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So, I suppose they retrofitted Exsedol with the big pulsating brain, and tentacles then eh?

Was she? In the concert at the beginning of the movie, she refers to it as her "debut." Was this just wonky subtitles? 350236[/snapback] she filled a whole concert hall with people shouting her name. And it wasn't because they couldn't get out of the ship. Also Hikaru asks her about her movie roles and if those kisses were real. So she obviously had came out on TV or films before becoming a recording star. She had dolls made after her... 350248[/snapback] I always assumed that Hikaru was referring to her role in Shao Pai Lon when he asked her that. Also, remember, that was the song she was singing in her concert when the transformation alarm sounded. Seems to me that DYRL takes place right around the time that SPL debuted. Of course, in DYRL they haven't made it back to Earth yet, and Earth has already been blow'd up, so they switched some more stuff around.

Well, you were there at MWCon, when she told us how badly she got screwed with the first series. Based on that, if she didn't work out a sweet deal for herself with this go around, then I REALLY feel sorry for her. I just think it's really cool that she will have been the voice of Minmay in both languages.

But Minmay doesn't love Hikaru, at least not much more than a close friend. She realizes after Kaifun leaves that she is all alone and that she's sacrificed everything and everyone to make her dream of becoming a singing star, a reality. In the post war eps, she is "trying" to reciprocate Hikaru's feelings and develop a relationship between the two, but ultimately accepts the fact, during the final assualt on the SDF1, that her first love is her music an nothing else. 350192[/snapback] Sure she does...in the same way that Hikaru (thought he) loved her. The point I was trying to make is that she winds up alone, and with a career in tatters. Interest in Minmay waned seriously after SW1. During the war, she was something everyone could rally around as they were all (literally) in the same boat. But, post war, everyone was too busy with other things, and there was Minmay playing dives.

Yep, that's Mao, our little Kancho Assassin.

Macross......is..........FICTION???? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! My universe is crumbling around me!. I have nothing left to live for. I guess I've been wasting my time doing all those flyovers in the South Pacific looking for the mystical South Ataria island.

But DYRL is a movie within the Macross universe! 350127[/snapback] But seriously, how do you decide which one is the official timeline/plot without that invention? Does Kawamori or the other Macross powers-that-be have no weight in this debate? Cuz I'm pretty sure the "movie within the universe" is the official line. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go fill myself with vinegar and insert. . . H 350138[/snapback] Yes, but if you accept that DYRL is a "Movie within the fictional universe" then you would have to apply some sort of Last Action Hero magic to explain why Exsedol was humanoid in the series (canon), had tentacles and a big pulsating brain in DYRL (supposedly not canon), and STILL had tentacles and a big pulsating brain in Macross 7 which (despite what the h8ers say) IS canon. Not to mention the significant differences in the Macross itself as it is shown in DYRL, and Plus (canon) looking exactly the same. I'm not talking about the ARMD platforms either, I'm talking about the whole damned ship looking different. We all know the popular explanation that the ARMD platforms were added post SW1. Then there's the fact that all of the canon series that came after DYRL mirror the design elements from DYRL, all the pilot suits, helmets, armor, etc. Bottom line, the "Movie within the fictional universe" theory is full of holes. I give it about as much creedence as I do Mikimoto's "because he's a Genius" explanation of why Max looks so young in Macross 7. I think both were comments given on the fly to interviewers and blown out of proportion by us, the fans.

Great post! Except, I think they all survive in Macross. You are still suffering from a minor RT taint! 350073[/snapback] Yeah, I stand corrected. IIRC, it is ambiguous at the end of Macross, unlike RT. But, I just checked the compendium, and while it too is ambiguous as to the events of the last episode, if you check the Chronology, it does say... 2013 - Admiral Bruno J. Global's installment as U.N. Government representative.

I've always wanted to find that second kit (if it is a Kit). Hikaru looks a little metrosexual in it, but I really like the flight suit details, and the pose.

Cool, thanks! All we need now to get a more accurate list is someone who can read Kanji.

Anyone know where I can find English track listings for this set? Thanks!

Umm...Wolverine spinoff in 2007?? PLEASE - Let them base this on the original Wolverine Miniseries!!.

