Forum - View topicRight Stuf Releases Gundam NT on BD on October 6
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Kougeru
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man that's REALLY late
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LightningCount
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It's good that it's getting a release. I'm a Gundam fan, so down the line, I'll consider picking it up, but it's not a high priority over other Gundam sets still missing from my shelf. (And I'm still wondering if Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer is going to get an physical release with a dub...)
No spoilers/spoilers marked: Gundam NT is an interesting entry. The character designs and personalities are pretty bold and modern for a Universal Century tale, and the over-the-top flavor of the combat feels more like an Alternate Universe story. Speaking of the story, its exploration of the Newtype phenomenon, while controversial to some, is thought-provoking and does break new ground for the franchise, in my opinion. The mechanical designs in the film could have used more background exposition and time to shine. Like Gundam Unicorn, it has a nice way of tying background elements from past UC Gundam entries into a new narrative (no pun intended) that sort of reframes how one looks at established organizations and events and ideas, which is cool. For better or worse, the best action in this movie pretty much happens in the first 23 minutes (the preview originally given online). The introduction mission of the Narrative Gundam is ultimately the reason I will probably collect this entry down the line; that was the make-of-break scene in the film for me, and it was disappointing that it never really lived up to that sequence. spoiler[A few brief moments of the inside-the-colony battle are probably the only other things that stand out. The gas container battle has a good setup but comes off as pretty lackluster.] The music in the film is good, with Vigilante being an instant classic. But rather than a movie, Gundam NT felt like like a polished version of late 80s/early 90s scifi anime OVAs. A fun enough ride with interesting ideas and some decent characters, but not enough runtime to really get the best out of everything. (The previous Gundam film, Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer, felt more movie-esque.) Because of everything it wants to establish, it isn't left with a lot of time to breathe, and thus while pushing a few new boundaries on long-held Universal Century concepts, Gundam NT mostly serves as a glorified epilogue for Gundam Unicorn. spoiler[In that regard, it feels a little strange, because I'm not sure its ideas or leftover characters are really going to play a role in the Universal Century going forward.] Side note...spoiler[it's curious how AU tech is finding its way into UC Gundam. The third Unicorn has its tails made up of Gundam Wing's Epyon whips. I wonder if that's a convenience for model-kit development or something.] |
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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To me, the most interesting thing about that particular element (at least from a Gunpla modeling perspective) is that spoiler[the Unicorn Phenex received multiple model kits without the tails, in a variety of scales - HG, MG, SD, etc. - and then got new versions in most of those scales when they added tails to the design for the film. The Full Armor Unicorn Gundam Plan B (Unicorn Gundam Perfectability) is basically a mix of elements from the Full Armor Unicorn, the Banshee, the Banshee Norn, and the Phenex, so if you want to kitbash that design yourself, you'd have to choose whether to use the pre-Narrative, tail-less Armed Armor DE parts or the post-Narrative, twin-tailed Armed Armor DE parts.] |
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Kicksville
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I feel like this is generous, but...I'll hold my tongue. It's good in any case that it is finally being made available, since the theatrical run was all the way back in early 2019 and I don't think it's been streaming beyond that brief period it was free on YouTube in March. spoiler[G-Saviour is better] |
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LightningCount
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Maybe I'm mistaken, but it seems to me this is the first time the Newtype phenomenon has been taken to the point where it borders on spoiler[theology. It goes beyond the spiritual "will/energy" idea into an all-out suggestion of a persisting afterlife and its influence on the material world. At least, that was my takeaway, but it was rather convoluted and I'm not sure I totally grasped it in one viewing.] ...G-Saviour was more ambitious in terms of world-building and pushed into new areas of the UC timeline...but I can't exactly say I was thrilled by it. But to each their own. I will say that F91 and Char's Counterattack were better movies than either, in my opinion. In general, truth be told, Gundam doesn't do "movies" great. It's better in longer formats. |
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GeorgeC
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They ALREADY released this film on home video but it was the Japanese DELUXE set that got released for over $100. It has a limited pre-order window to get a copy and I bet less than 200 people across the United States actually bought that BD. I didn't buy it. The film wasn't worth that good -- I DID see it in a theater --, and it's not worth it to get 95% of these deluxe sets unless the swag makes it worth it and this film didn't have that in the deluxe release. I also KNEW TRSI would release this film within a year, 18 months tops, in a regular non-frills release. They did not surprise me here. Not the first Japanese Gundam release on BD I skipped. I didn't bother with the Gundam Origin deluxe sets or the TV edit of Gundam Unicorn. What was the point of Gundam Unicorn TV anyway? It was $500-$600 for the set and they have the general release which costs as much as 2 discs of the original BD OVA release of Gundam UC! I'm not against anybody buying the deluxe releases, btw. I've got a few myself -- I have the Gundam Wing boxset TRSI released but that was a for a show I liked and I thought what was offered was decent for what I spent... It sure as hell wasn't a $500 boxset, either! |
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kae kurono
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If only the character animation wasn't so bad or below average i would buy this in a heart beat.
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Cardcaptor Takato
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Whatever happened to those El Hazard Blu Rays Nozomi announced like a year ago?
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