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  1. pengbuzz
    "Hard pass" doesn't even begin to describe this movie for me...
  2. pengbuzz
    Hmmm... better call the Yamato for the Cosmo Cleaner D. That only took a year! *ducks* Seriously, I get the idea though. The effects of war (namely the planetary bombardment) so thoroughly wrecked Earth that even with advanced tech, it's going to be a few hundred dozen generations before the planet is recovered. And as in another thread we were talking in, that was one of the points of Macross: war is a horrific thing and has a horrific cost. No one wanted to talk, the Unity Govt. thought they had an ace up their sleeve, next thing you know, the planet's a frickin' burrito in a microwave and millions on both sides are dead. Just hurts to see the planet in such a condition, even in fiction. Guess part of me was hoping that they would find some Protoculture tech in the future that could speed it along by a millennia or two, but that would defeat the message, right? Ever the optimist, I confess. Head in the clouds, stubbing my toes on facts. Yeah, wasn't the Civ Valk the one Hibiki was in along with Dennis when they covered the Mardook attack? It didn't have a Battroid mode, no guns, and just really the armless Gerwalk setup with a huge canopy IIRC. They had specs for it in the Macross II RPG handbook, but wasn't sure how legit or reliable those were (if at all).
  3. pengbuzz
    Thanks for the roster, Seito; on some days, my memory doesn't work so well due to TBI issues (and living under aforementioned rock!). It sounds like unless they find some alien tech out there that can greatly speed up terraforming, Earth is pretty much hosed for some time to come. I was also wondering if they developed more mecha for earthside use such as newer purpose-built destroids.
  4. pengbuzz
    O.O
  5. pengbuzz
    Wow...almost couldn't tell the difference between fan and OVA animation! On another note: I wonder what's going on back on Earth about now in the Macross timeline? I know from previous convo's that environmental issues are still pervasive post-SW1 and will be for some time. Curious also if they built any other cities across from New Macross City? (I kinda live under a rock...)
  6. pengbuzz
    Yeah...G's theme song should be Baby Got Back! lol
  7. pengbuzz
    Peter... are you telling us that they found blood in your caffeine stream?
  8. pengbuzz
    I would direct you to read Falcon's post on this, as it sums up the situation succinctly: As for my own opinion: I like Macross because it doesn't glorify war, and because it recognizes that the "enemy" is human and relatable after all. How that insults or threatens you is beyond me, but I suppose if it contradicts your opinion, it must be a threat to you. Concerning my opinion on "gore": I have seen it in real life. I have seen death in real life as well. In my opinion, neither are "edgy" or anything that are exciting or "hard-core", especially when it causes nightmares and flashbacks (which are far from "entertaining"). Yet, that is merely my opinion. Both of those are my expressions, just as much as your liking of horror and making the enemy are expressions of yours. But what I and others have been trying to tell you here is that there's a difference between what you think MII should have been, and what the creators of MII intended it to be and the message they were trying to get across. Which is their opinion, and one they have just as much right to. With all that, unless I find anything else new to add to this convo, I'm just going to read replies here and not say anything else.
  9. pengbuzz
    I still hold hope, my friends.
  10. pengbuzz
    So they're fighting over stale crap?
  11. pengbuzz
    Space booger vs death cactus.
  12. pengbuzz
    Excellent point; I had not considered that, but it is very true. Never saw War in the Pocket though :embarrassed:
  13. pengbuzz
    Okay, let's take this point by point (just my opinion folks, feel free to jump in should I veer off course) I'll match that with why I believe it should remain as is; personally the story works just fine. It doesn't need to be a SDFM clone. Let's go- The point of Hibiki being a reporter in the story is to present a character who is not "in sync" with the Unity Government, but is seeking to uncover something he feels they are hiding (a new enemy that the Minmany Attack is not affecting, amongst others). It also presents a particular point about Hibiki in that he is willing to do anything at the beginning of MII to "get the story", and the character arc he experiences is about him growing as a person and seeing that there's more that just "the story". There is a reason the story needs to get to the people, and it's not just ratings. Were Hibiki a military pilot, he would be much more conditioned to think along the lines of the military and most likely not question what was going on. That would limit the story basically to the Gloria; it would basically remove any opportunity for Ishtar to learn of earth culture firsthand, as she would be a prisoner in the brig or medbay. It would also remove the pertinent plot points of how Zentraedi/ Meltranedi integrated into Terran society and how it has rebuilt. You'd have a discount version of SFDM basically, with no city to go to, and it would be far more limited in scope than even SDFM. While you're at it, just make them 30 feet tall, call them Exsedol, Vrlitwhai and Quamzin and have them hunt the Gloria to