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Because that just opens up the conversation for a whole 'nother bag of nachos.... 393198[/snapback] Ooooh, kinky...

The movie needs romulans! There arne't enough stories about the romulans! ... And yes, I know they were front and center last film. They finally get a chance to steal the spotlight from the klingons, and it's the worst movie since 5. Associated Press story So which is it? Early Kirk and Spock, or no plot nailed down? Frankly, I'd rather not see anything with Kirk and Spock... especially Spock... because no one in my mind save Nimoy could BE Spock. But... yay Star Trek! 393172[/snapback] I agree with the sentiments. Also... not using established characters makes them free-er in the writing. ESPECIALLY not using original series characters. If you're writing a Kirk story, people EXPECT certain things from your leads, regardless of what the rest of the movie is. It places a tremendous burden on the actors to match performances with some of the most-recognized sci-fi characters of all time, and on the writers to fit their characters to a certain template. Starting fresh means the slate is clean, and all avenues are open. Wait... they're making a Voyager movie about Section 39? ... Sorry, I had to. Trek's explored those angles before, though. Some more successfully than others(DS9's Section 39 stories were actually interesting, but Captain Janeway sucked). Less Janeway is always a good thing. If they DO throw a strong female character in, I certainly hope she's not patterened after that particular version of the concept. As an interesting trivia note, they TRIED to give Uhurua a major role in the original series. Desilu sent any script giving her a more signifigant presence than "hailing frequencies open" back for revision. I gather it was one of the things that drove Rodenberry crazy, and giving him the final say was one of the major things that got him to do Next Generation. That's one of the things I historically like about the Trek franchise, actually. They don't stick to a single formula. Kahn was as good as he was in part because he was singular. If he was one of a series of villains with axes to grind, he'd've been downright DULL. But as a singular entity, he was a compelling villain. That lack of formula also means there's a wide variety of stories. I greatly enjoyed Wrath of Kahn also. But I enjoyed 3, 4, and 6 too. Each one had a diffrent kind of story to tell. And while there've been a few universally reviled stories to come out of that approach, I think that overall the franchise has benefitted from it.

I agree with that. My problem is that when the entirity of that debate is "You're a dirty bastard that eats impoverished babies!" "Shut up, you pot-head hippie!" or "YOU'RE GO NNA BURN IN HELL!" "Nuh-uh, because there is none and you're a deluded fool.", the debate has no value, beyond a possible brain damage factor. Again, the point you make isn't really wrong, it's just ignoring the type of person that usually winds up dominating such threads. The extremists get in a shouting match that makes any REAL discussion impossible and leaves everyone else with a lower opinion of humanity. Again, I agree with the point, just not that it will apply. ALL debates do not have value. Actually, that wasn't the reason. I believe the EXACT reason given for closing the thread was "Rainbow Brite is cool. But not cool enough for MacrossWorld." *searches* Okay, it was that "Rainbow Brite while slighty more cooler than Robotech is not cool enough for Macross World." Girly was never stated, or even implied. Merely uncoolness. And Ms. Brite failed to be japanese or sci-fi, thus not meeting the basic requirements that would've protected a thread about, say, Silverhawks. I don't really care either way, but factually incorrect statements suck.

Because there was no mass marketability. The average consumer can't tell the diffrence between an audio CD and a low-bitrate MP3, much less an audio CD and something better. Mainstream is going the other direction. Download services like iTunes are the future of mass-market music. 392932[/snapback] Ummm...why are you telling me which way the music direction went? Because it seemed as if you were calling my analogy flawed? Neither was available until well after MP3 became a common buzzword. MP3 started becoming popular around '95. Napster came out in '99, the same year as SACD. DVDAudio was 2000. Admittedly iTunes wasn't yet relevant, but MP3 was. Because they aren't told to. EVEYRONE hypes their superior picture yakyak blahblah. Sound is ignored, and people think "cd-quality" is the best there is. Which is all irrelevant to my point. Which was that there is an established precident for AV-phile-specific media. 2 diffrent technologies there. HDTV VS NTSC is probably what you're looking for. And how long has that transition been taking, anyways? It's only happening at all because the FCC and Congress say it HAS to happen. Joe Average says that his TV is good enough and his 50$ DVD player is just like the movies. It takes a side-by-side comparison to stand a chance of convincing him otherwise.`

Hold on a second! You can HAVE Tifa(there is a point where boobs become scary), but Aya's mine! Jury's still out on Mai.

