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  1. azrael
    Welcome to the Macross Delta New Year's Eve Special Talkback Thread Guidelines: Macross Delta episode file requests, file offers or any audio/video sharing links of any kind or format are not permitted anywhere on the forum except by Boinger in the iMacross thread. This is 2015, not 2007. They know about us and how the 'Net operates now. This includes, but is not limited to BitTorrent files/links, YouTube, Nico, related video-sharing or video streaming site links, File sharing links, full audio soundtracks, etc.. Any user-post in violation of this rule will be deleted without notice. Repeated offenses may result in a ban. DISCUSSION ONLY. Send a PM to Boinger with a link to the file to be added to iMacross. This thread only covers the episode listed in the subject. Do not post comments about another episode not covered by this thread. (i.e. References are OK, but do not post a critique about episode 1 when this thread covers episode 999). This thread(s) is about current episodes only. Please reserve mecha talk and news talk for upcoming threads. Do not cross-post. Please reserve all talk about future episode spoilers for the upcoming News thread. Do not ask when an episode will be aired or released (this includes fansubs). Please use spoiler tags for the first 24-hours after an episode airs. Thread and poll opens at Thursday (12/31), 3:00AM EST/12:00AM PST (17:00, i.e. 5:00PM JST), one hour BEFORE the broadcast.
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    Watched it. It's OK. Acting was better than the prequels. Better dialogue probably helped there. I liked Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Issac. John Boyega? He was OK (I'll get to his character in a bit). Action was OK. Some parts of the dogfights were kinda nauseating. I don't like converted to 3D, but that was the earliest showing and I had other stuff to do. It was a good movie, but the story didn't feel great (I'll be covering lots of it under spoiler tags further down). It could have taken some risks but choose to play it safe and stay close to ANH. There could have been more story and less paying homage. John Williams score? Didn't even notice it. There was no bit of music that stuck in my head which makes me question why they even called him in. Captain Phasma? Again, what was the point of her character with so little screen time? Some story elements felt a little too convenient. Reminds me of something Qui-Gon said in TPM about luck and the Force. Parts of the story (which I'll get to under spoilers) felt just a bit too convenient while a few didn't really need to be there. Some of the scenes they cut from the trailers actually would probably have been better left in the movie. At the same time, this movie leaves a bit too much open for the following movies. TL;DR, I enjoyed my time spent it but it didn't feel memorable or mind-blowing.
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    You should read Dr. Tyson's tweets. In other words, stop thinking that hard.
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    Haven't even watched this yet (next week, after the weekend rush) and it feels like backstory needs to be inserted to make some sense. I'll find out next week.
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    It's a he-said, they-said argument now. Quentin Tarantino Blasts Disney On Howard Stern Show As ‘Force Awakens’ Pushes ‘The Hateful Eight’ Out Of Cinerama Dome Quentin Tarantino Accuses Disney of "Extortionist Practices" Over Theater Booking Only way to know if there is any truth to the matter is if the theater is sued for breach-of-contract.
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    With the numbers from pre-sale, no doubt this movie will blowout anything this year out of the water. My worry is the nostalgia goggles with the critics. Fanboys will be fanboys. The nostalgia goggles are implanted into their brains. With all the spoilers out on the 'Net now, you'll probably want to just go offline until Friday.
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    SSDs last no longer than most HDDs under normal conditions. There are ways to limit the amount of writes to SSDs. There are also guides to switching from HDDs to SSDs. Google it. When SSDs die, they do so very ungracefully. You just have to watch out for when they do as Mike mentioned.
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    1) If you're not gaming 24/7, doing insane work in Photoshop, or editing and rendering video, then no, you don't need 16GB of RAM. 2) The i5-3470 will last you for a couple more years. More so if your usage decreases. 3) If you can find it cheap, sure. It never hurts to get a more powerful CPU if you can get it cheaper. Provided that it is compatible with your current system and of the same generation.
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    (•_•) / ( •_•)>⌐■-■ / (⌐■_■) Fixed.
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    And still coming out before a Robotech movie.
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    Kawamori being brought in to design anything for RT would tell me that RT would pretty much be unable to stand on its own. If they brought in any of the original mecha designers to RT, it would tell me RT doesn't have a leg to stand on. It would further weaken any statement from RT's current "creative group". I've stood by my statement that if RT want's to be it's own IP, then it has to create something. Calling in Kawamori, Aramaki, or any of the original creators is waving a white flag. It says HG's property is worthless without the original creators. In light of the article's byline and source (Forbes, a business publication), I'm reminded of a business man by the name of Steve Jobs and something he said, "Good artists copy; great artists steal."
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    Don't know about you kids, but that was my first worry when this movie was announced. It has all the classic trilogy planet styles...
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    Given Hank Henshaw's association with Cyborg Superman, I think most people were thinking along those lines. It could still happen.
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    Sorry I don't have any recommendations for a NAS. Alternatively, you could build your own or use a spare computer. If you go the DIY route, you'll want to focus the money on good storage. You don't need a powerful computer to run a NAS, but you need lots of good reliable storage. Western Digital Red or Seagate NAS drives are suppose to have better error-correction making them ideal for RAID in a NAS.
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    Considering you already have it on Blu-Ray and DVD, you won't need a burner. You'll need a blu-ray disc drive to read all those discs, but you're not burning anything. I would probably shoot for 6TBs of storage as a starting point. With that many discs, we're looking at around 7TB of unconverted data. You can stream with Serviio, Plex or Windows Media Player as a server. A Roku or Chromecast could also work. Another thing you may want to consider is removing the computer from the equation and building a NAS to house all the media. This would mean you could have your files ready at anytime without having to use your primary computer, i.e., you could multiplay on your computer and stream to another device without congesting your computer's NIC.
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    A common topic I'm hearing today about retailers regarding low sales expectations today is retailers will be having fire sales from now until Christmas (i.e., every day is Black Friday/Cyber Monday). So keep an eye out. They may have the laptop you are looking for or a similar model on sale.
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    Cloud-based services, USB sticks, streaming. You name it. Optical drives have lost their luster. I have an external DVD and Blu-Ray burner for my MBP. Haven't used either one except when I couldn't read a disc. Minimum 8 GB. 16 is enough for most intensive stuff. Anymore and it starts getting ridiculous. Since it is Cyber Monday at the time of this post, I would be hunting around for deals than posting here if you're looking for a new laptop.
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    Give or take a few.
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    Meh. I assume the sticks are multi-function, so the pilot pumping the throttle may not be doing what you think they're doing. https://youtu.be/nKXSn1ZxrLE?t=57
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    They are airing a special program that will include a special presentation of the first episode on New Year's Eve. The NYE special will likely tell us the airdate of the show. This is similar to what they did with Frontier.
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    Don't expect much Spider-Man. Filming started around the time Marvel announced the change in the Spider-Man license. I would expect him to only have a very small role in this movie, bordering on cameo.
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    Trailer time. Courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel.
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    I don't. The new ones may be good for the suit actor but the old ones felt more menacing.
  25. azrael
    Eventually, we will have dedicated threads for the parts of Delta, but that is when the show will start. For now use this thread. Until the show starts and publishing materials, there's no use for those threads because there isn't much to talk about.
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