Jump to content

JB0

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    13304

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by JB0

  1. JB0
    And we'd watch it and love it, then disavow it twenty years later when we learned those awesome fights were from a different show.
  2. JB0
    Apparently, there was a crossover audio drama with Iczer-1 and Dangaioh. Obviously, any modern stories should be in the crossover universe to maximize the bangs/bucks ratio.
  3. JB0
    Honestly, it seems like Walkure is doing it to maximize their effectiveness. They basically said the point where they stopped wearing the body armor and started wearing Makina's handmade idol costumes coincided with a sharp spike in their effectiveness, so apparently they couldn't get in the right frame of mind or couldn't nail the dance moves right in the relatively bulky protective suit, and it was to the detriment of their song energy output. While the show's had a lot of logical flaws, in this specific case, it makes sense to me. That said, they still haven't really dealt with Reina's disappearing spacesuit in the first episode. It seems they'd like us to believe the holographic outfits were simply hiding it(like the Windemere pilots and their helmets), but that doesn't seem to line up with the skinsuit armor or the upskirt rockets. ... I suppose it is possible Walkure has a custom tear-away space suit, but that seems like an exceptionally poor idea.
  4. JB0
    Dangit, I was just about to say that! Oh well. Part man. Part machine. All sith.
  5. JB0
    I think it is in consideration of the prosthetic runes the "infiltration" team was wearing.
  6. JB0
    "The uploader has not made this video available in your country."
  7. JB0
    So... them Draken guns blew some pretty big holes in the ground. Good illustration of the "Valk guns ain't just throwin' lead" issue.
  8. JB0
    Happy birthday, Star Trek!
  9. JB0
    Incidentally, Iczer-1 made it into Super Robot Wars a few years back. Still among the very few characters in this game series that head into a giant robot fight without boarding their own giant robot first. Which is not to say that Iczer Robo was not present, just that she doesn't NEED it. (The game also included a chiptune version of the Iczer-1 opening)
  10. JB0
    You ain't lyin' about that soundtrack. It is fabulous.
  11. JB0
    Geez, this episode is a dog. Not as bad as the "summary of the franchise talking head festival", but... ugh. Yes, I just watched it. I remember when I was excited because a new episode was coming. Now? I'mma say the whole show died when Messer did, it just hasn't realized it yet.
  12. JB0
    Actually, I think it's just saying that a drama about Space War 1 has been produced, not that the real world's SDF Macross is such a drama. It would not be the first such production in-universe. Mylene and Basara starred in "The Lynn Minmay Story", which was a wildly inaccurate piece of recruitment propaganda masquerading as a documentary. I believe Frontier's first opening was supposed to exist in-universe as the opening to an unnamed drama series about Space War 1. This drama was clearly not SDF Macross, simply because SDF doesn't use Triangler as an opening. And of course, there's always the elephant in the room known as DYRL. And just to confuse things further, there have been debates about whether our DYRL and Macross's DYRL are actually the same movie. The possibility exists that their DYRL is significantly different than our's. That said, Kawamori's stated several times over the years that what we're seeing isn't the "real" version of events. We always get a dramatization, because it is more entertaining(and frees everyone involved from having to adhere perfectly to a strict continuity).
  13. JB0
    Yeah, there are DEFINITELY some wrinkles in the timeline there. I still assume they are tracking fashion in some way. The SDF era was big on sci-fi space cars, presumably because the ASS-1 had rekindled an interest in space and got people watching a lot of old sci-fi again. The "modern era" of Macross apparently sees a renewed interest in the classic four-wheeled gas guzzlers of the late 80s and early 90s. The Macross Prius is someone's reinterpretation of classic automotive design. In the same way the real-world modern VW Beetle is not a Bug, but is equally clearly inspired by one. So... alternative-history retro-futuristic motor vehicles? From an out-of-universe perspective, it is clearly just lazy production done with the CG models they have instead of creating new ones that would make more sense.
  14. JB0
    Real laughter was my response too.
  15. JB0
    If it makes you feel better, it is almost certainly a a Prius lookalike with absolutely nothing of the original powertrain preserved. Just retro styling.
  16. JB0
    Star Trek: This Time Everyone is Patrick Stewart? ... I'd watch it.
  17. JB0
    Iczer-1 is such a fun show. One of those things that ought to be awful, but gets by on sheer style. Dangaioh remains on my "to-watch" list. I keep meaning to dig it out and something else keeps coming up.
  18. JB0
    Re: real VWs... There is a lot of variation from year to year, and later Bugs DID have passenger mirrors. And though there were many externally visible changes over the decades it was in production, I THINK Takara's MP Bumblebee is based on the larger Super Beetle rather than the regular one. This is, to my mind, a mistake. It may just be based on "the wrong year", in which case ... I still think it looks funny.
  19. JB0
    It makes it look like a Federation vessel, at least. As I said last time the link showed up" It is a snazzy-looking ship, and why isn't CBS doing that?
  20. JB0
    I kinda like the parts going into the dumper. From the side, it looks like a dump truck full of stuff.
  21. JB0
    ... costs a lot more, and I don't care for his looks overall. I can always knock the nosecone off my Classic Titan Galvatron. I lose the jet mode, but gain a better robot and artillery mode in the process. And free up a pin where I could hypothetically attach a better nosecone, or a gun handle.
  22. JB0
    Mike, I can report that he very much can hold his gun up and stand unassisted. I still really dislike his nosecone, though.
  23. JB0
    I thought that was a YF-1R. Either way, I meant the 2036 plane(s). (I still like the animation error, and the thing I hate most about The Other Show's use of it is that they subsequently chose to redesign the head into something uglier.)
  24. JB0
    100% accu0rate is pretty much impossible, since everyone has a different idea what the "real" version is. Movies, SAC, Arise, comics if you want to be right... (As a dirty comics purist, I am bothered that they have cast the major's mom. I like my major with no backstory. But I'll get over it.)
  25. JB0
    Aramaki looks too... well, cuddly. Batou's bugeyes are sorely missed. Togusa looks, like... WAY too old to be the team rookie. On the upside, I can immediately tell who is supposed to be who. Pirate-eye Saito looks pretty good, even if is hair IS a half-inch too long. I honestly have no complaints whatsoever there. Bug-eyes or not, Batou is fairly on-target. He gets the general appearance very well. Didn't really expect them to find someone that bulky for the role. Anmd in all fairness to old man Togusa, I always found it dubious that someone so apparently green could make it into the team.
×
×
  • Create New...