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So Ninjin loves Ozma now, Shoji gets a cameo with the script (ha ha), WTF is going on with Wilder in that pic, and Sheryl in that pic has finally won me over. Great stuff, excellent find....... Taksraven

Good work, two albums that are permanent fixtures on my Iriver. Get the Downward Spiral Deluxe edition if you don't already. The original album is much the same but the bonus disc includes most of the best non-NIN album tracks from the 90's including Burn, Dead Souls, Memorabilia, etc........ Hey, I'm going to see Cradle of Filth in May. Anybody seen them here? Taksraven

I think that would be a bit risky because if they were defective Ford would not recall them. Taksraven

Hey, I remember that line in the film "The Final Countdown" in regards to the Nimitz! Taksraven

Colm O'Meaney was dumped and they shot a second pilot for the show, this time with Harvey Keitel as Gene Hunt. I personally think that he could possibly do a better job than Colm as Gene Hunt but he is still a bit too old for the role. Thanks for the heads-up on Demons, I had heard about it but it is getting conflicting reviews so I have not decided if I will download it yet. Taksraven

Ok, maybe the *idea* of this as a weapon was quickly abandoned. I will admit to that possibility, who knows, but you must admit that it certainly does LOOK like energy weapons were being fired but the unit. Actually yes, I will say that it is likely that it was a superweapon that the unit was equipped with that the production team abandoned for some reason. (Possibly, because it was too powerful?? How can you dogfight a unit with such weapons??) But it was THERE at some stage, you have to give me that much. We haven't heard from Mr March yet and I would like his opinion on this topic before I consider this discussion closed. Taksraven

Ok, we all saw the weapon being fired in my last post, now more evidence that this is some sort of beam weapon on the Q-Rau, not missiles..... Now, the beam shots seem to be going through the Valks, hardly the normal result of a missile attack. Energy beam dissipates, fatally damaged Valks continue on for a few more seconds. Milia flies past crippled units as they start to go up. And they BLOW UP!!! Would a missile attack look like this? A few seconds later and another similar attack as Milia moves to deliver the spies. Again, but closer. Nice little close up of Milia's unit. Yes, the episode was not animated perfectly. This segment of the episode used extreme speed to hide bad shots like this. Roy does not like Milia! This shot just because I *heart* destroids. So there you go. I will admit that that shooting trick for Milias unit was not used too often in the future, (if ever, but I think it was once more), so can we accept this as a weapon this unit has that is normally ignored. Taksraven

I will argue that point..... Here are the shots I am talking about in chronological order.... Ok, not so easy to tell at this stage, and yes, the launchers are OPEN, so maybe missiles being launched. Ok, first firing stage completing here, most of the shots seem to be directed away from the back of the unit. Right, now we are at the start of the second firing stage of this weapon and this shot would really seem to suggest that it is an energy/laser weapon being fired rather than missiles. Looks like a brief weapons charge. Second firing stage well underway, the unit seems to be covered with some sort of energy/laser weapons all firing at once. Next, further evidence that it is not a badly animated missile launch. Taksraven

How about some comparision shots of Milia climbing into her Queadluun-Rau from the original SDF:M for comparison purposes. (The shots from her debut episode I mean.) Do we have any idea yet of a size comparison between a Queadluun-Rau and a Queadluun-Rea? And Mr March, I don't think that I have asked this before, but how come there is no mention on your mecha page, of the several dozen short range lasers that seem to be mounted all over the body of the Queadluun-Rau? (You know, the ones that make it look like a Porcupine when it opens fire, wiping out entire squadrons at once) Taksraven

Oh no, its worse than I thought. I knew that Hikaru's voice actor was dead but was unaware of the others. Taksraven

Don't know if anyone is interested in a general discussion thread for this series. (probably not since it has not already started, but I'll give it a go) Is there anybody who has watched both the UK AND US versions who has an opinion of how the US version compares. I think that the British version was brilliant but there is a bad history of these shows getting stuffed up in translation across the Atlantic. Taksraven

Cool, thanks. Taksraven

What format are their eps in? Taksraven

A great pity, fantastic talent. Is he only the second voice actor from the original SDF:M series that has passed away that we know of? Taksraven

One story goes that he bailed out of his Avenger without letting his crew know what he was doing. Taksraven

I would say that she is squatting rather than sitting. B)) I guess that during a deep space recon the girls need to go to the bathroom somewhere, unless they are wearing diapers. :lol: Taksraven

Just creating my own archive (for now) Macross Frontier DVD's. 4 Eps per disk. Its just occured to me that at the end of volume 3 I will have no more Shinsen subs to work with. Have to switch over to Lunar for the rest of the show. Bugger. (Not trying to insult Lunar, there stuff is still good) Taksraven

"I'll get you yet, Rick Hunter!!" Breetai, Robotech toy commercial, Australia. Taksraven

I strongly considered creating a thread in which we could try to put together a definitive FAQ after that discussion in the newbie thread (I got as far as starting to set out what the thread could achieve), but I abandoned it due to a combination of my own laziness and the fact that even with a FAQ there was still a strong chance that people would STILL dispute the content and chances are that newbies would keep asking repetitive questions anyway. I understand the purpose of this thread and applaud the GENERAL sentiments of it but ultimately I decided to have fun with it. Rather than just having blanket rules I think that we would do better with people steering threads away from repetitive topics. Thats why I posted my "Things we SHOULD talk about" response as a joke and mentioned things like the *poor animation in episode five of frontier*, because that subject was ABSOLUTELY DONE TO DEATH!! in the Episode five thread, so much so that other interesting things in the episode were neglected, and little was done at the time to stop people harping on about it. (Just for the record I don't think that the animation in Ep 05 was that bad and YES, I know that there was some really bad animation in SDF:M, thanks to those who pointed out the obvious when it wasn't needed! *Now I will probably get some brilliant person posting the shot of Ranka when she was at the side of frame and really off model in Episode 5 to try to prove their point*) So to sum up, I think that a lot of us (myself included) need to take more care with posting (this has already been suggested I know) and to stop being such a pedantic bunch of boring farts, that way we can keep discussions and threads flowing without being shipwrecked on tiny issues. (As if that would ever happen. :lol: ) Taksraven

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FFS. My post that had the topics we could talk about was a JOKE! Taksraven

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