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That's great. Except I never said anyone "hated" DYRL. And there's no point in arguing over semantics, the point of what I said was that there were obviously some people already who had issues compared to the series.

I'm glad you posted this. The reason so many people demonize Robotech is because of the differences in the details. I haven't seen Robotech since I was in elementary school, but I can tell you this: Robotech was more faithful to Macross than DYRL is. So if so many people hate Robotech for being different from Macross, then you also know the reasons I did not bother to watch DYRL in its entierty.

Wow, I make a simple post about DYRL and suddenly I'm a troll. Let's see, how was Robotech so different from Macross? DYRL, M+ OVA, when did I say they were boring? Man, some people are so defensive for the weirdest reasons.

http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?&amp...e=show&st=0 Now quit being so condescending.

Maybe after I forget about the Macross series and watch DYRL, it might be okay... I just feel like some of the more important aspects of the series were just completely overhauld, not just finetuned. For example... Ichijo and Minmei. I thought the tragic part about their relationship was that they met and bonded before their lives began to wander down separate and very different roads that pretty much killed the chances of them ending up together. Had Ichijo just remained a simple stunt pilot and Minmei just a student who works as a waitress, things would've turned out much different. And the reason Ichijo became a pilot was due to Minmei. Later, Ichijo collected Minmei's pictures because he was trying to keep his memories with her. In DYRL... Ichijo is already a pilot and Minmei is already a star, and the reason Ichijo has her pictures is because he's a fanboy. The humans being captured by the Zentraedi. In the series, I felt this was the defining moment that began a turning point in Ichijo and Hayase's relationship, from their kiss demonstration to when Hayase saves Ichijo from drowning. In DYRL, Kaifun and Minmei kiss and Ichijo is smacked by Hayase when he does it to run away from the Zentraedi. Roy Fokker's death. I don't know, this was just handled completely differently. For one thing, him dying in Claudia's room in a vain attempt to keep his promise to try her pineapple salad had a great impact in the series but obviously that doesn't happen here. Also, Ichijo in the series is all happy go lucky in the hospital thanks to Minmei's visit (arranged by Fokker) before he's suddenly hit with Fokker's death. Anyway, after I saw Fokker die, I knew this wasn't the Macross series I loved. So yeah, I'll definitely watch DYRL after the original series becomes a hazy memory again.

One of my greatest childhood memories is waking up an hour early each morning and watching Robotech and Transformers on the Sci Fi Channel before heading off to the bus stop for school. I didn't know much about the whole splicing and dicing that Harmony Gold was doing back then, but I knew I loved the Lynn Minmei, Rick Hunter, and Lisa Hayes stuff the best. The rest was just blah. Few years later, with the help of the Internet, I would discover this whole Macross being an independent anime series, and I would see people in chatrooms talking about how great Macross Plus was (released in 1995). Unfortunately, it wouldn't be until 2000 when an anime shop opened up nearby that I was able to rent and view the first Macross Plus OVA. I knew I wanted to see the rest, but that was all they had. So after a couple of months of saving up my allowance, I got Macross Plus the Movie (no way I was gonna save up for four VHS tapes). It was AWESOME. I loved it, and whoever I showed it to loved it also. Fast forward eight years. It is now 2008. High-speed Internet (such as my FIOS connection) is the norm, and video is readily available and pirated. Over the past eight years, I never bothered with Macross II or Macross 7 as anime was not as readily accessible back then, but I did watch a couple episodes of Macross Zero which I quickly bored with. Imagine my surprise when browsing a random forum a few days ago, I saw all of the Macross SDF episodes available for download. I was bored, and I wanted to see what the difference was between Robotech and Macross. I should have known better. I got sucked in and had to watch episode after episode. I finally stopped when I got bored around Episode 29 (the Zentraedi are starting to mass a force on post-apocalyptic Earth). I was surprised at how faithful Harmony Gold actually had been, and to be honest, I kind of missed the Robotech opening music. So I start browsing through the Internet some more, and I keep seeing this stuff about Macross: DYRL. Some people like it, some people don't like it. I look up a clip on YouTube, and it looks awesome. In fact, they are now wearing the UN Spacy uniforms that were worn in Macross Plus. Great! I love consistency. And I later did watch each OVA of Macross Plus separately and preferred the more streamlined movie version. I figured I may like a two hour version of Macross better than 36 long episodes. Oops. I downloaded Macross: DYRL and just watched the first thirty minutes of it before just skimming through the rest. WTF!?? I feel like DYRL is a completely different story altogether, just with the same characters. Now I understand why so many people dislike it. It's like an alternate reality. And what's with Minmei nude? Isn't she only 15???? It's left such a sour taste in my mouth, now I wonder if I should give Macross Frontier a try... Macross Zero bored me... And the clips I saw of Macross 7 just cracked me up with the guitars and vampires... And now DYRL has left me pretty confused.... Oh well, just venting.