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  1. What is all this about "missing out" on the Hikaru 1A. I've been debating getting a second one because I'd like one to keep in the box. Right now there are plenty mint/un-opened ones on Ebay. And Keven even still has some over at VE. H
  2. Hurin

    1/48 VF-1 Decals?

    The TakaToys stickers come with FAST Pack decals. I don't have a set yet, so I can't test the fit. But they are definitely there! You can order some right now from Twin Moons Anime. . . http://www.tmpanime.com BTW, these stickers are much better all-around than the Yamato ones that ship with the Valks. One of these days, i'll finally finish outfitting mine and post some pics. Best Regards, Hurin
  3. I'd like to spend a bit more time on this: Let me clarify. . . If you are someone who believes that Guld stopped himself before he raped her. . . the rest of the story makes a lot of sense without having to contort, distort, or otherwise re-interpret the other aspects of the story. You don't have to say that the mirror "wasn't really there" and that Guld "never really screamed as he stopped himself." You don't have to somehow explain Myung or Isamu's later behavior. Things just fit. To you they don't. . . but I think you're forcing square pegs into round holes because you've already made your conclusion. . . further evidence be damned. I find it hard to believe that when you saw the flashback sequence, you thought to yourself: "Oh. He raped her. That is why Myung slept with him. And the rape totally explains why Isamu seems to be so friendly with him now. And of course, it makes sense completely that Guld raped her while Isamu was in the room." Rather, after the initial (in my opinion) mis-interpretation of the scene, you then bring your pre-determined judgement about the flashback scene to the rest of the evidence brought up by those who don't think Guld raped her. Your belief regarding that scene colors your view of all the other issues brought up by those who would try to change your mind. In other words, instead of letting the facts lead you to a conlusion. . . you're contorting, dismissing, and otherwise re-interpreting the facts to support a conclusion you already made. It's all rather backwards. The "he raped her" argument is all based on very shakey, conjectural, "it could mean this. . ." sort of evidence. Not to be too blunt, or arrogant. . . but it's a house of cards. It just does not fit what is on the screen or in the narrative as well as the more conventional view that Guld stopped himself as he did on the screen. To put it another way, the "he raped her argument" always seems to be on the defensive, because there is very little in the actual anime to support it. While common sense (women sleeping with their rapists, etc.) and what is on the screen tends to discredit it. Yes, you can believe Guld raped her, but only if you willfully apply that mental "filter" to every piece of evidence to the contrary that you come across. But when you find yourself trying that hard to maintain your position, maybe it is time to change your position. Best Regards, H
  4. I think we've said this before regarding this. . . we just disagree. If one of my friends ever even came close to physically harming my girlfriend. . . there would be hell to pay. But, the point here is that the event broke them all apart. And, rather than take responsibility for it, Guld projected all the horrible truths he refused to acknowledge about himself onto Isamu. In other words, Guld hated himself and probably thought he deserved to die for the horrible things he is capable of doing. . . but he transferred all that hatred to Isamu. I think we're at an impasse on this point. "Nothing more done to her than had her clothes torn?" I just think assaulting a woman in the manner in which he did is inexcusable. He's already a monster for doing just that. He's also a monster for what he intended to do before controlling himself. He's Just not a monster that actually raped her. To say what he is, and what he did doesn't warrant his cracked behavior. . . well, I just don't see it. Again, this is convenient. You concede my point, but then just say: "Eh, but I think they would have forgiven him in either case." And, I would point out that Guld never sexually assaulted Millard. That's apples and oranges my friend. That scene sorta washes over you. But what stuck out in my mind the most was the mirror-event. At that point, I thought to myself, clearly: "Okay, he stopped. . . but what the hell happened before he stopped." That's why DVD players have rewind. This is not the first time a big deal has been made of how they transpose the screaming young Guld with the screaming older Guld in the cockpit. But, for the life of me, I can't see how this proves your point. This