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  1. Dynaman
    I read somewhere there is a good reason for that, the movie was made for 10 Million, and the guy making the movie happened to own the building. (or he knew the owner who let him film there for free)
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    Just watched Yamato Revival. It was not terrible, but it was not great either. The main problem was it seemed to have taken a 26 hour plot and crammed it into a 2 hour movie. Best description for it would be muddled. Not really much of a spoiler, but I thought I better mark it anyway. None of the minor characters get enough characterization to make them stand out, and even Kodai and family are just introduced and nothing really seems to happen. Mighty nice seeing the Yamato in action again though.
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    Yeah - but just wait till they are start yelling at him...
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    Breetai(*) and Exsodore were in that animated item too - and in the new one they could not even use the word Zentradi anymore, so the fact it was animated way way back before the lawsuit made it clear they had no right to use the designs from Macross doesn't really mean anything. (*) - By Breetai I mean some big buy with a bucket on his head called Breetai, supposedly is the same character from The Macross Saga...
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    A good retcon could take care of that.
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    I don't think the asthetics had anything to do with the decision to "remodel" the ship. I think there are two reasons for that being done. 1 - The original is too obviously a Zentradi inspired design, can get away with that in a comic but maybe not in animation. 2 - All the curvy lines and protuberances on the original would have been hell on their Computer Animation budget. I *like* the Mospeda designs, a line from the movie "Crazy People" sums it up best "Boxy but nice"
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    I was never a Mazinger fan, seems like that might change though. I did notice how similar the Mazinger Head attachement scene was to the similar thing from Garren Lagan.
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    There just is not time for it either, a 12.5 hour series can afford to reveal things more slowly, a couple of 1.5 to 2 hour movies has to get the plot rolling quickly. Things were disjointed in the movie enough as is, trying to show Grace as a bad manager for half the movie and then burn more time showing she was really a baddie would make it even more jumpy.
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    I've been watching Glass Fleet, pretty standard stuff so far. Still have to get back to some of the classics streaming on Hulu and other sites (GE 999, etc...)
  10. Dynaman
    The triangle is one of the things the movie has right (I agree with you). One scene I really liked was near the end where it is obvious that Alto is trying not to hurt the feelings of Ranka or Sheryl. It will be interesting to see how the Aimo song plays out in the movie version part 2 as well.
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    Renato got me confused, said it premiered yesterday... Was that a one day preview or something?
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    Any further word on how the movie is doing in Japan? I'd like it to succeed, "Star Blazers" was my first love... (Sorry Macross - you were second)
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    Just saw it last night, I liked it, but I liked the series better. Unlike the original SDFM and DYRL, the increased budget for the movie was not enough to make up for the lost "content". As others have mentioned the plot does seem a bit disjointed. On the plus side, I like the movie version of Klan and Ranka much better - animation wise, plot and character wise they are about the same (which is good).
  14. Dynaman
    This is the new century, that *IS* Wingman. I mean, he was most likely dumped by his old girlfriend...
  15. Dynaman
    I loved Flesh Gordan, "The pain, the embarrasement, the Hemroids". And actual One Eyed Snakes... (OK - been a while, they might not have been snakes per say, but the sound effect when they blinked their eye was priceless).
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    His solution to that problem was amusing though. Am I one of the few people in this world that actualy like this movie? (Note - I do not claim it is a good movie, I just happen to like it)
  17. Dynaman
    Tried to watch the first episode of Strike Witches today, couldn't get past the first ten minutes (cat in the tree scene was the end for me). I never felt so dirty watching Anime before - and I'm a "Pop Chaser" fan too. [edit] - I also watched, and generally liked "Elfen Lied". I think the difference for me was that here the fan service was trying to be cute and it just came out perverted, where in Elfen Lied the subject matter and tone of the series lent itself to a more mature rating.
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    If that is all wikipedia says on the matter then it is flat out wrong. The one thing that is ALWAYS verboten with a trademark is releasing a directly competing item using the trademark. As an example - Anyone tries to release an Apple computer (or shall we say a computer with another fruit like logo, which did happen) and Apple will (and did) put a stop to it. As for why HG will not go after Macross Plus and the other Items they let slip through in the early nineties, at this point they would have to take the owners to court (on their own dime) to get them to stop, and there is no guarantee that they would win the case - and they could lose their trademark by trying to do so, or weaken their claim by having the Original Macross owners in Japan get an exception allowing them to use the trademark as it relates to Macross the brand here in the US.
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    Apple Incorporated (the computer company) vs Apple Core (the Beatles). That would be a good place to look. (not sure if it ever went to court but it is a case of similar trademarks)
  20. Dynaman
    If they could turn "I Robot" into a film then they can certainly handle Pern, "I Robot" being a good sign or a bad sign I'm not so sure about... (Although I personally liked the film - I was expecting an action movie with a bit more going for it then normal and that is just what I got, and I had the urge to buy a pair of sneakers right after the movie for some reason)
  21. Dynaman
    They did it through a quirk in US LAW, other countries do things by first use, the US does it by the first to register the name. Helping them is the fact that they licensed the first Macross product (SDFM) for US use back in the eighties. (PS - I could be off on the details, but it is through a quirk in US law that they are able to trademark the name - and I don't think anyone has tried to legally take it from them yet)
  22. Dynaman
    TWO Bitchy teen-aged girls. (make that 3 of them, forgot one)
  23. Dynaman
    I'm not watching it yet, but that "Cat [bleep] One" show is going to be streamed starting in November... http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-26/cat-sh-t-one-u.s-dvd/bd-planned-for-december
  24. Dynaman
    "It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye!" Serious Sam - Just after killing the first one-eyed monster. "AAAARRRRR!!!", followed by "Oh Sh!t" Serious Sam - Killing the first guy that blows up when you shoot him, then LOADS of the exploding guys appear. [EDIT] EVERYTHING the elves say in "Elf Bowling" "Is that all the balls you got Santa" "Higher Wages, fewer toys"
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    In those cases, let him have it. But thinking something titled "Day of the Triffods" is not worth following up on is not so bad, the title is right up there with "Megashark vs Giant Octopus" - the fact there is an excellent SciFi story hidden under the title notwithstanding (the excellent story is "Triffods" of course, NOT the shark/octopus...) [seperate Item] Not a remake per se (that I know of), but the way the aliens in "Skyline" snatch up humans looks very similar to the similar thing done in "War of the Worlds" from a couple years ago.
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