The Shade

After 32 pages, and enough time to properly dissect the ADV Macross, it's time we had a comprehensive list of the Pros & Cons of owning this new set. The Cons first (because this board thrives on negativity ): -Incorrect pronounciation of names -Use of outdated slang -Vastly inferior Japanese audio (compared to Animeigo set) -Fake 5.1 english audio (adding new sfx and calling it 5.1 is a no-no IMO) -Same Video as Animeigo version (if you don't already have it, this would be a pro) -Some voice actors & their performances are subpar The Pros: -A chance for Dub only people to experience Macross -Mari Iijma reprising as role as Minmay -Interviews with & episode commentary by Mari -Better packaging than Animeigo set (depending on personal taste ) -Disc hubs are unlikely to crack I'll try to update this list as more reviews become available. Also, we have yet to see how ADV has cast some characters who haven't appreared yet (Max, Kakizaki, Milia, Bodolza)

I've watched the first four eps this week. So far, after I've watched each episode, I'm actually looking forward to the next one (probably the best compliment you could give a series). The Gundam itself is indeed different, but that just goes along with the rest of the show. The entire show has such a different feeling than MSG, Wing, & Seed, that having a very different looking Gundam seems fitting. The main character: again our protagonist is not your usual Gundam hero. His design doesn't make it seem like the ladies should be falling at his feet. He's average looking & very skinny (kinda like me ). Oh, and could you guys try to include spoiler tags? Even though this show is 6 years old, many of us haven't seen it yet (due to it not being licensed in North America).

My ears are still ringing.

Grrr. You guys have spoiled all my post holiday plans. I had been planning to watch some other series, but now you've put me in the mood to watch Turn A. Hearing you guys say that this was better than Seed is really encouraging. Seed was perfectly described by you guys. A half hour toy commercial. Also, being a Yoko Kanno fan is just another plus for Turn A.

This sucks in a way, as I had bought the 2 Patlabor movies a few months ago. Grrrr!!! You have to wonder though, will some of the other Manga titles that they've mangled switch over to Bandai and be re-released in a better package? I'm thinking of Macross Plus (both editions), Lupin III The Castle of Cagliostro, Perfect Blue and a few others.

Hey everyone. This is for Canadian customers of Rogers High Speed Internet. Have any of you been noticing that your bittorent, itunes or podcast downloads been slow lately? Have you called Rogers support and they told you that it's your computer, modem, or router? It's not. It's Rogers. They have begun implementing what's being called packet shaping, whereby they are controlling or actually limiting the number of simultaneous connections you can make. Basically, anything over 3 upload connections and that's it. For those bt, itunes and podcast that are dependent on a large number of connections, this means that your downloads are slowed to a snails crawl, unless you are able to connect to someone with high bandwidth (in bittorent's case) This new limit is different than the 60 GB bandwidth limit that was announced in March '05. Back then, there was an announcement and it was common knowledge. This new limit was unannounced, and no one knows exactly when it started(best guess is sometime around the end of October or early November). Word of this is only slowly spreading across the net since everyone thinks their equipment is the cause. If you call Rogers, their tech support may not even be aware of the new limit and will blame your equipment/software. So far, Shaw and Eastlink customers don't seem to be affected, but for how long? So, what are we to do? Switch over to Bell? Downgrade to dial up since we seem to have lost the very thing we needed high speed for?

Defence Again the Dark Arts Teacher = DADA Teacher???

Maybe he should open a flying delivery service?

I saw it Saturday night. There were almost no kids, woohoo!!! First off, I liked it. After stumbling in the last one. they seem to have caught themselves. Mechamaniac, I'm glad they cut out the whole Dooby subplot. Dooby is so annoying, he's a hair short of being Jar Jar annoying. As Gollum said it during the MTV movie awards: "Dooby's a fu#&ing f@*!" Actually, I'm was surprised they were able to keep as much as what was in the book. Of course, cutting out the boring parts helped. Bring on "Order of the Phoenix".

This is one of those times I'm glad that Gaiman has a certain amount of creative control over most of the Sandman Franchise. Getting back to the topic at hand (kind of), what's the deal with small hands anyways? I know it's an episode 3 reference, but that's about it.

I think he's been crying since the thread started. 340579[/snapback] I can't believe he still hasn't posted. Maybe he found a girlfriend? On a more serious note, the real reason the first 2 Alien films worked so well was that while you did see a lot of violence, much of it was hidden and was left up to the audiences imagination. IMO, that makes a sequence much more scary that simply seeing blood and guts flying all over the walls.

Oh dear God no! Please, for the love of God don't have any narration beyond what was already there in the Japanese version. A few year ago, when I was watching RT, that was one of the things that really irked me. At one point, I just wanted that narrator to shut up; it felt like he just wanted to hear himself talk.

