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  1. Dynaman
    I'm behind the times, as always, but I've started watching "Yugo: The negotiator", a good change of pace from any other anime I've seen.
  2. Dynaman
    I'll have to disagree, ST: 2 is actually about growing old and how to handle it (along with mortality), it is just wrapped around a rip-snortin action fest. The best action movies are like that, some substance with an action wrapper. ST 6 is another good one, how do we handle prejudice, hatred, lack of trust, and forgiveness - all wrapped around another rip-snortin action fest. ST is at it's worst when being OVERLY preachy, anything with Janeway comes to mind, or ST: 4, yes it is good to not destroy the planet BUT you don't have to hit me over the head with a sledgehammer to make the point. But that is nothing compared to ST 5 (at least 4 had lots of good humor)...
  3. Dynaman
    You must be talking about the original movie - it WAS boring, no other way to put it. It also does not follow that trying to be thoughtful means it ends up that way. It does not help that ST:TMP is a rehash of at least one episode of the show either. Finally, I like ST:TMP, especially the redone version released on DVD a few years back. Now, if your talking about ST:V, nah, you can't be...
  4. Dynaman
    Yes. Keeping it secret would be impossible while at the same time incorporating the technology in Star Fleet. This is not supposed to be "Men in Black". That said, the idea that Star Fleet used the tech from the future is just handwavium to explain why the Enterprise looks so different. What it really boils down to is JJ wanted it to look different and everything else is window dressing. [EDIT] I forgot - why keep the nature of the tech hidden while freely letting it known that a big mystery vessel from the future kicked the crud out of the Kelvin (remember that Pike did a thesis on it, that would be something he did as a cadet of junior officer)
  5. Dynaman
    It is "Wagon Train to the Stars", in many ways the new movie brings it back to that premise. Nothing wrong with that, but a little consistancy helps even when writing space cowboys.
  6. Dynaman
    That makes the fact that ONLY Kirk realizes the threat even more lame. Here the Feds got all that great technology from the ship and NOBODY seems to remember how it appeared... (I like the movie a lot, but I still have to call it as I see it, and that is just lazy writing)
  7. Dynaman
    More mumbo jumbo from the ST franchise though, it is also clearly noted that StarFleet is the most powerful fleet in known space. It can't get that way with only 12 Constitution class ships. I take the FASA view of starfleet myself - they said there were initially 12 Constitution class ships and then roughly 50 were built in total. It is not Cannon, but it makes a heck of a lot more sense then the cannon does (especially since quite a few of the Constitution class ships get whacked on screen)
  8. Dynaman
    Bad writing - it is impossible to hold of the Klingons and the Romulans with less then that. Who thinks the Klingons would have less then hundreds?
  9. Dynaman
    I'll go see it, can't be worse then the second one. Crystal Skull was not great, but Temple of Doom was a whole movie full of nuked fridge.
  10. Dynaman
    All 12 of them (or so?) Starfleet should have hundreds of vessels out there. Then again this has always been a problem with ST, Earth is always left undefended (apparently Vulcan too). The only movie to get this right was ST V, at least there they didn't say the Enterprise was the only ship available - they needed Kirk. (other then that, ST V was a total disaster of course - Anyone remember the ad for it that said "they need to put seatbelts in the theater for ST V" which my friend turned into "they need to put balls and chains in the theater for ST V")
  11. Dynaman
    Ben Dixon? If so then here he is. http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/B0002ZI62Wedit - you might have to squint to see him in the cockpit... EDIT EDIT, found another one. http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=ben+dixon+robotech+action+figure&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1920&bih=1047&wrapid=tlif133060510753910&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17967844145476467498&sa=X&ei=OGxPT6aqG8afgwf9wo3NDQ&ved=0CEkQ8gIwAA#
  12. Dynaman
    That might be partly due to the original Yamato series fell off a cliff after the second series - everything after that was getting worse and worse (with the exception of the final scene in the revised Final Yamato of course...) Macross has been consistantly good (I don't like M7 but others certainly love it, same thing in reverse for Frontier). Of course I'd be happy to see a Macross Remake, if it's great then that is great, if it stinks then I can ignore it.
  13. Dynaman
    2013 is for the series on TV, I had read somewhere else that they plan on releasing on disk first. The show most likely will not be shown on TV till the DVD sales need a boost (or the show is complete)
  14. Dynaman
    Wife and I saw the movie in Imax, the lense flare and flashing started to actually HURT after a while - on the TV at home it is just annoying rather then painful though.
  15. Dynaman
    You forgot one change that is REQUIRED! Big B's locket has a picture of Rick Hunter instead of Minmei...
  16. Dynaman
    That would have to be the other way round, Yamato came first.
  17. Dynaman
    Looking forward to it, refuse to be baited into an ST vs SW fight, or old trek vs new trek either. No more lense flare would be nice.
  18. Dynaman
    I could see them saying that "End of the Circle" was not Cannon, but to just pick and choose from the sentinels is silly, er wait - I forgot, sentinels left a few Zentradi alive and we can't have that, all we can have are "Aliens"
  19. Dynaman
    Still looking good so far. Can't wait to see it.
  20. Dynaman
    At least that is better then. "Aren't you cheesed off yet?, take your blased sword and kill me already!"
  21. Dynaman
    If it's Del Toro in charge then I have high hopes for it. Hellboy was excellent (one of my favorite Super Hero adaptations, even though his creator would not call him such), and Pan's Labyrinth was excellent as well. It is refreshing to have someone that can mix genre and first class characterization.
  22. Dynaman
    You have two of us. I consider the novels superior to the show for two reasons (one serious, one not). 1 - In my mind I can believe that the English Minmei can sing. The reality leaves something to be desired. (that was the amusing one). 2 - Although the novels follow the action on screen too closely they do get to change the dialog so it is not so stilted, most noticably in the Masters Saga portion. The description of the BD Edwards (whatever his name ended up being...) "fleet" attacking the RDF in video game patterns - yeah that was pretty stupid... What some say with derision I say with pride, I am a McKinniyist.
  23. Dynaman
    Sure, why not? I couldn't loathe that show any more then I already do...
  24. Dynaman
    Now I see the problem, we live in different universes.
  25. Dynaman
    The whole Nishizaki hates the UN and the US bit... The movie was such a disjointed mess it is hard to figure out what it was really meant to be. You might be pleased with the director's cut ending, from the sound of it he destroys the Yamato yet again. (the director's cut ending is said to be the more depressing one)
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