So episode two of the new Gundam series has been released and after watching it, I'm still rather unconvinced yet wondering curiously where this is going. In this episode we find out much more about the world situation which is ever important to any Gundam series. Understanding the political climate and the divisions in the world can outline the road map of the entire series. Here it seems in the near future as fossil fuels burned up on the planet, a gigantic orbital ring was formed in "less than a lifetime" to house the multiple millions of solar collectors to serve as fuel for the entire world. Because of this three super elevators to this orbital ring are created by the nations of the world who have banded together in three separate groups that constantly wage war on each other to protect their share of the energy supply.
It seems the technology level of this show is very much low tech, with the average mobile weapon moving like the slow plodding mechs from Mechwarrior. The Gundam have the advantage of plot-protection as they happen to have the most advanced technology in the GN reactor as they clearly move 200% faster and maneuver 100 times better in the sky than anything the regular armies can come up with. I do like that they don't seem quite that invincible as they do regularly take hits even from the tank like machines and require much backup from one another to succeed in their missions. Of course the bootlegged Zaku-tank looking mechs clearly show exactly why bi-pedal mobile weapons of this sort cannot function in a realistic war scenario in today's age.
I'm still confused though as they are hinting that Celestial Being is not just trying to stop all the wars by using their might. They seem to have a hidden agenda that they're clearly aware of and fully volunteering for. Another point is by the end of the episode they appear to be goading the nations of the world into a large conflict on purpose? It seems they are simply trying to create a greater terror to unite the world's nations as a common enemy can have that sort of affect on the world. This is not too much different than the end of Gundam Wing with the "war to end all wars" scenario. Now I have a SERIOUS problem with this idea...
World War II. At the end of WWII the world spun into a new nuclear age. The camaraderie between nations fell apart almost immediately because of the fear of this new weapon the United States had created. Ideologies ran rampant and the world was divided in two. No sooner had the world united to defeat the evils of the Nazis and their partners, the world crumbled into a mess of smaller conflicts due to paranoia. In short...they are still very much pursuing a very idealistic end to this series. Idealism itself is grand yet to suspend belief too much for the sake of story telling sometimes lead to a very unsatisfying conclusion. A lot of people call it being pessimistic however it's for this reason that many began watching Gundam in the first place.
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