I agree with you that they need to either wrap up some mini-arcs or at least invest more in some of the established characters before season 2.
Marina Arc I agree with you about this arc. For all of the time they have spent on it they have given us no reason to care about Marina. They seem to be setting her up to be a love interest for Setsuna but have done nothing to justify any relationship between the two. Saji and Louise have more chemistry in her stump then Setsuna and Marina have shown this whole season. I don't think they will make her a damsel in distress. I think they might go the other direction and have her nurse Setsuna back to health if he gets a severe beatdown at the hands of the UN. Then they could actually develop the relationship. Crossroad Arc It would be beyond ridiculous for Saji to not be aware of Kinou's injuries and/or death by the next two episodes. I doubt that they will not wrap up the whole mystery thread before the break. I do think that her situation will push Saji away from the passive wallflower role and down some other path before the break which would be a mini resolution in my book. UN Arc A good outcome for the UN/GN-X plotline would be for the Gundam Meisters to get their asses handed to them. Up to this point the Gundams have been a threat to the world powers. The previous combined effort against them failed even with superior numbers. Now that the UN has a force that is on equal footing with the Gundams the Gundams aren't a threat any more. Their interventions are irrelevant. This irrelevancy could put their whole plan in jeopardy. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr. Core Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gundam] G00 mini-conclusion/mini climax or major confusion in sight? I am not too interested in the heavy speculations about the plotline going forward. But I just rememnered that only 5 episodes are left before we get into a 6 months hiatus. My question is that will we have a mini-conclusion before the hiatus? Sure there will have to be a cliffhanger, that's accepted. But they better give us a satisfactory (if partial) resolution in at least one of the open-ended arcs. Even by ep. 20 we are still getting new characters, new mini-arcs. It's definitely getting more exciting, that's good. But we keep open up new mini-arcs without closing old ones (except the Rassa kidnapping arc in Azadistan) just like the early episodes. As far as I am concerned, these are three candidates: - the Marina arc: we have invested too much time introducing this damsel; how likely we will get a proper story out of her and Azadistan by ep. 25? Not likely. Hopefully she will get a decent supporting role (meaning doing something other than watching JNN all day) before end of season 1. - Kinue/Saji/Louise: it already seem likes this is a huge set up that will won't get resolved until at least mid-2nd-season. I just hope ep. 25 will give a nice semicolon to this arc. I'd even settle for a coma, but I fear it could be completely dangling in the middle of a wor_ - Big 3 vs. TM vs. GM 3-way: this is what the previous couple episodes is building up for right? It's going to be one big gonzo gangbang scene: 4 Gundams vs. 3 Thrones vs. 2+2+2 GN-X. But what would constitute a "good" outcome to take into the 6-months break? Without a worthy target (in UC it would be a colony or asteroid drop, in G it was the end of roaming+training), it seems like it's a fight for the sake of fighting (there's a bit of Ali in everyone, eh?). What could be that big target? Veda itself, no way. Ptelamois, been there done that. The linear train HQ, too bland. One of the space elevators or the solar arrays, more specular but still not threatening enough. Problem is that no one has a big threatening dreadnought or doomsday weapon or DG-cell monster or even a nuke. But... it's possible the three arcs will join up in a big-ball-of-plotlines-nexus-blackhole, with 13 (or 37?!) MS providing the action, Saji & Marina provide the melodrama and Corners/Ribbons providing the sinister smiles. It's just a bit too mind-boogling ... 6 months is a long wait, if ep. 25 doesn't end with a satisfactory thump, I mean, seriously this time, yet more promise of hope won't cut it. There's no telling if I would come back for season 2. -- 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 -------------------------------------------------- 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
