Brooklynwolf

Oh man...Optimus is taking them on by himself?? Oh boy..... ...they're gonna need backup.

Yessir!!

Came back from HK yesterday, and this is my haul (Upside down, sigh...oh well) Originally went there to pick up my 2nd 19F from HKcollectibles, then went toy shopping and got the others in the pic. T'was a good day.

On the subject of the dog fights: I'm gonna continue gushing over Plus. the fact that it was hand drawn is a testament to how amazing the animators were back then, especially with the director on how he framed the action. They were able to convey a sense of speed whilst allowing the audience to truly see the valks and appreciate the action. It's all about framing and editing. Someone bought up Michael bay, so I'm gonna try and use him as an example. When you compare the chase sequence of "The Rock" to "Bad Boys 2", it's like night and day. The Rocks chase sequence was just a jumbled mess of tight close ups of the driver with shaky cam, with the occasional tight close up of a car ramming into something...like, it was just boom boom boom. No build up to anything whatsoever. It had no excitement whatsoever. I loved the movie, but the chase was the films weakest element. Now we fast forward to BB2. Wow, what an immense improvement. You actually see the chaos. You see the cars. It was intense. There was excitement in the way it was framed and shot. IMO, and this analogy will likely piss some off, but don't let it... The dogfight in Plus is BB2's chase sequence whereas Frontier's is The Rock's. With today's advancements in animation on all fronts, cel, CG, I thought i was gonna get kicked in the throat with awesome dog fights in frontier. Well...It wasn't a kick. It was more of a nudge. It had some cool scenes...bit overall it was messy.

Exactly!! Right on the target!! Except for the less contempt thing. Still can't accept F series ending, therefore won't watch it until the next series has a satisfying closure, then I'll backtrack.

Awesome haul! Recent purchases? And where from? I'd like to expand my collection by adding some classics to it.

Well said my man. Couldn't agree with you more. However, At this moment...I can't make peace with frontier. Even with kyps picture of Sheryl reuniting with alto...it's just not enough for me to give the series a chance...because that pic's canon..icity(I'm making up words) is still up in the air (although I could do what kyp did and say eff it, it IS CANON), also I don't know which one is more canon-er??? the series or the movies lol? IF shoji somehow pulls all the stops and miraculously surprises the **** outta me and brings back the spirit (IMO) of what made macross one of my beloved franchises...then for sure, I'll go through the Frontier series. Hell, I'll go through zero,while I'm at it. It's weird, I know... and frustrating. It is a stubborn approach to it. But personally, i can't and won't accept unresolved endings over and over again. Not meant to be a line drawn in the sand...but the day shoji gives me a more crowd pleasing finale is the day I make peace with the shows I missed. It's a weird principle I'm living by lol. And dude...being accused of not being a "real" fan is just....*jackie chan mind blow jpg*. Fortunately I haven't come across that as of yet, and hope I never do. Nothing is more annoying than a supposed "super fan" covering his ears and willfully being ignorant to fair, legit criticisms. Straight up, I'm not a teacher at a day care center. I'm not here to take care of anyone's feelings. We're all adults. As long as our stance on certain issues don't involve anyone's mothers, we should be able to speak our minds. As long as the words we say hold substance, we should be as passionate as they are. They can't handle that? Well, not my problem. Instead of pointing fingers claiming someone has sullied these holy grounds...perhaps they should take a step back and reevaluate their life. if the people I've been talking to here in this thread are anything to go by...I shouldn't worry about a thing. Granted I haven't met EVERYONE at MW yet...but I ain't worried or intimidated...'cause so far, everyone here rocks hard.

Lol, word. I'm happy to have been able to have a meaningful conversation with everyone here. Very inviting atmosphere...with a little stumble at the beginning though hehe. I desperately wish the next series would give me a story AND conclusion that's more in tune with DYRL and Plus. I just wanna relive the joy and excitement I once had with the franchise. If shoji decides to yet again fulfill his desire of "leaving this up to your imagination"...well, shoji, i am disappoint. I'll just stick with the toys...again. Not that it's a bad thing, those always kick ass.

Hah! You only lasted halfway through ONE episode?? Bruh, I went all DA WAY!!! ...and no, it doesn't pick up...at all...in case you were wondering. The thing with WoH was that it was so unlike many other anime at the time. It wasn't action packed. The trailers would have you believe otherwise. It wasn't exciting in the sense that since it was anime, you'd expect to see some crazy ****....but nope. It was all about some dude that wanted to go to space. It had a great story followed with great animation. One of my faves. And Old Boy....that's a movie that definitely kicks you in the face and leaves a footprint on your tongue. Heavy heavy ****. And it's also another one of my faves. That's another example of a finale that makes sense to me. It was bleak, but I can get behind bleak endings such as OB, only because it appropriately matched the tone from the rest of the movie. Lol so I hope that clears up my "need for happy, resolved endings"...I like effed up endings as much as the next guy, but it just needs to gel with the movie itself. Also, it can't be overused. Lol man I'm beginning to sound like a broken record player. Apologies to everyone.

Yeah that's cool that you liked, or even loved EVAs finale. I respect that. I'm glad you didn't jump down my throat telling me "you don't know jack **** about EVA". I personally just don't like finales that are too experimental or...obscure, know what I mean? It's awesome you mentioned ninja scroll and wings of honeamise! Both were...no, are kickass movies. Kinda bummed with the ninja scroll follow up. So bummed, I don't even remember its name.

