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Balesirion Since: Jan, 2001
#301: Aug 30th 2010 at 9:55:37 PM

The movies are overall a better, (and certainly faster and less expensive) experience than the series. They are in fact probably some of the few compilations for which that is the case. Zeta's were about equal to the series in my opinion, but most others are pretty mediocre, or in the case of 0083, unwatchable.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#302: Aug 30th 2010 at 10:23:03 PM

I might have to watch the movie just because Netflix is missing the last and only the last disc. The same thing happened earlier when I decided to re-watch Wing, though miraculously that one finally came, but it's unlikely to happen again as they don't even have a single copy of this.

(checks)Oh wait, never mind they don't have any copies of any of the movies either.

edited 30th Aug '10 10:24:33 PM by thatother1dude

Balesirion Since: Jan, 2001
#303: Aug 30th 2010 at 10:25:20 PM

0083's compilation movie has never been released in the U.S., for very good reason.

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#304: Aug 31st 2010 at 7:34:40 AM

Episode 3: That was a pretty nice ending, actually. I think this series pulled off the Disney Death of the male and female leads thing better than the other series that did the same thing. (Seriously, why does every Gundam OVA series have the same ending?)

I guess it is.
Nitramy Evil-Smiting Umbrella from Antipolo City, PH Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#305: Oct 26th 2010 at 11:42:44 AM

In hindsight, Gundam Wing wasn't actually that bad (it was the prototype-fujoshi fanbase that caused its infamy), for the simple reason that Wing probably makes as much sense as Code Geass - they may have thrown as many trains as possible near the series' end, but they did try to tie every loose end to at least prepare for Endless Waltz.

And it's not like the head writers ruined Heero Yuy's character just because one of them had a beef with Hikaru Midorikawa, now did they? Did they?

Query: If a Gundam series - while remaining true to its thematic roots - is presented in a manner atypical of a Gundam series, can we still call it a Gundam series? Some "fans" seem to think so.

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#306: Oct 26th 2010 at 12:58:12 PM

Yes, because we all know the lame dub and lacklustre animation are insignificant next to the irreparable harm done by a bunch of OOC 1x2 fics.

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#307: Oct 26th 2010 at 1:04:55 PM

Well, they are. The nonsensical plot is a considerably greater issue, for a start - if anyone has figured out exactly what the Rommefeller Foundation was trying to accomplish, for instance, I would greatly appreciate knowing. Were they arms dealers seeking War for Fun and Profit? Aristocrats intending to Take Over the World? Something else entirely?

What's precedent ever done for us?
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#308: Oct 26th 2010 at 2:06:05 PM

My vote's for aristos trying to cling to relevance in the only way they can.

Of course, that's mostly because I've always thought of Wing as being set in a parallel world where the Great War never happened.

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#309: Oct 26th 2010 at 2:41:08 PM

Except that they were also apparently still very wealthy corporate heads, as well as exclusive weapons suppliers to the current world government. They still had relevance.

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Nitramy Evil-Smiting Umbrella from Antipolo City, PH Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#310: Oct 26th 2010 at 9:47:54 PM

Or were they trying to expand their sphere of influence further?

(if you think about it, this could be a nod to F91 and that whole aristocratic philosophy that kept the conflict going when it should have been over in the first place...)

edited 26th Oct '10 9:48:47 PM by Nitramy

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GatlingGundam from with my Zaku gal Since: Oct, 2010
#312: Oct 28th 2010 at 9:43:20 AM

That's alright, I can wait for the entire OVA. I believe that Full Frontal gets to show himself more to Banager in this episode, yes?

edited 28th Oct '10 9:44:05 AM by GatlingGundam

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#313: Oct 28th 2010 at 11:37:35 AM

Gods... I don't think we'll have any chance of covering up the Double Entendres when the full episode airs.

