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That's not a paraphrase, that's the exact quote they put up. It made me want to buy some keychains.
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Wristbands.
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StarWars Underworld: Live action series
Darkwater replied to Omegablue's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It gets a little more complex than that. Fox, the network, probably pays only around 1 Million of that while Fox, the studio, pays around 3 million. Fox, the network, make a profit off of selling the advertising time during the show, while Fox, the studio, makes its money down the road with syndication, DVD sales, etc. So while the network might be making a proft, the studio may not be. If they were two different companies, like when Fox runs a show produced by Universval, then the network might care as much if the studio takes a hit. If this series is being produced anything like Clone Wars, then Lucasfilm, the studio, will be paying for it all themselves with no funding or input from the network (whichever network it may be). It's not likley that a network will pay the full 5 Million for each episode, so they're going to have find a way to recoup those cost themselves. Now, if they want to make a full 100 episode at 5 million each, that's half a billion they need to be sure they can recoup. -
If that is the case, it woudl take a loooong time, and it woudln't necessarily have to be be toys, it could be anything with the "Macross" name like comics, DVD's, and KICK-ASS CALENDARS!!!! In fact, I don't think there was any Robotech products (let alone Macross) between 1998 - 2001
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Well, he's racist on both of the shows, so there ya go!
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Him blaming the Jews for the holocaust was his poltical talkshow, not his Robotech show. His Robotech show is the one where he's homophobic and misongynistic.
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I checked his show and they've recently all been about his game mod that he's been working on. I miss the conspiracy theory episodes, and the ones where'd he'd spend three hours analyzing two sentences that Tom Bateman writes in this forum.
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I've thought about that, too. The name "Robotech" does resonate with a lot of people (not so much as Transformers or Voltron) which could be used as a selling point to older audiences, but it sounds dated at this point. Granted, since it was originally named after a line of licensed line of model, the original creators were more or less stuck with that name. Even when they made the Invasion game, it looked like they were trying to underscore the "Robotech" title in the cover design
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I have no idea how Big West operates, nor do I have an idea on how the Japanese entertainment industry works. That post I made (back in October) was show how HG operated.
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It all goes back to what I was saying before about when there's nothing going on, the only ones who are left are the ones putting on the self-reinforced circle-jerk. When I ran my blog, there things going on, stuff getting released, to actually talk about. A movie comes out, a new comic, then BAM, you get people wanting to be a part of the disccusssion. When there's nothing going on, they leave. Those who remain are the obsessed, the ones who are a little bit off. Like Bendo who can talk about the different kind of gun clips on Veritech cannons for six hours straight. When stuff comes out, level-headed people will be drawn to it and say "cool, let's see what else they put out" and leave when there's nothing. It's that lunatic fringe who keeps saying "OMG THIS IS THE BEST AND WE'LL GET A MOVIE AND A SERIES AND TOYS AND IT'LL NEVER STOP!" even after it's clear things are done and washed up. Even the last issue of Protoculture Addicts, when it was still an all RT-fanzine, said something to the effect of "Let's be realistic - The Sentinels was bad, the Movie was bad, let's move onto other things"
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dude, that's three examples. Most RT fans, the bulk of the audience, are the casual fans who don't give a crap about any online forums. Harcdocre fans tend to be the fringe. I was just in a Star Trek forum, and I uploaded a picture of my Nook that turned into an Android tablet and made it look like a PADD. The responses I got were "where'd you download it the grapchics, how'd you do that?" Even after I answered, I still got quesetions, like they hadn't heard of Google. Even then, I wouldn't say most Star Trek fans don't know how to use the net.
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Not can't, don't. Most of the level-headed fans have said "screw it, this is dumb" when they've realized it's become it 5-year self-reinforced circle jerk with no actual new product.
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DAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was funny
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Maybe, I'm no lawyer, since they've released it on every other medium, and they continue to do so, I don't see why not. It would probably involve a re-transfer from the original source, since the DVD's and online transfers look like they've come from the oringal SD masters. I think the reason Macross II and Plus continue to be released is because the rights have continued to be retained or transferred, and they were obtained legally through the original studios. I don't know about the UK release, but the rights for the US release (Clash of the Bionoids) were obtained from a company unauthorized to sell them in the first place, and those rights have probably never transferred. That could be the case with the UK release, I'm not sure.
