GUNDAM
I had nothing better to do so I was watching GUNDAM SEED just now and I was thinking about how Lester, Han Yong and co. always talk about how nice the machines are blah blah blah, but it is not really the machine that matters. Why has GUNDAM been so successful? Obviously there is the violence and war factor in it that is always there and make it attractive, and also the nice and advanced machines. But what it is that makes Pokemon and GUNDAM click?
But I think that it is the human factor in the show that attracts the kids and make it so special. The human factor in Pokemon is obviously there "bond" between the trainer and his Pokemon and blah blah blah with the touching scenes, but in GUNDAM, I think that it's the irony and ambivilance in war that creates the 'pull' towards the show. Take a character from the show as an example - Kira Yamato - he is pulled between the ZAFT Forces and the EAF, where he has friends on both sides and it really is the war that tears him apart with the glances and suspicions he aroused while fighting for the EAF yet helping Lacus Clyne to return safely to Athrun Zala (his 'close' friend) in the ZAFT Forces, where he and Athrun make it clear that in their next battle that they are out to kill each other. It's the same for GUNDAM SEED Destiny, where Shinn Asuka is also torn.
So really, it is the human factor that pulls one in and as much as 'experts' can analyse that violence in cartoons is affecting the kids etc., they fail to point out the pattern of the popularity in shows. Why is Masked Rider 555 not as popular or anything? Because it is all about killing monsters etc.
Back to my daily life, today is the only weekday of my holidays I am staying at home. Really nothing much, just want to finish my homework but I really haven't been successful. Really should start on my homework now. Anyway, I am looking at my P'Day prospects this year, and I think I can make it at least to the finals and beat last year's record. LOL. I know Aw Wen Hao is going to 'niao' me on the tagboard for this, but who cares?
But I think that it is the human factor in the show that attracts the kids and make it so special. The human factor in Pokemon is obviously there "bond" between the trainer and his Pokemon and blah blah blah with the touching scenes, but in GUNDAM, I think that it's the irony and ambivilance in war that creates the 'pull' towards the show. Take a character from the show as an example - Kira Yamato - he is pulled between the ZAFT Forces and the EAF, where he has friends on both sides and it really is the war that tears him apart with the glances and suspicions he aroused while fighting for the EAF yet helping Lacus Clyne to return safely to Athrun Zala (his 'close' friend) in the ZAFT Forces, where he and Athrun make it clear that in their next battle that they are out to kill each other. It's the same for GUNDAM SEED Destiny, where Shinn Asuka is also torn.
So really, it is the human factor that pulls one in and as much as 'experts' can analyse that violence in cartoons is affecting the kids etc., they fail to point out the pattern of the popularity in shows. Why is Masked Rider 555 not as popular or anything? Because it is all about killing monsters etc.
Back to my daily life, today is the only weekday of my holidays I am staying at home. Really nothing much, just want to finish my homework but I really haven't been successful. Really should start on my homework now. Anyway, I am looking at my P'Day prospects this year, and I think I can make it at least to the finals and beat last year's record. LOL. I know Aw Wen Hao is going to 'niao' me on the tagboard for this, but who cares?