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06-09-2016, 09:43 PM | #6721 |
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Yeah Banagher's just kinda there to start. I mean that's basically the point, but it doesn't change the fact that he has no real perosnal stake or opinion on matters for the first part. He's, quite literally, along for the ride.
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06-09-2016, 10:45 PM | #6722 |
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Yeah Banagher's just kinda there to start. I mean that's basically the point, but it doesn't change the fact that he has no real perosnal stake or opinion on matters for the first part. He's, quite literally, along for the ride.
Are you wathing the OVA(good) or RE:0096(bad)? The BD version as I finally got Volumes 5-7 for their retail price. I refuse to watch the TV version after hearing about the joke it is. I also watched the first episiode to IBO today. So far, I liked what I saw even though I have no idea what is going on at all. I can't tell who the main character is supposed to be, if the spoiled rich brat is going to be important, if the guy JYB is going to make it past the second episode, and what anyone is even doing. So, like every Gundam series ever for their first episode. |
06-09-2016, 11:00 PM | #6723 |
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06-11-2016, 08:56 PM | #6724 |
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It has taken me 6 years to finally watch all of Gundam Unicorn after watching the very first episode when it first came out, but you know what? The wait was well worth it. Watching it now after having watched the series before it in (almost) chronological order made the thing feel not only special, but very satisfying. The fourth episode is by far the weakest of the lot, which is thankfully subsided by the incredible batch of episodes that follow it. I think Episode 6 may be my favorite of the bunch. Nevertheless, the seventh episode was an excellent way to send the series that also made sense. Obviously, we know nothing changes thanks to the events of F91 and Victory, but it still brings such a gratifying end to the entire Federation/Zeon war and does it without getting convoluted. Another great thing aspect is how the writers behind this series found a way to explain the ending of CCA in a manner that fits with the rest of the events that occured in the series prior to it. The only negatives outside of the fourth episode really come down to it holding the standard Gundam tropes like characters raising the red flags that lead to their deaths, people having some sudden love in a woman they just met and need her for total support, etc. Regardless, this is hands down my third favorite Gundam series out there right now. Oh, and Bright has grown into a fine character throughout the 17 years of battle. This is hands down one of the best conclusions to ever grace the Gundam franchise.
BTW, the dub is down right excellent despite how bland the English voice was for Bright. Of course, I'm not sure if there is really anyone out there that could match up to his original Japanese voice. |
06-11-2016, 08:59 PM | #6725 |
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It has taken me 6 years to finally watch all of Gundam Unicorn after watching the very first episode when it first came out, but you know what? The wait was well worth it. Watching it now after having watched the series before it in (almost) chronological order made the thing feel not only special, but very satisfying. The fourth episode is by far the weakest of the lot, which is thankfully subsided by the incredible batch of episodes that follow it. I think Episode 6 may be my favorite of the bunch. Nevertheless, the seventh episode was an excellent way to send the series that also made sense. Obviously, we know nothing changes thanks to the events of F91 and Victory, but it still brings such a gratifying end to the entire Federation/Zeon war and does it without getting convoluted. Another great thing aspect is how the writers behind this series found a way to explain the ending of CCA in a manner that fits with the rest of the events that occured in the series prior to it. The only negatives outside of the fourth episode really come down to it holding the standard Gundam tropes like characters raising the red flags that lead to their deaths, people having some sudden love in a woman they just met and need her for total support, etc. Regardless, this is hands down my third favorite Gundam series out there right now. Oh, and Bright has grown into a fine character throughout the 17 years of battle. This is hands down one of the best conclusions to ever grace the Gundam franchise.
BTW, the dub is down right excellent despite how bland the English voice was for Bright. Of course, I'm not sure if there is really anyone out there that could match up to his original Japanese voice. |
06-11-2016, 10:26 PM | #6726 |
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Hence why I said original voice (Suzuoki). A shame to because the guy they replaced Tenshinhan with in Dragon Ball Kai is vastly inferior too.
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06-11-2016, 11:07 PM | #6727 |
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For some reason I'm in the mood to watch Gundam SEED again...might give the HD Remastered a try.
