I don’t see anything wrong about Dynames ability to shoot from very, very, very far away. He’s using his visual abilities to fire that huge gun. I don’t think there IS any deflection of image from ground to space.

I don’t think Louise will die that soon though. She and Saji are just plain careless and stupid, which almost led to their frying death to Earth. But they are OK characters.

I have the feeling that Allelujah Haptism is similarly modified like Soma Peiris in the past. There’s no other reason why they could feel each other’s presence and go crazy at the very same moment. (I do not take it that I’m the first and only one to figure that out though)

Anyway, thanks to yesterday’s internet DC, I got the chance to watch episodes 5 & 6. But that almost fried my marks for not doing my homework, which requires me to go online.

why are you watching it if you’re complaining so much? and dude, it’s science fiction. Don’t question why lasers can shoot that far or how they transfer their energy. Mechas don’t even exist yet and those are the crux of the entire gundam enterprise.

go watch reality tv if you want something real.

Best subbers ;)

And for the record, the orbital elevator idea isn’t that far fetched. Over the course of history, humanity have constantly constructed taller and taller buildings (Eifel tower, Taipei 101, etc, etc.). It’s pretty logical to assume that 300 years later, we’ll eventually construct buildings that reach outer space. Similar to the Dyson sphere theory.

The clouds were not blocking the beam itself, I’m sure it would’ve passed through just fine, they were blocking Lockon’s view.

Scientifically, Lockon could not have aimed it accurately by purely visual means. Air humidity (clouds) and turbulence (especially by Setsuna’s unscientific cloud-slicing trick) mean that there would have been too much light refraction to get an accurate aim at a target over 10000 km away (probably much further away than that, since Dynames was not shooting straight up but at an angle) by just looking at it. He had to have different means of tracking the target, and so cloud should not have been a factor.

Of course, this is Gundam world we’re talking about, where mobile suits, against scientific common sense, are not only possible but the most effective weapons around. As long as it looks cool, it’s all good, and I’m all for it! :D

And Marina’s suit isn’t that bad at all, on the contrary I like it! Its just that her non-smiling [as of now anyway] demeanor doesn’t fit it.

And I pose a question that’s ripe for speculation: Why keep Ms. Sumeragi around when they have Veda?

Personally I thought “Taozi” (桃子) is the most probable choice, especially since “Tieren” (铁人) itself is a Mandarin word.