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    Agreed wholeheartedly.
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    Yeah, it is some neat package design.
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    "We've ripped off everything else already, so what can we crib from Terminator?"
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    Okay, the writer thing... it isn't like they have a completely inept writing team, despite all evidence to the contrary. Which makes me wonder... Is Simon Furman actually working on this, or are they just trying to blackmail him by attaching his name to their drek? That said... HG, fire everyone you have currently and put Podtastic in sole creative charge of the Robotech franchise. He has a vision and a path to get there, which is more than we can say for whoever is at the helm currently.
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    So true. It seemed like for a while the ACTUAL Voltron lions were flying off the shelves, and the ones that didn't activate interlocks and form feet and legs just sat there taking up space. Because let's be honest, only a chump wants five robot lions that DON'T form a mighty robot loved by good and feared by evil.
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    I think you typoed there. Surely at this point there's only one.
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    Oh, totally. He shows Kirk the card in the Director's Cut. It's a very lovely card, with gold filigree and a sound box that plays the Gorn Hegemony Anthem("Drink the Mammal's Blood") when you open it. VERY convincing piece of forged evidence.
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    C'mon, Bandai.... if you can do that, you can do an SOC Dairugger XV, right? WE WANT VEHICLE VOLTRON. ... For certain small values of "we".
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    Almost certainly.
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    Exactly! It was an ingenious ploy to make it look like the gorn were trying to frame Starfleet!
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    I think you caught the big plot twist! He's not seeing the hallway and the people in front of him because he's seeing everything in front of him, and THEY'RE NOT REALLY THERE! It is all a VR simulation, and Ben is gonna come out of this JUST FINE for once! Yeah, that.
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    I am all about the river forest supervision in the night!
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    Adding to that, the orbital defense satellites we saw in Plus would seem to imply there's not any terrestrial Grand Cannons at that point in time, since a GC would tear all kinds of holes in that satellite network. ... Also they didn't use one on the vajra at the end of Frontier, despite showing them making a clear and impressive threat on the Earth. All circumstantial evidence, admittedly, but suggestive nonetheless.
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    Also, if I recall the new heat shield is ablative. It is intended to be replaced after use.
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    What, you don't believe he's a jedi that can see the flow of the protoculture?
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    I think you copied the wrong link. That's not Darkwing Duck. Still pretty awesome, though.
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    There needs to be some chance of actually turning a profit, or you go out of business. Virtually no one makes products they believe they can't sell. Maybe you can sell a few hundred instead of a few thousand, but...the smaller your production run, the higher your cost per unit. And then you're charging more per unit to recoup those costs. And your limited market got more limited because you just priced someone out of a purchase. Especially since the general attitude is that the less-popular product should cost LESS. That works well if you don't actually want to sign licensing agreements. If I were a manufacturer, I would walk out the instant they told me I was REQUIRED to manufacture products I had no hope of ever selling. Honestly, with the state Robotech is in currently, I wouldn't sign a contract that required me to do follow-up products within Macross Saga, much less a lead balloon like Southern Cross.
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    Very no.
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    I'm not either, but I must admit that "living in an underground lair and/or on a volcanic island" is one of my life goals. Say what you will about the bad guys, but they have STYLE.
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    And sometimes it goes wrong in reverse. As I understand things, Samuell Jackson fired his agent over Snakes on a Plane, and not for the reasons you'd think. His agent was insisting they make changes to the movie, up to and including the title, because someone like Samuell Jackson doesn't appear in films with titles like 'Snakes on a Plane'. Jackson thought the title was amazing and damn well wanted a film called 'Snakes on a Plane' on his resume. Hollywood book-keeping, man. Remember, David Prowse gets a letter every year explaining that he isn't getting a royalty check because Return of the Freakin' Jedi still hasn't turned a profit, and this chain continued unbroken from release through at least 2012(date of the interview I saw mention it). The numbers say what they want to say, and if they want to say Chris Pine needs to step back in line because his last two movies both bombed, then by god accounting will get them the evidence they need.
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    I'd be okay with that.
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    I think he meant that Wright forgot to read it. That said, the additional detail is hilarious, and much appreciated. "Hi, guys! I am one of you and have sparkly runes, look how they shine!" "(His runes... they're so fake. Weirdo.) Haha, that's nice! Good for you!"
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    In seriousness, I don't want to see Macross going that route. I watched half of the original Strike Witches OVA back when it was new, and I still feel dirty a decade later. And, well, I like Macross's vehicles at least SEEMING realistic. ( Sky Girls is on my "far better than it has a right to be" list. Which is the only reason I will admit to having watched it. )
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    At the time they did the first Bayformers movie, Hasbro was insisting there was a new strict continuity policy going forward and everything was going to be in a coherent shared universe(a statement clearly intended for adult fans, since they're the only ones that CARE about the continuity of plastic robots). It was a far cry from the 80s cartoon's policy of "Make sure your writing is dumb enough to be followed by 5-year-old boys that are high on meth." Said policy lasted about two media releases. As soon as they COULD contradict themselves, they did. Doctor Who, on the other hand, can always claim it is a result of changes to the past affecting the present. ... Maybe Transformers can too. I BLAME THE PORTAL ON DINOBOT ISLAND FOR ALL CONTINUITY GAFFES!
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    I prefer Sky Girls, personally. Can we get Konami on-board with this?
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