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  1. pengbuzz
    Cool! Ship or Attacker mode?
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    I would have given some clearance here for a difference of opinion, but insisting that someone wanting Trek to be Trek is "stifling" negated that. Then the insinuation that to do so is to only want "the first three seasons of TNG" went beyond the pale. So with that... What we want is for series' that use the Star Trek name to actually resemble what the best of Trek has been shown to be from the various series. No series was perfect, but even at their worst, they still aimed for the dream and the vision even if that aim was off and the means were not so good. Discovery wrecks that by having characters so broken that they are nearly useless. Examples: Michael Burnham is loathsome, and Lorca is simply a one-dimensional character who then becomes a one dimensional villain. Picard is worse. Picard takes the characters we have come to know and love and turn them into deprecated, nearly amoral husks. I could never believe that Jean-Luc Picard from TNG would ever turn into such a grotesquely manipulative and surreptitious individual; we had seen the extent to which he would allow himself to "slide" in First Contact, but even then he pulled himself back when he saw what was happening to him. Yet this "Picard" seems to ahve no qualms about betraying a lifetime of moral values, duty and decency. Meantime, Riker doesn't have any questions about Picard's "mission", but just goes along with his shtick? In All Good Things", Riker's response in bringing out the Refeit Galaxy Class to rescue Picard, only to tear into him about what he's done is more how I would view Riker's response to such a stunt. Yet we're supposed to buy him just saying "you allright" and then showing up with a fleet in time to save Pot-Luc Picard from his own stupidity? But your opinion is apparently that such thoughts "stifle Trek". Well, since I have an opinion too, here's what I think "stifles Trek": Trying to make it into a cheap cosplay of R-BSG that uses Trek sets and uniforms. And with that folks, I'm done here. Thanks for having me. -pb out.
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    Because the series sucks. I've watched more than a few Discovery and Picard episodes, and they aren't Trek. Everything that makes Trek enjoyable has been drained from them and replaced with abominable people in an abominable time and place. Did you honestly expect praise and adulation for a show that is supposed to be set in a world and era of optimism and exploration to deliver the exact opposite? Is that the kind of thing we're supposed to praise in a Trek series? Then there is the complaint of "the covnersations are just connnnsttannnntttt negativity. FFS" Wow. So now it's "love the show or be accused of constant negativity"? And yet we're all "constantly negative" for feeling that way and calling these two series on completely going against the entire point of Star Trek? Here's a little something for free: the problem with both Picard and Discovery is that they constantly portray everything as never ending suck. Disco's issue is that it drowns in it; Picard's is that it does that AND drowns the viewer in it as well. The only bright spot in Discovery was Pike and his crew aboard the Enterprise; in Picard, it was Hugh (whom they decided to kill just to be sucky). But what you don't seem to get it: real life is bad enough without the entertainment we watch ramming suckiness down our throats to boot. If folks wanted that, they would just pay attention to real life 24/7!!!! So the lesson here then is this: if a bunch of people are being negative about something continuously, chances are, there is something WRONG WITH THE THING THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. You want positive? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has that potential, if the showrunners pull their heads out of their posteriors and actually make the series about being bold explorers, instead of whiny people who cannot accept responsibility for their bad decisions or dark parodies of beloved classic characters who inexplicably betray a lifetime of moral integrity, duty and honor to become a twisted simulacrum that mocks and cruelly destroys the character in sadistic steps before the aghast viewer. And perhaps when we stop embracing continual darkness and grittiness in our shows, real life may start resembling something that is brighter and more optimistic itself. What we feed feeds us. -pb.
  4. pengbuzz
    Must have run you a bunch of money; all the SDF_1's I've seen on there are like upwards of 300 or so (more like 500 lately!), unless we're talking about the model kits.
  5. pengbuzz
    I got this for free at the flea market today: It doesn't have all the pieces (missing arms and arm transform joints as well as gunpod and one of the vertical stabilizers/ ailerons), but I figured i could eventually find another busted-up one somewhere (maybe someone has one here or on another forum) and make a whole one. The guy was trying to clear out stuff, and when I asked him the price, he just handed it to me and smiled, saying "it's free; I just want it gone!" Who am I to argue?
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    Thanks, will do. I would very much like to fill in the missing gaps in my own knowledge base and stop embarrassing myself. lol Quite a bit of information...admirable indeed that several of y'all are taking on the challenge. If I were any good at translations (which I'm not!), I'd offer my help! Yeah, CSS is a royal pain; I was training in it before switching to fixing computers instead of writing stuff for them. I despised CSS3 and HTML5!
