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Whenever people ask me to recommend a Macross series, I too recommend Macross Frontier over SDF Macross for the reasons already mentioned by others. Usually. If it urns out that they have an interest in 80's anime then I'll recommend SDF Macross. 

However, I also tell people if they don't like Macross Frontier to still try other Macross series because they  are different enough they may find a series that they'll like even if they didn't like the music, mechs, characters, or story of one series they may like them from a different Macross Series.

Don't forget that they also made false claims about how much of Macross they had

It's now a little over than $370k. That's significantly better than the Robotech Academy Kickstarter did. I'm highly amused. I'm also happy that I'm getting a UHD copy of this without having to pay extra (who knows, I may even have a UHD tv when it arrives^_^).

Just 5 days left to go and if it earns another $26575 for every backer to get a 4k/ blu-Ray combo. Will it make it?

So I'm kind of amused that this was funded in under 4 hours. I'll be really amused if this can make a 1/2 million 

To be fair, Max has spent a fair amount of time traveling  through fold space over the years. Since we know time experienced during a fold is not exactly 1 to 1 with time ellapsed in real space it's, therefore, possible that he is physically a bit younger than he is chronologically. Say maybe a year or so younger^_^

14 hours ago, sketchley said:

There is something definitely wrong with that internal diagram.  For starters, it only depicts 2 launchers, when there are clearly three on the outer shell (and accompanying text)...

it also doesn't show the feed mechanism for the missiles

13 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Pilots vs. Pineapple... the most enduring rivalry in Macross.

I wouldn't say its the best. There's too much of an imbalance in ability that there's no real drama.The pilots always lose.

I know him mostly from  Destiny as well. Apparently he actually played the game as well. as a warlock, I believe.

While this was probably the best episode of Star Trek: Picard s to date it does bring up (yet again) the question 'How the hell did Shaw get command of a Starship?'

Didn't get a picture and I'm sure there are others who've seen them before but I saw a car with a license plate saying VF-1S

I know, right? If they had just said that the Titan had gotten irreperably damaged in the Pakled war and said the Titan A was XYZ class ship refitted into the Connie III I could accept it since I would have assumed it's original spaceframe looked similar to the basic shape as a Constitution as it's a common Starfleet esthetic. But turning a Luna class into this and calling it a refit...Well let's just say I've had to edit this post three or four times to keep from devolving into a series of swear words. I mean, seriously, the TOS to MP refit of the original NCC-1701 Enterprise makes more sense by several orders of magnetude (mind you, part of the reason I'm so accepting of that is that the MP design is one of my favourite Star Trek designs).

All that said I do like the Titan A's design.

14 hours ago, Thom said:

Is this a different ship than the one Riker left Enterprise to command? I haven't been able to find any thing that states it is or it isn't. Yes, Lower Decks has a Luna class Titan and I think Prodigy may as well, but are these set in the same universe or are they doing their own thing? Was the Luna-Titan destroyed and Riker and Co just moved to the Neo-Titan, and then he retired? Considering that Shaw had to remove Riker's mix-tape from the Neo-Titan's computers, that's the one I'm going with. And considering how hero ships usually go out, I'm assuming Luna-Titan went out in a true blaze of glory.

As for characters having normal lives after exemplary events, there's nothing wrong with that, and in fact would be quite normal. TV fictionalizes and expands on momentous events for the dramatic effect, but if a person had to live with a series of world/universe altering events every week, they'd be burned out and retiring early! So yes, after Nemesis, they went their separate ways and had normal lives and careers, for the most part. 

Picard has had at least four command slots, which is a lot for any one person, esp if they are all long duration commands like Stargazer and Enterprise D-and E, which meant he was in command of ships for 46 years! That he decided to finally accept promotion and do something else is not surprising. 

Riker went on to command Titan (perhaps two ships) before becoming an Admiral, and after the death of his son retired to concentrate on family. He then accepted demotion to captain in order to command the Zheng He, and then I guess went back into retirement.  

LaForge may have had a command or two in the intervening twenty years, as we know some alternate timeline versions of him did, I guess including being a yard foreman at Utopia Planetia, before becoming curator of the fleet museum. 

Beverly Crusher, we don't know yet why she hid the fact that she and Picard had a son, or why she disappeared for twenty years. I'm hoping there is a very good reason for it! But we do know in that intervening time she was preforming humanitarian efforts, both legal and not while raising their son.

People go on and do different things, that's just normal. Even the most elite have to take down time.

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- I would say they weren't so much explaining tractor beams to the bridge crew, as they were to the audience. You and I know what they are and what they do, but there has to be some level of explanation or laymen-viewers may get lost.

- I think Vadic threw the ship at Titan because she likes blunt force trauma. (joke) But it's possible that most of the weaponry on her ship would do too much damage to the Titan and possibly kill the man she's after. Maybe the tractor beam was the most non-lethal she's got.

- Drama.

- I thought that too, but then it may be a violation of his personal rights to do so.

- The moments were different. Titan was safely in dock and Picard and Riker were clearly there 'hat in hand.' Plus, I think not only does Shaw like order and orders, but I don't think he is suited for the confrontation they were facing. Add to that, that when Picard finally exerted his authority, retired or not, he did it with a clear command presence that Shaw is lacking. He fell into line.

As for protecting one man, that is there job, Picard's son or not. That Shaw was willing to just give anyone away to a violent mercenary also shows he's not suited for the big chair. And the fact that Picard was even prevaricating on it was surprising to me. It shouldn't have taken Jack's parentage to help make the right decision.

