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Because they're not manly, see, and therefore not worthy of being in this most manly man of man shows about female pop idols literally ending multiple wars through song and dance.
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The various VF-1 redesigns haven't been nearly as drastic as this (or the RX-78), though. About the most that's happened to the VF-1 has been very slight proportion tweaks to emphasize one mode of the three or strike a balance. The angles of the arm, for instance, haven't been smoothed into curves, nor the elbows had kibble thrown on to add flair to the design. The shoulder armor looks uniform across all renditions. All in all, the VF-1 has had very little done to its design (owing largely, I'd imagine, to the transformation gimmick and the need to satisfy three separate looks). That said, I get your meaning. I just want my sexy GP01 back. (The resin kit does itself make a fair share of concessions to the design, but I cited it because it emphasized what I meant about curves and whatnot.) Not digging the newer Barbatos designs much. I was enamored with it from the get-go, and while I was fine with the initial tweaks before it received its "de facto" design, the newer, more drastic revisions will take some getting used to. Not much to say about the rest of the IBO reveals - they're fine - but when's my 1/100 Hyakuri/ren? (Also I'm warming up a lot to that Efreet. Was apathetic before, but starting to feel the burn.)
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And was anyone especially shocked? Did anyone take particular umbrage to it? At the very least, I didn't. It felt like a natural turn of events that satisfied multiple needs both within the story and without. Harrison Ford has wanted to move on from Star Wars from the get-go; Disney want to simplify things logistically, and not having to worry about him injuring himself on-set certainly helps; the story wants to move on from the older generation and onto the new; and so on. So having the character go out the way he did frees Ford and Han Solo from Star Wars, Disney, and the fans on good terms. Now imagine if, when confronting Kylo Ren, he had shot first. Whether he lives or dies in that scenario, it would have certainly made for a conversation. -
I've never been able to get behind the latter Seed designs. In fact, I can't tell the Freedom and Strike Freedom apart unless there's something explicitly naming them. The Strike and maybe the Zaku redesign are probably the only ones I have any measure of appreciation for. (Stargazer, though... Woosh. That thing is too gorgeous.) My problem with the HGUC GP01 is that it looks too... blocky? It and the RG have a heavy Katoki look to them, which by itself isn't a bad thing, but the 1991 kit has a few more of the sexy curves of the animation and line art. You don't really realize how much the GP01 has changed (I'd wager even more so than the original RX-78) until you see stuff like this: http://www.e2046.com/product/RX-78GP01/10593/
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A stray thought reading through this: I'm disappointed they didn't dare to shake things up. Nothing of controversy was attempted (which admittedly is Disney's bread and butter), and given the prequels going bonkers in that regard, discretion was certainly warranted. But still, I would have liked to see them mess with the whole Light Side/Dark Side dichotomy, which I've always found to be simplistic and boring. George Lucas lamented VII's refusal to do anything unsafe. In that regard, I can safely say I agree with him. That said, casting female AND racial minorities in the two/three lead roles was plenty controversial, in its own way. So good on them for that.
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So I know Macross is famous for Itano circuses, but I've increasingly come to suspect that the directors/animators are all actually very specific about ammo count. Has anyone ever freeze-framed an Itano circus to see how many missiles are launches compared to how many the Valk can hold? And, for that matter, whether the animators track that ammo count throughout a single sortie?
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Wait for their Limited Weathering Edition release where they'll have more tampo and zero weathering and charge 50,000 yen for it.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
kajnrig replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Oh. Well, don't worry. With two competing groups, these shipping wars promise to be even more exciting than last round. -
If Into Darkness is anything to go by, you might have to start looking elsewhere...
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I could've sworn the movie said something about the beams traveling through hyperspace or even beyond hyperspace, as an explanation of why it can be seen across the galaxy(/universe?) at the same time.
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My question is whether The Force Unleashed is no longer canon now. It was a bit odd seeing Starkiller refer to a Neo-Death Star and not the Gary Stu that was that short-lived franchise's main character. (I'm so cool I hold my lightsaber behind me! And I use TWO of them no less! I'm sooo cool!) Speaking of Sith naming, the whole "Darth Mean-Wordius" shtick was the absolute dumbest. Like I think the "Darth" title started becoming a thing through the extended universe, and then bled into the prequels, which was fine I guess, if a bit lame. Darth Vader didn't become menacing because his name was menacing. His name became menacing because HE was menacing. Making others adopt his name only serves to strip them of their unique identity as well as dilute his legacy. But it's fine, it's nothing big. But then you get stuff like "Darth Maul," "Darth Plagus," "Darth Sidious," like you mention above, and you've gotta shake your head at Lucas (not for the first time, mind) because could he make them any more generic? They may as well do a little song and dance whenever they appear and say, "Hey guys we're EEEEVIL!!!" (And to be fair, they did do pretty much that.) At least Kylo Ren is just Kylo Ren. But I swear to god, if he ha a new Darth name next movie... well, I don't plan on seeing it anyway, but this way I'll feel even further justified.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
kajnrig replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Wasn't there a shipping war just a few pages back? Freyrage4life -
Supposedly it all has to do with what type of crystal is used to power the lightsaber. So a blue lightsaber remains blue regardless of who's using it. But then they start talking about how orange lightsabers mean you're a calm fighter, green means you're wise, etc., and red means you're the evil. So does that mean that if a Jedi picks up a Sith lightsaber, they become instantly a Sith themselves? And if so, why not just send a shipment of red lightsabers to the academy for the little bastards in training and you can convert people en masse instead of training one lousy student at a time who's more likely to try and kill you in thanks than not? Grumble grumble grumble...
