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Post by junktea1 on Feb 24, 2007 1:35:05 GMT -5
I have yet to watch either in its entirety.
Which one as far as animation & story is better?
I did watch vol. 1 of the TV series, and kind of fell asleep due too so much dialogue.
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Post by amuro78 on Feb 24, 2007 7:10:35 GMT -5
Story: The movie is much shorter than the TV series. It omits many scenes (most are boring ones, but there are a few interesting ones). Without spoiling the story, all I can say is that the movies are missing a few interesting battles that are in the TV series. Also, some of the MS/MA (e.g. Gyan, all variations of G-Fighter, Bigro, etc) are missing in the movie.
Animation: The movies are slightly better, although they're fairly similar standard. If you buy the DVD version of the movie, it comes with DD 5.1 sound.
My suggestion? Since you find the first one a bit boring, I will suggests you go watch the movie first. The pace is faster and you're likely to enjoy the story more. If you found the series interesting after watching the movie, then I highly recommend watching the TV series, since it contains some very interesting battles that are missing in the movies.
Hope this helps.
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Post by jwm on Feb 24, 2007 10:35:30 GMT -5
Funny you should mention this. Just last night I watched the first of the three MSG movies. Each of the films runs well over two hours. (147 minutes for the first disc.) The pace is slow, and the story rather fragmented since it's patched together from episodes of the television series. There is no dub, so you have to get by with subtitles. It isn't exactly two and a half hours on the edge of your seat. Nonetheless I'd recommend it. The story itself is surprisingly fresh, especially considering it was written and produced thirty years ago. It has aged well; it doesn't have that hokey quality that old science fiction often does. The way women are treated in the story is very up to date. The characters on the whole are believable, and realistic. The original series is something like 43 episodes long I think. You'll get all the Mobile Suit Gundam you want with the trilogy, and for a lot less money.
JWM
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Post by junktea1 on Feb 24, 2007 22:15:34 GMT -5
Story: The movie is much shorter than the TV series. It omits many scenes (most are boring ones, but there are a few interesting ones). Without spoiling the story, all I can say is that the movies are missing a few interesting battles that are in the TV series. Also, some of the MS/MA (e.g. Gyan, all variations of G-Fighter, Bigro, etc) are missing in the movie. Animation: The movies are slightly better, although they're fairly similar standard. If you buy the DVD version of the movie, it comes with DD 5.1 sound. My suggestion? Since you find the first one a bit boring, I will suggests you go watch the movie first. The pace is faster and you're likely to enjoy the story more. If you found the series interesting after watching the movie, then I highly recommend watching the TV series, since it contains some very interesting battles that are missing in the movies. Hope this helps. So basically, the movie trilogy is edited clips from the TV series? I've seen some small clips on youtube involving the Rickdoms, that's what got me interested in the series again. In addition, to selling my RX-78 on ebay.
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Post by 00silvergt on Feb 26, 2007 23:08:44 GMT -5
Yeah it is the usual 70's thing that Japanese studios did with shows. They release a movie version of the show to get audiences enticed to keep watching the TV show. Without ruining the show, the movie however doesn't end like the series. The movies end at the middle of the series, again to get you to go back and watch the show after getting caught up. It is similar to the uchuu Senkan Yamato movie in the 70's. Get' you hooked, but do the Yamato crew get to Iscandar to get that cosmic cleaner thingy (Cosmo DNA in Star Blazer speak) and back to the earth in one year or not?
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Post by amuro78 on Feb 27, 2007 14:47:12 GMT -5
00silvergt, do you mean most of the anime movies in the 70s in general, or do you specifically mean the original Gundam movies? If you mean the latter, then I must say that you are wrong.
Both the TV series and the movies have the same ending, with the only one exception that in the movie, it has clearly shown that Char has escaped from the base in a Dekin-class battleship.
The TV series was first shown in 1979 and finished in 1980, while the first movies was shown in 1981 and the third movie in 1982. All three movies were released after the TV series was released. In fact, the movies was released not to trigger audiences' interests to watch the TV series, but actually to purchase the Gunplas, because although the TV series has poor rating, the Gunplas were very popular and were making huge profits to Bandai (and probably Sunrise as well).
junktea1, to answer your question - yes, the movies are edited clips from the TV series. Sometimes they swap a character or unit from the TV clips, e.g. they replace the Gyan with Char's Gelgoog. I don't think there is any complete new screenshot in the movies. (Even if there is any, it is most likely that you will not notice them, because the quality are very similar.)
If you like Rick-Doms, then at least in the third movie, Amuro claimed that he has killed more than Rick-Doms than he does in the TV. (I said "Amuro claimed", 'cos I never bother to count them. I don't care as long as the battle scenes are great.1)
Hope this helps.
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Post by 00silvergt on Feb 27, 2007 15:46:04 GMT -5
00silvergt, do you mean most of the anime movies in the 70s in general, or do you specifically mean the original Gundam movies? If you mean the latter, then I must say that you are wrong. Both the TV series and the movies have the same ending, with the only one exception that in the movie, it has clearly shown that Char has escaped from the base in a Dekin-class battleship. The TV series was first shown in 1979 and finished in 1980, while the first movies was shown in 1981 and the third movie in 1982. All three movies were released after the TV series was released. In fact, the movies was released not to trigger audiences' interests to watch the TV series, but actually to purchase the Gunplas, because although the TV series has poor rating, the Gunplas were very popular and were making huge profits to Bandai (and probably Sunrise as well). junktea1, to answer your question - yes, the movies are edited clips from the TV series. Sometimes they swap a character or unit from the TV clips, e.g. they replace the Gyan with Char's Gelgoog. I don't think there is any complete new screenshot in the movies. (Even if there is any, it is most likely that you will not notice them, because the quality are very similar.) If you like Rick-Doms, then at least in the third movie, Amuro claimed that he has killed more than Rick-Doms than he does in the TV. (I said "Amuro claimed", 'cos I never bother to count them. I don't care as long as the battle scenes are great.1) Hope this helps. No, I mean Anime movies of the 70's in general...Makes sense about the Gunplas...thanks for the correction. So wait, I haven't seen the TV series' ending, so it ends like the movies? WEAK!
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Post by paladin on Mar 1, 2007 12:03:41 GMT -5
Haven't seen the movies, but I absolutely loved the TV series. Great visceral action that kept me glued to my seat.
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