The Shade
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Hey ComiKaze, maybe you should remove or at least thumbnail that pic. Some of us are seeing this from the office, and this pic isn't exactly office safe.
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I'm getting the feeling that they just didn't want to have a clean sweep by Yoko Kanno. That, and these people have no taste.
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nah, there are two groups of whiners
1.those whining about him not doing this in the first place
2.those whining that they bought the other versions thinking these wouldn't be made, so they feel they were misled.
IMO, anyone who thought that Lucas wouldn't release the original OT versions really is a naive person. I didn't buy the SE DVD's 2 years ago, because I just knew deep down in my gut that George would release the Non SE in order to milk this franchise even more.
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Glad to hear it. I may get rid of my Mangled versions as well. How does the English dub sound? As grating as the Mangled dub, or much improved?
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Recently finished watching Yamato & Paranoia Agent.
Just started watching Patlabor TV.
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Naw, Megatron was more badass. He just took a hostage and then shot up his most hated enemy. He blew away Ironhide without even flinching. He convinced a gullible Earth that he was really a good guy, then enslaved them all.
Galvatron, on the other hand, was just a big overgrown bully.
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No Jenna Jameson?
As for men, I would have thought that Agent 1 would be playing all male roles?
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I just finished watching this series for the first time. Overall, it was good. I'd give it a B+. It was certainly better than Seed and Wing. It had likeable characters, interesting mecha designs, and good pacing (notbing ever really felt rushed). What I didn't like about it was that it seemed slow for the first 20-25 episodes. Only around episode 30 did things really pick up and you could tell this series was going somewhere.
The last 4 episodes though felt like more like an epilogue. It seemed like the series should have really ended at episode 45-46 and they decided to add a few more eps just to stretch it out to 50. In a way, it felt like the last 9 eps in SDF Macross. The real story was over, but we'll extend the series anyways.
Still, if this series ever becomes available in North America, I would buy it.
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After 32 pages, and enough time to properly dissect the ADV Macross, it's time we had a comprehensive list of the Pros & Cons of owning this new set.
The Cons first (because this board thrives on negativity
):-Incorrect pronounciation of names
-Use of outdated slang
-Vastly inferior Japanese audio (compared to Animeigo set)
-Fake 5.1 english audio (adding new sfx and calling it 5.1 is a no-no IMO)
-Same Video as Animeigo version (if you don't already have it, this would be a pro)
-Some voice actors & their performances are subpar
The Pros:
-A chance for Dub only people to experience Macross
-Mari Iijma reprising as role as Minmay
-Interviews with & episode commentary by Mari
-Better packaging than Animeigo set (depending on personal taste
)-Disc hubs are unlikely to crack
I'll try to update this list as more reviews become available. Also, we have yet to see how ADV has cast some characters who haven't appreared yet (Max, Kakizaki, Milia, Bodolza)
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who found GitS SAC 2nd Gig to be inferior to 1st Gig. I just felt that the whole series could have been told in 10 fewer episodes.
Couldn't watch Trinity Blood since I hate vampire shows. Liked Last Exile, but thought the ending was a bit weak. FMP TSR was quite boring IMO. They could have easily cut 3-4 episodes from that show.
I'm currently watching Turn A Gundam. Quite different as far as Gundam shows go. I'm only up to episode 18 and things have slowed down a bit lately, but so far, it's way better than Seed and ahead of Wing (have never seen the original series or Zeta so can't comment on those).
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I've watched the first four eps this week. So far, after I've watched each episode, I'm actually looking forward to the next one (probably the best compliment you could give a series).
The Gundam itself is indeed different, but that just goes along with the rest of the show. The entire show has such a different feeling than MSG, Wing, & Seed, that having a very different looking Gundam seems fitting.
The main character: again our protagonist is not your usual Gundam hero. His design doesn't make it seem like the ladies should be falling at his feet. He's average looking & very skinny (kinda like me
). Oh, and could you guys try to include spoiler tags? Even though this show is 6 years old, many of us haven't seen it yet (due to it not being licensed in North America).
