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    Honestly, I'm pretty down on Disney's re-animations* as a general rule. I view them as a waste of time, that can only tarnish the reputation of the originals. But I'm making an exception here. Dumbo wasn't a work of passion honed to perfection. It was designed from the start to be cheap to produce and commercially attractive, thereby maximizing profitability at a time when the company was in bad shape financially. In short, Dumbo was a cynical cash grab. So it is hard to be mad that, most of a century later, another cynical cash grab is being made. I'll be sad to see the crows go, though I'm pretty sure they won't fly in the current era(no pun intended). They were the best part of the movie. *Let's be honest here, they aren't live-action movies. When your animated effects cover more of the screen for more of the runtime than your live-action footage, it ceases to be a live-action movie with animated effects and becomes an animated movie with live-action effects.
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    DE KULCHA!! I love how overbuilt the MC class is. Though ... how big is the crew on one of those behemoths?
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    GO COMCAST, GO!
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    Man, I hope in another three months Fox just pipes up and goes "just kidding, we were curious how much of a circus the offer would make."
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    That is just how bad "Disney buys Fox" is for us. Comcast is the LESSER evil.
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    Man, RE never had tank controls to start with. Tank controls is Battlezone/Vindicators/T-Mek twin-stick. Push up on both sticks to go forward, up on one and down on the other to turn. I AM A CROTCHETY OLD FART, GET OFF MY LAWN!
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    The website mechamericagreatagain.com definitely shows a Steam release. Well, actually it says "PC", but clicking that takes you to Steam, so...
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    No weirder than the rest of the cartoon was, anyways.
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    I was about to type that! Sniped!
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    I hate fake parts, and consider it cheating at best. May as well just go with part-swapping, it is exactly as honest and at least the transformation will be simpler.
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    Happy negative fifth birthday!
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    I'm the other way. Railgun is fun as heck, Index... isn't. Agreed on the Accelerator spinoff, though.
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    Fair enough. I actually laughed at that. Mostly because of how fast he ejected that tape. Weaponized music. And the Bay films were big on toilet humor. As long as Bumblebee doesn't pee on anyone, and no one's parents make comments about their self-stimulation, I think I'll be okay with whatever sense of humor they settle on.
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    Bumblebee as a yellow Bug? What madness is this?!
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    That is most definitely NOT a recommended diet plan.
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    One of the few good things about Twitter is watching the different branches of the armed forces make fun of each other officially. I believe the kids say "quoted for truth". But don't forget Leader-1!
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    But imagine an SoC Dancouga you could LIVE IN! ... Actually, now that I think of it, why wasn't the 1:1 Gundam branded as a Soul of Chogokin?
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    Yes. Practicality is for chumps.
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    Ah, Gold Lightan. More of the SOC toys should be released in 1:1 scale.
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    Definitely. Bonaparte and Metal Slug belong together..
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    That's a large part of why I also have a couple TB of disk storage.
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    It is ADORABLE, just as it is supposed to be. Mission accomplished.
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    At one point, I believe they did ground-up redesigns and then got sued because they were "derivative works". And then HG also took the time to claim a bunch of original designs were derivative works too. Also, things have been sold a couple of times, so the guys on deck now weren't around for any of the old drama. The current rights holders were apparently wildly unaware of some of the issues, given they made a big deal out of bringing the "unseen" back and released a couple of very short-lived things(an artbook and video game trailer) with Macross-derived art in them. The current rights holders claimed they were unaware of the original settlement, and blamed the confidentiality clause. And really, if you wanted to sneak some of the old designs back in in defiance of that settlement, you wouldn't START with Macross, and certainly wouldn't announce it to the world ahead of time. ... And if this article is right, it all started because Playmates bootlegged the Mad Cat, which was FASA's own original design to start with, and the HG suit was just petty vindictiveness. ... And if THIS writeup is right, they had already stopped using the, ummm, "disputed designs" before the infamous settlement, having exchanged legal correspondence with HG over a decade before the suit was filed. In conclusion... Jesus, what a mess. That's my complete take.
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    You know, this was largely why my favorite Star Wars books were the X-Wing novels. Wedge was the most important character involved, so they could tell the kind of stories that the Han, Luke, and Leia Power Hour wasn't suitable for. Tales where the force was not the answer, a lightsaber wouldn't make quick work of that locked door, and there was actually some semblance of suspense because this group of nobodies didn't have plot armor made of neutronium.
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    In fairness, both of these companies are famous for having lawyers that aggressively check OTHERS, not lawyers that make sure their OWN products are clear. I believe the Robotech comics were actually infamous for frequently taking stuff HG hadn't licensed. On the other hand, HG mostly sues other companies. Games Workshop sues the fans.
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