Einherjar

She could have been groomed to have godlike powers for a stupid reason. The possible leaked script to Shadow Rising sounded like they were going to Do You Remember Love their way out of it. What other role could she and Janice have in the sequel since they don't use mechs or do anything besides be fanservice exposition?

But hasn't he replaced much of that with his own stupid, contradictory crap? For instance, the novels, comics, etc. were officially taken out, but that didn't stop him from using elements for stuff like Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles for fan wank. Thanks to that there is a huge time gap in what really happened in certain areas over the years. While fans assume something like the Sentinels and novels happened, he never bothered to explain what's been happening with his version of the "universe" ever since. Also, the first 1/3 of Shadow Chronicles for fan wank as well. EDIT - What humanoid Invid can do in his version looks very magical, but that's without the need for Protoculture.

That depends on what kind of fan you are, because the crew in charge doesn't seem to care anymore. I think the most recent retcon made some or most of the equipment in the Macross Saga run on fusion or combined with Protoculture. And then there's other interpretations from the comics, artbooks, RPG books, and novels that people still accept. But seriously, who cares? That universe is overly reliant on it to get pretty much anything done despite being rare. If not, then it would be closer to Macross.

It must make people wish sometimes that a real Mospeada sequel would get made these days to take advantage of the toys' popularity rather than the universe(s) surrounding them.

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So can a well thought out and fair agreement to make a Hollywood adaptation of anything be made between 3 weeks to 6 months time without compromises? EDIT - I'm trying to be generous with the time frames.

It was better than Transformers. Not embarrassing at all to watch either.

That's what I get for deciding to make a post at an ungodly time at night.

Better rephrase that to a more proper movie title. "Robotech: Do You Remember Being Relevant?" Or DYRBR? From these people, expect their own spin of what's happening for Shadow Rising and the like rather than the truth. They'll never openly abandon it and risk angering the older fans.

That surprise is probably what fans are genuinely waiting for. The theme could be "Robotech: Do You Remember Us? We're still relevant."

Next year will be Robotech's 25th anniversary (85ers for life!), and they've vaguely said something is being planned. It will probably be tied to the Robotech Convention Tour schedule they always have. But will it lose some of its thunder since Macross already celebrated their anniversary? The only difference I can think of are any Mospeada material and a glint of Southern Cross if they care enough to give that part more publicity. Maybe another exaggeration of a "milestone" in the LAMR's production. For instance, a fifth writer from the most obscure part of any entertainment media out there coming on board. Or toys, fans always get distracted by toys and other merchandise. How about a comic book that's not a reprint. Tommy Yune hasn't gone out of practice since 2006, has he? I'm gearing towards something generally cheap by comparison, unless WB decides to help out for a change. It's their movie for crying out loud. The HG crowd will at most be consulting producers for it.

Of course this is speculation, but a lot could have happened in the two months between both stories. Maybe the idea of a movie was never seriously on their mind until news about MacF first came. Perhaps it came about as a cheap alternative to doing Shadow Rising. It could have motivated a rush to make a Hollywood deal as a response, that ended up forcing more compromises on HG's future opportunities. This hiatus they're experiencing on all fronts could be the result of it.

Remember to request for a refund from the theater if you hated the movie. You can still do that, right?

How would announcing a Hollywood movie of your series being planned be subtle compared to another anime series in the works and not upstage it? Didn't people go nuts about it despite nothing officially planned back then and even up till now? True, Wildstorm's activity at the time focused on stories revolving around one or two scenes that actually happened in the show. Here, it was Claudia's flashback of Roy's anxiety over dying near the end of the series and in Love & War, the duels between Max and Miriya. That could have been coincidental. EDIT - I'm assuming that mentioning Hollywood was supposed to add a lot of positive weight to any news back then.

