Athenian
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I believe it is a naval convention. The writers might also have been influenced by its use in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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I like this reading. Think about how nobody tries to fit every cowboys & indians western into a single timeline- -there are more stories, and variations on stories, than could ever have transpired historically. They're only invalid if they're bad stories. See also the James Bond films, which employ an extremely selective and fluid continuity.
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I'm back. I like you guys. I have a silly question and a serious question: 1. Approximately what percentage of this 'short questions' thread is actually an open-ended discussion of fold quartz? 2. What are my options for a legal DVD edition of DYRL?
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Thanks! So, follow-up: for character continuity can I just jump from the original series to Macross 7?
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See my debut post in the Discovery Of Macross thread. But the original series ending is even more oblique-- no mention of an escape pod or anything (Sir Galahad-- we can assumethat it's much later but the presentation of the episode doesn't actively support that reading). I was sure I'd discover that something had been cut, but no.
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Thanks for the quick answers, folks! Fair enough, and I gather the ship gets restored later on. But how did she get out (without a scratch on her) and where's the rest of the bridge crew?
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Hey folks, soaking-wet noob here. I just started reacquainting myself with the original series and am happy to have found this forum. I will accept dumb answers (or links) to these dumb questions: Does the Supervision Army figure in any of the sequel projects? Has anyone attempted to map out exactly how and/or where Macross City was configured within the ship? Is there a recommended long-form review of the series, a la the Onion AV Club's "re-watch" columns? How the heck did Misa survive the final conflagration in 'Farewell To Tenderness', and did anyone else make it out?
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Well, this looks like as good a place for a first post as any. I first encountered Macross in 1985, during the first US run of "Robotech". It played on KBHK 44 at 4pm, just after "Star Blazers" on KICU 36, and there was a small but loyal group of us who took over the projection TV in the student commons every afternoon after classes. Nobody knew much about the original shows, but we knew enough to see that this was a relatively new style of anime (a word just coming into usage at the time): cleaner and less fanciful, while displaying a healthy love and respect for the previous generation. In short, cartoons you could take home to meet the folks. We started hitting the conventions, amassing a shared library of related books and toys. Eventually the true origins of the show started to filter through Harmony Gold's PR: in later years I caught up with Southern Cross and Mospeada but it wasn't until just last week that I finally watched all of Super Dimension Fortress Macross in its original form, via the AnimeEigo DVD set. Many of my questions have been answered but more have arisen. It may be my nostalgia but I can't entirely dismiss Robotech from the appreciation equation-- if possible, I'd like to claim dual fanship, at least for the music.