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  1. JB0
    Speaking of uncomfortable... I've started rewatching Gunslinger Girl by way of introducing some other folks to it. I love how they never start trying to tell you what you should think about this shiznit, and the show just lets it sit there. We know none of these girls had a long or happy future ahead of them BEFORE they were turned into brainwashed* cyberassassins, and we know they STILL don't have a long or happy future ahead of them now. Beyond that? The show's willing to just let the creepiness loiter around like an elephant in the room until you want to deal with it. It won't call attention to it, won't tell you how you should feel about it. It's just THERE. *With Rico being notably less brainwashed. But then, her parents literally sold her to the government, why would they WANT to erase those memories?
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    Macross Δ, featuring the new Valkyrie, VF-31 "DeLorean"
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    A Trek reference was the only logical choice.
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    I think it's just that finding ANY class-M planet is a big deal. Even if you aren't the first or the best, you're still one of the elite few.
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    The upside is that print-on-demand is reserved for stuff that's not expected to sell well enough to justify gearing up for an actual pressing. So it's one more log in ye olde "Robotech is dead" fire.
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    Freezing was "take a mildly interesting comic book and rework it to be more T&A heavy." Which is impressive, given the source material.
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    Attention, carbon unit. This is VFX AI Prototype #1. Input and process my song. Basara: "Man, everyone's stealing my schtick these days... "
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    Personally, I think a combination of the two would be great. Destiny's FPS parts combined with Borderlands' RPG parts. ... But we'd probably get Borderlands FPSing and Destiny RPG instead. And then I would cry. And meet somewhere in the middle on gear. Borderlands rains far too much gear down, but there's usually something decent in the pile. Destiny has an appropriate drop RATE, but the quality is skewed so far south you'll never see anything useful.
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    I'll get an Eva Prime if it comes with a Shinji Roller. Just take a regular Rollar and put a sticker on the side saying "I'm not afraid I'm not afraid."
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    Indeed. It wasn't noted by Dark of the Moon, but WAS by the 80s cartoon. As I believe even Bay is more intelligent than THAT(and Dark of the Moon was CLEARLY written by someone that had seen the cartoon), I assume that the effects of the space bridge were preventing Cybertron from exerting an immediate tidal effect on Earth. Which is also why Cybertron would implode in the bridge instead of merely being cut in two when the bridge closed across the part that was already through. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.
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    I hadn't even noticed that! Britai is the focal point of the love triangle this time! ... Actually, that would be hilarious. I kinda want to see this.
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    Crazy Prime keeps his word. He promised to protect humanity. He never promised to stop Megatron and Sentinel from imploding their homeworld. Though the actual state of Cybertron is only implied. Only person willing to say anything was teenage girl in Age of Extinction, and she said "They don't have a home. It got blown up." (Some lines are memorably bad. This is one of them.) As she is not an astronaut, nor a Cybertronian, nor a high-ranking government official, I take her evaluation of the situation with a grain of salt. But it looked pretty bad for Cybertron at the end of Dark of the Moon. If not destroyed, it's at least pretty solidly wrecked. And they ALREADY had the "our planet is dead, without the Allspark Cube all hope is gone" issue. And Prime used THAT as a knife and vaporized it to heck way back in '07(And that was after Sam IMPROVED the plan). Even if Cybertron is still MOSTLY intact... it's still a dead world incapable of sustaining life. And it's ALL CRAZY PRIME'S FAULT. Worst Autobot leader EVER. And he won that title against Grimlock and Hot Rod, for Primus' sake!
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    I think the Δ is deeply symbolic. It's a triangle. Three sides, three angles. That's connected to Macross in a deep and profound way. A Valkyrie has three modes, three transformations. The love triangle. Three people, three relationships. Zentradi, Vajra, Protodeviln. Three major antagonists. Three is clearly important, not just to Macross Δ, but to the franchise as a whole. And then there's Robotech. Three unrelated series, three edit lists to combine them. In light of this, I think it's clear that the Δ can only mean one thing. The new show is about the SDF-3. Macross Δ: The Sentinels. Callin' it now. (And then there's me. BS, ???, Profit. Ladies and gentlemen, JB0 Δ )
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    Let protoforms be protoforms, and focus on restoring the Allspark and rebuilding Cybertron, basically? Wait, they've both been blown up.