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Grrr. You guys have spoiled all my post holiday plans. I had been planning to watch some other series, but now you've put me in the mood to watch Turn A. Hearing you guys say that this was better than Seed is really encouraging. Seed was perfectly described by you guys. A half hour toy commercial. Also, being a Yoko Kanno fan is just another plus for Turn A.
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This sucks in a way, as I had bought the 2 Patlabor movies a few months ago. Grrrr!!!
You have to wonder though, will some of the other Manga titles that they've mangled switch over to Bandai and be re-released in a better package? I'm thinking of Macross Plus (both editions), Lupin III The Castle of Cagliostro, Perfect Blue and a few others.
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Hey everyone.
This is for Canadian customers of Rogers High Speed Internet.
Have any of you been noticing that your bittorent, itunes or podcast downloads been slow lately? Have you called Rogers support and they told you that it's your computer, modem, or router? It's not. It's Rogers. They have begun implementing what's being called packet shaping, whereby they are controlling or actually limiting the number of simultaneous connections you can make. Basically, anything over 3 upload connections and that's it. For those bt, itunes and podcast that are dependent on a large number of connections, this means that your downloads are slowed to a snails crawl, unless you are able to connect to someone with high bandwidth (in bittorent's case)
This new limit is different than the 60 GB bandwidth limit that was announced in March '05. Back then, there was an announcement and it was common knowledge. This new limit was unannounced, and no one knows exactly when it started(best guess is sometime around the end of October or early November).
Word of this is only slowly spreading across the net since everyone thinks their equipment is the cause. If you call Rogers, their tech support may not even be aware of the new limit and will blame your equipment/software. So far, Shaw and Eastlink customers don't seem to be affected, but for how long?
So, what are we to do? Switch over to Bell? Downgrade to dial up since we seem to have lost the very thing we needed high speed for?
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Then theres a new mysterious DADA teacher who might be the 'big bad guy' in the book, which its not.
Defence Again the Dark Arts Teacher = DADA Teacher???
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I saw it Saturday night. There were almost no kids, woohoo!!!
First off, I liked it. After stumbling in the last one. they seem to have caught themselves.
Mechamaniac, I'm glad they cut out the whole Dooby subplot. Dooby is so annoying, he's a hair short of being Jar Jar annoying. As Gollum said it during the MTV movie awards: "Dooby's a fu#&ing f@*!"
Actually, I'm was surprised they were able to keep as much as what was in the book. Of course, cutting out the boring parts helped.
Bring on "Order of the Phoenix".
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This is one of those times I'm glad that Gaiman has a certain amount of creative control over most of the Sandman Franchise.
Getting back to the topic at hand (kind of), what's the deal with small hands anyways? I know it's an episode 3 reference, but that's about it.
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I can't believe he still hasn't posted. Maybe he found a girlfriend?
On a more serious note, the real reason the first 2 Alien films worked so well was that while you did see a lot of violence, much of it was hidden and was left up to the audiences imagination. IMO, that makes a sequence much more scary that simply seeing blood and guts flying all over the walls.
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Oh dear God no! Please, for the love of God don't have any narration beyond what was already there in the Japanese version. A few year ago, when I was watching RT, that was one of the things that really irked me. At one point, I just wanted that narrator to shut up; it felt like he just wanted to hear himself talk.
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Same here. The mere mention of ADV just sends shivers down my spine. And, I'm about to back up my Animeigo set. I've already changed the casings. The spindles are less hard on the DVDs.
I know that some members here will purchase the set, and I'm curious to see what the quality of the dub and video will be. And you have to wonder: will they go for another "5.1 surround soundtrack" like they did with that other show which shall remain nameless?
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Either I'm blind, or missed it elsewhere in the thread. But, I noticed that a portion of the audio file's name has "DELAY 66ms". Does that mean the audio and video aren't synchronized? Is that already correct in the DVD Lab Pro project zip file?
BTW, you rock.