How is it successful at portraying the horrors of war compared to, let’s say, Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory”, “Full Metal Jacket”, “The Deer Hunter” and “Apocalypse Now” (if we want to compare audiovisual works that were already released when 0079 was released)?

Aroduc hit the nail when he stated why he couldn’t feel for a protagonist in a mecha who got the arm of his mech pulled off; compared to one who only has his fists and his rifle, and got his arm pulled off.

There you go. And, as previously stated, why can’t people like both? I see nothing wrong with enjoying something due to fanboy/girl-ism. You know, you don’t use generally use your brain when watching television (shows) anyways… or so people say.

A queer is you.

Deep down, I’m quite sure you’d like to worship DarkMirage, after all, the opposite of love/worship is not hatred, but indifference.

Aww…….

見とめたくない物だな、自分自身の若さゆえの過ちと言う物を。。。

UC Gundam was revolutionary considering it was made in 79. It holds up to any anime today, except in terms of animation(which is only because it hand drawn). If you’ve seen the Zeta movies, you’ll see how far animation has come, even after they cleaned up the older scenes. G Gundam was just plain funny with the occasional bad-ass moment.

But thats besides the point, UC is a classic. Gundam 00 isn’t that bad, aside from the character designs >_>. The OP and End themes are just a matter of musical preference( a friend of mine really likes the ending). But yeah 5 episodes isn’t enough time to judge a series.

The Gundam franchise has all gundam fans by the balls, and unfortunatly we will watch it no matter what, and even if you say you won’t watch this series, you’ll at the very least watch the next one.

All Gundam series sucks. You want to talk about old animes? How about Astro Boy? Yeah, Astro Boy rocks. Gundam is just a pile of shit in front of Astro Boy.

There, how’s that for a rant?

I fully expect SD Gundams singing the Bottle Fairy OP.

CENTURIONS! POWER X-TREME!

Gundam 0079 first 10 episodes: Random detors, boring crap.
Zeta Gundam: This one the only series in my memory that actual starts up at a decent pace. However the pace falls elsewhere (Hong Kong arc, Rosmina arc)
G Gundam: slow start, in regards to the main series.
Gundam Seed Destiny: fast start, arguably the best 10 first episodes of any Gundam series, and we all know how that turned out.

Really how a Gundam series starts is Irrelevant. The only thing that matters is how the series progresses. The only reason you aren’t giving this series a chance is that Destiny left a really bad taste in your mouth.

this isnt possible since all writers with actual war experience have retired and been replaced by writers with only experience of fighting over the last doujin at comiket

gundam 00 is being written by the guy who wrote the lyrics to the bottle fairy song

And anyone even thinking of defending DM is silly. If he wants to, he can defend himself.

And it is apparent he is no good at that.

It’s going to be long series, so I’ll give it some time :/

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