Einherjar

“Just repeat to yourself ‘It’s just a show, you should really just relax.’” 

16 hours ago, TehPW said:

I think the way to fix that, is to animate 'Macross the First' and hit it with the 'It cannon!' hammer... a dozen times. either that or release an updated DYRL... rinse/repeat

Interesting.

The floodgates are cracking.

Minmay got Furmanated for this.

Let's be honest here, all things considered the Macross and Robotech universes are full of weird, ridiculous secondary material that shatter any idea that either are gritty, super serious stuff.  The difference is that HG is so insecure about it they have a hard time moving past episode 85, or 36,  and rather not talk about their adventures with space bears, space amazons, rock people, Jean Grey imitators, Cylon rejects, not-spice, 90's 3D, space school, J-pop idols as written by Americans, and time parodox shenanigans unless the franchise was in real dire straits.

Some creators are secure about themselves and their universe to include space whales, space vampires and space sloths without any regrets whatsoever (7). They’re even okay with salvaging ideas that really didn’t make the cut, like mind controlling singers (II) and songstress controlled doomsday weapons (zero) and make them work, even if it takes years of development to payoff.

15 hours ago, jeniusornome said:

Trying to tie them together was a neat idea, and the whole time loop thing was ambitious and one of those "if done right would be awesome" ideas, but there was no follow-through. At least, none worth speaking of. There still hasn't been.

I stand by what I said months ago - forget this garbage and watch Orguss instead.

Is that a third engine/thruster hiding on the fighter’s underside?

What do you call a reboot that unnecessarily tries too hard to address a whole bunch of real world mistakes from past iterations of itself when it does not have to?

A cop-out.

Let me guess, needs more idols getting Furmanated for some dumb reason. 

7 hours ago, Graham said:

Weren't some similar size Robocrap tabletop game figures tried and failed by Kickstarter a couple of years ago?

Thank Palladium Books for this venture, whether they want to take credit for it or not.  This only exists because they royally screwed up their project.

Thanks Kevin Siembieda?

8 hours ago, tekering said:

Quit quoting that Minmei .gif, man!  

Sorry.  In my defense, be thankful I stopped at her.  Other choices I could have gone with from that comic include the most frightening Meltrandi ever, fat Roy Focker, roided out Rick and Max, or Karl Riber Invid Hunter.

On 9/13/2019 at 7:38 AM, Solid Hayate said:

Robotech has always been in dire straights for almost 3 decades. There's just absolutely no way anyone worth their salt is seriously going to work with them, as their notoriety, infamy and hate make associating with them a reputational death sentence.

I take it you have no idea what a Transformers alumni just did with the franchise.

What really pisses me off is the possibility that someone out there made money contributing to this whole fiasco in the days/weeks afterwards.

One important take away from this episode for me - all the “bad” news this year is really just Twitter’s fault, or at least the English speaking part of it.  Totally believe it.  They owe me my 4th of July weekend back.

I think whatever was announced at this year’s convention tour was just smoke and mirrors.  Behind the scenes, the franchise is in dire straits but no one on HG wants to admit it to the public. And they will keep up the act until around 2021 when everything will abruptly go dark.

2 hours ago, JB0 said:

They "End of the Circle"d her.

The novels are over.  She got Furmanated.  I can’t help but think his work on Transformers had a hand in how this ended.

39 minutes ago, Dynaman said:

I must not be a big RT fan, I have NO IDEA who Captain Noble is, and all I can remember about Suzy Kramer is that I might have heard the name before but probably didn't.

Did someone really come up with Karl Riber, Invid Hunter back in the 80’s/90’s?

3 hours ago, Dynaman said:

She is not exactly dead, just went away somewhere.  I agree, even dead is better then the evil villain castoff tramp she ends up in the older stuff.

That ending has a "we ran out of money and wrapped up 36 episodes in 24" vibe going.  Granted I'm not reading anything but the preview pages but things sure seemed rushed.

To me, this whole venture started out as a reboot, then drifted into an attempt to do metaphysical reboot with the universe, then got all the window dressing you would see from an anniversary show, and ended in the most half assed, self serving way possible.  Think Avengers Endgame, Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse, or even Macross 30, except that trip down memory lane (anything made after episode 85 of the show) is filled with material of questionable quality and merit in the real world yet presented in a positive light.  Oh, and toss in the virgin (?) blood sacrifice of a Japanese idol as an egregious way to fix everything.

And to top it off, Brian Wood, I think he was the main guy in charge of this series at one point, couldn't even stay to see this to the end.  The Transformers guy has top billing for it.

I warned you all.  For months, even years I warned everyone that it would end this way.  They really killed Minmay to save not just the franchise, but the Robotech universe as a whole.

On 6/13/2019 at 5:16 PM, Einherjar said:

They’re going to kill Minmay in-universe to reboot the franchise?

Confirmed.  Titan Comics, Robotech issue #24.

I totally called it!!!

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Along the lines of "bad publicity is better than no publicity " , hg is probably very happy with MW forums.  I'm sure KM would spin this into something positive for his pals. "See, even Macross fans who hate  us cant stop talking about rt!"

I may have cost them a Kickstarter, and everything done since (like this comic book) is just fallout from it. 

All I see is a continuity that might be snapped out of existence once Titan Comic’s reboot is complete, like the novels.