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It's actually good that you took a minor break between Seasons 3 and 4, Gubaba. It took me awhile to let the big Cylon reveals from Season 3 really sink in.

That's why I prefer the YF-21.

You came in THAT thing?! You're braver than I thought!

^^That thing better have a built-in secret compartment to hide all your smuggled goods.

Not sure if it took me two hours, but it actually started out with me posing all the battroids in more neutral, "standing around, looking bad-ass" poses. Once I finished snapping up those pics, something in my twisted little mind told me to start screwing around with the figures, make them look like they're acting crazy and silly, and make it look like the whole photoshoot is rapidly degenerating. Pretty much like a real family picture gathering after about the third, fourth, or fifth snapshot.

They finally brought Brock F***in' Sampson back. I'd expect nothing less than greatness. Though, I gotta admit Dean's "Hey Triana! Can I pet your pussy?" two episodes ago had me absolutely rolling!

I actually think the WGA Strike HELPED the second half of Season 4.

It's an oldie. But it's "appropriate" for the season : Home for the Holidays?

When you wanna cut through all the bullsh*t and just end it already: .

DAMMIT! How could I have forgotten this one? I think I prefer my fights with both sides evenly-matched and beating the ever-lovin' sh*t out of each other: Yes, it's a little cheesy (especially, the 7-Point Exploding Brain Technique at the end). But it's fun to finally see these two really cut loose on each other. Giving the Ladies a Little More Representation (Sorry, but could only find the dub version on YouTube) Edited because I didn't see that shiroikaze had already posted the Bebop movie fight in the first page. Sorry.

<singing>: WAR. . . MACHINE!! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? . . . </singing> (Nice teaser pic, BTW.)

I think a better title would be: "Godsdammit! What the FRAK is Going On?!" by Saul Tigh ----------------- Personally, I think "A Measure of Salvation" was probably the worst episode of the entire series run.

* Actually, I liked the final fight between Spike and Vincent in the Bebop movie more. Just a flat-out, knock-down, drag-out, bloody fight with some tight background music. * Also, gotta mention this one for it's collection of fights (even though it's a bit cheesy): You break my record. . . Now I break YOU!!

I think it's up to the audience to decide whether she knew about the poison or not. But the actress who plays Ellen said in a previous interview that she played the scene as if she knew the drink was poisoned. I gained a lot of respect for Ellen for 'fessing up the way she did. No excuses, no begging for forgiveness; just a straight up admission of the whole ugly affair and explaining (with no apologies) that she would have done anything and everything to keep Saul alive.

I still love how the beginning of this episode played out with Tigh and Ellen having their little "discussion." It's still a personal favorite of mine.

^^Opens the bottle AND cuts the lime. It's quite multi-functional!!

Don't forget the Old Man calling Apollo a "fat-ass." There was much "joy" in that too. Exodus Part II, huh? Strap yourself in, and hold on tight. It's gonna be a hell of a ride emotionally and viscerally.

^^HEY! It's the VF-2SS SAP attachments! j/k

Yeah, I voted for Bastila too. I just hope they base the figure on her in-game appearance, not the box-cover artwork. Given Hasbro's questionable choices lately, I'm a little worried about how she'll appear in plastic form. If Bastila's not in her in pink-and maroon get-up, super-articulated, with an adequately-sized double-bladed lightsaber, with soft-good front (and back) tabbards, and with an accurate face-sculpt (with clean paint-aps), I'll be most. . . displeased. The only times I ever found Revan, Malak, and the pre-cyborg Grievous were at Kohl's of all places. I think if I ever get my hands on another Revan, I'll repaint it as a Star Forge robes variant. BTW, were you able to find a space Ahsoka that met your standards, DH?

No, no, NO. A thousand times NO. None of those three have a passion for Macross. And it would show in the final product. If they wanna use ILM for the special effects in a live-action movie, that's fine. But I'd rather the director be someone who grew up with Macross, rather than any of those three.

So, we'd want Yamato to be more like Hasbro by making toys based on a crappy derivative of Macross, by pissing on years of backstory and history in favor of making ONLY toys to support their latest blockbuster Hollywood movie, and by alienating the original fans of Macross (much like Hasbro's current treatment of Transformers and GI Joe fans). Got it. Or should Yamato mimic Hasbro's "wonderful" way of loading heaps of pegwarmers upon us, failing to acknowledge how its distribution of figures has been an absolute crapshoot, and deciding to kill a fairly popular subline because of their own stupid decisions and case assortments? Yeah. . . I'm not exactly a fan of Hasbro's more recent decisions. Back on topic, although materials are an important factor to us Macross fans, most of us would agree that it has to be balanced with lineart accuracy in all three modes, sufficient articulation to pull off cool poses (especially poses that can be done without the aid of a stand), minimal kibble, and of course, PRICE.

I believe you'll be utterring the phrase, "Oh frak!!" a number of times during the start of Season 3. Not sure if the Season 3 DVDs have 'em, but there's also a few "webisodes" that fill in the gap between Season 2 and Season 3. They're each usually just a few minutes long, and they focus mostly on some minor characters. But it'll be good background filler for when you start up Season 3. If you thought the poop had hit the fan before, just wait.

^^No. Galactica. . . It's. . . It's a COOKBOOK!!

Shush! Enough already! (Just don't mention how Galactica is actually the SDF-1 and gets thrown back in time to 1999 after an encounter with a spatial anomoly in the Devron system)

The next two or three episodes immediately after the Pegasus arc are a bit clunky. But stick with it, and you'll be rewarded by season's end.