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It's also pretty banged up. I thought the rough design was similar, though I admit it's a stretch. But DYRL isn't real. 326417[/snapback] It is roughly similar, but I think it is of a different design. I believe that the Supervision Army had an ability to alter and repair ships that the Zentlaedi lacked, so it's possible to see multiple derivative craft. For all we know, ASS-1 was an obsolete hulk prior to its arrival on Earth. 326437[/snapback] I would actually expect that. You boobytrap your retired husks, not your shiny-new state-of-the-art.

You guys have all the best shows! GIVE IT BACK!

As I understand thigns, it had a very strong adult following, especially for an alleged children's show. Captain Power, Hawk, Tank(how very imaginative...), dun recall the other 2. Token black guy was Scout. Chick was Pilot. Power was the only one to use his real name. *cut/paste* CAPTAIN JONATHAN POWER MAJ. MATTHEW "HAWK" MASTERSON LT. MICHAEL "TANK" ELLIS SGT. ROBERT "SCOUT" BAKER CPL. JENNIFER "PILOT" CHASE If I recall, Scout had holographic camoflauge, so he could look like anyone else. Hence he got to be a... well, a scout. Just remembered... I used to have a Captain Power comic book. Power was visiting his father's grave. Flashback sequence to explain how the story got from civilized world to post-apocalyptic with homicidal mecha hunting people and sucking them into computers. Still do have all 3 of the cartoon videos, for what it's worth. http://darkstar.st/captainpower/soaron.html I know Soaron likely looks better in motion, but... Man, this used to be cutting-edge special effects.

I don't think the 'Folded to a different location' is really canon. It was something that the RPG Macross mecha design page put in to explain the reason why it was never returned to. Thought that was in the official timeline. Don't see it, though. Never seen the RT RPG book, but it's possible I got it from somewhere that got it from the RT RPG. It's also pretty banged up. I thought the rough design was similar, though I admit it's a stretch. But DYRL isn't real. Besides, the ASS 4billion-and-something was in the TV series, where the ASS-1 was a Supervision Army vessel and zentran and meltran got along. That's likely. It looked "kinked" so I have doubts the cannon would fire. It was just an example of a known boobytrap. Reactor overload, maybe?

Well it was one that I had just seen someone post, so it was the easiest for me to grab. Apologies to anyone that's offended by it. 326301[/snapback] Just annoying is all. I'm hard to actually offend.

Not very likely. I've seen someone selling it on CDs before, though. And this thread is awesome. The show ruled. ... I think. I was like 6. I still have my Powerjet and Powersuit Energizer and both action figures(was bought one for the jet, and the energizer came with a custom Captain Power figure). And my sister's Powerjet, actually...

I should probably note, as I said earlier, M+ and MII and productions after that, have had no involvement with Tatsunoko. 326220[/snapback] Indeed. HG's official stance as of late, however, is that they own exclusive rights to the entire franchise, be it toys, animation, line art, or anything else. Which is a far cry from their original standpoint of not even having the rights to DYRL, or the ability to make derivative works using Macross(look at Robotech 2 and the makeovers all the characters underwent. Poor Britai...)

I thought that was a global trait. That's been my experience, at least.

If he hadnt said no this coulda lead to a whole new series and change everything about Robotech and Macross Yup. Killing all the main characters in one shot would've changed the entire series. And by extension changed the bastardized hackjob. If that was how they felt, they never would've inserted it. Macross is fairly well put-together. Everything except Global Report serves a purpose. The event added a bit of depth to the universe, pointed out that even if you weren't looking for trouble, trouble had a way of happening. There were people out there fighting a war of mind-boggling proportions, and it was all too easy for neutral parties to get caught in the crossfire. Also reminded the viewers of exactly how humanity got the Macross. Remember, this was the 3rd season. The finer points of the first season may have been lost at that point. What? I said nothing of the sort. And that's kinda stupid, given the ship was in the middle of nowhere. If it'd folded into an asteroid belt there'd be... asteroids around it. I said it was likely a supervision army boobytrap, particularly given it was gone when they went back to investigate it after retrieving the factory satellite(which took priority over a maybe-derilect ship). And if it has power, and a computer program uploaded to make it play dead until a zentradi vessel comes in range of it's cannon, it's a boobytrap. No evidence that it did. It folded, we know that. We don't know when, where, or under what circumstances.

They SHOULD go beyond HG sending cease & desist letters and refusing to prove their claims. Particularly when including statements such as all infringing merchandise needs to be delivered to HG's main office, which has no basis in US law. They can stop the sale of imports, with restrictions. They can get law enforcement to seize merchandise that is suitabley offensive. They CANNOT seize the merchandise themselves. And everyone HG has used their license against. I wouldn't just take someone's word that they owned the product I'd just imported. As an analogy... let's say you just bought a car from a used-car lot. And I walk up to you one day and say that that's my car, the guy at the used-car lot stole it from me, and you need to give me your keys. Are you going to take my word for it? No, you won't. You'll call the cops. They'll likely ask to see my title. If I can't present that as proof of ownership, I've got nothing. The license they refuse to show anyone? The license that only covered the original TV series until nostalgia kicked in? (note that HG made no attempts to stop importations of DYRL, Macross 2, or Macross Plus). Except HG's cease and desist letters cited their distribution rights, not their trademark. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=1953 A sample. There's a thread somewhere in the forums regarding what happens when you challenge a HG C&D.

And the latest in tasteless newscasting... CNN is advertizing a link where you can "Watch: Bodies bobbing in the water" Screenshot provided to prove I can't make this stuff up.

