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  1. Roy Focker
    I think he's maybe too big for it. Lambert was just a slender guy. He looked like the underdog. Even though he was the title character it still felt like he could lose.
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    Why not just call it "Ninja-The Movie!" Looks like to could be a fun, mindless action film but I'm having hard time seeing this as Snake Eyes. Nothing they've shown so far suggest they know who these characters are. The key moments that define who Snake Eyes isn't that he became a Ninja. He's defined by tragedy and the bonds he made during war. I really hope that when Storm Shadow introduces Snake Eyes to his Ninja he does so by telling them "This is my old army buddy. He's going through a really hard times right now." Going to predict the entire plot. Snake Eyes a talkive drifter that get's in a bunch of fights end up helping Storm Shadow out of a jam. They insantly become friends and Snake Eyes trains to become a Ninja. It is one of those fast instant friendships that make no sense. It would make sense if it this was a movie about love at first sight. A running joke between them is that Storm Shadow thinks Snake Eyes talks too much. Scarlett makes contact with Snake Eyes and warns him that his buddy has been secretly working with the Baroness who works for a bunch of evil criminals. Snake Eyes doesn't believe her but ends up finding out that it is true. He has to fight Storm Shadow and during the fight Storm Shadow cuts his throat and says something witty. The very last scene has him putting on the mask for the first time and in the next movie he's replaced by a stunt man who never takes the mask off or says a line.
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    Will a CGI Sean Connery make a cameo?
  4. Roy Focker
    I'm going to be a Debbie Downer and say I think they've both lost their chance. There was a period when this joint agreement would have meant that our dreams had come true. I saw Gundam and Dragon Ball Z toys at Target today. A North American fan who knows their anime will consider Macross of equal importance. Everyone else maybe they've heard about it. Delta did come out around 5 years ago. I can see more specialty stores carrying stuff and small streaming services putting up some series but Macross lost its chance to be a global juggernaut.
  5. Roy Focker
    I think it might have been a subtitle option.
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    I agree (with Pitch Meeting) about the villain. They tired to make you feel sympathetic for her because she seemed sad for when her peope suffered but she kept doing acts of violence. Whenever the heroes tried to engage her in a discussion she just played along just to keep them busy while planning the next step in her violent plans.
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    At what point in did they make the jump from Illegal Street Racers to International Crime Fighting Force of Street Racers? I haven't seen all the movies and the ones I saw was out of order.
  8. Roy Focker
    Watching episode 6 right now. I don't understand how these civilians are giving them such a tough fight. They've taken the super soldier stuff but Bucky and Evil Captain America are also enhanced. They've also been trained and fighting for their entire adult lifetime.
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    Really? So when are they going to refund us in actual money?
  10. Roy Focker
    Great we'll all cash in our 1 million combined store credit.
  11. Roy Focker
    They need to remaster it.
  12. Roy Focker
    Another fig that I'll never find.
  13. Roy Focker
    How does it and the new fees compare with DHL?
  14. Roy Focker
    We get a new series every several years. It is likely that his involvement will decrease after the next series. He'll show up to design some new valks but others will take over.
  15. Roy Focker
    Sorry for the clickbait Topic Title. Macross has been going on for nearly 40 years. We consider any Macross that Kawamori has worked on to be canon. He's currently 61 years old. I'm sure there's examples of people in the 70's still working in anime. Many people have retired by then.
  16. Roy Focker
    I love Indy but he belongs in a 1930's serial. Indy in his 70's in the 1970's could be a good movie but it wouldn't be an Indy movie.
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    More I think about it there is no "agreement" or to be more correct: Both parties are really just publically acknowledging rights of the other party that was already decided by the courts. The agreement is that they came up with an undisclosed (at this time) price for times when they'll cross into the other parties rights. After 20 years of lawsuits it must have been clear that neither was going to get everything they wanted. Only way to expand to other markets was to cooperate. Now here's a positive. Harmony Gold could always later sell some of its assests. BW now on better terms could buy it back. If Harmony Gold doesn't sell they could decide to become a passive partner with future projects. You'll get more money with an larger investment but I doubt HG has the funds to risk making anything new themselves. Giving creative control of their share of Macross (and other parts of Robotech) to BW and other Japanese production companies for a share of the profits without having to do anywork. That is pretty much what's going to happen if the Robotech live action movie ever gets made. 20 bleeping years! We've all wasted 20 years of our life keeping track and taking sides on this legal argument. Think about what we could have done with all the time and energy we wasted on this.
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    That's what I suggested. Business in 2020 couldn't have been that great for either. HG has just been collecting licensing fees. Judging of the size companies paying them I don't think HG is charging top dollar. Meanwhile in Japan they're still milking Delta for all that it's worth. Delta came out 5 years ago. By now they should be making a new series with a new cast of characters and setting. I don't think they want to risk spend money on all new production that will have to win over the fans. Give them a chance to pursue fans outside of Japan and maybe they can raise the funds. I'd like to know the exact nature of this deal. Business in 2020 couldn't have been that good for HG. Can they make money from their theater when large gatherings aren't allowed? When was the last time they made a movie or series? How many people haven't been paying their rent? How much have they've been paying their lawyers? Making a deal with BW for whatever they offer you is better than making peanuts off of a dead property.
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    I agree. HG has pretty much abandoned Robotech. Sure they've handed out licence agreements for 3rd parties to make toys and games but they haven't added anything new to continue the story themselves. They can just let Bigwest do all the creative work. My guess is if Bigwest has a new Macross sequel they first have to approach HG and give them the option join in on international distribution. HG can pickup some of the costs for a share profits or do nothing and accept an agreed upon lower fee.
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    What's new today? Holy crap! My guess is business hasn't been that good for either company and both saw that they should make a deal. Both acknowledge that the other party has rights and will cooperate in distribution. In other words for decades both could have been making more money but were limited in what and where they could do it. Now they've got a deal for what happens for all those things they make that falls in that grey area of rights.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Roy Focker replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    April fools?
  22. Roy Focker
    Or You can just call them Japanese.
  23. Roy Focker
    First thought yesterday after seeing the thumbnail: Is this a parody? First thought today after watching the trailer: Is this a parody?
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    Enough.
  25. Roy Focker
    no3Ljm, You've made well over 15,000 post here. You're not the new to this place. I get it you read something about the Mandalorian and wanted to share it here. When you saw that the Mandalorian thread was locked that didn't give you a clue that maybe something was up? Instead you went ahead and shared it in 2 threads that weren't locked. We have this big no Politics and Religion rule. That thread was closed for review because this rule. Last thing we need right now are members bringing up a sensitive topic while it is under review. I'm asking everyone reading this post not to discuss her firing until we've finished our review.
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