Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

0076: Gundam Live-Action Film Opening & Ending Songs

If the upcoming Gundam live-action film had an anime style opening and/or ending song, who should sing it?  We run through our wish lists which include pop queens, rock stars, rappers, and even some jazz swing!  At the end of the day, we agree to go with the Flo for the intro and smell the Sunflowers on the way out.  Which artists are on your wish lists? 

Playlist of artists mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0DCpC603bzcKCEbXbwnUzE?si=b99348fc3f7a4ca2

 

0075: Crossbone Gundam: Steel 7 Review Part I

Our UC NexT 0100 journey rolls on as we discuss the next phase of Tobia's journey in Crossbone Gundam: Steel 7!  In the first volume, a god-like colony laser emerges, Crux Dogatie flies the Epstein Express, Tobia's royal space women "problem" worsens, Kincade keeps his happy ending, and Giri joins the cast of Chopped.  Plus, it wouldn't be Crossbone Gundam without space cleavage - this time with more hot springs!  Time's ticking, Tobia!

 

0074: Gundam as a Western

In this episode we tackle the age-old question, can Gundam work as a Western?  You're damn right, pilgrim.  You want   Gundams wearing hats?  We've got Minovsky radiation reducers.  You want Gundams righting horses?  We've got M.A.R.E.s.  You want the Western newtype?  Welcome to Whiskey Mode.  Saddle up, partners, and join us as we hit the dusty trails to gather a band of do-gooder MS pilots brave enough to take on bounty hunters, corrupt mayors, and dirty marshals.  

Gundam as a Western?  "That'll be the day." 

0073: Gundam Wing Rewrite

Despite not being our favorite series, Gundam Wing has a solid premise that deserves another look.  In this episode, we each take a shot at rewriting the series to fix our perceived flaws.  Brian focuses on spotlighting Treize, making sense out of Zechs, and creating the dastardly villain Torothy.  Isaac introduces us to the international boy band sensation known as L0 and their world tour which ends in a showdown with Dorothy’s Gun Dolls.  Then we both sing a few bars of L0’s smash hit – Zero Interest Baby!  L0 > BTS any day of the week!

0072: Crossbone Gundam: Skull Heart Review

Tobia and the Crossbone Vanguard return in Crossbone Gundam: Skull Heart!  This volume has a little bit of everything - action, adventure, comedy, fairy tales, and even horror.  Tobia rescues Twinker Bell the space princess, Seabook is on diaper duty, the Jupiter Empire comes after your mail, Amuro Ray returns as the ultimate soldier, and Harrison is attacked by a nefarious force that will drive you bananas!  Plus, Isaac laments the lack of a Glemy Toto heir and we wonder who would win a full out space war: the Cosmic Era's space whales or the Universal Century's newtype chimpanzees? 

0071: Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Review

We conclude our journey through the animated After Colony timeline with a review of Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz!  One year after the TV series, some guy we’ve never heard of named Dekim Barton comes out of nowhere hell-bent on ruining Christmas with his army of bellhops, squad of boy scouts, and a legion of Diet-Coke Heavyarms.  Shockingly, the Preventers fail to prevent Barton’s machinations after the world disarms and the Gundam boys send their Gundams into the sun (except Wu-Fei who kept Gundam Naruto).  Can the boys get their Gundams back in time to stop Barton and save Christmas?  Join us aboard Dorothy’s bus line and watch Relena hit Mariemaia Khushrenada (allegedly) with some cold, hard total pacifism!

 

Merry Christmas Eve, listeners!

0070: The Gundam Holiday Special 2021

Our annual tradition of holiday-themed Gundams continues! 

In an alternate universe, General Gihren Zabi plots to ruin Christmas by making a deal with a demon so powerful even the Nazis were afraid of him.  Armed with his Gundam Sleigh-er and his herd of nine Reign-fear, Gihren and his ally from beyond the veil seek to extinguish all joy in the Earth sphere.  Humanity’s only hope rests with the prototype Gundam X-MAS and its band of merry mobile suits – a surly Frosty the Snowman, an Abominable Snow Monster, and a femme fatale codenamed Ho-Ho-Holiday.  Suit up and strap in for a very Merry Christmas, listeners!

0069: Gundam Holiday Gift Guide 2021

Christmas 2021 is fast approaching so we are here to help you find the perfect gift for the Gundam fan in your life.  Isaac provides his rules of the road for gifting mobile suits while Brian looks at price points at sources.  We've got gunpla, streaming content, etsy creations, and more!  Happy Holidays from Colony Drop!

0068: Gundam Wing Review Part II

We conclude our review of the Gundam Wing TV series with another triple-sized episode!  Relena lets Dorothy into the Sanc Kindom despite those evil eyebrows; Romefeller sticks to its strength of holding daily meetings; Treize creates Epyon only to give it away because he wants to win by losing with Space Leos; Zechs takes control of White Fang because he looks more qualified than the guy in the vest; Quinze and the Engineers explain the plot in a few lines near the end hoping you don't notice; and the Gundam boys finally come together in the end. In hindsight, the whole conflict could have been solved with just communication... Plus, we both share recent real life encounters with Gundam Wing proving that we can never escape this series' legacy!

0067: Gundam Wing Review Part I

Ready your nostalgia goggles! In this TRIPLE sized episode, we review the first half of New Mobile Report Gundam Wing - the series that made the USA fall in love with Gundam way back in the year 2000!  Despite an excellent premise, does the series hold up two decades later?  Maybe if you really squint through those goggles...  Out of all the off screen romances that are no doubt happening, we ship Trowa x Quatre and Tubarov x Mobile Dolls.  Treize said a lot about war and peace, but all we took away is he hates babies and loves baths.  Plus, Isaac starts his own clothing line called the Romefeller Circle and we confirm the widely held belief that the Leo is, in fact, terrible.