Canadians = Angmoh; isn't it?

I still think Gundam should not be made into real life movies, be it by angmohs or even the Japanese themselves. Giant mechas will look really cartoony and awkward in real life, so please don't spoilt it. It's like real life dragon ball or street fighters....

About conventional weapons taking down gundams... well, Shiro took out a Zaku with aiming a bazooka round at the hip joint... so yeah.

That's why it got disowned by Tomino

I wouldn't mind a CG Gundam if it's well animated, but please not Evolve... make it like Igloo as it has better effects and graphics. Evolve's graphics are outdated.

Meanwhile, for those mechanics lovers....
http://photo.163.com/photos/baal44/140918330/

Transformers looked good, but seriously tell me who has the feeling that they are watching the original Japanese transformers that they grew up with? I admit I enjoyed the special effects... the storyline was pretty linear and predictable, while the action scenes weren't exactly well choreographed. I was relieved that I watched it on the plane rather than spending money in the cinema.

No matter how good CGI is able to make real life gundam look, I will dread the day Gundam loses its soul and succumb to Hollywood "glorification". "Gan-dam-u.... ikimasu" will always be soothing to the ear compared to "Gan-dam... take off..."

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 21 2008, 06:05 PM

Indeed.... Lorry FTW !!

Yeah... Masked guy = Full Frontal = pilot of Sinanju = predecessor suit of Unicorn, which also features the full psychoframe. Not sure how powerful the Sinanju is as we don't know the full specs yet. It seems to have only one bigass rifle + beam sabres, no signs of funnels or mega particle cannons at the moment. From what I know, it pwned the Unicorn kao kao but got WTF'ed by the NT-D mode.

I tried reading the prologue of Unicorn on the computer yesterday but couldn't carry on. The layout of the words hurt my eyes while the description of events was very draggy. It was about the establishment of Universal Century and the policies behind this political decision, as well as the introduction of Siam Vist who is Barnage's great-grandfather who established the Vist Foundation.

I'd recommend you read Belthorchika's Children first before going into the dizzy Unicorn Novel.

I think I might have to wait till the translated novel compilation is available before reading it, otherwise my eyes would be gone first before I finish the novel.

Yup.. Marida = Ple 12, the 12th clone of the original Purupuru.

I'm not sure about Four though, as it seems that Four is actually the 4th experimental cybernewtype at the Murasame Labs rather than the 4th clone of someone.

I'm more interested in Angelo though as we know nothing about her, and her Purple custom Zulu looks overwhelmingly badass with the huge beam cannon.

AWWWWWWWW.... so cute.


This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 22 2008, 09:07 AM

Psycho Doga... it looks like a miniature version of the Alpha Azieru. And he's not Gyunei in the novel, he's called Glab.

There are no Jagd Dogas in Belthorchika's children, only Psycho Dogas. And during the first duel between Glab and Amuro, Char purposely rescued the defeated Glab and left behind the Psycho Doga so that Amuro can obtain the psychoframe technology for the HiNu.

And Nanai is called Metsuna in the novel too.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 22 2008, 10:54 PM

That poster, my friend, is a fake. I've stated it already when I posted it a few pages back.

Belthorchika's Children = novel version of CCA. More info can be found if you use the links at the first post. PM me if you want the novel, chinese version only though.

And yes, Audrey Burns is Mineva Zabi in Unicorn. The significance of that? Not sure coz never read Unicorn.

Comic Moon Crisis... I'm not sure how canon that is, maybe someone who has read that can shed some light. All I know is that Kamille and Fa were given cameos in that comic when they stayed back and helped injured citizens or something like that.

Go ahead and analyse deeper.

Ignore those who shout UCFANBOY!! as they are not contributing to the discussions anyway.

And I shudder with the thought of Kira's Nu Freedom

Speaking of which, the Orchis is not supposed to fight melee. Such as large mobile weapon is supposed to bomb the shit out the enemy, and Kou did use it well to penetrate the Zeon defences. The missile barrage was effective against hordes of grunts, yet when it came to dueling its weakness showed. Gato, with his far more superior skills, thrashed the Orchis more than Kou did against the Nuel Ziel. But credit to Kou who has grown so much stronger as a pilot. He couldn't even stand toe to toe with Gato initially, but towards the end of the series he manages to survive Gato's attacks.

Hidolf... is that you?


And what the hell, as if the ANF's centre of gravity isn't high enough... now they stuck a big cannon under the chin. With those skinny legs it'll fall easily. Just aim the legs.

At least it looks military-like, not like the alien GNX.

The next thing you know, they will erect a red Zaku II bronze statue beside it.

