Was Seed/Seed Destiny enjoyable? Yes.
Was the plot and potential ruined by bad writing? Yes
Was just browsing through this thread, so I don't remember who said it, but the series did indeed have the potential to be a whole lot better.
Mecha are much harder to draw and animate than normal people, so I can see the reason why so many of the scenes were re-used in fights. But did there really have to be that many launch scenes in every single episode? Did we really have to watch the damn Impulse Gundam assemble itself
every single time? (Seed Destiny)
Fukada, the director, really ruined the potential of these two series. I liked the whole Natural/Coordinator conflict much more than the original Normal/New-Type conflict in the UC timeline.
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My Pros:
-Awesome mecha. While a lot of the ideas may have been taken from other Gundam series, they were combined to make cool mobile suits. (my favorite was the Saviour. Freedom comes in second)
-Top notch animation. While the computer graphics looked kinda cheezy at first, I got used to them. Could also be because they got better at it as the series went on.
-Music. Best of any Gundam series.
-Initial Plot. It introduced a lot of interesting ideas. Naturals/Coordinators, that space whale thing, N-Jammers, (as opposed to the confusing Minovsky particle in the original series), Kira's background, the Alliance Extended, and several other little things.
My Cons:
-Ending Story. Fukada wasted it. Whatever happened to the whole thing with the space whale? I want that resolved, or atleast more info given about it. Kira/Archange/Orbl and his/their ideals. What a bunch of carebears that get in the way and make no sense. People with those types of ideals are not supposed to win. Also, not to mention the craptastic ending to Seed Destiny. I've seen Final Plus, but it's still subpar.
-The X20a Strike Freedom. Waaaay too powerful. Dual combine-able beam rifles, rail guns, stomach mega particle cannon, DRAGOONs, beam shields, and super speed and manueverability? Way too unrealistic, especially when you compare it to the updates Athrun got in his Justice, which is almost nothing. Kira is practically invincible with that.
-Shinn. What a crappy protagonist. He became bearable once he and Athrun teamed up, but after they split, he was so stupid again. An insubordinate, naive jackass doesn't deserve such a fine mobile suit as the Destiny. And did you ever notice that the Impulse can be repaired no matter how bad the damage to it is, yet the Saviour couldn't be repaired? Shinn went through 2 chest fliers, 2 Force Silhouettes, and the Sword Silhouette just to kill the Freedom. Why couldn't the mechanics have used the spare parts from all those extra peices to repair the Saviour? Fukada, you're very inconsistent.
-Heine (his fate). He had so much potential, not to mention a cool mobile suit. A truly strong character, unlike Shinn. But Fukada had to kill him off.
-Kira. Go away and cry in a hole somewhere. Cagalli failed to do her job, don't make the situation worse. Because of you Heine died and the Saviour was trashed.
Have I thought way too much about this? Maybe, but that's what happens when you make an AMV on a series and have to watch it through like 3 times looking for scenes.