- don't know

- no idea

- I think Vadic is confident that Titan will not be able to escape. And I think she likes a good game of cat'n'mouse. You can tell from her that she is having fun

And I would hardly say that they are (all) miserable.

Picard was feeling bored and looking for a new adventure, presumably with Laris.

Riker may be having some troubles at home, but that doesn't mean miserable.

Seven is, because she's under the command of an obvious bigot and that seems to be aggravating the feeling of being tied down by  Starfleet rules and regulations. I'm hoping she get's Titan before the end of the season, as I think she is a person who does much better when in control, rather than following along.

But if they all had happy-go-lucky lives, that would be pretty boring, and not really realistic.

 

According to Star Trek: Picard Logs, supplemntary videos released on Instagram (and can be found on youtube) and suammarized on Memory Alpha the Luna class Starship Titan (NCC-80102) was pulled from service, due to extensive damage. While she was undergoing refit (overseen by Shaw) the design changed and the Luna class ship was converted into a Constitution III Class ship (slang. Neo-Constitution) and given the new Registry NCC-80102-A. Since these changes are way more extensive than those given to the Enterprise make it go from TOS style to MP  style I can only say 'Why?' Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper just to scrap her and build a new ship? Why give it a new registry if it's a refit? Honestly, I like the design but this makes no sense.

Okay, so normally, i wouldn't mention this as Antarctic Press' comics Ninja High School and Gold Digger regulary reference and parody a variety of anime, manga, tokusatsu, western comics and movies and Macross is just one of many such to get referenced (sometimes even by name) or parodied. However when they put what appears to be a Macross on the cover, like they did for issue 294 of Gold Digger, I figure it deserves mention. Image from ebay

I'd laugh if it turns out that, when HG's license comes up for renewal, if Sony/Funimation ends up licensing Macross directly from Tatsunoko instead.

It'd be really funny if that turns out to be Sony's plan

I came here to mention that Rightstuf's newsletter included Macross 7 but it seems you all know already.

1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Odds are they've been stomped on by some VF-X unit in the background somewhere.

Possibly even literally.^_^

I seem to recall one or two episodes showing the one of leg/engine sections bent at the 'knee'.  Though there's probably only a limited range of movement (it can't 'walk' like a valkyrie).

The VF-1 (and, presuumably, the VF-25) have additional structures (vanes maybe) inthe 'foot' section that would, likely, further constrict the exhaust. The other two nacelle/leg designs (-11 and -19?) probably removed or reduced those interior structures to reduce complexity/ make maintence easier.

Same here.

Burn the heretic!!

Seriously though, I like the song. Admittedly, it the only Minmay song that I actually like (though Shao Pai Long and My Boyfriend's a Pilot tend to get stuck in my head. Often).

Still. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

15 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

No, it's not a question of semantics... it's a distinction that the people who rag on Macross II don't want to acknowledge because it's inconvenient to their trollish premise.

Macross II and its tie-ins were classified as a "parallel world".  An alternate universe.  Like the alternate universe storylines in Star Trek, in Gundam, or in DC and Marvel's superhero comics, they're separate but coequal official settings.  Even if they're no longer under active development they're acknowledged and treated as valid installments in the franchise's storylines and promoted alongside the rest of the franchise.

To be "stricken from canon" means no longer being a part of ANY official setting the franchise might have.  Like Star Wars's original Expanded Universe, Gundam's Gaia Gear, Star Trek's original animated series (under Roddenberry), or the majority of the Terminator sequels.  At best, those works might be considered apocryphal but generally they're ignored completely despite still being considered (if only technically) legitimate.

Being "disowned" or "disavowed" is "stricken from canon, with prejudice".  That's when the creator or franchise owner is straight-up denying that a work is a legitimate part of their franchise/series.  Like Eon Productions' stance on the 1967 Casino Royale movie and Never Say Never Again, Robotech's position on almost all licensee-created materials that are dated prior to 2001 (due to copyright issues), how Kawamori has been documented as seeing Robotech, Alan Moore's position on Doomsday Clock, etc.  This is straight-up "I have no son!" territory, where the work is explicitly not considered a legitimate part of the franchise to the point of being "______ in name only".

 

Macross II may not be in continuity with the titles that came after, but it's not ignored either.  Macross 7 has a fair number of Macross II nods in it.  There were Macross II-derived elements in Macross 7 Trash and Macross the First as well.

And there Macross II missions in the Macross video games for the PSP and maybe the Vita one as well (not sure as I haven't finished the extra missions yet)

No. I think the last few posts were basicly people saying just that.^_^

Sorta. The Macross Frontier fleet was able to convert their conventional beam cannons into dimension eater cannons fairly easily.

6 hours ago, sketchley said:

See, there's a problem with your 'logic'.  Everyone who uses metric on a daily basis (and that's like all of the world except for 3 countries) doesn't use it like that.

It's also confusing because, for example, a megabyte is 1,024 bytes, which is a different scale.  Perhaps you should be writing "1.4 Mm" and "3 Mm"?  Not only is it faster to type, you get to keep your 'grand thing'.

However, 0.0014 Gm and 0.003 Gm roll off the tongue much better—and you can channel Doc Brown, too!

Actually, while a megabyte should be 1024 kilobytes it isn't standardized like the kilobyte (1024 bytes) and is often only 1000 kilobytes (and the same applies to gigabytes as well).