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Macross = VFs (and love triangles, and music.) Not sure if an exclusive-to Destroid series would work, especially considering their lack of appearance in later series (which adds weight to the arguement of VFs having more marketing power than Destroids.) Also, the squad would have a very high mortality rate, given that Destroids are usually destroyed moments after they appear on screen, and the enemy attacks! Anyhow... something semi-related to Macross just popped up in the Diet: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070123a7.html I especially like the line about reexamining old contracts. That just screams Macross to me.

That's more due to the differences between Japanese phonics and the way sounds are written in Roman letters. Other possible results are: liber, river, ribel, livel, libel, rivel. Nevertheless, the name is ライãƒãƒ¼, which in standard romanization would be Raibaa (though is pronounced sometimes closer to Laibaa.)

Kensei got it. The development of the thermonuclear engines for the VF-1 was delayed somehow, and the existing VF-1 plans were made bigger to fit overtuned conventional engines, and the fuel needed for the engines to operate.

Just got the book/CD-ROM set yesterday. It's a great print - though I'm finding that it's easier to read a softcover manga collection than a hardcover one... Anyhow, aside for one or two incorrectly drawn characters (I have a faint feeling that Masamune Shirow was rushing through some of the art on this one... not sure why) it's great, and brings one right back to the original GiTS in feel and action. Though, I should add: some of what I thought were original ideas in the SAC and SAC II series are truly original Shirow ideas, as they crop up in this manga. Interesting. I can also see some of the characters that show up in GitS II appearing for the first time in 1.5. It's a bit expensive at ￥2500, and I'd probably prefer a softcover without the CD-ROM. Nevertheless, a good investment. At the same time I picked up another groovy Shirow art collection - http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A3%AB%E9%83%8E...E/dp/4063646645 Check out the groovy pictures inside. The two "books" come as a set, with basically the same girls - the difference is that in one set, the girls are clothed, the other - well, good ol' Masamune Shirow goodness.

I saw this kit yesterday at Mandarake in Nanba: http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models...r-327-54box.jpg It was ï¿¥800. Though there was a note on the kit that said the box was damaged. I'm not sure if an undamaged kit would retail higher or not, as the kit is more than 20 years old and there isn't much demand for it.

Oh! I first saw those some time in 2001 or early 2002. They came from a site that had great CG images of a fighter mode VF-11. For the longest time, I used a Flanker-esque image from the site as my background. I think this was the link to the site: http://web.interpuntonet.it/zpaolo/mw_vf11gallery.html But when I just checked now, it was gone. (Link from here: http://unsd.macrossroleplay.org/links.php Luckily the author hasn't updated this part of the site in ages. )

One of the making of documentary specifically states something about the real culture origins of the Rohan. If I remember correctly (been about a year) they are the original English or British culture, prior to the invasions and culture transformation by the Vikings.

Opps - that should have been "the Bandai 1/144 model kits"...

Well... as the wife (someone who could care less about anime in general and generally gets any anime related news from me) read about this on Mixi and told me - (within 24 hours of the news breaking here), the live action version is "big" news in Japan. That Kelly Hu image (black leather) definitely has a Major expression going on there.

Top and side of jet mode can be found in the This is Animation: Macross Plus book. Check with the model kits for the front and side views of battroid mode. Specifically the 1/144 scale kits.

I saw the Macross Plus Movie laser disc a few weeks ago in Book-off for something like ï¿¥1,000. I should clarify - the video disc (whatever the name of it) was first seen in Korea. LGì˜êµ­.

Thanks! Trustage is earneding. Hmmm... the impression I am getting is that the LG player is a player of HD-DVD in only the loosest sense of the verb. Anyhow, marketing score for them for being the first. The XBox 360 is still kicking around in Japan... somewhere. Not a big seller, but the CMs are still showing from time to time on the boob-tube. The PS3, too, doesn't crop up often either, though it's games are. What I do notice a lot of is the Wii - mind you, that could be because of the Wii-mote's unique gameplay interface. Looking at who is supporting what: "Blu-ray is used in products of Sony, Samsung Electronics, Hitachi and JVC; HD DVD is supported by Toshiba, Microsoft, Intel and NEC." My interpretation is that the two camps are composed of majority AV product vs. majority computer product manufacturing companies. Hmmm... maybe that's why the porn industry went with the majority computer camp's option? I'm also getting an itching feeling that North America will go HD DVD and Asia will go Blu-Ray. It won't be surprising, as it's happened before. Beta had a much, much longer product life in Japan than North America, the MD player never took off in North America but is still alive and well in Japan, and I occasionally come across a format called 'video disc' in used shops here... I don't ever remember seeing or hearing of that when I was in North America.

Throws up arms. Thanks for completely ignoring my request for citing ones sources. Dated those articles may be, they are the ones that came up FIRST in a google search. Many things could be read into that, but as google's spiderbots aren't always up to the second, I put a request in for additional articles on the subject - articles that could prove that posters in this thread know what they are talking about. Not providing articles nor citing ones sources amounts to internet hearsay. Trust is earned, not given freely, my friend. As for HD DVD being dead here - it doesn't appear to have even arrived. I've seen Blu-Ray releases in retailers, but no HD DVD. Though that could be due to poor marketing and/or in store product placement as much as anything else at this time.

