Mr March

A very nice interpretation. I like the western style given to the character. Almost looks like a casting call for a live action Macross

I love it! That's brilliant.

Don't sell yourself short. I've seen many a zero-budget indie film that has towered over the horrible summer fare that hollywood tosses out of the assembly line. Good film can be made, even by you and me.

Certainly sounds like it's worth checking out. Thanks for the reviews.

Very cool. Big guns is good

I hope you guys aren't taking this thread too seriously. Now, I fully understand the Macross position (particularly as a big Macross fan) and by default, I understand Egan Loo's policy. I mean let's face it, Macross is one anime franchise that certainly does not need people spreading more misinformation...whether it's franchise-based or statistics-based. However, I really hope people would stop giving the creators of these websites a hard time, Egan and Nanashi both. I used to run a website, so I know what it's like to be pestered for updates and the flood of repetitive questions about contraversial subjects. But we need more Macross websites, not less. And I really don't care if they are 99% accurate or 95%. Just as long as it's not some 5-year-old reguritating RPG stats and calling things "veritech" Besides, as far as I am concerned, there has yet to be created a Macross website that is both informative and very entertaining. This is not a criticism of Shawn/Graham, Egan Loo, or WJ. MacrossWorld, Macross Compendium, and Nanashi's are all good websites in their own right which I enjoy reading. But most of the Macross websites are very dry, offering a limited focus on a few aspects in which the site owners are interested/allowed to print. There is no Force.net of Macross. No GundamProject for us fans. No technical manual or character websites with plenty of great stats and a big serving of high quality scans of all things Macross. I'd love to create one myself, but my passion is film and thus I spend my energies and time toward that goal. I would simply like to ENCOURAGE more websites about Macross. At this point, it only requires the retirement of four people...FOUR people...and the internet is robbed of all things Macross in english. That's a humbling realization. So I hope this thread will die a nice, friendly death for all parties concerned. We need more Macross, not less. The only thing we need less of is the fighting...as does the Macross community in general.

I've seen the list and it's no less funny the second time around. Nice Macross modifications

I was thinking the same thing. God, I'd love to hear good ole JMS on this issue. He never met a challenge to his rights that he didn't love I suppose everyone is just glossing over the fact that Robotech has been using "Shadow Fighters" and "Shadow cloaking devices" right from the original show, eh? My understanding was that the Shadow Fighter was a Robotech RPG creation appearing in the Sentinels II book in 1987. Joe Michael Straczynski's work on Babylon 5 was created in 1986, so I assumed there was an issue. I don't ever recall seeing the shadow fighter in any episode, but after some research it does make a small appearance in episodes 84 and 85.

I was thinking the same thing. God, I'd love to hear good ole JMS on this issue. He never met a challenge to his rights that he didn't love

Enjoying the original Macross more than Robotech is not a matter of "re-education" or "switching sides" in some silly fanboy war. All it means is you prefer the story and animation of Macross in the original format, as intended by the creators. Think of it as Widescreen film vs. Fullscreen film. You just prefer the widescreen because it's the superior format and the way it was always intended to be seen by the director. Welcome to MacrossWorld and enjoy your stay as either a Macross fan or Robotech fan. *raises glass*

Well, as noted on another thread, it's enough work maintaining accuracy and correctly separating the official from the unofficial material on one sanctioned site. It would be Herculean to do so for two sites, especially if the other site has not been maintaining accuracy and has not been correctly distinguishing what's official (if the posts in this forum are any indication). All that effort would be better spent just answering email. Fair enough. My comment was meant more to point out the obvious lack of a comprehensive Macross website; something akin to the IMDB or Star Wars Technical Commentaries. It would be nice to see a big Macross website that has the official chronology, a well written (no "engrish") FAQ detailing the true nature of Macross/Robotech, synopsis/reviews of each series/film/OVA, detailed mecha descriptions with plenty of official pictures, and most importantly, it would be all on one website. As it stands, North American Macross fandom has been without a one stop reference website ever since I can remember.

I really enjoyed 28 Days Later, especially as a refreshing disaster flick that didn't involve setting it in the U.S. Though I would love a sequel, it's doubtful Danny Boyle will direct so I think I'll wait until I can get this one as a free rental

No kidding. If you ditch his post-84 work, you lose Empire of the Sun, Last Crusade, Schindler's List, and Private Ryan. Or is it suddenly not cool to like those movies? I think what they mean is that the years just preceeding 1984 were the "brilliant and can do no wrong" era for Spielberg and Lucas. Public opinion and much of the film community praise was at it's zenith during this early time (though I'm not sure the date 1984 is exactly accurate). Basically, the later films of Spielberg and Lucas were enough to sober the people of their godlike awe of euphoria in the two

