Shaka_Z

wow... hey guys... long time no see. is it just me, or does the black bunny segment from the first concert in movie 1 have a high degree of similarity to 'black swan' (not the natalie portman portrayal per se, but the ballet version in general)?

even IRL there exists the possibility that empathy and telepathy exist - even in the human species. it may simply be that the brain has the hardware to act as a form of biological radio transceiver, but is by default set to the OFF state - think of the problems with intrusions that networked computers have, and you will understand why this would be so. the reason why it has not been quantified outside the CIA's remote viewing programs is that it probably works across an extremely wide range of frequencies, kind of like bluetooth (ultrawideband is the proper term), such that unless we know exactly the frequencies and encoding there really isn't anything coherent to detect. Ive actually been thinking about this for years, and it seems an interesting idea for certain kinds of dream phenomena, deja vu, the ability of identical twins (or any pair of extremely close-knit individuals) to finish each other's sentences etc.

heh... college age guys go after barely legal chicks all the time. hell. I'm 37 (38 in a month) and find I have more in common (in terms of interests, conversation, etc) with women 18-25 than with older women - especially given my interests, which the vast, overwhelming super-majority of women my own age tend to look down their noses at. it's to a great extent a matter of closed versus open mindedness.

oh I have GOT to agree here... I am still rather perturbed - indeed it is my one greatest criticism - that with all the obvious potential for a long-running, highly popular series, SK chose to keep it to 25 eps. Sheryl is certainly the Queen of Frontier, but I can easily see several other characters following in her path to transcendence (becoming more than just an anime character) if only there were more time. the combination of klan and michel were certainly on that path. I also didnt especially care for loli klan (felt she was literally short-changed).

it isnt the song in and of itself that is important... or the language. its that the priestess is singing, and the emotional content she imbues the song with that makes the AFOS respond by flexing its' grav systems and whatnot. hell... Sara could have been singing one of Krauser's songs (from Detroit Metal City) and gotten the same reaction if she did it right. lol... AFOS gettin it on to death metal...

dammit you beat me to mentioning it!!! but yes, we have transparent aluminum today IRL. it's hella expensive though... something like $10000US per square inch iirc.

I think this can be said for most areas of human endeavour of late. just about every industry there is is more concerned about how to better package existing products and concepts than actually creating anything new. nobody wants to take any risks anymore. I blame the lawyers and accountants. politicians too, but then 99.9% of them are either lawyers or accountants.

I am not comparing shows - I am comparing specific character archetypes using specific examples for reference. you want senseless action, look to gundam... I agree. I also have no issue with frontier not tying up the loose ends - there has to be some mystery left in the series to maintain fan interest in the franchise as a whole. infantry weapons have been carried into battle by kids for millenia - it isnt something that just started happening in the last hundred years. matter of fact it was expected for a teenager to be married and having a family of their own as little as 100 years ago. you must admit however that infantry weapons are not and have never been representative of a high level of economic investment (on a per soldier basis) in comparison to a jet fighter or any historical equivalent (which can be extrapolated back to the first uses of horses in combat, but might be better analogized to horse-drawn chariots). in general unless you expect the kid to die - and dont mind losing the plane - you dont stick a kid into a fighter cockpit

this is certainly a part of my own issues with having teenage pilots. when I first got into anime back in the late '70s, I was what... 8 or 9 years old? by the time robotech debuted here I was 13, and yes it did seem perfectly fine (indeed it made perfect sense to my young mind) that the best pilots are the youngest pilots, and geezers should sit back, watch from the sidelines and coach or better yet just stay out of the way. As I got older, I realized the flaws of that reasoning - while teenagers do have quicker reactions than their elders, they think with their genitals too much, and so are prone to utter stupidity (which is fine for cannon fodder infantry, but not for pilots of very expensive aircraft). this makes their use as pilots not so much ludicrous, but unrealistic. it's one thing if you are in desperate need of pilots, and all you really have are high-schoolers as in SDFM - the macross needed pilots BAD early on, so they tapped the one resource they had... perfectly reasonable and realistic. luckily the Macross had a very high quality pool of candidates to work with, Max & Hikaru being the ones that set the standard. those 2 were certainly not your average teenagers. at least in the Macross universe the veteran pilots still get their due acknowledgement. Focker was 29 at the start of SDFM, both Isamu and Guld were in their mid-20's, Max was still kicking butt in macross7 in his early 50's. dont know Ozma's age, but hes probably around 30 himself. In all though, I think my reservations about teenie boppers saving the world are that the plot device has been sorely overused... and I am somewhat tired of it right along with the whole dominance of moe. doesnt stop me from enjoying the series though.

my theory is that basically, the mayan priestesses (unknowingly) use their song and bloodline/psionic connection to the AFOS to keep its' core systems functioning. like I said in another thread, it's kind of like letting a car sit outside for years without moving - it might be all rusted and crappy on the outside, but if somebody at least turns the engine over once in awhile, it should be fine... the AFOS just goes one step farther in that it can return itself to showroom new on a moments notice.

it aint no job for wet-behind-the-ears 14-17 year olds. 20-40 somethings yes. the only time I can suspend my disbelief for kid pilots is under unusual circumstances - like souseke sagara in FMP, who was literally fighting and killing in war zones since he was old enough to hold a rifle... setsuna in gundam 00 fits that mold as well. those characters however pay for that capability dearly in that they are little more than shells who really dont know anything else. Souseke at least had enormous opportunity for character growth thru his interactions with his comrades and especially kaname. she enabled him to become more than the mindless automaton he had been made into. setsuna in 00 never was able to really break free from that mindset.

here here... down with the moe! I cannot fully express how tired I am of 14-17 year olds being allowed to fly giant war machines! yes I blame evangelion for the start of this trend, although that series did it for very well thought out reasons that were integral to the plot. personally I think SK would have been better served by setting the series in a collegiate environment - make Mihoshi an MIT/Rensselaer/Embry-Riddle type campus instead of some kind of magnet high school. that way, at least Alto & co would have been old enough - with sufficient educational background - to be believable. Sheryl & Ranka could stay at their respective ages, though perhaps giving them a boost of a year or 2 would be beneficial as well. dont get me wrong... I have no issues with fanservice - or even loli to an extent. in the case of loli I strongly feel that human laws are seeking to trump biology, when just a hundred years ago one was considered to be a fully fledged adult member of society by the age of 18 if not sooner, lawyers and politicians (who are 99.9% lawyers) have twisted things so badly in western society that in some cases you arent an adult until you're 30 or more (I am deliberately exaggerating for effect here, but I occasionally still get carded when buying booze, and I'm almost 40).

actually, in reference to the image of alto, michael & luca in suits... can anybody make sense of the welcome sign past the 'welcome'?

yesss... love the truck!!!... wow I didnt realize one of the members of FB was a brotha... now I really must watch the series! but then, macross has always been unusual (and far ahead of it's contemporaries) in the world of anime with its' wide range of represented ethnicities (even though most are relegated to secondary roles at best). come to think of it, maybe a thread should be started on that topic.

1 - Northern Cross 2 - Diamond Crevasse 3 - infinity 4 - Lion 5 - yousei (fairy) 6 - What'bout my star (all versions) 7 - Ai no oebaete 8 - Aoi no Eteru 9 - Anata no Oto 10 - Iteza Gogo Kuji (Don't be late) thats my top 10. Seikan Hikou comes in at #11, and it was close - but I like Sheryl more ^^... it all depends on what my mood is really.