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4 hours ago, jvmacross said:

No faith in Marvel Jesus?

Even Marvel Jesus won't be able to wash the crud off the feet of the upcoming Captain America (without Captain America) movie or Blade, nor every other piece of celluloid cringe that Disney/Feige -- or Sony, for that matter:  Morbius, Madame Web, Craven... -- has in store for the post Endgame moribund MCU.  Will there be individual successes?  Sure, but the post Perlmutter Marvel is a rudderless ship at best, a sinking one at worst.

This will likely make money... still won't save the MCU.

7 minutes ago, Big s said:

I did read the book, but saw the original many years ago and have long forgotten it. I think that’s a poor excuse for a terrible final couple of episodes. 

Well, the alternative would be for the show's producers and writers to pull a GoT season 8 and just make stuff up; thereby guaranteeing that they bollocks thing up and end up pleasing almost no one.  That they respected and adhered to the source material is a glowing testament to their restraint and deference to the book's author... a rare and commendable thing this day and age.

On 4/14/2024 at 6:43 PM, Big s said:

 

That’s a lot to say about a little joke. I haven’t seen the show, due to being on the least popular streaming service, but if the episodes are only 20 something minutes rather than almost an hour then it might be more like a one year mission at the most. 

All the episodes are  available HERE (it's a legit site), as well as a plethora of other animation shows, old and new, Toons, anime and everything in between.

13 hours ago, Thom said:

And thus, the end of another Five-Year Mission...

Only by modern, low episode count, standards; if compared to everything up to Enterprise with their 22-26 episodes per season, without taking episode run-time into account, Lower Decks amounts to a 2-2.5 year mission.  Now, if specifically stated in-show that five years have elapsed since the events of the premier episode I'll retract my assertion and concede the point.

48 minutes ago, MKT said:

Yamato Priss & Motoslave metallic ver is the best toy to me, and I do wish they Yamato had updated the rest to metallic versions as well. They are not perfect, but those are the only figure + bike toy sets that were released, and so far Arcadia hasn't mentioned a peep about them. They come up very rarely over Mandarake, but somehow they do show up semi-occasionally at YAJ (that's how I completed my sets not that long ago). Perhaps check over at Suruga-ya JP as well as an odd set might pop up now and then.

At this stage, it's safe to say the Figma ones that were previewed something like 5 years ago are dead. 

 

 

That looked really nice but, much like SH Figuarts' Fey Valentine, Figma's BGC figures are highly rarified vaporware.  Too bad, really... Figma 1/12 would put Yamato's 1/15 renditions, and Atelier Sai's for that matter, to shame.

1 hour ago, Anasazi37 said:

This is a hard pass for me (not Basara fan)...

Same.  Wake me up when the Blazers, maybe even the P, are officially announced...

2 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

Hi all, since the VF-2JA is the subject here I had a question, if this belongs elsewhere, feel free to correct me. 

There are some 3D Printed 2JA files online, my question is, if you do NOT have a 3D printer, is there another way to get one made? 

3D printing companies like Shapeways, Universities/Technical Colleges, Friends...

Beetlejuice-Adam's Family cross over?...

I know it isn't but seeing Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) in the group image immediately brought it to mind.  Heck, both occupy pretty much the exact same genre and would mesh well with each other.

12 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Oof. But but the nostalgia??

Seriously tho, not surprised by that score. RIP Ghostbusters.

Gotta consider the source and their obvious bias; after all, all these shill reviewers are still blood poisoning levels of salty over the fact that audiences thoroughly rejected their much-praised misbegotten 2016 Feig reimagining (it was pure THE MESSAGE poop) and that it bombed so hard as to make sure that thing is dead and buried with no possibility of ever being resurrected, and also remember that they gave poor reviews to Afterlife as well and that was enjoyable and mostly satisfying even if not all that original, not on Afterlife's merits, or lack thereof, but because they were, and still are, hung up on 2016's embarrassing failure.

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

UPDATE: After a disaster trying to mount a front windshield to Airwolf, I'm taking a break from the project to clear my head. Working with ancient plastic and diecast is no treat, so I could use some distance from that one before I go back in to finish things.

Meantime, came across this dirt cheap:

 

Really want to build this, but I want to replace the saucer section and warp nacelles with ones from a 1/537 Refit kit. This way, it looks in continuity with the Refit on display (the thickness of the saucer is lacking and the warp nacelles just don't look the same as they do on the refit). Going to have to see who might have them, but eBay is being ridiculous about now, and I don;t need a full kit!
 

