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Yeah that's all well and good, except for the immutable fact that:

In the anime they completely disappear during the transformation

Maybe Artmic had something else in mind when they designed the Ride Armor, but the show is pretty clear on this. Hell, even the transformation line art shows the forearm armor just sort of....appearing on the riders arms, by sheer force of will.

And people who are worried about losing parts for their toys need to pick their stuff up off the carpet before mommy vacuums. You've been told I don't know how many times about this, don't make me say it again.

Why the hell would anyone want to reconnect the struts to the ride armor in the first place? In the anime they completely disappear during the transformation, so what are you gaining by doing this?

You agree with it cause it's pretty much true,

No, I'm going to go ahead and disagree. To argue that fictional undead creatures can only be portrayed in one particular fashion is juvenile at best.

Zombies, do not, I repeat DO NOT run like olympic spriters, period!

Uh....I'm not even sure how to reply to that.

I just hope they don't go overboard with "teh CGI" on the Gunstar. That would totally ruin the spirit of the first movie...you know, with the models and all.

Only on MW would a positive review (8 out of 10, IIRC) lead people to cancel their preorders.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=7990

Yesterday here we were the first place anywhere to bring you the exciting news that a sequel to the 1984 sci-fi classic The Last Starfighter is in the works from George Paige and Associates, Relativity Media, and Universal Pictures. Now we have a few more details on classic’s return to the silver screen.

First, it’s all but confirmed that this thing is really happening. In addition to the information our scooper gave us last night, George Paige and Associates now has the movie listed as one of their credits on their official site, along with a few other interesting projects, like a Jerry Stiller Janeane Garafalo team-up called The Independent. They also list Relativity, Universal, and Warner Brothers as being involved in the project. One of the reasons so many studios are involved may have something to do with rights issues. The original movie was owned by Lorimar, which has since cease to exist. When Lorimar died, the rights to its projects were sold to a variety of different companies, leaving a lot of different people holding the bag.

Having so many different companies involved may not be a bad thing though, especially in light of a report which popped up online from Variety tonight which says that Relativity and Universal have just signed a big four-year deal to co-finance four billion dollars worth of new films together. Could one of those movies be The Last Starfighter? The timing of their deal makes it a tantalizing notion.

The one cause for concern here is George Paige and Associates, which doesn’t exactly have a track record of big-budget, quality films. But with this deal between Relativity Media and Universal, maybe The Last Starfighter will get the kind of decent, big-budget release it deserves. In fact we’ve already heard from some sources that this will in fact be a theatrical release, one with a mid-range budget at least. This won’t be a film thrown on the theatrical scrapheap.

So for now a lot of this is still rumor, but it does seem pretty certain that in whatever form it finally takes, a sequel to The Last Starfighter actually will happen, and I for one am starting to feel a little better about the way this particular burgeoning franchise may be treated.

Ok, so...is there really a demand for this? Are there legions of fans on laststarfighterfan.org (or dare I suggest...Starfighter World?) clamouring for a sequel? I mean...it was an amusing enough film in its day, but one that's certainly aged poorly in ways that don't only include its special effects.

All I'm going to say is this: If the Beagle design gets canned in favor of the sure-to-be-craptacular Toynami version, I will drink George Sohn's milkshake! Drink it up!

They were at Toyfair, in english packaging so it's certainly not a rumour.

http://collectiondx.com/node/2230

Sonuva....

What is interesting and new news is Toynami is in negotiations with Beagle to produce the toy together. Beagle would release it in Japan with Toynami releasing it in the States. Both companies are deciding as I write this whether to use Beagle’s design or Toynami’s. George tells us they are very comparable to each other in form and function.

So let me ask you, Macross World; Deal, or No Deal?

I gotta say, DA...finally seeing a picture of your namesake is really disappointing. Worst Super Robot Ever?

I can't wait for the obligatory HG/Toynami fanboy to call this kind of adverse reaction to the Toynami news as biased and unsubstantiated... you know... because we never held any toynami products and theirs is the holy grail that never fell apart.

Not only do they delay their own crap, they gotta delay other company's stuff too. Gee thanks for supporting our interests... they're the best thing that ever happened to the Macross/SC/Mospeada license.

can anyone else feel the cold hate?

We should support any and all Toynami/MegaHouse and Toynami/Beagle "Cyclones" because it might mean they'll produce the Beta.

Maybe if we just ignore this news, the whole thing will go away. That worked for the longest time on the DragonBall movie. Treat it like a T-Rex in Jurassic Park: It can't see you if you don't move.

Something stinks here. This means that Toynami is potentially looking at no less than Three different "cyclones" toys? Megahouse, Beagle and their own vaporware MPC?

No need for the hate BSU, that time could be spent posting pictures more pictures of your extensive firearm/thrift store furniture collection.

Well there is this awesome ratty old couch that I inherited, out in my front porch, that I've just been dying to take pics of. Maybe I'll pose some of my single action revolvers on it, for sort of an "antique" motif.

The Virtual Boy is a damn fine platform

Damn fine at giving me a headache. I'm not susceptible to motion sickness, and can play FPS's until my hands cramp into tiny little talons of hurt, with no ill effects. But 5 minutes on the Virtual Boy made me feel like a Sykes Fairburn had been shoved into each eye socket.

The scene in EXO's Akira (2008) where Kaneda & his gang go to Frank & Sons completely took me out of the movie. Way to rape my childhood...er, adolescence, EXO.

well, they better just go full board and give it the departed treatment then. Complete rewrite and completely localize it for a western audience. Make it take place in detroit or new york or even LA. Because, if they have two white leads, driving around in neo tokyo surrounded by a bunch of no name asian actors, or more likely, white people that some bigot casting director thinks that they look "exotic" and "oriental"... well... all I'm saying is I'll be expecting a remake or shaka zulu with daniel day lewis in blackface.

As I implied HERE the version of the story I'd read said just such a thing WAS HAPPENING. At which point, you have to wonder why they'd even use an ethnic name like Akira in the first place? Why not something completely milquetoasty-anglo like "Alan?"

Oh yeah... the old the Early vs Late Return debate.

Everything we thought we knew about the development of veritech mecha = out the window.

The Robotech RPG Blogsphere will be on fire tonight. Every Robowiki in eistance will need immediate updating in light of this.*

*if you completely ignore just how out of place and downright archaic a mecha like the "condor" would be in Robotech in the first place.

Elintseeker.

Sucka!

Make fun all you want. I for one am VERY interested as to how this Major Find affects the Early vs Late Return debate.

Three cheers for incidental throwaway designs never intended for more than 2 second's worth of scrutiny!

Anyone trying to top it better know what they are doing or else they haven't got a chance.

Then I can disappoint you with two words: New Manhattan.

It would have been in about 1987 when I got my copy of Robotech Art and learned the shocking truth. I'd built the "macross" model kits beforehand, including one or two from the movie (without understanding why the mecha and uniforms all looked so different) but reading the whole story blew me away. To my 13 year old mind, it must have been a shocking revelation on par with the end of Sixth Sense.

"You fought in the Format Wars?"

"Yes, I was once a HD DVD fanboy, the same as your father. Now the HD DVD is all but extinct."

'Bout damn time one side or the other lost. Now I can think about upgrading to Hi Def.

Weapons-based Questions: WTH gun is attached to that HumVee? Was it firing 10mm GAU rounds or something or is it supposed to do that?

After looking at some publicity stills, I'd say it was a Browning M2 .50 cal, slightly redressed to resemble some sort of ComBloc piece.

Anyone know if the MH cyclone release delay is CONFIRMED and if so, by how long??

Has Toynami ever confirmed the release date in the first place?