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Sadly it has nothing of interest for me. Since the Thrones were introduced the show has really gone downhill. Frankly the show had promise pre-Thrones, now it really has nothing. The introduction of the Trans-Am system has quite frankly done for the series what the introduction of the Zero system did for Gundam Wing, introduce an overpowered element that really wasn't needed (yes I now Trans-Am has an ill effect but still).

Top it off they *spoiler* my favorite character. The show as a whole is ruined for me. I certainly like this director and what he was doing but I don't like the direction he's going in right now. Like I said if nothing of interest happens in these last two episodes I'm not going to pick up Season 2. As I said before, I'm picky about my Gundam series and if they don't meet a certain standard I hold for the series and maintain it I will drop it. That standard was met before the introduction of the Thrones but since then it's plummeted drastically (the only redeeming quality was when they *spoiler* and now they lost that with the *spoiler*).

Yea, I know. I'm over critical no use mentioning it.

It's never a happy St. Patties Day when you can't afford to drink. Someone party hardy for me (drink a few Guinesses for me and some Bailey's).

Still no Char clone and I doubt there will be one unless it's a new character that'll be introduced in the next season (even then I doubt I'll come back unless these last two eps of this season blow my mind enough to keep me watching).

After the last episode I officially have no reason to keep watching/watch the second season. Damn you, damn you

Yes, Lockon was the only reason I was still watching. With his death 00 lost it's only redeemable quality, Lockon's awesomeness

Freaking old fart

Happy B-Day Pink Supervisor!

Welcome to the loony bin (as I like to call it). Do enjoy your stay and remember to keep all limbs within the ride at all times. We are not liable for their loss. Also beware of noob eaters.

Has there been a Char clone yet?

To my surprise, no. We have yet to meet a masked man and we've yet to meet someone with the ideals that Char had (then again Space isn't as big in this one as it has been in the past and is hardly even colonized).

Technically the GN-X suits are not grunts. They are on the same par with the Gundams. They have the Solar Furnaces (though fake) and it seems their armor is made of the same material as the Gundams (or maybe even stronger seeing as how Lockon's rifle can't penetrate their armor nor can normal beam shots, only over powered shots like Virtue GN Blaster). This is something that has really yet to be seen in a Gundam show, suits on par with Gundams. Grunt suits in the past were always outclassed by Gundams unless in the hands of superb pilots (Char, Ranba, and any other ace pilot in the past). True, some of the pilots in the GN-X's are more then superb (Graham's wingman for one, the Colonel and the White haired chick, oddly enough Patrick, and a few others) but for the most part they're normal, Grunt pilots. So actually these pilots are better then SEED Grunts and the suits are beyond anything normal.

The Thrones still give off that overpowered feel, they always will as they were suits introduced later in the series that have the same power as the Gundams (or in the case of the Thrones more power). To top it off the Thrones are not bad pilots (well except for the chick, shes pretty useless in combat). Johann and Michael are superb pilots (though the latter is somewhat insane and psychotic) and have shown their skills time and time again. Just because they've lost to Grunt suits does not make them bad pilots. If that did the Original Meisters are just as bad, having had their butts handed to them in ep 16 (and this whole they were outnumbered crap doesn't account for anything).

Is it just me or do they like kicking Saji in the balls? Man that guy has more bad luck then anyone.

I fear this will have dire consequences, one of them being DiCaprio's death. Why make a live action, why? This will be butchered.

Really don't care how it looks, I just hope it has a good story. Don't really know if I'm hip on this whole battle between Wolfwood and Vash.

Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu whathappenedwhatwasitaboutwhathappeneddidanyonegethurtwhathappenedwhathappenedwhathappenedwasitcos someonestoleyourclotheswhathappenedwhathappenedwhathappened?!!?! X'D *notices Strider throwing a can of toxic gas towards his window ... where's my mask?!*

X'D *smacks GG* Chill pill man, chill pill. The short of it is someone decided it was funny to see how far they could push me by mocking and belittling me in front of everyone. I snapped, through a few punches beating the kid down, and earned the respect and fear of all the boys in my grade. Lets just say no one ever messed with me again.

I now return you back to your regularly scheduled topic. Please ignore the blatant off topic posts by myself and GG.

Eh, we were all pretty well behaved so not many fights broke out. When they did though they could get brutal (like that one time I got into a fight in the boys locker room back in Middle School but we won't get into that).

Wolflord, even giving a kid the wrong look can get you arrested in the states. All they need to do is cry foul on you and you'll be thrown into jail. I fear for this country's future with the lack of discipline there is these days.

Oddly enough my schools were never that bad. Then again I'm from North Dakota where they're roughly 20 years behind current law trends (hell my high school had no cameras and crap in it like they all do now). Hell you could get into a fight and the teachers would be out there watching also, rooting for their pick. Yea, I liked my high school.

http://www.animecornerstore.com/wolfsrain1.html

Same exact place I told you to get Elfen Lied at all those months ago. About the cheapest I've seen it. Both the collections will run you around $10 more per collection ($20 both) at any other place online (not including shipping). I'd suggest also checking stores near you to see if you can get it cheaper there (like Best Buy, Suncoast, etc.). I have the original Boxset so it ran me more money (plus I bought it as it was released and got the Limited Edition boxset with the Kiba plushie and first OST).

Well lets hope this is better then how the series ended off.

Wolf's Rain is a good show, seen it three times completely through (well I do own it). Much like Dubie it was a little to slow for me but the story made up for that (if it didn't have the story I probably would of dropped it, I enjoy slow paced shows but this was slower then what I like).

