3 minutes ago, anime52k8 said:

I really like the custom version;

Could be an upcoming variant. They’ve milked a few barzam types and woundwarts and this doesn’t look like it has too many differences for them to avoid the potential of milking those molds

3 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Having fun with this Plamax kit. There are some really slick assemblies eliminating lots of seams. Masking time in an effort to avoid some color correcting decals. 

They really did a great job hiding the seams, they’re there in a few spots, but in completed builds online, you really really have to look close to see them

And another web exclusive. I think this is like three in a row or something I guess it’s a total redesigned Doven Wolf. I’m not really familiar with this version. Kinda interesting, I may end up getting it.

24 minutes ago, Dynaman said:

I'd like to see someone treat the source material with respect, the old (I hate to call it the original) movie crapped all over the source book.  Not to say I agree with the conclusion of the book and find it's politics unworkable but it did make a good argument for government by those who had actually risked something.

The movie had an issue where nobody seemed to actually like the book or hadn’t read it at all. I think Paul had an assistant read it and kinda gave him a basic idea of what was going on. The anime is also quite different. It’s really a tough source to say to someone to make a faithful adaptation in the time span of a single film.
The idealism would get too dull. It’s gonna be tough to see what compromises have to be made to get this done in a way that doesn’t drag. Or if it’s just gonna be another action movie with dark humor like other Blomkamp stuff.

48 minutes ago, Thom said:

Hopefully we'll get more intelligent aliens and bugs. Something in line with the Roughnecks would be good.

The movie and anime didn’t really get too much into them unfortunately.They didn’t even show the Skinnies. The anime had more of a plant blob kinda thing. Roughnecks had a bit more time though, but probably because they had more time to do something, but I’d like to see the movie get a bit more into the different types and at least a bit into their relationship with eachother regarding their alliance. But more than anything, I really want to see some cool power armor on the big screen 

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Wasn't the power armor in the novel designed to cut off the limbs of the soldier if deemed necessary? I can see Blomkamp elaborate on that concept 😝

It’s been a while and I think it was supposed to be a utility design to seal a wound, but I don’t remember exactly how that worked.

I really only read through it once many years ago, but still find myself fascinated by certain elements that were in the book and how other media has treated the material mostly in totally different ways since some aspects mechanical and alien felt more hinted at while ideas felt more direct and detailed. Maybe it’s more of a fascination with what wasn’t in the book, like more elements of the alien species and mechanical specifics that take a bit of a back seat to certain idealism and emotional experience.

8 hours ago, Radioguy said:

Bandai got pretty far with it, and have rolled it out two or three times already. They know the questions begin once more when it's displayed again, so I do wonder if they are indeed trying to do it for real.

I just think the sales model might need to be like KC, or the TT Star Trek releases as of late with it being crowdfunded to get off the ground.

They showed off a tomahawk several times as well  ..……………….………………………………………………………………………..and I still hear only crickets

4 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Something retro-futuristic would be cool, definitely nothing in the style of HALO, that's been overdone IMO. 

The pig launcher however, that could come in handy with the Arachnids. 

I still wasn’t super impressed with District 9, but I do love when he finally he finally gets the armor for some pig launching good times

6 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

If this actually see's the light of day, the special effects used in District 9 still hold strong today. I can't imagine what the Power Suits might look like if they stay true to the book vs. Paul Verhoeven's version. (Which I'm still a huge fan of today, I saw Starship 3 times in theaters.) 

VS. something like the 1988 Anime Mecha. 

 

 

 

While I love the studio Nue and sunrise redesigns, I have a feeling it will have the aesthetic of a bit closer to the armor from District 9 but without the pig launcher. Or maybe Chappie. His films have kind of a clunky sort of look to the robotic type stuff, but I’d love to see something different here. And would really love something that pays homage to the Japanese versions.

Then again, his armors could end up looking more retro futuristic. Something more like a late 1950’s aesthetic 

2 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Would you like to know more?

New ‘Starship Troopers’ Movie in the Works from ‘District 9’ Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (Exclusive)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/new-starship-troopers-movie-in-the-works-1236163598/

I’d be curious to see how this one ends up. I sorta think a mini series might work better though.

2 hours ago, Dynaman said:

Wouldn't that be "Old Guns" by now?

