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  1. Master Dex
    I talk to March on Discord a lot lately. He's in the Macross Fan Central discord which is an offshoot of the Facebook page but I never interacted on the Facebook page before joining that so that didn't seem to matter lol. I thought he was also in the discord for SDCon but that one isn't as active once the con passes and I don't see him there but I didn't look close.
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    They do wear holographic suits but they are more advanced than Sheryl's (seen only properly in Frontier episode 1 and kinda just ignored later as if it has an internal projector). Walkure's suits though are more.... Flattering.... Cause they aren't really suits but actually a form of gel application onto their body that covers their skin and the only real clothing they wear are their underwear and gas jet clusters used for their flying maneuvers. You see them applying these "suits" in a late episode of the show and in a few short movie scenes in which they literally rub them on. When not active and projecting they leave very little to the imagination. They were working on early construction of the SDF-2, a duplicate of the Macross by the time of Kamjin's final attack on Macross City in the last episode. I don't know if it was planned before Space War 1 but it might have been. It was just before that attack they'd decided to retrofit it into the Megaroad 1, which of course was completed later.
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    As they like to say these days, "I'm just asking questions." Lol That is to say, that's how I read it when you posed the hypothesis that charlie seems to be confusing for you stating as a fact.
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    Lady M didn't exist in Frontier. Entirely a creation of Delta. I don't think they implied she was actually retroactively involved in anything and if they did it's ignorable cause it really wasn't a thing during Frontier at all yet.
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    I want to revisit the idea it's Dr. Gadget M. Chiba dressing in drag. Think it was Seto's idea, but imagine..
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    I don't think anyone is saying Epsilon is a saintly group here. But we have to keep in mind that just cause one group does bad things doesn't mean the other is righteous. Actually, I don't think any of us were even discussing Epsilon at all. It was you that kept bringing them up as a sort of "what about..." move. Like yeah they did bad stuff but not all their clients were without justifiable reasons. They all chose to do something bad but their intentions were either misguided or understandable. They'd still get convicted by a court if they lived. But so would Lady M if she actually faces repercussions for her actions. That's all we're saying. She's not a good person just because she's in charge of the heroes. We don't actually know why she has such a stranglehold on the NUNG. We just kinda assume she means well but it's certainly not a popular idea to the masses. People don't like oligarchs secretly controlling them without explanation.
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    Yeah... Lady M is no saint no matter what their real identity is or their connection. There is a lot of designated hero leader stuff going on. That being said while Seto it's entirely correct that Cromwell's motivations are reasonable... He does basically start committing terrorists acts and plans to scalp the surface of an inhabited planet just to destroy one ship (and like, he could just reposition Astrea to avoid that). He's not a designated villain by any means cause he's causing harm to people. His motivations and his failure to achieve his goals in less destructive ways through NUNG law basically lead him to drastic measures. Is he wrong to take up arms? Probably. Should people think about why he did it and not just brush him off as crazy? Yes they should. Will they? Probably not, and that might be the most realistic outcome. It is noteworthy the movie shows he cares about his subordinates though. So once again I feel like Kawamori is trying to show us Cromwell is not the worst but he leaves it up to viewers to decide who is right and wrong while still having the movie give the win to the heroes with no indication any change will result from this.
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    No need to get upset because other people have different opinions on the movie. This is a discussion forum, and we are discussing. Well I wasn't until now but I have bought and watched it. Admittedly my thoughts are closer to Seto and Kaj. I'm typically less harsh on Delta but that's cause I am a mellow guy. Doesn't mean I don't have criticisms, I'm a bit of a story writer myself (insert Osborne meme here) and Delta absolutely earns it's criticisms. The Sv-303 is... Alright. I was surprised it was unmanned and there was multiples actually. I thought it was going to be some ace fighter. I actually haven't been as into the design since it was revealed. I'd comment on specs but we have no power there lol. Visually the movie was gorgeous at least. The editing could have used work but everything looked really pretty when you had time to enjoy a shot. I actually really liked the imagery of Battle Astrea in attack mode perched next to the ground, showing off the impressive scale of the New Macross Class battle carriers. Try as he might to make the still as yet unnamed class the Elysian and Gigasian belong to look good, Max definitely traded down. And yeah I'm a huge Max fanboy so I enjoyed him being here. Exsedol too honestly. Actually I just like he stuck with Max. They give hints they have a close friendship throughout Macross 7 and I kinda feel it here. Admittedly Max tends to lose friends in his life (Kakizaki died, Hikaru vanishes, I'm not convinced he and Milia are still married) but weirdly the giant database guy became one of his closest friends almost. The plot... It's a Delta plot alright lol. It's not the worst but it does feel like it tried a bit too hard and just led to a lot of head scratching. I was happy before watching anything that Seto have such a good review of Labyrinth of Time though cause that's the thing I was most concerned about since Frontier is very important to me and I 100% agree that did everything I could have hoped for in a 15 minute short. It also truly felt like Frontier, and I worried it would feel like Frontier by way of Delta writing style. I don't know if the writing teams were actually different but LoT felt like the people that did Frontier came back to do this. I was happy.
