That scene of the Alex filling the Kampfer with lead via the gatling cannon is shockingly brutal It doesn't just stand there and get filled with holes, it almost ragdolls like a real person. Very freaky and memorable
@@karurata2721 Such an odd scene. Chobham armor was new at the time, and reactive armor wasn't exactly something that had been around. Gundam wearing it gets hit with explosives, outer armor breaks away, and panicked pilot just unloads.
@@VexenDmitri the Kampfer design was for high speed and mobility Basically RGM-89S Stark Jegan without the add on armor But the 90mm round was the standard used in EFSF rifles so the Kampfer would have been lost regardless
I remember Chris complained about the Alex "being too sensitive" to control. She gets notified that the unit was supposed to be delivered to the white base. It's specially made for a newtype there on board.
@@Ignishawn This is why Char made sure that Nu Gundam was completed with similar tech so he could fight Amuro in an actual Gundam and not just the fake Gundam with Londo Bell (Re-GZ) or with an inferior Nu Gundam.
i remembered watching this as a kid... the ending is very sad... they eat together at the same table, and when they fight they don't know who the enemy pilot is which turns out to be different from the 1st faction from the federation and one from the zeon forces
They have that for a jet simulator, complete with cockpit and joystick and whatever else you would typically find in an military aircraft not sure if there still used today, but as a western I'd love to see that too and with a campaign of sorts or any mech game really armored core would be interesting, wouldn't mind getting something like that for a jet sim as well, ace combat could get crazy too just imo.
Seeing this again and then realizing the way Yuuki's finished off the GM Sniper with his Kampfer's Gatling gun was probably a callback but with reversed roles of sorts.
The magnetic coating was something I liked in UC because I see how it would make sense, but it still feels like space magic. Hearing it name dropped along side the 360 cockpits, something we next see in Zeta and the standard going forward for a while, is so fulfilling. It ties in with all the other ways the machines in the Universal Century evolve over time.
When I was younger and first discovered Gundam, the 0080 series was one I loved but also disliked because I felt like it had so much more it could have offered. Granted, yes, it is a side story so obviously there just isn't much there. But sort of like the 08 MS team I loved how it conveyed the idea of mortality and the reality of war. It felt like no one had plot armor in 0080. Wish it could have been as long as 0083. Maybe if it showed off other special ops the cyclops team took part in before their mission to side 7. IDK. 🤷♂. Either way its gem.
@@ephemispriest8069 It pretty much is. I really wish someone would take on a project that was more like 08th MS. The whole grunts doing grunt things in the UC timeline is just so cool.
Would have perform better remember Alex was built to compensate for RX78 not able to keep up with amuros skill and this one its a miracle that Christina was able to at least do something with Alex when we know she struggles with the machine cause she's just a test pilot fighting men with actual combat experience.
i still think its crazy that the alex had basically no damage aside from its armor after the chain mine hit, like sure the armor did its job but a few bangs and scorch marks would make it seem less like plot armor imo
I always wondered how Amuro would have performed in the Gundam Alex if it didnt get destroyed in this battle. I also wondered who would of inherited the RX-78-2. If it's anyone from the White Base, I'd guess maybe Sleggar Law if he was still alive? Not sure the logistics (and Zeon doing their damndest to foil) the Gundam being moved to another unit? battalion? company? within the EFSF. The battles around A Bao Qu would of made it difficult maybe to transport the Federation's White Devil.
Gundam plot armor never ceases to amaze me. The pressure shock ALONE from that chain mine would be enough to mince the pilot. I’d take a Kämpfer any day.
There is some game of Gundam that have "choose of action" that lead Amuro in successful getting Alex. It was said that, Amuro going ham with it and OP during One Year War using the Alex to beat Char. XD
A RU-vidr named Kakarot197 has been doing a series regarding this exact concept its actually pretty well thought out and he even goes into after the OYW since having the Alex would have drastic affects into the ending of the Battle of A Bao Que.
