Not even being subtle 
Also in the same scene they allude to a coming Zeon civil war (classic fascist infighting), which kinda adds higher stakes to Challia's quest to find the Red Comet.
Another banger episode, although we just speed ran a whole bunch of UC tropes all at once. Shiiko's a pretty good antagonist, and the stuff that happens in this episode is really going to push the main cast in interesting directions, so I'm all for what they're putting down even if it's a bit familiar- Tsurumaki was really channeling his inner Tomino in that (admittedly very cool) dogfight, right down to the comic panel cut-ins and dialogue.
(Also, something tells me that if they're in a rush to get through all this kind of story stuff early on, that they're planning some wild swings later, but that's just a hunch).
Remember,
Gundam jumps to a pretty high budget 80s standard once you get to Zeta. Try the OP and see for yourself!
But Zeta is uncomfortably misogynistic while 0079 is only sort of ambiently old timey misogynistic
Zeta and Victory are both like that, but they still have some pretty interesting stuff going on
Doing a war crime because Char is too gay and busy doing an insurgency to pay attention to you
Well, shit. that is pretty good. Alright, maybe in a few years when the compilation isn't still fresh in my head.
If we're still allowed to watch anime in the camps, of course.
Just note that there are Zeta compilation movies, but they are not a replacement for the show - they are more like the Evangelion Rebuilds
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