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"Small hands!!!" I can't resist -
Now that's something you don't see every issue
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An unfortunate reality. Avoiding responsibility is the number one priority of 99% of the world Incidents like the DYRL re-release are why I've come to dread DVD and Blu-Ray releases of beloved old favorites. And the irony of all this, it's typically the creator themselves that self-censors their own creations. So many of my favorites have been lost to me this way
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Saddens me to hear that, but I'm going give it a good try and watch it all the way through. Oh, and none of us are letting the DYRL re-release and/or blu-ray incident go. Not ever. Represent brotha!
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Great work! Not a bad looking color scheme. I can give you a PSD file for Photoshop of the old colored VF-1J Macross The First valkyrie I built a few years back. Let me know if you want it. I'm revising the MTF valkyrie for the next update to my website, but this is what the old version looks like for now.
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You're always welcome to the party, you old-timer I agree that a remake would be quite a bit of fun. The Yamato 2199 has turned out incredibly well. I've not gone through enough of it. I really must devote some time to watching it through because it's such a great production. After the next update to my website I'll have time...
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Ah, different colored variants. Now we're really beginning to feel like Macross Nice work!
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Perhaps I'll give it a chance. I'd really like to think that as well, but I've seen too much of Abrams work to throw in with him at this point. The man is a definite talent with a great eye for style, character and tension, but damn if this guy isn't a slave to his own influences. For every time he daringly strikes out on his own, just as often he is beholden to the works of his predecessors to such a degree his own work comes across as poor imitation. This new Star Wars film could as easily fall prey to the same traps that sabotaged "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "Super 8". I'm as happy as the next fan that Lucas is out, but IMO, Abrams comes with his own baggage. I just hope this coin toss is the good side
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I did know Isaac was in Sucker Punch, but I never saw the film. I think my days of watching films like Sucker Punch are long over
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Wow, that looks great. Very nice to see the Arm Weapon in a figure.
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This being a Star Wars film, I wouldn't take the odds for naught Small role, but a good one that was played well I wonder if Boyega will keep his accent. That would be awesome, lol! "Believe man, believe"
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Actually, a surprising number of these actors have appeared in genre entertainment, so I figured more than a few members of Macross World will know the films even if you don't recognize the actors immediately. UK alien invastion film Attack The Block is from where you might know John Boyega as the main character.If anyone here managed to check out Dredd, you'll recognize Domhnall Gleeson as the young hacker in the thrall of Lena Headey's evil druglord Ma Ma. Oscar Isaac is arguably the most famous of the younger cast, which most genre fans will know as the deadbeat husband from Nicholas Winding Refn's 2011 film Drive Personally, I'm glad they are using faces largely unknown to most audiences so we can really be immersed in the new Star Wars world.
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I blame Seto
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Translation from Disney: the Expanded Universe (EU) of novels, comic books and video games has been a wonderful cash cow for our newly acquired Star Wars property through which they've long exploited a consumer base that starves for Star Wars content. But now that we are in charge and serious about making real movies, we have no choice but to unfortunately acknowledge the valueless b-grade level of this snake oil you've been sold for decades and disregard it as the poor quality material that it is. Like Lucas, we may borrow the odd "Coruscant" and the like from this EU trash, but for the most part we're dropping it like our bitch ex. P.S. We love our fans
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The phrase "dark, gritty and realistic" in relation to popular culture is really a modern trend that many use for discussion, but I feel some misuse. Seto is on the right track that even during it's original 1982 run and the sequels that followed, Macross was never dark, gritty or realistic. The tone of Macross has always been strongly melodramatic, hopeful, grand, and alive with popular culture and music. What some fans are refering to as "dark, gritty and realistic" in their favorite Macross is simply those story/character elements written about mature subject matter within the context of our silly, far flung sci-fi fantasy show. War, death, love, loss, coming of age, responsiblity, survival, mental illness, and more such topics are actually explored in many of the Macross productions. The reason many older fans love those mature aspects of Macross the most is because they are mature (ahem), which is a natural part of growing older for all of us. We grow up and when our beloved childhood franchise grows up with us, we continue falling in love with Macross. This is why so many older Macross fans adore the SDFM to Macross Plus era of the franchise. In contrast, the reason other Macross fans don't like those mature elements of Macross as much is because their favorite parts of Macross are not the mature elements but rather the fantasy escapism elements of the franchise. Some of us want our Macross to evoke that wonder we felt as a child first watching our beloved anime. I'm not going to say which is better. But I will say that I understand from where the different types of Macross fans are coming. As evidenced by the Macross franchise to date, each iteration of Macross has explored more or less mature themes than the other. I think the best Macross handles the maturity and the fantasy of the franchise with skill and equal measure, but that's just me. Whatever happens with the next Macross series, I hope for that.
