{"id":1299,"date":"2008-10-06T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T07:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2008-10-06T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T11:12:09","slug":"gundam-00-s2-episode-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2008\/10\/06\/gundam-00-s2-episode-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Gundam 00 S2 — Episode 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gundam
\nI like my female blond pilots<\/a> crazy <3<\/p>\n

Why does everyone assume that I would be blogging Gundam 00 Season 2? I never said that I would. It’s not good to be overly presumptuous. I mean, it is true that the only thing keeping this blog from becoming a desolate wasteland is my weekly episode “review”, but that doesn’t mean anything! So yeah, you can take your baseless preconceived notions and stuff them up that place where you stuff things up into! (Turkey?)<\/p>\n

So anyway, let’s get this thing going.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

\"Gundam
\nDon’t tase me bro!<\/p>\n

These guys called A-LAWS<\/strong>, who sound like a cross between A-HOLES and ARROWS, are totally bad ass dudes who have been running the post-Celestial Being solar system like their own private Sim City, except that Will Wright didn’t make slavery an option in the game. If I had to compare them to one classic group of assholes in a previous Gundam universe, it would probably be Titan<\/strong> from Zeta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\n“This is so not in my contract”<\/p>\n

Saji is finally realizing his true potential, not. After appearing to be cool and grown-up for the first 30 seconds of his appearance, the degeneration process kicks in and he’s the same old crybaby by the end of the episode. This is to prepare him for the journey to real maturity that he is about to embark on, something he should have already completed in the five years since season one. But let’s give him a break: he’s not been getting any.<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nHe grew up into yaoi doujinshi material<\/p>\n

Now, I’m not one to read up on background stories from magazine articles, so I don’t know what the heck is going on in G00 right now. Judging by this episode, I guess there’s a lot of political tension between the regular Earth Special Forces<\/span> Earth Sphere Federation and the elitist A-LAWS, just like in Zeta. In addition, there are some random third parties like Celestial Being wandering around messing things up, just like in Zeta.<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nSaji should consult an optometrist<\/p>\n

Everyone is all grown up and cool now (just like in Zeta) and Setsuna even changed his suit colour to a less gay shade of blackish grey. Peries and Sergei are living together and there’s some rather disturbing chemistry going on between the two of them that I want to pretend is just my misunderstanding. I like Peries more now that she’s not loli anymore. Louise is an A-LAWS pilot now, which I totally predicted one year ago when she lost her hand.<\/p>\n

I quote myself<\/a>:<\/p>\n

… But seriously, I can just imagine Louise being abducted by some top secret joint Union-AEU-HRL black project to manufacture cyborg pilots for whatever super weapon they plan to build to counter the Gundams …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Gundam
\nThey sewed her hand back<\/p>\n

In Gundam, losing an arm means that it’s time for an upgrade! That said, Louise’s a pretty crappy pilot so far, but I guess she’s due for a berserk pwnage sequence sometime in the next few episodes, Stellar style. I think I may be in love.<\/p>\n

Thoughts<\/h3>\n

I realized that my summary didn’t actually summarize anything about the episode, but screw you! I’m sure everyone’s watched the first episode by now! Leave DarkMirage alone!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\n“AI EIMU GANDAMU”<\/p>\n

In any case, the first episode is great. I can’t say that that’s unexpected since the first season had an awesome start<\/a> too. I want to believe that this is a sign of improvement from the ending of the last season, and that this season will finally be awesome now that everyone’s grown up and not so whiny. I really want to believe it, but unfortunately Sunrise made a cynic out of me with the false hopes it’s been giving me over the years.<\/p>\n

In order to not raise my hope again for nothing, I’m going to be a pessimist and assume that episode two will drop right back into clich\u00c3\u00a9d dramaville and it will be a one-way ride to hell from there on. In fact, I’m going to just call this a “trainwreck” right now at this stage, before anyone else does. Remember: I did it first!<\/p>\n

Of course, I may be proven wrong. Perhaps the forgettable first season was intentionally meant to be an awful prelude, so as to accentuate the awesomeness that will be season two. Maybe now that the main characters are all grown up, both literally and figuratively, the real story behind this boy-love franchise can finally take its ultimate shape. I want to believe, but let’s not.<\/p>\n

In any case, this show should be worth watching, considering the number of female cast members who have now reached full fan-service maturity. Mmmmm.<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nShe’s legal now, right?<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nIt’s a good thing Grace didn’t die. Christina did a great service to mankind<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\n(*\u00ef\u00be\u0178\u00d0\u201d\u00ef\u00be\u0178*)<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nSetsuna is most definitely gay<\/p>\n

So…*cough* I wonder when the next swimsuit episode will be?<\/p>\n

Screencaps<\/h3>\n

\"Gundam
\nHe sounds like a good guy, but his eyes look evil<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nWhat’s going on here?<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nNew loli to fill the loli gap now that everyone’s grown up<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nIn space, no one can see you pose<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nThe cameraman is upside down. What an idiot<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nThey repainted their Realdos and call it an upgrade, just like an MMORPG<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nRed vs Blue, just in case you can’t tell the two sides apart<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nTachikoma rejects<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nPew pew pew<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nTwice the penis size<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nThis thing actually looks way cooler than all the Gundams<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\nAfter Louise left him, Saji became a crack addict<\/p>\n

\"Gundam
\n*Cue Imperial March*<\/p>\n

I should really be studying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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