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  1. Duke Togo
    Note, it's not confirmed that David Hayter is not coming back to voice Big Boss. He's simply not featured in the trailer, and no where in it do we see Big Boss actually speaking. I believe they are saying "no David Hayter" because of the last shot of the trailer, which in actuality doesn't make clear who is talking.
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    It's official Joystiq -- The Phantom Pain is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Today at a panel during the Game Developers Conference, developer Hideo Kojima confirmed that both The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes make up Metal Gear Solid 5. We also learned that The Phantom Pain is an open-world game. Says Kojima, "The tutorial itself is a sequence where Snake wakes up from a coma after nine years." A gameplay demo showed Snake escaping a facility and avoiding unknown enemies. David Haytor is not reprising his role as snake -- the new actor is unknown at this time. That's because it's not Solid Snake. Just sayin'.
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    And utterly surpassed it.
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    I really dig the opening scene of the trailer where they find the plans for the Crucible in those old Prothean ruins.
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    Do a little digging, Taks, the info is out there. Much like Lucas with Star Wars, Roddenberry became a deteriment to the franchise he created. Star Wars could weather it because of the size of the fanbase and the variety of media is spread out into; it's possible Trek would not have recovered from Roddenberry's meddling. J.J. Abrams has breathed new life into a stalled franchise, and a portion of its fanbase wants to lynch him for it. I just don't get it. He made Star Trek relevant, and the response is "BLARGH, DEEP SPACE NINE, HARUMPH HARUMPH HARUMPH!" No one has heard of Deep Space Nine. Just sayin'. Just because I am not a "fan" does not mean I am totally disconnected from the franchise. I really like Khan. I dig the whales movie. I even watched some TNG back in the day. The franchise needs to widen its audiance and keep people like me coming to see the movies to continue to succeed in the future.
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    Oh, so short memories. Gene Roddenberry almost killed the franchise--perhaps permanently--with his handling of TNG before he died. Roddenberry was a tone-def idealist whose ideas reached a limited audiance. The franchise hit its peak with TNG after he died, and likely would have faded again had J.J. not come along.
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    Supposed to be a moral tale? Who says? I'd wager there are a thousand interpretations of the franchise, which yours is just one of many. As far as new characters goes, I think the answer is rather obvious: people are attached to these particular characters. Of course, there is also that they've tried new characters several times and fallen flat on their face. The franchise has always had a limited appeal--that is, until J.J. Abrams and his merry bunch came along and turned it on its head (and injected a healthy dose of Star Wars into it... just sayin').
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    LOL, I'm going to be sticking with the remake.
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    You're right, she doesn't. That's because she's dead.
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    I spent the last two days watching the first 14 episodes of Yamato 2199. This is my first exposure to Yamato, and I must say I'm rather enjoying it so far. The first episode (and maybe two) was a little rough, but the series has won me over. I eagerly await the next release.
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    I'm sorry, but no. There's nothing mature about a character that bounces between boob monster to over the top lolicon. She's certainly a low point in an otherwise good series.
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    Basara doesn't love anyone but himself, and I like Frontier. Hell, I watched it streaming--live--from Japan every morning a new episode was on.Anyway, I like Plus--a lot. But II really has no place in a Macross viewing marathon. The Metal Siren is pretty kick ass, though.
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    So, it's certainly starting to sound like Abrams made Khan film without Khan.
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    Sketchly is right: Macross 7 is better than Frontier because 7 doesn't have any fan service and is a far more serious and mature production.
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    And it was bloody brilliant to watch on IMAX
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    Well, we will definitely not agree on Ridley. Blade Runner is what got me into film as a kid, and I love his work.
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    Same reason a lot of other people do: I'm not hung up on the whole "Alien" thing. Yeah, the geologist and biologist were stupid. I don't care, the mythos intrigues me. And it's a gorgeous film.
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    I enjoy Prometheus.
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    I enjoy them both.
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    I'd add my two cents, but after SDF:M/DYRL/2012, Plus is my favorite Macross release. So, ya, I'd likely not steer you in the right direction. But do avoid II.
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    Shall We Dance is good, Departures is excellent.
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    Man, lots of whining on the interwebs over the new Star Trek movie trailers and posters. "That's not Star Trek!" They're right, its not; this has balls. The new prime directive: kick ass!
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    Kaiden may be bland, but he's alive and bland.
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    Getting vaporized on Virmire will do that.
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