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    The same could be said of the opposite reaction of "You don't like Macross!" when people say they DO like Delta's Sailor Moon dancing mecha bit. For my part, I contented myself with disregarding the notion that Macross ever existed primarily as anything other than a marketing ploy. SDFM's overarching theme that culture can overcome hatred and warfare was really well-told. M+ (the movie) was and continues to be the peak of the series in terms of story, theme, characters, action, everything. And from there it's been an exploration of pop culture and understanding Macross's place in shaping and being shaped by said culture. ...I'm most inclined to compare Kawamori to Hideo Kojima, and Macross to the Metal Gear series. Both are auteurs in their respective fields, and both franchises, in my opinion, epitomize what can be done with AAA production values. EDIT: I don't know about the first few, but the last one is Ikenai Borderline. (The first, I think, is "Love! Halation The War." Love-halation, as in the inhalation of love, perhaps?)
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    That's an interesting observation. It's not directly related to the subject of children in war, but there's definitely some intersection. I suppose it's just another sign that I'm not, as you say, the young male audience these shows target. There's a dearth of anime, shounen or otherwise, that deconstruct these types of anime the way Eva did back in the 90s. Maybe the industry is due for one? 1.) I'm not saying it's anime that's causing the epidemic of suicide, either, but I think perhaps the culture around anime (a microcosm of pop culture in general?) does play a role. Satoshi Kon, in an interview about his movie Paprika, talked about how anime is a very easy, exciting escape from the real world, even for adults: "But I think there is a danger, too. If you go into that world, it is very vivid and colorful and seductive, but there are big traps within that, particularly if you let your real world deteriorate as a result." Do I think it's solely anime's fault, or even anime's fault at all? No, not really. But I think there may be something of an unhealthy attraction to and/or overindulgence in anime and the products of anime. Maybe. I dunno. 2.) It's understandable for the kids and other orphans and so on to not acknowledge Mikazuki's problems, because they're all kids and/or they know Mikazuki personally and/or they're involved in things just as much as he is. But Kudelia seems to have an understanding of the psychological trauma involved with being a child soldier, yet she never brings it up. Most of that is due to bad characterization on the part of the writers, but all the same, it's still a glaring plot hole. 3.) I think it's just bad writing, honestly. The writers seem to vacillate wildly between smart, politically-driven and/or character-driven scenes whenever they're NOT dealing with Mikazuki and by-the-numbers, cliche humdrum nonsense when they ARE dealing with Mikazuki. Seriously, I think he's just the blandest bland kid to have ever blanded.
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    I didn't, actually. But I thought the VF-25 was still undergoing evaluations (as of Frontier, anyway), hence only PMCs using them. When did the A variant begin to roll out and phase out/supplement the main NUNS 171s?
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    Could it be they're using it as a placeholder until a final design is, well, finalized? By this point the 171 is... 20 years old? That's way older than the 11 was when it was phased out. Personally, I'd love for the VF-11 to make a comeback as this colony's mainstay fighter. Like they're so far on the edge of NUN territory that they're using tech twenty years behind the times, with some VF-17(1) valks sprinkled amongst the force, and even fewer VF-25s/27s/31s for specialists like the Walkure.
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    So I checked out Thunderbolt and it still befuddles me how Gundam UC can still get so much love. Outstanding production values wasted on dreadful dialogue and flat characters and consistently terrible action direction. But that's all I'll say about that, because what I'm more interested in is IBO. I'm only three episodes in so far, but I've come to an interesting impasse. To quote from another forum I frequent: Any opinions and/or insight?
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    As someone who was with the franchise from the beginning, I reached very different conclusions about it than you did, so maybe you just phrased that statement poorly. It's one thing to dislike the show; I disliked Frontier from the get-go, mecha designs and story and all, and only very slowly warmed up to it. But it's another thing - that is to say, fallacious - to claim to speak for an entire subsection of the community. EDIT: It'd be a break from the norm, for sure. Though I suppose they got close to it in Frontier. It'd have to be done smartly, of course, and not just for shock value.
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    That's what I assumed as well. Or maybe they're more fragile than they look and lose communication with the host VF-31 easily, and so the gun to re-establish communication? (I still think the battery idea is more apt, but still.) Those Cheyennes are so good. I've loved them from the moment they first appeared in Zero. Have there been any models/toys produced of them in the ten years since?
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    The 171 is how old now? Mayhaps it's getting to the age of the VF-11 circa 2040? (Oh, if only the 11 could make a comeback as this colony's cannon fodder...) It would be nice to see something else take its place. A mass-produced 19 variant (though I suppose it has too heroic a profile...), or maybe even a mass-produced version of the VF-25 would be neat.