Because there was no mass marketability. The average consumer can't tell the diffrence between an audio CD and a low-bitrate MP3, much less an audio CD and something better. Mainstream is going the other direction. Download services like iTunes are the future of mass-market music.

Or they could just start it and see if it gets locked. Doesn't hurt to try.

I can summarize that entire phrase in 3 words... Greedo shoots first.

It'll live on, just as a "specialized" market. SACD and DVDAudio certainly haven't damaged the CD, but they aren't dead either. They just only sell to audiophiles.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6...locking&pl=true Nor a 3mhz overclocked NES 392814[/snapback] Amazing what an extra MHz (and change) does.

DID it look infected? Personally speaking, I don't think any actual discussion happens in politics/religion threads. All the politics threads I've ever seen rapidly degenerate into monkeys throwing feces at each other because someone isn't towing someone else's party's line. Everyone with something genuinely intelligent to say rapidly learns to avoid those threads while the die-hard party spokesmen brag about how often they've had intercourse with the other side's female parent, who also happens to be of the canine persuasion. Religion threads are a lot the same, only it's not even possible to make a solid argument if the peanut gallery DOES shut up and let the grown-ups talk. There's no concrete evidence anyone can cite to prove their argument is right(And yes, this applies to the atheists too). Sure they do. Lock on sight.

Specially fabricated robo-food that looks like real food. No, I'm not making this up. 'S in the author's notes in the graphic novel(original release, anyways. I HOPE they kept those for the reissue). For once I can completely agree with Keith. ^^^ 392713[/snapback]

It also depends on when you bought the toys. The later releases had Dairugger as Voltron 2 and Albegas as Voltron 3.

Super robots love you, even if you don't love them.

*re-reads first post*Actualy it was a hypothesis that BECAUSE it looked like an F18 from the sides it might have been based in part on the F-18. Not just a possiblity that the side profiles might look similar.

I will, for the record, be legally and morally obligated to shout "FUSION!" while inserting the disk into my DVD player. Just as a heads-up.

I'm sure she'd be willing to bleach and die her hair for a chance to come to the land of opportunity.

Riiiiight...

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I dunno... tank cannon seems a tad big for that purpose... They simulate all the immediatly desirable anatomical functions(and even the undesirable ones), so it's only like a tank psychologically. Physically, it's like "farting"(dont you love word filters?) a very fit woman. Though physical interaction isn't needed for intercourse in GitS anyways. The previously-mentioned lesbian scene showed you can do it with just a futuristic stereo and some jumper cables, provided you have a cyberbrain(which is a given in their world). Tachikomas also have aesthetic redesigns. But they do fill the role. Can't hurt that Shirow was actually involved in the TV series production, either. He had no hand in the movies, and it showed. It's going to be a gradual adoption, not all at once(and yes, I do believe it will happen eventually). First, we get prosthetics that are good enough to be actual replacement limbs, instead of the "better than nothing" we have now. Full range of motion, reasonable sensitivity and responsiveness, aesthetically appealing. We're close to that now with hands(sensitivity is the big issue, aside from reliability). Now from there, we make BETTER parts. A part that does everything your original one can do, but is stronger, faster, and doesn't get tired. Now the "cripples" actually come out ahead. If the part-swapping can be done quickly and easily, it's like modern plastic surgery, only there's a benefit beyond aesthetics. Got a quarterback that wants to throw the ball a little farther? Get him a new arm(and hope he gets in before the NFL bans cybernetics, or that they don't notice it anymore than they do steroid usage). Here's a hypothetical adoption scenario for society-wide cybernetic upgrades. A company invents a replacement eyeball, with enhancements. First, people that were blinded or had uncorrectable vision problems get new eyes that are better than 20/20, have a zoom function, can see IR and UV, and come in the color they want instead of the one genetics gave them. Once it becomes an easier surgery to do, the people that were considering surgery to correct their vision get a similar upgrade(they were already planning on surgery, they just changed what kind). Further down the line, the people that were getting contacts and glasses upgrade, because there's advantages to the surgery beyond removing the need for corrective lenses. Finally, the people born with 20/20 vision upgrade their eyes because 20/20 is the new nearsighted and just seeing the visible spectrum is the new colorblind. I can't see a viable adoption path for the cyberbrain, though. And that's really the centerpiece of Ghost's personal technology.

