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God how did I miss that!

What the...no Curtis?!

1:1 Minmay

Thanks. I used a very light handed 0.3 mechanical pencil with HB lead.

Where do you get one of those? I tried a Michael's a while back and couldn't find it.

Well, according to this he is...

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Now that is funny!!!!

Cheer up, friends!  It's been confirmed that Peter Cullen is indeed the the voice of Optimus Prime.

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hate how they rearrange their schedule. I set my DVR player to tape Eureka 7 at 1:30 am because that was the schedule said, but I ended up taping an episode of Cowboy Bebop. Do these guys even care about their viewers?

You know, I wonder. Was this the same studio that did FF:TSW and Flight of Osiris? As I recall that was an American studio based in Hawaii.

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It was the same studio but they are in Japan and not American based at all. They do all the Final Fantasy video game cut scenes.

I voted for all too because, well, its our only choice!

For all the complaints about wolvy hogging the movie, realise that he is one of the main characters in the x-men everyone likes.

In the cartoon when it was believed morph died I sympathised poo loads more for wolverines courage (wanting to go back for his friends) than cyclop's duty to follow orders and complete a mission. The impression I get is that cyclops is the goody-goody teacher's pet who everyone hated at school when he would dob their classmates in, while wolveringe is grounded in reality and will face any fight despite danger to himself. Cyclops methods of course being the more practical, but still being less likable traits in a "hero".

The one weakness of wolverine is he hates teamwork and like all the "cool" super heroes/heroes like batman and spiderman, he is a loner. All comic geeks love the loner characters more than the boy scout types. Even if cyclops is cool I can say he is less marketable to comic fans who go for the "clint eastwood" tough guy as thier model. What makes the loner "cool" is that they are survivors who think independantly of the group and can sometimes come in handy when the leader of the group is a hypocrite. (ie even in the cartoon wolverine was proven right when xavier tried a soft apraoch at trying to tame sabretooth, knowing absolutely nothing of SB past actions and being wrapped up in so much idealism he ignored the safety to the others for his dreams)

Xavier is a dreamer living in a fantasy, whereas Wolverine is the common sense one when it comes to sniffing other people's bullshit (when the vilains take advantage of Xaviers softness) or using gut instinct. When they others accuse wolverine of being too agressive they automatically dismiss it as him just liking violence and overlook that he is the more perceptive of the group.

I can agree that I don't think wolverine should be leader, but he should be the focus because that is who most people see in a hero. (there is more to it than super powers, but things like giving up ideals to protect and help a friend, seeing through other's deceptiveness and calling them on it, not mindlessly agreeing with orders given above just for brownie points, choosing to fight one on one instead of needing help from others - this is a thing all boys go through to prove themselves at some stage in thier life -, and niping a problem in the bud before it has a chance to gets worse and the villain can get away on an easy punishment while laughing that the leader is a softy and won't really do anything to stop them the next time, etc)

Those were the qualities that I liked about wolverine in the cartoon. Unlike the other members on the team, (who are just going through the motions and taking orders) it was always wolverine do the "common sense thing" and going after the bad guys the old fashioned way by hunting them down and beating the poo out of them. (if he can) Xavier's main weakness is that just because he is the founder of the school and he is nice, that niceness can sometimes be taken advantage of and endanger people and it was shown he was not "always right" and his judgement was often off because he was blinded by ideals and poo.

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I'm going to have to politely rebut your argument a little bit. The Wolverine I know in the comics was an out of control team member who butted heads with authority. I remember in X-men issue #1 when he went into a berserker rage, forcing Cyclops into shooting him with his optic blasts. Wolverine is a violent, dark, almost animal like character from what I remember, and not charimatic to his fellow team members. Sure he's a loner, but only because he was cold and kind of a dick to his fellow team members.

I'm sure fans realize after X3 that the Wolverine in the movie is very different from the Wolverine in the comics, and they will come to realize that the movies aren't the real X-men. Sure the next movie will be a blockbuster, but I fear the franchise is moving towards how the first Batman franchise ended (really bad movies that didn't resemble the comics at all).

BTW I really like Wolverine, he is one of my favorite characters in the comics. He totally kicks ass in a fight. But the movie version guy became kind of a wuss. He was like, "I love you Jean" and stuff at the end, it was kind of uncomfortable to watch. I kept thinking 'for goodness sake get over her already.'

Once thing that bugged me was Pyro’s powers... on X2 he CLEARLY states to Magneto that he cannot generate, but only control fire... that's why he carries that Zippo lighter of his. Now on X3 he generates fire at will from his hands at will... WTF?

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I think he had a mini flame thrower/lighter attachment on his gloves.

This movie sucked! *Spoilers*

Anyway I saw this movie yesterday and from the opening Danger Room sequence and just knew this movie was bad. Everything in that scene looked awkward and kind of fake. For the rest of the movie there were too many story lines going on at the same time which failed to capture my attention.