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    Gotta get me a copy of that Ikenai Overdrive ASAP... I hate pop music, but damn if Macross doesn't constantly keep sucking me in...
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    So for those of us not in the know (namely me), was this the first episode, then? A MFrontier Deculture Edition Episode 1-type thing, maybe? Also, any other ways of getting to watch it besides VPN?
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    Can't third the Thunderbolt rec, sadly. Too much Gundam cliche-y badness. Morose characters who can't say or do anything that isn't the epitome of melodrama. GMs being decimated en masse because they decided it was a good idea that TWENTY-FOUR ROBOTS go-kart race through a narrow alley with KNOWN SNIPERS waiting at the other end. Gundam eliciting awed gasps of "Gandamu!?" despite having only achieved a number of improbable victories in a few months. (They treat it as if the past thirty years of Gundam have happened rather than just the first 3/4 of the original MSG.) But back to Delta, how can I get a shot at watching this and future episodes?
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    Since this one's just been released and rendered the Yamato offerings obsolete, what are people's opinions on getting a Yamato release for cheapo preassembled model kit purposes?
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    Oh, that's right. Well, don't I look like the fool now? That'll teach me to go forum-hunting after an all-nighter...
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    What's up with the leg plates? I don't remember the VF-0 wearing just those without the rest of the Ghost/Super add-ons.
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    Wow, thanks. That's really cool stuff. They're... Well, they're interesting. The Super Attack pack appears to be the same old Strike pack with a Destroid Tomahawk arm attached to it... The Cruiser is additional fuel tanks (and/or reaction missiles?) replacing the leg verniers and missile/gun backpack attachments... and the Super Maneuver looks like a bunch of smaller kibble all over with additional verniers. I feel so out of touch. Like every week or so I'm asking "What's <X>?" about something from years, decades ago. My fandom does not run deep enough, it seems.
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    @no3jim and @Lordindor - I suppose "detail-up" is something, but they've never gotten a full-body redesign the way the RX-78-2 has. Different shoulder armor altogether, not just a different pattern of panel lines. And saying that they're based on real-world aircraft so they don't have to/can't change is a bit of a misguided statement, no? Liberties were already taken in moving them away from traditional aircraft; there's no reason why they can't take some more liberties (or even return closer to their roots). But anyway. I just think it's a bit of an oddity, that's all. With the proportion issues the VF-1 design has that later VFs don't, it (and the YF-19, but that's something else entirely) could really benefit from a redesign. Compare the Hasegawa 1/72 kits. Great proportions on all of them, everything looks great, but similar parts on the same vehicle don't match from mode to mode. I just looked up the The First VF-1J, and yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Something like that applied across the entire mecha would be nice to see. Also, what's that about a three-mode Super/Strike pack? Not to mention the One-Year War version, the 1.5 and 2.0, the statue in Odaiba...
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    ^ Why's that? Just too many minor tweaks coming together to make the whole thing incompatible?
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Is that blue? If so, seems like a very dark blue to me. Must search out more pics... EDIT: Blue indeed. That diamond/arrowhead motif is neat. Certainly works better than triangles...
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    They might be taking a cue from Gundam's book. There it's all backpacks all the time. Fast packs just don't cut it anymore. EDIT: I want to like the design, but the paint scheme(s) and the lack of backstory are keeping me off. I'm the type that usually needs a good accompanying story to enjoy a mecha design. That or appealing paint schemes. And this one has neither so far. (Neither did the VF-27, for that matter.) I'm hoping to warm up to it the way I eventually warmed up to the 25. I'm really digging that black and orange one so far, though. VF-262, was it? Here's hoping to see some battroid pics of it soon.
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    To be fair, it pretty much IS the VF-1. You know, a "Ver. Ka" VF-1, if you will. It surprises me that Kawamori et al haven't gone about "officially" updating their 80s/90s designs the way Sunrise has... multiple times. The VF-0 kind of fills that role, as does the VF-25 to a lesser extent, but not the VF-1 itself.
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    You may be right. I suppose I'm just not used to "bigger" scales in general. 1/144 Gundam, Yukikaze, and scale aircraft kits were my norm until recently. The 0S is definitely bigger than, say, most MG 1/100 Gundam kits, though.
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    These are pretty sizeable, no? The 1/72 Hasegawa battroid is already nearly a foot tall. This must be monstrous.
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    CF-0A = ??
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    Thanks so much. Seems I can either trawl the animation screens or just say blah to it and leave it as is. I think I'll go with the latter.
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