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That's funny. I'm sorry I missed this yesterday.

That was brilliant. I almost would rather see that than the KK remake.

I don't think this was an April Fools joke, but rather poking fun at the movie Stealth for its plot simularities with M+.

This is probably why the uncropped version was included on the extras disc. It's not the way the show was meant to be watched, but it is something cool to see from a technical standpoint.

Where?

What error? Are you talking about her knee? Noriko, personally I liked the uncropped version better. I always feel like cropped widescreen format simply takes away visual work that does exist. I feel the same about movies filmed in 16.9 widecsreen but then cropped to fit your TV. The thing is that the animators very obviously designed it to be cropped from the beginning. It's not like the just decided to lop off the top and bottom on a whim after the got done making it. There must have been a technical issue that prevented them from using the aspect they wanted, but if you look at the book that comes with the DVD, it is what was intended.

They don't reference the earlier auton story, but neither do they in any negate it. The current series is officially a continuation. It's 13, 45 minute episodes. The ratings on the first episode were really good, so I guess they've already signed for a second season of 13 more. Unfortunately, Ecclaston has already said that he's not going to be sticking with the series because he's afraid of being typecast.

Reportedly, Terry Nation's estate is still behind the renewal of the Blake's 7 series, but it is also widely known that Paul Darrow (Avon), who was to reprise his role, has backed down from the project stating differences of opinion on how his character was to be handled. So, if there is no Avon, the show will suck. Maybe. That sucks. Them bringing back Avon was the only thing that really had me interested in the continuation.

No. I would not like to see Blakes 7 re-made, even animated. Now, if the continuation is still in the works, that I want to see. Amped: Those HP Lovecraft discs look interesting. I may have to look into them.

If you're going to go with D20, then I'd recommend GoO's D20 Mecha book. And actually, slot systems are rather uncommon. Most are point builds (Mekton, GURPS, BESM) or occasionally freeform (Jovian Chronicles, Heavy Gear).

Palladium's house system is in pretty bad shape, and likely to never get fixed given its creator's attitude. Personally, what I'd use for a Macross-based game is FATE.

It was also a tabletop RPG from GDW. I believe it started out as a comic book.

As much as I absolutely hate Anbu, I think I might have to start getting theirs as well... Bleh.

What's the minifilm supposed to be? ANd wth is the deal with those sailormoon dresses? They're bonus shorts on the new DVD set. The Sailor Moon bit was from the bonus science lessons made for the anniversary LD box set that came out a few years ago. Basically Noriko is going through the names of the planets and she changes into the sailor fuku of that SM character while she does so. Even better in that one are all the extra planets they add past Pluto. Definitely some old school SF fans behind that one.

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Classic rock, especially prog rock: Led Zeppelin, ELP, ELO, Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, etc.

That's because the camera is old. IIRC, it belonged to the kid's grandfather.

We're talking military cadets who were just about to graduate, so I think they're more young adults than teens. It also helps that the ship they're on was built by the previous political administration specifically to fight the kingdom. Thirdly, they haven't actually been involved in any fleet ingagements. In fact, the whole structure of the setting is in many ways archaic. The enemy ships all make a declaration of attack before engaging in one on one battle with the characters' ship. Likewise, the rules that let them buy the ship in the first place are reminiscent of all the weird treaties we had in the interwar period to try and control the size of navies.

Because the "Empire" (the anime actually uses the word for kingdom) and the planet that got conquered are part of a larger galactic community with its own treaties and conventions of war. One of these is that the when a planet is taken over, its fleet is sold off.

ANBU has the first three episodes fansubbed. Lunar's done the first four and Anbu blows goats.

Basically a group of cadets buy their starship after their home planet surrenders to a local expansionist empire without a fight and decide to wage their own war. In order to pay for this, they get a media corporation to sponser them, which means all their battles are televised. It's an excellent show with some very hard SF (FTL is about the only real exception). In fact, it's the only SF show I've ever seen with a warning sign before entering the spinning part of the ship that warns the crew to watch out for the corleolis effect. It also has a great explanation for sound in space (it's all a special effect added by the TV studio).

I saw it raw a while back. Awesome film, but too bad Kansas City looks to be the closest to here with a theatrical release.

Which Newtype?

The jerkiness was pretty bad. I'm wondering if this is just unfinished and that that will be smoothed out in the final release.

I liked the Dominion manga pretty well, but the anime didn't do anything for me.