is, to my mind, very clearly a classic use of transposition that we see all the time in film when a character is reliving something and/or having a flashback. Guld glances up and sees the horrible monster he has become and screams. . . Guld in his cockpit is reliving that exact moment in his mind. . . so he screams as well. The transposition of faces is an artistic touch. Nothing more. . . unless you have an agenda. Let me say that again: Nothing about the artistic use of transposition indicates that Guld was remembering any more than what they showed us in his flashback! They show us his flashback. . . he screams in his flashback. . . and then they bring us back to the present by transposing his young screaming face over his older screaming face. That's it. Again, unless you have an agenda. I just don't like it when people make unsubstantiated assertions. I often pop up in threads when people say stuff like: "Yamato will go broke if they keep making 1/48s!" Actually, I usually like my films and TV to be pretty "dark." Thanks for asking! I hate happy endings. My favorite movies are Braveheart, Glory, Gladiator, and Patton. Funny thing though, we're not talking about the ending here. Never seen Evangelion. But I sorta side with those who say that Kawamori isn't the type to actually include rape in his work. I believe that someone mentioned earlier that there is another near-rape in Macross 7. Again. . . near. Enjoying a ham sandwich right now! H
  5. Hey, if the fastpacks are so hard to get off. . . think of it this way. . . No more crooked-skull tailfins! H
  6. Okay. . . I went away for a while. . . and came back to see you guys still going on about this. . . Mind if I add my two cents one more time? It looks like Keith is going way too far in the opposite direction. I don't think you can seriously argue that Guld's motivation wasn't some type of sexual assualt. The debate (so far) really hasn't been about his motivation. . . but rather, how far did he go? In my humble opinion, there is just way too much conclusion-jumping and faulty logic here. Things are being twisted and facts ignored when they are inconvenient. But the worse part, to my mind, are the personal opinions, boldy asserted as incontrovertible facts. First. It seems that some believe that, if Guld did not rape Myung, then Guld could not believe that Isamu raped Myung. This is just plain faulty logic. There is no law stating that Guld's delusions have to be based entirely on what Guld himself did. . . but with Isamu in Guld's place. In other words, Guld may not have raped Myung. . . but he can still believe that Isamu did so! It has also been said that Guld would not be distraught enough about simply losing the woman he loves, sexually assaulting her, punching out his best friend, seeing her cling to him in fear, and breaking up the most important friendships of his life. . . he had to rape her. That is the only thing that could make him snap. I'm not sure how to respond to this other than to say that, in my life, I've seen people snap over a lot less. Guld comes to the realization that he is a monster. . . that he came within a hair's breadth of doing something truly horrific. Rather than face this terrible truth about himself --and face the self-loathing he has already struggled with due to his Zentradi heritage-- his mind conjures up delusions that shield his fragile pysche from the trauma of the truth. It has also been asserted by some that his friends protected Guld from his memories by not telling him the truth. Wouldn't they be less likely to do so if he raped her? And, conversely, wouldn't they be more willing to give him some benefit of the doubt and protect him from himself if he did not rape her because he did get ahold of himself and stop himself? There has been a lot of talk about how Isamu and Myung protect Guld from his own memories. I would have to watch the whole thing again to comment intelligently about this. But I really don't remember anything that directly stated this in the dialogue. But, either way, I don't see how Guld raping Myung makes his friends more likely to protect him. Man, I'm tempted to go on forever here again. . . so I'm going to forcibly stop myself. . . and only say this one more time: While Roy has modified/clarified his prior posts and now sounds more "it could go either way"-ish than others, I'd like to address the mirror issue one more time. I think Roy's interpretation of the mirror is interesting. . . and shows a lot of thought. But, it also smells a bit to me like reverse-logic. In other words, it isn't the most likely interpretation of the scene. Rather, it only becomes a feasible interpretation if you first think: "Okay, let's assume he did rape her. Now, how can we reconcile the fact that he raped her with the visual evidence that