Maaaaaaaaan....
So far, I've been content to let Tsurumaki's pace carry me, but unlike FLCL which kinda had no expectations placed upon the viewer and the intended viewing experience was to just go with the flow, GQX is building upon decades of narrative and lore that at this point are kinda essential for context, so as of right now even I'm starting to feel how crazy fast we're hitting plot beats out here.
I mean, the entire episode is about Lalah Sune, who she is as a character and what she represents thematically to the entire series, but if you haven't seen OG Gundam thru Char's Counterattack (because her relationship with Amuro and Char is an important aspect of her character) her appearance here is just going to be a weird catalyst for Machu's character growth and probably very confusing.
She looks great in GQX's animation style tho
But having said that, doing The Man in the High Castle with UC0079 Gundam is so insanely ballsy and ambitious, I'm down for the ride.
Right, like everyone confused about Machu/Shuji kinda need to see this ep for the exact kind of Newtype weirdness we're working with (although imo the scene with Challia this ep really did a lot to flesh out Machu and Shuji's relationship through inference, like imagine living most of your life with your parent not understanding your emotional wants or needs and then suddenly finding the one cute guy in the universe who could literally read your mind), but at the same time I think it's completely reasonable to expect a show to stand on it's own and explain weirdness like that as part of the story and not off-screen that storytelling duty to past franchise entries. It kinda is what it is at this point tho
A fate worse than death.
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Anno backdoor writing in a prequel/sequel to 0079/CCA on a multiversal technicality wasn't on my bingo card, but I'll take it since Tsurumaki seems to have something class conscious in mind to say, and I trust Khara enough to handle postmodern metatext right even after the Rebuilds. I can't believe how blatantly they're getting away with cribbing The Man in the High Castle tho lolNo shot that they don't use it as an insert song in the finale
I feel like we're so far in the age of remake-sequels and cinematic universe stuff that media homework isn't unusual. It's part of the curse of easy-ish access to so much media.
I agree with you, though, I wish more stuff would be able to stand alone for viewers who didn't do all the homework!
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Found my vacation book for my upcoming trip this summer lol. I should read more sci-fi novels haha.
True, as usual the problem is the internet lol
Philip K. Dick is a great author, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is probably his best work, iirc Man in the High Castle’s ending was a bit anti-climatic but I need to reread the book now too lol