"Don't hate the gundam pilot or the Federation soldiers" this is the heart of modern War. Nobody goes to war because they're evil and want to kill people. They're all just trying to protect something.
This is one of the greatest anti-war films, because it takes the brave step towards making sure the audience knows how futile it all is. Not only is Bernie’s death unnecessary, but Al loses all his friends in the process (grown distant from school friends and Chris left to earth). Then the final shot with its zoom out from the colony really nails home that this was just, one tiny side story, tangential to the war that ultimately had no bearing on the war’s progress at all.
Reminds me of a different 'final message' - "Is there such thing as an absolute timeless enemy? There is no such thing and never has been. And the reason is that our enemies are human beings like us. They can only be our enemies in relative terms. The world must be made whole again."
You know, the thing I like the most about this beautiful OAV Series is that, unlike too many Gundam series, this show’s anti-war message is delivered through ACTUAL regular people and normal army officiers and they REMAIN this way until the very end. Al start the story as a naive child and finish as a now broken one; Chris is simply a test pilot at the beginning and while she gets promoted it’s clearly not an overly big one; and Bernie start as a inexperimented, disposable rookie among a team of equally disposable soldiers anddie while still nothing more than that. It’s a kind of down to earth type of story I honestly wish to see more in the Gundam Franchi, at least from war I’ve seen now (MSG, Zeta, ZZ, Char’s CC, War in the Pocket, F91).
I once had a good old comrade, He was always at my side. When the call to arms was sounded, We both marched with hearts unbounded , In perfect pace and stride. A bullet came a-flying, Was it meant for him or me? In an instant he was swept away, In an instant in the dust he lay, So cold and stiff at my feet. As I restocked my rifle, He extended me his hand. I can’t stop the fight to hold your hand, Go on now to where life never ends, You’ve earned it, dear old comrade.
Hamburger. mhm. A young pilot of average ability in a universe of superhumans, space nazis and hamburgers. Stood against a gundam MK.2 with nothing but a damaged Zaku and almost no ammo. If you watch the scene 1000 times the ending will change.
I was watching this my room crying like a little girl with this emotional scene. Remember, this was on cartoon network shortly after 9/11 and so the concept of war was upfront and new to 4th/5th grade year old me. My parents thought I was struggling with math homework.
Honestly, Bernie very well might have saved Al's life. Not because he stopped a nuke or destroyed the Gundam. But by showing him that, war fucking sucks. If Al didn't meet or form a bond with Bernie he probably would've joined the military during the Neo Zeon wars and probably would've died a nameless soldier. But now? Now that he's seen the older brother that he never had get killed by the older sister figure in her life? I don't think he'll ever get near a mobile suit or even the military ever again. I like to believe that Al became a political activist or maybe even a politician. Just so that he could find a peaceful way to stop wars. And that he had taken Bernie's words to heart, that he shouldn't hate and that everyone on all sides are just humans trying to do what they think is right.
I mean, if I wanted to be a pedantic ass I could say there's no guarantee Al would've been killed in combat, but you have a really good point either way. Even if we wanted to take that tack, just sparing Al the horror of experiencing war on the frontlines, as a soldier, was doing him a great service. Al's whole experience in 0080 can basically be summed up with "war is really cool, until it isn't". Bernie helped him to understand that. That's his legacy, really.
Knowing how grimdark UC can get, there's a good chance that Al was part of the protests for spacenoid autonomy against the titans.. You know... In Banchi of Side 1...
@@Globalnet626 it's unlikely since he's in a different colony and it's not that easy to go between them especially when Al's just a highschooler when the Gryphs conflict started
Letter read by Alfred 10 years later in DVD commercial. "Lately I remember. The day I saw Zaku for the first time, the battle I couldn't stop. Bernie, I will never forget." Letter read by Alfred in cm on Blu-ray, a further 18 years later. "I still have dreams even now. I don't believe in fate, but it wasn't all that sad. Bernie, I haven't forgotten you."
Dramatic Irony, Tragedy, Humour, that OAV had it all. And it will be foreved one of my favorite piece of media ever watched. Rest in Peace Bernie, you may have died a futile death. But you will be remembered among the Legends. Not bad for a rookie.
