F-ZeroOne
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Hmm-hmm, I've always argued Turn-A is a pretty good science-fiction series in its own right and its reasonably possible to watch it without really knowing anything about previous Gundams, perhaps its biggest advantage over the original UC series in an international market. Which again makes it all the stranger we still don't have a a Western release yet...
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You're welcome - glad you liked the line! Though it scares me, the way my brain works sometimes...
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Shin has a flaming unicorn symbol as his personal insignia. So not only is he a killer ace pilot, he sets unicorns on fire just to have a cool image.
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To quote Granny Weatherwax: "See clear! Don't let the glamour get you! See whats in front of your eyes! Its a damn great horse with a horn on the end!" You going to be the one to tell Amuro Ray and Shin from Area 88 that they play with the My Little Ponies?
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Best Science FACT movie of all time??
F-ZeroOne replied to taksraven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
There was a very watchable movie made of The Andromeda Strain in the 70s. Featured a split screen filming technique for some scenes. -
Wait - who told you that? You're not supposed to know!
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Just seen it. I enjoyed it, though I have some niggles like a few people about the science (okay, I say niggles, more like "Just hire Professor Hawking to help with the tech stuff next time, okay?!" ). I would also like SF to remember that the future is supposed to look like the future and not some waste processing plant in Wales...
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Theres a website called "Good Old Games" where these games can be downloaded individually: http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/ I've just downloaded Fallout 2 from there after playing 3 for weeks. Its been ages since I've played a game like that!
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Granted, modern missiles are much better than they used to be ("Theres a reason they're not called hittiles... ") but I seem to recall hearing that line before...
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To be fair, the actual text of the article is more accurate...
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Clearly the subspace distortion caused as it engages the warp engines... Apparently the UK will be buying Tranche 3 of the Eurofighter Typhoon, though its still a little unclear how many will actually remain in the UK. Apparently we now also have "Tranche 3a" and "Tranche 3b"...
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Not much seen there, but I got a nice "old school" feel from that. Proper Gundam! Am the only one who reads "Gundam Unicorn" as "Gundam Unicron"...?
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The director, incidentally, is the son of a real space oddity - he was originally called Zowie...
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Good lord - separate bullets?!
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru GQuuuuuuX
F-ZeroOne replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Wing is like an itch that can't be scratched... However, I somehow doubt we were the intended audience. I once met a nice lady at a con who had made a t-shirt of Zechs. The image was hand-stitched. There is something going on there that is not meant for people who know the difference between different marks of Zakus. What does annoy me more is the Gundams we haven't got yet. Bandai, I want to give you my money for Turn-A. You like money Bandai! I know you do! So you must be not releasing it because you hate me! -
Well, I don't remember Ghandi being in Serenity...
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Yep. However, take all UK mass media reports about Doctor Who with a pinch of salt. They were also virtually certain that the next Who would be the guy who played the government agent in Serenity and that Sir Ben Kingsley would be in the fourth series. Accuracy is not their forte. Or even their fifthte.
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Little bit off-topic, but Warthog fans might be interested to know that planned downloadable content for the game "Saints Row 2" will feature an aircraft that bears a bit of a resemblance to an A-10 Thunderbolt 2.
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I can't vouch for the "new" series figures, but I have a Tom Baker "Classic" Doctor Who. Although poseability is perhaps a little limited compared to, say, modern Star Wars figures, as a recreation of the character - and having briefly met Mr. Baker - it is absolutely spot on, to an uncanny degree. You can see my review (and, er, improvised background ) here: http://www.collectiondx.com/review/2008/the_fourth_doctor Although new Who has its faults on occasion (I admire greatly Russell T. Davies for what hes done for the series - its worth remembering that except among fans "Doctor Who" was often media short-hand for "cheap wobbly SF watched by nerds" in the UK before the re-launch - but he does get a bit carried away sometimes). The Tennant run also includes some of the best Who episodes that have probably ever been made... Incidentally, latest media rumour has it that the new, new Doctor could be facing off against a female guest star already very well known to SF fans - lets just say, I want to believe...
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Possibly thought they had the rights...
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Apparently, fighter pilots - especially top class ones - are more attracted to "sexy" F-planes, rather than (presumably) knuckle-dragging A-planes or, even worse, B-planes - they have yokes like airliners for heavens sake!
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Sorry, couldn't resist. Payload is meant to be the same as a Reaper, but its faster and - er - obviously more stealthy. The way the company builds them is interesting - apparently, they build what they think the military will want, rather than what the military says that it needs. Keeps the cost overruns down quite a bit...
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Well, one clue is that the C model doesn't appear to have a propeller...
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One of the weirder moments of on one of my visits to Tokyo was standing in the great toy shop just across the road from Ueno station and hearing the original source start playing over the store music system. Good luck, Valkyrie - I'm always impressed and also slightly envious of people who learn another language.
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Fighters, or aircraft assumed to be fighters (sometimes one-off prototypes etc get labelled with "F" names) start with "F", Bombers with "B", helicopters with "H", transports with "C" and "M" for "er, we're not quite sure what this thing does yet" (okay, usually other roles like photo or ELINT).