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  1. azrael
    Yep. Nope. It fits with the Multiverse-theme this season. Mmmmm, both. There's always flashbacks. Yeah...King Shark is coming back in 2 weeks. There goes the budget.
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    I blame the Keysi Fighting Method, which embraces being too close, for all those elbows. In this film, Bats feels like the Arkham-Batman fighting-style.
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    Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction
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    At least the Alfred-wit is there. One can never get enough of that.
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    I'm leaning more on the side of "If Disney made all that money from that franchise, we can do the same with this one. Right?". I doubt we'll see more space operas than we have already but more nostalgia. We already got X-Files and Ghostbusters. Full House and Gilmore Girls are coming back. Why not bring back BSG? It's only been 7 years since the TV show. That's long enough, right? Let's all relive the 70s, 80s, and 90s with reboots and "reboots".
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    That the OP needs to go write his/her fan fiction. The conversation here is almost identical to the one we had on the other forum. I was ready to lock it when it first posted because the conversation is the same.
  7. azrael
    At least not all VF-31s use forward swept wings. Guess Kawamori heard us about his overuse of FSWs?
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    First, I was referring to the Tomahawk. And it's 112 miles per hour (that's 180 kilometers per hour). 1) Did you watch the show? Cuz they were driving those things on the hull of a space ship near the end, in space. 2) There's nothing that says they can't use the other weapons in Sniping Clapper-mode. Only that it would be firing in the wrong direction. 3) But they can jump in Walker-Cannon mode. They're not sitting ducks in that mode. They can move around by jumping. 4) Did you watch the show? Cuz you would have seen it when one deployed the big gun and another used the little gun in Battle-Sniper mode. Worked well for the Armies of the Southern Cross...within their show...on ground engagements.
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    The Cold War would be a good example because it went on for years. The others examples aren't really what I was getting at. It goes back to Obi-Wan's quote, "For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire." And then in a very short time span, everyone forgets about them when they disappear from daily life. People were living under the threat for 2-3 generations that the Soviet Union and the USA had itchy trigger fingers. Then the conflict ended and people barely know it existed today.
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    It was early 80s animation style. And don't worry, And the slapping/punching is the best part.
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    Safeway exists, Woolworth's does not. But anyways... The point I was making with that post is the general public can forget about something that existed for a long time given enough time even without government intervention just like how knowledge of the Jedi faded between Ep 3 to Ep 4 and even more so afterwards.
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    We said that back here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43350&p=1249992 and here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43350&p=1249992 Just curious, has Mit even considered watching Southern Cross?
  13. azrael
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  14. azrael
    Just so we can get out of politics, try this. Think of something that was around 20-50 years ago but isn't today. Anything. A restaurant, a toy, a store. Then ask someone 18-24 yrs of age about it. Most will have no idea what you are talking about or have very vague recall. Just as an example, try Woolworth 5-and-dime stores. Founded in 1878 and stayed in business till 1997. They were huge and I still remember when they existed and where I could go to one. There was even a infamous one in Greensboro, NC (Google it). But then the company died out. In a decade, only a few remained while the majority closed their doors. By the time they closed completely, very few people remembered they existed. Now, nearly 20 years since the company went defunct, the majority of people will not even know the name. The next largest group will remember the name, but only have a few details. The next group will know the name, recall details. The next group will recall everything, but this group will be significantly smaller. In 30 more years, Woolworth will be a "legend" of retail. So the Death Star admiral chastising Vader about his "sad devotion to an ancient religion" when that was only 30-some years ago doesn't sound crazy.
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    I don't think that's a problem of the prequels. That's a problem of the sequels and the way they treat it. By the OT, the Empire doesn't fear the Jedi like how they were feared in the prequels. Who knows how many officers Vader choked and killed for questioning him. When you have commanders talking back to you, insubordinate admirals, then the common folk don't fear Force users like they once use to. The SW universe is vast enough that by Ep 2, the Jedi numbers were stretched enough that they couldn't keep peace in the galaxy if the Separatists were gaining power.
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    That's only 112 mph. And that's maximum speed. How often do you see people driving at 120 mph on the road? And as a matter of comparison, a RGM-79 GM's max speed is 192 km/h. The RX-78-2 Gundam's max speed is 205 km/h! And both have more mass than a Tomahawk. Imagine those sprints.
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    There's that sense of deja vu.... Let me underline the piece of text for you re-read. Again, read the underlined sentence. Macross Zero takes place in 2008. Now, focus on the part I'm underlining. Same could be said about an Octos versus a VF. Yet the Octos production ended while all the others flourished.
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    Actually, Luke has been gone for less than 30 years. It's been 30 years since ROTJ but he hasn't been gone all of those 30 years.
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    New MG Freedom 2.0 images. So they added more stuff that sticks out or opens for v2.0. It seems like the design got busier with all the bumps and parts that open up. If they ever produce a Freedom Master Archive, we'll probably see them justify v2.0 as Freedom from SEED Destiny. That's how they justified all the various RX-78 and Zeta model versions we've seen over the years.
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    One thing I did find quite annoying in episode 2 was Gillian Anderson's monotonic voice that had absolutely no emotion. At first, I thought it was just what the scene called for but then she did it in every scene she was in.
  21. azrael
    Frankly, you are better off using Macross Chronicle as your source than attempting to find all the Compendium's original sources, which likely Egan Loo has all of. Prior to the Chronicle, information was scattered in various publications and throughout the productions and their related materials. And that material was released during the production-wise lifetime. Some of it will be in the artbooks, but some of it will be from back issues of magazines, which will be harder to track down.
  22. azrael
    Yes. Do you have a copy of the book that was mentioned in the quote you quoted? Do you know what it's contents are? I have the book. It's not just Macross art in that book, but all of Kawamori's works from his 1st 30-some years of designing. Kawamori has design tanks, just that they were not used for Macross. He's done A LOT of projects in his life; not all of them Macross and not all of them made it to a production. And that is what that book covers; his life's work. None taken. I'm just telling you what is in Macross based on what we've seen and what is written. And we don't have variable tanks. At least none in the 30 years that this franchise has existed, and likely none in the foreseeable future. Of course it's not prohibited. It's your fan fiction. It's your world. Do whatever you want. Be inspired by whatever you want. But since we are talking about fan fiction, you should start your thread in the fan fiction section of the forums.
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    The key phrase in the quote you quoted is "Shoji Kawamori Design Works". http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/shoji/shoji_design_works.htm Great book for looking at all the work Kawamori has done in his 1st 30-some years of designing. Advanced Valkyrie and Air Cavalry Chronicles. We know about those. Most of those never made it beyond a sketch. A lot of those designs ended up elsewhere or inspirations for other stuff (like Escaflowne) Kawamori has been in the business for the better part of 30 years. He's worked on A LOT of other projects besides Macross. Kawamori has designed A LOT of stuff. Enough stuff to fill volumes of books. He's designed variable tanks, cars, and even cars with Nike shoes. But that stuff doesn't appear or apply in Macross. And we've told you why. Several times now.
  24. azrael
    It's still fan-fiction. This section is for discussing topics from Macross, about Macross. What you want to do is talk about something that came from your head and isn't in Macross. You want to create your version of Macross. In that case, that's fan fiction and we have a section where you can explore your creative potential. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showforum=5
  25. azrael
    It was Avatar 2 that moved its proposed December 2017 release date first, then Episode 8 spontaneously moved to December 2017 from May 2017. IMDB still lists Avatar 2 in pre-production while Episode 8 started filming but delayed itself. I don't think it's a matter of competition, Cameron just isn't ready to start.
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