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    EDIT: I recommend turning on closed captions.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Oh boy. I've picked up both Hasegawa SV-262s, but I'm not sure if I'll bite on this one even if my heart says yes. There's just still too much about the design I don't like... Hopefully they'll release a 31A, limited edition or otherwise.
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    Probably just too different from what Thor's been before. They went from "classically" Norse in the first movie to the trademark "Marvel" Norse in the second movie to... Guardians of the Galaxy here.
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    Yeah, I coulda done without it. It didn't feel very Thor-ish, but then again, this is kind of another fish-out-of-water type story, so... eh.
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    Hm, you've got a point there. Touche.
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    To be fair, they didn't go anywhere with a lot of things. WA-HEEEEEY No but seriously, thinking on the movie some more and not going anywhere, why did they include the "Kuze's network" thing? Maybe I missed something. Inane conjecture here, so feel free to ignore:
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    Man, I miss the classic storytelling of the first Thor, easily my favorite of... any (wow) of the MCU films. That said, this looks dope.
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    http://variety.com/2017/film/box-office/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-1202027114/
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    Tangentially-related, but those remind me of this:
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    They borrowed some bits from Innocence, I remember, specifically two things: the geisha saying "Help me" and the doctor/scientist they spoke to in order to deep dive into said geisha having a similar personality to and eye cybernetics as Dr. Harlad or whatever her name was.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    They have all three modes of the VF-1, though, in case that entices you at all. And I think the total cost wouldn't be too far off from the Bandai VF-1, either.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Amen.
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    I like how there's already 15 reviews. Like, you don't know, they could have printed an entirely different video onto the disc...
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    I wonder what Christopher Nolan or Darren Aronofsky could have done with this property, if only for the fact that they've acknowledged anime influences in their works (notably Satoshi Kon's works). Apparently Spielberg was the one really pushing for this to get made, so maybe he could have done something with it as well.
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    I'd agree with that assessment. And it goes without saying that I think it was the wrong way to go in the first place, and an awful (okay, not awful, but certainly not memorable) execution of the plan in the second place. They played everything as safe as can be and got burned because of it. That strategy reflects all the trends in big-budget Hollywood movies nowadays, and clearly it was a losing strategy. They should have looked outside the conventions of Hollywood for ideas about what story to tell and how to do it. But speaking of overseas numbers, it looks like my prediction (the movie would break even) was wrong and the movie might not even make up its production cost: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/04/07/box-office-china-cant-save-scarlett-johanssons-ghost-in-the-shell/#4e4f29ab18c9
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    I agree that a 1:1 translation wouldn't work, but there's more than the '95 movie to draw from. My first exposure to GitS was the movie, but didn't consume any of it until the manga, and I was surprised when I went back to said movie a few days ago to find her character very different, and then again when I started SAC and she took another turn. But the crux of my argument is that all the Majors, different as they are from each other, exert themselves upon their world as much as the world exerts itself upon them, and whose sense(s) of identity is tied to the world around them, not a more passive character whose identity is tied to her humanity. Jin-Roh is weird. I know I like it, but I always forget why until I watch it again at least once every year. All the more reason to have her be a side character, no? Have OC Mira play the "straight character" that the story revolves around, and the Major can be part of the supporting cast.
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    Original video back up, too. Maybe a copyright violation for music? How It Should Have Ended ran into the same situation with their Frozen HISHE.
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    Saw it against my better judgment the other day (didn't pay a dime, though, because frakk these guys) after finally going through the '95 original. I also have the original manga, though I still have to get all the way through that. And in the time it took me to write all this off and on, I've now seen the first two episodes of SAC. This movie is about what I expected it to be. Completely middle of the road. That's about it. Anywhere between 4 and 6 out of 10 seems fair. It's something you won't remember in a month's time. 50 years from now, it'll be just a footnote in Hollywood's political history. Yikes, that ended up being way longer than I originally intended. Spoiler tags ahoy.
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    I remember the comics were waaaay better than the show writing (S3 and on anyway), and I always thought they would make for great episodes. Those character-specific ones especially made me laugh, like the "day in the life of Luna" one where she's characterized as a socially awkward eccentric, and the Pinkie Pie one with the great Watchmen reference. Them's Fighting Herds looks like a great little fighting game if and when it finally comes out. I know the original was called MLP: Fighting is Magic and was nearly done when the CnD came about. There was enough progress on that game that at least two builds were released (one featured the Mane 6, the other had a larger cast) anonymously post-CnD. When Mane 6 Studios (I think that's the name) moved onto Them's Fighting Herds, the creators of Skullgirls, Lab Zero Games, actually gave them their game engine to use. (It happened after either M6 or LZ had a successful Kickstarter campaign.) If you know anything about Skullgirls, you should be able to expect a really solid fighting game. I don't play many fighters myself, but I always try to buy them when I can because I really love the community that's grown up around the genre.
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    This place has a MLP thread? That's... unexpected. I'd have thought any fans here would have taken their fandom to EQD or something. Speaking of fandom, what's the state nowadays? I stopped paying close attention after season 3 or so (after season 2 if I'm honest with myself), and completely after season 4. About the only thing MLP I still indulge in is the FimFlamFilosophy abridged series. I hear it's up to season 7 now? And there's a new Twilight proxy? And some new princesses? I remember the good old days when there were only two and they were gods...
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    Shots fired, shots fired!
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    Okay, thanks everyone. Yeah, I tend to get a bit too invested in seam line removal for my own good. It gets especially rough with Bandai's articulated kits, where the articulation proves to be an additional source of worry. (What to glue/paint/mask and in what order to get good paint coverage while preserving articulation...) I don't recall there being too many seam line issues on the Bandai Delta kits, but it's good to get thoughts nonetheless.
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    Tangentially related question: Do you guys fret over seam lines much? I tend to get overly paranoid about them, gluing and trying to remove seam lines even where there might not be a need. The top and bottom halves of a Hasegawa VF nose cone, for instance. The seam is pretty obvious, but the fit is impeccable, and sometimes a really good fit is enough to get rid of a seam line, but I always glue/cement/putty it anyway before painting it. I don't know how good it looks painted but unglued. There are other areas where this is the case, usually wings and tail fins and the like, and I always wonder about this when I tackle them. With Bandai kits at least, you can be fairly sure that it'll be an "all or nothing" type deal, where the seam lines are noticeable and require putty/cement OR hidden by crafty parts separation.
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    The demo's free on PS4, though, so get it on there, get a feel for the game and if you like it, then buy it or not on PC. It'd be nice if they ported the demo over to PC, but no way are they going to spend more time than they have to, it seems.
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    The gold is dull on the Hs kit as well. Compare them to the Hasegawa decals and you can see the clear difference in quality.
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