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Tommy's actually said that HG won't be looking to block the license of this and Macross Plus because of a statute of limitations.
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Not to mention kind of frickin scary... remember that guy's manifesto? Here's a quote that makes you realize some people can discern fanboy-ism from reality: link
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Careful now, remember what happened on RDF HQ when someone said Tommy should get a pie in the face?
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There's ALWAYS a conspiracy, dammit! We KNOW this business!!!!!
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Now I'm confused, he said he didn't got to Chile for an unofficial convention, but he did, and that's his point? Anyways, the first con was pseudo-official, since it was run by Memo with Tommy's help. Now as far as Bendo, in order to get an explanation from him, you'll need one four-hour podcast where he speculates the reasons why, then a second four-hour podcast where cites all of his previous explanation as fact, completely forgetting that his previous podcast was pure speculation.
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But he did, once in 2005... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY4VfBNClNs And again in 2010...
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I thought it was so that he could claim his millions came from Robotech products when he gets sued Italian Judge: Mr. Agrama, there was over $10 million in your Swiss bank account, where's it coming from? Agrama: I make Robotech! We are so popular! We sell calendars and wristbands and CDs! Millions buy it! Italian Judge: You've made over $10 million on selling $9.99 calendars while being able to afford a staff? Agrama: Yes! Robotech is popular! We have some crazy guy in Ohio making a four-hour podcast every week! Seriously... who the F#CK would put money into Robotech WRISTBANDS?!?
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That's almost forgivable, since every reference can't be policed and likely no permission was sought in the first place(like when Letterman was using Robotech music). But when someone says "Hi, HG, I'd like to put some official artwork of yours on the cover of my book," you'd think at least they'd say "Why sure... when is it coming out?" What's also weird is you'd think Frank Catalano would say "Hey, HG, remember that book I was writing that I used your artwork on? Well, it's coming out in case you want to mention it on one of your websites/newsfeeds" If they were in the middle of releasing their 10th DVD movie, 8th comic series and prepping the LAM, you could see why something like this would fly under the radar. But when the big story is another RPG book and remodeled toy, you'd think this would be something they would want promote, if nothing other than to promote the brand name.
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That's me btw Unless the reason is that this book totally bashes the current HG admins, I'm honestly perplexed why there is absolutely not one mention on Robotech.com, the Robotech twitter feed, the Robotech Facebook page or even HG's "Unofficial" Robotech blog. I know fans have said "Why don't we ever hear of new stuff coming out from you guys??!1" to no end, and most of the time, it's due to to things like negotiations which HG can't talk about publicly.... but this is a NEW product. Something that's not a reprint or a re-hash. Then again, this WAS published by a CreateSpace, Amazon's self-publishing unit, so it's entirely possible that this was a rogue publication that HG didn't know about. But with Tommy's artwork, a copyright symbol next to the "Robotech" name, and the fact that Frank Catalano has over 25 years of experience in television, it's doubtful.
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It all goes back to the "I'd love to..." and "it'd be great if we could..." type statements. They mean nothing, and just get people whirring speculations on small forums that, in the big picture, don't really make a dent. Remember that guy who directed The Losers, and how he said he looked at the script for the live action movie? Nothing came of it. I remember once Aint it Cool used to post crap like this years ago. Once, they posted images of an "Aliens" themed cartoon some well-known artist did mockup for, along with comments like "Isn't this neat? Wouldn't you guys want to see this?" It wasn't until commenters started saying stuff like "Use this site to report real news, not pitch unsolicited projects" Besides, you think the "creative" team at HG wants to have over control to Mike Jelenic? They're probably jealous as hell that he actually pulled something off that's successful and fans love.
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That's the biggest difference between fan fiction and professional work. Fan fiction tends to fill in the littlest gaps of existing characters, rides on story arcs that not one person who hasn't followed the entire series would understand, and generally alienates ay outside audience. That's where Shadow Chronicles failed story-wise. It was basically episode 86 1/2. In other series that span over generations, including Star Trek and Macross, you'll get your subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) reference here and there, but overall they're relying on a new story, new characters, new settings, etc. Robotech 3000, as bad as the two and a half minutes we saw of it, could have brought in a lot more fans (ie, paying customers) simply because it didn't alienate new viewers.