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10: Amazing... | 17 | 41.46% | |
9 out of 10: Excellent... | 12 | 29.27% | |
8 out of 10: Very Good... | 8 | 19.51% | |
7 out of 10: Good... | 1 | 2.44% | |
6 out of 10: Average... | 1 | 2.44% | |
5 out of 10: Below Average... | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10: Poor... | 1 | 2.44% | |
3 out of 10: Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10: Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 1 | 2.44% | |
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2012-04-10, 03:32 | Link #102 | |
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2012-04-10, 04:01 | Link #103 | |
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2012-04-10, 05:48 | Link #104 | |
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And Asemu did show his analyzing skill, or at least a proper action to take during battle when he's in the AGE-1. It's just that after all those X-rounder and Zeheart bullshit that basically made him into a rage machine. Let's ignore the fact that the trainer also told him that's he a very good pilot.
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2012-04-10, 06:25 | Link #105 |
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Well, Asemu read too much into the single D. As audience with a broader overview of the story, I think we should be wiser than Asemu was.
And X-Rounder abilities clearly aren't everything. True it gave the pilot the benefit of foresight, but it can easily be matched with nimble reflexes and control. Both Asemu and Woolf were living examples of such pilots who could fight on par with X-Rounders. And then again, what really makes a person an X-Rounder, and what constitute their abilities? From the show, their foresight-reading abilities are exemplified by being able to see mirages of a person's future moves. But maybe it is more a result of the brain being enlightened, being able to predict the moves to an extremely high accuracy count, where this particular ability can be improved with training and experience? |
2012-04-10, 10:37 | Link #106 |
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I think i will miss Desil more than Woolf. I'm pretty disappointed by the way Desil was treated in Asemu's arc. Desil was given special treatment in the 1st arc, and in the 2nd arc he seems to be forever in Zeheart's shadow. I don't really mind this, but i'm disappointed that even not being the arc's big bad ,the writers seem to want to screw him over in all ways possible. They made Desil really pathetic in this arc, he was way cooler in the 1st arc. Still i'm curious why Desil wasn't the 2nd arc's big bad(and why Zeheart was given the even special treatment instead), was it part of Sir Ez-whatever-his-name-is' plan or was it because Desil screwed up big time at the end of the 1st arc.
EDIT: Ever since the anti-beam particles missile made its appearance in the 1st arc, i was wondering : Wouldn't the missiles be a double edge sword in some cases since the federation's beam would have difficulty reaching the enemy? I don't really have a problem with that in this episode considering they didn't want stray beams hitting the ring. But i always thought that the missile should have screwed Grodek's strategy in winning the battle. EDIT 2 : But then again this is gundam, so yea.
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2012-04-10, 17:33 | Link #109 |
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I don't think calling Asem "weaker" than Flit is really justified at this point. He trashed Desil, who was in a superior machine, without the need of super-speed/agility parts, purely with just a couple regular beam sabers and physical force. He didn't need the Twin DODS Rifles or the massive beam swords.
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2012-04-11, 11:27 | Link #113 | |
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I can't mention a single main character (gundam pilot of course) that was experienced in battle, the closest thing we have is mostly a pilot who had extensive training like pilots from destiny, OO and wing. I have no dislike for Asemu personally (disappointed if he doesn't become a X-rounder) but I do find his constant whining annoying. He has farther complex I understand but they went kind of to far with his daddy issues. Also it is usually normal to dislike main characters with issues which most people find shallow. A recent anime Accel World has a main character that is pig like figure (his own avatar is a pig) and people also dislike him for being a whiner. If Asemu was more like Rody Madorna then I think he would be more popular. |
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2012-04-11, 12:25 | Link #114 | |
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I don't think Asem is shallow. His conflict is not that simple; it all came from his upbringing and his desire to overcome his weaknesses. I don't think it is whining, but an attempt to sort these issues himself. |
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2012-04-11, 13:02 | Link #116 | |
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Overcoming a weakness is good but in Asemu's case they took the overcoming part to far. If the writers decided to take a different approach like or trying to find a way to fight X-rounders in a different way instead of constant whining and slamming his hands. It may be a bit more cliché but having a standard formula for certain aspects of a show isn't wrong. Flit during Age 1 was a likeable character from the start even though he failed at piloting at the start of the show compared to Woolf. |
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2012-04-11, 14:04 | Link #118 | |
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Another way for him to reach the level he desires was given to us during episode 20 when the instructor told him not be rush it so much or when Woolf told him to move more freely. Both of their tips involves to be more calm and not focus more which would have allow him to make less mistakes during fights without becoming a X-rounder. Another reason why I disliked how they handled Asmu is that ever since his defeat in eps 20 Woolf has been trying cheer him up every time his inferior complex took over. Their are 5 episode in total involving Asemu and his personal issues I like Asemu's skill as a pilot, but maybe it is because of how Gundam Age doesn't allow characters to grow much because it tries to fit create three separate shows into a single one. This prevents the character from getting decent growth because you don't get 50 episodes of him doing his thing. |
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2012-04-11, 14:16 | Link #119 |
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Have you even been watching the show? The majority of his fight scenes have him fighting in melee combat, especially in duels. His only other G-Wear option includes large beam swords for even greater melee capability. He destroyed the Khronos using just beam sabers. He is very melee focused and has been since the pilot.
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2012-04-11, 14:33 | Link #120 | |
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But the thing is, Asemu is already an outstanding pilot. It's not that it's his skills that are holding him down, but it's his complex. It's not just overcoming the two people that is needed to happen, but acknowledgement of himself. Even how many times Woolf threw Asemu into stimulation battle, or stuck him into confinement to get over it, he won't improve until he acknowledge his own. And it's not easy, when 1) you're looking at the situation wrong (Asem wanting to be an X-Rounder) 2) and the pressures around you are holding you back from realizing what's important (the need to be strong against Veigans in war time). Woolf did acknowledge that Asemu wanted to be strong in his own, but the first time, he didn't understand Asemu's inner conflict. This second time, Woolf learned of Asemu's desperation; it's not Asemu's weakness in skill that is holding Asemu's self-esteem, but it's Asemu's complex that is holding his skills back (or even close to jeopardizing it). That's the difference in the first encouragement and the second; Woolf's one-on-one talk did better than Woolf's training battle. |
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