From: rcfg@chem.ucsd.edu (Fahey group)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: GUNDAM: CHAR'S COUNTERATTACK: So, what's the big deal?
Date: 23 Jan 1993 18:45:20 GMT
Organization: University of California San Diego, Chemistry
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In article <93022.153654U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> <U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>
>That's  why I have some serious misgivings about the series being continued
>to the point of sheer exhaustion of concepts and/or plots.

I agree. My idea is this. If Tomino did run out of concepts/plots (he obviously
did, as far I can tell from F-91 and Gaia Gear), let the young staff who have
enthusiasms for Gundam make Gundam. That'll give the best result, as we have
seen in Gundam 0083, Gundam 0080 and Gundam Sentinel.

>F-90 I've heard of (mostly as a target of derision/dislike),but just what is
>Silhouette Formula ? (Judging by your opinion,not much of anything,but I _am_
>curious.  >:) )

It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad that it puts F-91 and F-90 to shame. It's a TOTAL
ripoff of 0083 and F-91, existing only to make more $$$$$ for Bandai. :(

>I don't have any major arguments with the previous paragraph,but I'd like to
>point out that it's _still_ a royal pain in the ass when you have to read the
>novels (especially if you can't obtain 'em easily,which is probably the case
>with most of us here in the US) in order to get the gist of what's going on
>in the overall continuity of a series. If anything,it can serve to confuse
>even a diehard Gundam follower as to what's _really_ going on if he/she
>can't get his or her hands on the additional material that gets tossed into
>the continuity mix.

I fully agree. You won't know how much pain I had to go through in order
to get ALL Gundam novels. But the problem is that Japanese creators don't take
us poor otakus outside Japan into consideration when they release supplement
materials for Gundam. :(

>Two points about this:
>
>(1) The Hyakushiki _didn't_ blow up. It got its arms,legs and its
>propulsion units severed or destroyed during Char's fights with both Haman
>and Paptimas Scirocco in #50. The head and torso are seen intact when what
>remains of the Hyakushiki floats by near the end of the credits.

They never showed Hyakushiki exploding. So clever Char must have had a trick
or two in his sleeve to save himself from the destruction. But it looks like
Tomino later thought that was a bit too ridiculous. He removed that scene
from the novel. So Char disappears after the theater scene in the novel.

>(2) Haman may've been trying to break Char's will,but I have my doubts as
>whether swooping down to skewer an almost totally defenseless mobile suit's
>torso with a laser sword constitutes a attempt at obtaining an "unconditional
>surrender" or the demise of the pilot.

Remember that Hamaan's saber NEVER actually reached Hyakushiki; the ship
exploded before she could do anything. IMO, she was trying to threat CHar by
putting the beam saber right in front of Hyakushiki's cockpit.


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