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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
Is this some alternate reality LOL OT where something something Gundam? | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
On September 05 2014 04:37 Sufficiency wrote: The goals can be different but the underlying story have enough similsr themes to make it readily identifiable as Gundam due to the first 28 episodes of build up cumulating to both Kira and Athrun activiting their SEED mode seriously trying to kill each other. You xan argue that the rest of the story is a bit shounenish and I won't disagree with you, but to say it is not a Gundam series is extremely far fetched. I don't think you have a good concept of the underlying themes of UC Gundam. "Friends separated by war forced to fight against each other" is not a central theme of any of the original Gundam series. The main protagonist and antagonist in 1979 Gundam are Amuro and Char. They hate each other right from episode 1 and continue to hate each other for the entire series. The main protagonist and antagonist in Zeta are Camille and Jerid. They hate each other right from episode 1 and continue to hate each other for the entire series. It's even not as simple as that, Jerid takes a backseat to Haman and Scirroco later in the series, both of whom Camille hates and never tries to make friends with. It's a theme that you see with some characters in some Gundam series, but is rarely the primary theme. The main theme of Gundam, in general, is that it's about war. Unapologetically so. People die in Gundam series. The most lawful good characters do awful things in Gundam series. Even the most evil character has redeemable qualities. In Gundam shows by the end of it there are winners and losers, and at the end the losers are often almost all dead. It has a very down to earth, realist, often depressing feel to it that you just DO NOT GET from the sidestories. Whether that's a bad thing or not is up in the air, but they are NOT the same kind of show. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
That set off the whole thing on the last episode. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
They are not what the show is about. | ||
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Parnage
United States7414 Posts
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Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
Also, I almost got my friday entirely off, yay. Only 1 hour of work left. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
On September 05 2014 05:02 jcarlsoniv wrote: Optimus Prime is my favorite Gundam This is my favorite Gundam show: | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On September 05 2014 04:56 Ketara wrote: Lalah isn't even introduced in the original series until episode 37 of 43. In Zeta Gundam Four is introduced in episode 17 and dies in episode 21, and is largely not talked about for the remaining 29 episodes. They are not what the show is about. Yet she was mentioned in every single suvsequent show where Char is featured and even appeared on Unicorn. She definitely plays a strong role in the franchise. | ||
AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On September 05 2014 05:02 jcarlsoniv wrote: Optimus Prime is my favorite Gundam Mine is Gurren Lagann. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On September 05 2014 04:50 mordek wrote: Finally, robotic beings rule the world. The humans are dead. I laughed out loud at this | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
On September 05 2014 05:07 Sufficiency wrote: Yet she was mentioned in every single suvsequent show where Char is featured and even appeared on Unicorn. She definitely plays a strong role in the franchise. Really? Char and Amuro are both in Zeta, I don't think they talk about Lalah much in Zeta. Lalah is a big deal in CCA, but she's not a major part of any of the previous series. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On September 05 2014 04:50 mordek wrote: Finally, robotic beings rule the world. The humans are dead. The Glorious Evolution has begun | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
Whoosh? | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
:D Binary solo 00000001 000000011 | ||
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Parnage
United States7414 Posts
Everyone knows giant robots are piloted by test tube Spartans with a hard on for people with a surname of Kerensky. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
She's not the central theme of the entire show. Because it's a complicated show with multiple complex themes. Seed isn't like that. It really is just a simple generic robot show with simple themes and not much depth. | ||
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