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That's a horrible-looking circle. You should get some more practice.

The dimensional barrier was neatly shrinkwrapped around the Vajra battleship's hull. You can see it when it absorbs the first shot from Battle Frontier.

Let's just say that the Pin-Point Barrier attack is unstoppable! Technically, PPB is the same energy as a dimensional barrier. Fight fire with fire, and what do you get? A whole lot of "bitchin'!"

You mentioned the female marine in Zero in one of your posts. I think she is also in the scene when they take Mao and Nutuk up in the helicopter to the Asuka. She's the marine who is talking to Aries from the helicopter. See? Women are helping!

I thought the shield went down as a result of Quarter's attack, thus allowing Battle Frontier to deliver the final blow.

Otherwise Quarter's attack would've been pointless, right? Or is that what you meant and I just misunderstood?

The latter.

I said that they mentioned that the shield was down after the Macross attack.

Guld has worked hard to suppress his natural instincts and appear to be a normally-functioning person. You have to look at it this way: Guld is extremely intelligent, since he was both the pilot and one of the design engineers for the YF-21. I'm sure he was smart enough to learn how to control himself so any kinds of brain scans done while designing the BDS and BDI systems would come up with no anomalies. The very sight of Isamu triggered the neurological reaction that caused the BDS to go haywire. He's always had this condition, but he doesn't tell anyone about it.

As far as Myung's true feelings go, all you have to do is look at Sharon Apple's feelings. She says that she loves Guld.. but then says that she loves Isamu even more. Sharon's emotions are a direct copy of Myung's. What does that tell us?

I do believe they did say something about a dimensional shield or rift being down when the Quarter performed its melee attack on the juggernaut Vajra ship. That's what nullified the first shot from Battle Frontier's buster cannon. Remember that the Macross Cannon uses collimated superdimensional energy. Would make sense that the Vajra have the ability to nullify that very energy, since they themselves are superdimensional life forms.

I always used the term "assaulted".

Wow, I just have to say that I am really impressed at all of the effort you guys put into this event. I didn't go, but I really wish I could have. I thought I was a pretty big fan of Macross, but I don't even come close to the dedication that so many of you put forth.

...and speaking of dedication, I just want to say that I was surprised that Mari Iijima agreed to come. ...but after thinking about it, it really just tells me and everyone involved of the unflinching dedication SHE puts into supporting her fans and the fans of Macross. Every time I see a picture of her or hear a story about how someone ran into her, she's always more than willing to spend a few minutes to make a fan's dream come true. She's been doing this for over 20 years now and it looks like she still enjoys it to the fullest. Mari, you're a real professional. Thanks for everything you do!

Merc, I just tagged that to make sure I didn't ruin anyone's expectations of the movie early on. I'm sure several other people have sprayed their essence onto the movie in a similar fashion, but I'm not gonna contribute to it. We're already talking about the real meat and potatoes of the movie in the movie discussion thread, so check it out!

Welcome to the board, C_Chan!

Now what I'd like to know is

it looks to me like Alto may have been infected with the V-Type virus this time, specifically when treating Sheryl's wound. The little flash into her past he got when touching her earring lends itself to this theory.

Ah! That's a good catch! I didn't consider that when I saw the movie, but I think you're onto something there!

Someone compared that scene with Sharon Apple, but the Macross Plus ep. 2 concert was leaps and bound better that the one presented here, both visually (and musically) speaking.

I compared the clockworks motif to one of the images shown during the concert opening in MacPlus Ep.2. I just thought that image was a big influence on the design of Sheryl's concert. Didn't say anything about it being on par with MacPlus.

People need to quit getting so lost in the shipping wars and just appreciate the scene for what it is: dynamic.

That "someone" is Kawamori, he's been saying that since even before the release of the first movie.

Linkage, please? Please allow me the decency of consuming the rest of my foot in style.

Now, I've heard this before from Masaki Kajishima, the creator of Tenchi Muyo. He claimed that he'd resolve the love triangle in the 3rd OVA, but he never did and really just screwed up the entire franchise for me with the nonsensical horse manure of the 3rd OVA. I was halfway through watching the episodes and literally hopped out of my chair screaming "WTF is going on?!?!"

I thought it was good...not stunningly awesome, but good.

It was totally worth it, though, to see

Alto hit Sheryl to protect Ranka. Awesome scene.

Ah yeah, that was a good one. I kinda jumped back in my seat in surprise from that one.

Okay, a couple more items that I remembered to mention

Pros:

Cons:

I'll post more later

Yeah, you heard that from someone who takes it upon themselves to make that kind of crap up to sound knowledgeable. It's naive to believe that they'd actually say that the triangle will be resolved so soon before the movie is actually released.

Okay, I guess I'll go ahead and start listing my likes and dislikes for the sake of discussion.

Pros:

Cons:

I'm sure I missed a few things here and there, but this is what I could think of at this time. Although I will watch the movie again when the fansubs come out, I'm probably not going to glean a whole lot more out of it then.

See, you guys are purposely confusing me, aren't you?!

IIRC, wasn't it given to him by his mother?

Sounds like he's not sure if this is true or not.

Because it's a luck charm that protects him from things like bad luck and evil spirits?

So, it's just a normal omamori, then?

Yeah...a gift from his dead mother...why would anyone be attached to something like that?

Wait, so it WAS given to him by his mother? Where did that get explained?

See? Where are the straight answers!

He must be a very superstitious guy then. I didn't see anything else that he did to show any kinds of superstitions that he holds, though. I just figured it had some kind of true importance to him.

Okay, so before I post my pros and cons of the movie, are we instituting a mandatory spoiler tag on such statements? Or are we just gonna say "If you clicked this topic, you should have expected to see some spoilers"?

Oh yeah... there was lots of Grace love for David to partake of. I watched the movie and every time, I was like "Damn, David is gonna loooove this scene".

Okay, so I had to look up what an omamori is. Why does it seem to be so important to Alto?

I've wondered this since I first saw MacF, but what the hell is that red tag thingy that Alto wears around his neck? Is that a representation of his birthright, or something?

so i ordered the hybrid pack from amiami, and since it was on the same page as Another Century Episode R, i got that too.. and a few other things. talk about suggestive selling

so i now have a few japanese games and i don't know japanese. can anyone please direct me to a thread or another site where the controls and game mechanics are explained in english? would appreciate it much. thanks.

Yeah, once I get the spare change to buy the movie, I'd like a little bit of help too. Make with the linkage, people!

Oddly enough, I am reminded of the scene from The 40-Year-Old Virgin... "Asia?! You framed an Asia poster?! How hard did the guys at the frame store laugh when you brought this in?"

Actually, I'm a bit jealous. They look pretty bitchin'!