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I'm continuing to build more revised colored art for my next website update and have recently completed the VF-1A Super Valkyrie. However, I wanted to build variants using the Unit numbers for Max (013) and Kakizaki (012). Kakizaki was easy because there was line art reference available, but when it came time to build Max's variant, I had to stop and ask what the number "3" was supposed to look like in the font they use. It's funny how the smallest thing can be so much trouble I looked at the Macross Plus TIAS book, but they use a standard Air Force font that does not look at all like the "1" or "2" numbers as drawn in the VF line art. So does anyone know what font is used for the numbering scheme on the VF-1 Valkyries? I'll post a picture of Hikaru's and Kakizaki's VF units for reference.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in theaters April 4, 2014
Mr March replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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Yeah, some of the action sequences were very imaginative. The initial battle between the F-14s and the SV-51 was really thrilling. I like how the setup created so much tension before the actual combat occurred. Then the enemy was only seen in glimpses until finally Shin managed to site it and attack. Then the bottom falls out and boom! Great sequence. I just wish the battle sequences were in a much better anime. I didn't find Zero engaging at all. A shame.
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Oh, that's actually encouraging since it might have more info on the Advance. Regardless, this cover new painting means we're getting a major profile on this VF-19 Variant. Hopefully it also means some more info on other VF/YF-19 variants as well.
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I believe the official trivia describes both VF-11 gun pods as 30mm weapons, even despite their significantly differing appearances. But I agree, a GU designation would be nice. Hell, even a MC or GV designation would do
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I'm much more excited for this new Macross show than I had been for Macross in the years post-Plus/pre-Frontier. However, I think what I'm excited about the most is if Kawamori and co. can make a new Macross show again without one of the typical foundations upon which the original was built to tell different story that changes tone, scope or setting in a significant way. Whether they were successes or failures, the Macross that was always most interesting to me after the SDFM/DYRL/FB2012 era was the Macross that dared to do something different in that respect. I didn't like Zero, so I'm happy to throw it under the bus for old times sake
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Ah, the YF-19 Advance, an excellent new painting.
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Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. I was right when I thought I may be giving Macross too much credit, but for the wrong reasons
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Weirdly enough, all this homophobia and misogyny does raise an idea I had before; I think it's possible Kawamori used Alto to attempt a pro-gay/pro-tolerance message in Macross Frontier, working within the homophobic constraints of his current society. Perhaps Kawamori couldn't have created an openly gay protagonist for a Macross series, so he settled for a straight protagonist with an effeminate appearance and a gender-bending history through Kabuki theatre. He then ascribed a traditional hero's journey to Alto and gave him the character budding development that would lead him to adopt discipline, courage, selflessness and determination, traits that popular culture has traditionally allowed only straight male characters to possess. It's also possible that Kawamori's intent was not related to homosexuality, but was more simply feminism of a sort. A lead character being female might also have been impossible for a Macross series, so Kawamori made Alto with such traits to positively represent another oppressed minority group. In which case all the above would still apply. Of course, I think Kawamori's concept and use of Alto may have inadvertantly reinforced stereotypes to a lesser degree. If we assume homosexuality was the group to be represented by Alto, again we have a character representing that group as defined by stereotypical effeminate traits. Granted, this all may be giving Kawamori and Macross Frontier too much credit. Perhaps Alto is simply meant to have a troubled past marred by awkward familial/social obligations because that's what the Macross Frontier writers thought would make for an interesting/relatable character for modern young audiences
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The vast difference between concept and refinement
