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    VF-0B = two-seater, correct? Reconnaissance role? Or...?
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    This suddenly showed up on my feed:
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    Eh, I forget all the haters, I love me the F-35. That said, I agree the Super Hornet was probably the better choice. It's more distinctly Navy like the F-14 before it, whereas the F-35 "feels" more Air Force/Marines, especially the 35B with its VTOL ability being sort of the face of the platform.
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    So which of these two threads should we be following? EDIT: Whoops, nvm. Didn't see they'd already been merged.
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    I'd post this in the TLJ thread, but this one seems more timely:
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    I mean... that kind of IS the definition of a vocal minority... but I get what you mean: it's not an insignificant percentage of fans. That said, I do still think you're overestimating the actual size of the backlash to socially progressive politics in and around the Star Wars franchise because you're limiting the size of the fandom. I seriously doubt that this backlash is the main (or even a significant) contributor to Solo's less than stellar box office takes. Like I said, there are numerous fans on this very board who directly contradict your claims. (And as others have pointed out, there are other factors outside of "the pulse of the fandom" that may have contributed to this film's receipts.) I hate that they're trying to make the droids sympathetic. Well, except for R2 and BB-8, because they were always kind of the pet mascots of the show. Y'know, just like every good anime has to have one. The trend of "main character" droids being sassy really irritates me, though. K2S0 is easily the worst offender so far (unless Leet gets a similar personality, which it seems it does), and its "noble sacrifice" irritates me a lot because, as you say, droids are by and large just more tools. The reason C3P0 was given an ounce of personality was because that's literally part of its programming: instruct on etiquette, translate, etc. What purpose does K2S0's tendency to make snide remarks serve? That Jyn and what's-his-face act all emotionally wounded upon its sacrifice just rubbed me more the wrong way in a movie already rubbing me the wrong way. Blarhgh;laksjdf. Anyway. Isn't making the movie they would like for themselves what made Star Wars Star Wars? I mean I get your point, but all the same, at some point it just comes off as entitled. I think you unintentionally hit on the reason yourself, and Focslain is more explicit in his response: His past coming up as part of future adventures would have been cool to see. Not so much his past in a vacuum; we all know that however said past forms his character, by the time of Star Wars he reforms himself. So his individual story, or the interesting parts of it, are already told throughout the original trilogy. How he deals with his past given the new life he's made for himself, that's where the interesting story material lies. (That said, they kind of mucked that part up, too, once TFA came out...) The first trailer came out only a few months before the movie released, right? Definitely not enough time to drum up the interest you'd expect of a tentpole franchise like Star Wars.
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    Was that you? I'll be honest, after the first few comments throwing up a fuss about SJW this and SJW that I lost track of who was saying what. But either way, I'm sure you're right to a degree, that some people felt slighted enough (be it by TLJ or Kathleen Kennedy or whoever or whatever) that they made a conscious decision to never support this movie or franchise again, but it's definitely not in the "half of the fans" ballpark, especially when a considerable number of fans - even those who have felt "disrespected" by... whatever - not only did not "make a stand" against the movie but ended up enjoying it quite a lot.
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    So before this turns into even more of a crap-flinging contest, let's just rewind a bit here because the conversation's gotten hijacked by strong emotions and a poor ability to articulate them. The conversation was about why Solo isn't doing so well (relatively-speaking, that is; $100 million for any other movie would be a good first-weekend haul, no?), and @Negotiator chimed in that fully one-half of the fandom were so off-put by The Last Jedi (or perhaps more specifically the sociopolitical stances expressed by its creators) that they've decided to vote with their wallets. It's a half-baked argument easily contradicted by plenty of statements from this very thread - people who liked TLJ don't like/want to see this, people who hated TLJ love this, people who don't care to see this irrespective of their thoughts on TLJ... and so on and so forth. That's not to say that there WEREN'T people who were so put off by TLJ that they decided to vote with their wallets on this one, but to say that it's fully half the Star Wars audience is... well, silly, like I said before. I'm still of the opinion that Solo just wasn't of that much interest to general audiences. I wonder if it would have done better had it been divorced from Star Wars entirely. Make it its own sci-fi romp with elements that call back to its Star Wars inspiration, perhaps. The reviews I hear of it indicate that its ties to Star Wars were awkward and hindering, anyway. Word of mouth is that it's a good time, though; I'd be interested to see what its second-weekend numbers are, when I'll be going. If it has legs, then its poor first-weekend receipts don't matter as much.
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    Wow, data caps are a bleeping shitshow. I feel for you guys.
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    There's a thread here devoted to it, but I don't think anyone's too interested in it. Me, I caught the first two(?) episodes or so, but I'm not in the mood for that particular brand of... not quite generic... but definitely more formulaic shounen post-apocalyptic mecha anime. I dropped it pretty quickly. I might pick it back up closer to the end of its run, if groups are still subbing it. Anyway, I'm just catching up on episode 6 of FMP, and one thing I forgot to mention is that I love the branding on the arena mecha. The logos made me grin from ear to ear.
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    The V2 hasn't come out yet. June 30 release date.
