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    Also, Kakizaki's death is presented kind of horrifyingly. They don't just show his plane get smashed by the shockwave as we hear his radio cut out. They give us a nice slow shot of his terrified face disintegrating. It was kind of shocking to me and I knew it was coming. For those not familar with the show, it was also very surprising having Kakizaki die right after Roy. Very few shows kill two regular characters in a row. Besides, Kakizaki's the plucky comic relief. He was supposed to be a safe character to like! They've also made a point of showing Kakizaki's piloting skills gradually improve pilot after his disastrous early outings, and he makes a quite respectable show of things in Burst Point. And then he bites it because he just happened to be bringing up the rear when the barrier blew out. All his hard work overturned by a few seconds of bad luck. Really, Burst Point and Pineapple Salad together send a solid message that the main characters are not special in any way. Combined with Hikaru's recent near-fatal dunk and extended hospital stay, It strongly undercuts the traditional concept of "plot armor". These people are just dudes, and in a war sometimes dudes die through no fault of their own. On a non-fatal note... Burst Point is the only episode where Hikaru uses what I call "the badass switch" on his helmet, lowering the shades like in the opening sequence so he looks awesome while he's flying around. He retracts the shades right after Kakizaki's death, and never uses them again. It's a minor detail, but I find it interesting. I feel like it sort of highlights the idea that just because Hikaru's flkying Skull One now doesn't mean he's suddenly a different person. He's a better pilot, and has enough experience and judgement to command a squadron, sure. But he's still the same awkward teenager he was before Focker died. He's just not cool enough to wear shades. ON THE OTHER HAND, it's possible I'm reading way too much into a big coincidence and this is just the only episode where anyone remembered he had shades.
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    When he didn't have Tarkin rushing things and could take his sweet time? Sure.Also note that Leia DID give them the location of the Yavin base, just as they planned.
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    Yeah, that's just me going along with the silliness. I don't even want to imagine the licensing nightmare a japanese Robotech adaptation would be.
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    Yes, it WOULD be awful, if she died before they could extract every iota of information she had.
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    What you need to know: one of the Jenius girls is in it. As a pilot, not a singer.That's it, everything else is secondary.
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    BluRay in the mail, I'll be rewatching the movie soon. Also book in the mail, to replace my old copy as I was not the only creature to enjoy it, and the dog is much harder on books than I.
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    They probably did, now that you mention it. My memory of Frontier is a bit fuzzy, and all I really remember of destroids is the transforming Monster being ridiculously awesome.
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    I have to admit, I DO think it'd be cool if most of the defensive weapons on the ships were replaced with destroids, like in SDF. Sure it was a retrofit originally but being able to put guns where they're needed as they're needed has advantages over fixed emplacements, not the least of which is that if an emplacement in a given area is destroyed, you haven't permanently lost coverage in that area. You could even put power sockets on the hull so the larger guns can be mobile. Use the ship's power systems for the primary armament, and internal power for mobility/secondary weapons. Suddenly the Monster isn't the biggest destroid, just the biggest one that's standalone. ... And then we reach the obvious end-game, with a New New Macross class vessel walking across the surface of the Earth, and we retire all space ships in favor of titanic destroids(the New Macross class was halfway there already).
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    I think you forgot the most important detail. Piloted by busty girls in skintight jumpsuits. And really, that one detail makes all the difference.
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    Yeah, to my recollection the droids and Vader were always in different places. Most likely because it's hard to get the comic relief and the sinister badass together in the same shot without ruining one of them.
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    Hey, we build transforming cars for monster truck rallies here in the real world, so I expect that would survive in Macross Super-realistic Edition.
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    My point was less "let's ignore the prequels because they are dumb and make no sense" and more "even in the original context, it kinda made sense." And it only ever KINDA made sense because Luke's father and sister were huge retcons that were never intended in the original movie, and it took some serious hammering to make things fit together. Hence why Obi-Wan had to do that ridiculous "certain point of view" speech, to patch up the roughest spot. ... Vader still shoulda come back and glassed the entire planet just outta spite.
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    And in a more realistic setting we wouldn't have thirty-foot-tall humans that can change size by taking a nap in a test tube for a few hours. No zentradi and there's no development of destroids OR variable fighters.
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    Yeah, that was why I clicked in here. I'd heard the movie was terrible and was wondering why anyone was bumping the thread. Now I know it's because sequel, and I'm more confused than ever.
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    Ditto.
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    She was known as Komillia Jenius in the japanese version of the Masters Saga.
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    And in the prequel-less context, the impression is given that the pregnancy was hidden from him, the children born in hiding. Vader literally didn't know he had kids, in either case. It still seems ballsy to be running around with the Skywalker name. But that's what happens when you bolt character relations on after the fact. Things get a bit muddled.
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    I think you might be missing some nuance here. It may, technically, by the dictionary definition be a choice, but no one involved considered it as such.
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    According to Fleet of the Strongest Women, the protocol is "if you find a zentradi fleet out there, pick a fight with it and kill every last one of them". It was a bad policy in general, a worse policy for a colony fleet with a large civilian population, it went over like a lead balloon with the crew, and one can only hope the rules have changed since Basara's time.
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    Those Regult-Raus are amazing, though.
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    I kinda like the idea of the Power Rangers as bosses in Smash TV.
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    Heck, why wouldn't Vader drop by the Lars homestead ANYWAYS at some point? "So, ummm, Owen... I've meant to ask this for a long time... you knew mom was sold into slavery, right? You ever consider doing the slightest to get her out of it? Yeah, I know, times were tight, yaddayadda... think I'm gonna burn this place to the ground. You don't mind, right? Cool, just lemme lock this door so you can die with your farm. I dunno if you got the memo, but I'm kinda evil. "
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    Obvious objection: Princess Leia believed she could bluff Vader. She was not under the impression that they had been caught red-handed, hence the handoff was not in-system. Also, transmitted data doesn't just disappear. Vader would've captured BOTH ships, giving him two chances at extracting it from the system before someone had the good sense to delete the files. My impression is that Vader had a spy onboard. Princess Leia was suspected of being a supporter of the rebellion, and had likely been under discrete observation her for some time. The payoff was just bigger than expected, necessitating a rushed capture attempt with inadequate support. I guess we'll find out when the movie comes out and we get to see KYLE KATARN ON THE BIG SCREEN DISNEY I WILL BOYCOTT YOU FOREVER IF YOU WRITE HIM OUT. (hollower threats are seldom written)
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    Because it's awesome.
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    Not eventually. NOW. BG&E is fantastic... and if I can find my XBox controllers, I am going to start a replay now because of you.
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