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That's because all of his women pretty much look the same. All of them look like Witchblade. Tomb Raider, Fathom, Wonder Woman... it's all interchangeable.

Just my opinion.

That's what I figured. An artist goes with a face he really digs and slaps it on everyone, even those characters it really doesn't fit. Bugs me especially if it ain't my kinda face... strong jawline and classical features. Mmm. That's a "Woman".

I think the issue that some folks have with Superman here isn't that he's too big or too bulky. It's that he's too cut. That super-toned look just makes him look too poserish-- Come on, he's Superman. He's an alien. He's been around since the 50's. He's naturally super-strong from the rays of our yellow sun. He's the conservative granddaddy of all super heroes. What does he care about sinewy tone and winning body building contests? Superheroes bent on fighting injustice are usually a little too occupied to be spending vast hours in front of gym mirrors sculpting little muscles that don't do much but look good. I guess I've just been too influenced by Alex Ross, John Byrne and older Superman books.

Now batman, I guess I could see doing that. Sort of. Bruce Wayne was always a little foofy.

-Al

Alex Ross must win, because he's the only person who does comics who has figured out what cloth looks like!!! It's sucha huge sticking point for me. That's not what spandex looks like!

Err, thought spandex was worn in films to simulate the look of the body hugging unnamed material in the comics, not the other way around, with the pages portraying spandex. But Alex Ross does pwn.

-Al

My take on it is that 'spiritua' is a word for the energy you feel when doing something you are particularly passionate about. It's not some quantifiable form of energy, nor some mystical power.

But don't we see "Spiritia" measured, quantified, transferred, and stored in the series itself? Those episodes do portray Spiritia as a sort of energy that does have quantity, whether it be mystical, life force, or what not.

There's quite a lot to explain away or ignore within M7 to hold the stance that Spiritia *isn't* a quantifiable energy, especially when many segments in M7 go out of their way to portray it as just that. I'm kind of wondering if I've been watching the wrong episodes, or just not getting it... since the concept of Spiritia as quantifiable energy seems to be made pretty prominant and pretty clear.

If Spiritia really isn't what the goodly chunks of the series portray it as-- quantifiable energy-- and it's not supposed to be considered such, even though it's shown time and time again as just that... then again, that points to possible Bad Storytelling. Or me being a clueless nit.

It's my belief that the boosters aren't amplifying that power, they really are just electronic warfare equipment, but they get Soundforce's songs to the target, and in doing so it's just a matter of whether or not the target is moved by Basara's,

Hrm, Keith seems to explain that the Sound Boosters amplify and channel Spiritia Energy, and that's exactly what the series itself says about them. Given Keith's dedication to, knowledge of, and passion for M7, I think I'm inclined to agree with him... which of course turns Spiritia into energy that is amplifiable, channelable, and quantifiable. Exactly as the series portrays... as opposed to some nebulous life-happy-energy-Force that's ever only felt, with no pseudo-scientific and measurable root cause.

-Al

Nyeh. Not particularly impressed with Turner's Wonder Woman there, actually. She's lost the strong jawline and her classical Amazonian beauty, in favor of the minxious starlet look. She looks like a Gen 13 character doing wonderwoman cosplay. Artistic interpretation, I guess.

And Superman still looks meeetro in that panel. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Thuperman.

-Al

Hrm. I'm a Jim Lee fan, mostly of his X-Men stuff... but neither really wow me here-- Lee's isn't bad, but a little "Eh.", and Turners' looks like one of the myriad of Jim Lee copycats, even though I do like how he draws musclature.

But his Superman looks positively... metro. What with them funky eyebrows. And not metro in the Metro-polis way.

-Al

FACT: Sound does not travel in space. So Sound Force should have used some kind of transmission rather than speakers. (Hey nobody's perfect)

Consider this. When your Significant Other says, "I love you". Are those literal spoken words what makes you feel all warm and tingly inside, or something else which can't be completely explained? To be honest, I don't know how people take "Sound Force" literally. This is sci-fi anime afterall.

Still doesn't change the fact that if your SO says "I love you" in a vacuum, you wouldn't hear or feel much of anything.

