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Official Gundam Plamodel Thread
armentage replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
My chick says the beach Gundams are cute, but she's worried that is going to be a lot of work gettnig all that sand out of the axel grease and joints! -
I'm actually surprised they killed Crashdown like that. His character had had alot of screen time and lines. They just tossed out a huge amount of character devleopment. I wonder, was the actor was planning on leaving the show? Or maybe he was only there as long as Boomer was going to be there, and once that version of her was outed, they decided to write him out ASAP.
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Official Gundam Plamodel Thread
armentage replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
How does the Turn-A Kapool differ from the ZZ Kapool? Ah, my mistake - I thought these must be from ZZ given that they look an awful lot like a Kapool. I love that photo... Gundam's having a beach party! -
Official Gundam Plamodel Thread
armentage replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I'm so uspet to see that they are releaseing MG ZZ "Aqua" gundams, but that the Kapool didn't make the cut -
Official Gundam Plamodel Thread
armentage replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN72570 315905[/snapback] Thanks! One of my favorite mecha of lates... too bad it's only a 1/144 Is it "historical" Gundam unit? Or a special for Turn-A? I hope it comes with a 1/144 Sochie-chan! -
Official Gundam Plamodel Thread
armentage replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Can anyone point me to a Kapool kit? The big green ball-like mecha that Soichie uses in Turn-A Gundam? -
In regards to the VF-0 being "boring" because it really is just a VF-1 "upgraded" to look more real, I totally agree. Not that it's not impressive to look at, but it really is just a rehash of the same thing. The YF-11, 19, 23, and the SV-51 are fantastic because they are REALLY different birds with totally new transformations... I would have loved it if the VF-0 looked more like a Navy Phantom, an F-16, or maybe an F-18... maybe not an older fighter, but perhaps like one of the F-14's contemporaries. Lets face it, the VF-1 is obviously based on the F-14. Twin intakes on either side of the cockpit UNDER the wing surfaces; swing-wing design; twin tail fins and dual exhausts. F-4s, F-15s and the F-18 are similar, but somewhat different in the geometry of the intakes, the ratio of nose to body, etc etc. It really would have been interesting to see the VF-0 based on a different geometry. Something like the F-16, or the F-4 with it's funny tail section. Maybe the Harrier! VTOL Valkries that could take off vertically and transform without any forward velocity. All I'm saying is, things could have been a lot more interesting.
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What's the best MECH fight ever...?!
armentage replied to Holmes's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Let me add Gundam EVOLVE #4... Computer rendered Gundam flying around with the giant booster/gun-pod assault craft, absolutely destroying the opposition. I haven't seen the original, but my god did the rendered version look gorgeous. -
What's the best MECH fight ever...?!
armentage replied to Holmes's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I'm going with episode 5 of Macross-Zero, Hero-boy vs Nora and Roy vs Ivanov. Though, you might say half of that was aerial combat rather than mecha... Mac+ Isamu vs Guld fight at the end of Episode 2(3?) was pretty awesome too. The one where the gun-pod accidentally goes off. -
Gorgeous!!
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Turn-A itself was very cool design, but I also love the re-appearance of older mecha. The Zakus, mellon-balls, and all the other crazy mobile suits. The variety and disparate styles is really refreshing. Even the throw-back character designs are great. It's just all so different. Turn-A has soul... The Yoko Kanno sound track doesn't hurt either!
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Turn-A All the Way! I've never been a huge Gundam anime fan, but Turn-A isn't your average Gundam... the show is fantastic... gets boring at times, but it always draws my attention back with some huge twist. The Zacktreager just blew my mind last night! Seed... The CTOON network dub is so bad... the story is so moronic (up to ep 14)...
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I don't know if this helps, but there is a lo-fi version. 311815[/snapback] Lo-fi version was better, but you still get stuck with lots of link-dodging and horizonal scrolling. I'm google for INVISION POWER BOARD and see if there's any info out there.
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Yum, Sentinel... beautiful mecha. One description of Sentinel was that the Mobile Suits were more like Space-Shuttles than Mecha. Love it!
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Is there any mechanism that would let me read MW on my Palm? Something like RSS reader support? I tried reading MW using the Treo650 web browser, but it turned out pretty horrible. The UI was just unusable. Anyone have any suggestions or advice?
