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General Sci-fi designs across various media
mechaninac replied to M'Kyuun's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Another iconic classic sci-fi design that is more than worth a mention, and has appeared in several media and iterations since its debut is Forbidden Planet's most memorable supporting actor, and coolest automaton to ever come out of Hollywood, the unique and unequalled Robby the Robot. Honorable mention to the classic B9 from Lost in Space -
General Sci-fi designs across various media
mechaninac replied to M'Kyuun's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
All the hardware in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The designs are distilled perfection for "realistic" near future (now, laughably optimistic given that the story depicts fictional events 1/4 century in our past) technology, some of which has become reality while others remain in the realm of attainable fantasy. They are all so iconic that they inspired miniature work and film making for decades to come until the (unfortunate?) advent of CGI. -
Still too much moolah for what it is. Personally waiting until it hits the $115-120ish range before pulling the trigger on this. If it never happens, I'll just make do with my Yamato 1/60... fomo has always taken a very distant spot compared to roi in my book.
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The quality isn't there, yet; however, consider just how much the technology has improved in such a short period of time and extrapolate how much better they will become in 2, 5, 10 years. This IS the democratization of entertainment production, where fans with modest resources, technical know-how and authentic passion for the material will supplant any of the intentional slop that studios, regardless of the amount of money they throw at a project, decide to plop on the troughs of their ever-dwindling audiences... Disney, et al, are in trouble due to their own arrogance and disdain for the IPs they manage and the legacy fans thereof. Besides, good intentions and passion aside, the vast majority of real fan films have always been very low quality and cringe beyond description, which make the rare good ones shine like precious jewels.
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That's where they "learned" to write and produce such dreck...
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Bandai's goal is to amortize as much of the VF-171 tooling as possible, which is why their VF-17 looks lanky instead of beefy as it should, so I absolutely doubt they will make any changes at all to address any of the criticisms levied on their rendition, be it for the upcoming S variant or a future D version; although, it would be funny if they did. Just consider Bandai's contemporary interpretation as a design reimagining/retcon instead of an honest attempt -- like their original chunky or Yamato's -- at a faithful representation.
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DX Chogokin VF-31A Kairos - Macross Delta 10th Anniversary
mechaninac replied to MKT's topic in Toys
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What modern Disney does to all IPs under its umbrella has that effect on all the OG stuff. I, for one, find it extremely hard (more like impossible) to watch the original and prequal Star Wars trilogies precisely because of the extreme bad taste the sequel travesty has left in its wake; same goes for Marvel... not even the good stuff predating the Rat is any fun to watch anymore. It's a real shame that in their arrogance they broke the chain of good will, wonder and nostalgia that built those franchises into the juggernauts they once were.
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If it were a Blazer VF-19S/F, then a strong maybe, but a Kai... hard pass.
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TRON - ARES... it's Tronin' time. ARES is also an anagram for a much more appropriate word descriptor where this movie is concerned.
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Know what?... I don't hate it but I don't like it enough to buy one.
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The Rotten Rat getting its filthy mittens on Anime, more than likely to bestow its now-infamous brand of "tender loving care" upon it like they did with Star Wars and Marvel and Willow and Indiana Jones and many more, fills me with dread for this most-Japanese art form and story telling. By no means is this immediate distrust uniquely relegated to Disney; every American studio has had a terrible track record on this front, be it animation or live action: For every Alita or One Piece, there are dozens of examples of complete (on many levels) failures.
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Some easy money... lord knows, most new movies aren't cutting it in paying the bills.
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Given Current Hollywood, that is pretty much the only franchise/IP that is making good on that goal...