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I AM IN YOUNG!!!!!!! D'OH!!!!!!!!!!! Taksraven

You'd think, but the way that some people got stuck into it......... Taksraven

I think that Spielbergs War of the Worlds did a better job in attempting to create much the same effect. (Invasion seen entirely from the viewpoint of the littlepeople, rather than constantly cutting to politicians and soldiers trying to deal with the problem) Taksraven

The Best and Worst of 2008 Here we go, the list of lists for this year. Even though we still have a few weeks to go its time that we started to pick 2008 apart. Feel free to disagree with me and feel free to add your own choices. So, lets have some fun with this. Best Anime Series – Macross Frontier – Without a doubt. Despite some whiney criticism of this series, all in all there is nothing wrong with it. Lots of mecha porn, cool action, romance, lots of mystery to keep us guessing, a brilliant soundtrack, interesting characters and most importantly, lots of fun. A fine addition to the Macross Saga, here’s to the next 25 years. Worst Anime Series – Ok, a bit of a confession. I have not taken the time to watch any other anime series this year. (so maybe its unfair that I consider MF to be the best anime, but I don’t care, nyaaah!) So fill in your own worst here. Best Anime Film – Rebuild of Evangelion: 01 – Its been a great year for Evangelion fans and next year promises to be even better. A great film that enhanced the first part of the Evangelion story. It shows how remakes SHOULD be done. Lets hope that the rest of the films in this series meet our expectations. Worst Anime Film – Um, see worst Anime series and substitute ‘film’, sorry. Best Non-Anime TV series – Media Watch 2008 – A series only available in Australia (unless you watch it online at www.abc.net.au ) It was the only show on TV that I watched on a regular basis all year. Great stuff, as always. Worst Non-Anime TV series – Dr Who 4th series – Ok, not really the worst but certainly the most disappointing. Some of it was ok but overall it was a very downbeat effort. The last two episodes really sucked, with the cast of thousands not helping. A very poor finale compared to the previous ones. Best Non-Anime Film – The Dark Knight – I personally think that this movie had more flaws in it than a lot of critics and fans were willing to admit, bit it was still a great film and easily the best one of 2008. Great direction and good performances all round, even if it did seem that some cast members had to struggle for enough screen time (one of the films major flaws) but the pencil trick was great. Worst Non-Anime Film – Cloverfield – If I want to watch a bunch of preening, narcissistic morons do stupid things I will go to work where at least I will get paid to see it happen, rather than pay to see it in a cinema. It might have been a great idea on paper but on the screen it was a huge letdown. Best Album – The combined Macross Frontier soundtrack was the best music I heard this year, simply awesome. Worst Album – Chinese Democracy – More of a disappointment rather than the worst album. Few were surprised that after such a loooooonnnnngggggg time in the works that the album turned out to be overblown and overproduced. Maybe if it had been released the better part of a decade earlier, people would have been more impressed. My advice to Axl, start writing now and release your next album in 18 months. I would bet any money that the results should be more impressive. Best Game – Fallout 3 – Finally a game that lives up to the hype. Worst Game – Lost – What a bunch of crap. Honourable Mentions – Shoji Kawamori, Yoko Kanno and everybody else whose input went into Macross Frontier. Also, Shawn & Graham, all their mods and everybody else who has contributed to make this website and forum fantastic. And finally, thanks to Mr March for his website, an invaluable resource of Macross info. Dishonourable Mention – All those in Hollywood who think it’s a good idea to take great films and make unnecessary remakes. Please stop it. Also, those in Australia who are trying to introduce and implement the national internet censorship scheme. If successfully implemented it will mean that Australia will be either the third of fourth country in the world to have ALL of its internet content screened by Big Brother. It has been estimated that download speeds could be slowed up to 80%. A sobering thought for all Australians to contemplate this holiday season. Taksraven

Why don't they reverse the trend and take crap films and remake them as good ones. They could use your avatar, Howard the duck, as a good start. Taksraven

Never watch Mad TV (I have a life) so I guess that I am not parodying that. Taksraven

Can't keep a good angel down?? Taksraven

To be honest I have read a few that were above average but still, I consider it to be really pointless. Taksraven

NOTHING can top the original C64 game with the synthsised speech (a really big deal at the time). Taksraven

You betcha I love them, they are one of the unsung (pardon the pun) and forgotten parts of Macross. In fact a lot of anime show have good orchestral/instrumental tracks but its always the jpop songs that get the recognition. Taksraven

I think its fair to say that its just about the visuals. Taksraven

Reason for edit: Politics. Thats not editing, thats censorship. Don't worry mods, I have no more to say on this matter. Taksraven

Yeah, I can imagine it with either Jessica Simpson or Brittany Murphy doing Kathleen Turners role. Shudder to think who they would want to take Michael Douglas' part. I am sure that it will be the greatest movie of all time. Taksraven

Ha. Taksraven

Best anime bad girl since Cima Garahau in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. And both girls died in a nearly identical fashion. Pity. Taksraven

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Bit of a squeeze. Taksraven Yay, post 1000.

I find it hard to believe that people are stunned that this is a bit of a disappointment. Most overcooked albums do disappoint, especially when they take THIS long to produce. I wonder what it was that got him to finally release this? Record company pressure, thumbscrews? Taksraven

True, but it feels like we are kicking em when they're down anyway. This crap is never going to fly so whats the point? Killing this thread would be a mercy killing. Taksraven

Same here. I think its something to do with the fact that I feel like I have a voice here, I feel like people actually listen and respond to what others say. In other forums it feels like you are in the middle of a cast of thousands all shouting their own opinions. Taksraven

Maybe just a new poll based on the new CD then. (We could do polls for each of the soundtracks, let people get some votes in for the instrumental tracks) Taksraven

Always thought that Dylan was a bit overrated. (But I do like some of his stuff) Taksraven

I am disappointed in the way that Lucas TOTALLY wimped out on Jar Jar. Sure most people hated the character (me included) and I think that it was pretty clear that Lucas wanted him to play a big role in both the second and third prequel films. But no. Lucas panics at negative fan reaction to the character and winds back Jar Jar's input to virtual cameo's in both films. Now if I was Lucas (and many would be happy that I am not), my response would have been to give Jar Jar an even BIGGER role in the second and third films, I would have had every second and third words out of all the characters mouths being JAR JAR and when his character was not onscreen everybody would be wondering where he was. I would have had Jar Jar turning to the darkside in Revenge of the Sith, killing Anakin Skywalker AND Obi Wan, then tripping over Artoo and falling into the lava. He then could have been rescued by the Emperor who would have been unable to tell what this lump of flesh was and the climax of the film would have been Jar Jar becoming Darth Vader. To hell with continuity and screw the diehard fans. My point is, I think that Lucas compromised himself badly with what he did to this character. I think that once any writer, producer or filmmaker listens to what fans want too much they will always start to produce crap. I think I will go and lie down now. Taksraven

I have to admit, that "And I'll form the lawsuits.." line is VERY funny. Taksraven

You mean like those silly balls hanging off the back of the shoulders? I think that this thread is pointless and is giving too much oxygen to this pointless project. Taksraven