Oh and the Philosopher's Stone element also was important throughout the 2003 show too. The old show was so tight and focus with the starting elements and premise besides with some stuff dragging it down, needing new characters to fill in despite it making great use of the characters we start with.
Okay, now it's getting back to me. The plot points linger longer like the dead mother instead of being 'well that happened' that it ended up being in brotherhood. Scar is proven more right in his fight against the genocidal state in 2003 I think. Or somehow the 2003 version did the same thing with Scar as brotherhood despite having another massacre that is an echo of the genocide. Been awhile since I watch the 2003 version.
Just gotta not watch the YouTube vid and say no. Also, the best anime is Revolutionary Girl Utena by a long shot for me.
Also hot take, I like the 2003 version better despite being more of a mess. It was a lot more character driven for the brothers, the villains were better thematically, more Gothic, beats the shit out of Ed like the dumb 13 year kid reddit atheist he is with thermodynamics lol.
Quip, 2003 was more about brotherhood than fatherhood(fma: brotherhood), end quip. The broader and general brotherhood theme of the newer version was too saccharine for me honestly.
The family sitcom at its origins is a fairly conservative genre of propaganda like Father Knows Best from the 50s. There's a reason a lot of more comedic sitcoms thereafter in some ways a rejection of the 50s pro nuclear family. Like the Simpsons and Moral Orel at the extreme end.
I only read the bylines of the reviews, sniff, of Spy x Family and it seems like it is comfy at the functional end of family sitcoms. Correct if wrong.
The only one I remember is ww2 where the soviets and uk did a joint invasion of Iran to cut off any possible Nazi Germany supply of oil and influence. Plus another supply point for the liberal regimes to the USSR. The UK stayed longer in Iran after ww2 and the rest is history.
It is obvious when he doing his own shit lib commentary like "Interesting, the communist are pro workers, but are so against the Tsarist bureaucrats workers who burn the offices and paper work of state." Plus possibly using a strange none mainstream bias source or pov of the Kornilov affair being the few instances of sus history, the reactionary coup members nobly killed themselves. Or killed themselves because Kerensky dressed them down so hard. Lol.
Still, I listened to the Russian episodes, not like there's any other easy listening alternative to that whole section of history. You'll never have unbiased works unless you're reading or have access to the direct sources.
Ah. The early episodes, around 10-15 can be seen as a over correction for zeta not spending time on one location and on a 'crew/team' of the cast. On the third space colony setting it gets better for most people. Maybe after 15 episodes.
What episodes are you at? The end of ZZ is why Char is counterattacking, more context. Amuro stuff you got from zeta, first instincts is to laze around under a fascist regime rather than to fight it.
At first glance, only Monster makes sense. It is basically what if Charles Manson was a soviet thing with European characteristics. Although, it been awhile since I watch and read it.
Gundam makes sense if you're pro federation/cop and take in face value in the movie(not in the pic) Amuro when he talks shit about revolutionaries doing nothing, but literally on the thing that can change the tractory of history and stops it.
Double zeta gundam does 200% more in like 1 or 2 episodes in North Africa than what the entire run of 08th MS team does with its setting. 08th MS has a pseudo vietnam setting and still doesn't do any meaningful political commentary with it and instead has dog water romance with good fights plus the typcial lore ruining and revisionism that UC gundam ovas usual do. Might as well just saw gundam thunderbolt.
Also correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the devs of Disco Elysium regret doing the right-wing trope of corrupt unions? I wouldn't be surprised since the majority of people that played Disco Elysium think it's more the standard fare of both sides bad, anti-communist, etc etc.
Still, I adore the game and would've like if in the endgame you are given a Communist-specific dialogue option to let old communist go, but still comply to arrest them by Kim because you're still a cop in the end of the day. To hit the hammer more on the head and to give the ending more variety.
Sorry it was unclear, I was referring to the most openly anti status-quo branching path(Black Eagle) of the 3 story paths in FE 3 Houses not the game itself. I recall the subreddit having a hate boner for the Black Eagle path, which funnily enough contains pseduo-liberal revolutionary ideas in a fantasy medieval setting and the Black Eagle main lord being a class traitor. The hate for it is probably way toned down from the early days.
And the one Fire Emblem game(FE 3 Houses) that somewhat subverts this general narrative of the series in one of its paths(Black Eagles) is the most controversial and hated while the most ideologically monarchical/pro status-quo path(Blue Lions) is the most loved and least hate-bombed. The Black Eagles path even mentions the sexual/physical violence women face with their magic system(crest) and how systemic it is under the current order.
Space colonization being the liberal/fascist way to 'resolve' social conflict isn't new. I think the 70s Scifi novel by O'Neil prescribe to this idea. Also the original 079 Gundam anime was a diatribe against this particular aspect of the novel in form of a Saturday morning cartoon by Tomino, i.e. the poor and undesirables are sent to space to extract resources, space independence movements co-opted by right-wing elements in a world absent of Marxism, the metaphor(space magic bullshit) for working class consistence gets used as a weapon by the liberal hegemon in Earth and right-wing independence movements etc etc.
Perhaps you would want to review The German Revolution of 1918: How it All Began
from Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-EWxPyIf4 and or their citations. The model was to create a state within a state, be it as minor social clubs and etc. Shit. even in Ontario Canada the Ford family(famed for crack smoking Toronto Mayors) sponsors pseudo-social clubs/outings for their dedicated base of voters.
Oh and the Philosopher's Stone element also was important throughout the 2003 show too. The old show was so tight and focus with the starting elements and premise besides with some stuff dragging it down, needing new characters to fill in despite it making great use of the characters we start with.