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The Gundam |OT2| Another 5 years of Gunpla, Origins, and GUNDAMUUUU!

Beth Cyra

Member
I'm not saying AGE is great, it isn't. I'm just saying the CE series are probably the worst in all of Gundam. Shitty re-envisionings of OYW and Grypps, with bad character design, atrocious ship design, paper thin characters, ugly MS, bad CG, and a phenomenal soundtrack.
Lol while I mostly agree I'd still take that over the offensive treatment of women in AGE who are either death plot devices or nothing more then baby machines and it's Space Hitler nonsense.

AGE is by far the worst Gundam property of all time and I include G Savior in that.
 

Ceallach

Smells like fresh rosebuds
G Saviour gets points for having a good game and being a really ambitious project for the 20th anniversary Big Bang

Same reason why AGE gets a little bit of a pass, it tried something new and failed at it.

SEED tried soemthing old and successful and still failed at it.
 
Lol while I mostly agree I'd still take that over the offensive treatment of women in AGE who are either death plot devices or nothing more then baby machines and it's Space Hitler nonsense.

AGE is by far the worst Gundam property of all time and I include G Savior in that.
Wait so AGE treats women worse than Victory Gundam?
 

Ceallach

Smells like fresh rosebuds
Wait so AGE treats women worse than Victory Gundam?

I think Victory has a POWERFUL female presence, even if the Shrikes died horribly, they were major, plus Marbet was the pilot of the titular MS. Women in Victory were absolutely equal to the male pilots
 
I think Victory has a POWERFUL female presence, even if the Shrikes died horribly, they were major, plus Marbet was the pilot of the titular MS. Women in Victory were absolutely equal to the male pilots
Katejina is the best crazy gundam female. Say what you will about Haman-sama but I don't consider her crazy. Now if she talked to Char about how she used to change his diapers during a fight to the death then fine I'd put her in the running, but she didn't. And yeah Marbet was great. She dealt with just as much awful shit as Uso did. Poor Shrike Team. I don't even think the second batch had names.

no one should blaspheme the church of yamato..
Fuck that false god with his derp face and shitty haircut.
 

Beth Cyra

Member
Impossible.

gAGE gen 2 + Age 2 FX is some of the best storytelling Ive seen in Gundam, and some of the suits, no most of the suits are good even antagonist ones.
DTL I like to joke about your taste but I really do respect it, that said we very strongly disagree on this.

The only good thing about AGE is the Asemu/Zeheart ship and that is it in my mind.
 
To be fair Athrun needed a good bottom and Kira is by far the best option :)

You misspelled Shinn Asuka, havent you see how happy he is with his Athrun?!
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You misspelled Shinn Asuka, havent you see how happy he is with his Athrun?!
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Shinn seems like the type of guy that would love you then he finds out you make more money than him and then he starts hating you. Once Shinn started getting high off his own bullshit he became unbearable. I really do think he's the worst Seed pilot. Once Athrun and Kira actually tried to beat him they beat him. Dude couldn't even handle beat up bleeding from his anus Athrun once he put the effort in.
 
Oh shit I missed this tidbit.

https://twitter.com/NeoGameSpark/status/764161647976050688

@NeoGameSpark

At the Stephanie Sheh/Michael Sinterniklaas Q&A.

Guy asked when Gundam Wing would come out on Blu-ray.
Sunrise rep says "Next Year"
#Otakon

inb4 a Wing hate post

Edit: Just as I'm editing my post, exactly that happens.

Edit 2: About G Gundam.

https://twitter.com/MinovskyArticle/status/764564473965256704

"Will RightStuf be releasing the G Gundam blu-rays?" "Well, you know, these things take time."
 

Ceallach

Smells like fresh rosebuds
Yay, a Gundam blu ray release I can finally skip.

Seriously, fuck Wing and its stupid boyband archetypes.

Endless Waltz on the other hand...
 

Ceallach

Smells like fresh rosebuds
Why do people hate Wing again?

One dimensional characters, the MS designs leave something to be desired(which is to be expected-most of them were originally designed for G Gundam-Wing even shows up in the background of one episode of G Gundam), very petty plot.

Wing is not BAD by any stretch. It's a solid C, And its iterations were greatly improved. I LOVE Endless Waltz, but I'm also a Kotoki fangirl. But the Wing TV series is definitely rather bland.
 
One dimensional characters, the MS designs leave something to be desired(which is to be expected-most of them were originally designed for G Gundam-Wing even shows up in the background of one episode of G Gundam), very petty plot.