Guld stopped himself after he saw himself in the mirror?" But, the problem is that just fixing the "Well, they show him stopping. . . so how could he have raped her?" question still leaves all the other questions un-answered. Such as: Why would Myung sleep with her rapist later in life? Why would Isamu be so forgiving of Guld after his memory of the events returned? How could she be raped with Isamu still in the room? And all the rest of the questions brought up throughout this thread. I think it is clear to anyone without any pre-conceived desire to interpret it differently that the animators put the mirror-event in the sequence specifically to show that Guld stopped himself! That is what is so frustrating about the other side's argument. They're essentially taking that bit of animation that was intended to say: "Look audience! This didn't go any farther! He didn't rape her!" and twisting it all around until it doesn't mean anything. And, it's all based on the assertion that this particular memory --and this memory only-- is faulty. I've said it before, but I can think of innumerable ways that the animators could have made it clear --while still remaining socially/politically palatable-- that Myung was raped. Further, I can also think up tons of ways that they could have made it murkier, so that we would all feel totally free to interpret it however we wish. Yet, they chose to put that mirror event in there for a reason. . and that reason was to show us that no rape took place! In summary, having now found that earlier flashback where Guld sees Isamu and Myung crouched on the floor, looking up in apparent fear. . . here is how I see it happening. Please note that I don't need to insert "missing time", ignore/re-interpret images, or otherwise mangle the narrative to do this: Isamu and Myung are talking as Guld watches through the doorway (the door is slightly ajar). Eventually, they end up in a semi-intimate embrace. Guld barges into the room. Isamu and Myung stare, agape, as Guld enters the room, Isamu (apparently realizing that Guld is in a violent rage) shoves Myung aside and takes a puch from Guld, and falls to the floor. Myung stands and stares in shock. Guld then approaches her and Myung falls (or is pushed) down against the dresser. Guld reaches down and (amid resistance from Myung) tears her shirt as she stares back in terror. Guld then looks up from Myung and catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror above the dresser. . . and screams in horror at the monster he now realizes he is. At this point, I'm taking some liberty by inserting the flashback image that was shown a few minutes earlier --of Isamu holding a distaught Myung as they both look up a the "camera"-- into the mix, with a bit of conjecture to get us to that image. As Guld screams and gets ahold of himself, Myung scrambles to Isamu's side on the floor where he embraces her protectively. Guld turns to see the two most important people in his life looking up at him as though he is a monster. At that point, I re-enter pure conjecture. But please note that there is plenty there. . . and I didn't have to conjure up any convoluted, complex, and unsubstantiated stuff. I just followed what the story-tellers are showing me. From that point on, I assume Guld just flees the scene. Too ashamed at what he almost did to face his friends. In closing (and then I'm leaving this thread again for a looong time, hopefully never to return), the scene was, --to my mind-- specifically constructed to show that no rape took place. I don't know why some people are so adamant about asserting an interpretation that is not on the screen and that is actively discouraged by what is on the screen. Yes, a rape is suggested by the torn shirt. That was the intent behind showing the tearing shirt! They wanted to show us Guld's horrible intent. But, they also show Guld stopping. . . thus suggesting that. . . Guld stopped. Unless, of course, you can come up with a way to dismiss that. . . which some people have worked very hard to do. Oh, and Guld also made a ham sandwich. Best Regards, Hurin
  7. Yeah, I discovered that too on my Animeigo. If I had a larger group of friends who liked Macross and who had decent voices, I'd be all for doing that. Of course, you wouldn't be able to really release it anywhere but iMacross servers. . . lest ye be sued. H
  8. Yep, and those comics were valuable for a while. My brother and I collected comics back then. . . and we bought as many as we could (we were idiots back then. . . wait, I still am!). They got up to like $50 a copy I think. I'm pretty sure they're only good for toilet paper now. BTW, Issue #1's artwork was much better than the following issues. It had an almost watercolor quality. And the character designs were dead-on. The rest. . . uh, sucked. H
