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It’s that the traditional part is kind of a blend of things in a way that doesn’t feel off, but the modern part is way too on the nose with our modern that bugs me. I get that they might lighten things up a little, but to use 90’s music is where the problem is. If they had found a way to make it sound somewhat derived from our modern music while still being alien, it might’ve worked, but they just didn’t bother being creative in that way. Og Star Wars had a way of taking established music styles and giving it a twist that made things feel and sound unique. This was more jarring than Captain Kirk listening to Rage Against the Machine, since at least that was music that actually existed in that setting, just a few hundred years off. That’s why it throws things off and her dancing just comes off as cringy as well. They easily could’ve found a better way to convey their message both in sound and visually
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Ah nice! I had this one a while ago, with the minmay figurine. Was my first macross kit.
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So, I don't know how it is where you live... but in the Americas, Western Europe, etc. this would not even register as unusual to a lot of people. All it is, is a traditional wedding ceremony followed by a modern wedding reception. The pomp and solemn ceremony of centuries-old religious tradition immediately followed by an unrestrained party where the wedding guests get absolutely stinko at the open bar and dance badly to the set list of a DJ with questionable taste. A fair description of my own younger brother's wedding, TBH. The scene works just fine. It's an alien wedding on an alien planet with an alien culture... and even then, the wedding itself is noted to be abnormal because it's driven by the wants of a bridezilla who overcompensates in establishing her own cultural identity while living abroad by fetishizing her people's traditions.
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
davidwhangchoi replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
this edition comes with a cat plushie -
Making it have more parts so a DX is more appealing later.
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Well, more as incentive for other projects. May they be successes! A very good buy @Papa Rat!
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
Chronocidal replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I generally don't care for the giant combiner groups, but man if I'm not tempted to just grab that one. One of the best looking chopper transformers I've seen, and I'm a sucker for the type of plastic origami going on there. -
Just saw the new Slave I, might have to pick that one up since holy crap does it make the old UCS one look even more like garbage than it already did. Just wow. I hope the pieces exist in the proper colors to rebuild it in the OT scheme. Might grab that and the Tie Interceptor this year.. maybe two Interceptors actually, so I can rebuild one as the standard model.
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Well then, that's a weird choice.. were they just incapable of making those shoulder fins rotate like the Yamato? I'm not sure I'm actually "concerned" about not being able to remove them though. This just makes me think that these will be coming with extra shoulders that make customization that much easier.
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HMR VF-19P pics at HJWEB... https://hjweb.jp/article/2074829/ samples (web-translated):
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Space Baby!
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You know... a ALIEN(S) themed amusement park ride would be awesome. Disney Hollywood has part of ALIEN in their The Great Hollywood Ride but it was short for that part of the ride.
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Mon Mothma having a mon meltdown...
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MT: just to let you know: some members are having issues with wiseguy hobbies filling their orders. If anyone does order from them, they should stick with the ebay store for now:
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A Commenmorative Event on the launch of the Macross F album on 29th April 2025 Japan time 17.00 (starts at 16:00)
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It was a long log time ago in the 70’s, dubstep was was only a long time ago compared to now. It just didn’t fit. Especially when they’re trying to show oddly mixed traditional styles from old school Asian practices and medieval European dance routines and then the rave starts and it just doesn’t work. Again I get what they wanted to convey with her, just that the rave doesn’t fit at all and just comes off as super cringy. It ends up a terrible scene and kinda screws up the other stuff that’s going on with Andor himself. Basically the one good scene from the first three episodes gets ruined by the Mothma dance scene
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@nightmareB4macross That will make a COOL diorama! @Thom GREAT cockpit detail! I'm glad to see a little known airframe get some love! @Chas Your updates are looking GOOD! I don't know the physical difference between the two (I haven't seen Hasegawa's in person), but I believe the most accurate SDF-1 is still the good ole Arii kit, and it could save you A LOT of hassle: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256534032075?_skw=sdf-1+macross&itmmeta=01JSY5XY2NVEGNBSNP5MRHMR0F&hash=item3bba9eaecb:g:owYAAOSwGvRmX3Ch&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1c08UQTF0BSNandJSTeHQm7GfXKteB94MlA2SxKaFA72So0xVghBq5EjMQcjN94Y4XIeHn7A3JaPyTk3wrTszXaYsRYBmrt4GzRikbL4OfLrHGb%2FtuvnXWTg7GBjdE54zQqOs%2FnQGxX5nncTkx2H5vn4ukBAZC8k5K7ropAb1ewtBuQbspynLWWgZXR1EQejyaPPLPUAdtxccdOgFgrfBZCZX3y%2Fhqa6rICZ61%2BFDAWaLxyq8PHt8hcO1qevRFrrt1xm2M%2FDL2eDPhGBtC5UcqF09Gx6TH8QBH8hGLSikYhqw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR77h98XPZQ They're so inexpensive now, thanks to Wise Guys, (if you guys haven't shopped their ebay or web site, you're missing out) you can save a lot of trouble. I almost thought of using Hase's Daedalus and Promethius on the old Arii kit, but I don't know how far off they are. It would be nice to have the small vehicles that come with the Hasegawa kit - if they're to scale. - MT
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Leagues better and more authentic all around than Bane's appearance on BoBF
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SXSW had an AE event booth to promote the series I think back in March. When I heard about it I thought it was gonna be potentially awesome and really wanted to check it out until I saw what ticket costs were and laughed it off. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG6aHKlvVKS/?igsh=MTJ2dm02OGo0aDJ2eA== I managed to find footage someone took and man, did that seem like a big lack luster.
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Metal Build Hyper Mega Launcher preorder at Anime Export (¥13980, pay now): https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=91561 [edit:] sold out now
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This is music from an human-looking but alien species from a long time ago from a galaxy far, far away. 🤷♂️ Another subtlety in the dance is Mon wasn't smiling (she was actually emotionless, just lost in the moment) and she was out of sync with the rest of the guests on the dance floor.
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My read of her character from Andor and other related titles is that it's at least as much other characters like Luthen made a concerted effort to keep her out of that world for their own sanity as much as hers. She wasn't prepared to deal with the mental or emotional toll of having people kill and die on her orders, and they didn't have the time or energy to be entertaining her protests about every decision and consequence involved in running an armed insurgency. We saw a bit of this in season one when Mon was deeply upset at the prospect of a post-Aldhani Imperial crackdown causing widespread suffering, and Luthen having to rather coldly explain that that was a good thing for the cause and run the op without her knowledge or involvement. For Mon Mothma, Tay Kolma is the moment the war finally came home and became real. Yup. It's A Long Time Ago... in a Galaxy Far Far Away. Musical tastes can be different. Mind you, it's not a rave either. It's a bunch of upper class rich folks drunk dancing to popular music at the reception after a three day long stifling traditional wedding ceremony. It's not meant to be a coordinated Bollywood musical number. From what I've read, the song playing at the reception is a remix of the same (presumably popular) song playing on that resort planet Cassian hides out on after Aldhani.
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
mikeszekely replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
My copy is paid for, just waiting for TCP to stock it so I can ship my stash.
