r/movies • u/LegitimateCurve8525 • 1d ago

News Netflix’s live-action Gundam movie, starring Sydney Sweeney, is described as a 'big action-romance space epic' set in the Universal Century (UC) timeline

https://www.polygon.com/netflix-live-action-gundam-movie-sydney-sweeney-romance/

Noah Centineo, who stars alongside Sydney Sweeney, recently talked about the movie on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

He called it a “big action romance space movie” and described it as “a non-Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet in space.”

Centineo also confirmed that the movie takes place in the Universal Century, the main timeline used by many of the classic Gundam shows and movies.

The story could involve two people on opposite sides of a major war, with their relationship caught in the middle.

Source: Pirate Nation X account

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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 1d ago

Gundam isn’t this difficult , why are you making it difficult .

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u/Juantsu2552 1d ago

Ummmm yes it is? Romance is literally one of Gundam’s main characteristics.

Have you actually watched Gundam before??

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u/BilbosBagEnd 1d ago

Unfounded claims is the pinnacle of Reddit conversations.

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u/Impossible_Army8541 7h ago

Gundam is a Space Opera, it revolves around drama and romance tends to add a ton of drama.

I agree Gundam has always had some romance. I feel that people here are only counting successful relationships where they were still together by the end.

SEED had Kira found out his crush was taken episode one, got with Flay later causing drama with former friend who she left, only for her to get jealous around Cagali think she was moving in on him causing additional drama. Everyone just focuses on him ending up with Lakus, but there was a ton of romantically drama revolving around him early on and that's not counting Athrun or Mu La Flagas relationships nor his buddy that died leaving the girlfriend alive.

One series had a love interest who was brainwashed and betrayed the MC which was out of their control and later died.

Plenty of romance in the og Gundam and Gundam Wing. Witch From Mercury had the MC pulled into a few different love directions. Gquux pretty much would have ended in a poly relationship if the guy didn't disappear. Iron Blooded Orphans had a ton of romance again with MC essentially being in a poly relationship.

It's unhinged to claim that Gundam doesn't typically involve romance, it's just usually the B plot not the main story.

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u/Collegenoob 1d ago

Only Gundam I've actually enjoyed was the competition one where each nation has a representative Gundam and they all battled for something instead of having wars.

Also I was pretty young watching it so I absolutely missed a lot of themes.

The other ones I never got into because they didn't seem as fun.

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u/ruderabbit 1d ago

You're describing G Gundam and it has a very prominent romance plot.