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  2. Old_Nash_II
    First teaser
  3. GMK
    No sign of armoured Battroid, sadly.
  4. Seto Kaiba
    You'd think, but not really. It's actually kind of jarring and out of character how Lacus is demoted to a distressed damsel and doesn't really do anything for most of the movie until the big bad assaults her... after which her only real role is fanservice and delivering an upgrade to Kira that lets him Mary Sue his way through the final battle. I tried to be fair to the film and actually went to see it twice while it was in theaters. It's beautifully animated, but the writing is SO lazy that it's painful and it still has that Gundam SEED problem of aggressively samey design for characters and mobile suits alike. The enemy mobile suits are the worst of the lot, looking a lot like someone just tossed a Gyan head onto a generic Gundam body. Getting started on this season's new anime in a bit. I've picked up three so far in addition to the continuing titles from last season: The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiance and Sold to Another Kingdom Catch Me at the Ballpark! Once Upon a Witch's Death
  5. Seto Kaiba
    What you're describing there is normal franchise writing, which is not at all what I'm talking about. I actually quite enjoyed The Clone Wars for what it was. The connections I'm talking about aren't subtle in any way. In many cases, they make up a significant part of the entire show in question. IMO, it shows a rather profound lack of imagination (or perhaps a lack of confidence) when almost every new Star Wars series seems to have to be a spinoff or a sequel to the one well-received show that just happens to have been made by LucasFilm's Chief Creative Officer 17 or so years back.
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  7. jvmacross
    Nah...it's not just "one very specific" Star Wars title.....it's all of them....every single show has some nod to previous SW shows or movies....maybe you just have some disdain for the PT stuff and may be specifically more sensitive to Clone Wars references...it's not any more fanservice-y than nods to ST and OT stuff....heck, if you are an uber fan, you even get nostalgic nods from obscure sources that no normie would even pick up on, like in the last SW Space Pirates debacle...
  8. Mommar
    It gets better microSD cards don't work, you need microSD Express now. And a 1TB E press is $200.
  9. Yesterday
  10. Seto Kaiba
    I think you may have missed a key point earlier on... Andor is a prequel to Rogue One and therefore has a modest number of callbacks to the Original Trilogy, but that's different from what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is Disney Star Wars near-constantly depending on nostalgia for one very specific Star Wars title: the Star Wars: the Clone Wars cartoon. Rebels and The Bad Batch are direct sequels to The Clone Wars, picking up characters and plot threads from it. Ahsoka is a direct sequel to Rebels, featuring a character who was introduced in The Clone Wars (and even namedrops the main witch character from The Clone Wars). The Mandalorian's Mandalorians are from a faction from The Clone Wars and their traditions are too. The Book of Boba Fett is the same, but it also brings in the Pykes and Cad Bane from The Clone Wars. The Acolyte is all about the force witches based on their depiction in The Clone Wars. Tales of the Jedi alternates between being a The Clone Wars prequel and side story. Tales of the Empire alternates between being a side story and a sequel. Tales of the Underworld might be the most blatant one of the lot, being the backstory for one Clone Wars original character and a sequel to another's. Andor, Resistance, and Skeleton Crew feel like the only only corners of the Star Wars universe that are largely free of the shadow of Darth Filoni. (Not completely free, Saw Gerrera is one of his creations too...)
  11. Knight26
    I was experimenting with a neat 3D printable device called a mantis clamp. For any model that has something hanging off the bottom and isn't completely flat it's actually pretty dang good. Here's some photos of it in use. Most of my examples were 3D printed but anything light like a model it should be fine. Even odd shapes like an X-Wing worked.
  12. Hikuro
    I never really thought about it until now, but his son sounds an awful lot like him.
  13. Sanity is Optional
    I’ll say I am not looking forward to the shipping charges and possible tariffs on the kickstarter. Got in my artillery pods though, and they look good. Makes me excited for the scout pod and the rest of the non-transforming figures.
  14. Chronocidal
    Marking something up to turn a profit is one thing. This is far beyond that. Considering how long it takes to ever get anything from them, I'd estimate they're making 100%+ profit on each one of those they sell (if they're smart about exchange rates and shipping methods, anyhow).
  15. Tking22
    I mean, obviously BBTS isn't able to get these directly, they pay retail and pay to ship to them, then resell, gotta jack up prices to cover their costs and make profit, or it makes zero sense to carry and sell the item.
  16. 26662
    Don't I know it. I've got the tactical pod, the officer's pod, and two fighter pods on preorder.
  17. Mog
    Eh, I was intrigued by more backstory about Morgan Elsbeth and seeing what happened with Barriss Offee. But Morgan’s story never really hit that “next level” for me; it just kinda felt flat and perfunctory. Barriss’ had that interesting tie-in with Vader/Anakin. But they completely ignored that interesting angle and instead went with a worn-out redemption arc.
  18. Chronocidal
    On that note though.. "next entry".. something 1st generation Space Police themed? Please? Though being honest, I actually prefer the design of the second gen command ship, but I'd love to see a new take on the classic black and blue.
  19. jvmacross
    Well....get ready to bend over even further....rejoice! For your day of liberation is at hand....
  20. jvmacross
    Errrr....the entire series is based off of Rogue One - A Star Wars Story, which itself is full of OT call-backs, characters, locations, and ships, etc.....these nostalgic nods are disbursed throughout the first season and will no doubt be scattered throughout the final season....nothing wrong with it....it's part of what makes it a great show...
  21. Dynaman
    I don't think you will ever have a title with the word "Acolyte" in it again. Some of the characters in it (err maybe not with the death toll in that one - so it wasn't ALL bad) may make an appearance in future shows though. The Tales of the Empire was so bad I only watched a few minutes of the first one and gave up on it.
  22. Big s
    Sounds like a bit of an improvement
  23. Big s
    Oddly, I found that Solar Opposites turned out to be an improvement. They just came up with a giddy excuse for a voice change and it made it feel like two separate shows as intended. I also find that Solar Opposites doesn’t dwell on depressing humor the way Rick and Morty has been lately. Kinda like there’s a sense of joy to the show that’s been missing
  24. Seto Kaiba
    It has less singing, yes... Lacus is basically demoted to a macguffin rather than a character with actual agency in the story.
  25. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    I glad you pointed this out. I guess i will just not finish it.
  26. Big s
    It’s far easier for me to make a list of his two movies I didn’t like (Batman and Dr Moreau) than to list everything great he’s done. Willow, the Doors, Top Gun and more Top Gun, Top Secret and quite a few others are absolute treasures. He was a great actor and since I’ve heard the news, I’ve been feeling a down. Maybe I’ll watch one of his fun ones to bring up my spirits later
  27. Big s
    Does it at least have less singing. The Meer and Lacy’s thing was too pointless and annoying to take seriously
  28. Big s
    It’s just getting ready to gas a colony
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