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My boy, at this point, any director could be called up to direct this project. Even Uwe Boll. As for this MEMO-works-for-Tommy-nonsense, who bloody cares? But if you're gonna say something and be all secretive about your source, then why reveal it at all. It would be no better than a rumor. As news filters to other entertainment sites, I'm really seeing how 3rd party people (i.e. fans of neither Macross or Robotech) don't quite understand the legality of WB can and cannot use to produce this flick. And even then, I highly doubt WB will be using the same designs.
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At the same time, they guy might decide to decline so since he hasn't agreed to anything. So you can throw the name out but the official line is, they're still shopping for a director. Little of column A, little of column B. He doesn't want to say yes since that might generate false buzz and get him in trouble. But he can't say no since WB might say, "You're our guy for this." It's like a job offer. But in this case, the job doesn't really exist yet since the project hasn't been greenlit. A draft could be anything. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmmaking#Development We're probably looking at somewhere between a "treatment" and a "screenplay". Maybe, maybe not. We won't know for a while.
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A screenplay is sorta necessity for bringing in a director. Unless the franchise is popular enough to attract attention just by mentioning the name alone. Now which screenplay? Dunno. Three were produced but which one WB is shopping with is the question. But yes, I agree that people seem to forget that it hasn't been greenlit yet so it still hasn't really moved anywhere since. Like I said, I imagine we'll probably hear a few more names being mentioned but the light is still red so there's no real need to jump out of the seat yet.
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The Smallville creators left the show a year ago. Not to mention they're now suing WB for breach-of-contract for self-dealing the license of Smallville to affiliates at below-market rates. If any money was put up-front to obtain the license, it would have a small amount, probably to cover lawyer fees. I won't be surprised if we hear a few director-names being approached to helm the project between now and whenever.
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Best part of the article: Remember how I said scripts can sit at a studio and not move...So he hasn't agreed nor is the project greenlit. That would be like a friend at Big-Name-Corp telling me of a possible project that I might be interested in joining, but Big-Name-Corp hasn't posted a job listing for. Good Grief. Obviously, there must be some kind of screenplay floating out there if someone has been approached for this franchise.
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Bandai America did pick up the distribution rights. But weak demand forced them to discontinue distributing them outside of Japan.
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The old PGs use to have light-up eyes or chest (Wing Zero Custom). I recall the 1/60 NG Strike Freedom had the light-up body. Then of course, these days, there's MG Exia with the light-up chest and PG 00 Raiser with the light-up, animated GN drives.
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Actually, it would be 3 years. They picked it up in 2007. It won't be the first time a studio has lost the rights to something and someone else picked it up. Look at Watchmen. It went from Fox, to Universal, to Paramount, and finally to WB before it got made. WB may just put the LAM in turnaround. Agreed. That's the whole point of RT:SC. They wanted to create their own work so that they won't have to keep catering to a bunch of 30-40 year-olds whose chance of watching this stuff was really low. I don't think it's been any secret that the LAM is suppose to be the tent-pole for the "new" RT series that suppose to draw in new fans and whatnot.
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Age Sex Residence (This poll is intended for Japanese residents so all areas are Japanese cities and prefectures) Occupation How many MGs do you buy/year
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Tatsunoko sued Bandai (not BW) for restitution for distributing the Macross sequels (BW was name as Bandai's sponsor). Not really. More like their status as lawful distributors of the SDFM was reaffirmed. Kinda. When they sued Bandai, that's kinda what it boiled down to but as I said, they wanted restitution from Bandai's distribution of the Macross sequels. But since they never participated in those, hence, never put money into those projects, they don't get the money for those sales. Not quite. Big West sued Tatsunoko first for some unknown reason. After that cleared, Tatsunoko sued Bandai. Again, you guys should really stop using the phrase "intellectual property" because it's terribly vague and probably the reason why no one understands this issue. (Read these links: What is Intellectual Property? and Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage)
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Define what you mean by "IP rights". Intellectual Property is divided into copyrights and industrial properties (ex. trademarks). Are you talking about the copyrights? Patents? Trademarks? Or something else? What is Intellectual Property? Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage
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Macross Frontier Movie 1,YES it is subbed now edition
azrael replied to sharky's topic in Movies and TV Series
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That's like an insult to Astro Plan.
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You can only choose 3 in the poll so I threw my vote behind The O, Double X and Stark Jegan.
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Everything looked good till I saw this. Are we done yet? Are we done yet? Are we done yet? Are we done yet? Are we done yet? Are we done yet? Are we done yet? Are we done yet?... They gonna milk this or are we done with the timeline already? That's close enough.
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And so the 'Fools Day pranks begin.... Speaking of which, I need to ban a few people for a day...
