-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yet more dangling plot arcs... off the top of my head, I'd say we have > more than 12 dangling plot arcs from just 9 episodes. Is Mizushima > aiming for some obscure world record? Just from ep.9, we have (1) > Actually I kind of enjoy the symmetric action. For the first time, it > feels like CB is not invincible. For the first (Sergei) and second > (Sumeragi) time, someone demonstrates tactical thinking. (I am not > counting Sumeragi's and Wong's previous exploits because it felt they > could have just phoned it in and let the Ubergundams do the > hack-and-slash. Yes - this time, it feel like both side are actually competent, instead of one side is "god" while other side are mere "mortal". > > Every time I see Sergei I like him a little bit more. And even Soma, > she's so inhumanly cool! Soma's pilot suit make her look weird. As for Sergei, always like the old military type that seems to know their stuff and seems to know about "honor"... > > And Marina! One minute she's a "Your Majesty", next minute "I am the > first Princess". Well a Princess is styled "Your Highness", a Queen > "Your Majesty" perhaps there's a translation problem there. I don't > even know if there's a clear way to translate "Your Highness" and > "Your Majesty" into Japanese. And why would someone introduce herself > as "FIRST Princess"??? In order to remind the other person that her > royal title was fabricated out of thin air? That's screwed up. Could > it be that "First Princess" is actually her title? Like "First > Violinist" or "First Lieutenant". Either way, this scene is pretty > solid proof that she is the (figure)head of state, whether she be a > Princess, First Princess or Queen. What happened to that Conservative > v. Reformist row? Another forgotten dangle? That's a mistranslation of some sort - the "handler" was saying "hime-sama", which is how you greet a princess. I seriously doubt people would call queens "hime-sama" - very rarely do you call someone who is obvious married "hime" - only time I remember is Seto's nickname in Tenchi GXP. I don't see what's the problem of calling herself the first princess - Cornelia and Yufie refer to their title when they formally introduce themselves (second and third princesses, I think), so I don't see what's wrong there, unless Marina is actually the head of the country, then it doesn't make sense. I agree with the assessment that she is more like a figurehead, since it seems weird that Marina doesn't seem to be handling the internal conflict (like the unrest) while she's running around getting foreign aid. At least based on the information from Gunota, we know where in the world did GN04 go :) -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
