[Powerman293]

Gundam 00 season 2 episode 1

Season 2 gets a lot of shit for having the same overall plot outline as Zeta Gundam. (Big Earth government creates an unethical military force and a small group of heroes have to fight them.) But I feel like there's enough of a post-9/11 flavor to it to make it different.

Damn Setsuna, as expressionless as you've always been. But speak up when Saji asks you about shit the Thrones did.

Fuck yeah Seravee! And Louise is now a prescripted medication addict.

Its time to get the band back together. oh and Lockon's death was pointless when he conveniently had a twin brother. I know they show him in season 1 but in every flashback, its just one kid. Maybe if Lyle was off in the corner of the flashbacks then I would be cool with it.

Episode 2
For once, I can actually get behind Setsuna obsessing over his Gundam. The 00 is probably one of if not the best designed Gundam ever and its debut was so beautiful.

Fuck yeah Seravee! Face Burst mode is as badass as I remember.

When Ms. Sumeragi was staying at Billy's was that implicit that she was having sex with him too? Also, nice going Setsuna, telling everybody about who's apart of Celestial Being. First Saji last episode and now Billy this episode. The hell?

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Electric Turahk

Son of a bitch... Just watched Nobunaga The Fool 20.

WHAT IS WITH JAPAN'S OBSESSION OVER MAKING KING ARTHUR FEMALE!?!?!

Because they want to show that a woman can be strong?

I don't know of many instances where Japan did it, but if they did it a ton of times, like you say...I totally see your point.

[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Because they want to show that a woman can be strong?

I don't know of many instances where Japan did it, but if they did it a ton of times, like you say...I totally see your point.

Totally a valid reasoning if that were the case... But it just doesn't feel that way at all.

No, it pretty much felt like they genderbent him for the sake of doing it. Caesar literally calls her his "Aphrodite" and her gender was revealed just for the sake of getting him back to her side because of her beauty...

Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Zero's Saber - also known as King Arthur/Arturia - is everywhere. She's insanely popular. And that's just the anime. There's also more games than just Stay Night that feature her. So it's been done before. And yes, she's a badass at times... but also literally just the clichéd love interest at others.

Make your own female character if you want to show a powerful one. Genderbending King Arthur, who was most definitively male, to "create" one and then just resort to sex appeal... Nah, I don't like it.

[losondro]

Speaking of the Fate series, they're releasing a dub of Fate/ Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya. Basically it takes place in an AU of Fate/Stay Night and it's also a magical girl type show.

[Locke]

Disk Wars 07. Ed is a fucking brat.

Spider-Man reaches his lowest point, only to spring back at his most badass. He's still a pretty poor imitation of a great character though, draining out all of his depth and leaving behind a poorly animated piece of cardboard, who has his cool moments every now and then. God this shows iteration of Cap though, IS AMAZING. I mean he takes on Hulk in a test of endurance, THE HULK.

Sadly amongst all of that they also tried to make Wasp relevant - it doesn't work, she sucks. I'll be honest I never much cared for her in the comics as she was just as regularly upstaged there by a guy who could turn into a friggin' giant.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Electric Turahk

Totally a valid reasoning if that were the case... But it just doesn't feel that way at all.

No, it pretty much felt like they genderbent him for the sake of doing it. Caesar literally calls her his "Aphrodite" and her gender was revealed just for the sake of getting him back to her side because of her beauty...

Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Zero's Saber - also known as King Arthur/Arturia - is everywhere. She's insanely popular. And that's just the anime. There's also more games than just Stay Night that feature her. So it's been done before. And yes, she's a badass at times... but also literally just the clichéd love interest at others.

Make your own female character if you want to show a powerful one. Genderbending King Arthur, who was most definitively male, to "create" one and then just resort to sex appeal... Nah, I don't like it.

Alright then, I totally see your point there.

[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Alright then, I totally see your point there.

Yeah...

If anything I'm mad at myself. For calling this twist from the start.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Electric Turahk

Yeah...

If anything I'm mad at myself. For calling this twist from the start.

Alright.

So, aside from that, how would you rate Nobunaga the Fool so far? I'm interested in checking it out.

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Disk Wars 07. Ed is a fucking brat.

Spider-Man reaches his lowest point, only to spring back at his most badass. He's still a pretty poor imitation of a great character though, draining out all of his depth and leaving behind a poorly animated piece of cardboard, who has his cool moments every now and then. God this shows iteration of Cap though, IS AMAZING. I mean he takes on Hulk in a test of endurance, THE HULK.

Sadly amongst all of that they also tried to make Wasp relevant - it doesn't work, she sucks. I'll be honest I never much cared for her in the comics as she was just as regularly upstaged there by a guy who could turn into a friggin' giant.

Pretty much.

Well, it is Cap we are talking about, he's used to that.

I like Wasp, and I hope they give her a better role than simply battle support, but in this case it was well executed.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by algo448

Well, it is Cap we are talking about, he's used to that.

I've actually not read any Cap centred comics - any suggestions? - so my exposure to him has been from the movies and EMH but this is definitely the must badass version I've come across. He's pretty much my main reason for watching this.