The Angel storyline was especially useless and made no sense. Here's a scene that is especially awkward. When Angel is about to get injected with the cure he bursts out of his bonds and spreads his wings shirtless and flexing his muscles. The scene was totally gay and looked ridiculous. I almost burst out laughing in the theatre.

I also thought beast kind of looked stupid, I kept thinking of a hairy smurf. This guy is a scientist and Secretary of mutant affairs, but he just looked like a blue furball and totally out of place!

My biggest gripe is how quickly they killed off Professor X and Cyclops. I had no idea they were going to do this. I guess I'm really mad because if this movie is about the X-Men, they should be more faithful to the comic. I heard that in the comics, the Phoenix killed herself because of her love for Scott Summers. That would have made a much better ending in my opinion. Cyclops was so under used in all the movies its ridiculous. Instead she kills off Scott in the beginning, but can't seem to put down Wolverine. It almost suggests she loves Wolverine more, which goes against how she rejected him in the first movie.

Since other people are rating this, I give it a 2 out of 5. Some action scenes were decent, but if you looking for a good story and character development don't watch this movie!

Wow that last one looks like it came right out of a movie!!!

Am I that clueless to ask...

What the F*$# just happened!?!?!? 

ARGHHH!!!!!!

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If someone could recap that would be great as I missed most of the episode.

The dub is available at boxtorrents.com.  From what I have heard, it isn't planned as a release in the US>  they did release the dub in ireland though.

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This is the sequel to the first GITS movie right? I rented this sucker from blockbuster 6 months ago. Hell, I think I saw it at Best Buy!

They spent nearly half of the last episode to pair people off, that was just a bit too cheesey when you see Buchanan making a move on Hayes out of the blue when they had no trace of chemistry throughout the season to start with.

Jack is too valuable to the Chinese... so they will make him train Chinese agents and have spin-offs shows in China, eh?

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I don't think Buchanan was making a move on Hayes (she's ugly anyway). I think they gained mutual respect for each other and became friends. Just b/c a guy asks a girl to breakfast it doesn't mean he wants to get some. Well not all the time...

Sorta. This season has been a bit of a stretch but still fun nonetheless.

SEASON FINALE TONIGHT!

President Logan finally recieves justice Jack Bauer style!

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Oddly enough, I hope Logan stays president at end of season and is around next season to cause further havoc. I know it's not likely, but it would be nice.

And by the way, this season need to continue into next season. Cliffhanger, anyone?

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The RETURN of Naked Mandy!

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Naked Mandy is so awesome!

Well I was encouraged and so tried again, and was successful.  Used a screwdriver at what actually seemed to be the "least likely to work" location and it popped apart pretty easily.  Now I just have to decide if I'm going to paint the feet metallic...

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Glad to hear you were successful. I won't try until the weekend so wish me luck!

I can\'t take it apart--even prying with a screwdriver only succeeded in gouging it.  If it was assembled properly, that could be an option.  But it\'s mis-assembled, very strongly.

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You have to wedge an exacto knife between the two parts of the outer shell of the gunpod and slowly work your away around the entire piece. When the gunpod is completely apart you will have EIGHT pieces in total. You als have to be extremely care full when prying open the barrel, as the gun tip shrouds around both barrel halves and is glued together. I took me almost two days to take one apart just because I was patient enough not to break the parts.

Do this slowly and carefully or you WILL break it.

I actually have recasted this gun in the past and looks awesome. Come to think of it, I think I will make the LV colored gunpod available.

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Thanks for the response. I'll give it a try

Hey guys! I was wondering if you can help me out. The gunpod on my 1/48 was put together wrong, the back part of the gunpod that retracts was put in upside down. I was thinking I might just try and pull the sucker apart but I can't figure out how its connected so I was afraid I was going to break it. Do you guys know a solution? Thanks for helping!

I don't think going back AGAIN to the past is going to give us anything new. They need to stick with the next generation universe. I would prefer a new TV series to this movie which will probably bomb. Think about it, no young people know who kirk, spock and bones are. But also, the whole crew on a starship genre is done, I can't think of anything else they could do in this setting that we havent seen before. (Except Battlestar Galactica, I love that show !)

This thing is on tonight on cartoon network. Set up your DVR players!

I just caught the first episode on cartoon network and immediately recognized kawamori's designs. The mecha action was really awesome! The comments on page one were right on when they compared E7 to FLCL, but what is cool is its FLCL with Mecha! Can't wait for the next episode.  Any online retailers in the US sell this toy?!?!?

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The transforming figures, mangas and the game are all coming to the US pretty soon so I'd just keep your eyes open at your comic shop.

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Thanks for answering my question. I'm actually glad the E7 toys aren't out in the US yet since Yamato has gouged me this year by releasing all their 1/48's out so close together.

I just caught the first episode on cartoon network and immediately recognized kawamori's designs. The mecha action was really awesome! The comments on page one were right on when they compared E7 to FLCL, but what is cool is its FLCL with Mecha! Can't wait for the next episode. Any online retailers in the US sell this toy?!?!?

Nerv your avatar is so wrong!