There was one functional Cannon. That was the Alaska Base one. There were 4 other cannons being built around Earth and on the Moon. http://macross.anime.net/story/atlas/index.html Search for Grand Cannon to find the specific locations of each one.

But get this Rocket Punch, that would be a good thing for a women to not have periods because they won't be able to deficate with all those germs bacteria and virus' they have in their urine, blood or stools. Can anyone make sense of this? 'Sides, like RP said... the body's a machine. Literally. No pathogens, no piss, no poop, not even real blood(more like dyed oil and antifreeze). Well, maybe piss and poop analogs. They did work out an infrastructure for eating, and I doubt they have 100% "fuel efficiency," especially with concessions made to appearance and texture(flavor can be faked). May as well make use of existing disposal facilities(though it'll wreak havoc on the sewage treatment plants). Beautiful. That was REALLY beautiful. You're the guy writing the valentine's cards for Hallmark, aren't you?

As you've seen, they're 1:72. But your question is phrased in such a way that it sounds like that needs a bit of clarification. The scale is a ratio. It's saying the toy is 55/60/72 times smaller than the "real thing"(in this case, the official sizes of the mechs). Just because 2 toys are the same scale doesn't mean they're the same size. Best example is the QRau toys. They're 1/60 scale, but similar in size to the 1/48 VF-1 toys. As for quality... that's a variable target. The MacPlus toys are a LOT newer design than the Bandai VF-1s. And targetted more at collectors than children. They're far more accurate, but far less durable too. The 1/60 Yamato VF-1s are a newer design than the Mac+ toys, but with the same target market. Yamato applied everything they learned from the Plus toys to the 1/60 designs. They're more durable, and probably more accurate.

I ran through the manga repeatedly. It's a pretty interesting view of a relatively realistic future. And I hated the movie version of Motoko. Took all the good parts out and left a steaming pile of angst. The movie also lacked Fuchikomas and Seburos, but that's another thread. Haven't actually seen movie 2 or the TV series yet(and have no plans TO see the second movie). There's a lot of simulation of the human body going on within the artificial body's interface to the brain. Emotions also tend to land primarily within the brain itself(regardless of whose brain it was originally). But all the various chemicals and their effects on the brain are a large part of "being human" so it's not really in anyone's interests to remove them. The commercial manufacturers would lose sales to people that don't want to give up that much of their humanity, and the special forces would lose recruits for the same reason. I understand why they're emulating the hormones and such(actually, they probably have to include artificial glands in the brain case to release REAL chemicals, because many of them react with the central nervous system, so you can't just emulate their effect at the computer/nervous system interface), I just don't get why they're emulating a cycle that most people don't like to start with. I would think "no more periods!" would be a selling point. *shrugs* Ah well.

I cna answer hte why.It's marketing, basically. MacPlus came out about halfway through Mac7's run. Planting M+ songs in 7 and featuring their mecha(production models and customized variants, anyways) was free advertising. Extending that theme of cross-promotion, the Macross 7 short movie was attached to the MacPlus movie in theaters, so Mac7 fans would buy MacPlus tickets just for "The Galaxy is Calling Me." It also helps create the appearance of a cohesive universe, so there was some artistic merit to the move. There's also some Minmay in there for that reason, as well as production of a movie based on Space War 1(rather loosely based, given Basara and Mylene were playing Hikaru and Minmay, and they replaced Hikaru's VF-1 with Basara's VF-19).