CoryHolmes

It would also depend on the area of engagement, (space, atomsphere, at or above sea-level), because the Alpha/Legioss is a nimble little beast, able to acellerate and decelerate very quickly, not to mention quite manouverable. The VF-1 is able to achieve a higher top speed, but only when significantly over the sea level. Plus, being in an atmosphere would negate the use of the Super packs, so that would drop the VF-1 down to 12 missles, plus gunpod and head laser.

Whoops, my bad. *headslap* Apparently basic math is still beyond me. But my original point stands in that that is far too many missles for a VF-1 in my opinion. One of the things I really like about Robotech is how you can see a (more or less) clear lineage in the mecha. The VF-1 started off as pretty successful, but not the greatest. The REF mecha are a great deal more advanced and more powerful. And the ASC mecha are more advanced and (more or less) more powerful still. Mecha in Macross seem to start off with amazing capabilities and then just get more and more absurd with each generation.

A DYRL-style VF-1 can carry in excess of 180 micro-missles. Five in each box-type missle rack, and two per wing/four per plane (120), plus another 30 in each Super pack for a grand total of 180.

Bah, not a problem. It's this whole concept of Person A says something, Person B responds, which causes Person A to reply that makes conversation so interesting And your repsonses have forced me to dig deep into my nerdish brain's recesses to come up with supporting facts for my arguments. What more could I want in a conversation?

Actually no. That seems perfectly reasonable behavior for a law enforcement officer, who likely doesn't want to get mired in lengthy explainations for what just happened to people who the matter either doesn't concern, or who can't really help. It might be curt, but it's a far cry from showing that they're isolated, arrogant, and ineffective. It really isn't their job to coddle every joe schmoe's curiosity, although I suppose it might occasionally be prudent to explain in a few words why someone's limb needed hacking off. 366011[/snapback] Most officers and government officials will try to get as many innocent people out of harms way as possible, or at least explain why. Law Enforcement has a system of accountability that requires their people to justify any actions they may take. From what I've seen in the movies, the Jedi are really only accountable to themselves.

How does Halo 2 look on the 360?

No arguing with your points here, but I like how the events of I-III can clearly be felt in IV-VI. And as for the midi-chlorians... *twitch twitch twitch* Whomever thought of that should be strung up and shot. While Palpatine was the direct cause of their downfall, the Jedi helped him along by growing so inflexible in their ways and views that they allowed him to take power. The Dark Lord of the Sith, the big bad of the universe... and how many times did Yoda and Windu and the rest stand before him? How many times did they converse and plan with the Chancellor and not know who he was? Palpatine was able to exploit the Jedi's conviction that they'd won. The Jedi had convinced themselves that the Sith were destroyed and could not see any other possiblity, even after Qui-Gon first faced Maul on Tatooine. Yes, Palpatine was the direct cause of their downfall, but they helped him along without even knowing it. Hmmmm, old representative system of government that had gotten unwieldy and needed to be reformed vs a dictatorship and police state that enslaves other races, builds super-weapons and destroys any planet (that's trillions of people) that defies it, headed by The Lord of the Sith (synonymous with "evil" before the post-modernists interpretations started). You're right, they're both the same. I didn't say that they were the same. I just asked how a bloated, ineffective system of hand-me-downs and money-grubbing backstabbers was better and more effective than "a dictatorship and police state that enslaves other races, builds super-weapons and destroys any planet (that's trillions of people) that defies it". Yes, the Empire was not a nice place to live. I stated that before with my assertation that it was mean, nasty, cruel, vicious, and rotten. But the Old Republic was as just an ineffective system to live under. The New Republic, with the ideals of the old and tempered with the experience of the Empire, is by far the best of the three systems of government. Ian McDermid really stole the show as Palpatine. He was everything a Sith Lord should be: persuasive, charasmatic, smart, and above all else, patient. Evil to the core, yes, but that's part of being a Sith Not this audience member Part of the fun in the PT is watching Palpatine manipulate everyone around him for his own gains. Unfortunatly, there tends to be a kernel of truth in all lies. "Impossible. The Sith have been wiped out for a millenium." This after a Dark Side user with a lightsaber nearly perforated one of the Order's greatest swordsmen? "Jedi business, go back to your drinks." This after barging into a bar, engaging in combat that had the potential of killing dozens of innocent people and no explaning as to why? "You will be expelled from the Jedi Order!" This because of caring for someone else? Yes, the villians were able to distort the truth and manipulate the public's perspectives for their own uses... but those truths and perspectives were already there. Palpatine was just able to fan those flames until the galaxy was demanding the head of every Jedi; that wouldn't have happend over night without a great deal of fermenting ahead of time. I'm still of the opinion that he just took advantage of the ineffectivness that was already there. All the pieces were in place for him to start the ball rolling. Playing both sides against the middle, he did. *headslap for impromptu Yoda impression* The people of the galaxy were just waiting for some proof that the old system just didn't work any more. Palpatine was able to give them that proof in the form of the Clone Wars, and through that he was able to offer them an alternative. Like I said, a masterful stroke. The Jedi were not only the Sith's hated enemies, but they were also the only real obstacle to Palpatine's march to power. That he was able to get rid of both the Jedi and the old form of government with the same tool says something about how smart he really was. I agree with almost everything you said about how the Sith were responsible for the Empire. But they just took advantage of the seeds that were already there.

