I am timidly optimistic about G00. The pictures of the mecha and
characters we've seen so far haven't excited me, but then they
haven't turned me off either. The plot about our heros stopping war
with force is unbelievably naive (the world has seen in Iraq how
futile it is impose peace with force of arms), so I have to conclude
that our idealistic Gundam pilots are in for a severe case of
reality. The FMA director should be able to deliver a good story,
plus the soundtrack will be great with Kenji Kawai doing the music.
I'm not keen on the real world connections. I prefer the distance
that the UC, AC, FC, etc. years gave.
Mecha specific impressions--
The gundams are okay. I don't like the small yellow fins on either
side of their necks. I think it crowds the head. The Gundam Virtue is
my favorite of the lot. I have a feeling that all that armor is
removable, ala the NT-1 Alex. The Tieren (BTW, a german word for
"animals") is cool but I'm not into the other grunt mecha, the Flag
and the Enact. They are too pastel, and too thin, fragile-looking. I
think someone on the list mentioned that they looked like something
out of SRW OG and they are absolutely right, and why are they so
similar when they come from two different factions?
Regarding the characters, now that the female audience has become
important to Gundam I think we're stuck forever with the pretty boy
team-ups. I miss the days in the '80s when characters could be plain,
or eccentric, or even ugly looking. At least they would be
individuals instead of cookie-cutter, anime-styles. Ordinary Amuro
would never cut it as a Gundam pilot today. That's one thing I love
about Tomino, he's always hiring new artists who haven't worked in
the anime industry to design characters and mecha. It keeps things
fresh.
I guess that's about it for the moment. What are your opinions?
-James
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