Someone in the end in 2019 found out Bernie action of demolishing the Gundam Alex helped Zeon to last their war longer. By saving Char from Amuro for keeping the Alex not delivered to the guy, Bernie silent death has indirectly kept the living torch of Zeon, Char Azanable, alive. Thus, encouraging the Zeon to continue fighting, despite failing from time to time against Earth federation, even to a hundred year later
If he Saved Char Indirectly with it, Then bernie Wiseman is even a more greater Character as he was before. because Char Aznable is such a good Character too.
I believe that later in life as an adult Al tells everyone what Bernie Did, and the side actually builds a monument to him. not because he was a Zion or anything political, But because he fought and through his actions, tried to save the colony. Short definition of a Hero honestly. I think I also read somewhere that Al did eventually become a Mobile suit pilot as well.
In the version I watched is was pretty heavily implied he connected the dots. He sees her get escorted out of the cockpit, and has a breakdown/thousand yard stare, then sees her at the end when she's being transferred. Even tells him to say bye to Bernie since she couldn't see him before leaving. Then he starts almost crying so she kisses him on the cheek. Think it was basically implied she knew Bernie was the other pilot by that moment
@@Drocks0 I'm pretty sure he meant Bernie never knew Chris was the Gundam pilot. Al definitely knew, they make a whole thing out of him reacting to her having been pulled from the cockpit. There's really no two ways about that.
Canonically he saved a lot of lives. I think the Coloney also built a monument to him later when Al (as an adult) revealed the evidence from his package.
While many would see this scene as sad, I’d like to see it in a heartwarming light. While Bernie seemed insignificant compared to other Gundam characters, he gives Al and the audience the message about not hating your enemies. He recognizes that there would always be good people somewhere in the “evil” side. I hope that Al could take those words to heart and find some peace.
What a thrill With darkness and silence through the night What a thrill I'm searching and I'll melt into you What a fear in my heart But you're so supreme! I give my life Not for honor, but for you Snake eater In my time there'll be no one else Crime, it's the way I fly to you Snake eater I'm still in a dream, snake eater! Someday you go through the rain Someday you feed on a tree frog This ordeal, the trial to survive For the day we see new life! I give my life Not for honor, but for you Snake eater In my time there'll be no one else Crime, it's the way I fly to you Snake eater I'm still in a dream, snake eater!
Alt ending Chris disarms the Zaku FZ/Kai and Bernie joins the federation....Also Bernard Wiseman's death is the most meaningful death in the whole franchise ...sorry Lock on
@@everettomailia8668 "He then accidentally throws himself into the ocean and is unfortunately exposed to the horrors of having to learn how to run the Mother Base again."
Is that you snake? It's like one of my Japanese animes.
Bernie is a god damned roll model.
Peak
The real saviour of Zeon, preventing Amuro from murking Char late in the OYW
"We're not tools of the government, or anyone else." "Uh, Dave? Wrong script."
Outer Heaven what is this Peace Walker finale
grey fox says that
@@AthelstanKing And Snake quotes it back to Raiden in 2.
"Who's Dave, Colonel?"
Hamburger
War in the pocket will always be the best gundam show.
Gundam 0080: War in a Pocket has got to be the most heartbreaking Gundam series I've seen so far 😢
Bernie: "Al I'm most likely gonna die..." Gundam G Generation: "NOT ON OUR WATCH! SAVE HIM CHAR AND GATO!"
My name is Bernard Wiseman. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, Side 3, 87104. This is my confession.
"Don't hate the gundam pilot or the Federation soldiers" this is the heart of modern War. Nobody goes to war because they're evil and want to kill people. They're all just trying to protect something.
Look, a talking hamburger
His legacy lives on as bernardi brand
Basednard Wiseman
This is one of the greatest anti-war films, because it takes the brave step towards making sure the audience knows how futile it all is. Not only is Bernie’s death unnecessary, but Al loses all his friends in the process (grown distant from school friends and Chris left to earth). Then the final shot with its zoom out from the colony really nails home that this was just, one tiny side story, tangential to the war that ultimately had no bearing on the war’s progress at all.
Reminds me of a different 'final message' - "Is there such thing as an absolute timeless enemy? There is no such thing and never has been. And the reason is that our enemies are human beings like us. They can only be our enemies in relative terms. The world must be made whole again."
