Joseph Riggs wrote: > just a "random kid". But what got me wondering was how Graham even knew he > was there in the first place, since iirc Setsuna managed to hide before > Graham and Billy arrived.
Well for non-oldtypes, we already have Soma and Allelujah as "Super Soldiers". There's good a possibility that the other 3 Gundam Meisters are also kind of "special". The chatters by the GM themselves and CB leaders/planners all seem to suggest anything less than "perfect" is a disappointment for GM's. For balance's sake, then having a Newtypish Graham seems believable. But I don't buy the scene Graham detecting Setsuna behind the rocks as evidence. In any non-Gundam anime shows, that's just intuition or sharp senses. Impressive enough to separate the real "Man" from the pretenders, but so incredible as to require supernatural terminlogy such as "telepathy" yet. Following Gundam tradition, there should be one or more of: a lightning flash by the forehead, a sound effect, psychedelic colors, and/or spoken/thought dialog about some mental or spiritual "pressure". In G00, we already had numerous example involving Soma, Allelujah and Setsuna of various kinds of amplified brainwave, seizure, telepathic connection and hallucinatory flashbacks. If there isn't some sound effects or psychedelic colors as clues, I'm pretty confident that scene has nothing to do with supernatural phenomena. > (hmm... Graham? Billy? Billy Graham? Interesting... coincidence? > Probably. I wouldn't expect the Japanese writers to be familiar with > American evangelists.) Haha good catch. I am pretty convinced it's a deliberate choice. Billy Graham is much more than just a evangelist, he's a major political mover and shaker. From his wiki page: "The night that the "New World Order" coalition began its saturation bombing of Iraq, Billy Graham spent the night with George Bush at the White House." Considering religious conflict in Middle East is an important theater for Graham's character, it's hard to think their names are coincidental. But remember that Char Aznable doesn't have a whole lot to do with the real life French singer. I think we shouldn't read too much into G00's "Billy" and "Graham" beyond a good chuckle. -- 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
