Author Topic: Mr. Gundam, Himuro and Bebpo present: The Superior Gundam Thread (Read 14222 times)

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #120 on:** January 10, 2012, 12:55:04 AM »

THREE DESTINIES WILL FORM HISTORY

Just watched episode 13. Not bad. G-Exes is one sexy mech, especially with double beam sabers.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #121 on:** January 15, 2012, 04:19:26 PM »

Episode 14 is out. Downloading now but won't watch it until late tonight. Football time at the moment.

Himu · « **Reply #122 on:** January 15, 2012, 04:21:45 PM »

where do you dl it

Tasty · « **Reply #123 on:** January 15, 2012, 07:35:27 PM »

Was a pretty good ep. Although it totally followed the DBZ conventions for how a battle unfolds.

The Yurin/Flit stuff was getting really creepy though. Glad that's the end of it. Pink haired girl was useless once again but at least they're not shoving it in our faces like Marina in 00.

Will be interesting what kind of revelations there are next ep.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #124 on:** January 16, 2012, 02:01:21 AM »

Huh, I figured they would've wrapped up this generation with episode 14. Looks like we'll get some badass Gundam vs. Mobile Armor action next week.

I really hope the revelation isn't

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TIME TRAVEL

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. Some of the adult UE dude's comments make me think that rumor is a bunch of BS, but you never know.

Himu · « **Reply #125 on:** January 16, 2012, 02:02:52 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on January 15, 2012, 04:21:45 PM

where do you dl it

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #126 on:** January 16, 2012, 02:03:35 AM »

Google works wonders, duder.
http://sage.gundam.eu/

Himu · « **Reply #127 on:** January 16, 2012, 02:40:04 AM »

gracias

Bebpo · « **Reply #128 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:15:30 AM »

Hmmm, catching up. Ep11 wasn't bad. So that's 2eps in row that have been solid! When the show is at its best it feels kind of like a Turn A for a younger generation.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #129 on:** January 22, 2012, 05:48:45 PM »

15 is out. Gonna watch tonight after football.

Bebpo · « **Reply #130 on:** January 23, 2012, 01:41:05 AM »

Diva upgrade looks pretty cool. Like a real Gundam ship. Photon Beam Cannon seems REALLY POWERFUL. I'm kind of wondering if this isn't the strongest ship in a Gundam yet.

Also, why does every support mecha that isn't Flit's Gundam or the Zaku-clones look like they are grunts from Gaogaigar?

Bebpo · « **Reply #131 on:** January 23, 2012, 03:21:53 AM »

Just finished ep15

oh boy

MCD · « **Reply #132 on:** January 23, 2012, 03:25:05 AM »

Bebpo, forget this trash and let's rewatch 00 one of these days.

Bebpo · « **Reply #133 on:** January 23, 2012, 03:45:22 AM »

Sounds good. I want BDs in the US

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34496605&postcount=3045

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You know, AGE, outside of the terrible civil war colony arc, is decently made. Much more professional and less facepalm than Destiny or OO S2.

HOWEVER

The show does not have a single original idea. It's the most creatively bankrupt Gundam ever and that's really annoying. How many times are we going to REMAKE 0079?!? Jeez.

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Yurin - Lala, Asteroid Base -> end of 0079, BIG ZAM (but shittier looking) -> chase on foot.

Then the plot is stolen straight out of Nadesico. I mean come on, the stupid time travel fake spoilers were better than just a straight Nadesico rip. WOLF EVEN PICKS UP THE LOCKET WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE THE PHOTO OF A MARTIAN GIRL THAT HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH NEXT SEASON. Come on! You can't rip off a better show PLOT DEVICE BY PLOT DEVICE. It's insulting.
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On top of that the 15ep format with the standard slow Gundam pacing did not work. A lot happens by the end, yet it feels super rushed and there is no emotional attachment to anything going on in the finale.
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When Yurin dies, it's empty KIND OF LIKE LALA, because there wasn't enough build up in her arc. Plus, well, her taking the stab was just kind of generic.
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And again, EVERYTHING has been done before. Flower bits? Done. A Psychoframe that gives pseudo-newtype powers to non-newtypes? Been done. Kids who think war is FUN because they are brain damaged? Done before! Hino is a really weak writer.

So next season what we already know will happen:
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-Desil comes back as the "char" of the series, as an adult ACE fighter with an obsession with Flit.

-Son of the base leader comes back for REVENGE.

-Wolf will meet the martian girl in the locket.
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Which is a pretty cliche/trope/terrible start already.

They should just do Season 2 like this to at least throw people off:
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Flit has become an insane maniac whose spent his life obsessed with building bigger and stronger weapons to destroy the UE and kill every last one of them. With control of the Federation Fleet he's lost his humanity and eventually becomes a major villain of the series.

