Post by no3Ljm on Aug 14, 2006 14:55:16 GMT 8
From MAHQ intro:
excerpts from Ep5 summary:
excerpts from Ep5 MAHQ review:
Directed by Shoji Kawamori, this prequel series is set one year before the events of the original series. The story focuses on U.N. Spacy pilot Shin Kudo, who gets shot down over the island of Mayan while fighting Anti-U.N. forces. At the center of this conflict, both the U.N. Spacy and the Anti-U.N. forces seek the secret of the mysterious AFOS alien life form.
excerpts from Ep5 summary:
As Shin descends in a freefall, he hears the singing of Sara and the Mayan people. His VF-0 crashes into the water and then emerges and vanishes into space. Mao sees that he was a Bird Human after all.
excerpts from Ep5 MAHQ review:
After nearly two years of anticipation, Macross Zero reaches a rather disappointing conclusion. Sure, there's some great mecha action and drama, but the pieces don't add up.
Why exactly does the Anti-UN oppose UN Spacy, and what did they intend to do with the Bird Human? Sadly, this is never explained. What is the Bird Human even; is it part of the Protoculture or something else entirely? This also is unexplained.
How exactly does this all relate to the original series? Maybe the "Zero" in the title says it all right there. While the series started out well, it seems to have gone off track in the fourth episode. Ultimately, Kawamori's New Age sentiments come across too strongly here as they did in his previous series Arjuna. If he directs another Macross series in the future, I hope he sticks to the militaristic realism of this series and Macross Plus while avoiding magical elements.
Why exactly does the Anti-UN oppose UN Spacy, and what did they intend to do with the Bird Human? Sadly, this is never explained. What is the Bird Human even; is it part of the Protoculture or something else entirely? This also is unexplained.
How exactly does this all relate to the original series? Maybe the "Zero" in the title says it all right there. While the series started out well, it seems to have gone off track in the fourth episode. Ultimately, Kawamori's New Age sentiments come across too strongly here as they did in his previous series Arjuna. If he directs another Macross series in the future, I hope he sticks to the militaristic realism of this series and Macross Plus while avoiding magical elements.
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