They cut out A LOT of the clip shows in that yes? |
06-11-2016, 11:31 PM | #6728 |
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Oh yeah, I decided to preorder Thunderbolts from Rightstuf after seeing all of the goodies it comes with. EDIT: So we decided to hold off on watching X a little bit longer and started AGE tonight. We watched the first 10 episodes and I have to say, this show is so damn BORING!! I just don't give a damn about any of the characters and the villians have done absolutely nothing. Of course, we don't even know who the villains really are so far, making them generic and bland. One of the best things about Gundam is that both the good guys and bad guys are supposed to have their lines blurred where neither group is totally evil, but neither is truly good. Here, everything is good or bad, there is no inbetween. Woolfe is annoying. Flint is boring. Emily serves no purpose other than to be the girl that loves him, but we don't know what drives her to him, why she loves him even though he pretty much blows her off, etc. The Gundam is uninteresting too. Fortunately, episode 10 was easily the best episode of the series thus far, so maybe things are about to take off. For now though, I am left underwhelmed and feel this makes Destiny look spectacular. Last edited by Dr Kain; 06-12-2016 at 10:24 PM.. |
06-13-2016, 12:55 AM | #6729 |
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Well we decided to just finish the Flit arc since it was only 5 episodes more and in the end, it sucked. I just didn't care about anything that happened. Hell, I couldn't even care less about Yurin because the show did nothing to make me want to believe her and Flit had any sort of relationship whatsoever. If she is supposd to be this series' version of Lalah Sune, they failed to make any sort of impact with it. The reveal of the UE were as well was pretty dumb and once again, I didn't give a crap about it. I feel like this series is just going through the motions to get through the generations of characters without actually developing anyone whatsoever. I hope the rest of the series is not like this.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this, but damn, no wonder Tomino was pissed off at Sunrise. The animation here is as trite as the story itself. It looks like every other anime ever made. There is nothing Gundam feeling about it. If you were to show me a picture of the cast without me having any knowledge of what the show is, I would swear it was a Yu-Gi-Oh! series or something because it is just so one dimensional looking. Also, there is no way in hell Flit is 14 years old. I could believe he is 12, but not 14. No way in hell is that little brat 14!! Overall, the first arc is done with, thank the gods for that. Let's hope the characters in the next arc are actually likable and are fully developed and the reasons actually come out of just being your standard Saturday morning cartoon ones. EDIT: Inbetween press conferences today we watched the next 6 episodes, which kicked off the Asemu arc and I just don't see how this arc is an improvement. I still don't give one flying **** about any of the characters. Hell, episode 18 seems to start like 6 months after the previous episode and then I'm supposed to feel like the friendship between Asemu and Zeheartless was broken? Because I don't. And then Zeheart goes and becomes a wannabe Char? WTF? There is still no character development whatsoever and things are just happening because they need to happen. Also, how the hell did the little brat from the first arc survive? He was in the damn explosion front and center!! I don't know if I can continue watching this. This show is not only the worst Gundam series I have ever seen, but it is one fo the worst anime series I have ever seen. Last edited by Dr Kain; 06-13-2016 at 10:42 PM.. |
06-14-2016, 11:57 PM | #6730 |
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And the AGE old decent into mediocrity continues. I'm not even sure where to start. Well first with the Asemu arc since I finished that earlier today. It sucked. It was a giant pile of ****. There were so many half baked ideas that could have gone somewhere if they actually felt like developing anyone, or anything for that matter. Zeheart is supposed to be our way of humanizing the Vagan right? Because he did nothing to make them seem human. Plus, these guys just outright killed people in the last arc for petty reasons. They got abandoned by their cohorts. Boohoowahwahwah "No one wants to play with me on the playground." Seriously, these guys have the mentality of first graders. Then we have a character that was blantantly blown up in the first arc, Desil, who some how survives, and he just wants to blow more **** up. Why? What for? That makes no sense. The Magicians 8 sounded like they could be an interesting group, so of course why bother spending any time developing them? Oh, and why the hell do their mechs look like they cross bred dinosaurs with Tekkaman Evil?
Then we have the good guys. Flit has been turned into a total jackass. I wish he would have died because the dude is one of the most unlikable little shits to ever grace a Gundam series. He treats his own son like dirt and doesn't give a damn about anything but his own selfish desires. We get another worthless female cast that do nothing but be there to pop out a child. Seriously, the women in this series are flatter than a Japanese woman's chest. They have no personality and make Frau Bow look like a goddess. Then we have the old captain dude who shows up and dies all in the same episode by some random character who is then killed off 3 seconds later, making him completely pointless. Yes, I know it is the boy from the first arc, but he was never seen before that moment and never seen again. RANDOM!!! And how the hell did Flit find out the minister was dealing with Vagans at the end of the arc? We saw NOTHING leading up to this discovery. We didn't even know he was even investigating it. Finally, there is Asemu, who seems to have a little bit of development, but then the writers got scared and decided to leave it half cocked. There is one scene where he is training to be a better pilot at another dude's factory and then the show cuts to the next scene which has him and Woolf in their mobile suits about to fight in a space battle. WHAT THE HELL????!!!! That final scene of Asemu's wedding was also there and gone if you blinked. NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE. And that is supposed to be the good arc of the show? Are you people on crack? :inquisiti So I watched the firt 4 episodes to the Kio arc, which is all I could stomach on tonight. First off, the first episode repeats the EXACT SAME PLOT AS THE LAST TWO FIRST EPISODES!! Peace, Vagan attack, boy gets Gundam, boy pilots Gundam. DID WE NEED THIS AGAIN?!!! Then we have a female character introduced in the third episode who has to have the cliche of having a sick sister, so what does she do? Become a spy for the villains. OH FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!!!! Hasn't this plot been done to death in everything else? And of course the only way to redeem herself is by sacrificing herself for the hero. :banghead::banghead::banghead: Yeah, that is where I quit for the night. Only 17 god awful episodes to go and I'm going to try to get this crap done before Denver Comic Con on Friday. |
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