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  1. Mr March
    I always thought Britney Spears was good for nothing. But I guess if I must be proven wrong, this is the most validating way I can imagine possible
  2. Mr March
    For the next update of my website I've completed improved scans of the line art for the SDF-1 Macross bridge, including the Captain's Station. I'll post them here if anyone needs the reference.
  3. Mr March
    Amazing work. I love it when these small accessories and little-known-but-fondly-remembered mecha get some love from modelers. The detail you've given the weapon is remarkable given the lack of reference for it. A most impressive piece of work!
  4. Mr March
    Those look very similar to the large gatling gun featured on the SDP-1 Stampede Valkyrie. Perhaps the gun was originally developed for the VF-1 Valkyrie but got dropped and the concept art was turned into the Stampede Valkyrie?
  5. Mr March
    Wow, Captain kidnapped, married...genius gets married then dies right away. And lots of specific landmarks destroyed. What an anime it would have made
  6. Mr March
    Yes, and it sounds like one of the two Inception pieces, used and reused. I could care less whether it's chronological or not, I know why they chose Murphy's score and that's the point. A played out style is a played out style and like I said, I'm bored with it for every damned trailer.
  7. Mr March
    Trailer worked for me. The performances look really good, which was the best thing about the last X-film. That being said, I'm getting really tired of these generic "epic-trailers" that simply rip off Zimmer's score from Inception. It's either the big boom...or the sad piano (in this case the latter). Either way it's damn annoying.
  8. Mr March
    I love the scene composition already. This is going to look amazing.
  9. Mr March
    nhyone 1. High definition ALWAYS provides more detail, until the point at which digital resolution surpasses the PPI/DPI of the original film source (which 1080 does not achieve). The "amount" of grain can never change, the grain can only be seen more clearly in high definition along with the greater details of the filmed images themselves. 2. CRTs do not hide grain. CRTs are an inferior display format that simply blurs what cannot be displayed correctly due to lack of resolution capability. Which means less grain, less detail, poorer color depth, weaker contrast, etc. And grain is quite natural; that's what film is. AGAIN only people raised-upon or now-acustomed to grainless digital viewing will find film grain "frustrating". 3. Anime (like ANY film, live action or animated) will have as much fine detail as the film source and as was drawn on the cels, which 480p has been clearly incapable of capturing or displaying faithfully. I work with photos and line art on a daily basis and have done so for years. The difference between a scan at 480 DPI and a scan at 1080 DPI cannot be overstated. I will say this about the move to high definition; it is not without it's faults and everyone has a right to criticize both how it's been done and how it has been sold us consumers. However, it has been my observation that far too many people attempt denial at what high definition achieves because they want an excuse to avoid the repurchase of their obsolete collections of VHS tapes, Laserdisks and DVDs. An invalid excuse used to justify a valid financial reality. However, that doesn't change the exceptional viewing experience HD has given to devout film fans. Many of us have waited our entire lives for a format which finally does justice to our favorite films and recreates the beautiful detail of our beloved classics that until now we have only been able to experience in the theatre. Renato Ah, 16mm would explain why some scenes don't look quite as good. Regardless, the appearance is like night and day. Yes, how the series is transferred from source to blu-ray makes all the difference. There's no shortage of bad transfers out there that give HD a bad name It's also likely something like Macross 7 had larger of a budget than Cowboy Bebop. So Bebop may be on cheaper film stock than something like Macross 7.
  10. Mr March
    Got a simple new wallpaper, but can't believe I didn't use it before. Enjoy!
  11. Mr March
    Film is HD. In point of fact, film is beyond HD. Most film formats have resolutions that are higher than the best digital formats we have now and most of the digital formats coming in the foreseeable future. Albeit many have recently come to consider 4K as "archival quality" for the sake of any pre-1990s media format. Digressing, it has always been the MASS DISTRIBUTION FORMAT that limits what most audiences actually get to see, whether that's been CRT televisions or video tapes or the production format itself. This is why people that proclaim old shows/movies were "meant to be seen" on VHS, or Laser Disk or similar old home video formats don't know what they are talking about. Old shows/movies were meant for whatever format in which they were created, whether that format was video tape, 35mm film or otherwise (this is of course suspending creator objection to the inherent limitations of whatever format may have been an unfortunate production reality of the era). SDF Macross was shot on film (35mm maybe?) so that was how it should be seen. Home video format has taken this long to catch up to the inherent resolution of the original, or have we? If the originals are 35mm film, there's still more resolution to be seen beyond 1080p, though I suspect we're likely approaching the point now where the differences between HD formats will be less and less pronounced. Certainly far less than the jump between DVD and Blu-Ray.
  12. Mr March
    I'd say that's fair to describe by analogy, albeit Doom is too far removed technologically to be an applicable analogy to Halo in any way except the most basic (they are both FPS). But most modern shooters have a traceable recent-history lineage with respect to the way the 3D engine performs. Halo engine seems inspired by Unreal, Call of Duty engine seems inspired by Quake, etc Since you've never played Halo - and assuming "Destiny" is as Halo-like as some people claim (which I question) - you may find a lot to enjoy that most other gamers would not simply due to unfamiliarity. Even though Destiny perhaps isn't all that new or innovative, it will be a really different and enjoyable gaming experience for the uninitiated.
