The thing that drives me nuts (at least about the primary overarching plot - there are plenty of other things to get driven nuts about in the series, as well) is that, so far as I can tell, there isn't any real reason why at least the viewer shouldn't know what CB's primary goal is. Or at least know a little more about CB's primary goal. There are, so far as I can recall, only two items so far that hint at an ulterior goal. The second, of course, is the Professor's comment in episode 17 (idle curiosity - I wonder how Sumeragi will react when she hears about it?). The first is the conversation between Sumeragi and... the Chinese girl(? - I think it was her) in which it's discussed that the casualty figures for the plan that they're all involved in are going to be very, very ugly if things go according to the way that Veda predicts.
And the latter doesn't necessarily mean that CB isn't out to eradicate warfare as claimed. And what does the fact that the Solar Furnaces were built out near Jupiter have to do with the fact that CB's goal isn't to eradicate warfare? A little transparency would be nice. There have been too many pieces of plot fabric being thrown out to the viewers, but very little in the way of plot thread to tie them all together. And that's a bad thing when you're nearly 40% of the way through your series. As for Kinue... gotta do something to justify putting Setsuna as Saji's next door neighbor... The Saji and Louise Show isn't THAT exciting. (Can't imagine why I'm mildly hopeful about the idea that Louise's mother won't let Louise return to Japan after the cousin's wedding... /innocent whistle) Random speculation - is the length of the series partly to blame? Perhaps giving the writer only 26 episodes would have worked better plot-wise by forcing him to actually reveal pertinent information at a decent rate, instead of about once every nine episodes? For some reason I'm trying to remember when the "Return to Tokyo" arc takes place in Rah'Xephon, and the viewer finally gets confirmed something that's been hinted at quite frequently - i.e. that you-know-who is still stuck on you-know-who-else. junior ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][gundam] Gundam 00 Episode 17 *spoilers* Date : Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:12:20 -0500 >From : "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : [email protected] As it is, it's yet more evidence that Mizushima doesn't know any rhythm. *snip* In another word, clumsily written and directed. > The upshot of this is that everyone's favorite JNN reporter will probably > become > a target before long, as she's also becoming obsessed with finding out what > CB > is up to. Yes.. Did I forget to bring that up? You now have a segueway to bring Kinue, Saji and Louise into the thick of things.