Of course, it's to be expected tha thte vast majority are black. Not because "them blackies are all crooked", but because NO's population is/was 80% black to start with. Backpack. But only the black guy was the AP. There's nothing to explain. AP policy is if they're taking stuff from a store and no one's there, you caption them as looters. So the black guy's a looter. They can't control what other syndicates put under their pictures.

He was referring specifically to a set of pictures of looters that were released a few days ago by the AP. Two pictures were of black looters, and the caption specifically referred to them as looters. The third picture was of white looters, and the caption said that they "found" their food. The picture has long since been pulled, but you can still find screen captures of it: http://x7.putfile.com/8/24210141023.gif 326110[/snapback] Of course, the black guy's hauling a bag as big as he is. That tends to look bad. Other hand, "finding food" sounds retarded. It's quite possible they were just looking for a diffrent caption. Either way, I find that aniGIF more offensive than any racism present.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's just too funny to ignore.

I can't confirm it, but I've heard they requested he stay away because they couldn't supply proper security. Gross incompetence, near as I can tell.

Actually, it should be ASS-4-million-and-somethign after the Zentradi war. Remember, ASS stands for Alien SpaceShip. Anyways... It's just another abandoned Supervision Army vessel. Probably a gunboat, like the Macross. And probably booby-trapped, like the Macross. And probably folded out to a diffrent location after it was found and ignored, since if I recall they went back to look for it later, but it wasn't there. 325975[/snapback] I know that info I want to know how it would actualy look like and what the hell is it if my info is correct damm Bretai told the crew to ignore it since it will delay the mission damm moron . I just want to know the designs and how did it "booby-trap" thier... 325979[/snapback] Yes... Damn Britai. Damn Britai and his not wanting to die.

Actually, it should be ASS-4-million-and-somethign after the Zentradi war. Remember, ASS stands for Alien SpaceShip. Anyways... It's just another abandoned Supervision Army vessel. Probably a gunboat, like the Macross. And probably booby-trapped, like the Macross. And probably folded out to a diffrent location after it was found and ignored, since if I recall they went back to look for it later, but it wasn't there.

Damn right. If you aren't making them 2/1, you aren't trying. And yes, I DID mean twice life-size.

Yea, I laugh at this too. Like we really need to see that same damn picture a hundred times in the same thread. It appears that I'm not alone with my thoughts... 325919[/snapback] My POV on picture quotes is A. don't quote large pics, and B. keep all the pic quoting to a single page(if it's on the same page, it doesn't take anyone's bandwidth for the extra images). Sidenote: I saw the title and thought this was a complaint about my board-breaking omniquotes.

Remember, Animeigo sublicensed it from HG. No one knows. HG refuses to show anyone their license. It's POSSIBLE that it already has, but we don't know. Just a quick question here, I'm sure there is an answer but I don't know exactly...but if HG cannot show a license, even if they claim they got one, how can they stop Macross merchanising in other states and countries? 325843[/snapback] Well, the thing is that it's never made it through the courts. The only case I know of that even came close was the Battletech suit. They settled out of court, with one of the conditions of the settlement being that they not talk about the case or settlement. So the guys from Fasa are the only people that MIGHT have ever seen the license, and they're legally bound to not speak about it. No one else has ever made it TO the courts. They usually cave when they recieve the first threats, because they can't afford to fight it.

Rising coastlines had nothing to do with New Orleans. NO has been sinking because they've been pumping groundwater out.Also it's debatable whether global warming was relevant at all. It's usually cited because of the extreme # of hurricanes last year, but... there weren't more than usual at that point in the cycle, it was just coinicidence that more than normal landed, and that the prior years had had a freakishly small # of landings. And remember, if the New York Times is taking the conservative side of the argument, then you KNOW it has merit. It IS arguable that global warming is what pushed Katrina up to a Cat5, though. Not provable, but arguable.

Odd. It was on the page for me, just easy to overlook because of how it was sandwiched.

Yah. Their geographical situation leaves them with no natural drainage whatsoever. The pumps were IT. And since they burned out after being run far longer than they were designed for, there's NO water leaving the bowl except for what evaporates out. The only way the city's getting drained at all is if they bring in new pumps and start pumping the water out from dry land. And the sheer amount of water they need to move makes for slow going. Personally, I just don't think it's sane to deal with it. I say just build "New New Orleans" somewhere safe. ... Of course, the entire state of Louisiana has problems long-term(the "taming" of hte Mississippi has left the state totally lacking a way to replenish the massive amount of soil it loses to the ocean each year), but they can at least rebuild somewhere with drainage. But my opinion is moot. They're gonna drain and rebuild on the exact same spot because there's history there, or because they're not going to let a disaster get them down, or because they're stubborn idiots that can't see they're going to be inviting the exact same thing to happen to their great-grandkids by setting the exact same problem situation back up. It happened in 1927(less than 20 years after the basin was initially drained), it happened in 2005, and it WILL happen again. Another large hurricane will come ashore at the right angle, another wet season will flood the Mississippi, the water WILL rise over the levees again, the levees WILL fail again, New Orleans WILL flood again.

Remember, Animeigo sublicensed it from HG. No one knows. HG refuses to show anyone their license. It's POSSIBLE that it already has, but we don't know. Don't worry. Macross Plus made it through unbutchered, and it's commonly regarded as quite good. It will continue to lead people to the one true anime.

I was looking stuff up earlier, and found something no one's mentioning about the drainage pumps that burned out because they were only meant to handle heavy rain. They pumped the water up into Lake Pontchartrain. The same lake that was draining into the city through the levee. New Orleans had NO MECHANISM WHATSOEVER to deal with a failed levee. Their entire disaster management strategy for such an incident consisted of sticking their heads in the sand and pretending it couldn't happen.