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Hawt. Mine was a Vectrex. Original GCE version.
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WORST Sci-Fi TV series of all time.....
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Because it was AWESOME! ... When I was six. As with most of us, I had pretty poor taste as a kid.- 279 replies
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Interested, but broke.
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Damn rich kids! (At this point, getting some flavor of TurboGrafX is on my short list of things to do with my collection.)
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Also that.
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I still don't understand why it was called Gatchaman. I enjoyed the show for what it was, but was bugged that they put the Gatchaman name on something so clearly unrelated.
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I had a Super Nintendo, and was pretty darn sure it was the RIGHT choice. Having matured somewhat since then, and actually LOOKED at both sides... I have a lot more respect for Sega than I used to.
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
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He's still missing the swirly bits to the sides.- 9246 replies
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I'm starting to suspect they're doing V2s of everything on purpose. So they can tap the accureate and "needs more curves" markets both. ... Or just so they can sell everyone two copies of the "same" figure.
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In fairness, Scrounge isn't completely pulled out of their backside. He's one of those comic-book-only characters that never had a toy. But at least he was an AMERICAN comic book character instead of one of those weird british ones like Impactor. And he had a special arm!
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The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next
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Oh, the second half of the 4th one is wall-to-wall action. Classic Micheal Bay mispacing. The first one is just painful. It's all bad writing and almost no robots shooting robots. What little action IS there is edited so haphazardly you can't even tell what's going on. The second one at least delivers on the promise of robots shooting guns at each other.- 17025 replies
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The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next
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I'm sure there's one lurking around here somewhere. I know I've seen people insisting the live-action movies are great and what is anyone complaining about. With some serious putting of words in mouths and grand warping of reality to make their points. I maintain the less-unpopular opinion that each subsequent installment is less bad than what came before, and if the trend continues they are dangerously close to actually making a movie worth watching.- 17025 replies
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Cue the live-action defenders explaining how it proves the cartoon was dumb crap for kids and the new ones are for mature adults.- 17025 replies
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Did it? I REALLY don't remember Lost World, then. I just remember T. Rex Eats San Diego, and T. Rex: His vision's based on movem-never mind.
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They never DID get the T. Rex trying to eat them through a waterfall scene filmed.
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Personally, I'm waiting for the G2 redecos. </trollin'>- 17025 replies
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What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
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Yeah, XKCD bad. Seriously, the difference between the original and remake version is like ONE just wanted to make sure he had both ends of the quality scale covered. And, well... every so often, any mention of Mac7 starts a pages-long flame war. Not as often as it used to, but... Keith: That's just what the imperialist anthropocentric Basara claims! The winners write the history 'toons, and who's to stop them from editing it all?!?! -
What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
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What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
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Pretty sure you're reading the remake. The original looks like a close relative of the american manga series XKCD. And I wasn't trying to start the next Macross 7 war here. I think even it's biggest fans can admit that a few of Fire Bomber's songs were played WAY too frequently. -
What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
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The One-Punch Man comics are amazing, and I'm delighted to see it getting animated. (And I note from your statement about easy on the eyes that you found the "remake" version instead of the original, which is best described as "scribble-y") Symphogear... is perhaps charitably described as an acquired taste. It's better than a show explicitly designed to maximize album sales had a right to be*, but that may be damning with faint praise. *It's at least better metered than Macross 7 was. No catchy and enjoyable songs being rendered insufferable like Planet Dance. -
What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
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You mean you weren't looking forward to One-Punch Man? For shame! ... Also Symphogear GX, but I admit that franchise is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. -
Spider-Man: Homecoming, in theaters July 7, 2017
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Can we call this list of finalists the Sinister Six? Please?- 266 replies
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The Real World capabilities of a VF-1 Valkyrie
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I'm not sure how MUCH of it is spelled out explicitly, but I know parts of it are(using hydrogen for the reaction mass is canon, and I guess makes sense if you're trying to keep the weight down and minimize what all fluids you have to pour in)). Yup. Solar wind knocks particles free of the surface. But it lacks the gravity to hold onto them, so Apollo only TEMPORARILY increased the atmosphere. . Re: Fold accidents. The best-known one was explicitly stated in the show to be due to power fluctuations from an unplanned firing of the main gun(Global Report is not JUST a synopsis of the story thus far!). But the accident, combined with the zentradi dialog around it, implied that folding near a planetary surface is inherently riskier than folding from "in space" Come to think of it, this may have something to do with why the New Macross class vessels have a separate reactor for the cannon, though it's clearly an under-specced reactor given how long it takes to fire. -
The Real World capabilities of a VF-1 Valkyrie
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Much of that isn't necessarily true for a variable fighter. Attitude thruster effectiveness will go UP with reduced atmosphere, and the engine performance should stay fairly constant, if not improve, as you shift from air-breathing mode to "space" mode. My impression is that they harvest heat from the fusion powerplant, and transfer it to the engine. In atmosphere, they can use that heat to rapidly heat air. From there it functions on similar principles to a conventional jet engine, just using a heat exchanger in place of a combustion chamber. Remember, fuel is burned to heat the air and force it to expand, not because it offers intrinsic value. Out of atmosphere they can use the same supercooled hydrogen that feeds the fusion generator itself. As the air gets thinner, you can just stop sucking air into the engine. Close the intakes, turn on the hydrogen injectors, and let 'er rip. Heck, you may see a performance BOOST at high altitudes as you switch from compressing and superheating (very thin) air to vaporizing liquid hydrogen. FAR more expansion on the latter circumstance. Obviously this reduces operational time somewhat vs atmospheric flight, but the implication from the shows is that they can still run for a very long time. "Space" mode is, from my perspective, also going to be a necessity for battroid foot thruster usage. Your entire air intake is of highly variable geometry, very rarely in anything resembling an optimum path, and prone to sucking debris through the compressor. And it's probably a good idea in GERWALK mode, for similar reasons. Heck, GERWALK seems specifically designed to suck in debris. ... I don't want to talk about the VF-0. That's a very good question. Especially since they show VF-1s rendezvousing with the Macross as it heads for orbit in episode 1, which strongly implies that a VF-1 can ALSO generate enough thrust to attain orbit. I'd assume it's simply a case of rapid deployment. That really does make the most sense. Tangentally, "reaching space" isn't really as clear-cut as it sounds. Both the Space Shuttle and Apollo went "to space", but there's LITERALLY a world of difference between the two. To say nothing of the Pioneers and Voyagers. It's more a case of how high you want to go than a hard cutoff from "I'm on Earth!" to "I'm in space!". (Even more tangentally, I am very pleased I just got to say "literally a world of difference" without misusing the word 'literally') To date here in the real world, no manned mission except Apollo has ever made it completely out of the Earth's atmosphere. The ISS has to be routinely accelerated to counter atmospheric drag and keep it form falling out of the sky. But many, many manned missions have gone "to space". It's not outside of the realm of possibility that the VF-1 can "reach space" on it's own, but can only attain the higher orbits with assistance. -
JP3 was just every dino attack that didn't make it out of the first 2 books, with just enough narrative to tie them together. Oh, and this time Dr. Grant speaks raptorese.
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