>>5267
>It never did? The TV series established that human evolution is necessary to accomplish UNDERSTANDING and peace and the film is a continuation of that.
You travel pretty far away from the theme of understanding when the other party isnt even human.
>00 was never about diplomacy
Diplomacy was a secondary theme in the TV series, as you can tell from one of the major characters related to Setsuna being a political figurehead. It was secondary because the main characters were busy being pro-terrorist and all the politicians were just a way of illustrating that Celestial Beings terrorism was better than politics but thats beside the point. You cant say 00 said nothing about internal politics and international diplomacy when several plot threads revolve around the relationship between its different nations and alliances. The movie then shifts diplomacy into its major theme.
The 00 movie pretends to be about diplomacy, the final battle revolves around just opening up a channel of communication with the aliens. The entire conflict and its resolution is very transparently supposed to serve as an analogue for real world diplomacy and political negotiation between states, even if grossly simplified.
>I understand you hate Gundam and its reliance on 'Newtype bullshit', but why even single out 00 when most entries in the franchise are guilty of this?
No, Newtypes in Tomino Gundam are fine. Innovators are what people who hate "Newtype bullshit" think Newtypes are. I have already explained how the resolution of the 00 movie (caused by Setsunas innovator powers) and the Psychoframe miracle are thematically different things (which CCA does way better) in
>>5113
>The film should have explored the exact same grounds the TV series had?
No, but in trying to introduce aliens into its plot in undermines the themes it was about before by making light of war and the difficulties of diplomacy and negotiating peace between nations. It didnt need to retread the TV series but also shouldnt ruin the foundation it was built on in the first place (not that I thought the 00 TV series was that good to begin with).
>According to you, Gundam shows are not allowed to experiment or expand the scope - everything must neatly follow the initial set-up.
I did not assert this. My point is that war and peace are important subjects that deserve to be treated with care and attention within fiction, and making light of these themes is bad. This is what 00 does when in introduces the alien plot. It could have done this well, but it didnt. I didnt assert that it shouldnt have tried in the first place but it certainly didnt try hard enough because the result is garbage that makes it seem as though the writers have a childish view of war and peace.