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    It makes a lot of sense, really. If I were in their position, I'd be watching these other "totally original" convertible robot sales closely. It gives them a lot of data about the high end of the market at near-zero risk. And of course, lets them know if they should rearrange the Masterpiece schedule a little bit to stave off some competition.
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    Just looked it up. The evil Constructicons built Megatron. Megatron then brainwashed the good Constructicons to be evil. And then Megatron et al traveled to Earth and built the Constructicons.
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    Don't the Cosntructicons have three conflicting origin stories in the cartoon?
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    I don't think it actually IS possible, as it requires someone to have never heard of Dracula. The number of people that have not heard of Dracula AND have access to modern cinema is... rather slim. There may be one, but I wouldn't bet on it. Anyways, a story is a lot less fun if you already know how it ends, and just about everyone knows how this one ends.
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    I kinda feel bad for Isolation, stuck as it is in the Colonial Marines thread.
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    I know more than I should about Castlevania, but nothing about Lords of Shadow. So that's two of us. But "not as bad as I thought it was going to be" sounds like damning with faint praise to me.
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    I believe the expression is "quoted for truth" Absolutely. Man, is there any part of Inferno Cop that ISN'T fantastic? (Answer: animation frame count)
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    And Inferno Cop. Best anime ever. A YouTube original series.
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    I don't think that's true in the end. In the conclusion, the protodeviln become spiritia-creating lifeforms just like humans. Implication: she is no longer an energy vampire, as there is no longer a need to drain spiritia. I think it's just a case of being better off with her own kind. There would've been a LOT of explaining to do if she'd stuck around on Seven Fleet. And really, while more PERSONAL, their relation wasn't a whole lot DEEPER than Basara and Flower Girl.
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    I would assume the tuna was not iced in because a lot of water sublimated and dissipated before it had a chance to freeze. In fact, what did freeze would subsequently undergo the same process. Nature abhors a vacuum, and the water the Macross brought with it would attempt to fill that void, though it may just be pissing in the ocean.
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    Other dumb places to take a stand in this movie: Galvatron. If he has no spark, he shouldn't be sentient. Though he was right when he said "that is why I have no fear", it should also preclude a whole host of other things he has in spades.
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    So you're saying Targetmasters are now built to the same engineering standards as Leader-class toys? What a world we live in.
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    Because daishogun Durifuto-san is chou very sugoi! He deserved better! Or something. Naw, the big stuff's already been beaten to death. This is just the most blatant of the small stuff. Like Grimlock having horns, only less awesome.
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    Nope. Not me. It seems an obvious complaint, though. I mean, I know Japan doesn't make a lot of cars, but there must be SOMETHING thematically appropriate for him.
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    Just saying Rin won't be starring as of next episode, but this entire season is all about Archer regardless of who the official star is, and Archer is always awesome. It's one of the rules of the Grail War: The Archer servant must be the coolest.
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    Of course! How could I have missed it? No wonder the animation in the old toy ads is so much better than the actual cartoon was! Your point is well-taken. I see now flaws in the argument.
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    I choose to view it as two triangles sharing point Basara. Which, of course, means Mylene was competing with Sivil and didn't know it.
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    You make an excellent point. I would counter with the argument that while suckitude is multiplicative with runtime, a movie with 17 sucks and 1 runtime is still worse than a movie with 8 sucks and 2 runtime. And the first movie was WAY worse than the rest of them. It's one of the worst movies I have ever seen. And the "skillful" Jazz will always be remembered as "waz crackin', bitches" and "ripped in two by Megatron" , because it was the sum total of his contributions to the first movie. Indeed, to the entire live-action franchise. Minimal appearances just makes the scant screen time a character DOES have that much more important. And the movies have been big enough to define the characters for a generation. Frightening, isn't it?
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    That is amazing.Honestly, I'm kinda glad for Colonial Marines being this way. It's legendary.
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    Because Micheal Bay is a lightning rod for opinions. Also because the first one was tremendously awful.
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    As you said, we gave them David Hasselhoff. We also gave them television, microprocessors, cars, jets, trains, and nuclear weapons... umm, maybe scratch that last one. Seriously, though... I would love to own an HD transfer of Knight Rider.
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    Yeah, it's a pretty solid comedy series. And it's got an introvert bookworm character that behaves realistically! Bonus points! Bad news, that's just the prologue. The game runs it on first boot and "clearing" it drops you to the title screen(where all subsequent boots start you). Rin's taking a back seat next episode and people start dying when they are killed. Except Shirou. Killing him just makes him angry. Rin's already done enough damage anyways. Pretty much every last word of the prologue is either horribly misleading or an outright lie. But fear not. The UBW arc is totally Archer's show. Even when Shirou's in the spotlight, it's still Archer's show. I'm still hoping they figure out a way to animate Heaven's Feel somewhere down the line.
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    I just want to point out this is the same Prime that has hooks built into his wrists for the explicit purpose of ripping faces off of people. Galvatron bugs me for the silliest reason. He has no spark, he shouldn't BE self-aware, and this has been bothering me ever since I finished the movie. Yes, THAT is where I choose to make my stand with the writing. Yes, I'm aware this does not bode well for me. A FRENCH helicopter!
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    At 3:20... it may just be my age, but I took it as Lockdown trying to look like a badass moreso than "frakk yeah, a Lambo!" I see where he's getting his interpretation, and he's probably right. I just took it as the Transformers version of Anime Villain walking through a fire. Of course, Lockdown was apparently supposed to be a muscle car before Lamborghini wanted a bit of product placement. So Lamborghini may not have ruined the movie, they ruined a toy. And IMNSHO, the most egregious product placement mark went completely un-noted. Drift the japanese fanboy samurai turns into a Bugatti. He SHOULD have been a Honda or a Toyota or... you know, ANYTHING japanese. But he's french. Because... because... ummm... hang on, it'll come to me... Yeah, I got nothin'. I can only assume France is known for their samurai warriors, but it sounds wrong somehow. He even wears not just the Bugatti logo in the very center of his chest, but the entire grill. And they make sure to give us a closeup.
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    Because most TVs still have overscan even though it's actually HARDER to do overscan than to not do overscan on a modern display. The windowboxing is intended to cancel that out so the viewer can ACTUALLY see the entire image. They're trying to cancel out one piece of stupid with another piece of stupid. And those of us who own TVS THAT WORK RIGHT are suffering for it. (An overscan-free mode was a mandatory feature on my checklist the last time I went TV shopping. I am still stunned that overscan survived the digital transition.)
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