Mechs represent the infantryman fantasy is scifi. A return to more personal, romantic and “noble” way of war in modern times. When fights in real wars happen at long distances, quickly and more often than not on a computer screen where the losing side never had a chance to fight back or realize what was happening mechs dueling with swords make it instantly more understandable to the viewer and return some agency of a singular soldier and “humanity” in it all.
However it’s good that IRL war is shitty and ignoble or people might start to like it.
Mechs represent the infantryman fantasy is scifi. A return to more personal, romantic and “noble” way of war in modern times. When fights in real wars happen at long distances, quickly and more often than not on a computer screen where the losing side never had a chance to fight back or realize what was happening mechs dueling with swords make it instantly more understandable to the viewer and return some agency of a singular soldier and “humanity” in it all.
However it’s good that IRL war is shitty and ignoble or people might start to like it.