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Ditto. Sheryl's had a lot of development to move her away from the stuck-up pop princess that she was at first. I don't HATE Ranka, but... she's deus ex out the machina right now. "hai guyz the bugz r raepin us IN TEH BUTT!111" "lol i hax them n steal their megahurtz wif mai songz" "ZOMG WE HAS BOTHACK!1111"

Maybe when(if?) the movie comes out. Then we can complain about the horrible designs/script/acting of the movie instead. I have faith in Hollywood's ability to screw it up.

And Halo Chick. But the world can never have enough chicks in powered armor.

Aww, c'mon... they're the only people on Earth that HAVEN'T done Mai. You wouldn't want to deprive them of this unique market position, would you?

Physics dictates that a breastplate placed on a comic-book girl will deform in accordance with the size of her chest. Always. You can't argue with science.

Hey, if they put Iron Man's suit on a girl, it'd be pretty sexy too. So clearly the fundamental problem is girls look better than boys.

I fixed it for you. I have to assume the "if" was a typo.

Officially, there's no blood relation. Which, of course, means Kaifun is adopted or one of his parents had a kid with an undefined third party. Both Minmay and Kaifun are Linns. So IF japanese naming conventions for marriages follow western ones* , that means their FATHERS are the blood relatives, since the wives would both take their husbands' names. But there's not a lot of background on that issue. Just a note in Kaifun's bio that he's not a blood relative. http://macross.anime.net/wiki/Linn_Kaifun_%28Lynn_Kaifunn%29 *All I have to go on is Misa Ichijo and Millia Jenius. It's a bit of a stretch to take a pair of "near-future" cartoon marriages and apply that as the standard rule.

That makes more sense. Or it could be some form of genetic defect that's very rare among zentradi, but not rare among hybrids. Since the zentradi are all originally clones, they didn't have to worry about eliminating the genes that caused various conditions, just ensuring they weren't active in the specific sequences they were using(obviously they botch it occasionally, or Klan wouldn't go chibi when she miclones). Once they start breeding, who knows what happens? And breeding with humans, who have a different SET of genes... well, all bets are off. You could have something like a gene that caused a mental imbalance that was always paired with a gene that blocked it in zentradi genetic sequences, but doesn't have a corresponding "blocker" in the human genome, or has a rare blocker. ... Oooooh, maybe there's even a name for it. Guld has Kamjin Syndrome!

We actually don't know a whole lot about the zentradi. If the main fleets are in communication with each other, or reporting to a higher authority, or nomads wandering space looking for something to blow up, it's all speculation.

It's still proof that BDI/BCS is NOT an integral part of the plane. As is the VF-22, which uses conventional controls. Especially as the YF-21 has features that they already knew would never see mass-production. http://macross.anime.net/wiki/YF-21#Structure But Guld has a history of issues, going back to when he was in high school. We're talking about a character that assaulted one of his best friends and maybe-nearly-possibly-raped the other(let's not even open THAT can of worms again), and then repressed his memories of the event for however many years afterwards. He wasn't exactly stable to start with. The message I got was that Guld's neurochemical imbalence was a pre-existing condition caused by his heritage, which meshes with his high school outburst. Though one wonders how big a problem this is with half-zentradi, since it hasn't come up with Mylene or Ranka... yet.

The BDI/BCS was not an integral part of the YF-21. Not only did the Omega One have conventional controls, but the Omega Two was built with nothing BUT conventional controls, just in case the neural interface didn't work out. Furthermore, the BCS did not CAUSE mental instability. Guld's condition was pre-existing, and believed to be a problem with his human-zentradi heritage. Certainly it was SENSITIVE to a pilot's mental state, but that's a different problem. There's a lot of possible reasons the YF-19 won. Even in the real world, raw performance doesn't always dictate who wins. Shinsei Industries may've been in worse financial shape the General Galaxies, and needed the cash infusion to stay in business. GG DID have the most recent contract(VF-17), possibly making it Shinsei's "turn." The YF-19 may've handled more like a conventional VF than the YF-21's zentradi-influenced design. Especially in battroid, where the -19 retains the traditional foot thrusters as opposed to the -21's jetpack. When the dust settled, Isamu was the hero that killed Sharon and saved everybody. And he did it in a YF-19. But anyways... manned VS unmanned... Ummm... I may be mistaken, but I'm PRETTY sure that the controls in a Valk are hardwired to the computer, and not bounced off a satellite and returned to the flight systems. It would be just plain dumb to leave the computer with open external connections. No external connection = no remote hacking attempts. Just being computerized doesn't make you hackable. It's why nobody's hacked an F-117, or a B-2, or an F-22, or an F-16, or a... you get the picture. But what about communications, you say? They HAVE to have an open link for communication! And that makes them hackable! Put them on a SECOND computer, with no communications link between the comm computer and the control computer. They only meet in the instrument console, and there's many ways you could handle that to avoid the possibility of inter-system communication. Not the least of which is one-way communications between your console and the other computers. They can talk to it, but it can't talk back.