Joy...
You know, the thing I like the most about this beautiful OAV Series is that, unlike too many Gundam series, this show’s anti-war message is delivered through ACTUAL regular people and normal army officiers and they REMAIN this way until the very end. Al start the story as a naive child and finish as a now broken one; Chris is simply a test pilot at the beginning and while she gets promoted it’s clearly not an overly big one; and Bernie start as a inexperimented, disposable rookie among a team of equally disposable soldiers anddie while still nothing more than that. It’s a kind of down to earth type of story I honestly wish to see more in the Gundam Franchi, at least from war I’ve seen now (MSG, Zeta, ZZ, Char’s CC, War in the Pocket, F91).
I'm really annoyed that War in the Pocket hasn't been given a UK Blu Ray Release yet.
I once had a good old comrade, He was always at my side. When the call to arms was sounded, We both marched with hearts unbounded , In perfect pace and stride. A bullet came a-flying, Was it meant for him or me? In an instant he was swept away, In an instant in the dust he lay, So cold and stiff at my feet. As I restocked my rifle, He extended me his hand. I can’t stop the fight to hold your hand, Go on now to where life never ends, You’ve earned it, dear old comrade.
Bernie was just a soldier, not a tool of the government or anyone else, fighting was the only thing he knew... at least he fought for what he believed
That's Enough to make a grown man cry
For real
@@berserk322 Yeah Fr Man He's My One Favorites pilot From Gundam
Hamburger. mhm. A young pilot of average ability in a universe of superhumans, space nazis and hamburgers. Stood against a gundam MK.2 with nothing but a damaged Zaku and almost no ammo. If you watch the scene 1000 times the ending will change.
Why does he remind me of Doan in a way? Well the other way around as I watched WitP first.
Mk2? ALEX is massively outclassed by MK2, what are you talking about?
If hamburger man fought MK2, he’d die with one shot.
I was watching this my room crying like a little girl with this emotional scene. Remember, this was on cartoon network shortly after 9/11 and so the concept of war was upfront and new to 4th/5th grade year old me. My parents thought I was struggling with math homework.
“Say hi to Chris.” 😉 God, if he only knew.
I just finished War in the pocket, and then this video just popped up in my recommendation :( Bernie
Honestly, Bernie very well might have saved Al's life. Not because he stopped a nuke or destroyed the Gundam. But by showing him that, war fucking sucks. If Al didn't meet or form a bond with Bernie he probably would've joined the military during the Neo Zeon wars and probably would've died a nameless soldier. But now? Now that he's seen the older brother that he never had get killed by the older sister figure in her life? I don't think he'll ever get near a mobile suit or even the military ever again. I like to believe that Al became a political activist or maybe even a politician. Just so that he could find a peaceful way to stop wars. And that he had taken Bernie's words to heart, that he shouldn't hate and that everyone on all sides are just humans trying to do what they think is right.
Yes
I can see Al being in that role during unicorn
I mean, if I wanted to be a pedantic ass I could say there's no guarantee Al would've been killed in combat, but you have a really good point either way. Even if we wanted to take that tack, just sparing Al the horror of experiencing war on the frontlines, as a soldier, was doing him a great service. Al's whole experience in 0080 can basically be summed up with "war is really cool, until it isn't". Bernie helped him to understand that. That's his legacy, really.
Knowing how grimdark UC can get, there's a good chance that Al was part of the protests for spacenoid autonomy against the titans.. You know... In Banchi of Side 1...
@@Globalnet626 it's unlikely since he's in a different colony and it's not that easy to go between them especially when Al's just a highschooler when the Gryphs conflict started
This scene always destroys me, I hope I can make something this well written before I die.
It is 3:40 in the afternoon and I’m crying do you think it was okay for you to upload this to UA-cam?
Letter read by Alfred 10 years later in DVD commercial. "Lately I remember. The day I saw Zaku for the first time, the battle I couldn't stop. Bernie, I will never forget." Letter read by Alfred in cm on Blu-ray, a further 18 years later. "I still have dreams even now. I don't believe in fate, but it wasn't all that sad. Bernie, I haven't forgotten you."
Snake?
