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AsherFischell
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You have a home game that magically brings toys to life within a semi-virtual environment where they can use energy weapons to fight each other while having direct control over their movement? That's amazing!
So, don't watch it. Problem solved! |
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ATastySub
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It was nice to see an honest show about how playing with toys is fun. Even bought a Gunpla for the first time because of the show. It's not like it was a shoehorned ad with a bunch of "YOU SHOULD BUY THIS." It was a simple hey look at people having a lot of fun and being excited about dumb robots and Gundam in general. Add in some great fights and it was the best Gundam series since G Gundam. And man, I'd love if all Gundam fans were more like the characters in the show instead of crabby not-so-nice-people. Hope season 2 brings even more of the joy and sillier robots (Bring out the Tequila Gundam!).
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aiem
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Subjective. People who liked it rejoice, people like you who don't, hate it. End of story. No need to start a vendetta. Personally I liked it in it's own way and enjoyed it for what it is. It was a simple show. Honestly I personally hated the franchise when 00 S2 happened and told myself I wouldn't watch another Gundam series ever. So yea, this broke it for me. Last edited by aiem on Wed May 14, 2014 10:27 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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SilverTalon01
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Considering the target audience is probably the same as yugioh and that it is clearly focused on selling merchandise (more so than other gundams), I seriously doubt they'd do a novel. Manga... maybe... |
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Kaioshin_Sama
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I was coming on here expecting a good thread, but forgot ANN has like the bitchiest shitposters ever when it comes to Gundam. I'm pretty much calling Penguintruth and walw6pK4Alo out in particular. You aren't actually Gundam fans but shitposters pretending to be invested in the franchise aren't you?
Even the most cynical and butthurt of Gundam fans has something positive to say about the franchise and/or supports it some times, but I've never once seen either of these two posters ever say anything in support of the franchise on these boards. Anyway really happy about this, show was damn fun and I think this is a case where the majority would probably agree. Hope the sequel whatever format it is is just as enjoyable and glad to see them pursuing it. The response to Gundam BF seemed pretty strong and positive in Japan so I really can't say I'm surprised, though it's still a very nice cherry on top of the cake to some very positive Hockey results tonight that worked in my favor. In any case I feel like anybody that claims that the show was just a toy commercial and nothing more probably didn't actually watch it cause such comments really don't hold any water that I can see.
I'm going with the actually hates Gundam thing. Not much is tracking with the comments I've seen from penguintruth on this franchise on these boards. I'm not seeing any sort of love for the franchise out of this guy. I mean the franchise has had it's poorer entries, I absolutely agree that Seed and AGE for example were pretty damn poor shows and I say that as a fan of the franchise too, but I can't agree with the whole BF is godawful pandering toy commercial. I watched the show...it just isn't and I say this as a really cynical person that is very wary of corporate pandering and commercialism. It went beyond that sort of thing even though it is definitely a factor in the shows make up same as any entry in the franchise and you could see that the people involved with making it had a genuine love and passion for the franchise and it's history and it showed in the effort of the overall production and all those references on multiple levels they included in the show. The fights were great to give or take a couple like the one against Nils. To just entirely dismiss all of that without even a single word to say to that effect tells me either the person saying it is really not actually a fan of the franchise at all and thus completely missed out on that love letter to it's history or didn't actually sit down to watch the show and take it all in.
I know right. Don't worry we really aren't all like that I promise and this is coming from a guy that's seen it all and been a fan of the franchise for over two decades. I'll completely apologize in the place of the Penguintruths and sequence of letters and numbers out there that just give the fandom a bad name and make us all look like unpleasable curmudgeons. I absolutely hate that about some elements of the Gundam fandom, it's just the absolute worst. If I had an explanation for where this element even came from I totally would offer it, but I'm almost certain now it's some sort of anti-fandom posing as franchise fans. The commentary just isn't adding up at all anymore. Last edited by Kaioshin_Sama on Wed May 14, 2014 11:03 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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H. Guderian
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^ So yeah, GBF was one of my favorite shows in the season it aired. Sometimes its really fun to sit back and stop trying to tell Super Serious Drama and just celebrate the 30-year culture. No subset of Gundam was insulted. Build Fighters showed respect and joy for all of Gundam. We have G no Reconquista coming soon, plus Unicorn's final volume. We have new school old school, surely there's no harm in having a show just having fun. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Yes, Kaioshin, because I dislike AGE and Build Fighters, that clearly means I hate the rest of Gundam, all of it. How astute of you to figure that out.