So I finally got around to watching this one. Micheal went out in style. And Sheryl's back! It's on now, Ranka! Battle of the pop stars! ... It's funny, really. I hated Sheryl after the first episode or two. She came off as arrogant, self-important, and in general bitchy. A dozen or so episodes later, and she's my favorite character.

Hey, is it too late to change my vote? Micheal > DYRL Focker. Yes, I'm running behind in my cartoons.

I fall under none of the above, but... Some guy on YouTube is either full of it, or knows something about EA's exclusive Marvel license that no one else knows. That's why Marvel VS Capcom 2 didn't get a huge print run, and why Capcom hasn't done anything about the obscene demand. No one but EA can legally MAKE Marvel games. And EA doesn't own Capcom's software(especially not titles with Capcom characters in them), so... But enough of that. I wanna see a Spiderman anime... based on the live-action series.

I think the main reason we haven't ALREADY seen a movie is that 0 was written as an OVA first. Plus began life as a movie. The OVA was the edited version, even though it was the first one released.

Because Ivanov is more fun to say.

Shake them haters off! I'm not very impressed with Starscream myself. I don't absolutely despise him, but he's probably the least impressive of the Animated toys I have. Even worse since he's a voyager. Next to Grimlock and Prime, he's just all-around weak(though why Fire Truck Prime comes with what appears to be a Lazerbeak bootleg instead of a proper ax, I'll never know).

Yes, that's it. That has to be it! Yes, but Gamlin got Millia's -1J blown up. Speaking of cannon fodder... Why are the destroids considered weak when we see so many more VFs getting blown up?

Well, they mentioned the Megaroad mission in the original TV show. Admittedly it was only in the post-war arc, which wasn't originally part of the plan, but... Even without the intent to TELL stories of the colonization, it helps if you explain how you've rebuilt the population enough in 2 years that it's a viable option.

It was close, but I voted DYRL Focker. Was that or Gamlin. ... What, he lived? Oh, my mistake. Was thinking of Bowman.

The great Starscream can only be properly represented in the class that best describes his role! ... No, not retard! That's not even a class! I obviously meant leader! This message was approved by Starscream. ... Okay, I did what you asked. Now can you PLEASE point the null-ray somewhere else? THANK YOU.

It's also worth noting that a LOT of the destroid fatalities in the original series were in one scene, recycled many many times(It is, coincidentally, the same quick shot that the Orguss Valkyrie is in). So... don't get assigned to a Defender on bridge defense, and you'll be fine. But yeah, destroids are doing longer range kills as well as being more specialized, making them look less effective than they undoubtedly are.. The Spartan and Tomahawk are the only ones I'd consider capable of in-close fighting, and they didn't see a lot of action for most of the show. If a Defender or Phalanx position is over-run, they're kinda screwed(though really, shouldn't the Defenders and Phalanxes have Tomahawk and Spartan escorts to handle closer stuff?). And, of course, the heroes are flying Valks, so the camera isn't focused on the destroid action. Hikaru's team is sent to reinforce a destroid team at one point(Kamjin bashes Hikkie's head in before being recalled by Britai in a flashy manner), but the implication is that the other destroid teams are holding their own, and it's only the one area that needs assistance. And as far as reinforcements go... calling a nearby VF team makes more sense, because they ARE faster and more easily repositioned. They may not have as much armor or firepower(depending on VF "pack" loadouts), but that's a secondary concern over getting some fresh guns there before the position is overrun. Certainly, the destroid must've proved it's worth since they're making new models in Frontier, which warms my heart almost as much as Isamu one-shotting the retired Monster broke it(I still cry myself to sleep thinking about that scene occasionally). And, of course, there's the variable Monster, but... it's the Monster. Had they retired it, they wouldn't have any heavy artillery mechs. A VF with GBP equipment can fill in for most other destroids, making a reasonably general-purpose mech(and as of the VF-25, you don't even lose the versatility of the Valk in the process), but the Monster's weapon class pretty much requires a mech built around the recoil concerns and possible nuclear splashback. Certainly you could substitute missiles for the cannons, but you wouldn't get the projectile launch speed, and the warheads would be easier to track.

Or does it just mean Minmay invites slapping?

I rest my case. Though I was under the impression she started life as such, and was just cyborgified to the point where it's hard to say now.