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I thought about doing this myself. I'll only do it if it's through the JET program. I think they pay the most and give the best deal. You might be able get a good deal with a private organization but they may pay you lower than others and most importantly private organizations don't pay your air fare over there. Even with them assisting in moving over your still going to need a nice chunk of money to get yourself settled in. Paying your own airfare may hinder how much you can have in that chunk.

I'm sorry did someone say something? I didn't hear you with Max talking so loud with Agent One and I here in the bath house.

Connection? They both use mythology for names and they're not the only ones that has done it.

This is the second time that I recall closing a "Joke" post by 1st Border Red Devil. I said in the last topic, "This isn't the place to post, check out this (stupid, Joke, crap, whether) that I've found". I've closed topics like this when I've found them. I'm starting now to remember names of repeat offenders. There will be at least a week to a one month banning if this person is caught doing it again.

This ain't offical. Please hold me.

I thought we banned such talk? Yeah didn't we? Where was I on page one? Sick, throwing up all over. Close it then.

I haven't had the International Channel in a while but when I did have it I was addicted to this show of pop music from other countries, Japan, Korea, Chinese and India. Can't remember the name of the India show but it was like their version of Entertainment Tonight and featured music video clips from the movies. They are pretty entertaining. I haven't went and saw a Bollywood film yet but I would give them a try. They look like fun.

Why doesn't some body just create one of those quizes on this subject?

Here's what I got:

I was watching this movie last night called Shubun 1950 (english title Scandal) by Kurosawa Akira and I notice a few familar themes in it that reminded me of Macross. Mifune Toshiro plays an artist named Aoye Ichiro. The film starts with him up in the mountains painting one. There are three old men watching him and commenting on his painting. One of the asks something like, "Why are you painting like that?" To which Aoye answers, "I paint how I feel". Another old man tells him, "Your using to much red. That mountain is not red." Aoye says back, "To me the mountain is red." In the same scene Aoye says the mountains are moving. This character artistic spirt reminded me of Basara. Plus he's painting infront of mountains talking them moving. Basara sang infront of mountain trying to make it move. Basara's feeling drove his singing and actions. It doesn't end there. You start hearing singing. Another character enters named Saijo Miyako and she's singing. Yes Aoye is painting a mountain, talking about it moving and some one shows up singing. Anyways the character of Saijo is popular singer in the movie. Aoye offers her a ride and a tabloids end up taking a picture of them and create a story suggesting that they are having an fair. It's just like DYRL? with the reporters taking pictures of Hikaru and Minmay then having it covered in the tabloid news. That's pretty much where the connections end but I thought there was enough to share.

Pre-ordering mine right now.

Back by popular demand. Please make you all follow the rules this time. Macross 7 Love or Hate it? Way too much Macross 7 bashing. This is topic is one that I wanted to start for a while. I want to hear intelligent reasons as to why it is bad or why it's good. RULES - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING 1. You must give a well thought out reason why. Short answers like because it's got cool Valks, gay, lame, Mylene's hot, sucks or cause Basara is in it doesn't count. 2. Don't agrue over someone else's reason. This for you to post your own rational thoughts. 3. You're allowed one chance to post and that's to say whether you love or hate it and why. 4. Violations of the above can result in a Macross World Free Weekend for the Offender.

Just look at some old Macross books. Of course those pics are 20 some years old.

Find me two more people to agree and I'll reopen it.

Some people were having hard time following the rules.

Summary: Note this summary of opinions is not accurate and all that stuff. Basara Love him or hate him. There seems to be more reasons to hate him. A big one is that he's annoying and in your face. Yet his attitude of not giving up stuck a cord (excuse the pun) in many of his fans. In a way the viewer and Gamlin are the same person. Gamlin's first impressions of Basara are not good. The same can be said for the viewers. I believe making Basara not likable at first was done on purpose with the intent that his strengths in his beliefs would grow on the viewer as it does with Gamlin and the rest of city 7. This happens for some viewers but for others it doesn't. Prehaps they did too good of a job making first impresssion a bad one that it too hard to repair the damage afterwards. It deviates too far from Expections One's preconceived expections can effect one's opinion concerning Macross 7. Look at the mecha. The Valkyries used by the U.N.SPACY in Macross 7 bare a close enough resemblance to earlier designs that they are generally accepted. On the other hand the Sound Force's Valkyries are too far off earlier designs that even those who show signs of liking Macross 7 have problems accepting them. Look at the enemy. The Zentradi are giants. The Protodevlin are monsters. Even though you can consider a giant a monster the Zentradi are still more human/alien than monsters. The appearance of the Protodevlin clearly resembles monsters (+ fairies and elfs). Once again enemies are too far off from earlier ones to be accepted. Look at Singing and Spirita which bares a resembalance to magic. Whether ones hates singing in the series or not that should not be an issue. Singing has always been a part of Macross. The heroes and villians using "Magic"-like powers has not. Whether one had little to none or lot experience with Macross before viewing Macross 7 preconceived expections were already in placed. If you saw culture, love, the human spirit and civilians bringing about peace instead of military might as important theme in other Macross media than you have may see the same theme in Macross 7. It meet expectations yet there are a lot of things such those discussed above that violates expectations. Side Notes: Some other common things people didn't like include: Recycled animation used in battles, cookie cutter episodes that did not add much to the story, characters of sound force. Some other common things that people did like includes: Evolution of themes from Macross, character developement. Special Side Note: Posters were asked to post their reasons for loving or hating it in a rational manner. Some of those expressed a clear dislike (but not all) had problems of being strictly rational. They did express their reasons for not like it but they couldn't resist adding in the irrational comments as well. I stated that violations of rules could result in a Macross World Free Weekend for the Offender. Yet people couldn't resist. Does this mean those who express a clear dislike are in general not rational?

I'm a bit at a lost of how things got off track or why people seem to just barely follow the rules. I'd start kicking ass but I have a cold. Today is the last day to get your rational opinion "on Macross 7" in.

Coca-cola.

This isn't the place to post "Check out this (stupid, Joke, crap, whether) that I've found".

Thanks to those that were following the rules.

I think they both became one with Spirta.

What connection? They both have two eyes, ears and boobies.

WWE U.S. Championship - Street Fight John Cena did the F-U on Jesus. Now that's a one way ticket to hell.

Macross 7 Love or Hate it? Way too much Macross 7 bashing. This is topic is one that I wanted to start for a while. I want to hear intelligent reasons as to why it is bad or why it's good. RULES - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING 1. You must give a well thought out reason why. Short answers like because it's got cool Valks, gay, lame, Mylene's hot, sucks or cause Basara is in it doesn't count. 2. Don't agrue over someone else's reason. This for you to post your own rational thoughts. 3. You're allowed one chance to post and that's to say whether you love or hate it and why. 4. Violations of the above can result in a Macross World Free Weekend for the Offender.

There were a couple of unaired episodes. I'm sure it just it didn't get aired cause of time constraints and that it was a detour episode.