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Stargate: SG1 and Atlantis get new cast members
armentage replied to Effect's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I'm not very excited about the new general they have for SG1. He seems like he could be cool, like a cross between O'Neil & Gen. Hammond, but the way he just showed up out of the blue leaves me a little cold. I always liked Ben Browder on Farscape. He's a little flat, but has the sort of energy and attitude that the show needs. The last few seasons have been pretty stale & stupid, ever since R.D.Anderson got obviously sick of putting effort into his role. God I wish Teal'c would shave his head again. -
Not nearly mechanical enough!
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Battlestar Galactica Viper Mark II
armentage replied to valkyrie312's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
God I hate ERTL... Their Star Wars & Startrek kits were catatrophes, ever single one of them. Why do they get EVERY studio contract in the US? B5, Star Wars, Star Trek, Airwolf! Many more I'm missing... and their kits were always crap! Has the quality of their product at least kept pace with the rest of the industry? Or are they still putting out that thick, mishappen crap? -
I just think back to the original Superman movie, or even Batman Begins. In both of these very well-made movies, we get the origin AND a very engaging episode of the hero fighting a villian, because these movies jump through time. Spiderman does a little of this too (A year or so passes between Parker becoming Spiderman and his rivalry with the Goblin really starting up). Fantastic Four took place over a span of 2 weeks? Maybe 3? How much change can a character's life experience if you're only talking such a short part of it? I think the good flicks will always do the right things, and the bad ones will continue to suck. That's just how it is. I don't think fans like us will ever feel saturated, because the good-ness of a story always shines through, where-as special effects get old fast. I'm sure FF would have been an AMAZING movie if it came out 20 years ago (due to its special effects) but by today's standards...
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Battlestar Galactica Viper Mark II
armentage replied to valkyrie312's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Uhm, it has to do with the fact that 90% of the people are Sci-Fi fans in general, and most of the ones who model have been dying for this kit???? -
I give it a 4/10. Complete crap as far as a Hero movie goes. Go watch Incredibles again for a better use of your time. They put together a somewhat decent cast of reality-TV stars, and then trapped them all in Reed's lab for 60% of the movie. Everyone laughed when Johnny Storm told a joke, but the rest of the movie was Jennifer Alba pulling the same get-naked trick over and over, and Dr Doom doing senseless, stupid, and not very diabolical things. BTW - it was VERY skimpy on the effects. Mr Fantastic in particular was done REALLY badly. Elastigirl would own his ass for breakfast. Hell, the best part of the movie was the Thing's costume. The rest of the powers & fx were a joke. There was nothing more than you saw in the trailers (about 5 minutes of FX for the whole 2hr movie)
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Yah, this flick was FANTASTIC. I am pretty partial to #2 because I love Michel Pfiffier and Danny Devito, but I almost want to say that this was the best movie so far. Christian Bale was utterly perfect as Bruce Wayne. For the first time, I really felt like Bruce was nothing but a scum-bag rich boy when he was "in character" and that his Batman persona was a psychopath. Great fight scenes & effects. Great acting overall, by everyone. Katie Holmes was nothing but eye candy, and she was barely on screen for more than 10 minutes. This film was Bale all the way, with Michael Caine KICKING ASS supporting him as Alfred.
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War Of The Worlds Trailer is OUT! Summer 2005!
armentage replied to UN Spacy's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Thought the movie was crap. Started off very strong, but began to tank fairly early. What I hated most was that it was NOTHING more than a simple remake. Same exact story. There were no surprises at all. A few heroic scenes were added for Curise, but the overall plot was exactly what you expect (bacteria kills super-space aliens). HG Wells was a man ahead of his time, and back in 1890 that plot was an amazing concept. Today however, it's ridiculous and stupid. Spending $200 mil to re-tell a dumb story is unforgivable. Even if they had planned on keeping the same ending, they could have at least added more flavor. Seeing everything from Tom's POV got boring very quickly. "Oh I'm powerless, I'm so sad. Oh my kids, I love my kids, please don't kill my kids!" etc etc etc. BLAH. We get a few scenes of army trucks driving by, but that's it. The original movie had much more in the way excitement. This one was big on suspense - "Will the alien see me? Will the 5 monkey aliens notice the pesky humans hiding in the corners?" Was there any intellectual stimulation? NO. Was there anything for Sci-Fi fans to speculate over and analyze to death? NO. I give the movie a 4/10. Well shot, decent acting, but that's not what you make an alien-invasion movie for. -
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...1&st=&p=entry AGH! IMAGES ARE GONE!!!!! EDIT: AGH! They're back!