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The Cobalt commercials were/are really weird, because they show more of the new C6 'Vette than than the Cobalt. Never understood that at all, since the two cars are nothing alike. The new '06 Corvette rocks your face. I would wager the '06 Z06 is THE greatest performance car America has ever made, and certainly the best performance value for the money. 321797[/snapback] Not agruing that the '06 Vette isn't technically great car(hell it's been tear'n them up on the Road courses, but if you parked a '05 Ferrai and an '06 Vette next to each other with maybe a McLaren Merc and Acura Intera too, it's totally clear that the GM designers built the car to copy it's betters. areaseven, Dodge had a chance to change the Chargers rep with their early 2000's concept hybrid vehicle. Which keep alot of the orginal style and would've sold! Hell it was years ahead of the new Mustang. Now Dodge is stuck in single platform mode until D/C can phase the line out.

Or an Aveo. 321669[/snapback] Which is just a rebadged Daewoo. 321673[/snapback] Those names (Aveo, Daewoo) should be forbidden in this thread. Though now that it's been mentioned I can almost guarantee blasphemous name reviving such as that to take place. What are your guys' opinion of the Cobalt? It may be American-rice but it can't be all that bad, can it? 321758[/snapback] Frankly it's an ugly and underpowered wannabe ricer. That doesn't have the appeal that they think it does. Hell why do you think that they ran so many commericals with their flagship car in them. Even THEY know it's an ugly little car. Don't even get me started on that Ferrai-wannabe 'Vette!!!

Fun in the summertime. On vaction and love'n it! If all goes well I'll be able to finish the Gnerl before next Wednesday!!! YEAH! I've tossed some paint on the model to see what it looks like. Not too bad since I've reworked the top fusulege(blah!) and tossed in that rear groove. Right now I'm cleaning up the extracted main body and looking into adding the various details. The rear landing gear is gonna be tough and I decided not to bevel in that wrap-around black strip and the one that goes down the sides(though I may because it'll add extra visual depth and realism (LOL)). But I need to know whether the bottom black rectangles between the rear thruster cones are missile bays or not? Is that tapered hole in the bottom a thruster? And just how am I gonna deal with those side thrusters!?!

Sw33t! We've got the HERO mechs now we need the END and a couple of more 'bad guy' vehicles to play with. Just saw episode 11. Damn it actually has me begging for MORE! Just like a junkie needs his fix. Anemone was incredibly well introduced. Well paced and they made it a point to show her craziness in none blantant ways that suggest something else. Sure it's gonna be the typical clone clash, but damn they didn't waste ANYTIME getting straight and brutally to the point. Quite awsome! Totally loved the way they handled the fight quick, violent old fashion Getter Robo style at the end with her shouting "MELT! MELT! MELT the brain!" and jerking around like a 12 year old on a couple of cans of JOLT!!! That music just rocked during that fight. But try out maxing the volume and closing your eyes and just listen to Anemone's first appearance in the episode. TOTALLY SW33T! *wonders who the hell the VA will be in the english version* *hopes it'll be Asuka's VA*

Yep she was! Glad I ordered it. As was the Tenjin Hidetaka "Valkyries" book.

What were the author's words in BoTS2? Did he somehow disown Jinto and Lafiel? 321052[/snapback] No he simple stated that they were minor characters, hell he almost harped on it since the epilogue in the CotS!, and that their story was finished and that any future storys told would be told elsewhere, implying the use of other characters from the books. All this Crest and Banner talk makes me want to build some of Empire ships and the Empires 'throne' system.

If it's only 2 episodes, I've not hear anything from the people involved, then it's iffy that it might get a US release. It's pretty hard to tell nowadays, especially when you've got stuff like BLAME! Ver.0.11 & the thorughly half-assed Yukikaze coming out. But then again this series has nearly always been fan driven. I am however VERY VERY disappointed that they had to use these 2 characters again especially after the authors words in BoTS2. I would've loved to see more of SPOOR and the places that the Empire controls.

Anyways, after a 3d contest and much overtime, I went with building the channel into the larger fins. I've also finalized the front landing gear and the large rear thrusters. Which leaves me with only the main body to deal with..... OMG.....

I always hear this mentioned, but, as I see it, the VF has the advantage. It's vastly more manuverable, presents a very small target compared to what an MS is designed to confront, and, in the Strike configuration, has a cannon that can blow through a capital ship, a Gundam should be no problem. 320083[/snapback] IF it stands still.

Life? I think I heard of that. Is there still going to be a poster (the original aim of this thread) or has everyone just drifted off into other things? Like life perhaps? 319704[/snapback] More like it's summer and computers don't mix well with sand and surf.

Solid textures, just abit too noisy, low contrast, and far too much panel fading(throws you off). The model is in need of plenty of edge rounding to really bring it to life. Polishing both will really make thise shine.

