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    "In the film, Scarlett Johansson stars as The Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid" Human-cyborg hybrid? What the heck does that even MEAN?
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    Have him wrap his hand around the barrel and use it as a club! Or a "cybertronic ax"
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    Showed the trailer to my sister. She has read the comics, but not seen any of the animation. Her primary comment afterwards was "why is the major in a skintight flesh-tone bodysuit?!" It bothered her A LOT. All I could say was "Because that is how it was in the first movie, and western audiences consider that 'the original version'". ... She felt that was an inadequate excuse, particularly as she thinks that in general a new adaptation should be a fresh take on the source and not a recreation of someone else's adaptation. And in specific, her ENTIRE exposure to Ghost has been the manga/she's another dirty comics purist. In conclusion: Oshii has ruined Ghost three times now!111oneone
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    I assumed the shipment was stopping in China for alteration, as opposed to the work being done stateside.
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    The first movie had her being mopey and philosophical a lot, questioning the nature of life and such. I'd say she was portrayed as lost, but not so explicitly. It is, in fact, the thing that struck me most strongly about the movie, how they adapted a badass into a whiny ball of angst.
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    I kind of hope it is an origin story handled like the new Star movies. "Here's our characters, here they are again, and now it is the present and they are doing what you came here to see them do." Don't mind me, I just have sour grapes. In seriousness, I do feel adaptations need to do their own thing, but at the same time I feel they should carefully consider where they step off the path and how far they they detour. I'm really just hoping this doesn't draw as much from the old movie as it appears to, because I don't like the old movie. I do like that she calls herself "Major" like it is a name. Not even "The Major", just "This is Major." I'm not comfortable with the implication that she has backstory that makes her a uniquely special individual. ... Actually, it seems like they are simplifying the whole Puppetmaster story by making the major into the puppetmaster from the start. (I note again that I've never watched Stand-Alone Complex or Arise, so I don't know if this backstory comes from one of the newer ones.)
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    MY Ghost doesn't have bassets! Though a cyborg basset hound assassin would be pretty wicked. And yeah, why doesn't The Major's freshly-minted body have any nipples? It is WEIRD. True dat. WORD!
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    Ditto. It LOOKS like Ghost, but doesn't feel like Ghost. Or at least, not like MY Ghost.
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    I just think it is really lazy, and something that looks like that shouldn't be called a masterpiece. Big blocks of unpainted and untextured plastic is not acceptable on a ten-dollar toy, it shouldn't be standard on something that is an order of magnitude more expensive. Star Saber could get away with it precisely because he was Star Saber. The toy and cartoon were on the same page, and there wasn't any real-world vehicle we could point to and say "It was SUPPOSED to look like this!" All incarnations of him featured large swaths of undetailed flat panels. So it WORKED for Star Saber, but for the more terrestrial characters, it is a huge problem. But hey, I find the entire MP line far too rich for my blood anyways.
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    SSD cartridge is also a good solution!
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    Very convenient! I would likely preserve the original controller ports. Wire USB lines to the existing pins, and make short USB-NES "adapters" out of old Nintendo controllers or extension cables to place between USB devices and the NES ports. Actually, I think the 7-pin NES port is adequate for two USB ports, a USB and PS/2 port, or two PS/2 ports(shared +5v and ground, two unique data lines, so you only need six pins for two ports in all cases). Alternatively, for safety, you could use the original NES 5V and ground pin locations, and place the USB data lines on D3 and D4, which a standard NES controller doesn't use. That way if someone plugs a real NES controller into your emulation station, it doesn't have any way to damage anything. Original pinout for reference: That is fair. I like the idea, but can't think of a truly great reason to do it. ... Maybe a cute LCD panel with system stats? It feels like a waste to not have something behind the cart door.
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    Yeah, honestly, this is a hard film to prejudge from what I've seen. What they get wrong is INCREDIBLY wrong, but what they get right is AMAZINGLY right.
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    The NES power switch won't work as an ATX power switch, since the Nintendo used a toggle switch and ATX is a momentary switch. But reset will work fine as an ATX power switch. Just swap the two switches around. I am totally in favor of preserving the original switches, as they are going to contribute to the finished product "feeling right". Cut the plug off the Nintendo switch and solder a motherboard header cable on if you have to. As purely aesthetic advice, I'd try to snag a wireless controller receiver and attach it to the controller ports. If you have an old NES Satellite laying around, the receiver module is chunky, but the lines are nice. Installing a slim optical drive behind the cartridge cover expands your options a lot, as you now have an NES that can play back CDs and DVDs, which is a cool stunt. Unfortunately, I doubt you can fit a full-size drive in without serious aesthetic compromises, and last I checked slim drives were expensive. But imagine how cool it'd be to watch your Super Mario 3 or Captain N cartoon collections with your NES!
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    Gonna add my voice to the "Inferno's backside is embarassingly lazy" crowd. It is no masterpiece, but it is a piece of something.
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    No sweet-lookin' Seburos? Color me disappointed. I know, the first movie skewed hard towards real-world weapons, but... the friggin' Seburo SMG is iconic!
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    If I recall, the answer is "maybe." From the last Megatron, my recollection is that the more stock they're bringing in, the more likely customs is to care. For the most part, US customs agents don't give a crap if you have a plastic robot coming in from Japan, or even three. But if you have a PALETTE of them, they are going to be spoilsports and enforce the letter of the law because it is too obvious to ignore(and that is BBTS' problem). But there's always a CHANCE your order will be inspected by Officer Stick-up-the-butt and he'll insist it has to be confiscated.
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    The tachis are ugly and I won't stand for it!
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    If they use tachikomas in the movie, I'll just be mad they aren't fuchikomas. The tachis are ugly.
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    That is a fair statement. Reminds me of Getter Robo in how a bunch of bumpy things combine to make a sleek whole. And complete disregard for the shapes of the sub-units in the final assemblage.
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    Personal expectation: if anything happens, it'll be Sony releases it on DVD again, likely very close to a bit-perfect copy of the mediocre ADV set. And then HG sends C&D letters to everyone they see importing the japanese DVDs or BluRays of any Macross installment, with the additional demand that all copies must be delivered to HG's office for disposal. (Yes, HG, I still remember that little stunt.)
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    As I recall, fuchikomas weren't in the first movie either. And since that is often considered the definitive Ghost... I have but faint hope that we'll see fuchikomas(screw the tachis, I want the REAL THINGS!). Though they'd be fools to leave the spidertank showdown on the table.
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    As a preview image, it is entirely possible that the Max 1J was removed from the final game for some reason(like givin' him a VF-22 instead whoo!). It would be far from the first time a preview image was not 100% true to the release version.
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    True. Credit where it is due, they HAVE listened to feedback. They are more cohesive while still being recognizably mechanical. ... Except for the one with the coat. Which was silly as hell, but awesome anyways.
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    Honestly, I think the new Megazord is making a DIFFERENT set of mistakes than Bayformers. Instead of looking like a giant ball of scrap given life, it looks like a giant Power Ranger. On the upside, yay for a cohesive design with an identifiable character outline, but on the downside... the Bayformers actually looked like robots. Anyways, here is hoping that this movie, if it ever gets off the ground, is competent.
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    Again? Hopefully not with trash-lions this time.
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