Last edited by walw6pK4Alo on Wed May 14, 2014 11:05 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kaioshin_Sama
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I think that's what made it fun. The show was really unpretentious and just Sunrise cutting loose and giving the viewers a love letter to the franchise. If some people fail to embrace that for what it is I feel it's there lose and probably time to consider finding another franchise to follow because I just can't see what was wrong with Gundam BF. It was just so well executed on just about every level for what it was.
Trust me bro, even though I know you're being facetious here you really don't have to do a thing to convince me that this statement isn't true. At this rate the only thing I can say is that I'm disappointed that the Gundam fanbase has such a bad reputation for being full of just the crankiest most miserable people imaginable because of posters like you who just always seem bitter about everything it does. I'm really not a fan of being stereotyped so like thanks for that angle man. 
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walw6pK4Alo
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So no one is allowed to dislike things or have opinions of their own? No True Mecha Fan would dislike Age or BF? Yeah, BF's mecha homages were nice, I just did not care for the actual story or the character's motivations.
You can be a fan of something and still be disappointed by installments of it, VOTOMS fans can likely sympathize with that. Not everyone has to act and feel the same way. Just because I'm not on board with AGE and BF doesn't mean I'm also shitting on Unicorn just because it's also Gundam. You can like the new Cap and hate the new Spiderman at the same time; you don't have to say they're both amazing just because they're superhero or Marvel films and you're pointlessly trying to defend every single thing. IT'S OKAY TO HATE THINGS. Hell, it's okay to be a miserable shit all the time too, that's up to you to ignore what you don't want to hear. |
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Rahxephon91
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AGE is garbage. If being a true mecha fan means that I have to turn a blind eye to terrible storytelling then fine. I'll gladly turn in my card and not be a part of this foolish club.
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Hagaren Viper
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I liked Build Fighters a lot. It was no doubt a big commercial for Gundam models, but I felt like they had a lot of fun making that commercial which made it really fun to watch. It had a pretty open ending, so hopefully a sequel is in the works.
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aiem
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Oh wow. I hope you're not undergoing a very depressing time in your life. Be careful of ledges. Seriously. It's this type of thinking that irritates me in the online community. It's ok to tell you don't like something but to constantly harp about it is another thing. "Being miserable shit all the time." is something not constructive at all and just stirs shit. People aren't satisfied enough to voice their opinions that they start to alienate opposing opinions in hopes to accomplish a false dream of "winning an argument". Sickening... I'm not saying that discussions should always be neutral, but discussions should have a level of respect. Even though I know some people who liked 00 S2 and Trailblazer I never stepped on their shoes just to say how much I disliked the show. It's because I RESPECT THEIR OPINION. |
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Kaioshin_Sama
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The nicest way I can put my response to this is it feels like you're trying to project this hardened tough guy fan image that nobody particularly cares about or is impressed by. |
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penguintruth
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This has to be either the most shameless (and yet apparently successful) attempt to lure me into a fight I've ever seen or some pretty astounding ignorance of me. I've been a huge Gundam fan basically every year I've been on these forums. Actually, before then, because I signed up around the time Zeta Gundam's less-than-stellar NA release came out, which I bought. I'm an enormous Gundam fan have spent hundreds of dollars on Gundam products and about as many hours watching shows in the franchise. And I've written extensively about it. I've written for this very website about it! Sorry I don't like a show about people playing with Gundam toys and prefer something about actual Gundam pilots, but if that makes me not really a Gundam fan, what would? Maybe you've not quite pinned down my personality, but I bitch about everything. I bitch about things I like more than things I dislike entirely. Gundam, I like. Bad Gundam productions kind of irk me. Are you telling me I've only been PRETENDING to be a fan of this franchise for over a decade? Really? Wow, that is some pretty staggering commitment. Damn, I should be up for an Oscar. But, ah, I guess not, since you clearly saw right through me, Sherlock! Last edited by penguintruth on Thu May 15, 2014 1:43 am; edited 4 times in total |
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walw6pK4Alo
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You must like it all, there can be no dissent. Oh wait, I'm just projecting, aren't I?
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