We have lawns in Arizona still (don't ask me how) and mowing them in 110 degree weather is always so fun.

Speaking of Az..The power ball is 133 million. I got a ticket just for the hell of it. If I win I'll send you a million Lady so you can get your lawnmower n stuff.

Yea but in Tempe they are extremely few and very far between. Mesa has been about the only place I've noticed any green in.

I should go buy a Powerball ticket if its that high. Sadly I wouldn't win though.

Or move to Arizona where grass is rare. Seriously, everyones front lawns down here are freaking stone. I miss the green of ND.

Pay off my substantial debt (damn you higher education), give a good chunk to my parents (hey, they put up with me for 22 years before I finally moved out. They should get a medal also), and then put whats left in the bank after buying me a new car. Yea, thats what I'd do with a million dollars. That or two chicks at the same time (big points to those who get the reference)

Considering the new developments in ep 19 I'm beginning to like it a little more. Still disgusted with the introduction of the Thrones but I guess I can't have everything I want in a Gundam series anymore.

Lets just say as it stands right now the series is doing better on my likeness charts then G Gundam, the SEED franchise, and Gundam Wing ever did put together.

Frankly I think Gears is one of the best games out on the 360 right now. True it's somewhat short but the story and the characters are what make the game awesome. Really don't know how the controls are simple considering they mimic about every other FPS control scheme thats on the 360 so I really don't know where they're coming from saying that.

COD4 man, you definitely need to get that game. It's beyond awesome. Also Gears of War is a good investment as is F.E.A.R if you haven't played it yet.

I'm not gonna lie to you, I died a little inside watching that. It makes me utterly sad that they're making a DB MMO. Sad thing is I'll probably end up playing it if it comes to the US.

Since I hardly use cash anymore (gotta love debit cards) I don't have one anymore. I used to have a cup from Space Aliens (a restaurant, big blue alien it was) that I used to store my change. I usually just throw my change in one of my dresser drawers until I need it for something.

My parents on the other hand had the most awesome thing for keeping change, a huge ass Asti (sp?, sue me for not knowing how to spell an alcoholic drink) bottle my mom bought for my dad one year. Thing was beyond huge and held so much change, I almost took it with me when I left.

Doesn't really matter how they base the series, they should still be giving us background info on everything to fill us in. I'm sorry but I don't like series that withhold information like this.

What I meant by dropping the series when season 1 is done is based on the "Throne" Gundams and their pilots. This is really something that is not needed in the series. It had enough political intrigue and story to keep itself going without needing to introduce three new Gundams. They're adding more crap to explain in an already congested story. They're basically writing themselves into the grave with this because now they have three more Gundams to explain, three more character back stories to go into, and go into detail about what organization they work for or why they're held secret from the rest of Celestial Being. I normally like how this director thinks but he's digging himself into a hole he might not be able to dig himself out of with all this extra information he's adding into this (you gotta remember we still don't know why Celestial Being is doing what it's doing, they've never given us a clear explanation as to what brought all this on. Secondly we have five Gundams that have never been talked about in detail (Exia, Dynames, Kyrios, Nadheel, and Virtue. Also the original Gundam from the first ep). We also have four pilots we have very little to no back story on as well as information of the two Observers we have seen (the Chinese chick and the UN Guy) as well as a space ship crew we have no back story on as well. Plus we have three nations we have no idea how they were formed and what they are all about. We've also haven't been told the full back story on the HRL's super soldier program. I could keep going on here but I won't).

This is the main reason why I really haven't enjoyed many Gundam series outside of the UC timeline. Bandai just wants to sell models because its their main source of revenue for the Gundam franchise and as such they sell themselves short on story and character development to add in as many Gundams as they can into a series because Gundam models sell better then Grunt suit models.

I read your displeasure with the ep after watching it myself (I tend to read the new ep discussions, I just don't participate anymore). About the only redeeming quality 00 has now is the awesome new Opening it has (god I love that song).

I might be going out on a limb here but I see the Trinity being the new bad guy on the block soon. Chock it up to the crimson GN particles or just my sneaking suspicion but I highly doubt they're here to work with our current Meisters. The way the older "brother" talked (Johan I think is his name, really didn't care to memorize his name) at the end of the episode makes it seem they have nothing to do with Celestial Being, that they were just there because whoever commands them wanted them to help Celestial Being in that fight. Plus the way the Observers were talking there makes me think the "Thrones" are not part of Celestial Being because they cannot account for the three solar engines used within and the fact that they had no idea (when they are supposedly Celestial Beings eyes and ears) makes me think this also.

True Veda could be withholding this information and only supplying info on a need to know basis (which someone brought up in that discussion) but I highly doubt it would keep something like this from Sumeragi, who is the main tactician for Celestial Being's missions and is one of the main reasons Celestial Being's plans work out (I'm sorry but her plans are what does it, as much as I love seeing Gundams underpowered like they should be the four "main" Gundams could not get through some of the shit they are without Sumeragi's well laid plans).

Then again this series confuses the hell out of me with it's major plot twists. The only reason I'm still watching is to find out more about these solar engines and GN particles (as I said I'm a tech/science geek and this just astounds me) as well as to learn more of Lockon's past (as much as I mocked his name to begin with he's turned out to be my favorite character from the show). The rest is moot in my opinion. If this continues on as it is I'll be dropping it after the first season is done.