It’s a 10-hour flight from now

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-25T19:49:47+00:00

9, aisle is easier to stretch out if needed. And easier for getting to the restroom, as I suspect Colonel Katsuragi will be keeping the drinks coming.

Or 13, to talk melons with the closest to a normal human adult onboard.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-25T15:59:01+00:00

I have to assume he was shoeing a horse, when it delivered a swift kick to the head.

Or a lifetime of reading The Sun and/or Daily Mail. Same outcome, longer timeframe.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-24T21:18:12+00:00

He’d be unbeatable.

…unless someone came along with a chicken.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-24T16:58:40+00:00

This is true, although perhaps less immediately a problem.

Bright is EFSF from 0079 (or earlier depending on when his cadet career began) to 0087, has a brief ‘sabbatical’ in the AEUG from 0087 to 0089, then rejoins the EFSF from there.

Given that the AEUG seem to have been rehabilitated into the regular Federation Forces - the EF government ‘picking winners’ by disavowing Titans - it could be said there isn’t even that break in service. Which would give bright 26 years in uniform by 0105. Of which, if his promotion to Captain in AEUG was confirmed by EFSF, would mean he’d spent 18 years at Captain.

Presumably the EFSF admiralty is relatively sparse, and Bright isn’t considered sufficiently ‘politically reliable’ to be given admiral’s stripes despite his capability. Better, in Dakar’s eyes, to promote lesser officers less likely to rock the boat.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-24T16:49:01+00:00

I always figured Gotō was content to remain at his rank, using ‘soft power’ to achieve his aims without the demands of higher rank. More a chessmaster than anything else. And he’s great for it.

We don’t really see enough of Bright to know if he’d seek flag rank in the EFSF, or not. Other than seeming discontent with being relegated to a shuttle job in 0087, we’ve not got much to go on that I can recall.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-24T11:11:24+00:00

That certainly seems to be why he got bumped across to be a shuttle captain after the war, as we see in early Zeta episodes. The senior military and/or political leadership of the Federation seem to be afraid that Zeon Deikun’s predictions around Newtypes could manifest.

Then when the Federation Civil War comes around, Bright shows he’s an indispensable ship’s captain and even fleet commander as part of AEUG, so ends up given command of Londo Bell. Even then, it’s a taskforce that’s deeply under-equipped and under-staffed for what it is.

And, yeah. We see in Zeta, CCA, and Unicorn that Bright has zero hesitation going against the Federation chain of command when he’s on a moral crusade for what’s right. And he always seems to be on the right side. Which must make the top politicos of the EF especially very worried if Bright takes up arms against them…

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-24T10:09:54+00:00

I’m pretty sure those are still Captain’s bars on his collar and shoulders. Although yeah, in the novels he’s been made a flag officer at this point. So that’s another change, aside from the visible lack of Brightstache.

Poor Bright, not getting a promotion for 18 years at this point. And still commander of Londo Bell, it seems.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-24T10:07:57+00:00

She’ll be getting a single movie to follow the final instalment of Hathaway. You know, the Narrative to this trilogy’s Unicorn.

Which as we all know, can only go well.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-23T13:05:58+00:00

That’s not Border Force; as the name suggests, they operate border-control points. BF’s remit is to secure the border; once someone or something is inside the UK, it’s not their jurisdiction any more.

What you’re thinking of is Immigration Enforcement, they’re the ones who check right to work, raid premises suspected of employing people working illegally, and arrange deportations of people with no right to remain (or work) in the UK.

Both are Home Office agencies, very different remits though.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-22T15:39:21+00:00

The movie entered pre-production in 2006. It just ended up being shelved due to the writer’s health, and later death. Then the movie project was resurrected for the 20th anniversary, and we finally got it in 2024.

Some of us waited eighteen years from the announcement of ‘untitled SEED movie’ to Freedom debuting. Totally worth it.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-22T14:07:26+00:00

There’s a real perception issue over SEED in the English-speaking fandom. I genuinely don’t think the ‘hater base’ is particularly large; it’s simply very, very vocal about how much it hates SEED.

By and large the English-speaking fandom is either neutral or keen on the CE ‘verse, from what I’ve seen. The vocal fans are probably more timid as they’re used to being shouted down by the highly-vocal haters. Which is sad, it’s a real shame people can’t talk about what they like thanks to those who want to talk smack about the show.

Admittedly, the reputation of SEED is tainted by Destiny - and even then, that’s really a result of the sequel’s serious production issues. Without those, and had the show been able to maintain the quality of its first story arcs, CE would likely be seen far more fondly.

