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    I'm fairly sure it's a common thing in Hollywood writing that in order to get writing credits and/or paid, you have to contribute SOMETHING to the script, so even if one gets brought to you to be "punched up" that's in perfect order, you invariably have to, well, "punch up" that script regardless. It's a malaise that I would love to see put to an end, but alas... I dunno, I think you're missing the forest for the trees, whether intentionally or not. A lot of these "character complaints" are really minor things in the grand scheme of things. The characters are, for the most part, recognizable enough that I can see them acting how they act. That is... one heck of a stretch... 🤨 Anime Faye is a wannabe femme fatale. IIRC she tries it and it more often backfires on her than not. The only times in the anime that the whole film noir aesthetic gets played 100% straight are when it involves Spike... and I suppose that one episode with Jet. And "unreciprocated love with Spike" is speculative at best. The nature of the Bebop crew's relationship with each other is purposely nebulous. Besides surface interactions, they generally hold each other at arm's distance, and they generally avoid acknowledging the formation of intimacy (this despite, of course, some measure of intimacy forming). Regardless of the exact nature of the intimacy forming, it's the acknowledgement of it at the end of the show that was important. I don't know if Netflix Faye showed any signs of being anything other than a lesbian. Funnily enough, I saw more overt romantic/sexual interest between Netflix Spike and Faye than their anime counterparts... and I didn't consider their interactions particularly romantic or sexual at all. But otherwise, she doesn't show any interest in either of her co-stars - or really anyone at all besides engineer girl. Yeah... I don't know how I ultimately feel about that change. He's enough of a throwaway character even in the original that I don't MIND his being made a crossdresser/trans/what have you character who simply operates confidently and competently in a side role. But the changes are also so unnecessary, and nixed a potential second season story point for it.
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    Yeah, that's a shame. It surprised me how good it was despite itself. If someone decides to plow ahead with it, I hope they retain the cast. They were far and away the best part of the show.
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    In case you can't wait, Amiami's got one of the Yammie version: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-0029-R I know a similar question was asked above, but is the Arcadia toy just the Yammie molds refined and revised, or did they create brand new molds that just necessarily follow similar shapes, lines, etc., as the Yammie one?
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    Color separation and snap-fit assembly confirmed, at least according to HLJ. (Maybe this was already said somewhere, but first time I'm seeing it.) From their newsletter email just now: And from the item listing description:
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    Can't help you there, sorry, but speaking of the Ra Cailum, I happened upon this at Amiami. It might be a decent alternative, though it is a pretty $150 or so pre-shipping. https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-007777-R
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    They have been getting into both color separation and snapfit recently... IIRC their MechatroWeGo kits were all/mostly snapfit and color-separated, as well as maybe another handful of small-scale kits the last few years. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was all practice runs for this release.
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    Dare I hope for a Q-Rau/Rhea? Gotta get me my Pixie Squadron!
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    The first episode is on Youtube if you want to get a feel:
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    Question for anyone who got one: How does the 3D-printed one that... Xigfrid? lemme check... cooked up way back when compare? If one got that when he first made it, would this be a worthwhile upgrade? EDIT: In case you missed it, here's the first relevant post (progress is made further down the post):
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    This is the one that's basically just the MG kit with some diecast? Or...?
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    Thank Christ.
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    Wow, I didn't realize it was opening up so soon. Completely missed out on this one...
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    The YF-29? Yes. The VF-25? Supposedly, it's undergoing atmospheric performance evaluation on Earth.
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    Is it weird that I find the WWM VF-25 way more befitting Max than this YF-29?
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    Dunno about Singapore, but in the US it's P-Bandai: https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2590353001001 Actually just found the Singapore P-Bandai listing, but unfortunately seems it's sold out: https://p-bandai.com/sg/item/N2590353001001
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    okay but that zach braff-lookin' ass host
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    Shoji Kawamori himself is holding it close to the chest until his video message at the Dec. 14 Macross Plus showing, at which time he'll tell us all to look under our seats and - GASP! - it'll be waiting there for us, special commemorative toys with individually signed boxes!
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    Hi-Metal R

    kajnrig replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    How are the proportions on these? The VF-0S especially looks a bit off, but I'm not sure if I'm just seeing things. There were also prototypes shown way back when for a bunch of stuff from the sequels, right? YF/VF-19s, VF-11s, etc., all of which became vaporware?
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    That is a really good lighting job.
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    Is this supposed to be "Max's VF-25F"? Mainly due to the blue and the skull. The WWM I'm assuming means something like seti suggests, World-Wide Macross or so, and the 021 maybe marking the year 2021. Or maybe it's a personal tail code of his...?
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    Ah yes, that's the one.
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    Which IIRC isn't explicitly a canon publication, correct?
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    I did. I forgot there was a dedicated thread, so I just wrote about it in the General Movies thread. Tl;dr: I found it mildly better than the two worst movies (Quantum of Solace, Spectre), but not nearly as good as the two best ones (Casino Royale, Skyfall). The side characters, especially the new 007, not getting much to do was pretty disappointing.
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    Got two tickets for myself and a friend, and hopefully some more will RSVP and join in the next few weeks. I've been wanting to see this in theaters for such a long time. I hope there aren't any glaring issues with the presentation - stretching and/or cropping to fit widescreen screens, bad subtitles, etc.
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