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Some ILA fansubs have been available at Animesuki and Tokyotosho these last weeks
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I hope too...
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It's probably true, but I doubt it's that pertinent: you always take inspiration of something when you create a story/setting/character/whatever... Originality is when you mix all of these elements in an unique, or at least somewhat unique, way which, i think, is the case of this anime, at least for this 1st ep. I also appreciate the old cartoon aspect of some sequences, especially when the main character is digging for example: it's not original strictly speaking, but in this context this is unexpected and a pleasant surprise... Just my opinion anyway I'll try to get a look to Getter FLCL if I can find it somewhere...
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I think the setting is original, yes, as well as the various designs, mainly concerning the mechas
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This show looks funny, and original too: I love the mecha designs
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Macross 25th Anniversary! New TV series coming!
Gui replied to wolfx's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
And it's just a matter of days now... -
If you're interested into taking a look at it though, a rip of RT: the Untold Story is available at BoxTorrents since one week or two...
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Macross 25th Anniversary! New TV series coming!
Gui replied to wolfx's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Obviously, no... -
I didn't lose all hopes yet
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In case you didn't notice, a torrent for the complete series is available at Tokyotosho... Good thing that i couldn't find a seller for the boxset finally
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru GQuuuuuuX
Gui replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
You can find them at BoxTorrents if memory serves, but the subs look like they come from a bootleg... -
I should have looked for better: the mass of the dinosaur killer is estimated at about 1 billionth ot the mass of the Earth, which itself turns around 6 million billion billion kilograms (6000 billion billion tons), which makes of the asteroid something like 6000 billion tons The ASS is too much light to hurt the planet basically, wether its weight is given in mass, displacement or God-knows-what, being 18 000 000 or FAR lower Thanks everyone for your time
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I checked the Compendium to be sure: the SDF weight was 18 000 000 tons when it crashed onto South Ataria Island... When I read various reports from scientists saying that a simple meteorite - far smaller and lighter than the SDF - destroyed the ecological balance and made some sort of nuclear winter which killed all dinosaurs I wonder how the ASS could just reduce the Everest, awaken some volcanoes and destroy a bunch of cities below its trajectory Is there an official (and logical) explanation for this, or is it just some sort of anime magic? Do you think that the area of its crash being surrounded by oceans may have reduced the damage to the environment (even in considering tidal waves and tsunamis of course)? Not trying to look for the little beast, just curious
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And now, DigitalEyes has just confiirmed the bad newz: 'Unfortunately, the manufacturer is not sending anymore of this item. If has been phased out.'
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They told me they use USPS only, unfortunately...
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Rightstuf... The boxset is 'On Order From Manufacturer' in there... Also isn't it this store which asks for a copy of your driver license? I think I tried to order something from them a while back but couldn't provide a valid docu (we don't use such thing in the same way than in the USA in my country), so... Well, thanks anyway for the tip but if you have any other address it'll probably be more useful
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Guys, sorry if I ask a question which already got its answer but I didn't read the whole thread in order to avoid spoilers I need to know a good (a.k.a. honnest/reliable) online seller which ships to Europe with UPS in order to get the latest Votoms complete set from US Manga Corps I found one at DigitalEyes but it's out of stock and will remain unavailable because, I think, US Manga Corps is no longer active, isn't it? Or is it CPM instead? I found another one at Amazon.com but with european customs it may be tricky to get it and for about 200$ (including shipping costs) I'd prefer to not waste my money, except if they accept to ship through UPS of course (but I didn't see anything on this point in their help sections...) Again, sorry if this question has already been asked: just wanted to avoid spoilers. Do not hesitate to PM me if you have infos Thanks in advance for any help
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Jeff Han's Multi-Touch Sensing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwGAKUForhM...ted&search=
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Nurse robots soon in Britain: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=110202007
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru GQuuuuuuX
Gui replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Unfortunately, fansubs are not 'free' but simply tolerated by the various distributor companies: all these downloads are illegal, in the exact same way than Emule, or Napster a few years ago, something to keep in mind when you use such ressources... -
I know they were examples and I addressed them anyways. However even if the authors worked with the re-writers/producer/director the studio would still try to push their veiw of the material over the writer. 411473[/snapback] I tend to agree with you on this one, this was what happened to Asimov's I, Robot: maybe this could have been avoided if the original author was still here to defend his work... We'll never know until we try That is the normal agruement when it comes to countering the "It's too long for a single movie!" statement. But that statement always pops up because the fan feels that you need most of the book intact in the movie in order for it to be true to the book. And it takes a rare writer to brilliantly re-write a book into a movie well enough to get praise from both sides. But generally we book fans feel that most books-to-movies are fairly poor and never fill out the background plot well enough. Never really filling out the emotional build-up quite right. 