| VanceIX said: Actually, most people on Earth were completely unaware that they were so far behind. They were led to believe by the governments that they were on equal footing with the Martians, so a lot of them were lax in training and such. And the grandfather was presented evidence from a trusted source that the Earthlings were scheming about his granddaughter's death. Imagine someone telling you that a loved one you believe dead is alive, but then being presented evidence that the person that brought you the news might be a traitorous spy. But yeah, still many episodes left, and like many mainstream anime, there will be a large portion of people that don't get the hype, and I don't blame you for it. |
While that may be true (I think everyone knew about the threat, just not how OP the martians were), it still makes no sense. The world (keep in mind that every single government who knew what was up would have to keep quiet, which is likely all of the major powers, if not from the initial battle, then whoever was in the know would share that information to help protect the planet) has no reason to lie to make the people feel safe and its obvious that they were in training. Even the current militaries of the world would stand a better chance against the martians. Earth wouldn't be that light on defences. Additionally, all of earth working together for 15 years would likely leave them with better tech then their crappy mechs...
Also, I still think that they destroyed the character of the Emperor by making him so stupid. I mean, wouldn't you think he would at least finish his investigation of earth before starting the war back up again? If there was an inkling of hope that his granddaughter was alive, wouldn't he try to grab on to it, despite some evidence that it may be a lie? Stupidity of the characters isn't really an excuse for bad writing...
I'll keep posting my thoughts every week, and I'm up for more discussion, but things aren't looking good...
