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  1. Or do as I'm going to do, and don't watch EP 1 ever again!! It itself is almost a completely closed movie, with no storylines that extend to the following films that those films themselves don't already discuss. As stated by the Machete Order, where you watch Eps 4 and 5, then skip back to 2 and 3, before going on to 6, it knocks midichlorines out almost entirely while still preserving the shock aspect of Vader announcing that he is Luke's father. As I understand it, there is an uneasy truce between the New Republic and the Empire Remnant. Leia has burned her bridges in the new Senate as being a war hawk and crying Wolf, so she has turned the Rebels into the Resistance and continues the fight against the First Order. Some in the Republic support her and her forces, which leads to the First Order destroying the Senate, which has taken to rotating its sessions between the capitols of the member worlds. None of this is explained in the movie however, which is sad. I would have gladly watched another thirty minutes of it just to know all that, without having to go through multi-media such as the cutaway and art books. And apparently there were some scenes shot with members of the New Republic Senate. But they were cut... I can only hope we will get an extended version when it comes to DVD!
  2. Well, I'm pretty sure the whole movie won't be a Beastie Boys video. And that actually hearkens back to the first JJ film, when young Kirk was driving the classic Corvette. I actually liked it. It rocked, which I think after the last movie, the series needed. I'm sure the next trailer will probably be more in depth. As for the movie, it would appear that yet another Enterprise has given it's swan song. Which raises hopes for the next Enterprise! Hopefully it will be Excelsior-esq, as was originally intended for the end of ST III. And yeah, more action. If we want something more cerebral, I think we'll have to wait for the next ST series next year. Or is it after next year..? For the movies, expect action, though I do hope we have some moments of plot building fed in there.
  3. Yeah, the alien tech is really something that turns me off about the fighter. Sleek and beautiful otherwise. Have to see how it works on film. I kept hoping they were retractable in some way. If they make a kit, I'll have to see about integrating them somehow so they're not so obnoxious hanging out there. Really ruins the lines! But the movie looks good. Or as good as a sequel to ID4 can be at any rate. And did anyone else notice that that was Washington DC being scooped up by a big alien 'shovel...' I'll be going to watch!
  4. One thing I would have wished, is if they were going to bring back Zod, they should have done it all the way. Zod was bass-ass enough without turning him into a some Hulkerized monster thing.
  5. A truck with a snow plow...
  6. The military also had RPGs. And tanks. And machine guns. And ground attack aircraft. I don't see RPGs as being anything else than a quick escape device. Clear some ground within which to run, so to speak... And who else thinks that kid is going to be tossed to the monsters if he gets any louder? And holding hands? No. Walkers shamble all about without any real direction. You don't want to string a line within them for them to shamble into. And why no fortifies houses? You know, just in case the wall comes down..?
  7. You can never be out of Yuki...
  8. Yes, I like that it doesn't have to be a single villain for the team to fight - or split - against. In that way, the villains are the main heroes themselves, because they are allowing themselves to lose focus on their friends and team mates truly are. The hero is the villain when they allow to happen what an actual villain would be unable to do.
  9. The T-70 is pretty cool. What we haven't seen yet, are the Resistance ships.What will their frigates look like, their Mon Col cruisers and such? I'm hoping we see those at some point as well.
  10. Agreed. Definitely no longer a toy!
  11. Nice work on that Falcon. I have an MPC kit that I need to get to at some point. As well as the X-wings that are starting to come in, both Revell and Bandai.My SDF-1 also arrived today. Don't know when I'll get to that either. I have a bit of a model back-log of mid-builds to slog through. Which brings an update on my F4U-1D. I finally have her up on her gear. Next is a gloss coat and decals and then weathering. And a little more paint touch up before then... Oh well...
  12. I only play with women...
  13. Never mind the bad dubs, but check 6 minutes in. Main thrusters firing! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6xfgo_sdf-macross-ep-3-1-2_shortfilms
  14. I love that it was FemShep. Wub!!
  15. Where's the Mass Effect movie..? C'mon, we're getting Warcraft already!
  16. In the series, I recall they were a bright blue when they first fired up..
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