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I remember reading somewhere that Gerwalk was nothing more than a fortunate and useful byproduct/stage of the transformation from fighter to battroid. Am I just completely talking out of my butt? Maybe it was something from Robotech... Which fleets are these?
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You, sir, are a visionary. Oh, and guitar-wielding mecha?
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I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works out as well. Best of luck. I've been thinking about getting a Bandai Messiah myself, and posing it in battroid/Gerwalk modes alongside the superior Hasegawa fighter kit. (I suppose I could alternatively try modding the Hasegawa kit into the other modes...)
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One of the stupidest things to ever come out of Star Wars is the association of lightsaber color with the Force. When only the three films existed, the contrast of lightsabers made for nice symbolism. Then for whatever reason they decided that the Sith ONLY had red lightsabers and went on to try and rationalize that in-universe through crystals and colors being reflective of the character of the Jedi and other arbitrary nonsense. That's generalizing to the point of rendering your argument invalid. It's not that today's audiences have shorter attention spans and/or require faster action to be stimulated; it's that studios THINK today's audiences have shorter attention spans and/or require faster action to be stimulated. I showed A New Hope to my niece and nephews (10, 8, and 7) and they loved it, especially my niece, which came as a nice surprise. Then we watched The Princess Bride and they watched that all the way through, too.
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Huh. I thought he wasn't attached to the movie, but a quick google proved me wrong. Well, that's a double shame.
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Oh, Platinum Games. You and your Space Harrier fetish.
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Oh, I forgot about that. I suppose that's something. I quite liked Kylo Ren, actually. It was a little bit of a bait and switch. "Hey, look at this frakking badass PSYCHE HE'S ACTUALLY A crap KID because what else were you expecting from A crap KID!" Rey and Finn are likable enough characters the same way the original trilogy cast were likable enough characters the first time I saw those movies, too. I'm gonna need a few more years before they'll start growing on me, though. The Luke reveal was underwhelming and yet dragged on for far too long, I think. That's another common criticism I had with the movie: there are so many over-protracted scenes (especially of constipated Force concentration). If they had just cut the ending off two minutes earlier, when Rey gets into the Falcon, that would have made for a perfectly fine ending point. Can I not like something and criticize it at the same time? Like I said in my original response to this thread, the movie's perfectly serviceable. I believe my exact words were "It's miles above the prequels, but miles above the Mariana Trench is still just sea level." Revenge of the Sith has a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. It must be a good movie, then. Seems you're taking this a bit more personally than others are. One other thing that struck me: The music is better in the prequels. And not just more memorable, but legitimately better. Different from the original trilogy, but incredibly good nonetheless, and one of the few high points of the prequels.
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I wouldn't say enjoyable, but I definitely agree that they're at least more memorable. Everyone immediately latched onto Darth Maul, for instance. And the battle from Episode 3 certainly sticks out, even if none of the specifics do and it only sticks out for all the wrong reasons anyway. TFA has... the TIE-against-the-sunrise shot? Other than that, most of the movie is a haze, and I honestly can't even tell you when in the movie that shot takes place and why.
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YEEEESSSSS!!!
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru GQuuuuuuX
kajnrig replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I'm glad she decided to compromise in the belly area. That would have looked quite awkward. -
Project number 86 version 5 revision b - Defender XV
kajnrig replied to NZEOD's topic in The Workshop!
For what it's worth, those Builders Parts (ie the first three) are designed for Bandai's 1/144 Gundam kits (they stand about 12.5 cm tall), and that last one, part of the Modeling Support Goods kits, is a handheld gatling gun for Kotobukiya's 1/100 Frame Arms (which measure 14-18 cm tall). From a quick google-fu, the Destroid model should measure around 15-16 cm. More pics of the tripod gatling gun: http://dalong.net/review/bf/bc23/bc23_p.htm