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Speaking of which.. yeah, we should be seeing Z-95s, Y-Wings, and Victory Star Destroyers, shouldn't we?

should being the oh-so operative word. Must not forget that word.

3) Ep III ends either 18 or 20 years before A New Hope, and the Jedi Order will indeed be pushing up the daisies by the end. But its hardly a retcon Old Man Kenobi told us about Vaders jedi killing (and Anakin "murdering") back in 1977. These events had to happen in Luke's lifetime, or else how could his father have been a Jedi in the first place? As for the the lack or reverence for the Jedi's weapons and religion, I think you cold argue that the Jedi, their beliefs and lightsabers were already "ancient" by the timeframe of the prequels. They're horribly out-of touch with the state of the galaxy, and when the clones turn on them they will indeed be no match for a couple hundred blasters. Or you could just take that dialog as a lack of respect for the Jedi from both Tarkin and Solo

There's something else to consider.

With the Emperor almost certainly making anything even remotely connected to the Jedi illegal and punishable by who knows what (probably stuck in a jail cell with Jar-Jar and Minmei *shudder*).

Added to the fact that the Jedi weren't really well liked for many, many years leading up to their deaths at the hands of His Vaderness, it's a sure thing that the people of the galaxy would be more than happy to forget everything ever involved with them.

Besides, Luke and Leia, and even Han to some extent, are the generation after that Purge, and we all know how well succeeding generations remember the stuff that happened before

Am I the only one who finds this rather disturbing?  Way more insane than the Lara Croft book of a few years ago.  Poor lonely otaku bastards developing this stuff.........

Thought I may be asked to hand in my male-gamer fanboy card, no, you're not alone in that this is not of the cool.

In fact, it's getting rather tired. Less eyecandy for the sake of eyecandy and more gameplay goodness.

The scary thing is that this sort of thing is spreading. When the animation (both 2D and 3D) students here passed in their final porjects last semester, many of them featured scantily clad women. Now I know how many hours and hard work goes into developign and shaping the deatils of polygon and nurb characters. So I couldn't help but feel bad for the male student that spent countless hours staring at a screen and working on a fake CGI female body and often times with "reference material".

Yet, they care less and less for the real girls in their references and literally pour their hearts into the animated character they just created. It's very distrubing. I have a student who believes he's in love with Velma from Scooby Doo. Know not a look alike or the actress that plays her int he POS movies but the cartoon character. It was funny when watching Otaku No Video eyars back but since being in the industry... I'm not laughing anymore.

For me, the scantily-cladness of the women in games has always felt tacked-on, just for the sake of giving the 16-30 year-old male audience a woody. It serves no purpose for the plot, gameplay, or anything of value.

Case in point. Look at the cover of Everquest. Need I say more?

Now then, I won't claim to be a total prude. I enjoy the DOA series of games and I AM looking forward to the new Leasuire Suit Larry game, but that's because they go towards the campy end of the spectrum and don't really want to be taken seriously. But for games with a serious bent, the complete polarization of the female characters is getting very old, and has been for some time.

For a military game, the male characters are decked out in body armour and uniforms... and the female character is in cutoffs so low they count more as stockings and a shirt that's ripped high up on her torso. Crap like that just irritates me because of it's total lack of use in terms of the game.

To get this slightly back on topic, I am impressed with the modelling for BloodRayne 2. The way they've been able to render her face in that screenshot is nothing short of amazing, and it would be great if that was an in-game screenie and not a prepainted special release.

Am I the only one who finds this rather disturbing? Way more insane than the Lara Croft book of a few years ago. Poor lonely otaku bastards developing this stuff.........

Thought I may be asked to hand in my male-gamer fanboy card, no, you're not alone in that this is not of the cool.

In fact, it's getting rather tired. Less eyecandy for the sake of eyecandy and more gameplay goodness.

Actually, I rather enjoyed Daredevil the movie. One of the few films I have no desire to fastforward through large segements of.

However, it seems like they're tracking to cram in too much stuff into this movie. Daredevil had it right in that using only one villian is a good thing, keeps the movie focused. Here, it looks like Elektra will face off against half a dozen baddies of varying skill.

Not that that's a BAD thing, mind you

And the chance of seeing Jennifer Garner in red leather and high-heels? I'm all over that

and the leia is lukes sister thing? no way was that thought of by the filming of starwars. leia talks about her parents n stuff. and she's a princess... how many people hide someone from their father by "hiding" them as a princess of some planet? bah! and who would apoint an adopted kid into a position of royalty like that? bah x 2.

That's one thing I really enjoyed in the original novilizations of the first film, how the "fantasy" element, with pirates and princesses and royalty was there and in your face.

Unlike the other two movies where the swashbuckling theme was played down somewhat, Star Wars really felt like a medieval tale told in the future, which I thought was really, really neat.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL NUTS THE VALKYRIES LEGS ARE ***SUPPOSED*** TO COME OFF DURING TRANSFORMATION

Yes, but they're not supposed to come off when standing in Battroid mode and a slight draft of coughed air brushes by them.