  9. Hi, If you don't mind, I'm gonna add the front landing gear to my order and, if possible, ask you to move me into the "official order" category. Cuz I definitely want to do this! Lower Half of Fuselage and/or Cockpit Seat & Floor / BD6 / 1/48 / Hikaru VF-1A Lower Half of Fuselage and/or Cockpit Seat & Floor / BD6 / 1/48 / Roy VF-1S Front Landing Gear / BD7 / 1/48 / Hikaru VF-1A Front Landing Gear / BD7 / 1/48 / Roy VF-1S I'm assuming the part #s are the same for both toys. Though If someone with the Roy manual could confirm, I'd appreciate it. Mine is in storage. I'll PM you too. Again, I'm very grateful to you for taking this task upon yourself. And thank your friend as well! Best Regards, Hurin
  10. I saw the Macross English dub by HG before it became Robotech. A local anime store (that quickly went under) called "The Robot Center" showed it to us as a special Saturday party one day when I was just a kid (I'm 29 now). . . but I distinctly remember the bad opening. Robotech was already on the air when they showed it to us. So I also remember thinking one change was cool: In it, Minmei called Rick "cute" as she went off to the shelters. I could have sworn we saw the first two episodes. Rather than just the last one. Please excuse the HG names. I *was* watching HG's version after all. The voice acting wasn't so bad. They did good acting considering how bad the writing was. That being said, the actual voices of the people playing Minmei and Misa/Lisa were terrible. H
  11. This post is to bump it up so that those who might have read it earlier might be prompted to see the "important" notice at the top. I'd hate for anyone to ruin their valk. H
  12. That would be a great service! Thanks for even looking into this! Since reading the other post about Yamato parts from HLJ, I've been tempted to try to order the cockpit floor/seat piece for the Hikaru 1A 1/48 and the Roy 1S 1/48. But I can't find the part number in the manual(s). It is possible that part BD6, which is the bottom half of the fuselage, includes the seat/cockpit floor. But, I can't be sure. I think it would be nice to have replacement parts to return my valks to "factory" condition after I have shaved that part down to reduce/eliminate the fuselage/nose gap. I don't think that counts as a mod. It's more of a repair! Anyways, I'd definitely order these two parts if they were available. But, again, I can't be any more specific about the part number. Here's the best I can do to list the part #s Cockpit Seat&Floor / BD6(?) / 1/48 / Hikaru VF-1A Cockpit Seat&Floor / BD6(?) / 1/48 / Roy VF-1S
  13. Hurin

    1/48 improvement ideas

    Isn't that what they do cost when you don't have to import them from Japan!?! Anyways, much of the stuff above is dead-on. But I don't think this has been mentioned: * More painted-on details (fewer stickers). Especially the "U.N. SPACY" on gunpod and possibly legs. I can never get it right on the Gunpod. And even super-thin custom stickers still seem to show an outline. More paint! * Have to agree with the missile detail/painting as well. They are just too plain. But, of course, these toys still rock!
  14. Great. . . now you can go back and get the increasingly expensive Hikaru 1A. And thus it begins. . . Welcome Aboard! H
  15. If my best friend threw the woman I loved to the ground, and ripped her clothes off. . . I think I'd have more motivation to do him harm than "petty jealousy" I can't? Why not?!? People who suffer delusions, fugue states, and repressed memories aren't "out of control." They are suffering, and they develop alternate realities in which to take refuge so that they will not have to deal with reality. Realizing that you are a monster who would even come close to doing that to someone you've known and loved all your life. . . that's quite a frame of reference. As for the "visual cue": There appears to be a misunderstanding. I just watched the scene again. There is no shot of Isamu holding Myung in torn clothes. There is a shot of them staring agape at Guld as he enters the room, Isamu (apparently realizing that Guld is in a jealous, violent rage) shoves Myung aside and takes a puch from Guld, and falls to the floor. Myung is standing and staring in shock. Guld then approaches her and Myung falls (or is pushed) down against the dresser (Which, suprise! Has a mirror above it!). Guld reaches down and terrors off her top as she stares back in terror. He then catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror above the dresser. . . and screams in horror at the monster he now realizes he is. And. . . that's it. The next shot is of the missiles impacting and the super-imposed Guld screaming in the cockpit. edit: Is there another flashback where Guld sees a Isamu holding Myung in a torn shirt outside of the flashback mentioned