Duke Togo

I am not sure how someone can watch this and not see both reboot and sequel/retcon angles. I would argue against it being a direct sequel, but it certainly seems like the original Thundercats TV show might be the inspiration for the new show's backstory. At some point I am going to assume we'll be told what happened in the past on the new show, and my money is on it being some sort of DYRL style re-imaging of the original series (from our perspective).

I understood from the "subtitles" bit, but perhaps you should make clear that you are talking about a Japanese Blu release.

It was mediocre and poorly edited. It was neither a good western or a good sci-fi flick. Olivia Wilde was totally out of place. Color me disappointed.

I finally got around to seeing it. I stand by my initial reaction when the trailers first hit: it sucked. The Bjork/Samurai scene is the only part of the movie that really had me into it, and that's mostly because I love Bjork. It reminded me of a poorly done Project A-Ko ripoff, and fell into the same trap The Matrix movies did; namely, you are brought into a world where people are capable of extreme displays of physical prowess and ability, but they resort to fighting with guns. The movie is basically a fanboy masturbatory fetish fantasy. I can't say it's worse than 300, because I actually like some of the actors in that movie; Scott Glenn doesn't get enough screen time to make up for the empty eye candy that makes up the mostly female cast. I dunno what you guys see in this movie, but to each their own.

Technically speaking, we can, along with that which falls into a gray area (fansubs). That's no longer much of a rallying point. I think at this point most of us are content to sit back, munch popcorn, and point and laugh.

Currently at 69% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Word is avoid seeing it in 3-D.

I was an odd duck coming out of Robotech; I was a MOSPEADA fan. This is probably largely due to a toy store called Children's Palace. They had a section of the store that I swear was just Japanese toys. They didn't have a lot of Macross stuff, but they always seemed to have a bunch if MOSPEADA stuff. And I don't mean Robotech branded toys. (The other series' toy line that sticks out to me that they carried was Orguss). So, my loyalties went with the toys I had (though, I did have a Jetfire that I loved the hell out of). I didn't really get into Macross until I saw Clash in '90 (think it was '90, 9th grade). I was well aware that a lot of the animated shows I was watching were Japanese going back into the early 80's. My love of anime doesn't have a lot to do with Robotech, but it definitely fed it.

The fanfic boys at HG will develop an "improved" script for it, create a new English audio track following said script, and rerelease it as "Robotech."

I spy US Renditions VHS releases. Ah, the good ol' days.

And it's directed my Guillermo del Toro. This isn't a "B" level picture/typical mindless summer actioner.

Haha, it's not that bad, it's just that the antibiotics aren't totally clearing it. I guess I can't say I was surprised as to how bad it was, but wow, that was horrid even by fan-fiction standards. And I'm not even sure the CGI is up to Macross VF-X FMV quality (nevermind VF-X2).

While being laid up in bed with a case of tonsillitis that refuses to go away, I took the plunge last night and watched Shadow Chronicles on Netflix. There isn't anything I could add that you guys haven't already covered 1,000 times over in the past few years, so I'll just say "lawl."

I've never tried to sell a sack of dog shite (nor has anyone I know), but I am fairly certain if I did it wouldn't sell. In all seriousness, I'd wager if a small run of quality toys were to be put out, serious mecha collectors would gobble them up.

When/where did they do this?

These fellows are, essnentially, trolls--and this thread is feeing them. Just sayin'.

I've probably said this before, but I just don't get it. I honestly wonder who would pay attention to these guys if the talk about them stopped here? They produce fanfiction level of work on a limited budget. Their audience is small. I'm not sure what the point of the discussion is.

QFT

High quality graphics != good game play. Besides, I'm not sure it's actually possible to have a fluid game with that level of graphic detail in it. Not only that, but the budget for an animated series with that level of work would be cost prohibitive. Thanks for sharing your two cents, though.

That presentation was so laughably bad I don't even know what to say. Just, wow. It's like watching three video store clerks tell you about their awesome fanfiction projects.

Live action New Generation; dig it.

Yeah, unfortunately they've already gone on the record that there will be no open beta because the player demand would be too large for the beta server.

And not a single one of you going on and on about this has any evidence there will be any in SWTOR. Go discuss it here: All Things Video Games Thread: II

It reminded me all of the films I saw growing up as a kid, but Super 8 is never quite able to join that pantheon. The "monster" plot is weak, and doesn't seem necessary at all to the story. But it kept me smiling for two hours because of the memories of those other films, as well as because those kids did a great job in their roles (which were strong). I'm glad I saw it and thoroughly enjoyed it.

This is one of those threads that I can't read and can't post in, because I know someone--at some point--will inadvertently post a spoiler without the tags and it'll ruin something for me. That said, I felt the need to say that for my money this is the best show on TV right now.

The end of Nintendo's keynote was a real winner; I was thoroughly impressed. Unless this new controller is a bust, I have a hard time seeing anyone taking over the top spot from them in the next generation of consoles. That said, I probably won't buy it.