This anime destroyed me. I’ll never eat a hamburger again 😭
Dramatic Irony, Tragedy, Humour, that OAV had it all. And it will be foreved one of my favorite piece of media ever watched. Rest in Peace Bernie, you may have died a futile death. But you will be remembered among the Legends. Not bad for a rookie.
Bernard, you deserve every fucking good thing to ever happen
try not to cry
Why is he so perfect?
He is David Hayter
“And hey, if I survive this thing, let’s go out for Hamburgers! Bring Chris along too!”
Ironically *he never survived it*
At least now I know I'm not the only one on the verge of tears, WAR IS BAD
I like to think Bernie became a cyborg and ran as a democratic party presidential candidate.
I can’t believe flash cried to this you loser.
Someone in the end in 2019 found out Bernie action of demolishing the Gundam Alex helped Zeon to last their war longer. By saving Char from Amuro for keeping the Alex not delivered to the guy, Bernie silent death has indirectly kept the living torch of Zeon, Char Azanable, alive. Thus, encouraging the Zeon to continue fighting, despite failing from time to time against Earth federation, even to a hundred year later
If he Saved Char Indirectly with it, Then bernie Wiseman is even a more greater Character as he was before. because Char Aznable is such a good Character too.
Goat
Hey it’s Christmas, rip Bernard
this shit still hurts me - he was so nice,,,
Burger
Hamburger
Kills my ass every time. And he never finds out Chris is the Gundam pilot. This series is too underrated. Always will be
War in the pocket is the Citizen Kane of anime
I believe that later in life as an adult Al tells everyone what Bernie Did, and the side actually builds a monument to him. not because he was a Zion or anything political, But because he fought and through his actions, tried to save the colony. Short definition of a Hero honestly. I think I also read somewhere that Al did eventually become a Mobile suit pilot as well.
In the version I watched is was pretty heavily implied he connected the dots. He sees her get escorted out of the cockpit, and has a breakdown/thousand yard stare, then sees her at the end when she's being transferred. Even tells him to say bye to Bernie since she couldn't see him before leaving. Then he starts almost crying so she kisses him on the cheek. Think it was basically implied she knew Bernie was the other pilot by that moment
@@Drocks0 I'm pretty sure he meant Bernie never knew Chris was the Gundam pilot. Al definitely knew, they make a whole thing out of him reacting to her having been pulled from the cockpit. There's really no two ways about that.
@@KnightShadowsongPretty sure side 6 has been destroy by Titans. So it's doesn't matter anyway.
The best heroes are always the tragic ones. RIP Bernie. You won't be forgotten.
Canonically he saved a lot of lives. I think the Coloney also built a monument to him later when Al (as an adult) revealed the evidence from his package.
While many would see this scene as sad, I’d like to see it in a heartwarming light. While Bernie seemed insignificant compared to other Gundam characters, he gives Al and the audience the message about not hating your enemies. He recognizes that there would always be good people somewhere in the “evil” side. I hope that Al could take those words to heart and find some peace.
This is what Solid Snake sounded like before he started smoking cigarettes.
When he was still green
What a thrill With darkness and silence through the night What a thrill I'm searching and I'll melt into you What a fear in my heart But you're so supreme! I give my life Not for honor, but for you Snake eater In my time there'll be no one else Crime, it's the way I fly to you Snake eater I'm still in a dream, snake eater! Someday you go through the rain Someday you feed on a tree frog This ordeal, the trial to survive For the day we see new life! I give my life Not for honor, but for you Snake eater In my time there'll be no one else Crime, it's the way I fly to you Snake eater I'm still in a dream, snake eater!
@@thelegendmaster3935 solid snake isnt in msg3
@@ZrainF91 That's Big Boss Formerly Naked Snake
So, when he was a test tube embryo?
I cry everytime.
Alt ending Chris disarms the Zaku FZ/Kai and Bernie joins the federation....Also Bernard Wiseman's death is the most meaningful death in the whole franchise ...sorry Lock on
Evidence?! Nuclear attack?! The colony can still be saved?! The Gundam?!
METALLLLLL GEARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
@@everettomailia8668 "He then accidentally throws himself into the ocean and is unfortunately exposed to the horrors of having to learn how to run the Mother Base again."