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Here's some food for discussion. With all of these convention questions I hear, I'm surprised no one has brought up the word "reboot" in the panel discussions. I keep hearing stuff about upcoming merchandise, "I want more Macross...", status of Shadow <insert title here>?", status of LAM, "Me wants more Macross...", self and fan-praising the franchise runners and more. But I don't hear anything about "reboot". Is there some sort of taboo with the mentioning of the word? I've said in the past that the fanbase is running on nostalgia but really, does nostalgia truly run that deep that it couldn't be mentioned in these panel discussions? Is nostalgia keeping the thought of bringing in a new generation of fans? Gundam and Macross reboots their franchises every so often (Gundam more than...well, anything). Hell, Gundam rebooted/retold the original with the Gundam: The Origin manga and upcoming anime. Macross did the same with Macross: The First. HG is obviously capable of making new works (i.e. RT: Love Live Alive). So to me, nothing is stopping HG from making a new title, or a reboot. But this doesn't seem to be mentioned at any time or very often. When something "new" is mentioned, it's a toy. New animation? Nothing but butchering cramming in Love Live Alive or Shadow <insert name here> into the RT folds. Never any mention of a reboot. Are RT fans that nostalgic that they think they'll lose Rick Hunter if they reboot? We've brought up the topic of rebooting Macross on this forum but I haven't heard too much about this from RT sites. This is something I'm curious about. Of all the yapping I read about the RT sites, Godzilla vs. SDF-1 seems to get more press than "reboot". Thoughts?

Part 1: August 2003 - April 2009 Part 2: April 2009-August 2009 Part 3: August 2009-October 2009 Part 4: October 2009 - January 2010 Part 5: January 2010 - May 2010 Part 6: May 2010 - May 2011 Part 7: May 2011-October 2011 And then this: Majority of the references, as I understand it, of Macross relate to SDFM. I need to find the Japan Copyright and Trademark databases just to see what's listed in there. Warner Brothers' licenses of Harmony Gold properties: Harmony Gold's trademark request for "Macross" in Japan and Asia - Denied Issued: 1-24-2004 http://shohyo.shinke...?number=1088731 http://shohyo.shinke...?number=1088733 Additional Resources: What is Intellectual Property? Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage

If they made The Killing Joke an animated short with The Dark Knight Returns when it comes out, you'd make a lot of fanboys (and me) very happy. Speaking of Year One...I skimmed through it and it was fairly faithful to the comic.

Try now. If any other members are having problems with the skin, please PM a mod and we can fix it for you.

They haven't announced any runtime yet. I think they entered post-production back in September and as far as I know, haven't gotten to any re-shoots yet.

Which brings me back to my point. If they would just reboot their damned franchise, they won't need to rely on 30-year old cartoons. But what do I know, I'm just one of their "critics".

I think we're talking about 2 different suits in 2 different mediums here. taksraven is talking about the current comics armor: So I take it you don't know about "those" pictures....

Does the anime community, as a whole, even care about RT?

You folks have seen the on-set photos and videos, right? http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168528-new-photo-scarlett-johansson-on-the-avengers-set Or even the display at NYCC a couple of weekends ago: http://www.superherohype.com/gallery/comic-con/new-york-comic-con And you immediately remind me of a quote from David Fincher regarding why Scarlett Johansson was rejected for the part in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Simply put (and for you kids who are just joining this show), don't fret the details. Walk away with the overall picture. Within the TV series and movie, you walk away knowing the big picture. How they did it is left to interpretation (you can watch the TV series or the movie), but in the end, this was all That's all you are expected to take away from this. Anymore and you're gonna go bald from pulling your hair out. And I'm gonna agree with Graham on this. This film did nothing to change my opinion about the YF-29. That opinion is "Meh." Just another Valk.

If you mean crazy RT lunatic, no argument there.

Nothing. Doesn't even look like anything they didn't originally draw.

Since many people have yet to receive their copies or are waiting to see a decent (i.e., in 1080p) raw, the spoiler policy will remain at least through the weekend. We will let you know when the policy is lifted. And before anyone asks, SUBS WILL BE OUT WHEN THEY'RE OUT. No sooner. No later.

I'm only going to say this once since people don't bother to do any research. THE BLU-RAY/DVD DOES NOT HAVE ANY SUBS IN ANY LANGUAGE. STOP ASKING IF THEY DO. IF YOU WANT SUBS, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE FOR SOMEONE TO SUB IT.

Is HG calling LLA, "unused footage" or is that from the Fandom Post article's writer? Cuz if it's HG calling it that, then they really deserve nothing but ridicule for this "side-project".

Fixed. You shouldn't have the old MW skin as an option so I don't know how that happened for you.

Didn't we just re-image this franchise?

Re-GZ is still in Londo Bell's MS complement...

I would say we should play a drinking game on that review but then I would get the blame for putting so many members in the hospital for alcohol poisoning.

Keith, In the editing box in the quick-reply or regular posting area, you'll see light switch icon. Toggle this to disable the CKEditor and see if that resolves your issue.

We're not sure if that's actually a legit image, unfortunately.

I recall Zeta Gundam: A New Translation-movies.....That's probably the best recent use of blending old and new animation. Outside of the story redo, the transition between old and new animation was absolutely terrible. You'd see clean, fluid, detailed, new animation then switched to blurry/faded, semi-fluid, simple animation. It was awful at times. If this is the kinda stuff that HG is doing with LLA, you're opening yourself up for a wide array of ridicule.

Yeah...if those RT fans are Riley, then yeah, I'm definitely Huey sitting on that couch with the "WTF is this Sh*t"-look on my face....They have been talking about this for the past year and this is what they come up with? Seriously? Really?

So is it actually confirmed that it's basically LLA with SC-type animation shoved in between the cracks? I would like to ridicule them based on sound info.

So everything we humorously mentioned about Love, Live, Alive basically came true. Guess we are psychic.