I don't believe that the market has seen a 'cell' animation for well over 5 years, especially since well over 99% of it has been digital to begin with. Lucas will be in for a very nasty surprise when he does his research. I'm betting he'll first try some lame americanized samurai movie/show(ala Kill Bill) and God help us if he gets ahold of the EVA movie rights. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I just don't see him being able to connect enough at a social level in order to get the asian markets attention beyond his namesake.

Well damn. I didn't even make the connection. heh! Still the guy's work stands apart from Gunbuster, it took a studio to make it. His didn't. It's not for mecha heads, though it does have somewhat nice starships.

Well I've been following the manga version since it came out and it's frankly 'Junk', until you hit the 150+ and then a sembalance of a plotline kicks into gear. It's mostly the author's standard 'stroke material' until then and even then it doesn't lessen. It's pretty much just a gory version of DragonBall and Naruto sans being in an SF genre instead. In a way it's kinda like HunterXHunter except drawn better. I do like how the manga's author deals with repeative places & items though! All 3d baby!!!

Bwuh? He forgot his name, but knew that these two were made by him. 315860[/snapback] *shrugs* A simple mistake. But do you feel more superior now? Ya get off on it? Yeah I agree that Kevin Spacy would be good for that part, but honestly I'd prefer someone less known because then, if you used Spacy, you'd have to come up with another great actor to play Tenma to balance it out and I can't think of anyone who would fit the bill and be of asian decent.

*chuckles humourously* bob joe mac, you don't seem to realize that Naoki Urasawa also did 20th Century Boys. He's done a small host of great works that have made been made into anime. But if you like Monster then you'll like his current Pluto manga which has some roots in the same universe. Which is something I REALLY want him to pursue as a mangka! His own interconnected universe!!! It's past time.

Yep! One in the same. Monster is definately one of the better manga/anime storys out there. Mainly because it's written so well and their are few japanese cultural fixations. Gotta love the locations!

I just finished watching episode 7. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Poor kid, but it was hilariously true at the same time. God that reminds me of some of the same poo I use to pull on others and had pulled on me when I was back in school! Great ep, awsomely blended between the plot and the silliness while still telling several sides of the story at once. Probably the best ep. so far!

OK! Did a little digging around and found a trailer for the OVA. It's streaming so it's pretty sad and small. http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/seikai/st_frame.html

That's just a beautiful statement! It's just a shame that writers no longer think of their works in that light any more. Damn you Stephen King! Though I agree with you March, Moore is also quite right.

Their claims were designed to deflect responsibility, and their vague allusions to "hacking" and "code modification" were designed to lead the average non-programmer to think that Rockstar was totally uninvolved in how the scenes got there, without them actually saying specifically so, and thus being caught in a direct lie. -Al 313089[/snapback] They actually weren't caught in a 'lie'. Hacking and Code MOD'ing are illegal anyways(something that ALOT of these whiny assed people conveniently ignore and I haven't heard of anyone being sued or jailed because of it) and by their saying that those scenes are not 'in the game' are totally true. Mainly because of the context they used. It's like modifing your vehicle(voiding the warranty), having it breakdown and then bitching at the company you bought the vehicle from because they won't paid for the repairs. Then having the goverment step in and demand that they company pay! Beyond childish, but hey shps! But come-on people this is GTA! It has a long HISTORY of televised and publically discussed violent and profane behavior! Get a CLUE already!!!

Oh think think that Aquarion has plenty of content, but they just aren't using them well and there are nasty logic holes that have you going WTF for no good reason. E7 IS starting to kick into a higher gear which is great because if the manga's any indication then we've got some nice plots and plot arcs coming up. I'm really glad that BONES got away from their overt copying of EVA after RahXephon, but still keep their high quality music approach. I think it's the little things over the last 6 episodes, like the 'main male leads' character having vertigo(which is thankfull so far not used alot) and his 'low man on the totempole' position and it's viewpoint, that have really begun to grab my lasting attention. But overall it's got one of those 'nice story' feels to it and that's what makes me coming back for more.

Yes it's to be out VERY soon..... ... as in 7-22!!! At least the dvd-box is according to NewType 7-2005. If the adverts right it looks like it's going to go with established characters. A good and "bad thing" in my view.

Yeah I can understand about the clean views. Having the orginal reference material available is great, but it's sooooooo unclear sometimes! This was a little experiment on sinking the black detail into the large rear fins. It was just to see what type of effect sinking this minor detail would have. Frankly I'm pretty happy with the effect, so I plan on using it. However I'll change the shape into a more 'V' like channel or add thin raised bars(via the turrent missile launcher). The depth is roughly about 1/8th of the fins thickness and is a normal extrusion. But whadda you think?

While I feel QUITE honored that you think that they are worthly. I have to burst your bubble. They are MY interpertation(spl) of the shape and there are many errors, in my view.(For example the top thruster is fairly off in about 4 areas and the bow ventral surface is pretty damned wrong.) Go with the orginal source material except for that problem prone frontal view! GAH! Horrible! I've got a question for you though! How do you feel about the situation with the side thrusters and their relation ship with those black lines? I've got an idea how I want to go about it but I'd like to hear your ideas on it.