RavenHawk

This seems to be one of the main misconceptions that people who hate McKinney but love the animation seem to have spread around. You know, the whole argument that "this can't be, because it wasn't in the original animation." Ok, forget for a second about Macross, just think Robotech. Robotech is a new story using the old animation, so just because something didn't exist in Macross, doesn't mean that it can't exist in Robotech. It just means it can't exist in the animation for Robotech, since that is all taken from Macross. The surviving half of McKinney has said in a number of different interviews that the thinking caps were Macek's idea, since he didn't like how the mecha were controlled in the animation, but since he couldn't change the animation, there was nothing he could do about it. So, based upon Macek's suggestion, thinking caps became a part of the novels. I'm not saying you have to like it, but let's not blame those writers for putting in a concept that the show's "creator" asked them to.

Ok, I've watched through episode 4 of Burst Angel. So, basically, every episode Meg gets captured by the bad guy, then Jo goes the rescue her? Is that basically the format for the whole series? How did this run 24 episodes, plus an OVA prequel, while Viper's Creed and Rideback were only alotted 12 episodes, and the MOSPEADA OVA was almost all old footage? Just doesn't seem fair... I was hoping this would be a good Bubblegum Crisis substitute for me, in the absences of any new BGC material, but so far it's just kind of boring (though the mecha designs are pretty decent).

Oh, gotcha. No, I meant sort of across various incarnations of Transformers, that she's been a big name for a decent number of fans.

I don't mean to sound rude, but I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here.

Just finished this (7 parts, with part 7 being double length). This was REALLY good. Very very well done. Highly reminiscent of Akira due to the character designs and the heavy use of futuristic motorcycles and trikes and bike gangs, but totally different from Akira in tone. Throughout, there is a sense of hope and joy in being alive. This, to me, is what scifi anime should be. A mature, well told story, that, by being animated, can show and tell the kind of things that live action can't afford to do special effects of.

I know, I know. I probably wouldn't care, and don't in most shows I watch (though I do prefer my boobs made by God or by an experienced plastic surgeon, rather than drawn by a horny Japanese man and colored by a horny Korean man), it's just that this was one anime I was hoping to share with my kids.

Yeah, it was silly... but how many of us would've LOVED to have been that kid?

Yeah, I just didn't know if that meant Disney is planning on making it part of their Toon disney/Jetix lineup in the USA, or if they're dabbling with funding Japanese productions.

Very cool. Thanks for the link, Tober. Legs are a little short for my taste, and face is very feminine, bu that's probably the point. Love to get my hands on that wireframe/CG model.

Gotcha. Yeah, I remember that. I think HLJ (or another online retailer, don't recall which) had, back in December, said Scott/Stick in January, Lancer/Yellow in March, and Rand/Ray in May.

Anyone on here who has read my posts before knows how I feel about that!

Anyone know when this show is coming out? I haven't seen any torrents for it yet, or conversation, for that matter, but it's listed on the April/May schedule.

Can we hate on the fact, as Bay said in a recent interview himself, that

Heh, like my post about Shadow Chronicles. Taksraven INSISTS that I was baiting. A mod closed it down because he felt that I was just Shadow Chronicles bashing. In reality, I was looking for an alternative to Shadow Chronicles to get my ongoing MOSPEADA fix. What can I say, I'm a variable bike and MOSPEADA junkie, I'll take my next hit anywhere I can get it, even if I'm not proud of it...

Hey, you leave Batman Beyond out of this! I loved that show.

The worst are the apologists. There's one, "rhade" I think, who is the first to immediately tell people how wrong they are and how Harmony Gold are wonderful and flawless... I get being a fan, but one still has to maintain some grasp of reality and perspective.

Why do you say that? My preorder said May (which, judging by past Robotech.com experience, actually means early-to-mid July).

The email I got from them said July. Of course it also said this is the SECOND Masterpiece. To be followed shortly by the FOURTH Masterpiece, the Shadow Beta.

Whew... got scared for a minute there...

I guess this is where, being a dad, this show is ruined for me. This pic is funny, and right on the money. On the other hand, while my 10 year old loves basketball, and loves Transformers Animated, and would love this pic... yeah, the boob grabbing...

I guess I'm the only one actually turned OFF from this show by the fan service?

Hey novaflo, You know me, a variable bike obsessive. While I am THOROUGHLY disappointed by the CMs MOSPEADA bikes, I think that the issue with how fugly the Bartley one looks with the exposed forks isn't their fault. This is simply a design element of the bike itself. Look at the original design art. It's the type of thing that looks ok in the cartoon, but just doesn't translate well to toys. The Bartley has no handguard parts (which become the should parts in armor mode), so the forks are exposed. Even if you look at the Beagle (which I was hoping would come up with some novel solution to this problem, like a flipdown internal cover), these forks are exposed and look bad (relatively speaking).

1) I don't think it's an adrenaline junkie thing, but it is a focus thing. The whole white light, I think, being a metaphor for it. Sort of like when they talk about runners reaching that point where they aren't conciously running anymore, just in a different state of mind and focus. Something she had with dance, or rather that her mother tried to give to her with dance, and that she now found on Fuego. 2) I don't think it was random. I think it was handled very well. There was just too much other stuff going on to prosecute at the time, and the GGP was pretty much creating a police state where none of their actions could be questioned. 3 & 4) That whole plotline was significant but, in my opinion, too glossed over at the end. My only real complaint about the series. Basically the GGP and Japanese government relationship was completely re-evaluated at the end, with a lot of power that the GGP had been wielding being returned to Japan, and heads of GGP and Hesner being arrested for bribery/illegal government and military contracts, etc.

I feel your pain. 4th grade for me, but I feel your pain.

Lol. Yeah, seems like someone may have been a little influenced by someone else's work. Well, I'll check out Red Eyes on onemanga during lunch. Thanks again.