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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:27 am Reply with quote
The second half of the first episode doesn't seem to be playing. I just get two Dante's Inferno ads in a row and then it skips to the next episode preview.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:02 am Reply with quote
Crap. Working on it now. Please stand by.

edit: It's fixed now. Sorry about that. Confused
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:29 am Reply with quote
0079 is still of bigger importance, considering its one TV run was cut short. Not to mention, everything from CE except for Stargazer (needs licensing badly) is pure crap.

But I guess this one appeals to the kids who like flashy tripe.

It's also a shame that we'll never get a release like a certain group did for the movies, remastered with the Japanese original dub, a remixed Japanese dub, and the old English dub. That's some dedication.

What's up next after Zeta, SEED/Destiny and 0079?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:23 pm Reply with quote
Damn. Never saw SEED. I've never seen a fanbase so broken up about it either - it's purely love it or hate it.

What do you guys think? S'it worth the time?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:34 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
What's up next after Zeta, SEED/Destiny and 0079?


Nothing at the moment. However we're hoping Bandai can clear some more Gundam streaming rights. (For older shows, it's a terrible process of going back through every old talent contract for the show -- cast AND crew -- and sometimes renegotiating online royalties for every one of them.)
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:01 pm Reply with quote
Hey, wait a sec... 0079? ...
animenewsnetwork.com/video/6079/

=/ That's it right there...
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:36 pm Reply with quote
John Casey wrote:
Damn. Never saw SEED. I've never seen a fanbase so broken up about it either - it's purely love it or hate it.

What do you guys think? S'it worth the time?


Seed is decent. It has some good characters and some fun moments. It's not my favorite and I don't think it's as good as the MSG movies, also the sheer amount of stock footage annoyed me. It's a shame it was followed up by Seed Destiny which is just awful, in my opinion. Unfortunately, watching Seed Destiny has kind of ruined my initial liking of Seed.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:41 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
0079 is still of bigger importance, considering its one TV run was cut short.


I feel the same way, and will be watching that first. I encourage everyone to go watch the original first.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:54 pm Reply with quote
John Casey wrote:
Damn. Never saw SEED. I've never seen a fanbase so broken up about it either - it's purely love it or hate it.

What do you guys think? S'it worth the time?
Personally I consider it to be one of the better gundams. it shows the toll that war has on people with both sides becoming so disgusted by the other that they start commiting genocide, and I feel that it's attack on people allowing money to dictate what a nation does (since Azreal controls the Atlantic Federation not the president) is also really well done, but the best part was probably the desert arc as it really does show both sides of the Isreal and Pakistan conflict as neither side is shown in a bad light.

It really doesn't have Zeta Gundam's tendency to be really goofy ("I AM A MAN!"), and it's dark without being "Oh my god the Director just got dumped someone get him away from the writing table".


It also doesn't mess up the point it's trying to make by being idealistic to the point of absurdity like Gundam 00. The entire World is just going to wake up one day and realize the best course of action is to unite? Has he seen Congress?
Also it has Mu La Flaga, and he is awesomeness distilled into the form of a man.
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wandering-dreamer



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:02 pm Reply with quote
So I've never seen any of the Gundam series before, would this one be too confusing to understand or would I be fine?
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Takeyo



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:12 pm Reply with quote
SEED is very much a reimagining of the original series, touching on several modern day issues with plenty of melodrama. It takes place in a different continuity than the main Gundam universe, and should be very approachable for the Gundam neophyte.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:13 pm Reply with quote
It's the start of a completely new universe so you should be fine.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:31 pm Reply with quote
I found SEED to be a bland, passionless endeavor. It's like Sunrise just went, "Well, looks like we need to do a new Gundam series" and that was it. I honestly did not buy any of the messages or emotions being conveyed in it. It didn't help that everything looked unnatural and plastic in the show, thanks to Hirai's character designs. It was a forgettable show.

Now, the original series being streamed, that's a good thing, even if it's dub-only. Ocean produced a pretty good dub of the show, though they're obviously hamming it up on purpose to suit the aged animation. It works, though. The original performances were a little hammy, too. Brad Swaile is a great Amuro Ray. Michael Kopsa is an excellent Char Aznable.

And yes, Ryu's jumping onto White Base. Raarragh.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:51 am Reply with quote
I just finished 0079. I enjoyed it. greatly.

Now I'm wondering where to go. Suggestions?

--I know I'm late to the game at this point so I'm hoping you will take pity upon me. I'm a girl who loves mecha, and still learning...
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:01 am Reply with quote
tuxedocat wrote:
I just finished 0079. I enjoyed it. greatly.

Now I'm wondering where to go. Suggestions?

--I know I'm late to the game at this point so I'm hoping you will take pity upon me. I'm a girl who loves mecha, and still learning...


Well, Zeta Gundam is the sequel. Try that.
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