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Here's another new poster.

(Clippen ze piccen)

"I bet she gives great helmet."

The Ambassador was based on a rejected design for the Ent D. They took most of the forward sweep out of the pylons, and got rid of the bass mouth deflector the original concept art had. They wound up with a ship that looked a lot better than the show's hero ship.

The Galaxy always seemed ungainly to me. It had that huge sideways elliptical saucer on that stubby little engineering hull, just looked awkward and unbalanced. I've called it a fat guy on a little bike, before.

I'm not a fan of the Excelsior, either. It always looked unfinished, to me. And I much prefer the Constitution style saucer contours, to the bubble top look that the Excelsior ushered in.

Now, the sovereign! That ship not only looks fast standing still, it's got a nice sinister edge to it, as well.

Exactly when did they go from trying, but failing miserably, to make good movies, to intentionally making bad movies? I'm pretty sure it happened sometime before the name change.

The Ent-E most certainly could separate its saucer, the designer made a whole series of drawings showing exactly how he built it in.

However, when the Nemesis team "tweaked" the CG model and abandoned the physical model, that feature was likely lost due to the changes on the rear of the saucer. (which is utter heresy IMHO----can you imagine if they made new CG Ent-A and Ent-D models and "tweaked" the proportions to "look cooler" in their minds?)

(though of course, the later 4th-season Ent-D model *did* look different than the original---never knew if it was intentional or just because they didn't measure the original right or something)

John Eaves, who designed the E, was never really happy with how Ent E looked on screen. The realities of film production had prevented him from overseeing construction of the model. There were supposed to be further changes made to it at the end of Nemesis, but the scene was cut.

Some of those changes to the D were intentional. The original six foot and two foot models were built with the idea that deck ten spanned either side of the saucer rim groove. The windows just above and just below the groove, couldn't be lit on the large model, either. (no windows could be lit on the small model) The four foot model that replaced the other two had some minor tweaks made to it, to better match the sets for Ten Forward and to let those windows be lit up.

Legends class monster-formers that combine? DO WANT!

I'm hoping this will be used as an excuse to fix the ship's proportions. Really, my only problem with the first movie was that the ship just looks weird from most angles. I don't have a problem with her "ample" nacelles, though. Matt Jeffries wanted the original to look like a hot rod, and the current ship pulls that off, well. Besides, anything is better than the boxes the refit got.

I just want an engine room, not a brewery.

This would be nice, too. The concept sketches they made for the engineering parts of the ship were fantastic. There's at least one that I remember could have been done with a small, open set, and a good digital matte.

If they're carrying off from where the SAC continuity left off, it would probably be uchikomas. The tachikomas' AI were destroyed in SAC 2nd Gig, and were replaced by the larger and less personable green uchikomas.

But, in Solid State Society, the Major had reconstructed the Tachikoma's personalities, from traces of them that had been left all over the net.

I'ma leave this right here.

I wonder why that is, you'd think that having 2 movies with the same premise would kill each movies's chance of standing out/making a profit?

Somebody sees one movie, likes it, wants more of that style, and goes to see the other one, too. At least, I assume they're thinking something like that.

The Revolution's on the low end of the Iwata range. I think the new nozzle only cost 10 or 15 dollars. I was much more careful, when I installed it.

I've since gotten one of their Eclipse airbrushes, and I've become quite adept at stabbing my fingers with the needle, when reassembling it.

This, however, might have something to do with my accidentally bending the needle when picking it up from a box I placed it in during disassembly. I straightened it the best I could, but it seems like the damage is already done. I had no idea a metal needle can be so fragile.

I have an Iwata Revolution. I hadn't had it long, when I sheared the nozzle off, when I was putting the thing back together. It's a tiny little brass piece, that threads in. I'm not what anyone would consider a big dude, but I have been known to damage bicycle parts, when putting things together. That poor little nozzle never stood a chance.

Did I hear GlaDOS? I won't get in that science experiment thing.

After they kill the monsters, the pilots get cake.

I just stumbled upon this on BBTS: http://www.bigbadtoy...803&mode=retail

Take a look at the two preview images:

http://www.bigbadtoy...ge/PLM10803.jpg

and:

http://www.bigbadtoy...ge/PLM10803.jpg

There are quite a few differences between the two. Not only is the structure of the ship different, the marking is also more prominent in the one at the bottom. Here’s a pic showing the 2009 movie design (above) and this alternate design (below):

Could they have accidentally leaked the new Enterprise design? Or am I just seeing things? XD

The ship in the trailer is much closer to the one in the bottom pic: Look at the scene where the ship exists the water. The Nacelle has that dent in the back, as shown in the toy (but it's not there in the 2009 design).

That looks so much better. Looks like they've changed the shape of the neck, and extended the back of the secondary hull. I think it looks even better than if they'd just moved the hull backwards. It solves almost all of the proportion issues.

As far as operating the mechs in this movie goes, it's been stated in the past that the two pilots are "locked in a neural bridge." Which sounds to me like their minds are synced up via technology.

I believe it would be "Strike-ah You-REE-ka Mate."

I'm really liking that Striker Eureka. Between it's overall aesthetics, very human like proportions, and melee weapons it's hitting on all cylinders, for me.

Given this film's inspirations, I wonder if we'll see a live action Itano Circus, at some point.

Not a fan of the stubby thighs, long calves look. In fact, I'd say the legs are just about perfect, on that Russian jaeger. It certainly has a fancy hat.

Gipsy Danger has some proportion issues going on between the torso and legs, but I certainly don't hate it. Given that it looks like it's meant to operate in coastal waters, (salt water cooling intake) the longer legs kind of make sense.

Maybe they're now cybernetic organisms, living tissues over metal endoskeletons.

Nah! That concept could never work!

Not even counting the two made for cable movies, is there even any continuity in this franchise. This one feels like it completely ignores everything that's come before it.

Dear Disney, can we please get the unmodified versions of the original trilogy on DVD, in a form that isn't hard letter boxed? I bet a lot of people would buy that up on Blu-Ray, too.

Looks like good silly fun. Can't wait for it to be shown on Sci-Fi Channel.

Some more set photos:

ROBOCOP: Joel Kinnaman Takes His Turn On The Motorcycle; Close-Up Of A Perp

Is that a holster on his thigh? Ya kidding me? A addon holster? His gun isn't in his thigh?

Yeah, I'm hoping that parade scheme goes away, before the end of the movie.

As for not having any idea what it looks like I would laugh my a** off if it turns out the whole reason they aren't showing it is because its Mazinger/Mazinkaiser.

I hope they do that scene where Kaiser gets tossed in the volcano, and the skrander saves it.

Team Knight Rider!!

I just want that cliffhanger ending resolved!