It's blindingly painful that in the first episode the brand new appointed special operations battleship which would arguably have the best in the military assigned to it has... everyone? Killed in the first 5 minutes of an engagement. But, sure, they needed something to have the kids put into control and growth, sure. Whatever. Bludgeon that drama and storyline. But what really got me was Amura blasting his dad out of a hole in the side of the coloy when he blew up an enemy mobile suit and didn't blink. His dad was in a space suit, no damage, just floated out. There was no reason to ignominiously slay him outright in such a bizarre fashion and forget him right there. I can only fathom the high rating being given to nostalgia and being very young when people were wont to forgive such enormous deus ex machina plot mechanics bashing us over the head to force a story that is completely disallowed in any form today. Shows that are incredible get blasted down and canceled for far less today. Maybe, being generous, I could conceive this show having a 6.5 due its era, but not a 8.0 standing alongside 1984 Studio Ghibli's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind made a scant 4 years later. They do not remotely compete in, yet, nostalgia brims this to an inflated rating on a show that is, sadly, unwatchable if you didn't grow up with it but were introduced via Gundam Wing or other spin offs and had actual compelling stories. Maybe give the movie remakes a try... might be less jarring.
Review of Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
(1979–1980)
Plot holes, so many painful forced plot holes
10 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers