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  1. tekering
    "On shelf?" I can't even find pre-orders for this wave...
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    I don't think this was meant to refer to the series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but nonetheless I'd also recommend the show. It's a worthy follow-up to the Captain America film trilogy, exploring the same sociopolitical themes and ethical dilemmas absent from the rest of the MCU. The success of the series has certainly sold me on a John Walker action figure; the question is merely whether the SH Figurarts is that much better than the Marvel Legends "US Agent" figure...
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    All we have is speculation at this point... and the Space Battleship Yamato live-action film is a relevant example for comparison (perhaps even more so than the G-Saviour pilot film). To be fair, that Yamato live-action film had a lot going for it: spectacular CGI effects gorgeous production design a sumptuous and rich orchestral score, based on the original music innovative costume design a well-paced plot (something very rare with Yamato films) It could've been a great film, were it not for one fatal flaw: the acting. Great acting may not be enough to elevate a cheap B-movie, but poor acting has ruined some of the most expensive films ever made. Unfortunately, Japanese are not known for naturalistic performances to begin with, and Yamato cast pop musicians as the leads, rather than dedicated thespians; casting idols for their star power is a necessary evil in such big-budget endeavors, but even the accomplished actors in the cast gave broad, tongue-in-cheek performances more in keeping with a sitcom than an apocalyptic sci-fi drama. Without the right cast (and the right director to set the tone), the same could easily happen when adapting Gundam for live-action. I mean, has a good film ever been made from an animated TV series? Are Detective Pikachu or Transformers: Bumblebee the best examples we have?
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    Good God, that's from 1980! Oomori was performing on TV when she was still in elementary school! Forty years later, you guys are really blowing my mind with this stuff.
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    Wow, that's just beyond the pale. Either Youmex bought the song rights entirely -- in which case the original composers weren't properly credited -- or Kōji Makaino has a LOT to answer for.
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    ...and that was the last time his wife ever got to pick the movie. Thankfully, my wife has learned to trust my judgment, rather than relying on her own intuition.
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    I've been waiting years for this MP'85 Minibot lineup to finally become a reality! Seaspray was the last holdout, since none of the third-party options available were cartoon-accurate enough -- even FansToys' initial FT-27 release -- but at last, FT-45 "Spindrift" ticks all the boxes.
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    Homage? That's charitable. I'd call it a blatant rip-off. It's even more shameless than their Streets of Fire "homages." Thanks for sharing!
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    It's just a question of semantics. It was written and produced as a Macross sequel, then subsequently relegated to "a parallel world," and "not one that followed the same storyline as the others." By choosing to ignore it in all further Macross works, doesn't that mean it was stricken from canon? I think you misunderstood me. "Poorly-received" and "profitable" are mutually-exclusive... otherwise Batman and Robin could not exist. Macross Delta was poorly received because it disappointed fans, both in Japan and abroad. That's a purely subjective statement, based on my own reading and discussions with other Japanese and English-speaking fans. My opinion has no bearing on the financial success of the series (or its merchandising, which is another issue entirely). Financial success can be measured objectively; perception and reception cannot. There's also way too much opinion misinterpreted as fact.
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    Egan Loo's published works on the issue predate MacrossWorld... How are we quantifying said reception? Television ratings? Home video sales? Merchandising? Published reviews? Online fandom? It's really difficult to qualify such a statement, especially when Japanese are discouraged from expressing criticism (particularly in public).
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    This page consists almost entirely of posts that contradict your statement...
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    Optimus ver.3? Starscream ver.3? Bumblebee ver.2? Is it any wonder they don't sell, when they keep redoing the same characters at higher price points? I don't see any way "Autobot Dino" is an improvement over "Firage." Alien Attack's figure has more accurate proportions, bigger arm blades, much better articulation, and a proper 458 Italia alt. mode...
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    There should be a "never" in there somewhere. In hindsight -- with a Japanese Blu-ray release to appreciate -- its faults may not seem too egregious, but remember all we had for years was the US Renditions dub on VHS... and Robotech had a much better cast by comparison. I actually have a soft spot for Macross II myself ; I'd rather watch the whole series again than suffer through a single episode of Macross 7 or Delta. As poorly as those sequels were received, they were never so reviled as to be stricken from canon entirely.
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    Oh yeah, I remember that. It was called Macross II: Lovers Again. The storyline was so derivative it felt more like a Robotech sequel than a Macross story. Sales dropped off so sharply after the first OAV that you could actually see the budget shrinking episode by episode, and apparently only foreign investment saved it from outright cancellation.
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    I was hugely disappointed to hear they were pushing forward with a fourth season of Discovery. 3rd season was dumb, dumb, dumb, but at least it wrapped everything up in a neat little bow. I have no interest in seeing more. I was even more dismayed to hear they're going to do more Star Trek: Picard. That's a dumpster fire with a much more noxious odor. I couldn't care less whether John DeLancie, Whoopi Goldberg, or William Shatner himself was involved. I won't be watching. But hey, if they were to slingshot Discovery back to the turn of the 25th century, I'd happily watch a season of Burnham vs. Picard.
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    You mean the Probe from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home?
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    Moyai is doing a fantastic fansub, particularly considering what an obscenely difficult job they must've had translating the dialogue: It's at times both extremely idiomatic and ridiculously technical, probably the most challenging script I've ever come across in anime.
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    I've seen worse.
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    The show's not bad so far. It's a manic comedy, for the most part, with flashes of speculative sci-fi and a dash of forgotten lore to provide a mysterious backstory for the protagonists to investigate. The plot concerns the appearance of pterodactyls the locals call "radon" (or as it's subtitled, "rodan"), animated through CGI along the same lines as the Vajra. I really like the artwork and the character designs, although the characters themselves (and the voice actors portraying them) ought to tone it down a notch... Like a great deal of anime these days, it's a little too high-strung for its own good.
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    Thanks for that. I don't begrudge them going with that scale -- the CMs, Toynami, and Sentinel Legioss are all the same size, so that's where the largest demand is likely to be -- but having already sunk thousands of dollars into Moscato Invid kits at that size, I was hoping to have Invid toys that would at least scale with my CMs ride-armor figures (if not the MegaHouse or Sentinel figures)... Even a Scout/Eager at 1:18 would be a big toy (a little bigger than the Matchbox/Playmates, at least), but the size would certainly justify the cost.
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    Wha-a-a... These are barely bigger than Moscato's kits? In that case, they serve no purpose whatsoever for me.
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    Ironically enough, I would've found it much easier to accept Picard as its own thing, if only it hadn't tried so hard to piss all over the legacy of The Next Generation. Without TNG baggage, it's just harmless crap; but bring Picard et.al into it, and it's downright offensive.
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    Well, that's certainly an improvement. It's not nearly as good as their Grub, even, but I'm eager to see what a final production sample will look like.
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    Well, Indiana Jones will never be Logan, but with a little quiet introspection and thematic depth, it could at least equal Mangold's The Wolverine... ...whereas all the old Indy formula would produce is something akin to Dark Phoenix.
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