Char is so evil that you just want to shoot him.


This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 25 2008, 05:28 PM

Well if Luna and Shin can get together with the slightest of connections, why not Lockon and Felt? They just gotta pair up someone... The only one without some hints of pairing up is Tieira because he is a "she" underneath the disguise

This is why 08th MS team is good. It has its weird and awkward moments, but it sure has the most grit amongst all gundam series.

And can anyone shed some light regarding "Doraemon" gundam?

Maybe he has mechanical lungs implanted?

Well read Unicorn for more kickass space suits. It has built in sensors at various locations to detect physical body changes and alterations to the suit will be made for optimum performance. For example when the G-force is too overwhelming, its built-in airbags will inflate and compress the limb muscles to prevent blood rushing to the head.

I was browsing through chapter 8 of Unicorn where Barnage took on Full Frontal. The Sinanju charged in a couple of times from below to slash the Unicorn, but Barnage's reflexive mind was able to make the Unicorn evade quickly without even using the controller stick. Psychoframe POWAH !! And the Beam Magnum is crazy. It can fire all 5 e-pacs in one shot to produce a beam as strong as a Hyper Mega Launcher...

Not necessary... raw power doesn't mean that it can penetrate I-fields easily.

Fair enough, continuous bombing of I-field with beams may break the barrier eventually, but there's no sign that the magnum can do that... yet Oh yeah, did I mention that the round thingy concealed at the Unicorn's shield is a miniature I-field?

I still think the VSBR is a formidable weapon as beam shields don't even stand a chance. And a skilled user can easily switch between penetrating mode and high blast mode to cause different damage.

V2's beam wings = GOD.
Disabling MSes, beam barriers, giant sized beam sabres, and hell it looks good too.

The legs are not only the part that extends.
The ankles and the feet plus the waist too contribute towards the increased height.

Rushing in or out of the brain, depending on which direction the mecha is accelerating/decelerating. And it's definitely more technological advanced than modern fighter pilot suits because the entire life-support system (O2, batteries, electronics) is built-in as well in such a thin suit.

About the discussion of melee weapons, I believe in the near future there's no actual need for melee weapons, be it a vibrating blade or just a simple sharp sword. No one is going to charge forward and hack-slash enemies in the battle field, everyone will just hide somewhere and shoot missiles/rockets/bullets. Melee weapons only serve as a backup just in case shit happens (and for action scences in anime of course). Modern tanks don't sport blades, modern jets certainly doesn't.

And if giant mecha suits really do enter the battlefield, I believe having a mace-like melee weapon will be much more useful than a cutting/slicing weapon such as a blade provided that beam weapons doesn't exist. Solid blades, heated or vibrating or otherwise, will take time to melt through armour instead of just slicing it through like butter in animes. A heavy crushing/bashing weapon like a mace on the other hand doesn't need to cut armour, it just needs to deliver sufficient momentum and force to shatter the internal components of the opponent. Just bash the shield, and chances are the entire arm joint will be damaged.

If blades were to be used in battle, it would be used as a piercing weapon rather than a slashing one. Imagine a metal shield being slashed. It'll probably leave behind some cut marks and nothing more. Stabbing or piercing however will very likely penetrate the shield and hence hurt the opponent, provided that the blade doesn't bend and break. Of course, a big heavy mace would cause a larger dent on the shield, but the huge concussion will surely leave the opponent dazed.

Then again, the attacker's arm joints must be strong enough to withstand the impact when the hit is made, so yeah...
At the end of the day, melee weapons are just not practical enough. Short ranged vulcans could probably hurt more during close encounters, just blast the cameras

Speaking of which, this is how Kshatriya captured the Unicorn after Full Frontal tricked Barnage into believing that his Sinanju was damaged. Marida ambushed Barnage, used the Kshatriya's wing binder arms to grab the Unicorn's limbs hence immobilising it, and punched the cockpit repeatedly until Barnage was unconscious.

And yeah, giant drills are quite dumb weapons which serve no purpose except to look funky in anime. The rotating mechanical parts will probably malfunction thanks to overheating + concussion.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 29 2008, 08:33 AM

Haha... I can't help but LOL at the spoilers at /m/ and mechatalk


And I just came across this pic from Xbone manga... Not so unique eh GNX?


This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 29 2008, 08:56 PM

Chill bro, you know he's just being sarcastic.

Meanwhile,

I LOL'ed... in cold sweat nevertheless.


Shinn Asuka, Exia... Ikimasu !!

Karozzo didn't.
If I remember correctly from F91, his blurred silhouette showed greyish hair. Yet it could still be blonde as that screen lasted a spilt second.