above? If so, I had forgotten it and couldn't find it tonight as I scanned through volume 2. So, if I'm wrong about the above point. . . my apologies. I think you have a very confused understanding of how dimentia takes place in the mind. It's not as though he instantly conjured the alternate reality at that very moment. He didn't suddenly stand there and say: "Isamu! Stop raping Myung!" Now, I'm engaging in the sort of theorizing of which I'm being so critical. . . but I assume the rest of the story is that Guld screamed, and fled the apartment. He then disappeared and didn't see either of them again. While away from them, unable to face the fact that he almost raped Myung, assaulted his best friend, and shattered the relationships between them, he gradually succumbs to a fantasy world where he was the hero. . . and Isamu had attempted to rape Myung. Huh? I'm not sure who's offering and who's reaching out in that scenario. The fact is that they do sleep together, and I'm not sure how any conceivable scenario you present in that sentence makes Myung's sleeping with Guld any more understandable. But, if you find it so inconceivable that Guld could get ahold of himself before actually raping her, and then couldn't feel so ashamed at what he almost did to repress the memory. . . then I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Hey sparky! I type 90wpm. So this is like talking to me. Anyways, I've said all I'm going to say on this. I just watched the scene to refresh my memory. There is definitely a rythm to the scene and it flows rather smoothly. This makes me even less likely to believe that there is any "missing" time there. It's more like watching a scene in a strobe light. There are no huge gaps of time. People can insert whatever they desire. People can interpret it however they want. However, I don't see the need to do so. What is there on the screen presents an entirely consistent and compelling story. I don't see the need to insert events not shown in the scene while ignoring or re-interpreting those that are there in order to force Guld into the role of a rapist. Why do this when "violent monster-of-a-person" fills the role and needs of the story just fine and is fully supported by what is on the screen. Further, he is ultimately supposed to be a sympathetic character at the end. I don't think it is good writing to designate a character as a rapist if you want anyone to feel sympathy for him. We're going around in circles here. So, I'll let someone else take up the good fight if anyone cares enough to do so. But, I'd still like to hear someone in the "he raped her" camp address more directly the arugments of the other side rather than just say: "No. I disagree. He reaped her." Yes, I've written a lot. Probably too much. But I think I've made some valid points and addressed the points of others. 1. If the writer/director wanted us to know that Myung was raped. Why show the mirror stuff at all? Why not just stop the dream-sequence at the shirt-ripping. That would remove all doubt. 2. How could Guld rape her with Isamu still in the room and presumably still able to defend her? 3. What reason, other than bold assertion, do we have to believe that Guld did not look into the mirror and come to his senses before actually raping Myung? In other words, why on earth would we believe that Guld would insert this into his memory to protect himself from the actual visuals at the very moment that the story has him regaining his true memories!?! 4. How in the heck are we expected to believe that Myung would sleep with Guld later in life after he brutally raped her? 5. Are we expected to believe that Isamu as well would simply forgive Guld as soon as Guld admits to raping her? 6. Assuming we're supposed to feel sympathy for Guld as he sacrifices himself. Would the writers really expect us to feel sympathy for someone who brutally raped the main love interest of the story? I could go on. . . but with just those points above. . . Guld actually raping Myung doesn't seem to fit as well into the story and circumstances as well as what is actually shown on the screen. And that's the last I'll say on this topic. I'm out! Best Regards,
  16. I don't know, coming to the realization that you are capable of that sort of horrible violence against someone you supposedly love. . . to know that you were about to commit such a heinous act (if not for the fortuitous glance up at a mirror). . . and the sense of rejection by Myung. . . and the sense of being betrayed by the two people you love the most in life. Not to mention that there might be an aspect of him hating his own zentradi blood and the violence it brough to the surface in that moment. . . that would be some pretty heavy stuff. He's not repressing the fact that he raped her. He's repressing who he is.