Let's be realistic - there aren't many actresses who who want to wear the skimpy outfits that the manga and anime major tends to wear. Of those actresses who won't mind wearing those fashions... do we want to see them in it? And will they do a good major? Doubtful. I for one hope that there are some modifications to the base franchise when it goes live action. Of course what I want the most is a good director. Is Ridly Scott available?

I think we're arguing the same point. Yes, vague as in Orcs don't specifically represent anything, but they could be interpreted to represent anything (well, anyone).

Did some research (much needed in internet discussions...): http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/07/lg...ils_multi-blue/ http://ja.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=947700 http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/lg-kill...s-combo-player/ http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba...t-sharing-deal/ By the content of the above articles, LG has full access to the technology of HD-DVD, and the player being offered doesn't have HD-DVDs online interactivity features. Now, if I have to go online to access things like subtitles, and alternate language tracks, I don't want HD-DVD - as it reaks of the industry attempt to get DVDs marketed as pay-per-view a few years back! I'd like my fellow posters in this thread to provide articles (and not internet hearsay) about the lack of ability of the HD-DVD player aspects of the LG multi-player.

It all depends on what experiences one has up until the point of reading/viewing/digesting a story, that colours their interpretation of it. The other angle to look at, in the case of LotR, is the era and for which market that it was written. It wasn't written for a globalized economy era, and it was written for the British, and possibly only the other English speaking countries. Looking at it from the current geo-political-economic situation, the fault of Tolkeen, which at the same time is the greatest strength of the work, is it's vagueness. We can read whatever we want to into the mythos that he created. Which goes to my point: the interpretation and opinion of the reader/viewer are coloured by the reader/viewer's experiences up to that point.

If you only wrote the Muslim invaders as evil, then yes, in a way it is racist, or at least bigoted. If you included some humanizing elements to the Muslim invaders, at the same time giving some dehumanizing elements to the Spanish, then it would be both more interesting and not racist, or bigoted. The only example that comes to mind is James Cameron's terrorist movie 'True Lies'. The bad guys are all from Arabian countries, and yes, they are all portrayed pretty terribly (most not much more than cardboard cutouts.) However, in the special team that fights them is an Arabian member who exhibits opposite traits and humanity (I can't remember if the character remains cardboard or develops much during the movie.) Anyhow, take it as an example of attempting to not write a racist story.

This actually makes a lot of sense. In the making of documentaries that come with the extended edition, they dwelve into Tokein's personal history; specifically his fighting in the trenches of WWI. The experiences there actually compelled him to write his epic tale as a way or means to work some of the issues he had from the war out of his system. Looking at it as a variation of WWI, and the events leading up to it, the players in the war for the ring makes sense. Of course, there is a healthy dose of pro-environment, anti-industrialization that was added too, and I'm pretty certain that came from his experiences in the English countryside where he grew up and lived.

It is seen and used in the anime? If I remember correctly, the roll is used to quickly move out of the way of incoming projectiles. It's very handy against the Zentraedi ECM satellite.

Your country, your laws. From the information being presented in this thread (and no, I am not going outside of this thread to search for more,) it appears that what showed up at the CES was a technological demonstrator - as we all can agree that most reputable companies (and LG is a reputable company) release products that largely work. Perhaps this was a gamble that isn't paying off because a sought after agreement with the DVD Forum may not be coming (based on the statements of other posters in this thread.) Nevertheless, plan to ship is different from will be shipping. If the fiasco with the Playstation 3 proves anything, it's that plans don't always go as planned. ComicKaze, I suggest reading earlier posts in this thread, as the issue has been addressed. And yes, even with smallish sized screens, there is still a noticeable difference in quality. I also recommend that you check out Star Wars II (possibly III) if it ever comes to an IMAX screen for you. If anything, the detail increased, and all that they did with Star Wars II was reformat the digital print to fit on a larger film stock! Watching the making of documentaries also indicates that there is a lot more detail then may not be readily visible - texture of real skin used to make the skin of the CG characters, etc.. Anyhow, late... cheerio.

Not a game player. The allegory doesn't work for me. Nevertheless, I did some thinking on this, and the conclusions I came to are: 1) The LG player is a technological demonstrator - proving that it can be done. Perhaps they should have called it HD-DVD 'reader', and not 'player.' 2) There is a clash of cultures. LG is an Asian company, and the DVD Forum is acting 100% like a greedy capitalist. The Asian business philosophy is largely lets work together so that we both make profit, and the customers more or less happily give up their money for all of our products. The greedy capitalist philosophy is let's make short term profit by sueing them, thereby solidifying the monoply of the product, and hope that the format wins the war - in the process, alienating customers, and delaying large volume sales for all sides of the format war for months to years. Yes, LG obviously doesn't have a license, but at the same time they are obviously not manufacturing and selling the player. It is obviously just a technological demonstrator, and the DVD Forum is obviously missing a rather large business opportunity in their shortsightedness and quest for short term profit and a monopoly. That's my opinion based on the little facts available (gives a stern look to the reporters for not asking the right questions.)

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?! This is the first time that this topic has appeared on my radar map... all I can say is: why can't they rip off the story from the first Dark Horse comics series that did the Aliens vs. Predator thing? That was the only good AvsP that I've read and seen since then! Personally I think it's the lack of elements from the Alien series of films that ruins these projects...

Huh? Sorry, maybe because I just finished work and it's late in the day, but that doesn't make sense to me. The only part that does is the line of 'just because they can, doesn't mean that they are legally allowed to.'