-Al

Pretty much everyone who has created a military force that was intended to be seen as evil since WWII has been a style knock off of the Nazis. I mean lets face it, Hittler marketed his forces well. People saw them as the scariest army ever to walk the earth.

The North Koreans *intentionally* created their army to be seen as forces for evil? Was that some sort of prerequisite to applying for membership in the Axis of Evil?

-Al

Genes for a Hollywood star face: $5M

Genes for a pair of porn star boobs: $2M

Having your dream woman: priceless.

Err. Porn star boobs only run a few thousand... at least that's what porn stars pay for them, anyway.

-Al

what's the point of this anyway...for lesbians who don't want sperm donors?

My guess would be lesbians who want their "own" kid. Not half their own and half some male jerkoff's.

-Al

All things end.  Think about it, nobody is makin EXO Squad stuff anymore, no one is makin MASK stuff anyomre, nobody is makin Ducktails stuff anymore... See what I mean?

It's DuckTALES. Get it straight.

o/` Ducktales, awwooowoo! o/`

Is it only me or would Goslin's husky voice be kind of sexy if it sounded a little older, and less like a duck?

-Al

Thats not nice.  He just got to this thread.

So true, in fact the CEO of the company I work for fits that description.

Well, I had been scanning the thread a little bit, but I do appreciate the backup from your doorknob adoring buffness.

Lotsa folks in high places fit that description. It's a tossup whether their position is cause for their greedy spinelessness, or if they're there because of it. It's all smiles and sucking up to folks they can't get away being an asshat to, and asshatery doled out to everyone else.

and to think it only took 6 pages to come to that conclusion...Even 6 year olds have better observation skills

What's with the pot shot and angst, buddy, if that's what it was? Especially since it was a response to you seemingly implying that it had to be one or the other. And especially since... well, you asked.

-Al

Read through the postings here...Agent One and others seem to think kids are all becomeing inactive pushover "pussies", JsArclight and others seem to think kids are far more rude, greedy, arrogant, and vulger then ever before...So...which of these two greatly oversimplified (and next to useless) generalisations is it?

The two aren't mutually exclusive. You can be vulgar, greedy, and rude... and still be an inactive pushover who's not willing to stand or fight for much of anything, except for the right to be greedy, vulgar, and rude.

-Al

The devorce rate has been greatly exagerated...the per capita rate is around 48%...what that means is that for every group of eligable people 48% of them statisticly have been divorced...marrage requires two people, and when they get divorced both of these people are counted seperately...meaning the actual divorce rate is HALF of 48%...

You sure about this? Seems that 48% of eligible people being divorced would still mean a 48% divorce rate (or higher, given multiple marriages between divorcees).

Even if the number of divorced people is twice the number of actual divorces, that doesn't change the rate of failed marriages. Unless you're counting divorcees versus successful marriages, which wouldn't make much sense.

In case I'm being confusing...

Population of 20, all married or have been.

10 are divorcees. 10 are still in their first marriage.

That's at least 10 marriages that have occurred, 5 failed, and 5 successful.

If we consider multiple marriages amongst the 10 divorcees, the number of failed marriages actually goes up. Counting the divorcees separately against the entire population (also counted separately) doesn't change the divorce rate, less I'm missing something.

*scratches head*

-Al

EDIT: for spelling.

Looks mightily fake. The guy flailing and flipping looks too much like a rag doll, and the way he slides along the ground doesn't feel particularly real. I'd imagine a real body to do more rolling and tumbling. Not that I'm an expert in these sortsa things. Nice edit though.

-Al

its OK to never conform… its OK to rebel against authority…

Though I agree with lots of what you'd said, since when was non-conformity and rebellion "pussy"? =)

And even though I pine for a good cartoon featuring an appropriate amount of ass kickery for both me and my if-ever-offspring, I hardly think teaching kids the ability to compromise, and having them look to it as the first, second, third, and fourth options is going to damage their ability to turn it up a notch when ass kicking is in order. Reality and the first bully to steal their lunch money breaks their rose colored view of the world PDQ. And hey, look on the bright side... the bully's being sedated with the same sort of drivel everyone else is.