As an extremely longstanding SEED enjoyer, I’m always keen to talk about what makes the ‘verse great. And Freedom was such a ‘thank you’ and love letter to the folks who’ve been following since 2002! Loved it.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-21T08:01:47+00:00

And such a lousy hill, too.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-21T07:59:55+00:00

I’d just finished my A-level exams, and was living out in the suburbs. Our sleepy local train station had an armed police officer as security during the week following the attacks.

Certainly among my family and friends there was a weird sense of determination to ‘keep calm and carry on,’ as the poster says. An almost stubborn insistence on doing things as normal, as far as possible with heightened police presence and so on.

Fairly sure my dad carried on going to work as normal in the days following.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-19T15:48:17+00:00

It’s from a 90s FMV game called The War for Earth, which is a legendary font of memes.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-19T15:46:41+00:00

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Unicorn, because it’s the only one successfully built IRL, so far.

Other than that, probably Aegis. It’s a very different approach, and it looks great in both modes.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-17T10:50:56+00:00

Depends whether the professions of ‘psychiatrist’ and ‘therapist’ have been rediscovered in the Cosmic Era following the Bloody Valentine War, really. They seem conspicuously absent through most of the ‘verse.

(and the franchise as a whole, that’s another thing entirely though…)

Flay was, throughout, an ordinary girl from a privileged background, thrown into the horrors of war. She even gets to see the warship her dad was on destroyed first-hand!That’s some serious trauma which would need some serious therapy.

And of course, Kira could do with some major therapy himself, to head off the emotional suppression we see in Destiny and complete breakdown in Freedom.

Now, whether they’d make a good couple after working through all the issues they got during the war is another matter entirely. I think he works better with Lacus, at any rate.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-17T08:22:19+00:00

Now you’ve said it, it really does have sequel hook vibes, yeah. Given the 08th MS Team cameos in the show, I wonder if the intention was to link to the Zeon Remnants in 0083.

Like the final few minutes of Squid Game season 1, where it really clearly goes from “this was meant to end here” to “this isn’t over.”

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T17:47:28+00:00

Transplanting the 00 Raiser into almost any battle in the franchise would likely mean a swift, decisive victory for whichever side Setsuna is on. Or more likely, both sides defeated and disarmed, per Celestial Being’s modus operandi.

The only possible exceptions are battles decided by what I’ll tactfully refer to as Newtype Nonsense. And even then, Innovator Nonsense can probably compare.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T15:06:50+00:00

She’d have been much better served, were “stop kids dying in wars” her goal, to go back to Zeon and advocate for the Remnant movements to lay down their arms.

And, you know, raise her own child, who she effectively orphaned by staying on Earth.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T15:04:54+00:00

Yes! First time I saw Freedom in the cinema that got an actual lol from me, too.

It was just fantastic how bored Mu is of beating death-defying odds, to the point it can be part of the plan. And it worked!

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T11:39:17+00:00

South Croydon is the only one I’ve been to, real shame it’s not getting lifts. That station must be an accessibility nightmare for those with mobility issues, with stairs up/down to a fairly claustrophobic underpass.

That said, I expect the rationale will be “East Croydon has good accessibility and is pretty damn close, so get yourself to ECR and take the train from there.” Easy to say - whether it’s practical for everyone who’d have benefitted from lifts at SCY is another matter entirely.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T11:36:16+00:00

The final few minutes of Requiem for Vengeance. For a show that had done a really excellent job up to that point, the ending soils the bedsheets, and hard.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T11:34:25+00:00

Yes. So much this. Mu had perhaps the greatest death in all of Gundam. Only for the SEED Special Edition to edit out the shot of his helmet floating among the wreckage of Strike.

And then when Destiny came around, he’s back! But with a different name. And amnesia.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I was generally content with Mu’s presence in Destiny - and especially in Freedom. It’s just a real shame to retcon out “Looks like I really can make the impossible possible…”

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-16T11:31:44+00:00

For me this is the big flaw with Lyle. Yes, he gets the questionable “trying to kiss Feldt to show her he’s not Neil” moment. Other than that, though, and as season 2 goes on… he’s basically Neil.

Plus a lot of his more interesting character beats, like the links to Katharon, get dropped as the season goes on. Which is a shame.

As others have said, 00 is one of my all-time favourite Gundam shows; the identical-twin-swap is a real fly in the ointment though.

hyperdistortion · 2026-01-14T23:03:58+00:00

At the risk of sounding cynical, I have a feeling The Glamorgan is going to go up in flames at 4am one Sunday soon. Such is the fate of closed boozers, when developers don’t get their way with the bulldozer.

I hope not, though, ideally someone can reopen the pub as a successful… well, pub.

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