Yep. Not since their Eva dub and most recently the terrible Azamanga Daoh dub. My Animeigo DVDs are backed up and intact (not counting the spare set). I'm good to go and don't need a dub of Macross this late in the game. 334947[/snapback] Same here. The mere mention of ADV just sends shivers down my spine. And, I'm about to back up my Animeigo set. I've already changed the casings. The spindles are less hard on the DVDs. I know that some members here will purchase the set, and I'm curious to see what the quality of the dub and video will be. And you have to wonder: will they go for another "5.1 surround soundtrack" like they did with that other show which shall remain nameless?

Not to pull this thread off topic, but are the Japanese forums experiencing similar negative feedback for the whole GSD ending, or is it a bit more civilised over there?

If Megs in Gun mode looks too realistic, it still won't get sold in the U.S. of A.

Everything I've read suggests that Production IG is not interested in a 3rd series.

I just finished watching it. Is it just me, or did the plot feel a little dragged out (about 4-5 eps too long) and did they seem to waste a lot of the ideas they seemed to be aiming for during the last 2 eps? Also, I'm sensing a pattern here. So far, we haven't really had a GitS sequel that has really been totally satisfying (comic, movie, TV series). Is this some sort of curse?

To elaborate on what I was saying earlier, I will give additional info on the 2 anime series I borrowed from a friend (who thought they were legit btw). The 2 series were Trigun and Escaflowne. Both came in 3 DVD boxed sets. Both actually had the original R1 DVD menus, just modified to list more eps per disc (I know they're the actual menus since I've bought the legit versions of both these series). Both sets were printed by FX. The box artwork was first rate, the disc artwork also. So, how to know if it's a legit release or not? I would say check out the website of the distributor/owner, whether it's Bandai, ADV, 20th Century Fox, etc. If they list the item you saw on Ebay, you're ok; if not, I would say you're looking at a bootleg.

I've noticed a trend lately on Ebay. The sellers are getting very vague about what they're selling. They don't always list the region code, just leave it blank. Oh, and I've also seen bootlegs of some series that are direct rips of the region 1 DVDs. Often, the only way to tell legits from bootlegs is to look at the number of episodes per disc. A 26 episode series crammed into 3 dics is almost certainly a bootleg.

The problem mostly with CG today is that it's too fluid especially if you compare it to it's background (Mac Zero) it simply doesn't blend in in a 100% CG animation (FF Spirits Within, Reboot -come to mind) it's not an issue but looking at mixed celshaded/CG images it's just horrible 329520[/snapback] Ah, but most CG you see is really designed to be noticeable. The creators want you to know that you are looking at CG. CG is "hip" with today's "fans", and the more CG you can show, the better. A few months ago, I had gotten really tired of the whole CG thing, and wanted to watch an anime movie with no CG at all. This lead me to watch Patlabor the Movie 1. A simple police story with animation designed to serve the story.

I don't think most of us qualify as anime fans. I would say that we are more quality entertainment fans. Sure we all like some anime, but we are always discussing any form of entertainment. I've found that the people's taste here are mostly like mine. An example of an extreme anime fan I know: at my local comic shop, one of the clerks is always trying to get me to watch some crappy anime he's heard of or thinks that hentai is the best thing since sliced bread. Arrgghh!!

Another year of so-so movies, another year of hearing the MPAA complain that movie revenues are down again. sigh. Seriously, are there any good movies coming out in August at all? Even July only looks so-so.

I was hoping for an explanation of the whole Yoda/Obi Wan disappearing trick when they died (it was probably one of the deleted scenes, grumble grumble). My take on the emperor's face was that what you were seeing was only make-up and the lightning removed it and showed his true face, but this is just a fan boy's explanation. Anaking killing those kids was in character. It showed how far he was already gone. Anakin's scarring wasn't as dramatic as what I was expecting. I always thought that he had fallen in some lava, not helplessly burned at the side of a lava river. Oh well. The Obi-Wan/Anakin lightsaber fight scene really was awesome. Fast paced, brutal, desperate. On an artistic note, at the very end of the movie, Owen & Beru Lars holding Luke while the suns were rising was an interesting way to show the audience that there was indeed light at the end of the tunnel (we all knew it, but still a nice touch).

Waited in line for 6 hours in order to get a good seat (never again). Overall, a good movie, much better than the last 2. The scenes were kept short, nothing seemed to drag on. The dialogue was also much better, not as cornball as Ep 2. Minor spoiler: Being a John Williams fan, I loved the inclusion of the Leia theme and Luke theme at the end. It seemed to musically bridge the gag between the prequel trilogy and original trilogy.

Spare part??? I don't even want to know what part that is.