A finite ending where everybody dies? Honestly, no, I wouldn't be ok with such an ending, but if done in a way that's not for shock value and fits the theme of the story? Sure. It would fall under the "grim...but acceptable" category for me. Disclosure time...I didn't finish EVA. Does that put my anime credentials into question? I never got into it because of it's over exposure. It was EVERYWHERE. Everyone I knew and their mothers were like "OMG EVA". It turned me off from it because at that time, my other fav anime were overshadowed by the typhoon that was Evangelion. Same goes for gundam wing. I was like...but what about macross?? And of course, many were like "macro wut?" That's not to say I didn't give it a shot back then. I did watch a few episodes, but it really didn't grab me. So, I let it pass me by. I was rooting for macross 7 at the time, the underdog. Then dynamite happened.... Anyway...I heard rumblings about EVAs finale. Complete head scratcher. I Wikied it not two days ago, and once again, I feel like it's another failed attempt by another storyteller to "elevate" the medium. It's almost as if he thinks he's above it all and has convinced himself that his ending or whatever the hell you wanna call that was "smart, provocative!" I KNOW I'm not the only one that's bothered by that ending. There was so much backlash about it that even I, a non fan, got wind of. (EVA fans, these are just MY opinions ok? Let's not tread down that road again lol.) That wiki article gave me a lot of insight as to what led the creator down that path. It's...interesting to say the least. I find it amusing that even the voice actors thought he was weird and didn't understand what he was trying do or say in regards to the finale. I dunno, IMO, I feel as if those that loved the ending to EVA are kind of in denial. Say one person that decided "wow, what a daring way to end this popular series. It's provocative, edgy, novel, different! Whoever fails to see it's brilliance fails in life!!"...then the next person who still doesn't quite get or liked the ending didn't want to "appear" like he didn't get the ending jumps on the bandwagon. So that little group that defended the finale eventually snowballed into an army and took a life of its own and became a narrative onto itself. (All MY OPINION) I didn't get the ending. Initially I thought it was another mecha anime that once again starred an unassuming youth piloting a robot...little did I know it would become an anime about the human psyche. People can say EVA is beyond my comprehension...fine, whatever. A deconstruction on the genre? Cool. But if I wanna learn about the human psyche, I'll register for a class for it. I just wanna watch robots in action with a cool, simple storyline with characters that don't masturbate over a comatose "love interest". That's just me. And I agree with your "bitter sweet" analogy. Lol but like I mentioned before, I love steak. A perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned dry aged rib eye is an euphoric experience. But having it so frequently, it loses it's impact....not to mention dangerous to your health, but you know what I mean.

My buddy did something similar. He showed this chick he was seeing DYRL, M+, and then frontier. Breakdown of what she said: Loved DYRL. Liked M+ Confused with frontier, therefore, didn't like it. Honestly, this does take a bit of the sting away. But why couldn't it be included in the ending itself? Oh that's right! Shoji wants us to "think".... Sigh....

Thanks for your input man. While it's awesome you shared that with me...it still doesn't sit well with me. It's cool that shoji wanted to inject a deeper meaning into this particular ending...however I can't help but feel "wow, how convenient, out of all other myths, legends and themes, he so happened to be inspired by THIS one". Once again, I'm really not looking for more reasons to hate on either the man and his choices, nor the show itself. I just want variety in a beloved franchise and it's "conclusions". If zero had a more crowd pleasing ending, and then frontiers ending stayed the way as is...I am positive that I would be more forgiving than I am right now. I love steak, but I can't have it every night. Also, I am aware of Japan's love for romantically tragic, or star crossed lovers and what have you. That's why we see it so much in their fiction. I DO see it's merits and can occasionally enjoy it from time to time. One of my favorites back in the day was the ruroni kenshin prequel OVA. Doesn't get more tragic than that (actually it can, but it was damn rough on my heart). If it was just a stand alone piece and the original tv series/manga didn't exist, I would still be haunted by the ending, in a good way. The story for frontier can be amaze-balls for all I care. I just don't think I can bring myself to watch it, knowing how it ends. I just want a conclusion that is finite. Call me stubborn, ignorant or whatever. I've seen enough anime (I frigging grew up on it) in my life time to be officially jaded on their story telling tropes. Am I losing out on potentially life changing stories? Absolutely. But I choose to not sit through 20+ episodes of a story only to imagine the ending. ESPECIALLY when it happens again and again and again and again...if I wanted to imagine something, I'll just day dream. Thanks again for contributing man, if I wasn't so against shoji's consistent use of "romantically tragic" endings, honestly it would've blew my mind.

....oh boy...that's not very good. Any hints to what it is? If not, when should we expect it? As for the yf-19...that's sucks man. Big time. Been looking forward to it for a loooong time.

If they went all out and pulled a DYRL full blown movie like how you suggested...IMO it probably would've been a much tighter story. Btw, off topic for a sec...your vid reviews, tutorials and articles are awesome man. In depth and very thorough. I don't have the balls to transform my valks for fearing of breaking them, so I enjoy them vicariously through your vids lol. You rock bro. And where is my arcadia yf-19 review man?!