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Originally Posted by ForceFreedom

I didn't really get the point, or enjoy for that matter, the whole subplot between Hathaway and Quess.

That's the problem. If you've never read Hathaway's Flash, you basically have no idea why Tomino even included him in the movie, aside from being Noah's son, a passive angst-ridden sideplot device, and the token "Hero pilot loses his love interest as cannon fodder" character that Tomino seems to be obsessed with.

Spoiler:

After losing Quess, Hathaway basically goes bonkers, joins an anti-Earth "terrorist" force calling himself by a pseudonym and steals the prototype Xi Gundam from Earth (not unlike the actions of "Quattro" and the AEUG in the beginning of Z Gundam), and forms a archrivalry with an Earth pilot with another Gundam until he's eventually captured and ordered executed by his own father.

On an related note, I have no idea what the heck the mech designer was smoking when he came up with Xi Gundam and Gundam Penelope, but I think I want some.

Spoiler:

Xi Gundam:


Penelope:

Hmm ... I have to wonder if this will inspire Sunrise to make an

Spoiler:

Akane's Flash