Ellbonnia wrote:Britanania wrote:All that said, it made me realise I want to see a complete remake of the OG series in that style. Gundam 79 is old enough that it needs a serious facelift.
Funny you mention that, since I decided to finally tackle the original series after years of procrastinating. I've gotta say, if I didn't love the franchise already, all that stock footage, slow pacing, and forgettable-to-annoying side characters makes this show not very appealing compared to later series.
I appreciate the entire fictional world the 1970s show spawned, but I admit it's pretty dated from what I've watched so far.
Yeah 79 Gundam is hella rough. The three compilation films from the 80s are probably the best way to get into the UC, in fact, depending on how early you are, I'd say just stop and watching the three films and get onto Zeta Gundam, or one of the side stories of the OYW like 08th MS Team or Thunderbolt, ASAP