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How Far Are We Away from Macross Plus?
Master Dex replied to Scopedog's topic in Movies and TV Series
Yeah that's all decades old spaceflight jargon and dark humor that came from old pilots and the steely-eyed missile men at Mission Control. SpaceX is just following up their legacy. Great work but it wouldn't be without what the vintage NASA did first. -
How Far Are We Away from Macross Plus?
Master Dex replied to Scopedog's topic in Movies and TV Series
Relatively Space does more of 3D printed rocket components than any other space launch company, though even they are walking it back on new designs for cost reasons. SpaceX has done it but not to a large scale. And in all truth SpaceX isn't even directly operated to that guy's direction, it's run by Gwynne Shotwell who does a very thankless job considering all the things they accomplish (and the press they have to deal with for iterative design testing being inherently destructive but the layman just seeing it as failure). I'm all for dunking on Musk but he takes too much credit (good and bad) for a lot of other people's work. He is more directly responsible at Tesla though which causes most of the aforementioned BS trending. -
Super Macross Mecha Fun Time Discussion Thread!
Master Dex replied to Valkyrie Driver's topic in Movies and TV Series
Well... That's what all 5th Gen VFs have, so we know exactly what that looks like. It actually avoids causing bits because pilots can survive higher G-loads. Technically the YF-21 and VF-22 had the tech from the Q-Rau but it was limited. 5th Gen like the VF-25 and up all have the Inertia Store Converter powered by fold quartz. I'll leave it to Seto to get into the technicals because he'll do it anyway regardless of what I say lol. Plus he has that information on hand and I don't. -
Super Macross Mecha Fun Time Discussion Thread!
Master Dex replied to Valkyrie Driver's topic in Movies and TV Series
As another engineer, an aerospace one even, I understand your disbelief. I think we have to consider just how efficient and hot this reaction is, it's more than we're imagining for sure. And like Seto said it's based on advanced alien tech we can't replicate with real world analogues. This is a classic unobtanium situation, in the literary sense. It's something that physics says is completely doable but the capability is entirely outside of reality as we know it, but not as they in the continuity know it. That's always my preferred kind of sci-fi tech, rather than technobabble that means nothing. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
Master Dex replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
In case it's unclear, that stuff bring cut on the one release was only done because it was packaged with a video game and by Japanese law it had to match the game rating. There was never a reason beyond that for DYRL to be censored for any content beyond that the game was marketed for a younger age group. By this logic all releases with just the movie are basically always going to have everything. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
Master Dex replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
Couldn't tell ya anything. I'm just reporting what I've looked up and others say about that. I'm not an audio expert. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
Master Dex replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
Yeah, so audiophiles will like the Linear PCM option overall, but if you have an actual 5.1 surround system set up, the DTS will be more immersive despite the compression used. I have a 4K TV with a soundbar. It's moot so I used PCM. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
Master Dex replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
So from what I've been told, both versions of the movie on the disc are upscaled and enhanced, the difference is the content, the 1984 doesn't have the Angel Paints concert outro, which is like 2 minutes worth of visuals at best, and the 2016 does. The 2016 cut also has the DTS audio option of course which if you have the right audio set up will be ideal. Most people's average TV set up likely won't notice a big difference either way I think. And just so it's fully out there, the options are the same on each disc, with the UHD disc having everything in the full 4K whereas the Blu-ray disc is just HD. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
Master Dex replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
Similar, I just got my notification from them this morning and they say it's coming today (in CA here). Granted, I picked FedEx shipping it seems so that might be why. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
Master Dex replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
Technically it releases in two days.. well maybe tomorrow in Japan. The international shipping going out is to meet that release time frame likely. My CDJapan order hasn't given shipping confirmation but my order status is "In Shipping Process" so stuff is happening.