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11-22-2015, 01:02 PM | #5871 |
Kawaii 5-0
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He's all of those things.
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11-22-2015, 01:10 PM | #5872 |
I FOW our new Hasbro OLs
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No, he's a victim and a product of Mars' society. And he isn’t a whiny teenage boy.
I like it. Much better than start throwing names around I don’t understand or having 5 episodes where nothing happens. Wrong. I hate that this is a Harem, but the females aren't objectified. They're still great pilots and they are not treated like sex slaves. The one girl continues to kick Mika’s butt in mech fights. Good for you I don't. And? It still doesn't change the fact that right after the episode they're introduced they're all revealed to be the wives of their boss. |
11-22-2015, 01:27 PM | #5873 |
Dai Shogun
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The other time he killed someone was after both agreed in a duel to the death and his opponent begged Mika to kill him. Of course he’s cold about it, but there’s a reason for that. And that makes him an interesting character as opposed to the whiny ,stupid teenage boys I’ve seen in every other Gundam so far. Your loss. Quote:
And it’s still the first major flaw in the show so far, everything else comes down to personal preference. Because no matter if you like Mika or not, his behavior is an important part of the show and fully intentional. |
11-22-2015, 02:51 PM | #5874 |
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Normally I'd say that them all being his wives sunk any "ships" fans could make, but knowing the internet, a little thing like being married won't stop shippers from paring off Tekkadan boys with less prominent wives.
Also, didn't think Mika would be worried about being ditched. Nothing about Orga suggested he'd even consider that, but hey, people come up with weird ideas. I think this was also the first time we saw Orga this vulnerable or unsure of himself also. Interesting episode.
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11-22-2015, 02:53 PM | #5875 |
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He did this once. He shot people who abused him and the other kids for years, after Orga gave all of them the chance to go. They chose their own fate.
The other time he killed someone was after both agreed in a duel to the death and his opponent begged Mika to kill him. Of course he’s cold about it, but there’s a reason for that. And that makes him an interesting character as opposed to the whiny ,stupid teenage boys I’ve seen in every other Gundam so far. Your loss. No, it doesn’t. But it also doesn’t stop them from being awesome. And it’s still the first major flaw in the show so far, everything else comes down to personal preference. Because no matter if you like Mika or not, his behavior is an important part of the show and fully intentional. My gain I would think. It makes them feel less like characters in their own right however. I would personally consider a boring protagonist a major flaw myself but that's me. It also makes IBO*in it's current state anyway* unwatchable to me as unlike Wing IBO has no other main characters who act as foils to Mika's coldness and ruthlessness. PS: I'm not insulting anyone for liking IBO I get why people like it. It's the "mature and serious" Gundam show that people have been asking for since AGE ended. I get it, it just isn't a show for me. |
11-22-2015, 03:05 PM | #5876 |
Tokusatsu Hero
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Blu-Ray.com did their review on the first Gundam 1979 blu-ray set. They give the video quality a low score. I still want to get it though.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Mobile...138601/#Review Last edited by Guyver Spawn; 11-22-2015 at 03:09 PM.. |
11-22-2015, 03:15 PM | #5877 |
Man with a plan
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I read almost all of the chapters from Gundam Thunderbolt that were unofficially translated into English, just to see what it was about and give you guys a heads up on what to expect from the Thunderbolt anime. Mind, you I was sort of reading faster then I normally do, but here's my impressions.
I like Thunderbolt. From the first fight it has an interesting setup and creates an interesting parallel between the two sides. Just from that both Io and Darryl listen to jazz, to that they both have love interests on their ships that knew them since childhood, and have scarred pasts. This also continues with how each side loses, with a sort of equivalent loss for each side in the big end battle of the 1st Arc. While some people may be annoyed there's not a definitive winner as of currently, I think some may like it. I tend to be more interested in Io as his story actually kinda expands the lore of U.C. a bit with the story about Side 4 and the Mua Brotherhood and kind of their reputation and why they get the Full Armor Gundam in the first place. While from how far the English translation has gone isn't too much, it does at least gives some characters to a previously unexplored area in the Earth Sphere. Darryl and his constituents kinda just go "Oh look! We're doing secret military experiments for Zeon!" Yeah, get back in line Living Dead Division, right after the Flanagan Institute from 0079 and whatever the hell Aina's brother was working on in 8th MS team. The MSes in Thunderbolt are sort of interesting too. They all have backpacks that would make Cosmic Era Mobile suits ashamed of themselves. They all have these sort of robot arms that help them grab/hold other stuff such as beam sabers, extra shields, guns, e.t.c. Like imagine the little shitty arms from a Ball and that's what they look like. The Full Armor Gundam itself is just a massively armed monster for no reason other then show. This fucking thing gives Full Armor Unicorn a run for its money in terms of ridiculous fire power. I hope in the anime they give a good reason why everyone is so heavily armored in this area whereas everyone else in the One Year War is going bare. Now there is something you all should know about Thunderbolt is that it sort of goes past the One Year Year in terms of its story. I mean, you see Aboa Qu fall and you read that the agreement was reached, but the manga says that half of the Zeon forces haven't given up yet. So it may or may not be in alternate continuity? All depends on if the anime gets to that point and what they decide to do with it. I wouldn't put it past them as the opening for Zeta says any major war hasn't happened since 0079 but 0083 still had shit go down. But I hope they use sort of Thunderbolt section as sort of a self contained story, at the very least. |
11-22-2015, 03:35 PM | #5878 |
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Blu-Ray.com did their review on the first Gundam 1979 blu-ray set. They give the video quality a low score. I still want to get it though.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Mobile...138601/#Review Oh well.
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11-22-2015, 03:54 PM | #5879 |
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They probably expected dynamic shading or some shit added in.
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11-22-2015, 05:50 PM | #5880 |
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It's an HD version of a late 70's cartoon!? there's only so much you can do.
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