McKilligan posted:I'm a little more than halfway through Iron Blooded Orphans - I'm enjoying it, but goddamn it is the absolute most surface-level 101 exploration of the elements of it's world. I appreciate the fact that the entire conflict is set up as a conspiracy to goad the underclasses into an armed revolt so the powers that be will have an excuse to decimate them and break their will for a few generations, but the characters themselves are kind of...well, dumb as hell. The thing to remember is that Gjallarhorn has kept an iron grip on the solar system for like 300 years. This is not a well-coordinated Marxist uprising, it's some people going "It would be nice if things were a bit better" and getting further than anyone expected for a variety of reasons, some of which won't be clear to you until Season 2. For instance, you are very wrong about McGillis's motivation. And hell, "begging a rich guy to be nice to them" happened a lot in real life too. It happened like three times in the lead up to the Russian Revolution.
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The French Revolutionaries were willing to settle for a constitutional monarchy, and only resorted to chopping Louis's head off when his attempted flight to Austria looked like he wanted to slaughter all of Paris. Even when women stormed the palace they were only demanding the crown do something about the dang bread prices. Iron Blooded Orphans is bitterly realistic from a historical standpoint. Probably the most realistic a Gundam has ever been politically.
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Jul 5, 2021 15:14
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it prob didnt need to be 2 whole seasons though
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Jul 5, 2021 18:25
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Honest Thief posted:it prob didnt need to be 2 whole seasons though Didn't feel too long for me, though season two had a bit of a problem in that they forgot about Kudelia for most of it.
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Jul 5, 2021 19:10
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oh hell yeah new getter robo anime
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Jul 5, 2021 20:07
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genericnick posted:Didn't feel too long for me, though season two had a bit of a problem in that they forgot about Kudelia for most of it. They didn't forget about her, the story is about Tekkadan and in season 2 Kudelia didn't need Tekkadan as much because she had legitimate political power. She was doing boring girlboss poo poo while the boys were having giant robot fights.
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https://twitter.com/BrendanBlaber/status/1412222677285212161?s=20
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Jul 6, 2021 02:42
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McKilligan posted:I'm a little more than halfway through Iron Blooded Orphans - I'm enjoying it, but goddamn it is the absolute most surface-level 101 exploration of the elements of it's world. I appreciate the fact that the entire conflict is set up as a conspiracy to goad the underclasses into an armed revolt so the powers that be will have an excuse to decimate them and break their will for a few generations, but the characters themselves are kind of...well, dumb as hell. don’t forget about the cringey space harem guy
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Jul 6, 2021 03:18
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Please do not shittalk the ultimate wife guy Naze Turbine. Maybe he does some war crimes in S2, I haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Jul 6, 2021 03:34
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new chapter of kiichi!! was heavy
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Jul 7, 2021 19:57
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a cyberpunk goose posted:don’t forget about the cringey space harem guy did you know ibo's lead writer was a woman
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Jul 7, 2021 19:58
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I don't think we're supposed to see the Turbines as completely ideal and perfect given that (S2 spoilers) what happens to them directly foreshadows what happens to Tekkadan, only with even greater noncombatant casualties. It doesn't matter how clever and benevolent your leader is - following them blindly without a single person willing to provide a dissenting voice is an excellent way to end up dead in a heap, and Naze making himself the most important person in his family's lives made it dangerously difficult for them to contemplate a life without him.
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Jul 7, 2021 20:21
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so what’s the good anime of the summer now that spring is wrapped up and Odd Taxi is leaving us
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Jul 8, 2021 00:02
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wonder egg 1-7 ad infinitum
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Jul 8, 2021 00:27
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For some reason I'd always put off watching Gundam Unicorn because - for some reason - I kept confusing it for Crossbone Gundam. It's absolutely incredible. Probably the best action setpieces of any UC gundam series, and one in which the combat perfectly supports its dramatic tension. The political intrigue is also interesting, so it's a shame that after Hathaway's Flash it's obvious that they had just sort of run out of ideas for what to do with the UC timeline. "Howabout uh - a not Zeon from Jupiter?" Also, have they ever tackled the question of the canonicity of G Savior? I don't think anybody in the world would care if they just pretended it never happened.
