I know what you are saying, but I think there is a link in the sense that we learn more about the Protoculture, which does link it to the original series...
Ok, woody's two cents on M0 ep 5: (it's already been discussed and 28 pages of posts, thats a roger that but what ever)
One: In the M0 Pefect collection disc 2, the bomb dropped in the end of Episode 4 was a fuel air bomb.
Two: Vector thrust used in close combat in Fighter Mode makes me drool and self~pleasure the Fanboy in me.
Three: The old kook of a Professor want to use Sara to create a 'song of creation', to end the war, presumable in the Anti-UN's favor as oppossed to simply ending hostilities.
Four: The ABH's of V-1 Division didn't put enough chains on the few pieces of Support Equipement that started skidding to the the Port deck edges of the carrier. Yeah, explain that one to the Air Boss.
Five: Simular to Episode 4 of Macross 2, where Silvie Genus's VF-2SS's head module gets destroyed by a incoming micro-missle, Shin's VF-0A's head eats a bullet from the side, thankfully. i assume there is some means of self decapatation of the damaged module to ensure transformation is still possible. it's this event that finally forces Sara over the edge to power up the birdman. later on you see the lower portion intact. the angles are kinda bad to determine the exact damage...
Six: Man's hatred and desire for violence is the song of destruction, the catalist to activate the Birdman, who destroys by Reflex beams, it's wings forming the coil usually required to use such energies. Liked the flower effect of the destroyed ships before their aft weapons magazine ignite from the shock.
Seven: too many things occur then to make understanding then. it's more.... phylisophical than actually 'It happened'. Shin becomes the 'Birdman', for what ever purpose, will likely be unknown. but japanesse are know for putting vague 'you could think of a 100 different directions' deals like that.
Overall, excellent ending.
So say, Pensive.
