Re: Godannar #7.

"D B Malmquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> After 7 episodes, the series has maintained a fairly high level of
> energy, but none of the characters are really engaging, and the
> whole standardized Giant Robot shtick - shouting attacks, talking
> about strength and bravery, "scientists" declaiming all sorts of
> psuedo-technical silliness - is consuming way too much screentime
> with its totally unoriginal dialog.
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I agree wholeheartedly - that's why I've said from the beginning that this
should have been a "quarter hour" show.

> The fanservice in this show is almost like really loud background
> music.  It isn't actually present inside the world of "Godannar",
> the director lathers it across the surface of his/her world as
> decoration for the viewer.  Though one bystander does have a slight
> reaction to Dr. Aoi's little clothing "rupture" in ep 5.
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> Now I know why harem shows feature nebbishy teenage leads.  It's
> because it's even weirder to see a bunch of cute girls form a harem
> around a middle-aged man.
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Uh, he's only in his late 20's. Middle-aged is usually considered 40-60.

> My biggest question so far - even though they've been married for
> a while now, do Go and Anna actually sleep together?  Have they made
> love even once?

The implication from the earlier episodes is that they haven't. I've got to
wonder how much nerve the creators of the show have - Go's younger brother
seems a much better match for Anna that Go.

>The sexual politics of the giant robot teams are
> pretty weird.  For instance, Anna fights massive alien invaders, at
> considerable risk to her own life, by piloting a giant robot.  She's
> married to another such pilot.  Yet she has to ask her husband's
> permission for important decisions; is he her guardian as well as her
> spouse?  Plus, she's on an *allowance*.

That's part of the satire, that Go is so unreasonably old-fashioned.

> Hasn't her PhD mother taught
> her the value of having one's own income?
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> Speaking of Mom, leaving some
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> when she agreed to her daughter's marriage to Go, did she know that
> Go's old flame was still alive, rather than dead, as Go then believed?
> If so, what was she smoking?
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No - remember that brief scene at the end of the first episode? But she
knows now.

Dave Baranyi

> - dbm