  17. There is no doubt that the scene is presented as a "flashback" in Guld's mind. Nobody is doubting that. I don't think anyone seriously doubts that the torn shirt is meant to symbolize that Guld intended (at that moment) to rape her. I also agree that a mirror is often used in the manner in which it is used in Macross Plus. It happens all the time in stories. Someone catches a glimpse of themselves in a mirror and realizes what they have become. . . and turns away from what they were about to do. But, the fact that the mirror "device" is so often used in narratives, to my mind, adds credence to the idea that the mirror event actually happened to Guld, rather than being an imagined event in his mind. Couldn't it be that the writer's went back to a cliche to stop Guld from raping her. . . rather than having Guld's mind do so to protect him from emotional trauma? But, there is absolutely nothing to suggest that he actually went through with it other than your assertion that the torn shirt means that he did. Meanwhile, there is plenty to suggest that he did not actually go through with it and rape her. It just does not make sense, narratively, to have Guld suddenly remember something. . . and yet that memory is still false. His memory had been false up to that point. It would be messy and narratively confusing (as demonstrated by this thread!) to have the reclaimed memory be faulty as well. No. . . but nor do we need to see him stopping after "only" ripping her shirt if the intent of the show is to demonstrate that she was raped. If the writer/director wanted us to believe she was raped, couldn't they have cut back to Guld screaming in his cockpit immediately after the ripped shirt? Then Guld wouldn't have had to suffer the further recollection, and we would safely be left with what you assert is the right impression. . . that a rape took place. Then, I don't think there would be any doubt. But, there is a reason the writer/director placed the added mirror scene there. It is much more plausible that the mirror is a "cliched" plot device to actually stop Guld from committing rape rather than a mental device in Guld's head to keep him from emotional trauma. Look, basically, the scene tries to show us what happened between the three of them. It does an effective job of doing so with style and dramatic cinemetography. It says what it needs to say. I don't see why some people are so darn ready to assert that this very well-done scene is actually very murky and unclear as to what happened. It isn't. . . unless you want it to be. Until someone can address the reasons why it seems impossible/unlikely that Guld raped her, I think we have to assume he didn't. Just asserting that Guld is a bit nutty and that, therefore, we can assume anything happened in between the shots the narrative provides is a bit. . . as I started out by saying. . . convenient for those who want to insert their own interpretations into what was shown and/or those who assert that Myung was raped. Heck, what if I want to believe that after he tore off her shirt, he went to the kitchen and made a ham sandwich!?! I can assert that too, can't I? I mean, if his memory is faulty and we really don't know how reliable that flashback sequence is, anything could have happened. So, there is my new theory: He tore her shirt, went to the kitchen and enjoyed a ham sandwhich, and then meandered on home. I did not include the mirror stuff because apparently that is cliched and probably never happened at all. But the ham sandwich definitely did! As for the magical bike comment. It helps me to realize that there is no magical bike because it's pretty clear he's in a coma at the time. The oxygen mask and bandages are a dead give-away. H
  18. "Turgon! Turgon! Remember the Fens of Serech!" Amen brother.
  19. Agreed. As I said above, I consider Guld the villain of the story. Especially before his repressed memories return. However, regarding the attempted murders. . . we can cut him a little slack there because he thought that Isamu was the rapist. . . not himself. Indeed, it could be argued that he was projecting the rage and shame he was feeling towards himself at Isamu. But, now I'm reading too much into this.
