A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away wrote: > The thing I find kind of funny is how many things that are kind of futuristic > in this show are coming true now in realtime. I wonder if this time, instead > of using opinion polls of the watchers, the creators are drawing their ideas > "Straight From the Bylines." >
But it's a very eclectic mix of fringe and mainstream headlines. I've been following east Asian news from decent sources and this particular article still come as a surprise to me. China may have an economic temptation for the Asiatic Russia but I would think that cultural and language barriers are still too high, from a cost/benefit analysis POV. Where did the G00 writers find these odd (real world) stories to guide their vision? And just as they have borrowed a lot of real world events and trends, they have reversed or ignored many major themes. Japan's militarization doesn't materialize, India and Indians are nowhere to be seen, environment is completely forgotten, WMD also becomes off-topic. Japan's status as a (demilitarized?) special economic zone in the Union is very odd. Why not a full member? In the real world, Japan, Australia and India are all eager (at least tempted) to form a kind of semi-NATO arrangement with US to contain China. A major theme in Japanese politics for the past year is the SDF's Afghanistan and Iraq missions and constitution reform aimed at (re-)militarization. Most of the world, including Japan view India as a equal rival to China, why not show at least a brown face or two in HRA? Environment is traditionally a secondary theme in many Gundam shows (particularly ZZ, CCA, V, Turn-A, maybe X?) and AD 2300s is supposed to be a transition period from fossil fuel to solar power, why doesn't anyone talk about the environment? WMD is also a primary theme in many Gundam shows, and THE primary real world theme in globalized conflicts, another mysterious omission. CB's existence seems to be stomping out all conventional weapons conflicts, using conventional weapons. Why won't Taribia or Azadistan try to advance their agenda with a nuke or two? Why don't Union/AEU/HRA use nukes against each other, or minor annoyance (Sri Lanka etc) or CB? They invented a La Idenda which plants simultaneous bombings against soft targets (patterned after you-know-who), but no attempt to make/steal/use WMD. Generally peoples of the South are getting no love from the G00 writers, Africa and Middle East are 4th-rated or non-players. Sri Lanka, Africa and South America are conflict zone or proxy wars. Indians/Latinos don't show up in HRA/Union government, military and research organizations. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- 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
