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  1. JB0
    The dash angles, the plethora of switches and displays, the electronic instrument cluster... that's exactly what I'd expect a modern version of KITT to look like.
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    They did say his father died under mysterious circumstances.
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    Oh come ON, Hasbro. I'm fairly neutral in the great Frenzy/Rumble color scheme debate, but... this is just trolling. That paint scheme is UNAMBIGUOUSLY Rumble, because you're using the cartoon's light purple instead of the original toy's dark blue and light blue. ... This is why Ravage and Lazerbeak are cooler.
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    Friggin' Symphogear. The original transformation sequences from the first series were fantastic. They were brief, well-matched to the show's overall theme(I loved the LED EQ meter), avoided most of the usual questionable artistic decisions that accompany magical girl transformations, and unique for the genre. Even ignoring Hibiki's first transformation, which is its own special thing. And then they decided to go total fanservice with the sequel, and since then they've been trying to find ways to turn it up. So we've gone from silhouettes against a VU meter to "not sleazy, honest" poledancing. Hooray for progress. I should probably look before I judge, though. Wait... Hibiki's transformation is the best since the original. The camera doesn't stop to stare at her boobs or butt even once(I have low expectations after the previous shows). It is almost tasteful, and FAR nicer than I expected. What's the probl- oh. KIRIKA. And her scythe. Why is Kirika even still around? I thought she was slowly dying from gear incompatibility back when she was first introduced in G. And how did they not do the obvious poledancing sequence back in G when they were blatantly pandering with EVERYONE'S transformation? ... In all fairness, it IS about as classy as a magical girl transformation that involves poledancing can possibly be. I genuinely believe the guys actually responsible for choreographing the new round of transformations wanted them to just be cool and awesome and fighty, but were stuck with a higher power's mandate that the scythe girl do a poledancing routine. Which is, I guess, par for the course. The original series was only even remotely notable because someone decided "we have a shoestring budget to animate this shameless cashgrab of a CD commercial , but dammit we are going to do our best and make something nice ANYWAYS." And now, THE BIGGER ISSUE! The weapon is supposed to be the LAST part of the transformation. Bodysuit goes on, then the armor plates, and THEN the weapon comes out! That's how it was on every symphogear user in every previous show(except Hibiki, since she didn't inherit the Gungnir spear), and it makes logical sense. Why the crap is her scythe even coming out at the beginning of the transformation? Do they not care about implied metacontinuity at ALL? Oh. Wow. That was ENTIRELY too many words about a magical girl transformation sequence. Even ignoring the self-mocking "bigger issue".
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    A. Wrong franchise. B. I believe you mean "make it so."
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    This is terrible, it gets worse every time I look, and I wish the affected families the best.
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    I love Valvrave for how terrible it is. It turned into self-parody somewhere along the way.
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    I'm not. Tooling isn't cheap, and this thing has LOTS of parts with heavy detailing. And there's going to be a minimum order size in the thousands. I'd bet they can't buy less than ten-thousand sets of parts. I'm not saying they won't make any money on this, just that their profit margin is going to be narrower than it seems. The margin on the regular toys is high because the upfront cost of molds is spread across tens of millions of units.
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    As I recall, SDF-2 was added to the scripts to justify there being three mounds in the ship graveyard during the second arc. SDF-1, Khyron's kamikaze, and... I dunno, guess we'll make up a story about there being a second SDF-1. Yeah, let's call it the SDF-2, that's creative. We'll CG it in during post-production... once CG becomes viable in twenty years.
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    It is definitely incredible.
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    Abandoned before the cartoon was localized, in favor of creating more Lion Voltron episodes after it became a runaway hit. I did see the toys as a kid once, and thought they looked cool. But in fairness, I thought ALL toy robots looked cool. The more chrome and sci-fi theming, the better.
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    A man after my own tastes.
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    What I've gathered from the last page of this thread is that everyone wants the -D.
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    Sounds plausible. I know that was a persistent problem with Binaltech/Alternators. They felt that seams in the panels made the cars look "broken".
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    I still wish the add-on bits clipped to the "bridge tower" so he had a proper pistol grip.
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    It'd be typical HG to act like a dead project is full steam ahead.
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    Good way to lose a race #88: challenge a time machine.
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    And a couple of Bucks Roger, one of whom is just shaking his head and going "Not this again.".
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    It went off the rails ages ago. At this point, it fell into a river, and got washed so far out to see that they can't even SEE the rails. They aren't even sure which direction they'd have to go to find the rails again. And then they floated into a hurricane, and that's where we join them today.
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    They were all balancing out Micheal J Fox's perpetual childhood.
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    The music of Wyld Stallyns' first observed impact on the course of history was when we didn't move forward into the grim dystopian future of Robocop. That's the connection. Robocop's a "bad end" alternate future where they failed their history class.
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    I will assume that they aren't lying outright about the 35-year license extension. Because that could get them in REAL trouble as opposed to just laughed off the internet while people petition Kickstarter for a refund(and Kickstarter laughs at everyone). I will also assume they are being less than completely honest, because when have they ever been? I further assume that the omitted parts are bad news for Robotech, because when have they not been? Obviously, I am not a lawyer and have no access to The Document. But this ain't my first rodeo, if you know what I'm sayin'. I have basic pattern recognition skills, I wasn't born yesterday. Therefore, I conclude the new license is more restrictive than the original one was, and that Tatsunoko likely has an escape clause in it so they can terminate it early if Harmony Gold continues acting like Harmony Gold. I'd like to think this is a blanket prohibition against making false copyright claims, upsetting Big West enough to sue Tatsunoko, and outright lying about the franchise's current activity and future prospects(or at least against lying to Tatsunoko). This likely bodes ill for a company that has no real interest in the license beyond creating the illusion of a functional animation division instead of an office of tax fraud that they use mostly to launder real estate profits. ... More likely and less dreams of puppies and rainbows, any future legal costs Tatsunoko incurs because of Harmony Gold's foolishness are going to be on Harmony Gold's head, no arbitration or lawsuits required.
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    Starship Troopers CONTAINS some fascist material, but isn't ABOUT fascism. It certainly isn't fascist propaganda, as Heinlein's own political leanings are fairly well-documented and he kind of hated fascism. He almost certainly wouldn't publish a book intended to incite a rise in fascism. Much the same way that Star Wars isn't ABOUT kicking Space Hitler's arse, though the Galactic Empire is very clearly evocative of the Third Reich.
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    I'm hoping they remember they own Fox Animation. Anastasia remake(yawn) and then Titan AE gets another chance.
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    Ooops. Sorry, man. </Darth Vader is Luke's father>
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