411473[/snapback] Actually, it's the same problem with all books, SF or not: cinema implies some sort of compromise. Also, directors have the right to give their own interpretation of a story: it became interesting more than once (2001, A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner,...) but of course it depends of the talent of the director... like in any other movies btw First, I think Dick's reputation is way overrated (and I mean waaay overated...) Second, I didn't read the original short story but some friends of me did so and they all agreed on the fact that it was very short and, well, uninteresting (basically, this story ends when the guy goes to Recall and has his brain freezed instead of getting artificial memories : if the original really was like this, then the script writer of Verhoeven did a great job IMO...) We since 1990 Time Travel story's have been thrown-up nearly annually, so even with the HINT of Time Travel the story drops down to a B level because eveyone knows the main plot already! It's like reading LoveCraft after watching 50 horror movies. You get bored really quick! 411473[/snapback] Asimov's novel talks about CONTROLING time, not SIMPLY TRAVELING it: this technology allows to model societies in order to avoid wars, ecological disasters, rise of fascist nations or whatever. This idea is truely unique and has nothing to do with Wells: actually it's more a logical continuation of Anderson's Time Patrol except that in Asimov's novel time is domesticated instead of being watched by some sort of time cops who do in sort that history doesn't change despite all its dramas. Asimov's concept looks completely different as well as innovative to me, all the more as one of the main plots is a love story while I'm at it Oh, and In the Mouth of Madness is the best horror movie I've ever seen... precisely because of the heavy influence of Lovecraft's work No problem I'm just disagreeing aswell
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When I remember how much the first movie was sh!tty, I don't think the second one will be better: actually sequels more or less always are worse... Well the biggest problem with contemporary SF is that unless they radically rewrite it they simply can't make a single movie from a single book! They either radically screw it up completely losing the books characters, mood, and plots. OR they use alot of the book and are forced to do thought dialogue that people hate from some reason. 411223[/snapback] I think this reason is that these thought dialogues are not entertaining... At least for some people. Actually the majority of viewers Dude, they were just some examples: my point is that contemporary SF novels emphasize far much more onto action and SPFX than previous authors did (except for the space operas trend from the 30s...), AND they propose interesting stories/characters too. Therefore there's some potential with these authors : maybe Hollywood should envisage to work with some of them instead of simply adaptating their work... And gimme a break with the argument of 'OMFG, it's too much long to make a single movie!!!' All these authors are great short-stories writers aswell: it's a Dick's short-story which allowed Verhoeven to make Total Recall, and I for sure saw far much worse SF movies Finally, I don't see why 2 movies inspired by Asimov sucked hairy balls all the (possible) others ones should be a disaster aswell. And I don't think that the End of Eternity or The Gods Themselves should be considered as outdated: actually, I don't know any time travel stories which go beyond the Asimov concept of controling time, except maybe the mad machines from Hyperion...
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Excuse me for saying so, but isn't that kind of the point? I didn't go to see Serenity because I felt I wasn't bored enough. I didn't go because I was hoping to find something educational, or something of intellectual value. I went because I wanted to be entertained. And I found it to be quite so. The problem is, most of Hollywood is so out of touch with the rest of America that they are more or less guessing what people might find entertaining. That's when we wind up with movies like Aeon Flux. 409716[/snapback] Yup, the door was already open: sure it's normal to seek entertainment but what sort of entertainment are you talking about? I'll be 33 in a few days and what Hollywood calls 'entertainment' doesn't entertain me any more. It does entertain a young audience though but such audience is easily entertained anyway... Of course I like nice action scenes and explosions, good-looking babes accompanying charismatic heroes and all the 'standard' stuff but isn't it more entertaining with a good story aswell? This story doesn't need to be highly intellectual or educational, but simply something different than 'bad guys having their asses kicked by the good one' which is basically the main plot done over and over at nauseum It's a shame really, especially when you see that contemporary SF novels often present a strong potential for visual/action scenes: see Banks' Consider Phlebas or Use of Weapons, Simmons' Hyperion too or Brin's Startide Rising, and many more. Main difference with Hollywood SF is that such stories often have a strong story with interesting and unusual characters most of the time. And we still wait for Spielberg's Foundation by the way... Instead of that we get things like The Matrix ruled by the Frankenstein Complex when 30 years earlier Daniel Galouye wrote Simulacron 3 Therefore, I don't go to the theaters anymore (the last time was for Ice Age 2 and I got exactly what I expected: some good laughs...), but I'll try to take a look to Serenity anyway: I often hear it's a good movie
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X-Men and super-heroes stories in general are more some sort of modern fantasy or fantastic than pure SF actually: these concepts usually don't show the 'science as a way to make society evolve' which is the main credo of SF stories since the Golden Age of the 40s (See Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, etc,...) under the influence of John Campbell when he was the editor of Astounding From this point of view, Blade Runner or Gattaca are definitely 'true' SF as well as some 'food for thoughts' that super-heroes or video games can difficultly reach because of the usual simplicity of their concept/idea (I mean 'testosterone boost') I think the main problem of SF nowadays is well summarized by JsARCLIGHT and Penguin: (young) people want entertainment, nothing more...
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The Official Aim for the Top! Gunbuster Thread
Gui replied to Noriko Takaya's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Particularly the second half of ep.4 Seriously, what's the point ino cutting the story of 30 minutes? 120 mins is not a long time for a movie nowadays... Oh well, looking forward to it anyway