Chronicle Asher is a redhead.
Harry Od had silver hair.
To be fair, both of them didn't exactly wore full masks.

They could have found some hidden Zakus somewhere.

Old doesn't mean it can't be used. In F90, the Mars faction which consists of Zeonic remnants still used Gelgoogs and Doms, which they called Oldsmobiles. In F91 we can see a Zaku on display in the museum. The absence of Zakus in Victory doesn't mean it cannot exist, it could be just hidden somewhere.

Turn A can be considered as an alternate UC. In fact, in Mark Simmons' old Gundam Century website there used to be a full UC calendar which included events of Turn A centuries after the UC we know. The concept of Correct Century attempts to incorporate all the various gundam timelines together, where one calendar ultimately was destroyed (similar to the dark ages of Turn A) and another subsequent calendar arose. Something like that. Can anyone with the Turn A DVDs check whether UC was mentioned or not?

The apperance of Zakus and Kapools are just cameos. It's good to see some familiar suits too.

To look badass.

Do you think a real military will allow a one-eyed pilot who has zero stereoscopic vision to pilot a war machine?

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 31 2008, 02:16 PM

From /m/ :


Dumbass shoulders

Char clones: If they had significant roles in the plot, I wouldn't mind at all. I don't think Graham is a worthy Char clone since he doesn't have a agenda like the others do. This is by no means to degrade him, but just saying that he != Char apart from the mask. Let him have the mask, if he has an actual reason for it. Just don't let him wear it for the sake of being badass.

Alejandro's golden gaybot: PURE FAIL. The design is too simple, just bland lines compared to the details of the other Gundams. The generic grunt face is actually a good move rather than yet another Gundam i.e. V-fin plus dual eyes appearing (although it's blasphemy for the classic GMs). Those plastic looking wings are absolutely hideous. The WZC (which I think it's overdramatic anyway) has better looking wings, while the Freedom's wings is already a classic. And as if the golden bling isn't exaggerated enough, Exia's stabbing is even more overboard. He doesn't need to waste all his blades, just a single stab to the cockpit will do since it's already disabled.

The golden MA doesn't seem that bad though, in fact it reminds me of Victory's kickass Recarl. Why can't they just use the MA? Why do they have to reveal another MS?

Code Geass resemblance: If you mean mecha designs, I totally agree. The recent weirdo mechas look more comfortable and appropriate in Code Geass rather than Gundam. I have no hopes for the 00 gundam as it's likely to be an overdesigned Exia, maybe along the lines of the Avalanche. The 0 gundam however, might follow a more traditional design esp when the head is a blatant ripoff from the MKII.

Grown up Setsuna: Hopefully he will have a more important role instead of "just another Meister"... come on, he's the main protagonist. He should be fighting Ali as his main nemesis instead of Graham.

ANGEL WING + ANGEL POSE = NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Let's be serious please, Sunrise.

Graham should not have charged forward. Post-Trans Am Exia should be depleted, hence easier to fight. Graham should have fought the typical way, i.e. strafing and pumping shots from afar. Charging mindlessly forward is unwise, especially when your opponent is a melee specialist. All I can say that it was an anticlimax fight, especially when that battle could have been an epic. Of course, it's nice to see them chopping each other's limbs off and hacking away crazily.

Oh well... there's always masked Graham in Season2. I hope he has more to show rather than just another Jerid.

Those are called Shot Lancers. Crossbone Vanguard MSes use that to prevent any collateral damage to the civilians as beam weapons or even random shooting will damage the colony. I can't remember whether they used it to pierce beam shields in the movie, but theoretically it shouldn't be able to do so as the beam shield would cut the lance in half. Unless the shot lancers are coated with anti-beam coating then it might be possible.

I thought you didn't like Stargazer.

I quite like the first 2 eps. First one was absolutely brilliant, while the second one gave us insight about Sven's background hence giving him more personality than any of the GSD characters did. Didn't enjoy the exaggerated fight though, how the heck can Noir hurl two heavy Bucues with just a puny cable? Its arm joints would have been snapped off. 3rd ep was quite mediocre as it repeated GSD's flaws i.e. static grunts and free frags. The ending was good though, it actually gave me more impact than Lockon's "death" did. Awesome soundtrack too.

OMFG... Wang Liu Mei = 100 years old + creator of ZakuII? NOOOOOOOOOOOO BLASPHEMY !!

But yeah, the final episode of 00 is rushed too hectically as if they just dumped everything inside to end the show, and suddenly timewarped to 4 years later.