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    That's the issue with exploring these things too in depth (which is to say, almost in any depth at all). The mystique breaks down almost instantly and they stop being the fearsome movie monsters they're supposed to be. Which, again, isn't exactly a BAD thing to do... It just isn't specifically what I want from a Predator movie. As for Dek, I didn't think much about it. I figured they just wanted a unique look. Weirdly, I have the opposite problem of basically seeing zero videos on my feed at all, spoilers or otherwise.
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    I'll say this, the whole warrior culture thing seems waaay off base. This is a hunting culture, not a warrior one. Or at least that's what it was built up as, to me. The one thing I've always felt that the comics/expanded lore/etc. gets wrong is not adhering to that distinction. Like, I'd like to see more survivalist or conservationist philosophizing girding the backbone of the civilization, not... bushido. As it is, absolutely none of the story and character beats are at all surprising or interesting, just executed competently enough as to be entertaining. This same movie, starring a Les Stroud-/Steven Rinella-(/Jeremiah Johnson-, for the more grizzled among you )type predator, would have been very interesting. But I can't deny I had a good time nonetheless.
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    I wonder if they're going to bother concocting a reason for the gang to be together again. Frankly, I'd rather they not, just have it be a standalone episode and let the fans figure out the canon if they really absolutely must do so. EDIT: New page tax:
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    Mild spoilers, but also very funny:
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    HLJ https://www.hlj.com/dx-chogokin-vf-31a-kairos-macross-delta-10th-anniv-banc723086
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    I can't wait to see what the threequel's title will be.
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    Or call it "The Mummy 3" and don't bother to address the other one at all. Bonus points because "the other one" could be referring to either of two different movies.
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    I've heard that this is the best execution of them all yet, both as an adaptation and as a standalone work, so I'm interested to check it out.
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    Ooh, that's a really nice job with a really nice kit. I love the FSS-adjacent look of this design. Also, those MSG wild hands look perfectly at home on that kit. I'd have thought they'd be ever so slightly too large, but I guess the PA itself being larger than the average 1/144 helps. Why'd you swap out the... missiles? lasers? on its back, though? Just wanted a different look? Regardless, it doesn't detract from the look, and I like the little bit of dressing up you did to the wings around those pylons. Enough to be interesting, not enough to be distracting.
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    Hm, thanks for the commentary. I also suspected those numbers were chosen because they sounded best, but given how intentional/diegetic the rest of it was, surely - SURELY - there was a reason to go with those as well. ...or maybe not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    I am almost positive this has been asked before, but does anyone know: 0215-F09 0258-S04 "021_-___" and "025_-___" = the 21st and 25th large scale emigration fleets, ie Macross Galaxy and Macross Frontier "____-F09" and "____-S04" = "Fairy 09" and "Skull 04", ie Sheryl and Alto "___5-___" and "___8-___" = ??? and ??? The 5th ship within the 21st fleet, and the 8th ship within the 25th fleet?
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    It's entirely possible that the PG-13 was achieved solely because of the blood and other bodily fluids being non-red. I'm reminded of the Transformers movies getting away with Bumblebee essentially doing a Predator spine pull, in slow motion, in crisp 8K IMAX 3D Smellovision UHD, because the enemy wasn't human and the "blood" was a yellow-green "robot juice." The property was doing that as soon as the second movie. And that's even without considering the comics, games, etc. The fact they have a proper species name at all - "Yautja" - means they've long been de-fanged.
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    Good luck. If it's at all like the quality of their other [XYZ] Arts lines, you'll be pulling your hair out before long. 😕
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    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    kajnrig replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    Huh, seems you're right. The specs sheet even reflect that, with the 17 being shorter (length and height) and lighter than the 171. It certainly doesn't look like the smaller craft, though, and it being classed as a heavy fighter/bomber whereas the 171 is a general purpose fighter doesn't help, either. Well, not THAT drastic a difference, but certainly to my eyes the 171 looks pretty clearly downsized from the 17. I suppose I just inferred wrongly from the lore that "downgrade" and "cost effective" both meant smaller... because again, and I hate to emphasize it, but the 171 looks slimmer and smaller than the 17. Either way, I still don't like the decision. I agree that I'd be more amenable to it being a "VF-171 Diamond Force colors" or whatever instead. Also, apparently the head sculpt is significantly inaccurate anyway? The top of the head retains a glaring pointed detail carried over from the 171 when all the 17S artwork is very obviously not so.
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    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    kajnrig replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    Isn't the 171 explicitly an almost ground-up redesign that only superficially resembles the 17 and is canonically smaller and slimmer? Like the real world Hornet to Super Hornet but in reverse.
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