-Al

So it actually won over a super production such as the Animatrix and evena GUNDAM production

Now that´s what I call pedigree

Seems each of the Animatrix segments were judged separately... and the Animatrix bits really weren't that much to speak of, with the most worthy segments being the two Second Rennassance clips.

-Al

Personally, I would tend to agree with those that feel the battles in Macross 7 were often more cartoonish, repetative, and generally lackluster than those found in any other Macross series, OVA, or movie. I think anyone else would be hard pressed to disagree. There's far more recycled footage, and what footage there is is not as well animated as even many of the battles in SDF Macross.

However, I also believe this to be intentional. As the action is not only not a big part of the story for much of the series, it is downplayed considerably in face of the pacifist theme that dominates the story.

I think there's a difference between intentional, in that the creators didn't care to spend the time and effort in the battle scenes, because the focus was clearly elsewhere...

And intentional, as if lousy battle scenes would somehow *contribute* to the plot and focus, for fear that adequately done action sequences would somehow distract from the peace-y themes. Let's not confuse the two, now. Lackluster and subpar work rarely adds much of anything to a series, and poorly done segments, especially when the audience expects better (for whatever reason), often call attention to themselves, distracting in their own right.

-Al

Is it me, or does Vaan look just a tiny bit like a fruity... well, fruitier Luke Skywalker?

The Hume gal though, nice. Don't care who's clone she is of. There just aren't enough short-skirt-wearing short-hair-sporting dames to go around.

-Al

almost anything you burn or tatoo is gonna have repercussions 20 years down the line , people change and or you realize things you thought were "meaningful" 20 years ago just are not anymore

The only tattoo that is guaranteed timeless is the name of a branch of military service. That's the one thing you can wear when you're 70 and not feel like a absolute doofus, rocking in your chair and sucking on your prune juice.

-Al

You know, the irony is that particular episode is one of the best ones-- showing Millia's VF-1J (untainted) and a Monster II in action. Or am I remembering wrong?

-Al

We're talking about valkyries again, right?

H

Damn! Beat me to it! Uncanny.

-Al

Dating Tip #4: References to any part of the female genitalia is generally frowned upon. Unless they bring it up first, for whatever reason. Or unless you find yourself staring at it and it staring back at you, for whatever reason.

-Al

you know, thats my problem too.

i just want to meet a nice girl my age(28) but the only girls that are interested in me are all mad young. while most people would say that isn't a bad thing, i'm kind of tired of having the same conversations about school, shopping, other girls, and all the other stupid crap girls like to talk about.

Um. That doesn't change much with age. The conversation simply drifts to work, shopping, other women, and other stupid crap women like to talk about. And a woman who's a good conversationalist at 28 was more than likely a good conversationalist at 20.

i need me an intelligent woman with conversational abilities, maternal qualities, and uhhh, don't forget pussy! 

And what, that last part doesn't grow in until 28? =)

it also doesn't help that i look like i'm 18. 

Passing for 18 is one of the biggest things got going here. And when you roll around to 35, you'll still look 28. It's a good deal, bud. Good deal.

-Al

Dude, I was going to say almost exactly that as well. But I didn't want to turn this into a dating advice thread.

My girlfriend is 23. We just had our one year (dating) anniversary. She bought me a Max 1J 1/48. She's a keeper.

There is no way in hell that I would have had as good a relationship with her back when I was 23.

Yeah, but if we can get Zilla out there and hitched, he might just have to set some of those Low-Viz's free.

Yep. My early 20-ish relationships weren't pretty. The increased clue factor could have helped then.

-Al

I just turned 30 yrs old. I realize that I am too damn picky and I get the real looney ones. Not like I am looney with the toy habit I have. I just finished collecting GIJOE.

That is *not* old, buddy. Dudes are good until 35. Maybe even 40 if you're savvy enough.

And around 30 is where most of us are actually emotionally mature enough to handle a gal in her mid or early twenties proper. Just need to convince them of that. Rrrow.

Okay, I'mma shut up now.

-Al