Emilio is still young compared to his brother 

1 hour ago, Duke Togo said:

I'm just assuming this will be bad, but I've been following the news on this since it was first announced.

I think that’s the safe way to look at it, but if it actually turns out good, then I’ll be ok with being wrong. I do have to say that western style films usually still have a better chance at being good compared to other films these days, so there’s a slim chance it could be good.

Although with the age of the actors, it would probably be more of a turn of the century early 1900’s film 

7 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

That was Billy telling a story as an old man as the movie said people disputed if he really was him.

 

It’s been a long time since I’ve watched and definitely need to rewatch sometime soon.gotta figure out if any of the streaming services have them.

I’d be interested , but didn’t some of these guys die, not the actors but the characters 

1 hour ago, 505thAirborne said:

With a reported budget of $320 million dollars, The Electric State will leave you in state of shock of how bad it is. 

 

It looks pretty bad. Haven’t watched it though and really wasn’t planning to

I kinda liked the older battle suits a lot better the new one looks like a weird ski outfit with a cone of shame

23 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Based on the numbers on Wikipedia, for "Phase 5" we've got...

 

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - $388m budget, $476m BO

The Marvels - $374m budget, $206m BO

Deadpool and Wolverine - $200m budget, $1.3b BO

Captain America: Brave New World - $180m budget, $373m BO

 

...which is a 1:2.06 ratio. Granted, you remove the DaW outlier, that ratio drops precipitously to about 1:1.2, so... still better than breaking even, but I get your point, but that's still not enough of a liability to hold back what is assuredly a wildly (if inexplicably) popular run of LA movies. Apparently Lion King made $1.65 BILLION. I... I don't get it.

Unfortunately for them those numbers don’t include the marketing and such. Cap has been reported as losing quite a bit overall so far and same with Ant man. The only one of those listed that brought in cash was Deadpool.

I don’t think it’s the singing on this song that bugs me as much as the AI sounding music. It just sounds like a bunch of junk smashed together that just doesn’t work. The singers have all been ok though 

On 3/6/2025 at 6:39 PM, seti88 said:

just imagining if anakin were as adult as cassian and struggled through difficult experiences (more in the sense of helping others and failing, yes there was the catalyst of sand),

I fixed it for you 

2 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

For those who watch The Righteous Gemstones, it's back & the season 4 opener did not disappoint in anyway shape or form. 

Respect to Danny McBride for putting together one of the most solid Civil War scenes on film in a long time. 

 

It’s already on season 4? 
I haven’t watched it yet, but it feels like it was barely added on max. I could swear that it’s newer than the Last of Us and we’re barely going to be getting season 2

8 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Oh they have money. They have money because the live action movies have consistently made them money.

Their live action movies mostly have made money, but their marvel stuff isn’t even breaking even lately. It kinda drags the whole company down. And not all of their live action stuff has been successful. 

2 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

Lilo and Stitch is, quite possibly, my favorite Disney movie, so I'm less inclined to dismiss it outright than a lot of their other recent output. However, I still don't get Disney's perverse need to do live action remakes of all their older animated movies... especially when half the time "live action" isn't even that, it's just "realistic" CGI animation.

Because they don’t have the money for writers, so they just make little tweaks to the original, copy print and hope it makes some cash

2 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Put a fork in it, it’s done. 1:144 V Siren Prominence. 
This kit has been the most fun so far in my first year of building. Not saying much honestly considering. Hahaha. 
So hard to capture that n a phone photo but there are so many fun shiny/sparkly bits in this one. Also had to do lots of detail hand painting which was very challenging. I think the end results are passable. It will get better with practice. 

Looks really great, thanks for sharing. 

4 hours ago, Boobytrap said:

Those are previously released F90 packs. I don't know the lore behind it but it seems odd that model number F80 is capable of using F90 mission packs. Whatever the case it'll be nice to have another mobile suit to display them on.

I really wasn’t sure if they were the other packs or new ones,  there’s been so many that it’s kinda hard to keep track of them. After looking at those pictures again, it does say F-90 a-z

30 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Great mail day. ♥️

 

Nice, I feel like they get better with every release. This one will probably be great 

Another web exclusive. This time a master gradeI’m guessing the last three pics are for upcoming variants or separate attachments