Mr March

Very nice! I like it.

What the heck is happening to this thread? SNL characters and smut? This is weird

I'm not really interested in seeing this film. Unfortunately, one of my friends is a Tarantino sheep and guess who will need to drive him and join him at the theatre?

Yamato, please include those hands in an updated FAST Pack set...please!

the only drive between this movie... is the battle between Aliens and Predators.

Maybe it's my age talking, or maybe I'm too desensitised by video games, but I don't really get worked up about stuff like this anymore. Sure, I can enjoy by a good "shoot 'em up" film, but I'd get much more excited about something with a good story too. The simple prospect of Aliens and Predators opening a can 'o' whoop ass on each other really does nothing for me without some kind of story context. If the two species beating on each other was all the fans wanted to see, then I could probably entertain them with a little AvP puppet show.

It's not a sign of age. It's a sign you're developing taste

Well, I'd just like to go on the record and say that while I do see a lot of crap movies, it's rare that I'll take an absolute stance and say I'll never go to see such and such a film. Besides, I see crap movies (and I suspect many other people are in the same boat) because of my friends, girlfriends, or family. My friends like to watch a bunch of crap and as a result, I've seen many a film that I have bashed and wouldn't have viewed if it were just me. But friendship requires sacrifice, and so you have me sitting through bad film. So that's why sometimes I'll see films that I bash anyway.

Hehehe, surfing 19

I like that Excalibur one. Very dramatic.

WOW! I've never seen Lee do Batman. He's one of my all time favorites. Very cool looking!

LOL! I sure hope he was.

The scene when Bodolzaa's mothership first appears out of fold space in orbit of earth. The music, sound effects and pictures of the fleet is startling. I've never forgotten that picture in my head after all these years. I can see how that one shot influenced so many people in science fiction since. Great scene.

I could look at Balent's Catwoman artwork for hours in a daze. He's the reason that comic sells...I'm sure of it

The Cyclops Cross-Dimension Radar System

I have always liked macross, but I never had the toys, I just started looking and found this site, and was wondering if anyone could recommend a starting one?

thanks for your input

You're going to have to decide what kind of toy you want and what means more to you as an owner. If you're looking for a toy you can play with without care, drag through the mud, and knock off your shelf, get a Bandai 1/55 Scale Valkyrie. It's not very stylish and looks like a flying brick, but the thing transforms quickly, is as durable as toys get, and is cheap to purchase a reissue.

VF-1S Super 1/55 Scale Bandai for sale at Hobby Link Japan

If you want a toy that is fairly durable, your reasonably careful with your stuff, and you're mostly interested in display-and-play, get a Yamato 1/48 Scale Valkyrie. This is the most anime accurate transformable toy (note I said "toy", not model) that has ever been available. It holds together well, takes poses and keeps them, looks amazing, but is somewhat expensive.

VF-1S Hikaru 1/48 Scale Yamato for sale at Hobby Link Japan

As a toy newbie myself, I also lacked any kind of Macross toy up until about a year ago (I've been a fan of Macross most of my life). My first Valkyrie was Yamato 1/60 Scale. I can tell you right now, as a first time buyer, go for the Yamato 1/48 Scale instead. You'll be blown away by the quality and detail of the 1/48...it doesn't disappoint. Especially if you've never owned a Macross toy.

Hope this helps

Human instinct at its finest

It's funny, but even though I'm primarily a PC gamer and always have been, I just realized I own three of the game consoles on that list. Out of the three systems I own (Sega Dreamcast, Xbox, and Super Nintendo) I'd have to say the SNES was probably the system that I loved the most. The SNES was released in what could probably be described as my golden age of gaming, when I was about 16-20 years old and had nothing to do but attend high school/college, party, and play video games As far as consoles go, I played the most console games on the SNES. THere was a lot of fun games and I had a blast. Though I still game, it's that time and that console I look back to most fondly.

If the Platform definition holds, the PC is my gaming hardware of choice. No console, no matter how much I like it, can compare with my PC. It will always be my PC.

Hehehe. I like it

That is true.

"I am never premature"

I talk about Macross Plus all the time, whenever there is a good topic to post in. Unlike most of the fans here, I don't have any love for most 80's mecha shows. Macross was about the only good one. I enjoy Plus just as much as the original SDF Macross and the film DYRL?

Besides, why have fun discussing Macross Plus endlessly when one can bitch about Yamato endlessly?

YES, YES!! EVERY MOVIE COMING OUT IS GOING TO SUX0R!!!11!!!

I'm beginning to wonder if you guys actually like anything.

I think of myself as quite positive most of the time. Though no doubt its understandable that you might get somewhat annoyed with a few members of the naysayers club after a while. We could always discuss the stuff I do think looks promising, but AVP isn't one of them

*snip*

Need I remind everybody that Kawamori has gone on record and stated that he feels that both versions are "real?"

Damn, I'd love to bring up all these great points, but other people keep beating me to them

HAHAHAHAAA

I'd say that I side with the 'stopped before anything much happened' camp, though sexual assault is not exactly a laughing matter either. I don't see any point in reading any more into the story than was presented to us in the first place. Heheheh....

Thank you. I needed to hear that

Oh, Macross Plus rocks!

Hehehe. Kawamori himself

I'm a big fan of film. Aside from the many anime films I own, some of my all time favorites would be the following:

A Few Good Men

Alien

Aliens

Amadeus

Bowling for Columbine

Braveheart

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Die Hard

Gladiator

Goldeneye

Good Morning Vietnam

Hunt for Red October, The

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

Interview with the Vampire

Jurassic Park

L.A. Confidential

Limey, The

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition Boxed Set

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Men in Black

Mask of Zorro, The

Matrix, The

Memento

Minority Report

Monty Python and The Holy Grail

Mummy, The (1999 Remake)

Patriot Games

Phone Booth

Predator

Presumed Innocent

Princess Bride, The

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Road Warrior

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List

Star Wars A New Hope

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones

Tombstone

Unbreakable

Usual Suspects, The

Wall Street

X-Men

Of the anime films I own, this selection would be my favorites out of all of them:

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven’s Door

Grave of the Fireflies

Macross The Movie: Do You Remember Love?

Patlabor Movie 1

Patlabor Movie 2

Princess Mononoke

Spirited Away

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust