Vic Mancini

Where do her legs go?

I don't see anything on Macross Mecha Manual, so I'm going to assume the answer to this next question is "no"....but is there any official line art that shows how a Q-Rea pilot is situated in the cockpit? It doesn't look very spacious.

That's not what I said. I said it was little more than a standard/formulaic action/shoot em up....not "no different" from one. It was different... the "little more" being it's interesting premise.

That's not hyperbole. I was being quite serious. Also, that quote you pulled was not the only thing I said about the movie you know. I listed quite a few logical point about how ordinary I thought D-9 was without using what you are interpreting as hyperbole. Edit/add: hy⋅per⋅bo⋅le   /haɪˈpɜrbəli/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [hahy-pur-buh-lee] Show IPA Use hyperbole in a Sentence –noun Rhetoric. 1. obvious and intentional exaggeration. 2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

Really? Because I didn't like D-9 and I took some time to explain why on a discussion board? That's one of the strangest things anyone has ever said to me in the history of my internetting. Thanks Mog I appreciate that.

Well it lost my attention at the part I mentioned above in black. Don't get me wrong, I love the premise of the movie. 10 out of 10 for that. I've been following the D-9 movie since the first news of it was leaked...I was excited and anticipating this movie for a long time as a fan of Blonkamp and Jackson. I've been watching the youtube demo movies and all that stuff for the last year. I don't go to movies like G.I. Joe and Transformers. I stay away from almost all summer blockbusters, but I was very excited for D-9 based on what I knew of the premise and the brilliant website and marketing campaign they created. It really looked like it was going to be an innovative movie. I like how D-9 was But the actual story and sequence of events in the movie left a lot to be desired and didn't do justice to the premise at all IMO. It was a totally average action movie where they seemingly thew in random weapons and mecha suits for wow-factor. I could go on and on. I was expecting so much more than a standard action movie with a great premise. Just too much of a typical popcorn blockbuster feel for my personal tastes and I left the theater very disappointed. Anyway, I've rambled enough.

That's what it started out as, but the last 2/3rds were pretty much constant shooting and violence. That was "shoot em up" formula. This movie went south for me as soon as

Then I'm sure you'll love District 10 and 11. And I'm sure Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp certainly discussed, maybe even planned, sequels if the movie was well received, just like the Wachowski bros.

The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions say "hi".

Of course there will be a sequel. And much like how District 9 ended up being little more than a platform to wow audiences by blowing people up in super cool ways with super cool alien weapons, District 10 will be a platform to wow audiences with more of the same but on a larger scale. ie: Armies of power suits fighting other armies of power suits. (yawn) And audiences will eat it up and finance D-11.

Thumbs down. I was really looking forward to this movie, but it wasn't the film I thought it was going to be. The documentary style of it faded after the first act and it deteriorated into a fairly standard shoot em up summer blockbuster popcorn flick.

Yea, exactly. That scale image above is BS in my books. In SDFM Zentrans are clearly around equal size to Battroids, Max fits perfectly into an average Zentran's uniform and walks past other Zentran's of equal height in the halls, yet Regults and Q-Raus don't look much larger than VF-1s either, and in many scenes we see micronian's fitting easily in the palms of Zentran hands. The scaling of things has always fluctuated, even in Frontier. No point in trying to make sense of it. Personally I like to believe that the average Zent warrior is about the same height of a VF-1. I don't like the theory of them being significantly shorter. But that's just me.

A variable Super Sylph. lol. wtf?

Fair enough, but I don't think good character development is related to how mature something is. You can have great character development in a Harry Potter movie or a Pixar film. At the end of the day it's still less mature subject matter than say...(off the top of my head)...Children of Men. Even if the character development in CoM is not as deep.

Wow, that makes it even funnier.

First of all, "unlikable characters"? Ouch. Isamu Dyson is my hero. Secondly, I would say Plus and Zero are absolutely more mature than Frontier. You don't see anyone chasing runaway panties in Plus or proud Zentradi warriors being micronized into spazzy kawaii children flailing their arms in cartoonish temper tantrums because the object of their affection won't pay attention to them. Don't get me wrong, I've actually come to love Frontier quite a lot, but it's definitely aimed at a less mature audience than Plus and Zero are.

That is signature worthy. Soooo true. Yes. Those are my two favs. But I'd like to see a Macross even more "grown-up" than those. Something with a mature/complex GiTS type vibe. I want something for the adults fans. Great idea.

Wow, I almost fell for that. Vic Mancini's train of thought: "Ha...good one.... Nice joke.... This has to be a joke right?... On the other hand it's just stupid enough to be true.... It can't be true...can it?... I better go to the Anime-Lovers.com website to check this out.... Oh...(O_O)...yep...it's a joke."

Hell yeah. Edit: I'm in the "Just say no" camp to the more Hikaru/Misa/Minmay, sentiment...

You beat me to it. Choke on the other hand..... Not so much.

I just this moment realized a similarity... The Half-Life 2 Hunter has always reminded me of something. I could never put my finger on it.

That's not necessarily a good thing. Empire Strikes Back is widely regarded as the best SW film, and it's probably futhest in spirit from the original film than any of the bunch. It's amazing to me how every single thread that has anything to do with Mac7 eventually turns into this kind of a debate..even in the toy forum. I guess credit needs to be given where it's due...if Mac 7 has one thing going for it, it's it's own controversial nature. Everyone has a strong opinion about it one way or the other which is kind of cool.

I have zero interest in any Mac 7 designs. Not even the Emerald Force 19s or the Max, Milia, Gamlin 22s. But I respect those that appreciate the designs of Mac 7 and hope that Yamato makes some kick-ass valks for them.

Wait, what? I've never seen Pearl Harbor...does that actually happen?

Those are absolutely epic.