My 1/60ths flopped faster than a diver getting caught in a belly-flop.

Man, can you imagine if he'd had to trudge through the remaining 15 episodes with a mismatched set of fighters?

*gasp* Oh, the horror! How would he ever survive?

As I recall, all the music was sung by an acapella group called Rockapella. I was amazed at the sheer variety of noises they could make (on command, no less).

Worst case scenario, I get an Alpha that looks like it took a nose dive into the Earth from a high orbit...

In that case, think we might get our first Alpha custom outta you?

Any tips beyond the obvious (being gentle) when trying to open the sensor bay door? 

Pray to the toy gods

Oh, that's SOP when it comes to toys these days

Repeat after me ten times:

"Open the pod bay doors HAL".

I would, but I'm too busy with my own mantra:

"Box will come today. Box will come today. Box will come today."

My Alpha's left LA yesterday morning. They should be here by now!

Any tips beyond the obvious (being gentle) when trying to open the sensor bay door? 

Pray to the toy gods

Oh, that's SOP when it comes to toys these days

The fact that we just didn't want to see AVP 'cause it was a piece of crap would never occur to them.

I suppose the fact that some people (namely, myself and others) actually enjoyed AVP is totally lost on you?

Was it Titanic or LOTR? No. Was it entertaining? Damn straight it was.

Uh oh, What the hell is going on back there? A little bit of that old wookie schnookie....

they're just breeding to make a wookie-humanoid hybred

Ahh, so *that* explains the wookie's grin in that pic. Gotcha.

Yes, it sucks that EXO had a hatch break, but it's only one incidence as yet (cross fingers, touch wood etc.).

I'm still on the pleased side. I'm just bummed that they don't allow for me to fix it.

It's called a "dremel" tool. That should fix your glued together problem

I wonder how long it'll be before we start seeing some Alpha customs?

I have a dremel. Let me know when you take yours apart and customize it...

I would, if I had any customizing skills.

I can barely build a snap-together, pre-painted model.

(that honor belongs to the VF-1 MPC or the YF-21 FP

What about the VF-11 non-fastpack version?

Yes, it sucks that EXO had a hatch break, but it's only one incidence as yet (cross fingers, touch wood etc.).

I'm still on the pleased side. I'm just bummed that they don't allow for me to fix it.

It's called a "dremel" tool. That should fix your glued together problem

I wonder how long it'll be before we start seeing some Alpha customs?

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...c=9398&st=0&hl= what could have, should have been.....

What would have taken a hand much steadier before that seventh cup of Tims Double-double of the day and the patience of Job, plus a good smattering of skill and exceedingly decent hand-eye coordination.

In other words, I strike out on all counts. The toy will be enough for me, thank you very much

Damn, I can't believe the amount of discussion this film has.

Then it must've done SOMETHING right

Yes, but Graham gets upset when we do that

Nice review, Graham. What?! Sensor pod needs to be removed? That suxx....i thought from the pics I saw it could fold into the empty space behind the canopy. BAH!!!

Hey, that's better than removable legs, isn't it?

Can anyone show me where on this toy the folded-up Cyclone goes?

I love the colouring on this pic. Very good, Rariry. Still love your work

I dunno what sets me apart from nearly everyone else on these boards, but I had a damned fun time at that film.

It was a very fast-paced movie, sometimes good and sometimes bad. There were no spots that dragged for me or made me want to push the fast-foward button (unlike Spider-Man 2, which I hated most of), and in fact there were several spots that I wanted to see again becaues it was so cool. I hardly noticed just how much time passed between sitting down and the end credits rolling (which is more than I can say for any of the LOTR films, which make you painfully aware of just how long you're sitting there for).

Now I'll agree that it's no work of masterful filmmaking, but nor is it the smoldering pile of garbage that it's been labled as. There are homages to each of the franchises that gave birth to it, if only by a spoken line or a specific camera angle. Little caveats for the fans who've been following the franchise in the comics and novels and even the games, and other little touches like that are what make it a fans movie in addition to a good summer popcorn flick.

Is it a better movie than Spider-Man 2 or LOTR? Not by far. Is it enjoyable? Damn straight it is. Will I see it again? As soon as I can.

I'll be kind and wait for some time before covering some spoilery issues that have been raised in this thread, but that really shouldn't take long given how packed the theater was tonight. I talked with the teller lady and she said that nearly every show had sold out.

Gives hope to a sequel with Colonial Marines

But I have to hand it to Toynami, the Armo-diver and Armo-Soldier mode looks awesome.....(that's gerwalk and battroid to us). Now...shall i part with my USD80?

Damn straight you should

I already parted with $160 USD for these guys. You can part with half of that with no problems

Since I have no desire to see this flick, I went ahead and read a spoiler thread on starshipmodelers forums. After that, I only have one thing to say:

"Dude, this movie is going to be rock-tacular!!!"

If it's possible to elaborate on that without spoilers, could you please do so?

ie: is "rock-tackular" a good thing or bad?