Some pics:

https://federationmodels.com/  Go to Products, then Federation Models; about halfway down you'll find a Miranda Class Saucer Correction Kit (only $15.00).  Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything for the nacelles but I did not look too hard, so they may have something that would fit the bill.

Edit:  They're even running a half off sale at the moment.

The pants look passable, same with the head sculp/overlarge glasses, but the jacket and gloved hands... yeesh!..

2 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Hersey!!

But yes, that rule applies to almost all fiction.

Heresy?  Dang it, I was aiming for unadulterated blasphemy...   

TRON is far more techno-fantasy than it is science-fiction.  Abandon all logic ye who enter here.

I don't believe they could have cast better live action representations, looks-wise, of Iroh and Ozai; they're damn near perfect.  Sokka looks pretty legit too.  The other players are okay (Azula being the least fitting of the bunch) but have a great chance of competently embodying the roles depending on their performances (One piece is proof positive that this can be done in a single intro/episode)... this is true for all of them, actually, but when the actor looks the part, from the get-go, without uttering a single line of dialog, there is just a certain unquantifiable magic in the offing.

Will the show actually be any good?  That remains to be seen (Netflix is hit or miss with scant examples in between... when they get out of their own way and refrain from interference and/or 'current year' messaging, they seem to shine, but what's been shown so far is very promising.

1 hour ago, Big s said:

So, what’s under the mesh?

just curious what kind of plastic and if it’s black or fleas colored. It might be easier to repaint and reattach armor directly to the plastic, but that would depend on the plastic 

I know you meant flesh colored... damned auto-correct or plain old typo; that being said, the distinction between black and "fleas colored" (black grey) is just too amusing.  

That sounded like Awkwafina voicing the fox thief; if so, please Please PLEASE spare us all from her gawd-awful singing... otherwise, fun clip.

^ Ya know, that explains a whole lot... 

Well... roughly 1/3 life-size to be accurate, but still a cool "parade float" and something you won't see every day.

Most sequels Disney put out in the past (before mid-2010s) were Straight-to-DVD fare, and invariably inferior to the original to varying degrees from mildly passable to downright awful; at least they were never meant for theatrical release, and only intended as cheap cash grabs for diehard fans of a particular character or for little kids, who consume everything regardless of quality, to annoy their parents into buying.

There is always room for a well crafted sequel to further characters in new stories -- classic Pixar (under Lasseter), the Cars franchise notwithstanding, was a master at it -- but the question is: can current Disney truly come up with anything worthy?  The fact they have nothing original in the pipeline other than sequels to things that were good under far more competent and talented leadership that have been pushed out, is very telling.  If they do make something good, great!.. but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Frozen 3, Toy Story 5, Inside Out 2, Moana 2... nothing original (they've proven incapable of creating new stuff that isn't trash), all sequels -- a strong whiff of desperation is in the air.

16 hours ago, Thom said:

In the waiting room for 36 years..? Yeah, that sounds right.

It's an eternity and the blink of an eye, both at the same time...

54 minutes ago, Big s said:

I’m surprised these are still getting made

Unlike the Disney fare, these make money, and as long as they do...

25 minutes ago, Mog said:

I love the original Vipers and their 3 button control stick.

But damn was it fun how the updated Vipers could flip on a dime in space.  Made the dogfights a little more interesting.

The turbo button was the single greatest glaring omission in the reimagined Viper designs.  I can understand why Moore steered away from that detail but I always loved the shove you back in your seat, kick in the pants, dragon breath-like after-burner go-fast button in both the launch tube and in space... it was just so badass and iconic in the og show and distinctive from contemporary space fighter of the era; it clearly set it apart from the X-Wing and Thunderfighter.

I'll be honest, a small part (the little kid in me who'll never die) will still follow most announcements but the jaded old man in me, the curmudgeon dementedly yelling 'GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DELINQUENTS!!!' will be shrugging his shoulders in indifference and logically justifying it by coming to the realization that this stuff is just too expensive and pointless for what it is and me eventually being too old for this poop; heck, my purchasing activities have already cratered by 90% from my peak in the last couple of years, and my selectivity on what I will actually even contemplate buying and how much I'm willing to spend on something (sticker discipline) have skyrocketed.