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    It's true... a structural frame in something I once worked on got the official acronym WTF. I can't say much but the Program Office snickered a lot that they were able to get away with that. That said almost no one actually used the acronym in the end.
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    I wasn't aware of a tally. I'm having trouble parsing some of the unknowns in my part there (what's the 7?) If it helps though I saw Plus, Frontier 1, and Frontier 2 all in Lancaster, CA. Same theater even which was a Cinemark if that matters.
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    This is basically the same experience I had. Better sound but also the annoying bass vibrations from adjacent theater. Weird, that. But yeah I was happy overall, and I look forward to what's next. I can see them doing both Delta movies in this same way perhaps, which is really only good in that I can finally see the second if that happens.
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    I agree that if the final song of Wings of Goodbye doesn't have proper audio it will severely hamper the effect it has. That said... While I don't have to stomach Fathom's reputation in other things, if they are the ones bringing Macross events to western term, then I will continue going to these releases because I'm doing this to support the product and tell Big West I'm paying attention. I want official blu-ray releases in the west among other things. I have seen these movies before and my copies, such as they are, are better in audio as I can control it. I will watch them again in the future and enjoy them. But last night and 2 weeks from now will not be a waste for me regardless.
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    My experience was overall positive but I felt the audio was off too. It sounded alright and I could hear everything but it was kinda low... Which was ok except during the songs and concert scenes which really benefit from the volume being pumped up. So a lot of the music didn't have the normal punch. I spoke to a few friends in other areas that said it was the same for them.
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    That actually is what I was thinking. We know for a fact the Protoculture were not exactly the most cohesive unit as far as a single civilization goes.. in fact all the problems in the galaxy are the direct result of them not being able to get along with each other. The Zentradi, the Fold Evils leading to the Protodeviln invasion, the setups to ensure later species didn't make their mistakes, attempts to psychically unify everyone into a hive mind to repair that discord.. it all tracks with them just not being one group of people but.. a bunch of people who just couldn't agree on basically anything.
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    Well others can get A VF-24, but it will be a monkey model of the Earth version still. And no one is getting a 27 cause one it was made illegally, and two it's host fleet collapsed from corporate conspiracy and an aircraft carrier to the face.
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    I as I was before and always am for event movies, have to drive 70 miles to see it but will gladly do that trip for something important to me such as this.
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    I actually kinda want it in July cause I don't have a car that can travel to the theater I'd see it at until then lol. I can find a way probably.
  18. Master Dex
    They say June but Fathom still has nothing. That is either a mistake or concerning.
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    Yeah the arms and the wing tabs mainly. The arms required getting the bicep panel set just right and it can be annoying. The wings required actually filing the tabs down a bit to fit. On the whole not terrible, and they are fixable, but the issue is no customer should have to deal with it at all. I'm more relaxed than others on it but I get the issue.
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    I'm not really the especially impatient honestly. I just want to keep LP accountable cause they didn't move on Hayate for me until I actually bugged them lol. That's why I think they need to be poked, cause they do have some issues as has been stated. If I wanted it sooner, I wouldn't have gone with them, I'd have braved the madness and likely done HLJ or something. I'm willing to wait a bit.
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    I posted about it last page. I poked them last week (they tend to work faster when you bug them I find) and they said it should be shipping after Golden Week which should have just finished. We'll see if they hold to that. I certainly will keep on them.
  22. Master Dex
    I poked Luna Park (it worked before lol) and they told me it would be shipping after Golden Week. Admittedly they didn't say when after, but it's something.
  23. Master Dex
    Good write up there @no3Ljm. I think at this point I'm more interested in ordering US just to support having the option, I didn't get the 25, but I do want to get Max's 29. I can live with waiting a bit I think, and the upcharge is not nothing but I think I can eat it for the purpose of being able to get it Domestic.
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    The wait is fine for me.. I can balance out purchases better lol. Also I still need a new shelf.
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    I only have the YF-29B so I'm not collecting 29s for sure.. don't even have one with supers.. but also Max is my favorite. This is best of both worlds. I don't really want to play the PO madness game anymore but this one looks like it has domestic options anyway so I'm more than happy to see how that goes.
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