Well, I was browsing the compendium this morning, and came across some pretty good info IMHO... Looks like ADV is using some of it's A-List talent for the other English voices of Macross. I for one, am pretty happy about this. I was worried that they would give us Mari as Minmay, and a bunch of no-names, but apparently not... Vic Mignogna - Hikaru Monica Rial - Misa Mari Iijima - Minmay (No Link, DUH!) Brett Weaver - Focker Andy McAvin - Exsedol John Swasey - Global Illich Guardiola - Quamzin John Gremillion - Britai Christine Auten - Claudia It's obvious that Minmay will carry a pretty heavy accent in the English dub. I wonder if they are going to fold this into any of the other characters?. The crew of the Macross is supposed to be Multi-National after all. While I wouldn't want them to overdo it, it would be nice to see at least Global done that way. I hate to use the R word here, but I think they did a pretty good job with his accent in Robotech. He is supposed to be Eastern European after all.

I'll have to join the ranks of those who like the last episodes. The only thing that makes them painful to watch IMHO, is Hikaru's staggering stupidity with regard to Minmay/Misa etc. However, I think we are all forgetting one very salient point about Hikaru. At the END of Space War 1, he's only 17 years old!. When I was 17, I only had one thing on my mind . At 19, I was in the Army, and the military has a very distinct way of making you pull your head out of your ass in a hurry. So, let's sum up young Mr. Ichijo.... He starts out as a 16 year old kid, gets involved in an interstellar war with the fate of the human race hanging in the balance, joins the military, watches his best friends get waxed, realizes the ultimate corruption of most of the Adults he is subordinate to, watches his home planet get razed, kills hundreds if not thousands of people (Zentraedi are people too!). During all this heinous stuff he had to go through, he was also trying to figure out what that thing in his pants was for. Then one day....BAM!, it's all over. Something tells me they didn't have alot of time onboard the Macross for grief counseling, or PTSD counseling, and I highly doubt that much was going on afterwards either. So, it's understandable that Hikaru becomes a bitter little dickweed in the last 9 episodes. I have to say that "Rainy Night" is one of my favorite episodes of the last 9. In the continuing theme of darkness, you see that Claudia will never recover from the loss of Roy. She openly tells Misa that she became an alcoholic after he was killed, and even though she admits it as if it were a past tense thing, she tells Misa to get lost so she can have a drink with Roy's picture, creepy. Minmay doesn't fare much better. She gets spurned by Hikaru after finally realizing that she loves him, and is left at 17 with a washed up career, and noone who really gives a crap about her. Global, Shammy, Kim, Vanessa, they all get waxed when the Macross gets destroyed. In all, the series ends on a pretty dark note.

When my wife and I were just dating, I took her out shooting. She has never been anti-gun, but she was afraid of guns, and unsure in general. I taught her to shoot using the same fundamentals taught to me by my Father, The U.S. Army, and the Police department, and after that she's cool. It didn't take her long to realize that it was a helluva lot more fun to shoot my AK from the hip than it was from the shoulder. I gotta say, I was more than a little aroused by that.

Nice! My only complaint would be the helmet looks a bit off, but I love the uniform, and everything else. Very nice indeed.

OK, got the pics from Father Jack last night... Here ye go.... Thanks Father Jack! (and Mother Jack) EDIT - fixed broken links, attached pics instead.

Any sign of the other resolutions?

Watch out Graham, talk of the infamous ManFaye will draw the wrath of the mods. Y'know, I started out thinking, WOW, those are really nicely done, and then got to the bottom and saw the size 15 shoe thing.....and was like......

LOL.....

I don't suppose Shawn gave you any info as to his choice of new Admins or whether he decided to kill that idea....

Cool, thanks for the tutorial. Though, it would have been much shorter if you had just converted a Max 1A to an S head. But for those of us who don't have 1A Max's this is cool stuff. French Blue??? - GAH!! Now Max will surrender evertime he sees an enemy pod! Beautiful custom, makes me want a Max 1S even more.

Either that, or we could upload massive amounts of porn to the forums, and when he gets the bandwidth bill, he'll be like..... and HAVE to come around.

Shawn, Graham or Myersjesse. However, last I heard, Shawn had not given the new passwords to Graham or Jesse. So, that pretty much narrows it down to Shawn, and we haven't heard from him in ages.