Wolf has become the leader of the rebel army that doesn't trust the ever growing evil federation and after breaking Grodek out and re-uniting the crew of the Diva snoops further and further into Federation's dark secrets, eventually teaming up with a faction of the Martians that are trying to find a peaceful resolution to the on-going war.

something something SEED/Star Wars/etc...
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Anyhow, the music in the show was nice. That's the best thing I can say about Season 1. The mecha designs for the main gundam and Diva were ok, but all the support mechs were like gaogaigar grunt rejects :| The final boss mech was reaaaally bad design. It doesn't even make SENSE logically

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #134 on:** January 25, 2012, 12:16:42 AM »

Just finished 15, I liked it.

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Flit has become an insane maniac whose spent his life obsessed with building bigger and stronger weapons to destroy the UE and kill every last one of them. With control of the Federation Fleet he's lost his humanity and eventually becomes a major villain of the series.

Wolf has become the leader of the rebel army that doesn't trust the ever growing evil federation and after breaking Grodek out and re-uniting the crew of the Diva snoops further and further into Federation's dark secrets, eventually teaming up with a faction of the Martians that are trying to find a peaceful resolution to the on-going war.

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I could see a lot of this coming true if the whole Zeta vibe that I'm getting from the next episode preview is any indication.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #135 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:45:47 PM »

Fansubbing group Sage's website is down for the count.

FUCK.

Beezy · « **Reply #136 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:46:41 PM »

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #137 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:54:46 PM »

The new OP is cool. I hate watching low quality streamed crap over the web, I want my 720p rip. Ugh.

Bandai, why the hell couldn't you make this available in North America? SMH.

Bebpo · « **Reply #138 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:12:24 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on January 29, 2012, 01:45:47 PM

Fansubbing group Sage's website is down for the count.

FUCK.

Did Bandai shut them down?

There's another group that was subbing it as well though. A slower group.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #139 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:14:00 PM »

I have no idea, their site doesn't load at all for me in IE and Chrome.

sage.gundam.eu

Himu · « **Reply #140 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:16:28 PM »

I'm going to catch up today or tomorrow.

Himu · « **Reply #141 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:17:15 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on January 29, 2012, 01:45:47 PM

Fansubbing group Sage's website is down for the count.

FUCK.

Fuck.

Bebpo · « **Reply #142 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:23:55 PM »

The new OP makes the mech battles look more like a normal gundam.

The AGE-2 Gundam upgrade red-frame looks pretty dumb though.

Bebpo · « **Reply #143 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:43:03 PM »

SAGE subs are fine. I see ep16 up by them already

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #144 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:51:43 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 29, 2012, 02:43:03 PM

SAGE subs are fine. I see ep16 up by them already

Where? I still can't get their site to load.

Bebpo · « **Reply #145 on:** January 29, 2012, 03:20:27 PM »

Wherever you get your internet things from

Sent a pm anyhow.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #146 on:** January 29, 2012, 03:47:58 PM »

All the other torrent tracker sites don't list it. Thanks.

Himu · « **Reply #147 on:** January 29, 2012, 04:44:40 PM »

GJ being obtuse and vague about a show we all fucking pirate, bebpo.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #148 on:** January 29, 2012, 04:47:53 PM »

Bandai/Sunrise aren't giving us any other choice. There is a legal subtitled stream, but apparently we're not good enough to have it.

Bebpo · « **Reply #149 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:00:12 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on January 29, 2012, 04:44:40 PM

GJ being obtuse and vague about a show we all fucking pirate, bebpo.

Dude, this forum is not pro-piracy. Links are in bad taste.

PM.

Himu · « **Reply #150 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:01:16 PM »

Who said anything about links? I still expect a name.

Oh, so it's up on tt? Awesome. I stopped using tt when it seemed almost every torrent was under seeded.

Bebpo · « **Reply #151 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:04:11 PM »

Anime is a super grey area like emulation on the internet. Everyone knows 99.9% of everyone discussing either is pirating, but by not acknowledging the fact that anyone is, the whole subject of piracy is avoided.

I am neither for or against piracy in either of the above cases. I do understand however that in both of the above cases, most of the time it's the only means for people to even watch/play the content and I support globally unrestricted media where anyone anywhere in the world can enjoy entertainment no matter where it is produced and when it is produced.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #152 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:06:09 PM »

I'm very much anti-piracy, but I have no other choice with Gundam AGE.

Himu · « **Reply #153 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:10:26 PM »

Yeah. I don't even pirate anymore. If I watch something, it's usually on a legal stream funded by official localizers or on hulu. But Bandai have decided that I don't deserve to watch legal Gundam AGE.

