Yeah, the final episodes of wing were pretty sucky. Still, I liked the idea. Same thing for Gundam 00 really, I like the ideas and themes, but happen to think that the writers are handeling it piss poor.

Ah well, lets see what the next episode brings us tomorrow. I have high hopes Lock-on is going to kick the bucket. I mean there is no way a cyclope can win from Ali, except through crappy writing of course.

@Kiaoshin-sama
Prince Ali, mighty is he!

Gundam 00 would be a brilliant show if this entire story was told from Ali’s perspective. Sure, we would need a slow realization of the evils of war on Ali’s side, but I am sure that’s manageable.

This is the major flaw in the story as far as Im concerned. CB wants to change the world, but are more than happy just to kill the warlike elements of said world, instead of truly wanting to change them. I have no doubt that Ali will die in some brilliant fight and that the most we can expect from his remorse are those faithful last words people like to utter when their MS is about to explode. Well screw that!

Things I want to see:

A) Ali using his last words to spite Setsuna. “Im your father” or something similar. Something to really rattle him.

or B) Ali -> Mask -> second season mystery pilot. Doing the most horrible things to show the world the horror of war. I believe such a theme can be recycled from the ending episodes of Gundam Wing

First though, I don’t know why you and Jason insist on calling her “Ms. Wang”, but hey, I’m definitely not on the same wavelength as you guys. Anyway, I’ll try to add some new stuff to my article that nobody has thought of once I get it up along with the good parts of the episode that are missing here (I know you like to rant, maybe I will too). Alright now the commentary (Warning this lacks in memes, yep I’m completely humourless, sorry):

About the Meister’s, Setsuna is trained in knife fighting by Ali as we have seen. The problem is that Ali knows everything Setsuna knows and more. It’s like the Domon vs. Master Asia dynamic all over again. As for Lockon, he’s just a camper, but he’s damn good at it…. and Allelujah hasn’t done anything in ages I’ll give you that much and that’s something I want to see changed that is bothering me. Tieria basically has one role and that’s to act as a sort of central adminstrator to the group and support from background with his GN Cannon. So yeah, while the Meister’s mostly don’t have a lot going for them in terms of skill compared to the other world powers, Setsuna does have some training.

Some people have also expressed the opinion that Aeolia chose the Meister’s for there dedicated belief in his ideals and because he felt they would not betray him. All of them have a reason to want to see war stopped. Skills isn’t necessarily the key factor here is what I’m saying

As for Michael’s death, I think we are all a bit happy. The character was a waste of life and to be honest kind of annoyed me. I think that was the purpose though. At least Gundam 00 gets rid of the characters that have a death wish (unlike Dragonaut).

And what can I say, Gundam is famous for having interesting villains that often pass up the major characters, but I don’t think they are really dull as bricks as you say, just less dynamic. Setsuna is not what I would call emo, he is mostly just withdrawn from the rest of the world. The guy never had a real childhood for crying out loud and he only has one thing on his mind, revenge against Ali. Lockon has the same goal as well. Allelujah I don’t know what is going on there anymore since he hasn’t done anything in ages. As for Tieria, the development we see in him has been coming along since episode 19 where he realized that he has more in common with the Meister’s then he at first realized. I get the sense we are dealing with somebody who has deliberately distanced himself from the rest of his teammates to act as a judge and now the walls are crumbling down. He was never supposed to care about them at all and was supposed to be callous enough to finish them off if they started to fail as Meister’s.

Personally I like that they are breaking from Veda’s plan and starting to make their own decisions. Aeolia seems to have given them his blessing in this regard. Maybe now they won’t be quite as one note in their absolute obedience to the system and will start to have more of that dynamism that characters like Ali have. Setsuna, Tieria and Lockon are already starting to work more closely as a team now, both out of mutual understanding and a necessity to stay alive. It’s definitely the Meister’s game to play now and I don’t doubt they will make the best of it.

Anyway, about that circular formation, even I don’t know. I think it would have seemed less silly if the camera wasn’t freaking out like I was playing an old school Resident Evil game. Maybe they were poking fun at the Death Blossom from The Last Starfighter.

Other than that keep on trucking. Let’s see what next week has to offer then shall we?

I think VEDA chose them because Aeolia was emo once and thought that since he turned out alright then it was okay. That or Gundams are powered by little boys yelling “I am Gundamu” since sunshine and happiness no longer seem to fit. Ah well at least Ali is going to be able to kill and pwn them some more until the appointed time in which Ali is to lose to Setsuna hax. Maybe Sunrise thinks that the core audience is emo and thus makes emo pilots so that otaku can pretend to be Marty Stus. Then again evil always finds a way because good is stupid.

Now back to the topic, it’s funny how messed up the Meisters are, when compared to the ‘antagonist’ aces they face. I have no idea WHY VEDA chose them to pilot the Gundams, and we’ve pretty much seen how real aces like Ali fly circles around them when piloting a similarly-powered machine…

Actually I inherited a Blood Angels army that has never actually seen use, have the buggers painted but they never really did it for me…I much prefer to play Tau and am slowly building up an IG panzer grenadiers formation. Screw those muscle bound power armored mutants Hardened Vets are so much more fun…

Still to quote that nameless fightabomber pilote, there is always some one faster…

@Ruk
Thanks for reading.

@rieuzedx
Sadly Tieria didn’t get a reach around because Lockon was still mad.

@Extrange
Quick unsee now!

@IKnight
Not sure about goggles no longer working, I must have been broken by Kana now that Mako-cakes is out and about it just seems less shocking… also I went on /b/.

Sounds fun, but isn’t the audience supposed to cheer for the “hero” after all isn’t the villain evil and therefore wrong? I don’t think that Darth Vader could have carried Star Wars IV-VI if Luke and Han had been lacking as heroes. Because when Han shot first it let us know that Han is not a cookie cutter do gooder.

@Setsuna-san
The Internets owns you SOUL!

LockonXTieria image had me scarred for life.

I’m not sure that the well-written antagonists contrasted to the uninspiring Meisters is a mistake on the part of the writing team. But I’m trying to write something on this myself, so will keep my powder dry.