vanpang Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 I was watching Macross 7 yesterday (Episodes 1-5). Althought I was happy to see some old faces, Max and Milia from the original TV series, I was shocked Exedol in such a state. Could anyone confirm whether Exedol is permanently "stuck" in the Bridge ? With his size, he does have much room to move around, so is he just restricted to the bridge only ? In addition, it appears Exedol's design is from DYRL and not the TV series, again can anyone confirms this ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger_Karl Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Naw, he can wander around and walk places. You'll see once you get to around 30 eps or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beware of Blast Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 (edited) I don't remember which eps. in M7 is it... but right below the bridge, is Exedol's office, the bridge's database center that he controls and his personal quarters. It seems to me, he just pops his head into the bridge when he's on duty. There are several eps. IIRC, that shows Exedol's head missing from the bridge. Edited September 14, 2003 by Beware of Blast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanpang Posted September 14, 2003 Author Share Posted September 14, 2003 Thanks guys.....It was a relief to me to know that Exedol is not permamently "stuck" to one place. Any reasons why Exedol's version in Macross 7 is from the Movie and not the original TV series (or did I got this wrong ?) Thanks and regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain of the SDF-1 Macross Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Any reasons why Exedol's version in Macross 7 is from the Movie and not the original TV series (or did I got this wrong ?) It's basically time and effort. Harahito Mikimoto couldn't put in the time and effort to draw Exedol 30 years older unlike Max and Milia, plus he had a deadline to keep and finish the characters. It's likely that Exedol was the last to be drawn and when Mikimoto couldn't complete it, he decided to simply took the Movie version's line art and wrote this version of the character into Macross 7. The story explanation is that Exedol is suffering a deficiency in his brain over the years in micron form because he's a war archivist, a living memory bank. To preserve his intellect and memories, he underwent macronization for the last time and underwent surgery to preserve his brain in the long run. Thus, his appearance has changed completely and is stuck in macro form. Yet, it was a success and Exedol is still the intellent Zentraedi we all know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanpang Posted September 14, 2003 Author Share Posted September 14, 2003 Thanks, anyone know what happened to good old Breetai then ? Somehow whenever I see Exedol, Breetai should be around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander McBride Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 I'd been wondering what was the deat, too. At first, I thought he was a disembodied head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ly000001 Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Thanks, anyone know what happened to good old Breetai then ? Somehow whenever I see Exedol, Breetai should be around... According to the chronology at Egan Loo's site, he became the UN Spacy fleet commander in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 The story explanation is that Exedol is suffering a deficiency in his brain over the years in micron form because he's a war archivist, a living memory bank. To preserve his intellect and memories, he underwent macronization for the last time and underwent surgery to preserve his brain in the long run. Thus, his appearance has changed completely and is stuck in macro form. Yet, it was a success and Exedol is still the intellent Zentraedi we all know. I thought he was a hypchondriac. He did it because he was worried about losing his memory, despite the lack of evidence. Anyways, a possible story reason for Exedol to look like DYRL's is that DYRL Exedol was styled after modern Exedol instead of Space War Exedol. People who'd seen Exedol recently will go "What the hell? That's not Exedol! He's supposed to be green! And lumpy!" Their perception of reality is more important than actual reality. And they precieve Exedol as always being like the Macross 7 Exedol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Now I know. And Knowing is half the battle. G.I.JOE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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