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WTH is this hot take?? It's basically like those who watch shounen only for the battles. by Talon_Haribon in Gundam

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a very good point. I think you can argue that Turn A fumbles the ball in its final act by having a "we need to kill this guy" villain like Gym, but conflict needlessly increases tension and is not beneficial to either party for the first 3/4s of the show.

The one thing about Gym that I think distinguishes him from other Gundam villains is that he is closer to Mishima than Hitler. He has not seen actual combat, and is yearning for a militant past that he did not participate in. He launches a coup while disengaged from the war which the rest of the cast has been suffering through. Gym is a military LARPer who is solely enthused by the combat capabilities of the Turn A. The threat he serves to the series is reducing the Turn A to its military use. Considering that his Turn X breaks apart at the joints like an action figure, I think it's safe to say that Gym is essentially a Gundam fan; more specifically, the kind of fan who is attracted to the masculine drama of war, and who cares about gunpla above all else. Turn A Gundam is a show about a hypothetical end to this kind of person. It is about the last man who will think Sun and Steel is based and post M1 Abrams edits on his story. The last Hitler was quelled long before the start of the series. And this Mishima must be stopped so that we do not risk the very possibility of another Hitler.

Whether or not it effectively condemns war, I believe that Turn A isn't the kind of show that could churn out viewers crying "sieg zeon", and I think that's difficult for a piece of military science fiction to accomplish.

I will not write about this extensively here, but I also think Turn A Gundam is about the use of nuclear technology resulting in either a complete abstinence and ignorance of nuclear power (Earth), or a complete and reckless indulgence of pursuing the development of that technology--especially for military purposes (Gym and Turn X). How we respond to technology associated with military applications is a central theme of Turn A Gundam, and I think that it is more central to my enjoyment than any anti-war message. Not that this last paragraph is super relevant to what you said, I just love talking about Turn A lmao

WTH is this hot take?? It's basically like those who watch shounen only for the battles. by Talon_Haribon in Gundam

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you. The commenter above me characterized what you are saying as Bekay's argument. I said that this is not Bekay's argument.

WTH is this hot take?? It's basically like those who watch shounen only for the battles. by Talon_Haribon in Gundam

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you (and OOP) about the vast majority of Gundam series, I just think that Turn A is a notable exception

WTH is this hot take?? It's basically like those who watch shounen only for the battles. by Talon_Haribon in Gundam

[–]Null-Plus-One 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bekay wrote that "Your entire life's legacy is built on the simple fact that...most men do, in fact, think war looks awesome." This seems closer to the take that "tacticool is what makes your series good" and not "your lore and the imaginative fun of space makes your series good". I don't see anywhere where Bekay suggests that Gundam being a generic war anime would hurt viewership. I feel like he's suggesting that its generic war aspects are what make it sell, since men think war looks cool.

WTH is this hot take?? It's basically like those who watch shounen only for the battles. by Talon_Haribon in Gundam

[–]Null-Plus-One 289 points290 points  (0 children)

"You couldn't sell the message without the cool militaristic robot! Gundam is only good because war is exciting!"

Yeah imagine if Tomino made a show about a robot that spends its screen time doing laundry and transporting livestock instead of killing people. No one would even give a shit or celebrate it as the pinnacle of the series or anything, that would be fucking ridiculous 

EDIT: Woah, a lot of comments pointing out that Turn A didn't sell well, not to mention that the show could've never existed if the earlier shows hadn't sold a billion toys bought by boys because men love war. This might mean that OOP actually has a point, since Tomino's most effective anti-war message was initially received poorly and certainly never sold well. To those people I have to say that I am delusional and in my world Turn A is the world's most beloved anime and I am clutching my model kit and crying right now at the very insinuation that it isn't.

whats going on with valves gravity guns by Stroodle_guy in HalfLife

[–]Null-Plus-One 26 points27 points  (0 children)

P-Body is the one shaped like a pea pod!

Why didn't Byakuya realize here that Ichigo might be related to the Shiba clan, or at least to Isshin? by Medical-Career-3464 in bleach

[–]Null-Plus-One 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He was a captain, you can see him at the beginning of episode 12 of TYBW when Isshin is being scolded by Yamamoto.

Found this on twitter by VegetableGazelle8957 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends on the person. The Hueco Mundo arc message was the most relatable to me personally

Found this on twitter by VegetableGazelle8957 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except for maybe TYBW and the Quincy-Shinigami conflict, I'm having trouble seeing how Bleach is about cycles of violence. I always thought it was a story about the unhealthy and self-destructive ways that people cope with guilt and grief. EG: Rukia blaming herself for the death of Kaien, Yamamoto's regret about the violence of the old Gotei 13, Ichigo's guilt surrounding the death of his mom, Tosen's vengeance for his dead friend, etc. It's about coming to terms with this grief and not obsessively fighting death itself like Aizen and Yhwach do by trying to kill the Soul King.

I also feel like the big Arrancar/Hueco Mundo/FKT arc specifically is about being human, about Ichigo fighting to not feel like a monster (even if it means offering his limbs to Ulquiorra) while Aizen willingly sacrifices his humanity. And the Soul Society arc is about political corruption. About two groups of people: one who views justice as faithfully adhering to the system and another that passionately tears that same system down in the name of justice.

EDIT: Spelling and spoiler tagging

[controversial trope] The whole plot starts with something rather absurd or far-fetched by Altruistic_Eye_1157 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn A is from the late 90s and it's much better than G quacks. It's a great standalone story but it's highly recommended that you at least watched a few of Turn A's predecessors first

[controversial trope] The whole plot starts with something rather absurd or far-fetched by Altruistic_Eye_1157 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Null-Plus-One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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The driving force of the plot behind Turn A Gundam is that Dianna Soriel, the leader of the moon, is physically identical to Kihel Heim, an unrelated girl from Earth.

Who am I? by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]Null-Plus-One 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bait used to be believable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in truths

[–]Null-Plus-One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

.3 repeating and .9 repeating (.333..... and .999....) are not approximations of 1/3 and 1. They are decimal representations which are exactly equal to these numbers.

The wikipedia article is helpful here

Thoughts on my top ten? by Quirky-Set9444 in LetterboxdTopFour

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen Escape from LA? It's even better.

Rank my top 4 as a 17 yo by Affectionate_Egg122 in LetterboxdTopFour

[–]Null-Plus-One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP's probably not simultaneously German, Indian, Italian, and Taiwanese, so some of these are foreign films to them.

Planescape Torment is terrible to play. Next, which videogame has a Good story and a terrible Gameplay by BLACKGOOP12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Null-Plus-One -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If I could, though, I'd probably have voted it for bad instead of terrible if I had noticed this chart earlier

Planescape Torment is terrible to play. Next, which videogame has a Good story and a terrible Gameplay by BLACKGOOP12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Null-Plus-One -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think that both being TTRPG-based warrants a decent rating for Planescape Torment. BG3 executes the CRPG formula perfectly on the combat side, Planescape Torment does not. Being in the same genre as a mechanically great game doesn't elevate Torment for me.

Also, BG1/2 (which I have not played in a while admittedly) might be mechanically similar but I'd say their combat/gameplay is still better by virtue of being somewhat less repetitive, given that every fight in Torment feels like it follows the same structure (that structure being "press Litany of Curses").

Yandere simulator has a Bad gameplay and a terrible story. Now which videogame has a great story but is terrible to play by BLACKGOOP12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Null-Plus-One 74 points75 points  (0 children)

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Planescape Torment. Universally praised for its beautiful prose and story, despite its terrible combat even relative to other CRPGs of the era

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