Reynolds, Jason M. wrote: > Do you think the failings of 1-17 are as a whole or on an individual > episode level? I thought you were really liking it in the beginning.
When I start a series (assuming I start a series) I always give it a lot of artistic license/benefit of doubt whatever. With G00 I was especially enthusiastic because FMA was so much better than the standard anime quality. I am not satisfied with it on the scene-by-scene level and the arc-by-arc level. Many scenes takes me out of immersion as I went "do I believe what just happened now?" instead of following the flow of the story. Each arc, roughly the same as an "intervention" in G00 language, is also shaky on its own. I can sense that Mizushima is hatching a grand scheme. But the building blocks (scenes and arcs) are of very poor quality, so far. Tell you what I like so far: both director and the characters are being very subtle about Good vs. Evil question. It neither rejects it completely like relativists, nor endorses it following the neo-cons and fundamentalists. In some sense this part is more complicated and deeper than my own favorites First Gundam and Turn-A. The shows references current real world conflicts and forces the audience to find the parallels between the in-show debates and real-world debates. Of course most of the audience is still refusing to think along that line, but the writer/director are trying. I respect that. The show is passively politically incorrect. Blacks, Indians, Arabs and the South are weak (we have a Black character finally), Whites and Yellows are rich and/or powerful. But I don't think it's simplistically racist. Rich and powerful doesn't equal good, Whites and Yellows are the _root_ cause of most of the evils in the G00 future. This is especially clear in the Azadistan arc. Arabs, Kurds, Reformists, Conservatives are making a mess for themselves. But they have a chance to sort things out on their own. White people (UN, Union, and especially AEU) are responsible for destroying that chance. Likewise HRL (China) can't be pinned down as a force of either Good or Evil. I wonder if Mizushima is a fan of Henry Kissinger :) -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