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    The Atelier Sai version is 1/60 scale whereas the MB is roughly 1/48. That's probably the most significant difference between the two. Well, that and the overall design being based on the manga/TSR and IV, respectively.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Pitch = movement along the x-axis (like rotating camera up/down in an FPS) Yaw = moving the nose of the plane side to side along its y-axis (like rotating camera side/side in an FPS) Roll = moving the wings of the plane up/down along its z-axis (doesn't happen often in an FPS, but like if the screen itself rotates) Camber = level of asymmetry between top and bottom sides of a wing I don't think the SV-51 is capable of changing the camber of its wings. If you're talking about them being segmented so they can "flap," that's just them being segmented and being able to flap... I think. If you mean that the wings can rotate so that more (or less) of the underside is exposed to oncoming air, then I don't think that has anything to do with camber. I mean, I suppose it does, kind of, because you can argue that the "top" of the wing refers more to the forward surface of the wing now, but the actual shape doesn't change. The wing's pitch is just changed relative to the rest of the plane. ...if I'm understanding dizman correctly.
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    You know what I'd like to see? A lightsaber deflecting (or being unable to deflect) a TIE Fighter blast. Could Force Lightning blow up a blaster's internal... energy... source... thing? Why doesn't a Jedi ever just use the Force to turn on their opponent's lightsaber while it's still on their belt? Meanwhile, you have a vibranium shield deflecting repulsor beams, sentient capes fighting weaponized alternate dimensions, a glove dropping a moon on someone... That's not a great way to illustrate my point, but said point is just that Marvel has an eclectic universe from which all these different movies can be made. Star Wars doesn't really have that. Or it does, but not while it remains tethered to the same story it's been telling for the past 40 years: the epic struggle between the Rebels and the Empire. KotOR would have been a great candidate for a Star Wars movie. But as it is, Star Wars right now is one type of story set in one type of world, and that doesn't translate well into multiple movies in rapid succession. "The fandom decided to make a stand." Getting a bit dramatic there, no? What I don't get is why you've decided to reduce it down to a stupidly oversimplified "Us vs. them" shtick. "They" liked TLJ so they went to see Solo. "We" didn't like TLJ so we "made a stand." C'mon. That's silly. You're being silly. I loved TLJ, and I had/have no desire to see Solo. Two others on this very page have said that they don't have that much interest in a solo Solo film. I get that The Last Jedi hurt your feelings, maybe even broke your heart a little, and despite my teasing I mean that legitimately, but c'mon. That's silly. You're being silly. "I would like a hamburger." "But sir, this is a hardware store--" "The customer is always right. Listen to them and treat them with respect, and above all, give them what they want."
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    Bah, maybe it IS just me, then. I guess, boiling it down, I have this sense that a lot of people share these sentiments, me included: I didn't say Star Wars is a stagnant franchise. I said that Solo started out stagnant and although they did an apparently admirable job in the making of it, it still ended stagnant. The only real mistake the franchise as a whole has made has been to make those side story movies. As for health... I dunno. Expanding the franchise as much as Disney have at the pace that they have does carry some dangers. I don't think Star Wars lends itself to the Marvel paradigm as well as... well, as Marvel does. Marvel has guns and swords and lasers and godly lightning and exotic shields and mystical energy all working with and against each other. Star Wars has blasters and lightsabers. I do, too, but not for the side films. Whoops, my bad. Still, the point stands. And did they really reshoot that much of it? Yikes.
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    IIRC, there were rumors that he was a bad actor, to the point that they had to bring in an acting coach to help him rehearse his scenes. I wouldn't know, I still haven't seen it yet so I can't judge, but from the trailers he looked to do a totally fine job.
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    Solo isn't stagnating due to poor branding/marketing on Disney's behalf. It started out stagnant; to say that something is stagnating now implies that it had any sort of upward momentum before, and Solo... didn't. Star Wars in general? I think the only poor branding/marketing Disney did with it is, well, announcing these "Star Wars Story" movies and choosing the ones they did. All of them have been and continue to be universally uncompelling. No one needed to know how the Bothans died. No one needed to know how Han met Chewie and Lando. No one needs to know anything about Boba Fett, and the last time they showed us something about him it only made him less cool. No one needs to know anything about Obi-Wan's life on Tatooine, if that indeed is where the new Obi-Wan movie is going. Or I dunno, maybe I'm reading too much of my own tastes into it. I certainly didn't care about those stories, but maybe audiences in general did.
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    Right, I'm not saying that no one LIKED that it was made, just that I never saw anyone WANT it to be made. Get my meaning? I feel like, setting the fans aside, the broader audience is kind of in the same boat - not many people wanted strongly for it to exist, but those who see it are happy that it does.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    No. No, they should not.
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    On the other hand... who really wanted, asked for, or indeed needed a Han Solo movie? I mean, by all indications, they've managed to turn it into something worth seeing and I will definitely see it, but still... my reaction now is the same as it was when the movie was announced: No one was clamoring for a Han Solo origin story.
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    Macross figures

    kajnrig replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I really should stop coming to this thread subforum board in general. Now I want me some of this. Any word on maker/scale/etc.? Also, Ranka and Sheryl are still seeing new products churn out while Delta seems to have nothing but crickets. Is there any word on any upcoming Delta figures? I'd love love LOVE for some Ichiban Kuji or SQ figures or whatever of Walkure + Mirage from the new movie.
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    Nah, that's not surprising in the least, and I'm glad they went this route. Whenever I think of the VF-1 and basically all VFs, I think of naked wings. With or without Supers and Strikes, but definitely always clean wings.
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    Oh, no, I was using the GM Cannon as a hypothetical.
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    "This new 1/100 GM Cannon II is literally just a bunch of ball joints connected to each other." "Hey, I'm just glad we're getting a GM Cannon II in 1/100 scale at all!" I jest, of course, but really there's nothing wrong with criticism. No one's taken it too far... yet... O_O
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