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  1. JB0
    Well, because it DOES feature humans of several recognized modern subsets of homo sapiens. And it's a big galaxy, there's plenty of room for more. It's not like she's saying the Skywalkers should be retconned into an ancient ninja clan.
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    I was born in 81, my firt Star Wars memory is some vague snippet of the Ewoks cartoon.
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    Even as a kid, I had trouble accepting Stars' End, the building, taking off like a rocket. To the extent that it's pretty much the only thing I remember from the book, because it overshadowed EVERYTHING.
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    Gurren-Lagann. Yes, the internet overhypes it. Yes, there's a huge tone shift at the halfway point. Whether the show gets better or worse there is a subject of debate. Yes, it's totally worth your time.
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    Welp, that's definitely cooler than Stars' End. Also less ridiculous.
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    I may still have Max and Zor laying around somewhere. MOST of my Robotech stuff wound up in the trash by parental decree. Even my Rick Hunter and a veritech with the cockpit for him to fly in!
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    I think you're being unfairly hard on them. They're a quite faithful homage to the original action figures. ... Figures, it must be noted, that were pretty crappy.
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    Bless you.
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    I thought he got it by launching a prison into low orbit.
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    Since when is Captain Harlock part of Robotech?
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    Gubaba is pretty much the best part of Mac7, and I don't come into this with the fiery atomic hate that some have for the show.
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    Aroooo.
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    Fiiiiiine. It's definitely part of a different continuity family than G1. Transformers fandom's already dealt with this "official = canon, even when directly contradictory" issue, so I'll just borrow their vocabulary.
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    That it isn't red. Other than that, nothing.
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    Who is that, anyways? I see a tribble, so I'm guessing it's from the Star Trek cartoon?
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    I was initially thinking Devil Gundam. Which, well, hits the same notes.
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    Gotta admit, I love the aesthetic on the Walkure Romanze stuff. Those swimwear outfits make no friggin' sense(even less than "normal" bikini armor!), but I really like how they look.
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    Six terran days, one plutonian day until New Horizons' closest approach to the most famous Kuiper Belt object. Encounter officially live RIGHT NOW. Pluto is no longer on the unexplored list! And on the list of names for geographical features for the moon Charon, under the classification of fictional vessels: Macross.
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    Here's a place that's perhaps appropriate for Macross to show up: On the moons of Pluto. NASA composed a list of names they want to use on the Pluto system's geographical features, put it to a public vote, and accepted write-in candidates as well. One of the categories for Charon is "fictional vessels", and the sixth entry on the list is Macross, with the note "Favored by 30% of the voters from eastern Asia." http://www.ourpluto.org/charon-theme-3 The name isn't applied to any specific geographical feature YET, but with New Horizons' closest approach in six days(And NASA beginning the official encounter today), images that show geography are starting to come in and it'll be on something soon.
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    YES! More Voltron/Robotech! The comedy train can't stop!
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    I ASSUMED it was a sequel. It sure does try hard to make it look like such.
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    I think that'd be the first time it worked.
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    But that's not Mac2, that's Mac2036. Which is an awesome game, don't get me wrong, but likely not canon. (Also, I believe, the only story ever told about Komillia Jenius after she learned to talk.)
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    Yeah, Skynet's trying to kill Kyle Reese while he's an orphan kid in the wastes, before he even joins the resistance(I'm pretty sure that Skynet NEVER knew who Kyle Reese was, nor did the Arnoldbot ever learn his identity, so it's a double-fault). And John Conner's not the leader of the resistance that's kicking down the enemy gates. He's done nothing to distinguish himself yet, and he's already at the top of Skynet's hitlist. Like I said, I probably would've enjoyed it if they hadn't kept trying to remind me "We're a Terminator film! Skynet wants John Conner dead! Something something time travel!" every ten minutes or so. There were some good scenes in it even if the writing was flat. Even a bit of actual thought at times. The terminator crawling out of the pile of molten metal made me smile, too. I enjoyed the "We won, whoops never mind" psyche-out, and the inversion of the famous T1000 foundry kill was a cute touch(and a subtle homage to prior films rather than a desperate plea for attention).
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    Honestly, Salvation's biggest problem is how hard it tried to remind me it WAS a Terminator movie at every turn. If Skynet had quit going on about Kyle Reese and John Conner, and they'd left out the tape journal, I could've had some dumb action fun. As it was, the movie refused to let me forget that it doesn't understand causality. Sarah's journal was full of things she had no way of knowing, and Skynet was looking for people that it shouldn't know existed. The movie writers seem to have been thinking "this crap all happened in the 1980s, and this is the future" and forgot this movie takes place BEFORE Skynet sends a terminator back. As far as Sarah's extended journal... I don't know. I just don't know. They apparently decided Sarah was from the future too?
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