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Posted by gatchamarie on 08-03-2010 at 19:10:

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun
And that's the difference between BOTP and Gatch. In BOTP, Mark can do no wrong. He's the 'perfect hero'. But in Gatch, everyone has flaws and pluses, including Ken.

In fact, we see Ken much of a trouble-maker himself in Gatch by running off alone many a time, disobeying Dr. Nambu and acting like the way he did in this episode, etc, etc! Sometimes, he's more stubborn than Joe, not to say always! Everyone is human and that's what I like in the Gatch series! Being a hero does not mean that mistakes cannot be done! Moreover, it's also shown how the team members learn from their own mistakes as time passes by!

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Posted by Springie on 08-03-2010 at 20:26:

I love this episode- and you all covered the reasons well- the Snack J scene is fabulous, and I love the way the whole episode exposes the team's flaws.

It's fun to watch, and even more fun to read with TJ's extra comments! And Tim's Gatchafunnies are hilarious, too! pound

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 08-03-2010 at 20:51:

Oops, I forgot one of Tim's Gatchafunnies...

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Posted by gatchamarie on 08-03-2010 at 20:59:

Another nice Gatchafunny, TJ! Poor oblivious Katse!

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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 09-03-2010 at 03:17:

When I first watched Gatchaman, it was little moments like that which made the X/Katse relationship seem to me more like arguing lovers than superior/subordinate. Leader X was a very abusive boyfriend....

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Posted by gatchamarie on 09-03-2010 at 07:13:

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Leader X was a very abusive boyfriend....

I like this description of Leader X's attitude towards Katse!!

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 09-03-2010 at 14:20:

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Originally posted by UnpublishedWriter
When I first watched Gatchaman, it was little moments like that which made the X/Katse relationship seem to me more like arguing lovers than superior/subordinate. Leader X was a very abusive boyfriend....

Perhaps this explains the whips and black leather gear found in Katse's closet... Wink

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Posted by clouddancer on 09-03-2010 at 14:26:

Ohhh, dear! That is not an image I need right now. Angel1

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Posted by condorcandi on 17-06-2010 at 02:18:

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I also was riveted by the destruction of the Phoenix - it had always seemed indestructable and you get the feeling (even from the screen shots, and review you did TJ) that both versions of the team also thought that.

Make that all three.

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Ken, Joe and Ryu apparently beat up civilians who who criticize the KNT (no surprise that's not in BOTP!).

One of my all-time favorite scenes.

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I like how this episode creates continuity, as we've been seeing the Team, in recent episodes, complaining that Galactor's too familiar with their tactics, that they need weapons on their vehicles and that the bird missiles don't work against mechas anymore (I'm guessing this was what Joe was brooding and pessimistic about at the beginning, as he was the one doing most of the complaining about the BM's ineffectiveness in previous episodes).

And meanwhile the request for the weapons the team realized that they needed back in ep 57 lay somewhere in beaucratic la-la land.

Seriously, Dirk was pretty pessimistic about this mission, too. And a glance over the last ten or so episodes shows why. Each episode since 57 shows Galactor making their mechas a little better, a little stronger, a little harder to defeat. Between 57 and 67, there was the Buddha mech, the Sky Squealer, the Snow Devel, that weird giant brain/robot mech creature, to name a few. And each was a little harder to defeat than the ones before.

I think the Gatch and GoS Condors realized that the Phoenix's armaments were getting farther and farther behind Galactor's -and that the teams were going to get bitten big time eventually. Which they did.

Incidentally, Computor never shows any interest in anything other than conquering Earth. Although he's not too thrilled with Galactor's performance in that regard.

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