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That guy has a fat face! He looks nothing like me... I am svelt. OMG, you look like that Tampa Bay Lightnings player Vincent LeCavalier. Oh, and the movie could turn out to be a good one. I did like the Iron Giant, so that's a plus on its side.

Yep, Lucas seems to have found a way to rip off the Legolas scene from the Two Towers and try to outdo it.

Heck, by the time Season 4 of Voyage came along and Seven of Nine came aboard, I was HOOKED (in more ways than one) Seriously though, at the same time Jeri Ryan came on board, Voyager improved a lot in terms of episode plot and quality. Since DS9 had been over for over a year, the shows creators could finally concentrate on just one series. DS9 was the same. Though I was never really a big fan of it, it did improve once the show became the flagship series.

Canadians can get each boxed set from amazon.ca for $63.99 plus taxes. Shipping is free on any order above $40. That's how I got boxed set #1 (got 2 & 3 from ebay for about the same price).

Hmmm... You know, that's not such a bad idea after all.

You have to remember that the DYRL we know, and the DYRL that was filmed in 2031 are not the same, as emphasized by the a scene from the 2031 movie that was shown during the Macross 7 series, specifically the wedding of Max & Millia. I've always interpreted that whole movie within a series as a cheap gimmick by Studio Nue/Big West to help sell more DYRL DVDs.

A couple of weekends ago, they were showing New Dominion Tank Police. It was the first time I saw it. Wasn't bad, too bad they're only 6 eps that were made.

[Grandpa Simpson voice]Burn him![/Grandpa Simpson voice]

Now, that would make an interesting movie.

The last time I saw this movie was on TV, and the image quality was so horrible that I thought this was the worst shot film ever!!! I'm not talking about the visual effects shot, but just the normal looking shots. But, after looking at some of those pics from the reviewer's website, I can say that I will now seriously think about buying this film.

RT & M+ got me sort of started, but what really hooked me on Macross was, well, this site. I just considered the Macross fans to be very sophisticated, not juvenile like some other passions I follow, and that helped. You guys were also instrumental in my getting rid of my RT DVDs, and buying the Animeigo Macross mini-boxed sets. Thank you MW!!!

What really makes me laugh about these Clone Wars short are that they are 100x better than the last 2 films.

Somehow I expect it to be Star Wars Episode III: The Search for more Money.

I first saw them at my local Blockbuster 2 months ago. My GF and the other couple with us couldn't understand why my jaw was almost touching the floor. I didn't rent them, cause I was already in the process of buying them. But, good news for Macross fans in my region.

The show has a great premise, and a great setup. But, all shows are only as good as their ending, and IMO EVA did not have a good ending(s). The show's creators simply couldn't solve it. That was the feeling I got after I had viewed the series and EoE movie. And because of an inferior ending, it also makes repeat viewings of the series that more difficult. The best advice is to rent/borrow the series as others as said, and decide what you want to do from there.

[dumbanswer/wishful thinking response]Maybe Manga just wants to exhaust their stock of M+ Movie, and struck a deal with HG to help sell off their stock. They would then do a proper release of M+[/dumbanswer/wishful thinking response] Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! P.S. I did wake up too early this morning.

D@mn you AO, you put that song in my head, and now it's going to be stuck there all day long. I do agree with what you're talking about. What I would like to know is this: when do the pirates steal the movies? Do they do it when they're seated with the general audience, or like someone wrote earlier, do they "borrow" the film reel and make the copy in private? If it's the first answer, why don't the ushers stop them? If it's the second answer, then we have some really crooked theater employees out there.

It's a hobbit car!

All this talk about 4 theatrical Bat films makes me remember the 5th Bat theatrical movie, the animated film "Mask of the Phantasm", the best of the whole bunch and the only one to truly capture what Batman was really about. Ra's al Ghul as the villain? This sort of reminds me of the 8th Star Trek film: in order to revitalize the series, they brought in the big guns, ie the Borg. Let's hope they're as succesful with Ra's as ST were with the Borg. Since Tim Burton and Joel Shumaker seem to be nowhere in sight, I'm optimistic already about this film.

OMG, those Legos look so cool. I must have them. (Thinks about $$$ situation) Well, maybe.

Well, I purchased the ST VI DVD the other week, but was only able to watch it tonight. Like the other "collector's edition" from this series, this new DVD release featured an anamorphic widescreen film presentation on the first disc and lots of extras on the second disc. SPOILER ALERT for this DVD release! A curious thing about this version: this one includes 2 scene revisions by the director, Nicholas Meyer. I myself could only find one scene that was altered in 2 places (maybe this counts as 2 scenes, I don't know): when Lieutenant Valeris is questioned by the Enterprise crew who are trying to learn who is behind the assassination plot. The first part is when Valeris states that they have no proof that she is a traitor and Kirk replies "At the trial, my personnal log was used as evidence against me" versus "At the trial, my personnal log was used against me" from the original release. Not much, just a different take. The second revision is the mind meld between Spock and Valeris. When she states who are the prime conspirators, after their names are mentioned, you now see shots of them instead of the continuous shot of Spock and Valeris in the original version. Now, the glitches. Before I go on, I must inform you that I am a Canadian, and that the DVD that I purchased is authorized for sale only in Canada. The US may have a slightly different version. If the American version does not contain any of the glitches listed below, please let me know. The movie had originally been shot in the aspect ratio of 2.35 to 1. My original VHS version had this ratio as well. I don't know about the first DVD release. This current DVD release has an aspect ration of 1.85 to 1. After having watched this movie in its original aspect ratio for so long, all I can say is that this new version just seems wrong to my eyes. A second glitch, and this is a very curious one. The subtitles for the translated Klingon speech is located in an area of the screen that suggests they were originally coded for a 2.35 to 1 picture. The result is that, because of the aspect ratio of 1.85 to 1, the subs are now too high on the screen, very close to the middle of the image. A third glitch involves the regular subtiles. There are 3 of them: English, French, and a commentary text in English. The 2 English ones are ok, but the French one doesn't work at all. Now, I will not watch the film with French subs, but this is still one big fowl up by the DVD authoring crew here. Overall, if you were planning to purchase this DVD, be prepared for a very bad DVD release.

I'm not the most savvy guy here, but could this thread qualify as the most quickly responded topic ever? 10 pages in less than a day. That's gotta be some record for this site.

When RT.com started those few years ago, I remember them advertising a concert my Mari Iijima and a convention appearance. In each announcement, they listed her as the Japanese voice of SDF Macross Lynn Minmay.

I always thought that if you did make costumes that would transform, you would probably end up breaking or at least dislocating various joints throughout your body. The sound you would hear while transforming wouldn't be the Kuh Kuh Kauh Kah Kih, but the person inside screaming his/her lungs out.

To clarify my earlier post, I was talking about the fan-sub group "Tachikoma" whose releases can be found at this website.