Bebpo · « **Reply #154 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:12:55 PM »

Well yeah, Bandai sucks. Which is why we still don't have some Gundams even released in the west after decades.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #155 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:15:11 PM »

I'm the same way with Macross. Harmony Gold are gigantic douchebags and have decided we don't deserve new Macross.

Bebpo · « **Reply #156 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:24:22 AM »

AGE-2 ep1 was not bad. It definitely has a more mature feeling to it. Feels close to a Gundam featuring kids like V or SEED and not Chibi/SD-Gundam like AGE-1 felt. If they keep this up, maybe AGE-3 will be a legit older teenager UC Gundam.

Is AGE-2 Gundam itself just an add-on to the existing AGE-1 gundam or a whole different suit? I can't tell. Is the story going to be that the AGE-1 gundam keeps upgrading itself over 100 years until it's bulky full armor ZZ Gundam by the end of AGE-3?

Bebpo · « **Reply #157 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:26:15 AM »

Also, people age really fast. Flit looks more like 50-60 than 40.

Himu · « **Reply #158 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:28:09 AM »

Age-2 ep 1? What the fuck? They're restarting from episode 1?

MCD · « **Reply #159 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:28:42 AM »

Season 2 already?

Oh wow.

Himu · « **Reply #160 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:30:33 AM »

And it's already out?

Bebpo · « **Reply #161 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:31:53 AM »

err It's ep16, but it's a restart 25 years later so might as well be ep1

MCD · « **Reply #162 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:32:53 AM »

So...it's like Gurren Lagann? Just a time skip.

Bebpo · « **Reply #163 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:38:33 AM »

What did you think it would be? They said from the start it takes place over 3 generations of a family.

Bebpo · « **Reply #164 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:40:14 AM »

MCD · « **Reply #165 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:57:12 AM »

Inazuma Eleven characters riding giant robots.

Disgusting.

Himu · « **Reply #166 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:52:16 AM »

Also Bebs, V is one of the best Gundam series'.

Tasty · « **Reply #167 on:** January 30, 2012, 01:34:38 PM »

I thought it was a very good episode and a promising start of a new arc.

Although the main dude's hair is annoying the hell out of me.

Oh and I think the new ending is awesome, better than the OP.

Bebpo · « **Reply #168 on:** January 30, 2012, 06:23:58 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on January 30, 2012, 08:52:16 AM

Also Bebs, V is one of the best Gundam series'.

Never said it wasn't. Just said it features kids

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #169 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:25:19 PM »

The Japanese blu-ray release will have English subtitles.

Probably won't buy, too expensive. Gundam UC is one thing for 6 volumes at Japanese prices, but I can't justify a ~20 volume series at $50 a pop.

Bebpo · « **Reply #170 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:07:03 PM »

So this is the only way Gundam will get released in the west anymore

lol

Himu · « **Reply #171 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:10:12 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 31, 2012, 02:07:03 PM

So this is the only way Gundam will get released in the west anymore

lol

Funimation, baka.

Bebpo · « **Reply #172 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:14:19 PM »

keep telling yourself that while they release Japanese discs with English subs for $4,000 a series.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #173 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:15:38 PM »

I'm just a bitter cynical Gundam fan, but I'm with Bebpo. This is more than likely how Bandai Visual will make Gundam available to the West.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #174 on:** February 01, 2012, 07:56:44 PM »

Episode 16 was awesome!

Couple things.

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1. How long had Flit kept the Gundam in the barn? He's only 40, not like he can no longer pilot it.

2. Flit is either going to be a crazy bad guy or he'll die at some point. The parent's of main Gundam characters always die or go nuts.

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Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #175 on:** February 06, 2012, 07:46:22 PM »

Finally managed to snag episode 17. Will watch later tonight.

AGE-3 variants?

Beezy · « **Reply #176 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:32:12 AM »

Romary's a slut

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #177 on:** February 13, 2012, 06:01:31 PM »

Just finished episode 17, time for 18.

Man, Generation Two is sooo much better than the first.

Bebpo · « **Reply #178 on:** February 14, 2012, 02:29:02 AM »

Ep18 was pretty good. Definitely enjoying AGE2 more. Feels like a regular gundam show instead of a show for 6-10 year olds like most of AGE S1. Even the OP/EDs are better.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #179 on:** February 14, 2012, 07:37:01 PM »

Episode 18 was really good. I like where it's going.

And man, the animation and direction during the battle in the second half was fantastic.

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Author Topic: Mr. Gundam, Himuro and Bebpo present: The Superior Gundam Thread (Read 14222 times)