Click me! I'm animated! - (from SeeD Forums)
The title of this post should be an indication of what it must feel like to write a Gundam series these days because it seems the regurgitation didn't get away from 00 100%. Exia now possesses the Trans-Am system, it can now have the horse power of an old muscle car. Apparently that means it can shed after-images and gain about 1000% more performance without G-forces crushing your face. Didn't F-91 already do this? And isn't Unicorn Gundam currently possessing this gimmick as well? I know it somewhat makes sense for Exia but why wouldn't they come up with something a little different. I was somewhat worried about it gaining Wings of Light (after seeing 0 Gundam) though so thankfully that didn't happen again.
Problem I have with it is that Setsuna is stagnating as a pilot. Rather than earn his stripes like Graham Acre or Ali Al Sarshes, he's entirely reliant on his equipment as he's given a Dragonball like power-up for the sake of competing. It's rather frustrating that Graham chooses to use a simple Over Flag (though his is getting a GN-Drive installed) and Setsuna can just coast inside of his Goku-dam. It's at least no where near as bad as Freedom Gundam's "anything you can do I can do better" mode...
Saji seems to be drifting into a dark place now. After all that's happened to him it's no wonder, a lot of people question what his use is in a story like this but you really need to see a war story from all angles. Saji represents the street level point of view which is something that is needed, otherwise you have a story that's much too worried about big robots fighting and no development.
Also, it seems Nena got a taste of her own medicine now, hopefully they'll further develop the character instead of just instantly killing her off (though it's bound to happen sometime). Thing is, it's clear that Nena doesn't know right from wrong (which may have to do with the Throne siblings birth/upbringing) so having her realize her mistakes is much more powerful for a story than to just kill her off.
Finally, Graham is making his comeback. It's much hyped, like some kinda wrestling superstar promo or waiting for the big game 7 during the playoffs. His Over Flag is going to see a GN-Drive Tau upgrade, even though the Flag technology might be inferior he still has an advantage in speed and skill so hopefully he can take advantage of that. Ali Al Sarshes better watch his back cause Graham coming back to claim the number 1 pilot spot!
That's how close the Bardtard got to Canada's Pro-Basketball God Steve Nash today. In the 5 minutes I was being caught in the mob, I must have absorb at least 0.005% of his uber mojo. Enough for me to hit some open jumpers at a park nearby a little later. I even got a soggy towel signed by the man. Damn. I gotta say, the Phoenix Suns players that were there were great...they stuck around to talk to fans, take photos and autographs. Jason Kidd too. Too bad Baron Davis and the Euro guys left early. I know Henry was a big deal for half the fans gathered there.
