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Final Cylon tidbits: SciFi Channel's Mark Stern describes the reveal of the Final Cylon as "organic and satisfying. It won't be some day player from Season 1." Aaron Douglas' comments during the writers' strike regarding the Final Cylon: "I was curious quite a bit but it was certainly a shock when I found out who it is. I never would have expected that person. It is revealed in the last thing we shot so if we don’t come back, that will be the end of the show." From Aaron Douglas Interview [This seems to indicate that the Final Cylon is revealed in episode , which was the last filmed before the strike. Aaron's comments fit with the mid-season teaser that had Tigh addressing someone as the fifth Cylon.]

Nah, my money is with corporate bad guys.

Yes. Some of us have even taken to watching a live stream of the show.

Oh, i'll download a sub every week just to get the story, but as far as what I keep, its Shinsen. They are up to episode 11, last I checked. Wonder if 12 is out yet...

Unless we get a fansubber come out of nowhere and just blow us all away, I've dumped everything in favor of Shinsen. Cleared out quite a few GB in the process.

"He's more machine than man, now..." It was her brother, but is it really her brother anymore?

Why is it so hard to believe that Mao would be the grandmother and not the mother of Ranka? Are you guys just determined to have her be the mother?

Hey, I'm ready to be a militant Macross fan again.

I would stop reading that forum.

Well yeah. Most of the characters in Frontier are related in spirit to past Macross characters. What amuses me the most is that our love triangle seems to each be part Minmay; each one reflects a different time period or different facet of her personality.

No. The answer ye seek is in the Compendium.

When I said episode to episode, I didn't mean on the fly. What I meant was I suspect when these scripts were being written, there was a certain disregard for what may be canon, retcon, or just made up on the spot. While we see Megaroads designated as "SDF" in the opening sequence of episode 1, its very possible they chose to totally disregard it for the "Global" story in 12 & 13. Afterall, its only a cartoon, who could possibly care (outside of these international english speaking nutjobs).

I think there may have been an instance or two that they didn't get the footage in until the day of.

There is no plot twist, only Bruce!

No, but that was a pretty hot move.

I assumed it was a typo.

Megaroad-03 launched in 2014, not the -13.

I *believe* there is some old official art out there somewhere that shows the tail section of a VF-4 with "SDF-4" on it. Then again, it may have been the SDF-6, LOL. This was back when we had an argument over Megaroad designation a long, long while ago. Anywho, I think we can safely assume the Megaroad-03 was indeed the SDF-4. Personally, I think Kawamori is playing fast and loose with the continuity at this point, changing it to suit the needs of Frontier's 26 episodes (even episode to episode). As far as the "Megalord" goes, I *believe* the original design goes back to either the end of the series or the end of the movie. Either way, the sequence never got made, and it was redesigned for 2012, under the name of "Megaroad". I *believe* it was later added to the continuity as a treat for the fans. Don't quote me on any of this, though.

I am assuming this is another guess?

Can't be the SDF-4 Global, the Megaroad-03 SDF-4 was laid down in 2012, launching in 2014.

I was assuming Mao would be the grandmother, not the mother.

Ok, so, Grace is actually the Bishop character, which means there are more of her.

Gimmick, Keith, it was a gimmick. Kawamori doesn't mind making a retcon to suit his needs for a cliffhanger halfway through the season.

The -03 came from Earth, construction began in 2012.

For the record, the The Megaroad-03 SDF-4 was launched in 2014 (according to the Compendium).