  20. Actually, it is those that are asserting that an actual rape took place who would seem to be reading into things. The rest of us are just going by what's up on the screen! H
  21. I see great similarities. . . if the 9/11 attacks had been a giant extra-terrestrial spaceship crashing into an island. Or, instead of the U.S. fighting a war against terrorism essentially alone, the U.N. had decided to unify humanity, via war, under its rule. And. . . if thrust vectoring were actually giant transforming robots and planes. The similarities are only there because you want them to be there. You can look at any story, written in the past, set in today's era. . . and I'm sure you'll be astounded at the similarities. . . if you look hard enough for them. I think this is a case of "I really want Macross to be real!"-itis. H
  22. JsCarlight, That's pretty much it. . . I think that was the motivation for Guld. . . and then he started to go too far, and stopped himself. But what he's already done was horrible enough for him to repress things. Between his shame and his grief over Myung choosing Isamu (in his mind), he became one sick little puppy. Anyways. . . the "evidence" for Guld not raping Myung: 1. The story doesn't show it. Though some would argue the ripped shirt "suggests." 2. The next shot after the ripping shirt shows Guld looking into the mirror and (IMHO) "coming to his senses." 3. Isamu was still in the room. Unless rendered totally immobile or unconscious, a rape would have been nearly impossible to accomplish before he interfered. 4. Myung sleeps with Guld later in life. This would be more easily explained if Guld had not raped her. 5. Isamu seems okay with Guld once his memory returns. An odd reaction to a guy who actually raped your best friend/woman you love. Had the rape actually occured, I doubt Isamu would actually say, essentially: "Hey, all those years ago, I broke your airplane. And you raped Myung. We're even." The case against Guld: 1. There may be "missing time" not covered by the show between the shirt ripping and Guld "coming to his senses." 2. Guld's memory of the event may still be screwy and the ripped shirt is intended to make us all assume that he raped her. Notice that the latter two both contain the word "may." Though, of course, I wrote them. So that's not entirely fair. But, basically, I just prefer to go with what is on the screen. And I think the writers/director/animator would have been more clear if they intended us to believe that Guld actually raped her. Again, you can interpret it any way you want. . . but the intent of the writers/directory/animators should also be taken into account. . . and I think the perponderance of evidence is in the "no rape" camp. Best Regards, H
  23. Okay, I'm going to take the Devil's/Guld's Advocate position here. Except, of course, that the story teller shows him looking into a mirror immediately after tearing her clothes with no other "flash scenes" in between. "Pretty much suggested?" Or, just maybe it happened just as the director/story teller relates it! He was about to rape her, and saw himself in the mirror, and came to his senses! I think, if the director/writer wanted us to know that he raped her, there could have been a more definitive "suggestion" than just a ripped shirt and a scream into a mirror. While still remaining PG-13. It would seem a bit odd for the story to come to the point where Guld finally recovers his repressed memories, only to have those memories be false as well. This all just seems too convenient for those who want to believe that Myung was raped by Guld. Granted, you can interpret it any way you want, but it seems, again, awfully convenient to dismiss what's there on the screen simply because it doesn't fit in with what you think happened. Plus, Isamu was still there. . . so unless he was knocked totally unconscious, I don't think there was any time to commit such a heinous act. edit: The idea that he did not actually rape her also makes Myung's decision to sleep with him later much more understandable. I just think what's on the screen and in the story more broadly supports the version of, well, what's on the screen (ie, that he didn't raper her).end edit And since we're on the subject of cutting the guy some slack. As for the murderer rap. . . at the time, he believed that Isamu raped the woman he loved. So, in that light, was he such a bad guy for almost killing Isamu, several times? Just my two cents. And, by the way, I dislike Guld's character. I considered him the villain. Though, in all honesty, I didn't like Isamu that much either. That is actually one of my problems with M+. I don't actually like any of the protagonists! Best Regards,
  24. This is just a theory. So don't shoot me for stupidity. But, if there are fine scratches on the existing canopy, and the floor polish not only fills those scratches, but also puts a glossy, smooth layer on the canopy as well, the result should be a more clear appearance. Again, just a theory. Best Regards, H
  25. Uh. . . not to preach. . . but just having the hero die at the end doesn't make the story a tragedy. In other words, had Isamu died at the end of Macross Plus, he would have just died. . . but it wouldn't have made the story a "tragedy" in the classical sense of the term. It would have just been a story where the hero died at the end! The Shakespearean form of a tragedy usually entails foreshadowing the hero's fall, as well as a terrible sense of inevitability to his demise. A lot of tragedies are based in the idea, as well, that is the hero's own failings that will eventually do him in. Again, I'm no English lit major, but I think just saying: "Isamu should have died and made the story a tragedy" totally misrepresents the rest of the Macross Plus story (which is definitely not a tragedy). . . and oversimplifies things quite a bit. Best Regards,
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