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Jul 8, 2021 02:56
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Stairmaster posted:did you know ibo's lead writer was a woman i do not care that poo poo was stupid
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Jul 8, 2021 03:50
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:For some reason I'd always put off watching Gundam Unicorn because - for some reason - I kept confusing it for Crossbone Gundam. It's absolutely incredible. Probably the best action setpieces of any UC gundam series, and one in which the combat perfectly supports its dramatic tension. The political intrigue is also interesting, so it's a shame that after Hathaway's Flash it's obvious that they had just sort of run out of ideas for what to do with the UC timeline. G-Saviour takes place like 60 years after the nearest other UC thing so unless they decide to actually make something post-Victory it will never come up. Maybe one of the Crossbone spinoffs will get there eventually.
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Jul 8, 2021 04:19
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WrightOfWay posted:G-Saviour takes place like 60 years after the nearest other UC thing so unless they decide to actually make something post-Victory it will never come up. Maybe one of the Crossbone spinoffs will get there eventually. It just doesn't sit right with me that the ceiling of possibility for Universal Century arrives at a Canadian made-for-tv movie.
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Jul 8, 2021 04:29
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It just doesn't sit right with me that the ceiling of possibility for Universal Century arrives at a Canadian made-for-tv movie. holy poo poo that's a real thing. like it makes sense for a japanese movie to be made here, lots of films are. it's just such a strange idea. is... is it any good? 
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It just doesn't sit right with me that the ceiling of possibility for Universal Century arrives at a Canadian made-for-tv movie. i had never heard of this and found a copy of it on youtube, it looks like babylon 5 with a slightly younger cast and ngl that makes me wanna watch it
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Jul 8, 2021 07:12
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wolfs posted:so what’s the good anime of the summer now that spring is wrapped up and Odd Taxi is leaving us Vanitas no Carte had a strong first episode, especially if you’re into hot guys and vampires Other than that, dunno. I haven’t been too wowed by any of the descriptions of the upcoming shows but I also haven’t had time to check out the ones that sounded interesting
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Jul 8, 2021 10:36
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Hodgepodge posted:holy poo poo that's a real thing. like it makes sense for a japanese movie to be made here, lots of films are. it's just such a strange idea. is... is it any good? No. The Federation has collapsed so now the Earth sphere is in alliance with a few of the sides, while Side 1, 4 and the moon are their own independent country. The colonies are having a food crisis, and the solution for this is to develop an enzyme that grows more food - which the not-federation wants to repress even though they're the ones having a food crisis? And there's also an illuminati? This was supposed to be Gundam's 20th anniversary celebration movie, and Sunrise outsourced it to a Canadian production company that only made one movie after it. They gave so little direction to the Canadians that the word "gundam" isn't even mentioned once through the whole film. You can't even blame the Canadians for plopping out such a mediocre turd, because they got no support whatsoever and made whatever generic sci fi story they could with their limited budget. The Earth sphere military uniforms were reused props from Starship Troopers. It's a fascinating piece of media. Definitely the most baffling thing ever done with the Gundam franchise. But it's definitely not good.
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Jul 8, 2021 13:24
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wolfs posted:so what’s the good anime of the summer now that spring is wrapped up and Odd Taxi is leaving us I try and watch most episode 1's when a season starts to see whats up and this season does not seem very strong right now.
