technical support of the supporters...
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While the suits got model kits—the space shuttle like craft got no merchandise IIRC.
I don't remember any shuttles/transports ever being sold as model kits.
Definitely one of the best Strike Gundam variants.
Definitely one of the better "Artillery/Sniper" Support Gundams.
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=DThe only upside down Enterprise that I ever liked
Apparently they turned up the "Profanity Filter" for the naming of Characters/Mobil Suits to the extreme, hopefully that gets rectified soon.
It's over-powered in the most Shonen Manga of ways =D.
Even that had nothing on Gurren Lagaan.
I wonder how many Gundam fans remember this:
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I wonder how many Gundam fans remember this:
Trans-Am System
The Trans-Am System (or Trans-Am) is a feature of both the GN Drive and GN Drive Tau that temporarily increases the performance of the equipped mobile suits. The system is featured prominently in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. It also appears in the Gundam Build Fighters series and Gundam Build Divers...
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-used to be a Pontiac driven by the Hoff’
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Man, I LOVED watching Knight Rider as a kid.
Don't make my mistake: don't watch it as an adult.
