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  1. VF-15 Banshee
    I think we're all missing the point here and that is, who has the more awesome Excalibur? Basara or Isamu?
  2. VF-15 Banshee
    Your link doesn't seem to work, at least for me.
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    Hmm I just noticed that scene where Minmay is messing around with piano and suddenly realized, "Hey, that's a nice little nod to Mari Iijima."
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    You have to admit it is a little strange that Basara wasn't a little more romantic considering his rock god status on the fleet. Perhaps I'm just too used to the way American celebrities act.
  5. VF-15 Banshee
    What do you guys think of the latest chapters of Wings of the Fairy?
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    Worse, I would say. One example from my own personal perspective: Erza and Jellal from Fairy Tail. Cliche written all over that, assuming it eventually goes somewhere by the end of the manga/anime.
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    I guess I should just stop posting stuff late at night when I'm tired. And the SDF-1's fold drive got catapulted through space/time and ended up becoming the hyperdrives in the Star Wars universe.
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    My bad. I thought this was the Newbie questions thread. Okay, let me put it like this. I'm assuming that the Vajra homeworld is 10,000 or more lightyears from Earth. Considering that, it should have taken even the Vajra many hours to get there but that one episode of Frontier makes it seem that it happens almost instantly.
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    More Qs!! 1. How did the Vajra get to Earth so fast in those last few episodes of Frontier? 2. How many light years is the Frontier colony planet from Earth? 3. How many more New Macross/Island Cluster fleets do you think they'll build?
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    In regards to the Basara/Isamu thing, I really don't think they're all that similar. Basara seems to be way more laid-back than Isamu, at least when he's not flying or singing.
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    THE BONES OF FULL FIFTY MEN LIE STREWN ABOUT THEIR LAIR!!!!!!
  12. VF-15 Banshee
    I suppose if we're going to debate the Protodeviln we might as well hive it off to another thread
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    Have they or will they figure out a way to make fold quartz on their own?
  14. VF-15 Banshee
    Is Harmony Gold's soul weighed down by the Earth's gravity?
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    With you having said that, I feel the need to voice my opinion on this particular point. This concept in sci-fi that some weird bio-technology is somehow superior is kinda ridiculous when you think about it. If you go to this page here and scroll down to the section titled 'Organic Technology,' you'll see what i mean. The guy makes a lot of salient points. It bothers me more in M7 mainly because M7 is more super robot-y or Star Trek-y than, say, Frontier.
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    I'm still a little fuzzy on how fold quartz works. Can anyone use it to broadcast thoughts/emotions? Is there enough of it left to make super fold drives common?
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    Because in this day and age, I'm pretty sure that the target audience they're aiming at will find out even faster that what they're watching has been hacked together and will say, "screw this," and go watch the originals.
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    Well, i was pretty sure I knew what imouto meant, but someone mentioned the fetish part as a joke, so I was wondering. Also... THAT PICTURE!!! MAKE THE BURNING GO AWAY!!! Gundam AGE Episode 15: Those Tears Fall in Space It's been a somewhat long journey from October 9, 2011 to this, the last episode of Flit's arc. It is here that we finally learn who the mysterious Unknown Enemy are... they're martians. No not the ones from War of the Worlds or Mars Attacks or any of that other stuff, but humans who had emigrated to a group of colonies which had been built in the Mars Sphere, which is a fairly new term for Gundam as we usually just deal with the Earth Sphere. For those who might be kind WTF on what a Mars or Earth Sphere is, it is basically everything orbiting Earth and its five Lagrange Points, or in Mars' case, the martian Lagrange points. As for what a Lagrange point is, go look it up on Wikipedia, I aint your papa! These martian colonists, who call themselves the Vegans, were abandoned out at Mars by the Federation (why are we not surprised?), or so explains Yark Dole, when the Diva crew confronts him inside Ambat's control center. It seems that some kinda cosmic rays produced by Mars' electromagnetic field or something caused a disease amongst the martian colonist's population. The Federation then abandoned them and they were forced to survive on their own. Now they have returned to the Earthsphere to claim Earth for themselves. How spending 14 years blowing up colonies and such is supposed to help them achieve such a goal is a little confusing at this point but it's nice to know who the UE finally are, even though I think it's a tad early for that revelation. Maybe if this was a more linear show, but AGE's nature seems to be playing this off well enough for now. Other things in this episode: Flit's palpable rage is nice, giving the character a bit of an edge that he's been lacking. Would he have really shot Yark if Grodek hadn't done it first? Well , earlier he did try to beam saber the guy so I'm thinking he might actually have done it. But Grodek technically had the prior claim so he saves Flit the burden. I also like how immediately afterward, Yark's son comes in and sees his murdered father and Grodek just gets up in his face and is like, "Yeah, I'm the motherfrakker who shot your dad for revenge. Welcome to my world." I'm sure Grodek knew that with this kid seeing what he's done, that he'll have to accept the consequences of his actions as the UE have been made to feel theirs. Flit's fight against Yark's Defurze mobile suit aka T-Rex Arms was a little disappointing but also goes to show how pumped up Flit is on anger. Largan Drace actually not dying was pleasantly surprising. I'm glad AGE is avoiding at least a few tropes. Wuulf also isn't dead but there's yet another arc, so we'll see. Also, the mention of this Sir Ezelcant, who's supposed to be the leader of the Vegans, has me a bit intrigued, as I want to know what this master plan of his is that's still kind of vague. Emily and Flit also miss an opportunity to talk but I'm pretty sure she heard him mention Yurin. I have to wonder how this is going to affect their marriage in the future? And now, the finale. In the aftermath of the Ambat operation, Grodek finally lets himself be arrested. During his court martial, he states emphatically that he threatened the Diva crew into going along with his plan and basically puts all the blame on himself. He's sentenced as a traitor and locked up and the Feddies take all the credit for Operation: Ambat Capture and it becomes know as the War of Bat Extermination. Um, what? WTF? The frak kinda name is that? Lastly Millais comments that this attitude of the Feddies' is what has caused this situation in the first place. We close the episode with a shot of some Vegan superstructure in Mars orbit and a new Vegan ship heading to the earthsphere with two new Vegan characters that comment about Ezelcant's plan. All in all, this was definitely one of the best episodes of AGE so far, following on from the last episode and keeping the pace going. And having just watched episode 16, I can now say that I'm extremely confident in AGE's future. So to all the haters and trolls: STFU (shut the frak up) and peace out!