  13. Mr March
    WOW! That looks great. I love the hard lines, the deep accents, the hot colors...
  14. Mr March
    Keep in mind that the majority of modern viewers (most people under 30 years of age) have been raised watching media that is either purely digital (which has no grain) or very high quality film (which has very minimal grain). When faced with an old production that uses standard film grain typical of the era (or using cheaper film stock), some viewers are really bothered. About a year ago I had a conversation with a younger coworker in which he once told me he was irritated by any kind of film grain, even from films that were only 20 years old. It was distracting to him because all his shows (10 years or less) don't have that. He referenced films like Aliens or Predator as films that - when viewed in HD - were distracting to him due to the high level of film grain. He understood that film grain was a reality of shooting on film, but said it nonetheless always "felt" like a flaw on par with bad color timing, bad sound or scratches/dirt. Also keep in mind that even for older viewers like myself, some of us are being exposed to High Definition only later in life and may be "set in our ways". Because most older viewers have only known their long time favorite shows via inferior formats like Standard Definition DVD or VHS, some may have difficulties transitioning to HD. It's possible many might not even been aware these shows/films were shot on film at all. Hence, film grain appearing in HD might come to them as a shock. And because this new HD appearance is "not like it used to be" to their eyes, they may have issues with that. Other viewers like myself are thrilled to finally see the details we've been missing all these years, warts and all. For people like me it allows us yet another chance to view the show in a way we've not seen before (a "see it again for the first time" kind of thing) and that can really enhance our love for Macross. Some might disagree and that's only natural. I'm sure many have heard me exclaim my love for high resolution line art when I talk of building material for the Macross Mecha Manual. It probably comes as no surprise that one of the aspects I'm enjoying most about SDF Macross on HD is seeing the sharp, detailed lines of the animated art. In HD, the subtlety of the drawn art can come through in ways I've not seen before. Line thickness - which is something you don't see well in earlier formats - really comes through on blu-ray. It looks gorgeous!
  15. Mr March
    Hmm, tempting. I haven't been part of a beta in a long time and this game might be worth the shot.
  16. Mr March
    LOL! Loki Dance Revolution Yeah, Tom Hiddleston's Loki is quickly becoming one of the great cinematic villains of all time. He has that great mix of tragedy, arrogance and dark humor that makes him all at once sympathetic, detestable and entertaining. I hope "The Dark World" is at least as good as the first Thor so I can enjoy the Loki trilogy
  17. Mr March
    Weird that this should come up. I'm currently working on new colored art of the Comanchero for the next update of my website. I didn't realize the helicopters in the prologue sequence were different "Comanchero-like" designs until I read this topic. Must have missed the other discussion you mentioned. Though I'm not really surprised, it's kinda a blink-and-miss-it sort of thing. I'm eager to see what you come up with.
  18. Mr March
    Wow. Well, at least they have a sense of humor about it all
  19. Mr March
    Another great portrait. Gotta get a laugh at Ishtar's fan-service outfit Well done!
  20. Mr March
    Thank so much for letting us know technoblue! I think I'll order a set as well. I'm just so blown away by the look of the series. I get a kick out of the manner in which the high resolution shows the flaws in the animation and the process as well. You can see cel smudges and transparency reflections. It's astounding. It's like a history lesson in the way animation was done 30 years ago. Such a treat. It'll be great to go through the series again and I can't think of a better way than on Blu-Ray.
  21. Mr March
    Great track. Love Rage.
  22. Mr March
    Damn, I just ran across a 1080p video of an SDF Macross episode from the Blu-Ray set. WOW, this version looks amazing! This series has never looked so damn good. You can even see all the production flaws in the animation becuase the resolution is so high. The color and detail is astounding. It really let's you appreciate the character and mecha art at this level of detail. I'm going to have to pick this up now. It's just too amazing!
  23. Mr March
    technoblue I'd say ignore the usual internet nerd rage and give it a shot. I mean realistically if a movie like "Gravity" isn't worth taking a chance on, what is? I can say this; comparing "Gravity" to "Armageddon" in any way (apart from both loosely being "space disaster" films) is a tragic diservice to Cuaron's film.
  24. Mr March
    Okay buddy, here it is. It's 3,000 x 2,000 pixels in size, so I hope that's large enough. Keep in mind when you browse to it you might only see the top left corner, which is all white space. Just move around and you'll see it. Let me know when you have it so I can remove it from my webspace. http://www.macross2.net/m3/misc/sdf1macross-dyrl-half.gif Enjoy
  25. Mr March
    Another Battlefield player on MW! Hey there new best buddy This is seriously cool work. Well done on the UNS kite logo. It looks great to me and should really standout in the game. I didn't even know this feature existed in Battlefield 4. I can't wait to get it.
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