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[Twin Drive System]

The movie was pure entertainment. Total nonsense from plot perspective but it had so much Gundam fanservice and visuals to make up for it.

I kind of wish they'd done another full series or split it into several parts because it felt like everything was moving too fast for there to be any weight to the developments and a lot of characters felt shallow (esp on the "enemy" side).

Though probably not to the point of overuse, it still felt like there were a noticeable amount of flashbacks (How many times is Nicol going to die?).

I find it amusing how they basically turned Shinn from a rabid dog (in Destiny) to Kira's guard puppy. But I'm glad they were able to redeem his character in the movie.

Most crowd reactions at my theater came from scenes with Shinn being a dork or when civilians were getting obliterated (which were surprisingly brutal).

It was refreshing to see the characters piloting different MS than their usual ones. Buster and Duel in Meteors also awesome.

Looking forward to the home release, I definitely want to watch the movie again.

Overall, the movie seems to be well received by both fans and some former haters.

Given the obvious issues in the movie, I have to wonder if it's getting a free pass because recent Gundam installments have altered the standards (for better or worse). Or maybe this is the Gundam that people wanted all along.

 

[newtypepilot]

It's the michael bay movie for seed fans. Just turn your brain off and enjoy the spectacles and fan service. It's entertaining but moment you use your brain, it's going to give your huge headache due to many plot holes and things left unexplained. It also suffers from pacing issues as the first half moves at a snail's pace due to all the cheesy drama, so it runs out of a time for a proper conclusion. It just ends with monologue over a quick montage.

I watched the subbed version but I read that the dub is horrible. They kept referring Lacus as "Lacoose" lol.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

I watched the subbed version but I read that the dub is horrible. They kept referring Lacus as "Lacoose" lol.

Yeah, that's been a thing since the new dub for the SEED and DESTINY HD Remaster blurays came out. It took some getting used to.

Honestly I judged the new SEED dub on this scene alone and it passed lol. Rau's new dub VA sounded sinister from the beginning but never raised his voice until this scene.

 

[Dacvak]

I haven’t watched a Gundam show since seed originally came out, but I remember liking it a lot. I think I even remember the main guy’s name (Kira Yamato, right?)

This would probably be a fun blast from the past for me. I’m not a huge anime fan, but I always loved giant robots fighting.

 

[Blackage]

Late to the party on this one, but this was a meme movie. It was so incredibly stupid, if you're unfamilar with this particular Gundam series at all you might be completely lost. There are deep, deep stupid cuts that only the fandom that basically talked shit about the series throughout all of Destiny would understand. My face hurt by the end of this movie and I had a headache from how dumb it was.

At least some of the fights were cool, and like dear lord @ Lacus in the skin-tight Gundam suit, Kira better not let any man cuck him ever again.

 

[Paltheos]

Late to the party on this one, but this was a meme movie. It was so incredibly stupid, if you're unfamilar with this particular Gundam series at all you might be completely lost. There are deep, deep stupid cuts that only the fandom that basically talked shit about the series throughout all of Destiny would understand. My face hurt by the end of this movie and I had a headache from how dumb it was.

At least some of the fights were cool, and like dear lord @ Lacus in the skin-tight Gundam suit, Kira better not let any man cuck him ever again.

I enjoyed it. Not just the deep cuts but so many of the smaller things come together to make a fun time. The production team's enthusiasm really shone through.

I talked about it at length months ago. One thing I remember I didn't mention then is Arthur of course getting dunked on - Aside from the in-your-face stuff like his surprised and unprofessional reactions reflecting his incompetence, there's littler stuff like him just getting demoted after the ship gets hijacked and nobody saying a thing about it - He's just at a regular bridge station now in this battle instead of doing XO things (not that he was ever much of an XO in Destiny but this really drilled it home).

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Late to the party on this one, but this was a meme movie. It was so incredibly stupid, if you're unfamilar with this particular Gundam series at all you might be completely lost. There are deep, deep stupid cuts that only the fandom that basically talked shit about the series throughout all of Destiny would understand. My face hurt by the end of this movie and I had a headache from how dumb it was.

For what its worth, Seed and Destiny are the stupidest main entries in the franchise.

 

[EDMIX]

For what its worth, Seed and Destiny are the stupidest main entries in the franchise.

lol god dammnnnnnn!

They get so much hate lol

Look, I didn't care for them myself, buy why do they get so much hate?

 

[ShirAhava]

Hot Take...Gundam was complete garbage in the 2000s (Other than Turn-A Series/Movie but that came out in 1999 so)

G-Saviour LMAO

Destiny is so bad it made the original seed bad because all the potential goes to hell its all unwatchable now

Gundam 00 might have the weakest writing/dialog out of all the series I was 19 when it first came out so I didn't notice it
but re-watching it recently holy shit what high school student wrote this tripe? Its like Gundam Wing (as flawed as that was) for dummies also another show that had a lot of potential and went to shit not anywhere near Destiny bad but still pretty bad

Even the Zeta Gundam remake comp movies dropped the ball

If anyone is watching Gundam for the first time and going by timeline of release After Turn-A-Gundam and the movie
skip right to Gundam Unicorn (2010)

 

[The Sum of Zero]

lol god dammnnnnnn!

They get so much hate lol

Look, I didn't care for them myself, buy why do they get so much hate?

They're decent watches, some people just have to overexaggerate. Happens in every fandom.

It's why I always say to watch things and judge them for yourself.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I saw the thread... I saw the movie in the cinema... What a dumb movie.

It was very soporific....

The plot was very uninteresting, the Gundam segments were good.

But I wouldn't see it again... I'm sorry, but it's one of the few movies that I wanted to leave the theater for.