Wing is not BAD by any stretch. It's a solid C, And its iterations were greatly improved. I LOVE Endless Waltz, but I'm also a Kotoki fangirl. But the Wing TV series is definitely rather bland.
I've always been fine with it. Everybody is a bit of a fun caricature, I love the soundtrack and I don't think the cast is all that bland. Zechs always seemed like the best Char clone to me
 

Ceallach

Smells like fresh rosebuds
I've always been fine with it. Everybody is a bit of a fun caricature, I love the soundtrack and I don't think the cast is all that bland. Zechs always seemed like the best Char clone to me

Zechs is definitely the most blatant Char clone, aside from Full Frontal for obvious reasons. Hell, Zechs fucking ends up aping Char, Casval and Quattro.
 
One dimensional characters, the MS designs leave something to be desired(which is to be expected-most of them were originally designed for G Gundam-Wing even shows up in the background of one episode of G Gundam), very petty plot.

Wing is not BAD by any stretch. It's a solid C, And its iterations were greatly improved. I LOVE Endless Waltz, but I'm also a Kotoki fangirl. But the Wing TV series is definitely rather bland.

Really? The gundam wing designs all have the features that make the suits cool, wings, scythee, swords.
 
I'm not a fan of the main Wing suits (Heavyarms is cool, though), but I love the grunts. Tallgeese is awesome too.

Wing itself isn't bad, yeah. It's one of those shows that I'm like "hey this is okay" but don't have any real desire to watch again.
 

Beth Cyra

Member
Really? The gundam wing designs all have the features that make the suits cool, wings, scythee, swords.
Wing's in the TV are the very definition of tacky and lame.

It wasn't until Katoki saved the main suits they became any good. The line art in Wing TV is the most atrocious thing I've ever seen.

Okawara was totally designing an 18/19 Meter Gundam and squished them and it's hideous.

If not for Treize and Dorothy Wing would have been G/AGE tier trash.
 
Wing's in the TV are the very definition of tacky and lame.

It wasn't until Katoki saved the main suits they became any good. The line art in Wing TV is the most atrocious thing I've ever seen.

Okawara was totally designing an 18/19 Meter Gundam and squished them and it's hideous.

If not for Treize and Dorothy Wing would have been G/AGE tier trash.

No mention of Zechs?
 

Beth Cyra

Member
No mention of Zechs?
Zech's could have been fine as Char clone but they tried to hard to take him through all aspects of Char with out givingel time to progressive him to each phase.

So he becomes just awkward and a detriment to the series.

He got better suits then Char though with Tallgeese/Zero/Epyon but that's about it.
 

TheFlow

Banned
I love some UC stuff but for the most part findue it meh.

IBO I can't understand the appeal.
What's series has your favorite designs?

Ibo for me is hard to explain but I love the grunt suits, how flexible they look, and the the use of physical weapons. Even though I think the first season got meh kinda quick I am still pumped for season 2.
 

Beth Cyra

Member
What's series has your favorite designs?

Ibo for me is hard to explain but I love the grunt suits, how flexible they look, and the the use of physical weapons. Even though I think the first season got meh kinda quick I am still pumped for season 2.
Wing EW, Unicorn and CCA Katoki Versions.

Mostly I think Katoki is the most brilliant designer mecha wise ever and love most of his stuff.

Worst

Reco in G, AGE, and IBO. Each one has maybe a single design I like and I hate the leads.

Worst accessories SEED. Those back packs are a crime against humanity.

To be fair Im very odd in designs I like. Like I love SSJ3/4 but hate 1/2/Blue and I love Getter G and Grendizer but hate Getter 1/Shin and the Mazin triplets.
 

Gogo_ZvC

Member
Just finished watching Thunderbolt, loved the music.

Design wise:

Best: Wing (love me some Tallgeese), Unicorn

OK: 00, Thunderbolt

Worst: Seed

Also:

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If anyone has any Gundam Wing Trading Cards from Upper Deck (Series 1 and 2, came out 2000 and 2001 respectively), please let me know. I've been hunting for them high and low, but are hard to come by.
  • Series 1
    • GC-06, GC-12
  • Series 2
    • MS2, MS11
    • G1, G2, G4, G7, G9, G11, G13
    • Any Gold version of the MS and G cards
Message me up if you're willing to part with any of the above that I need! I'll buy them at a high price :D
 
Lol to be fair Zeta is one of the most beloved designs to ever come out of Gundam so most people will carry it's sword and shield.
She meant Zeta as a whole. I love most of the designs minus garish shit like the Methuss and "Like why?" shit like the Hizacks and I think the Palas Athena.
 

NEO0MJ

Member
Where's the Turn A love?! Turn A, Turn X, Sumo, and the Eagail are all great designs. Turn X especially is a marvelous design. Bringing in Syd Mead was a stroke of genius.
 

NEO0MJ

Member
Turn A and it's designs are awful.

Turn X is the only saving grace lol.

That's a matter of taste, I liked how alien they were. Probably why I like Rec in G's designs.
The problem with Turn A is that they didn't allow Syd to go all out with it and forced him to dial it back from his original design. Some of those ideas were incorporated into the Sumo, though.
 
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