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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
JB0 replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
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Of course. Maximizes toy sales if kids can't reuse their old figures when playing the new movie.
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
JB0 replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Looks way better than my third-party Ravage, which is a chinese flash drive. A flash drive that doesn't work properly. On the other hand, I paid five bucks for it.- 9246 replies
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
JB0 replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Too early for a Waifu War. We have no read on most of the characters... which I guess never stopped anyone before. Never mind, carry on. -
The Ultimate Filipino ROBOTECH Merchandise Thread
JB0 replied to fifbeat's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
The nostalgia! Also, even as a kid I could tell that dang action figure VF-1 was intended to be transformable. There were a LOT of weird parts in the design. I miss my old Robotech toys. -
Easy answer: They launched with VF-4s and upgraded their fighters later? No idea if it's canon or not.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
JB0 replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Of course Shiba wasn't Max's kid. We all know his only son was Basara. If I recall, it is genetically impossible for Max and Millia to have sons because the meltrandi X chromosome is dominant over the human Y chromosome. If I have somehow committed a joke to memory as canon, please correct me. -
Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
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Fold time dilation. She's a lot younger than the years would suggest. -
The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next
JB0 replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That is... a REALLY low tooth count, especially for a lightly-loaded joint. Were they originally planning to make the arms out of solid gold or something(limited-edition electrum variant!)?- 17022 replies
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
JB0 replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Gamlin isn't in the Max/Millia tier. He stole Millia's VF-1J, complained about how sluiggish it was, and then wrecked it. He will never be forgiven for this, and earned a permanent Kakizaki-tier ranking over it. -
The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next
JB0 replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It's a tradeoff, though. Ratchet joints are generally used where you need a more stable joint than a friction fit affords. And the fewer ratchet teeth you have, the deeper each one can be, and thus the more stable the joint is. Too many teeth and you start to wonder why they didn't just use a friction joint. (Classics Roadbuster has this problem in his shoulder joints.The ratchet makes a satisfying clickclickclick, but isn't very good at holding a pose, because each tooth is very shallow, and the pawl is tiny and flimsy.) I make no comments on the specific case of MP Tracks, because it's not a toy I own.- 17022 replies
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
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I don't consider Kaifun out of character there. I consider him under-developed. I think at that point he's just starting to recognize that some of the folks in the military might not be crazed murderfreaks, there might actually be some decent people. And by the end of the war he's actually participating in a military operation himself. Post-war Kaifun... now that's a whole different kettle of fish.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in theaters Dec. 16, 2016
JB0 replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Where is the stretch? They explicitly state in the movie, on-screen, that Leia was ALLOWED to escape so that her "rescuers" would lead them to the rebel base. In other words, she did EXACTLY what they wanted. I didn't say she gave them information during the interrogation. I said she gave them the location of the Yavin base, just as they'd planned. The point is, while she proved remarkably resistant to torture, drugs, and force-mind-reading, that didn't ACTUALLY stop her from telling them where Rebellion HQ was. Were I going to inject supposition and hypothesis, I'd suggest that Tarkin was an incompetent buffoon, and that had he left Vader to his work instead of bringing her to the bridge and making a theatrical show out of Alderaan in an attempt to rush things, she would've cracked eventually. Instead he interrupted an effective and competent interrogator's work, galvanized her will, and turned most of the galaxy against the Empire* in his "effective demonstration" of the Death Star on a defenseless planet of innocents. *It's notable that they have a fairly impressive fleet of ships in Return of the Jedi and some brand-new fighters, instead of the scraps and dregs of the first two movies. That's a good indicator that they have much more financial and material support than they did BBY. Also, you know, they blew up an entire planet of innocents and then the rebels destroyed their tool of genocide. But no one ever said that a ship can't be tracked in Star Wars. Just that the hand-off didn't happen over Tatooine, and there's no sane way to put a third ship in the opening scene of the original movie. I mean, I'm sure the prequels would've done it, but the prequels are terribly written incoherent messes. We're STILL trying to figure out the certain-point-of-view that makes Revenge of the Sith's Death Star skeleton work. Yeah, I dunno what the heck Leia was thinking there. Maybe the destruction of her home planet and entire family(at that point in the narrative) shook her up more than she let on, and it was a bad decision born of tremendous stress? Alternatively, maybe she figured that, given enough time, they could trace the rebels from Dantooine to Yavin anyways, so getting the plans to the analysts as soon as possible took priority over making sure they weren't followed. -
The term valkyrie in the Macross universe is much like the term "xerox machine" in the real world. While it originally referred to a specific thing, real-world usage applies it to anything that does a similar task to that specific thing.
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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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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in theaters Dec. 16, 2016
JB0 replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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. -
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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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in theaters Dec. 16, 2016
JB0 replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Yes, it WOULD be awful, if she died before they could extract every iota of information she had. -
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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What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
JB0 replied to wolfx's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I think you forgot the most important detail. Piloted by busty girls in skintight jumpsuits. And really, that one detail makes all the difference. -
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in theaters Dec. 16, 2016
JB0 replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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.