[lainga]

Same here. It's telling that one of the most meaningful scenes doesn't even have anything to do with mecha... just two guys on a boat talking about the world after the Cold War. "The line between a just war and an unjust peace"

[ethbr1]

Someone quiped that 'Science fiction at its best is a way to tell stories that don't have anything to do with science fiction.'

That always resonated with me, as my favorite stories and moments are rarely the sciencey fiction parts.

Sokath, his eyes uncovered, indeed.

[civilitty]

That reminds me of the Asimov quote: "Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinded critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction, its essence, has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all."