Let's go back to 2007, when MacF was in production. I think this was an example of the first time a U.S. based website ever reported about it. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-...for-new-macross Then, two months later the first announcement of the LAMR. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-...ech-film-rights Coincidence? It was strange that news of both came about at around the same time. So I'm thinking the first response HG ever had at just the news of a Macross series in production was to try and upstage it with a Hollywood movie. While I'm on it, can someone clarify when the Macross Zero OVA and Robotech: From the Stars comic books began? Were the first chapters of both released around the same time as well? When thinking about it, were the vague similarities between both as coincidental? Macross Zero (OAV) Robotech: From The Stars (WildStorm/DC Comics)

I watched Clash of the Bionoids first without knowledge of the rest of it long ago and had no idea what the hell I just saw. It was a random movie I rented at the video store one weekend. Of course, that edit was a bad introduction to the series by itself. DYRL cleared everything up when I eventually got to it.

When someone decides to invest money into a company, do they expect something in return, depending on the agreement, eventually? It could be money, shares, etc., but HG is a small company. Won't they have to pay the investors back sometime in some way? EDIT - Not the Italian government, I mean the other investors.

The Internet is international, somewhere out there it might still appeal to someone around the world, regardless of the drought of information. Like Palladium Books forums. Unless it's the same damn people popping up in those places. "Wow, that's some pretty nifty stuff. But uh oh, it will never get out of Japan without our consent. And we have Hollywood! Too badz." They probably got the crew together to make a strategy to downplay it in their yearly outings. Maybe even start the blame game again if anyone asks about it. Remember when Frank Agrama almost got in trouble with the law with connections with Silvio Berlusconi? Maybe for a time HG was funded in part by dirty Italian political money.

How about the total cost of doing stuff like the Robotech Convention Tour every year? There's food, hotel accommodations, transportation rentals, airplane flights, panel room expenses, paying special hosts that might appear, etc. Is it also possible that they lost potential money by putting Shadow Chronicles on Hulu for free? I really don't know how that works.

Now that would be irony. How does it feel to be the BW in a relationship for a change? Plus, they're guaranteed to be hemorrhaging money while they wait indefinitely.

Endless Eight, The Reset of Haruhi Suzumiya, 8 of 8 IT'S FINALLY OVER!

Whoops, I read the heading wrong this whole time. He was somewhat excited about it. My bad. Eighty pages of Mikimoto Macross manga is nothing to sneeze at. Guess that leaves dougbendo by default.

They don't count as reboots, but there have been many attempts to make the Macross Saga their own in the past, but not in animated form. I think that part has had at least three reinterpretations so far that were official at one time while adding new stuff to the universe; the Comico comics, the McKinney novels, Eternity comics, Antarctic Press comics, and Wildstorm comics. Maybe that's why I know at least one person online who isn't excited about Macross: The First is coming out. And that's despite the fact that the original character designer is finally doing what others have been trying to imitate for far too long in the West.

I think that's also common in Asia as well, particularly with promoting long running series like Naruto and Bleach. But they know how to pimp out franchises better. The difference is those shows are still going in some form, anime and manga at least, while Robotech has been on hiatus for almost three years now without resolving anything. Even the crew doesn't sound motivated to get back to it ever since the LAMR news. In fact, they probably haven't seriously thought about it except for that leaked script that came around. The anime industry is going through some problems, but they're clearly still active even through this tough time. HG on the other hand, not so active even though their only responsibility has always been Robotech. By comparison, other anime companies have dozens or so to work with at a time. It's in a league of its own right now. A DVD with 3 episodes of filler is tame these days. You should see what happened to Haruhi this season; eight(!) Groundhog's Day-like episodes shown on Japanese TV in a row. Then they have the guts to advertise separate DVD releases for this part spread out 2-3 DVDs.

Was that said before or after the company promoted and sold a limited-run, exclusive Stealth Veritech? Jenius, how much were they selling them for? Long term success usually means paying a lot money and making a lot of long term plans to get it done. If that's true, there's nothing longer than "indefinite hiatus" to achieve it.