Re: Godannar #7.

Anthony D Baranyi wrote:
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> "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.

There might be too many characters for a quarter-hour show.  OTOH
they're not really making proper use of the entire cast given the
increased running time, are they?

> > 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.
> >
> > 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.

Given that characters in this show's universe don't seem to live 
very long, late 20s is well past the halfway mark for Go's expected 
lifespan.

And he sure doesn't SEEM like a 20something.  He seems like a 
30something.  The reading glasses plus his stocky build make him
seem older.  For comparison, the robot pilot Max seems like a 
20something.  And Anna seems like what she is - a teenager.

> > 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?
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> 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.

You too, eh?  The younger brother seems to have a "thing" for her 
as well...

> >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.

I thought, in traditional Japanese households, the women put their
husbands on an allowance?

> > 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.

I had forgotten that.

- dbm