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    I had something more typed here, then bumped ctrl-Q instead of ctrl-tab and killed it all. It's probably for the best. In any case, the movie says she was a sophomore and he was a senior when they started dating. She has a summer birthday(since she's 17 "now" and just a few weeks from graduation), so would have been 15 her entire sophomore year. He was either 17 or 18, depending on when they started dating. If they were both currently in high school, it would've been okay, as long as it's merely implied subtly. If they were both out of high school, it would've been totally okay. Even maintaining that same 2-3 year difference in both cases. I just don't see there being a real problem. It's not a letter of the law issue, since the letter of the law says it's fine. It's not a spirit of the law issue, since the spirit of the law is "adults should not go around picking up schoolkids" and he wasn't. There's probably far better reasons for "actively hoping somebody kills Michael Bay" than "because he made a movie implying that two dumb teens can't keep it in their pants." Like... the first Bayformers movie, in it's entirety. Incidentally, the "Romeo law" wouldn't have actually helped the "real" Romeo. Juliet was 13, and COMPLETELY out of bounds by modern Texas law, which bans relations with anyone under 14, no exceptions. It is fortunate for us that Shakespeare did not live in 21st century Texas. But that's even more wildly off-course.
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    Δ is cool. It's not the coolest greek letter, but it's cool nonetheless. I think it's cool enough for Macross. Also: Poor Mylene got evicted from the ad.
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    That's an... interesting take on things. It's a three-year age difference(17 and 20(Yes, I started the movie to check that. No, I didn't watch but the one scene. )). They're BOTH children, far as I'm concerned(damn whippersnappers, get off my robo-lawn!). They've been dating since they were BOTH in high school. I'd argue that insisting that the instant he turns 18 he has to dump his girlfriend and go get with a college chick like the rest of the grownups is actually worse than providing a highly limited exemption to sexual assault charges. Certainly, there was no need to toe the line there. Whether she's 17 or 18, she's still a high school senior, so it makes no material difference to the shambling mess of a plot(in more ways than one, actually*) and Bay is actively stirring up drama, but the exemption actually exists, and does precisely so that two dumb teens DON'T wind up being criminals because they didn't have the self-restraint to keep it in their pants. Pretty sure the state legislature would frown on using said exemption for dad-taunting, though. I think the specific wording they're using is from a different state, though. As it stands now, Texas law is both simpler and more permissive than the movie claims, so it's not really a problem(in more ways than one*). But it's worth noting that the boyfriend was receiving dubious legal advice. The best part? They're taking the complicated (and inexplicably controversial) loophole when there's a far easier way out of this mess. *Age of consent in Texas is 17. Not 18, as her dad believes. She IS 17. Basically, they've already won. She's totally legal. His grandstanding is missing the forest for the trees. He could throw his inaccurate quick-reference card in the trash and forget it ever existed. And yes, I did hit the state's website and pull up the penal code chapters 21(sexual offenses) and chapter 22("assaultive offenses") because of Micheal Bay. My browser history is now somewhat worrisome, incidentally. Transformers: How did we get here? Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I don't even play one on TV. If you are a high school girl, or are dating one, please check with a real lawyer first.
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    If only EVERY movie could be as much fun as Guardians of the Galaxy.
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    Looks like the disappearing legs is just straight-up anime magic to me. If it's possible at all, it'll require a lot of creative engineering. Since it "can't be done", I say own it. Make 'em bright shiny chrome and rock the 80s diecast look. ... Which, incidentally, is the Toynami solution. They hew very close to the oldschool toy in general, from the looks of things. Design goal was likely "sleeker, more posable version of the 80s diecast" and not "anime accurate to the max". Though based on the pics I'm looking at, they made him positively anorexic. Please note that at present, the only Voltron I own is the 80s one with pilot seats for the action figures. To say it is not anime accurate is roughly akin to saying water is a little bit wet. It fails to capture the essence of the situation. So I AM relying on internet photos for this comparison.
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    Oh sh!t, what're we gonna do now?
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    As I recall it, Tracker had two masks, but not two Spectrum masks. Ultrabrite looked like a gas mask and shot beams of blinding light. Spectrum did... whatever was called for by the scene, often more than one thing per episode. It also looked cooler, making any episode with Ultrabrite a disappointment all around.
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    Tracker's mask could do everything any of the other masks did. That's why it was called Spectrum. Spoilers: I did not know the word 'spectrum' when I was young enough to appreciate MASK. MASK hijack successful. This is no longer the Transformers thread.
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    Hey, at least I can still WATCH Transformers. MASK is just painful. They aimed for a higher quality, so it loses the camp appeal without actually being good enough to watch on it's own merits.
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    But quite a few more are very clearly based on, and sold with the intent of being identified as, a recognized Transformers character. Not that I find anything wrong with that whatsoever. I'm just occasionally amused by the lengths they sometimes go to to pretend red&blue semi with bunny ears and a mouthplate isn't Optimus Prime. ... Also, still bitter that Citizen Stack is an Ultra Magnus homage and not a Stacks homage. It's like no one ever loved the GoBots...
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    As another kid from the 80s, I disagree with your disagreement. The show's kinda awful, albeit that special kind of awful that falls out the other side and becomes self-parody.
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