Jump to content

JB0

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    13224

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by JB0

  1. JB0
    Well, yeah, but... he was always flying again in less than a week. Fir Isamu, that seems minor.
  2. JB0
    Because it never stops being funny.
  3. JB0
    He's apparently had several some minor disciplinary actions, but nothing HUGE as of Plus's time. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=26483&page=1 although the canonicity of that list is subject to debate.
  4. JB0
    Shenanigans! Tesla's battery would have giant antennae, throw ball lighting twenty feet, and power every device in your house wirelessly.
  5. JB0
    Didn't they, though? I know Isamu has a proud history of "antics", I'd be very surprised if he HASN'T wound up in the brig a time or two. Also, there was that time he kinda-sorta stole a prototype next-gen fighter craft and attacked UNS HQ with it, culminating in the death of a fellow test pilot and maybe-murder of a beloved pop idol.
  6. JB0
    The Protodeviln twins would like to argue the point. I think this is a great idea. We could call it Macross 7: Special Edition. Maybe even get George Lucas to record an introduction for us.
  7. JB0
    AmiAmi: "Pre-orders closed" Yeaaaaaaaaaah. Sorry guys, I'm not gonna sit there refreshing all night in hopes I land on the lucky second. I'll just have to live without a Gunbuster, unless/until it hits regular full release sale.
  8. JB0
    Cripes, I find out about it and all the preorders are already closed?
  9. JB0
    Oh, hey, this IS the newbie thread. Sorry for the wallsotext.
  10. JB0
    See, at first, I think Kaifun genuinely believed in pacifism, and that fighting can only beget more fighting. He genuinely thought he was helping. I don't recall him actively trying to start fights before the end of the war, though he made a few (frankly laughable) attempts to convince a group of civilians that were living mostly-normal lives thanks to military goodwill that the military needed a stern talking-to. But he was an idealist thrust into a situation he had no understanding or comprehension of, and made several missteps, some of them very large, while learning the lay of this strange new land. I kind of think that if he'd MET Captain Global and they'd had a frank discussion about things, he would've come around some time BEFORE the end of the world instead of at the eleventh hour. Global was the kind of man that Kaifun didn't think existed in the military, a man who was in it to protect the civilians instead of gettin' his kill on. That's someone that he could've respected, albeit grudgingly. Granted, the same is true of Hikaru, and Kaifun's assumptions and standoffish attitude prevented THEM from sitting down and having a nice chat. But then, Hikaru was REALLY good at taking any social situation and steering it to it's worst possible conclusion. It's a minor miracle he never provoked a duel to the death just by playing video games or anything silly like that. Post-war Kaifun is a different beast altogether. I think he told himself he was a pacifist acting in the service of the greater good. He might've even convinced himself it was true. But he is blatantly enjoying it when his rabble-rousing causes problems for the military, especially Hikaru, which isn't an attitude I feel pre-war Kaifun would have indulged. And he was actively STARTING fights, not attempting to END them. That's so opposed to his pre-war beliefs I don't really know where to start. He wore the mantle of pacifism to hide an angry, bitter, vengeful spirit, and lashed out in the only way he could at a world turned upside-down. It's easy to roll the two together, as they bear strong similarities superficially(and, well, ARE the same dude). But they're come from very different places mentally, and they carry different goals. That's the thing. Kaifun held that belief pre-war. He was sure if we'd just sit down and TALK to the aliens, everyone would realize it was all a big mistake and we weren't all that different from each other after all. Which, well... he wasn't WRONG, as it happened. But getting everyone seated at the table was REALLY hard. The zentradi weren't exactly the kind of folks you could just ring up and be "hey, sorry about the gunfire. Big misunderstanding. You guys wanna swing by later and we can talk this out over a pint? Cool, see you at eight." He's very similar to Basara in that regard. Just less flamboyant about it, and better at communicating the point. Unfortunately(or perhaps fortunately, given how the story plays out), Basara had some friends in high places, and was in fact working for the military after a fashion. Not that he saw it that way, what with him being Basara and all. But any attempt at prosecution would've been stymied. But in my book? Basara would've been shot down on the field of battle. None of this "get out of my line of fire, you fool" crap. Gamlin should've ventilated his sorry butt. Yeah, I don't regret watching Mac7. Zinjo summed up my thoughts on it very well. Personally, I think the worst part of it is post-Stargazer. It falls into some of the most blatant padding of the run I've ever seen.