That's the unfortunate opinion most have. I see Episode I as introducing all the backstory, the setting, and the characters that would be later expanded upon in the the following five films. Ep I established that the Jedi had been virtually unchallenged in over a millenium; that the Republic was old and rotten to such a degree that when an innocent world was invaded, the official reaction was, "Let's form a committee and discuss what should be considered as an appropriate response" instead of actually doing something; and it established that the Sith weren't nearly as pasted as the dogmatically Ivory Tower Jedi thought. Yes, Jake Lloyd will forever be remembered as being whiny and irritaiting, Jar Jar will always be mentioned in the same breath as a mouthful of spit, and Darth Maul will be remembered as "that cool two-blade guy". But when you look past the flash and glitz, you can see the groundwork for the whole SW universe being presented. For me, that's the best part about the PT. The Jedi were arrogant and dogmatic and inflexable in their unchanging ways, and it got them pasted. Their laws and policies may have had some practicality in the preceeding millennia, but were just so out of touch with the modern galaxy that they were an anachronistic blight that did more harm than good. The one thing the PT did the best for is making a case for the Empire's existance. Sure, the Empire was mean, nasty, cruel, vicious, and rotten; but was the Old Republic any better?

That doesn't stop the rest of us from wanting many, many pretty pictures to look and/or drool at

Did you go long leg or short leg on the final sculpt?

Your overconfidence will be your undoing. Take that

I didn't mind the music so much; it was reminiscent of the original music. As for the mecha sounds, I'll have to wait and see them for myself. However, I did find the cel animation somewhat slow and stiff.

No, no, no. Use the Death Star to take out the Rebels' CC7700 so you can retreat if you have to. THEN take out the MonCals

Oh, how I long for the original SDF-3 design we saw in The Sentinels, like the one Myk posted. There was nothing wrong with it AND it didn't look nearly as horrific as that boxy monstrosity. As well, I'm still not happy about the existance of the SDF-4. That's another ship that should burn in the deepest pits of hell.

That's something I enjoyed. The fact that you could make all the cool plans that you wanted, but in the end the other guy had to be where and when you wanted him to be, otherwise you were screwed.

One thing the movie got right was the majesty of the sandworms. The looked big and massive in the movie, while the miniseries... didn't. I like the way the mini-series used the lighting. Made for a very interesting style.

Hey. Rebellion wasn't *that* bad. Sure, it tried to take on more than it can chew, but that didn't make it a bad game.

I'm just the opposite. I saw the movie first and muchly prefer that over the books. Certainly, the books have more room and time to get into much deeper meanings and such, but I find the novel iteself spends far too much time on the most obscure of details and it's not one that I can really get into. I find the acting, particularly by Patrick Stewart, to be pretty damned good, especially when compared to the "recent" Sci-Fi miniseries. This is definitly a DVD set that I'll be picking up on release day.

I was talking more about the idea than the implimentation thereof. See, I always took the MGS idea as being one more of that Snake had all the raw material to be good, but Snake was Snake because of his own choices and his own experiences. Same thing with Liquid and Solidus. They all shared the raw material, but they became the people they did because of their own choices and own lives. And like I said, I really enjoy the idea of the Genome Army as being the made-in-Hong-Kong version of the Snakes. How they were all good mercenaries beforehand, but became only that much better after they went through the process; all of them posessing above-average IQ and visual acuity (again, this is about the idea, not the game version). But the rest of it? Nah, not for me. Waaaaay too sci-fi for my taste in an espionage thriller.

You all have to admit, the cover paintings of the RPG titles are pretty amazing.

I always found the clone/genetic engineering aspects of the MG series to be its high point. The walking mecha took a leap of faith on my part. But the arm possessing a body, an Illuminati-type group that's been alive for more than 200 years...? That just ruins it all for me. MGS2 had so many plot points that turned me off that I just can't stand the series any more. Especially now that I've discovered the joy that is Splinter Cell. That blows MGS right out of the water.

Oddly enough, I really like Long's artwork in the RPG. Very nifty. Plus it helps that I'm a huge fan of his Rifts artwork, especially the Glitter Boy.

I've always liked that the X-Men movies tried to take the costumes seriously and not wearing, as Cyclops said in the first movie, "blue spandex". Granted, there's not a lot that could've been done with Juggernaught's costume, but I like that it's more real-world than comicish.

Button-mashing only really works against the computer and only on certain difficulty levels. When you actually go up against a seasoned player who knows what to do and when to do it, that's when you'll really find out how bad mashing can be.

That's something I enjoyed about the TV show, they didn't rely on the main character flashing T & A every two seconds.