Gundam Zeta Marathon
I have enjoyed this past weekend as it was a real return to traditional values and wholesome Saturday afternoon memories. Also, I got to hang out with JRR and Bowhay all weekend, play SF4 and watch Zeta.
Things to bear in mind if you should ever decide to watch Gundam Zeta:
1) The more senior an officer you are, the harder you can hit your subordinates. It is just like the card game Asshole!
2) If you are a protagonist, get ready to do a lot of gnashing of teeth, screaming, crying, and all that emo shit. You are in for a lot of watching your parents die in front of you, friends betray you, and all sorts of crazy shit. Even your "girlfriend" is going to hate your guts most of the time because you're just better than her in most things, including emotional stability even though you're pretty much every song from Dashboard Confessional and Dimmu Borgir rolled into one.
3) There is a lot of Reverse Doombitch. Seriously.
Some character summaries for people who want some cliff-notes:
Kamille (ka.mi-.ryu): "Hello, I am an angsty son of a bitch because I have A Boy Named Sue syndrome and I come from a dysfunctional family. This also means that I am the most overpowered psychic ever - and despite this I have trouble connecting with people on any kind of emotional level unless they are female and are more fucked up than I am. I have a huge boner for being the martyr."
Lt. Quattro: "I'm dark and mysterious and totally not Char Aznable because I am wearing this set of ultra-80s-hip Raybans. That means I'm not Char Aznable even if everything else points to it. Have I told you about my favorite color? It's red. Have I told you my favorite gundam type? It's the fastest more maneuverable one. I'm not Char Aznable. Really. Mineva Zabi recognizes me because she's my first cousin. Have I shown you how awesome these sunglasses are?"
Bright Noa: "Fire those fucking batteries you assholes, can't you take at least one hizack down? What am I? Your father? Christ, I love my kids."
Fa Yuiry: "I'm handi-capable! Especially with kids!"
Emma Sheen: "Why am I the old one that's even remotely well-adjusted? Well, maybe the old fart that hits on me is pretty normal."
Amuro Rei: "I'm back you assholes becusae I'm that fucking awesome, and also since I don't get to shack up with Sayla, I might as well shack up with her lookalike - and I have to work with my old rival, Lt. Quattro. He's not Char Aznable guys. I had an lesser known old rival in the One Year War named Lt. Quatrro Bajeena. Seriously. Check out my gundam! It looks like Gigan!"
Commodore Blex: "Oh god, I die!"
Wong Lee: "I'm a total asshole!"
Jerid Messa: "I'm so sexually frustrated, it's not even funny - plus I have this whole Reverse Doombitch issue. Why am I even in this series?"
Yazan: "I'm a total asshole, but not as much of an asshole as that Wong guy. At least I'm capable of more than screaming most of the time."
Paptimus Cirroco: "I'm pretty and that makes me better than you. Also, I am a Newtype and that makes my beauty even more beauteous. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful."
Reccoa Londe: "If I'm not going to get a deep dicking from that Char-lookalike that totally isn't Char Aznable, then I'm going to find someone who can. It's not a crime to be an adrenaline junkie! And it's definitely not a crime to gas an entire space colony in the pursuit of a good deep dicking. It's not in the Antarctic Weapons Treaty at all!"
Four Murasame: "Jesus, there were three others before me? I'm not going to last more than three or four episodes, am I? The irony of my name is inescapable!"
Katz Hawin Kobayashi: "I'm pretty incompetent, can't listen to orders, and I'm in love with an enemy pilot who used me to escape with vital information about our side of the conflict. I probably shouldn't be alive, and I'm pretty sure my time is up - but until then I bet my father would be proud of me!"
Things to bear in mind if you should ever decide to watch Gundam Zeta:
1) The more senior an officer you are, the harder you can hit your subordinates. It is just like the card game Asshole!
2) If you are a protagonist, get ready to do a lot of gnashing of teeth, screaming, crying, and all that emo shit. You are in for a lot of watching your parents die in front of you, friends betray you, and all sorts of crazy shit. Even your "girlfriend" is going to hate your guts most of the time because you're just better than her in most things, including emotional stability even though you're pretty much every song from Dashboard Confessional and Dimmu Borgir rolled into one.
3) There is a lot of Reverse Doombitch. Seriously.
Some character summaries for people who want some cliff-notes:
Kamille (ka.mi-.ryu): "Hello, I am an angsty son of a bitch because I have A Boy Named Sue syndrome and I come from a dysfunctional family. This also means that I am the most overpowered psychic ever - and despite this I have trouble connecting with people on any kind of emotional level unless they are female and are more fucked up than I am. I have a huge boner for being the martyr."
Lt. Quattro: "I'm dark and mysterious and totally not Char Aznable because I am wearing this set of ultra-80s-hip Raybans. That means I'm not Char Aznable even if everything else points to it. Have I told you about my favorite color? It's red. Have I told you my favorite gundam type? It's the fastest more maneuverable one. I'm not Char Aznable. Really. Mineva Zabi recognizes me because she's my first cousin. Have I shown you how awesome these sunglasses are?"
Bright Noa: "Fire those fucking batteries you assholes, can't you take at least one hizack down? What am I? Your father? Christ, I love my kids."
Fa Yuiry: "I'm handi-capable! Especially with kids!"
Emma Sheen: "Why am I the old one that's even remotely well-adjusted? Well, maybe the old fart that hits on me is pretty normal."
Amuro Rei: "I'm back you assholes becusae I'm that fucking awesome, and also since I don't get to shack up with Sayla, I might as well shack up with her lookalike - and I have to work with my old rival, Lt. Quattro. He's not Char Aznable guys. I had an lesser known old rival in the One Year War named Lt. Quatrro Bajeena. Seriously. Check out my gundam! It looks like Gigan!"
Commodore Blex: "Oh god, I die!"
Wong Lee: "I'm a total asshole!"
Jerid Messa: "I'm so sexually frustrated, it's not even funny - plus I have this whole Reverse Doombitch issue. Why am I even in this series?"
Yazan: "I'm a total asshole, but not as much of an asshole as that Wong guy. At least I'm capable of more than screaming most of the time."
Paptimus Cirroco: "I'm pretty and that makes me better than you. Also, I am a Newtype and that makes my beauty even more beauteous. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful."
Reccoa Londe: "If I'm not going to get a deep dicking from that Char-lookalike that totally isn't Char Aznable, then I'm going to find someone who can. It's not a crime to be an adrenaline junkie! And it's definitely not a crime to gas an entire space colony in the pursuit of a good deep dicking. It's not in the Antarctic Weapons Treaty at all!"
Four Murasame: "Jesus, there were three others before me? I'm not going to last more than three or four episodes, am I? The irony of my name is inescapable!"
Katz Hawin Kobayashi: "I'm pretty incompetent, can't listen to orders, and I'm in love with an enemy pilot who used me to escape with vital information about our side of the conflict. I probably shouldn't be alive, and I'm pretty sure my time is up - but until then I bet my father would be proud of me!"