  11. JB0
    See, I think there's a B beteween A and C. He accepted force was sometimes necessary, participated in the final offensive. Arrived at point B. Then he got home, and tried to make sense of the devastation. And arrived at point C, where he's an abusive alcoholic who does anti-authority protests just to stir up trouble. I'm not saying he isn't a giant poopyhead at A and C, just that for a while there in the middle he wasn't an antagonist.
  12. JB0
    I think it's important to note that by the end of the war, Kaifun's accepted that violence is sometimes the only language two parties have in common. He even participates in the final battle, albeit not in an armed role. Basara, by contrast, never changes. Certainly, Kaifun resumes his claims of pacifism post-war, but it's not the same belief, and comes from a much darker place in his heart. One Basara would be revolted by. I think it's important to differentiate the two phases of Kaifun.
  13. JB0
    Yeah, it's completely counter-intuitive to us here in the real world, but it's consistent with what they're supposed to be doing. I enjoy that the original show tried to keep things as credible as a story with 30-foot men and transforming jets can, even in places where it makes it look wrong.
  14. JB0
    The march of progress. New small companies will rise, become big companies, and be the new hated incompetent behemoths that get by on name recognition. Yeah... I wouldn't be so sure about that. I mean, how many expansion packs have the released for Mario Kart so far? And they STILL haven't made another F-Zero!
  15. JB0
    HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pro as hell. I... wish I remembered what e-mail I used for that. I'm sure the box is abandoned, but... if it's still live, I'd like to see this mess.
  16. JB0
    So Konami's taking a page from Capcom's book, then?
  17. JB0
    Say it ain't so! Anything but that!
  18. JB0
    I think it's been covered that it doesn't work that way, but I figured the WHY was worth noting. You're thinking too conventionally. It's understandable, but not really applicable to the technology present. In a modern internal combustion engine, yes, that's accurate. More thrust = more engine spinning = more power out of the alternator. A Valkyrie works the other way around. The power is generated through nuclear fusion. And that fusion reactor generates both electricity AND thrust through the engine. So more thrust taps more energy off from the reactor, REDUCING available electrical power. The VF-0 is all kinds of special.
  19. JB0
    I would bet money on it being AA cells, but no, I can't read that either.
  20. JB0
    Just one more way George Lucas raped your childhood.
  21. JB0
    I reserve judgement until people have it in hand. Especially given it displays almost completely different colors on two different displays here, providing a stark reminder that most displays are not just uncalibrated, but grossly so. Also, you know, it could be a bad photo. That said, I think the Gunbuster looks really good in black even if it's not canon. They should reissue it with a black body and white trim. Final Episode Edition, you know. ... Actually, I was joking, but that sounds like a really good idea.
  22. JB0
    Wait, seriously? Man, I got out of Star Wars books just in time, apparently. Of course, Lucas assuming we're all stupid has gone back to the turn of the century. Remember "Han shot first"? Because we were too stupid to realize that Han's life was in mortal peril unless we saw Greedo take a shot.
  23. JB0
    Don't think of it like that. Think of how much profit you can make by repainting REGULAR Great Mazingers and putting them on eBay as RARE JUMBO MACHINDER VARIANT L@@K!
  24. JB0
    Why have I never owned any Zoids stuff? I mean, it's friggin' robot dinosaurs, that's enough of a reason right there.
  25. JB0
    As I recall, he wrote Lost World basically as a favor for Spielberg. It was SUPPOSED to be adapted into a movie. Which makes it a shame the adaptation went so wrong. I take 3 for what it is: An excuse to animate every dinosaur attack that was cut from the first two books when they made it to the big screen. Except the T. Rex waterfall scene, of course. So have we all. So have we all.
×
×
  • Create New...