He's a definite fave that alot of people haven't checked out. I dare anybody to watch his "color trilogy" of Blue, White and Red and not be stunned and amazed. Mr. March also mentioned a few that I like, but I have reservations about praising too thoroughly.. Soderbergh is definitely a great. Having made The Limey, Erin Brokovitch, SL&V, and Traffic alone is enough to declare him fantastic. He takes alot of chances - some don't pay off to well, but his energy and obvious joy in filmmaking is inspiring as hell. Jeunet is another favorite of mine. I loved City of Lost Children waaaaay before Amelie redeemed him after the unfortunate Aliens 4. I felt he really hit his stride with Amelie and I can't wait to see what he releases next. Christopher Nolan made a great film. I'm not a big fan of Insomnia or Following, though. I want to see more before I know if Memento was a fluke. And I already gushed over Cameron Crowe... but I never mentioned that Say Anything is one of the best movies ever made. Last... I have to disagree on the George Lucas front. I think he's a brilliant creator. A brilliant innovator. A brilliant marketer. But Star Wars was the only good movie he ever made to me. Great innovations in technology can never replace the need to guide actors and tell a good story. And his insistence on directing the prequels to me has ruined them. Give me Kirshner & Kasdan working off of Lucas' story and you'll end up with another masterpiece like Empire. Otherwise, I can't count him as a great director. Far from a hack, though. Interesting criticisms, though I was very specific in my praise for Lucas. I said brilliant technical director. Yes, he is weak on story and emotional character, but no more so than a lot of directors (though he certainly suffers more scrutiny because of his noteriety). His strength is the technical innovation and evolution of film, to which he has virtually no equal even, in successive generations (again, with the possible exception of Rodriguez). As for the rest, every director has made his share of weak films. Even America's golden boy Spielberg has more than a few duds permantly etched onto his resume. The point was to present those directors whose more artistically successful work you admire and feel worthy of praise. Like Rodriguez says, every director has 30 bad films in him

What if he just executive produced it? He still has a talent for picking the right people for projects like this. Look at how well Band Of Brothers turned out. Perhaps. I just think this type of film really wouldn't benefit from the strengths of Spielberg and thus the film would become less like a faithful adaptation because of his natural tendancies. Casting aside, I'd certainly prefer someone else.

Personally, I wouldn't want Spielberg anywhere near the Foundation books. I like his stuff, but he really failed to achieve a measure of psuedo-reality in his adaption of Kubrick's AI. I really feel the original Foundation stories have a theme and style which does not match Spielberg's movies-for-the-masses motif. Same goes for Cameron or Scott (though Ridley Scott has more of a talent for strong, subconcious themes than the other two). I would much rather prefer someone like Soderbergh or Nolan to take over a project like Foundation and really play upon the character motivations and political/sociological undercurrents.

Yes, some of us do know about Jeff Vintar's Hardwired script and the pre-production maelstrom that ensued. However, no one knew for sure what was being done with anything from the original script, Smith's involvement, or the type of film I, Robot would be until the trailer was released. But like I said, the atmosphere and characterization do not point to an adaptation. That being said, I'm in no way vowing off this film. As a cool-looking action flick with a charming lead actor, it has the promise of some light-hearted enetertainment of a type I'd enjoy. As an adaptation of an pioneering collection sci-fi robot tales by Asimov, it fails miserably. As film, it looks mediocre at best.

I you disliked Pitch Black (as I did) do not go and see this film. My friend convinced me to go see Chronicles of Riddick because he had four free passes. Chronicles is actually worse than PB. The horrible lines will kill you and if they don't, the heavy-handed grandstanding of the main character will. Avoid it if you want some advice.

Double post

The protoculture themselves were very advanced in many aspects of biology, biomechanics, and genetic manipulation. It may very well be that the forces at work in Macross Zero are the result of creations of the protoculture, like Aiphos. We keep seeing images of Aiphos and we are given hints of some link between Sara and Aiphos. At this point, nothing has been explained in any significant way to indicate Sara is the source of the supernatural or magical...or otherwise. For all we know, Sara could be influenced by Aiphos or seeing what the Aiphos can see. It's not really clear. I'm not sure what will come next, but I think there may be a lot more to what is happening than I think.

Very nice picture. A great find.

Nice picture, but you need to crop it a bit and stick a polarizer on your camera to get rid of the glare on your television. Good job.

I love the presentation. Priceless. Just think, there are companies whose entire business is doing things just like this thread.

Despite the additional wheels, it sounds like the car is more reliable. Despite the additional maintenance, there should be less wear on the front axles and tires. I wonder though, how your local repair shop would align the wheels

I haven't laughed this hard in weeks!