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Jul 8, 2021 13:43
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It just doesn't sit right with me that the ceiling of possibility for Universal Century arrives at a Canadian made-for-tv movie. Reconguista takes place like a thousand years after the UC era
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https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1413165983485681670?s=20
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It just doesn't sit right with me that the ceiling of possibility for Universal Century arrives at a Canadian made-for-tv movie. If it helps, all roads lead to Turn A
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net work error posted:I try and watch most episode 1's when a season starts to see whats up and this season does not seem very strong right now. that’s kind of where I’m at now. between the descriptions and the first eps on offer I’m at a loss. I’ll watch Godzilla Singular Point since it popped up on Netflix, but that’ll be a watch-in-one-go kind of thing probably I started watching my next life as a villainess/bakarina season 1 since the 2nd season started recently and it’s a fun series about a disaster bisexual who sadly doesn’t want to destroy the monarchy afaik … so once I finish s1 I’ll probably keep up with it as it airs in case she decides to use her position of influence with a country’s nobility to reform society idk
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Jul 8, 2021 18:57
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wolfs posted:I’ll watch Godzilla Singular Point since it popped up on Netflix, but that’ll be a watch-in-one-go kind of thing probably I could only digest Godzilla Singular Point a couple episodes at a time, but it's good. I started watching Slime Diaries since part 2 is coming out, and I really admire the balls to just completely switch genres like they did. Now it's a slice of life show about the monsters living and working with each other in the town they built.
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Jul 8, 2021 19:17
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Singular Point is about getting really high and just absorbing techno science babble and being like "hell yeah"
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Jul 8, 2021 20:04
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Yeah, it's "what if the aliens from Arrival were kaiju". Very good show.
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Jul 8, 2021 20:42
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wolfs posted:I started watching my next life as a villainess/bakarina season 1 since the 2nd season started recently and it’s a fun series about a disaster bisexual who sadly doesn’t want to destroy the monarchy afaik … so once I finish s1 I’ll probably keep up with it as it airs in case she decides to use her position of influence with a country’s nobility to reform society idk It’s a fun show. It’s mostly her accidentally creating a massive harem of men and women through sheer bimbo energy while convinced that’s she’s actually very smart. If she overthrows the aristocracy it will be entirely incidental as a result of her completely misreading the situation. It’ll probably never happen in the show but I’m just gonna file that away in my headcanon because it’s completely in character
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Jul 8, 2021 23:07
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ah. ok. There’s at least one quality series this summer. it’s not wild, but it’s pretty heartfelt and emotionally intelligent — with excellent production values. The Aquatope of White Sand looks like it’ll be a good slice of life ft an aquarium and maybe some dramatic turns here and there. ep 1: there also seems to be an ocean godlet wandering around as a kind of Greek chorus or something??? and some interesting visual metaphors I’m mostly sure aren’t supposed to be literal
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Gripweed posted:Reconguista takes place like a thousand years after the UC era tomino and sunrise at one point (dunno if they ever reconciled it) disagreed but tomino says reconguista takes place 500 years after correct century (turn a) which is some unknown thousands of years after UC (and other AU stuff) 5000+ at minimum Tabletops has issued a correction as of 07:06 on Jul 9, 2021 |
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Jul 9, 2021 15:23
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i want to watch hathaway but i only saw char's revenge once and don't remember it. should i watch all the uc stuff before hand? netflix has everything right?
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Jul 9, 2021 15:41
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KidDynamite posted:i want to watch hathaway but i only saw char's revenge once and don't remember it. should i watch all the uc stuff before hand? netflix has everything right? Yeah, just re-watch Char's Counter-Attack if you don't remember anything about Hathaway or Quess. They're the only characters who matter. You only need a vague familiarity with UC stuff to jump in to Hathaway. I'd recommend Gundam Unicorn too, but you don't have to watch it before Hathaway.
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Jul 9, 2021 15:45
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Maybe I'm the outlier because I'm not a big fan of Unicorn
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Jul 9, 2021 15:51
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I like Unicorn even if it's basically a greatest hits compilation of UC bits. I even like Narrative because they just straight up make it explicit that the giant robot is powered by the soul(s) of dead girlfriend(s). We've proven the existence of life beyond death and the immortal soul! Anyway we're exploiting the massive psychic trauma involved to power our weapons of mass destruction. Everyone saw the Light of Human Potential and asked how they could better weaponize it.
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Zinnerman and the whole Sleeves crew are also the best Zeon characters from any Gundam imo.
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