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    It looks like he built up the forms with the pen, used a wood burner/hot knife to smooth the tiny gaps and make fine cuts, and sandpaper/file to completely flatten and smooth out parts. Plus, on the motorcycle project, he apparently had wax paper over some blueprints that he was using to size the parts. He's also using the 3D pen to add material where and when needed, and even making his own forms/molds to push melted filament into to make parts of a specific size/shape (like the tires/wheels).
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    Ok; I thought Sketchley's was complete. Thanks for the update! I just want to be a bit better informed on Macross, as this was a bit embarrassing for me (not counting the time I glued my fingers together building an SDF-1 model kit, but that's a story for another time). 4 day workweek: lucky you!
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    Okay... I just looked to see what Macross Chronicle was, and Sketchley has translations of the book series on his site. Thanks for the discussion on this Seito; rather than continue on in ignorance (on my part), I think It's probably best on my part to go read the entries and put some solid in-world facts into my head for a bit.
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    Then it seems I severely underestimated the Zentraedi Main Fleets. And apparently, there are at least several (if not hundreds). So backing up here a bit: even if they had gotten lucky and taken out Boddole Zer's flagship with a grand cannon, that would have just signaled a retreat (as you previously mentioned), and ultimately would have screwed earth when they sent another fleet to take Earth out. Apparently, the Protoculture civilization was busy making Zentraedi fleets by the gross, and they are still out in the universe fighting wars. All of that would mean that Earth isn't going to be a galactic power anytime soon in the next 5000 years or so. :lol Okay...back to the drawing board...
  11. pengbuzz
    Good points; I thought from the way the cartoon showed it (may be misremembering it), it took some time for all of the fleet to come out of fold around the planet. I didn't realize it was mere minutes. The reason I was asking about all this is an idea I was considering on an "alternate history" of UN Spacy after Space War 1. The concept is that the main fleet had been defeated by Earth, and Earth began expanding as something of an empire. Powered by the technology they were able to glean from the Zentraedi, they began building more outposts and bases along with colonies and settlements. Overall, instead of colonizing out of a need to preserve humanity, they took instead to a somewhat more militaristic approach, and seeking to confront and destroy any other enemies out there before they could try another attack on Earth.
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    I really appreciate you taking the time to address my questions. Seito. These are things that had rolled around in my mind for some time, and my grasp of the events in Macross tends to be a bit narrower on the items involved in the main events. Admittedly: if Earth had managed to take out Boddole Zer's (anyone ever notice it sounds almost like "Bulldozer"? As in, "what happened to Earth?"), that would make for an interesting "what if".
  13. pengbuzz
    From FoxNews: (more) https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/michael-lonsdale-dead-james-bond-villain
  14. pengbuzz
    Ch-ch-chi CHIA!!!
  15. pengbuzz
    You can always fade it back a bit with a kneaded eraser.
  16. pengbuzz
    Looking good so far!
  17. pengbuzz
    Smart of them; even NG Saga has more redeeming value than "The Blonde Twit Mech Driver" show.
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    No, but I've done it with the smaller Arii 1/5000 model. I'd love the opportunity to attempt it with the Hasegawa version; I'm thinking the best one to try is modifying the storm attacker more, as the booms are already separated.
  19. pengbuzz
    Yeah; usually if that happens, I've read that adjusting the f-stop to move the point of focus will help.
  20. pengbuzz
    You did a magnificent job on this! Just the perfect balance of weathering and cleanness.
  21. pengbuzz
    Yeah...forgot about Andromeda. Maybe they should just make a series then where every other star trek series hates Discovery, and everyone from TOS to Enterprise is trying to kill the Discovery crew. Star-Trek: Whackamole.
  22. pengbuzz
    An idea for a new series then: the Federation has been destroyed, and they have to start all over. New ships, new structure, basically rebuild Starfleet from the bare bones up.
  23. pengbuzz
    I'm just going to agree with everything you've said here, as it sums up quite a bit of how I feel as well on this topic. It's not that we've grown to hate the franchises we love; rather, it's that we've grown to hate what those who have been entrusted with the reins to those franchise have done to them, and how they've been warped from what we loved about them.
  24. pengbuzz
    Interesting idea!
  25. pengbuzz
    Wow...looks like that hovertank transforms backwards or something. Talk about "blow it out yer @$$" rofl
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