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Something I've been thinking about...If Not-Locke wants to leave the island, why did he want Linus to stay behind and be his replacement? Why does he care if he wants to leave the island and not look back?
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HG probably bought up the licensing rights like they do with many properties for resale in international markets. IIRC, Macek said it was Matchbox or Mattel who came up with the "Robotech" line and since Matchbox (or Mattel) was using lots of designs from SDF Macross in their product line, Macek brought in HG since they already licensed Macross and RT started from there.
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Old thread: <a href="http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=27447" target="_blank">http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=27447</a> Might as well start Thread #4 on a good note: <a href="http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/03/mg-wishlist-ms-survey.html" target="_blank">http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/03/mg-...-ms-survey.html</a> While any freebies would probably be limited to Japan, looks like it's not picky about who participates <a href="http://bandai-hobbyproshop.net/gunpla30th/regist.php" target="_blank">Click HERE for the poll</a> The translated list (in this order): <!--quoteo--><div class="quotetop">QUOTE </div><div class="quotemain"><!--quotec-->The O --- "Gundam Zeta" Psycho Gundam (O_O) --- "Gundam Zeta" Baund Doc --- "Gundam Zeta" Marasai --- "Gundam Zeta" Doven Wolf --- "Gundam Double Zeta" Dreissen --- "Gundam Double Zeta" Turn X --- "Turn A Gundam" V2 Gundam --- "Victory Gundam" Gundam Double X --- "Gundam X" Gundam Virsago --- "Gundam X" Nobel Gundam --- "G Gundam" Gundam Deathscythe --- "Gundam W" Gundam Heavyarms --- "Gundam W" Gundam Sandrock --- "Gundam W" Shenlong Gundam --- "Gundam W" Gundam Epyon --- "Gundam W" Tallgeese --- "Gundam W" Legend Gundam --- "Gundam SEED Destiny" Akatsuki Gundam --- "Gundam SEED Destiny" 00 Raiser --- "Gundam Double O" Cherudim Gundam --- "Gundam Double O" Arios Gundam --- "Gundam Double O" Seravee Gundam --- "Gundam Double O" Reborns Gundam --- "Gundam Double O" Susanowo --- "Gundam Double O" Arche Gundam --- "Gundam Double O" Kshatriya --- "Gundam UC" ReZEL --- "Gundam UC" Stark Jegan --- "Gundam UC" Geara Zulu --- "Gundam UC" Other: (please specify)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Funny...I don't see Gundam X in there. <img src="style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" alt="ohmy.gif" border="0"> *start thinking good thoughts*
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Please read Shawn's message concerning server downtime schedule for next week. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=32793
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Concerning those people in the video cheering, most people don't really understand the situation. Many of these people are neither members of the RT or Macross communities. So what they read comes from Wikipedia or other sources. And it's only passing knowledge. Most of those people there don't understand how trademarks and copyrights work and how this pertains to Macross and RT. They just know that there is a legal situation. These people don't know that the rights have been settled for the past 5 years so any talk of the "original producers" still in litigation is not true. It is settle and has been settle for a while now. So while Tommy and HG are only addressing their side of things, these people aren't doing the research which spells out the complete situation. It stems from that many in that crowd do not quite understand how IP law works. From there, they don't understand how these things work out for RT and Macross. It would probably take a 2-hour seminar to explain to these people how intellectual property law works and then a 1-hour discussion of how this pertains to Macross and RT. I've watched some of those Youtube vids and most of the time, the question is vague enough that it can regard either trademarks or copyrights. How do we know what trademarks HG has? We looked it up. How do we know what copyrights are owned by BW? We looked it up. How do we know what BW gave up to Tatsunoko? We looked it up. How do we know how all this business with trademarks and copyrights work? We looked it up. It's all out there. All it would take is a some research. People just need to do the research. In that video, Tommy let's slip that they want to take RT international so they can't use the designs in new productions or they would run into a problem with certain property owners.
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Old thread: http://www.macrosswo...showtopic=28124 In order to make things easier when making recommendations for a new system or device, please include answers to these questions if you want a recommendation. Feel free to add additional details where applicable. "Recommend me a system" questionnaire (answer questions in the section that applies) Laptops, tablets, smartphones Desktops, SFF/HTPCs, and Servers
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Heck, a P-51 could probably fly circles around a AC-130... An Iron Man-esque armor makes sense...but the upkeep...well requires a Tony Stark-fortune. Heck the power requirements are bad enough. And he use to plug that thing into a wall socket...
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Meh. Blame the ISP if you must. ISPs take a all-or-nothing approach to copyright infringement. They remove it all or remove none. As for the no-fanart thingy, why should anyone be surprised anymore? Really....
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I love it when people attempt to justify anime magic for real-life applications.