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10: Amazing... | 3 | 4.62% | |
9 out of 10: Excellent... | 4 | 6.15% | |
8 out of 10: Very Good... | 11 | 16.92% | |
7 out of 10: Good... | 16 | 24.62% | |
6 out of 10: Average... | 14 | 21.54% | |
5 out of 10: Below Average... | 7 | 10.77% | |
4 out of 10: Poor... | 5 | 7.69% | |
3 out of 10: Bad... | 1 | 1.54% | |
2 out of 10: Very Bad... | 2 | 3.08% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 2 | 3.08% | |
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2011-11-15, 09:08 | Link #121 | |
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but disagree the part that this series is like 70's and 80's anime...I watched the first gundam too and it's much better than this...those shows may have some logic gaps but you would feel "involved" in that anime and appreciate the "ambitions" that the anime is trying to show..but imo I don't feel any of this in gundam age... beside, like other have said, this is 2011 and the standard has been improved, you can't produce a show and try to convince other to watch it because it's kind of like the 70's anime show Having said that, maybe i will watch 2 more episodes, this one and the next one where gundam gets the new equipment...being an all time gundam fan I would never want to drop a gundam series, but ....sigh
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2011-11-15, 10:11 | Link #122 | ||
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It's not a battle between older and better, it's just a different style. It's like how things like Quake 3 and other arena like games are different from the slow/crawling 2-bullet kill modern FPSs. It's not better or worse (that's for you to decide) it's just different—you can potentially enjoy both equally. Of course many things in AGE are things that have been done before so there's no "originality" in it, but honestly I don't care. The Mazinkaiser SKL did the exact same thing of abondoing modern writing and I loved it. Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann did it too. Casshern did it too (though the story/writing was a little modern-ish). This is not a new thing, it's been done and practically every show that has done it has had great success with it. They're also become one of my most memorable shows in recent memory. There's absolutely no problem with doing this (no evidence to support such a claim anyway), if there is a problem it's purely with the fandom. I'm not too informed on the background for the show but as I understand it they are/were trying to branch out the franchise to some other demographics so people should learn to adapt and accept.
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2011-11-15, 14:54 | Link #123 | |||
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The writing being closer to the old ways though is precisely why I personally am really getting into this so far though. I've kind of grown a bit tired and weary of modern animes sometimes complete lack of creativity with what it presents with it's story and characters (feels like they often mine a "proven" stockpile of like maybe 10 possible character traits and episode plotlines respectively) so seeing another show this season that's not even attempting to develop along those lines and instead feels like it's own beast is pretty refreshing. I think it helps that it's an original creation and doesn't come from a light novel or something else heavily tied to and/or influenced by modern moe otaku tastes though. Quote:
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It's pretty damn silly, but hey if people really are thinking of dropping it does it really matter if they think this? I personally am kind of done trying to save Gundam shows for people and help them enjoy them (only if they won't make an honest effort that is) like I tried to do during 00, because of the stubborn manner in which Gundam shows seemed to get viewed being impossible to overcome anyway, but I still wouldn't mind them not doing the same tired Gundam Cycle style posts on the forums I frequent week after week if that's the case. |
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2011-11-15, 15:47 | Link #124 | |
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I wonder if there would be a problem if the protagonist was older. After watching 00 I guess everyone has it in their heads protagonists in gundams are non-kids when actually pretty much all of them in every other series were. It's just that from age 13 to 14 they grow like 1 meter in height; or at least that's the impression. God damn it AGE you drew Flint and Emily too accuratly. D:< BTW, I know it's 50 episodes and 3 generations but how are they structured? 1 cour, 2 cour, 1 cour? I think 00 kind of helps (in my case). I mean logically I feel I should have a problem with the whole AGE system of creating stuff, but honestly I don't; the nagging feeling it's wrong just isn't there. I know there's this technology gap so we don't really have any even remotly close thing to compare the gundam and AGE system to, hence for all we know they are stupidly advanced compared to everything in the world... BUT still. I think my acceptance of it is very largely due to 00. Now nobody get the wrong idea I love 00, I like these modernesky mecha shows. But, the way it starts out is just, words can't describe. I mean, how should I put this, the protagonist, who's a (former) terrorist, is flying a Gundam powerd by fairy dust, eradicating war, because when he was a kid he was saved by a magical fairy Gundam!? WTF beats that. I don't care if they were explained as solar fairy dust, it's god damn magical poweder powered gundams. They might as well have been my little pony gundams and explained it as aeronothical design. Of course the series slowly but surely drives all this nonsense into your head as okey, with it's plot and characters, but still, how can people expect shit like that to just pop out of the ground in every gundam series. I could get completely high and couldn't come up with a premise like that.
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2011-11-15, 16:51 | Link #125 | |||
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I kind of expect the same from this show. If I had to guess where it's going, the crew of the Diva is going to end up forging a bond and thinking they've beaten the UE only to have them pop up again during Asemu's generation and Flit if he's still around will act as a mentor to Asemu and he'll be the one to carry the fight on. Like I can see the show going so many interesting places once the multi-generational thing kicks in and we're out of world-building, which is why I don't understand the sheer overwhelming dismissal that this show is getting before it's even had a chance to really get started. I don't think any Gundam series has been exceptional before at least the 10 episode mark (not even my favorites like Zeta) which I like to describe as the world-building phase. Like again take 00, almost nothing was really happening for the first 10 episodes except introducing the cast and the scenario for the viewer. This is really not an abnormal thing, but there's still plenty to be interested even in these early phases of a Gundam show I would argue. Quote:
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2011-11-15, 17:32 | Link #126 | |
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Initially my post there had several smilies in it but I always prune them out when I see 3-5+ of them in one paragraph, lol.
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2011-11-15, 18:01 | Link #127 | |
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Lately I've been off the mark though and the situation with Gundam AGE seems like it's similar yet different in oh so many ways. The intent with Gundam 00 was quite singular in nature by comparison. Watch episode, find particulars to nitpick, attempt to prove how particular meant that Gundam 00 was the worst show ever constructed by mankind using incredibly slipshod reasoning, accuse anybody of finding anything to like in it of being a fanboy that just can't see what's inherently wrong with the show, rinse & repeat with each episode. With Gundam AGE I'm almost tempted to believe that most people just genuinely aren't sure of the nature of what they are watching though and/or just can't get into it for personal reasons as opposed to memetic community based ones. Same story, different way of getting there basically. All I know for sure is that the main thing that has changed is that I'm not blogging AGE (thus not having to deal at all with the blogospheres incredibly shitty one-note community that just wants to bash certain shows for the hell of it) and Gundam AGE is getting far less attention than Gundam 00 ever did from the internet community anyway. |
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