Show Notes

This week, Nina and Thom are joined by new guest Tatiana - a filmmaker, professional editor, and sometime animator to discuss technical aspects of filmmaking in Char's Counterattack, how the movie holds up today, what the movie tells us about it's intended audience (and how audiences unfamiliar with Gundam might react to it) and what Tomino and company might have done differently.

Plus Thom's research reveals one way in which Char's Counterattack turned out to be unrealistically optimistic, and Nina digs into the real science and technology that might have inspired the movie's psycoframe.

The Bamiyan Statues:

• A survey of giant Buddha statues with brief descriptions and photos - the Leshan Buddha is number 11 and the Buddhas of Bamiyan are number 4.
• "Bamiyan Buddhas" by Dr. Melody Rod-ari for Khan Academy, covering the history and design of the sculptures.
• "Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley"  by UNESCO.
• "Destroyed Buddhas Reveal Their True Colors" by Andrew Lawler for Science.org, an article about archeological reconstruction of the Buddha's pre-modern appearance.
• "Bamiyan: Ten Years On," a brief video by UNESCO about the Bamiyan Buddha ruins.
• "Commemorating 20 years since the destruction of two Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan" by Ernesto Ottone R., UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture. Available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2253.
• "Why the Buddhas of Bamian were destroyed" by Michael Semple, who was personally involved in negotiations to try to save the Buddhas.
• An 1833 sketch of the Buddhas of Bamiyan by Alexander Burnes.
• "From Ruins of Afghan Buddhas, a History Grows" by Carlotta Gall for the New York Times,  Dec. 6, 2006. NYT article from 2006 about international archeologists examining the ruins of the Buddhas and speculating about possible reconstruction plans.
• A collection of other drawings and photos showing the Buddhas. 
• A timeline of the US invasion, occupation, and departure from Afghanistan including mentions of fighting in and around Bamiyan.
• An article from late July 2021 about fighting between Taliban and government forces in and near Bamiyan.

Miniaturization of Technology:

• Chemistry-specific definition of "particle." 
• Wikipedia pages for miniaturization, transistor counts (great chart),

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