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    Honestly, this was my first reaction, too. I purposely did NOT watch it until several years after its release, partly because I was an insufferable contrarian, partly because I was being hipster as crap, . "Pfft, Cowboy Bebop? Dragonball? I was into anime before it was cool. Watch some Tekkaman and get on my level, scrubs." When I finally did watch it, I too was left thinking, "That's it?" I was ready for this life-changing pièce de résistance, and instead it was... what, five episodes of fairly standard crime drama interspersed between 20 episodes of standalone ie completely unmemorable filler? Booooooo!!! It was and remains unique in the world of anime, though, and the music has definitely left an impression on me. A few rewatches later, I can better appreciate what I've had to read into it in order to make it enjoyable Um... I mean, its nuances. This is a bit tangential, but I've always loved the different techniques they used in the original trilogy to get the lightsaber effects. Some of them were old, tried and true methods even for the time, and others were painstaking frame by frame manipulation of the film by hand. There's a real... I dunno, a "texture" that results, similar to hand-drawn cels vs. digital, that I greatly prefer over the subsequent trilogies' depictions. Even the latest trilogy with their fancy shapes and warbling effects and actual lighting effects I find to take away some of the allure of lightsabers as the original trilogy made me imagine them to have.
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    Why would there be a Messer version? He dead. ...unless...
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    No sucker hands, no buy.
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    They also seem to show up more often and at lower prices on the secondhand market than other releases seem to do. So all might not be totally lost. Well, that's another night of madness over and done with. Gonna hurt in the morning. G'night, all.
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    Yeah, I'm honestly surprised Luna Park are STILL accepting orders; I'd have thought they'd close it down the moment preorders started. How are they guaranteeing stock? Especially when they take payment up front...
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    I can only hope that future preorders will be less painful once Macross is finally fully unshackled and stretch its wings to the international market...
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    CDJ: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-506746?s_ssid=e44ef46180e5a7798b
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    Got lucky with Amiami. How did y'all find the pages on HLJ and Amazon Japan?
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    A Metal Build, some Metal Robot Damashii:
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    Hobby Search: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10827577
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    I mean, I'm not saying I minded seeing Kelly Hu with very little left to the imagination again, but ya can't deny it... And like there was some bona fide goofy stuff in there. I know it wasn't even trying to be historically accurate, but you've got dudes practicing with modern-day kendo sticks! Goofy fun time. Polished off BR2049 tonight. The music is so good. Same with Batman Begins. You can never go wrong with Hans Zimmer. The music felt especially well-tailored to the style of BB, versus the sequels.
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    Amiami, as usual: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-133225
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    Amiami tends to put up the product page a while beforehand, IIRC. What about HLJ? Before their site redesign you had to look for the item using their advanced search as soon as preorders opened, but does the regular search function suffice now? I haven't risked preorder madness since the YF-19, so I'm a bit out of the loop. What other sites should we keep an eye on? HobbySearch, maybe?
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    So I've been on a tear recently through a bunch of classics in my HBO Max library. - The Mummy (90's Fraser film): Finally watched this after having seen Returns way back when. Rollicking good time. - The Mummy Returns: Just as fun as I remember it. - The Scorpion King: I forgot how incessantly horny this movie is. Decent enough, though I don't think it's withstood the test of time. - Blade: Still remarkably good. Still kind of chuckle at the weird edgy??? editing on that car chase. - Blade Runner (Final Cut): It's good, I see why it's a cult classic... but it's also really rough, I can see why it wasn't successful. 2049 is much better. - Jurassic Park: Good as always. - Batman Begins: Good as always. I'm debating between finishing up the JP and/or Dark Knight movies or starting the LotR Extended Edition movies. Oh, by the way, they finally got the Extended LotR movies on HBO Max.
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    Saw it, enjoyed it, interested in seeing what's next. I don't have the same connection to it that most of you do, so I don't have much more to say beyond that. Good movie, I'll probably make it a theater watch sometime this week.
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    Oh crap, Michael Jai White played Spawn? I just watched Black Dynamite for the first time the other day. Hilarious frakking movie! So many good moments to choose from:
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    Dagnamit, you had me thinking there was a model kit coming out!
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    They could actually stand to undercrank (ie speed up) some of the action, if that choreographed takedown at 1:40 is any indication. It's a reeeally minor nitpick, but that won't stop me from doing it. I tried having zero expectations, but honestly, ever since they announced the cast I've been holding onto the teeniest, tiiiniest bit of expectation. I actually hope they have as much good quality new music as possible. Reusing the anime stuff is all well and good because the anime stuff is great, but new original music would really help the show maintain its own identity. I'm already getting tired of them reusing Tank! for three trailers in a row. I had this issue with the anime at first, too. On subsequent watches I've come to appreciate that, in some respects, that's kind of the point. Which isn't to say there's necessarily no meaningful character progression - I think there is - but that any "progress" they make is hampered by their being shackled to/by their respective pasts. The exceptions are Ed and Ein, and it's telling that their departure from the crew isn't as fraught with emotional turmoil. I agree. Not a bad or a good thing, but still a worthwhile observation.
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    Please be good. ...was going to be all I wrote, and then I couldn't help but laugh at how weirdly trepidatious I'm feeling about this show.
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    Let's not forget there are the options by Sanity is Optional, et al, from the 3D-printed pods thread. They might not be a simple drag and drop solution either, but then again I don't imagine that being a major hindrance:
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    There's still been no confirmation of a preorder date?
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    I'm browsing Amiami and come across the two of these: GFFMC Zaku II Type C Origin, 20k JPY https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-054843-R GFFMC Char's Zaku II Origin 42k JPY https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-047037-R Are those prices actually reflective of their respective values? $200 for the regular one and over twice that for the Char? They're the exact same toys, aren't they? Seems like the Type C even comes with more. I wasn't gonna jump on either, I was just perplexed and curious. But otherwise, if you want one, well there's some options.
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    I'm more interested in Guillermo Del Toro's freaky new trailer, not gonna lie...
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