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CommandoDude Since: Jun, 2010
#315: Oct 29th 2010 at 1:16:29 AM

Why does the Rommafeller Foundation's motives need to be laid out like a silver platter? There is interest in ambiguity. Besides, I think it seemed pretty clear Dermail wanted to be the head of a Earth sphere government and was manipulating the Foundation's interests to his.

@306: Did you just call the Gundam Wing dub lame?

edited 29th Oct '10 1:17:35 AM by CommandoDude

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#316: Oct 29th 2010 at 1:53:46 AM

Yes. Yes I did. You wanna make something of it? Scott Mc Neil cannot carry an entire show by himself - the man, despite rumours to the contrary, is only human.

edited 29th Oct '10 1:54:26 AM by FurikoMaru

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#317: Oct 29th 2010 at 5:28:42 AM

Some measure of explanation would be useful at some point - without a clear motivation, it's hard to know what your protagonists are fighting against. The weird thing about Rommefeller is thatr half the time, they seemed to be looking for world peace with them in charge, and half the tim, they seemed to be taking a hyper-militarist attitude so that they might achieve economic dominance through War for Fun and Profit. Put simply, they didn't seem able to decide whether they wanted to be arms dealers or aristocrats.

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#318: Oct 29th 2010 at 6:24:52 AM

Two factions of the Rommerfeller foundation is the simplest answer.

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CommandoDude Since: Jun, 2010
#319: Oct 31st 2010 at 1:06:55 AM

"Yes. Yes I did. You wanna make something of it? Scott Mc Neil cannot carry an entire show by himself - the man, despite rumours to the contrary, is only human."

Christ do people overhype Duo. Everyone's favorite Gundam seems to be the Death Sycthe.

The idea that Scott Mc Neil was the only good VA is ludicrous.

In fact, I'd call Every. Single. One. spectacular.

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#320: Oct 31st 2010 at 8:05:05 AM

I thought the W dub was really good.

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#321: Oct 31st 2010 at 1:22:02 PM

Just watched Unicorn's second episode. That show's a fun ride, all right, if admittedly rather high on the narm-count as per normal for the franchise. Oh, and I think I'm kind of rooting for the Sleeves so far.

One thing I found quite interesting is the implication that Banagher's a former Tyke-Bomb. Would certainly explain quite a few things about his personality.

edited 31st Oct '10 1:22:26 PM by Iaculus

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MarqoD Since: Sep, 2010
#322: Oct 31st 2010 at 2:12:25 PM

Yo. Just spotted this thread and read it. I've seen the start of 0079, all of Zeta, CCA, both Unicorn episodes out so far, F91, 08th, Seed, Destiny and 00. Also a gunpla builder (UC and 00).

I just watched the second Unicorn episode as well. Very nice fighting and plot development. I especially liked Marida take out Banager and keep Riddhe away. Didn't see that one coming at all.

Based on those flashbacks, might Banagher be a Cybernewtype?

Also, does anyone else find it weird Riddhe was piloting a ReZEL commander type (with the big gun) while his commander was not? Ah well, at least the normal type's beam rifle has the awesome bean bayonet, just like the zeta (which is my favorite Gundam).

Also, yay for the GM III making its second appearance, probably as cannon fodder alongside those replacement Jegans. Let's hope we get to see em in a fight in the third OVA, along with the Loto's. Preferably against more than 3 Sleeves suits, so we get a properly sized battle. I also hope they give more cameos to stuff from CCA than the GM II and the Rewloola (Char's flagship), preferably the Ra Cailum.

edited 31st Oct '10 2:13:36 PM by MarqoD

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Balesirion Since: Jan, 2001
#324: Oct 31st 2010 at 5:23:37 PM

It's not the Hyaku Shiki, it's the Delta Plus.

MarqoD Since: Sep, 2010
#325: Nov 1st 2010 at 12:28:18 AM

Yup, and the Delta Plus is basically the Hyaku Shiki with the Waverider mode they wanted it to have. A pity they didn't give it the golden anti-beam coat...

edited 1st Nov '10 12:28:31 AM by MarqoD


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