Joseph Riggs wrote: > > Latin America still has a lot of bad feelings due to US interference in > the "Banana Republics". While ... > > So I suspect that most of the South and Central American nations in Union > aren't too keen on any alliance dominated by the US. >
Has any culture or nation ever been _keen_ on any alliance dominated by someone else? Try walking about in Scotland and find me 3 Scotsmen who thinks everything is jolly good with London running the big show. I was at a science conference couple days ago sitting between a Dutchman and an Italian girl. When the conference gave an award to a US Army scientist you can feel the temperature chilled around the table. I clapped along politely, but the Italian girl rolled her eyes conspicuously. Interestingly, everyone around the table noticed and an unspoken understanding passed between the Dutch, French, Japanese and Chinese. But booing and rolling eyes is one thing, when it comes to politics few countries can resist the combined lure and threat of major powers. In the Chinese newspapers, Felipe Calderon is very much portrayed as a Washington lapdog. Whereas I feel the same for Canada's Stephen Harper. 1.) The idea behind CB is just so "out there" (i.e. four Gundams stopping > all war) that I can't help but try and figure out "what's really going on" > Matter of perspectives, to me everyday the news are filled with ideas just as "out there" as CB, but it's not common (or advisable) to challenge it. 2.) While both the Union and the HRL have put anti-Gundam programs in > action almost immediately, AEU has been VERY quiet (we've literally seen > nothing from them except hand-wringing by their council) - almost > suspiciously so. IMO we, the viewers, are being carefully focused away from > the AEU, which suggests to me that the proverbial plot twist out of left > field is going to involve the AEU. > Ahh you were complaining that too many characters were getting equal opportunity on screen time. I think it's great for the narrative to develop fewer mini-arcs simultaneously and come back to AEU later on. As it is, Ep.4 is already juggling 3 mini-arcs (Taribia, Azadistan and Sergei) while also keeping two more balls in the air (CB and Saji Crossroad). I won't predict one way or another how AEU factors in the future episodes. But I'm pretty confident that most of the international conflicts so far (Sri Lanka, S. Africa, N. Ireland) won't amount to the importance of Azadistan in the story. 3.) While Marina is trying to figure out how to use the CB situation to > help her country, the OP suggests that Setsuna will be chasing after her (in > a good sense) and receiving something positive from her. I'm just wondering > how that all plays out. > Ahh... animes do have a tendency to spoil the story with a bit too much info in the OP/ED, so actually I've tried not to pay attention to the animation during the songs. OTOH, I've followed the lyrics closely. Well with the caveat that anime song lyrics tend to be the same all over... I think I like the tone that's being conveyed. As noted in your earlier post, all of the characters in the series have been > fairly agreeable people (if somewhat withdrawn in certain cases) - with the > possible exception of the nut that was acting as test pilot for the AEU's > mobile suit (and in that case, the individual merely has too high of an > opinion > Well perhaps "agreeable" isn't the term, but the screen time was kind of appropriated to the thoughtful characters. That I like. The AEU test pilot is a bit more of hotblood type and so he's assigned less weight in the episodes so far. There hasn't been any emotional type and only one hotblood. Well Soma Peers will be interesting to watch... -- Dr. Core
