The one thing I do know is that the most common "criticism" I've seen is that the opener was in fact actually like a Gundam opener so if that's the shows biggest "flaw" the show has going on right now it must be doing okay.
Like I said earlier though, truly I am hard pressed to find a single
real flaw with the opener. Really, truly and honestly I can't think of anything of significance. As Archon pointed out a few pages back it
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-- Did not drop me off in the middle of nowhere under some pretense of "FIGURE IT OUT"; that would just be lazy and pretentious
-- Did not misrepresent the human body grossly
-- Had appropriate music, relaxing and uplifting mostly til the fights, as it should
-- Looked good, you may call the stars under the night scene cheesy, but I liked it
-- Did not have characters I wanted to slap and/or punch out.
-- Gave me an idea about what it is about, no misleading BS.
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but to put it my own way it introduced the cast, gave them cause and drive to what they do in the episode, it introduced the setting by showing various shots of the colony and explaining where they are in history right now as well as some vague hints of what happened in the past, it had IMO fitting music for a Gundam series, the animation was overall fantastic with maybe a couple less than stellar frames visible during the Gundams fight, it built mystery and intrigue for later episodes, it teased at new cast members to be introduced during the opening....it just didn't leave me wanting in any capacity and served to again remind me of just why I got interested in Gundam and anime in the first place. So truly I'm having a hard time understanding most of the criticisms in this thread that as I said mostly appear to amount to the episode having some things in common with the original series opener.....much like the majority of Gundam TV series to date. The other common one as it has been since the show was first announced is character designs.
From my perspective I just don't see it as a valid flaw that drags the show down in any way in and of themselves. It has nothing to do with the content of the actual show so much as it looking like something people brought up just as something to dock it on. If something like the Kid meets Gundam aspect of the franchise really bothers people then so be it (though it's a wonder that any of them ever got into the franchise in the first place if they actually ever did, which sometimes I sort of doubt), but I've been through every Gundam series to date and I'm not bothered by things like a kid jumping into the mecha he helped to built cause I've come to expect it. Plus it makes perfect sense within the context of the episode and it was even alluded to that Largan ought to pilot the Gundam being a real pilot and all, but that Flit having the most familiarity with operating and testing the Gundam should be the one to pilot it in those dire circumstances.
As for the character designs, clearly that comes down to a preference as opposed to anything to do with the quality of the show itself. It's a superficial aspect IMO and not something that can be used to prove fault or flaw in the show itself....at least not at this time. Are the designs poorly drawn, do they look off model, is there any particular reason why they don't fit in? These are the things people should be seeking to prove, not merely mentioning them and claiming them as flaws in the show in and of themselves.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, if people are going to criticize the show, why not do a better job of it rather than just desperately trying to look for anything to dock it on and playing what I like to call "find the flaw" as the sole pretense of their posting here (admittedly I'm being premature on that accusation, but I've been through the Gundam 00 threads so I can assume that sort of thing will be a weekly posting feature by more than a few). It's okay if you don't like the show, that's perfectly fair and well within ones rights, but owning ones own subjective misgivings and intent to criticize as opposed to projecting them onto the show as the sole source of them goes a long way in getting you taken seriously by other posters who do appreciate it as well as those who do have their facts straight about this opening episode.
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I know that Gundam tends to catch a lot of flack from the general anime fanbase both because of mecha phobias and hard liners in the franchise who have their idealized version of the one "true Gundam..."
But the amount of people who tend to enjoy these series usually far exceeds the haters, and these people do tend to get very protective of their favorite series... So I'm not sure why they should be caring that much. I'm sure Gundam Age, like most other Gundams, is going to sell really well and plenty of people will have enjoyed it in the end. If it bothers you so much, just don't even give them the attention. You aren't required to care about them, and your enjoyment should not be destroyed by the few people who come to dislike it.
For what it's worth since oyu tend to see me a more critical person, I thought this episode was just fine and I enjoyed it very much so. I kind of feel many of the criticisms are misplaced or are tunnel visioned WAY too much.
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lol as I keep telling you you have yet to see how bad it can get. These forums were IMO a total mess during 00 and could have used some serious cleaning up by the mods in just about every episode thread week after week. I'd really just kind of like to see a normal thread for a Gundam series for a change without all the nitpicking and some people having their facts about the episodes completely wrong cause they're so desperate to criticize it and ignored what actually happened. It's frankly a little embarrassing to be associated with as a Gundam fan.
It's still early days, but the warning signs are kind of already there as far as I'm concerned. If some people (and they know who they are) cut their losses and move along right now it'll be fine, but I really don't feel like entertaining certain types of "criticisms" by certain people and spending a good chunk of my time correcting and discounting them instead page after page instead of posting about and discussing the
actual content of episodes with chums like in any normal thread for any normal franchise with any normal fanbase. That's not my ideal forum experience and after 00 it's definitely not the one I want again for a Gundam series so hopefully it doesn't have to happen like that again.
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For the record, I criticized it heavily back then, and was only partly mollified because despite having such a kiddy main character, the show itself was pretty much the darkest and most depressing Gundam show of the main series to date (I like dark and depressing). 
I don't know about you guys but the adults' design minus the professor look a lot better than Flit and his friends. 