capture it and return it to the Masters... It's better for them to not have a clearly defined origin. Not everything must be explained... Such as whom exactly... Boldolza? What would that serve, other than to induce the "vomit" factor? There seems to be a thread of dehumanizing the Zentraedi (or any opposition in Macross) in your comments. Why is that? Is that so you can root for the "heroes" as they blast their way through endless hordes of "inhuman monsters who deserve to die"? The entire point of Macross is that there is no need for war in the first place if we would all just SIT DOWN AND TALK. This clip from Doctor Who pretty much gets the point across IMHO: I think Peter Capaldi's thoughts in this clip mirror how the story writers of Macross felt If you want these, simply watch SFDM. Just no. While combat and war inevitably involve the destruction of those living beings fighting in them, including gore just to demonstrate how bad it is is simply pointless. Large explosions, ship wreckage, lasers firing and missile clusters should get the point across, as most "remains" would be pretty much atomized. You're not going to get much in the way of Freddy Krueger or Jason Vorhees levels of "splatter" with energy weapons vaporizing folks like mud puddles on a warm summer's day. On a different level, including viscera just for the "kewl" feature only serves to further dehumanize and render both sides as "meat for the meat grinder". Macross is not about that, but about there being commonality and the ability for different cultures to exist together. For the possibility of healing between former enemies, the repairing of old breeches and the restoration of barren landscapes. The purpose of the battle scenes is to show just how pointless war truly is, and the heartbreak and sorrow of losing people you deeply care for in them. That is why Roy Fokker, Hayao Kakizaki, and several others died in SDFM and DYRL: to drive that point home clearly. That is there already (As Seito pointed out previously). They are...because they are integrated into the UN forces. (I think Seito covered that already) ------------------------------------------------------------- I think what you really want here is RT: The Beef-Stroganoff-Vat-Exploded-All-Over-The-Battlefield Edition: Look for 3:54 on to get the idea
  14. pengbuzz
    I had to look up what a bento was: So, they are essentially pulverizing one another over this?! I think my few remaining brain cells would explode at this kind of stupid, so I'm gonna pass on this one. Thanks for the warning Seito.
  15. pengbuzz
    Well, I'm mailing the heads out to you tomorrow (Post Office gave us a customs form we had ti fill out, so mailing them yesterday was a bust!), so if you want, I'll toss these in with them. I got the holes where the mounting spar into the main body goes cleaned out, so they should be good to go.
  16. pengbuzz
    I remember building the 1S; I modded the wings to have "dropped flaps and slats". Not my best work, but passable: Ended up not using them (model later didn't go so well), so I stashed these aside. Probably would need stripping and rework; the attachment bar they slid onto snapped off inside them, so that would have to be dug out.
  17. pengbuzz
    Not deterred... even if this is an April fools joke, may yet be events to come.
  18. pengbuzz
    Then let me make your day for you bro: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/justice_league/justice-league-sequels-officially-announced-as-warner-bros-agrees-to-restorethesnyderverse-a183660#gs.bfe3.xqgboe
  19. pengbuzz
    *imagines valkyries with parts held on with "million mile an hour" tape*
  20. pengbuzz
    ROFL!!! I'd be on that with a boat as well!
  21. pengbuzz
    Makes perfect sense, more "bang' for your buck" with a proven airframe that won't break the bank.
  22. pengbuzz
    After watching the video and looking up "restore the Snyderverse", it just might happen, you never know. I think the studios are too afraid of losing fans' money at this point...
  23. pengbuzz
    Well...most of that as sheer necessity. We don't have a lot of money due to circumstances, so anything I get that isn't "up to par" has only one choice: make it do or do without. The Tomcat was an unusual circumstance, and one where my wife Meg honestly felt bad for me after everything I tried with that kit. Things like the VF-1S kit that fell apart, the Arii Macross transformation and the 1/72 Armored Factory were out of necessity: the first was old brittle plastic, the second was because I will never be able to afford or find either a Hasegawa TV Storm Attacker kit or Matchbox SDF-1 that doesn't cost 700 dollars (even 30 dollars is a stretch when bills need to be paid), and the last literally doesn't exist for the market at 1/72 that I know of! So with those things in mind: I often get anxious myself when I attempt these things too, but hey, someone's gotta do it, right?! lol And yeah: my wife is one in a trillion trillion trillion; she does crochet, so she knows all too well what frustration is! lol The thing is wm cheng: it was one of your tutorials on the VF-1 (it was on Scribd before they deleted it) that has been of great assistance to me in my modeling efforts. I see folks' clean, perfect work and wish I could do that (I literally cannot do a clean build to save my life!) , but I still try!
  24. pengbuzz
    ROFL!!!!
  25. pengbuzz
    That would be a cat-ass-trophy.
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