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You can criticize NOTLD for having a relatively low level of quality, but it doesn't quite stick when you consider that it was made by a group of first-time filmmakers who were outside of the studio system for about $100,000. LMOE, on the other hand, was handled by veteran producers, and it does not hold up to films they previously created like Reptilicus and The Fly (not exactly cinematic gems, but superior in execution to LMOE). I think NOTLD deserves credit for being an excellent freshman effort. LMOE deserves criticism because it was released that way by people who previously demonstrated that they could do better. Also, NOTLD became public domain the first night it was shown in theaters. The distributor removed the original "Night of Anubis" title card along with the Image Ten copyright information, and replaced it with the new title.

Yeah, these are all factors that would contribute to my opinion that the movie is "not well-made."

Last Man on Earth is much more faithful to the source material, unfortunately it's just not a well-made movie. It did, however, inspire George Romero to make Night of the Living Dead, two years later.

Probably because companies don't usually show off their toys upside-down. Imagine if Hot Wheels displayed their latest Batmobile like this at Toy Fair: Go to with Jenius' analogy about girls, some folks here seem awfully concerned about seeing this one's taint.

An American hamburger or a Japanese one? ;p CM's page gives the measurements: http://www.cmscorp.jp/products/bgex01_regios.html It says the Legioss is 210mm, TLEAD is 190mm. I'm guessing that's the length of each one in armo-fighter mode.

So you're saying they have a sample? If so, cool!

I will. The alternate ending was posted here. Good luck getting it to load: http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/03/05/mus...his-is-amazing/ It sucks anyway. Read the book.

I spoke with the guys at CollectionDX after they met with George Sohn at Toy Fair last month. He confirmed that Aoshima is not co-producing the Beta. It's not in their article but you can post in the comments section and ask about it.

The first two movies contradict themselves with the model numbers, and additional bonus material on the DVDs even contradicts the movies. It's messy, and it's all for the sake of trademarks, but what are you gonna do?

There will be no Aoshima Tread. Yaco confirmed this back in December: http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?1,174674

Yeah, I'm looking. And just like the CM's version, the "nipples" of the Beta remain only partly covered: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/produ...ge/TOY10201.jpg http://www.cmscorp.jp/products/img/bgex01_regios/l03.jpg Neither of them match the line art perfectly: http://wwwmwww.com/Mospeada/Line09.png As I've said earlier, it only works out that way on paper. Big deal...

There's an episode guide here that covers everything: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Termi...nicles_episodes (In addition to the "Terminator Wedding Chronicles" show, I'd love to see the "Terminator Waits In A Warehouse With Super Alloy Bars In Anticipation Of Judgement Day" show. 22 episodes of a guy just staring at a wall, every season.)

Only $80? That has to be a mistake. Last month at Toy Fair they were saying it would retail for about $150: http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2230 (I preordered one anyway, hoping BBTS honors their mistakes for the sake of hobos. ;p)

There is also a Lark Mechanical Manual for Megazone 23 Part 2.

The TV show and Terminator 3/4 definitely exist in separate continuities. Different sets of producers trying to put their own unique "stamp" on the characters and storylines. One of the side effects of this I've been told about is the Terminator numbering system. The reason Arnold is called a "101" in the first movie, an "800" in the second, and the similar ones are called "888s" in this new series is because the producers have been trying to create unique character names that they can trademark and license for toys and models. Stupid, huh?

Here's an interesting tidbit: in the novelization of the original movie, the story was a closed loop. In 1984, the terminator was killing the Sarah Connors he found in the phone book, and after they were dead, he was slicing their legs open. This led the cops to believe it was some part of some serial killer's strange ritual. Turns out that in the future, Skynet had Sarah's medical records that indicated there was a permanent metal pin in her leg due to an injury and the terminator was using that information to see if he was killing the right Sarah Connor. At the end of the story, Sarah blows up the terminator with one of Reese's pipe bombs, and her leg is injured in the blast. Afterwards in the hospital, they fix her leg up with a permanent metal pin. Neat, huh? I don't know if that was in the original script or if it was the invention of the novelization's author.

The simplest explanation to me was that Ellison is also trying to find Sarah and John Connor (something the terminator has probably figured out by now), so if the terminator lets him go, Ellison might lead him to his target. Why were the high school kids committing suicide? What's the story behind the graffitti? What's the deal with that cute girl John is always trying to talk with? Why didn't Derek fess up that he killed Andy? If he killed Andy, how come he's alive in Derek's past in the future? Why are there other terminators in the past who aren't terminating people? There are a lot of unanswered questions and things that don't make sense. The whole show has a sense of being rushed, and the ratings for the final episode were a fraction of the premiere's, so I wonder if we'll ever find out. Of course, Terminator 4 is going to complete disregard this continuity and give people all sorts of crazy stuff to ponder. My prediction is that the franchise implodes within a week of that hitting the theaters. ;p

Or he could be dead. That would be funnier.

This thread is hilarious.

Yeah, the whole "I'm Married To A Terminator" concept would have made a hilarious sitcom.

No, what's hilarious is that my definition of "dysfunctional internet fanboy" perfectly describes YOUR repeated and loud complaints about your poorly-founded criticisms. So there.

Can someone explain to me how someone can actually be married to a Terminator (who have shown themselves to be about as socially sophisticated as autistic children) for any length of time and not realize that there's something wrong with them?

Someone get Bruce Willis on the phone, we have a suicide mission for him.

Right back at ya. I knew you were setting me up... To everyone else, just buy it, you hobos.

EXACTLY. And who gets screwed? Us. The flatheads who actually buy the thing. I'll be releasing a highly-priced conversion kit to deal with this issue.