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    Regarding Flit's surprise daughter, do i even want to know what an "imouto fetish" is?
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    Well, I think that pretty much answers my question about the VF-2SS and the VF-25.
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    Heck, even Star Wars and Star Trek fans have options... And if Funimation goes under it won't be for a few years more yet.
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    You're my new hero. Can I give my firstborn?
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    A Flash of Sorrow We're almost to the end of the first arc now, and in typical Gundam fashion, we finish out with a dose of tragedy. But before we get to that, some explanation is once again needed. I’m partly behind once again, considering that episode 15 just broadcast a few days ago. However, they were really slow in getting the English subs up, so I actually have only seen the episode raw. So, I’ll get caught up with 14 and do 15 later and then it’ll be time for my Gundam AGE half-time report… even though this is supposed to be the first third of this series… In any case, on with the show! As I said, episode 14 delivers a tragedy that we saw coming from at least the previous couple of episodes. Some said Yurin was doomed the second she appeared on screen, and I guess they were right. The set-up is that the battle against the UE continues, and Flit has a Newtype moment (no X-Rounders here!) and goes off from the main battle. Here he runs into none other than Desil Galette, everyone’s favorite pocket-sized psychopath. Now, I gotta take a moment here and talk about Desil. When he first appeared all the way back in episode 5, I really hated this kid, mostly because he was this annoying little kid. But now I hate him for a whole different reason: he’s completely certifiable! This kid is the kind of kid that fries ants with a magnifying glass and enjoys it. No, that’s not quite right. This is the kind of kid that has deep and complex mental problems that result in him flaying the family cat alive. Desil is in the battle with Flit purely to have fun, blow things up and prove he’s better than Flit. And his secret weapon turns out to be none other than Yurin in her own customized pink mecha. ‘Cause, girls would totally pilot pink mobile suits… ‘cause they’re pink… and pink is for girls. Riiiiiigggghhhhhtttt. Anyway, the Farsia is kind of neat because it’s the first AG mobiles suit we’ve seen with bits/funnels. And they do remind me somewhat of George DeSand’s rose bits from Mobile Fighter G Gundam. The kicker here is that either Yurin has no control over the Farsia or she does but is getting constantly overridden by Desil. The only reason she’s here is because apparently when two AG Newtypes are close to each other, their powers resonate. So basically she’s just a 1-Up mushroom for Desil. The fight itself is actually pretty well done, with Flit getting kicked around some but just when Desil is about to get the drop on him, Yurin breaks control and puts the Farsia between the two and gets her suit stabbed through the torso. We then get to have a Flit/Yurin Newtype moment, but thankfully they do something fairly unique instead of weird naked Newtype space. Considering its Flit and Yurin, that’d be pretty pedo. What we get is Flit and Yurin in a forest, which gradually fades away as Yurin dies. Not too shabby, I would say. We shift back to reality where Yurin has a last line and then her helmet visor cracks and the Farsia ‘splodes. This of course, was Desil’s Big Mistake, and bragging about it doesn’t help as Flit goes into Gundam RAGE mode and absolutely decimates him. Remember future villains; don’t EVER kill the protagonist’s Newtype girlfriend. Here, Desil’s childishness is reemphasized as he starts to lose, he begins to have a serious freak out, especially when the Age-1 does its glowing-eyes-rape-face-look. But instead of killing Desil, Flit tosses him off into space. I really don’t know why he did that besides the obvious answer to have Desil come back in the next arc. All in all, even though the Newtype girlfriend death is one of the oldest tropes in Gundam, AGE manages to make it still tug at your heartstrings, especially when you consider that Flit has been ignoring Emily for quite a few episodes now. Really makes you wonder how their relationship in the next arc is going to be, but I’ll talk more about that in my “half-time show.” Also, even though this was the main focus of the episode, you still get some more moments with other characters here. Wuulf and Largan still cheat death even though I was kind of expecting at least Largan to die at this point. The Titus armor for the Gundam Age-1 makes a return appearance and gets trashed just like the Sparrow armor but at least it gets to awesomely ‘splode UE mechas and pulls a Superman. The Diva has landed and the crew, led by the fearless DAT BEARD/Cool Hand Grodek, prepares to charge into battle, which may or may not be a good idea. And at the last, Yark Dole or whatever-the-crap-his-name-is, boards a monstrous looking mobile suit called the Defurze or something, which was apparently made for combat on Earth. Guess it’s time for the last hurrah.
  24. VF-15 Banshee
    Basara always was a little weird...
  25. VF-15 Banshee
    Considering how awesome Variable Fighters are, it should naturally follow that wherever they go, many awesome 'splosions should follow.
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