RedWolf Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Mao Nome isn't that old since she was only 51 Global went down. So why the wheel chair? Same thing goes for Bilrer being on wheel chair. Was Space War 1 that bad that they were crippled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Perhaps Mao sustained some injury due to Space War I. Or maybe she slid backward down the wrong tree and her spine was damaged by a huge pineapple tree sliver As for Birla, who says he's wheelchair bound not by choice? Perhaps he's the 2059 equivalent of cart people, motoring around Folmo's annoying people that actually walk like the cart people do to us nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchley Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Because Japan has a rapidly aging population and it's a fact of life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isamu Starkiller Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I believe she kept Dr. Hasford's (sp?) wheel Chair from Macross 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ork_dreadnought Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) Mao Nome isn't that old since she was only 51 Global went down. So why the wheel chair? Same thing goes for Bilrer being on wheel chair. Was Space War 1 that bad that they were crippled? Uhh, because they weren't lead characters and therefore are vulnerable to actual aging and lasting injury? Edited October 1, 2008 by Ork_dreadnought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulagu Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I believe she kept Dr. Hasford's (sp?) wheel Chair from Macross 0 Because you can't be the world's foremost protoculture researcher without the wheelchair to show for it. Similar to how you can't rise to senior Zentran commander without bolting a metal skullplate to your face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Was Space War 1 that bad that they were crippled? LOL, you have watched SDF Macross, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 As for Birla, who says he's wheelchair bound not by choice? Perhaps he's the 2059 equivalent of cart people, motoring around Folmo's annoying people that actually walk like the cart people do to us nowadays I'm going with that answer. There are a ton of lazy people out there. Old people are the worst offenders. Once you start getting older people offer to lift heavy objects for you. Offer to give you the nicer seat. They get better parking spaces, preferred seating on the bus. Senior Special discounts. After a while they think are entitled to a discount everywhere because of there age. They assume that someone will pick up or get them something. Our society (well many societies) teaches us to respect and take care of the elderly. These old bastards have taken advantage of us. As a side effect of no longer doing simple things like opening a door for themselves their muscles have shriveled, along with other body parts to the point were they are crippled. If only they weren't so quick to use the motorized carts before they actually really needed them. Next time you see a active senior citizen be sure to give them a thumbs up or a man-to-man head nod. When you see a weak one be sure to yell, "You're what's bad for America and you smell like pee." Oh of course anime seems to be very youth obsessed. When characters age they age bad. Look at Ray for crying out loud. He's suppose be about 28 but looks 50. Mao at 51 is like really 102 in anime years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Oh of course anime seems to be very youth obsessed. When characters age they age bad. Look at Ray for crying out loud. He's suppose be about 28 but looks 50. Mao at 51 is like really 102 in anime years. Ray was 28?? damn he looked older than Max and Millia, hahahas typical of anime anyway, I respect old people I help them however I can, but I absolutely hate the old people that have no disability, but just because they are old they feel they should park on the handicap space, I once parked there cause of a problem my mother had with a fracture eye socket, I had my handicap thingy, my mom got off first and went her way while I was tiding something inside my car and when I got out some old cha-cha passing on her car (which I knew had no disability whatsoever) started cursing me like I was the devil... some people.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I dunno, if I survived the near extinction of the human race (in which 6 billion people were vaporized in a matter of seconds), I'd count myself lucky to only be in a wheel chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Thinking about it, in a time where a severely complex nuclear power variable valkyrie can transform in a split second, folding across the galaxy had become second nature, crazy cybertech making uber soldier, colonizing of other planet is a given, building of huge self sustaining fleet that can house million of people that could live a lifetime is common and mass cloning has occurs... you'd think they come up with a way to fix a spinal injury or some neuropathy atrophied legs, if I were crippled I would had killed myself in the Macross universe a looooooooong time ago oh yes, let's not forget...valk girl controlling fast pack is also possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I'm going with that answer. Roy just agreed with me. I feel gruesomely violated yet at the same time I find myself enjoying it. This has been the most disturbing thing that has ever happened to me on Macross World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 you'd think they come up with a way to fix a spinal injury or some neuropathy atrophied legs, if I were crippled I would had killed myself in the Macross universe a looooooooong time ago Hey if they can't fix Far/Near sightedness you think they can fix your spine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Just put everyone in exo-gear. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hey if they can't fix Far/Near sightedness you think they can fix your spine? hahaha...kind of like the star treck... errr... black dude who had to wear that visor, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-25 Messiah Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hey if they can't fix Far/Near sightedness you think they can fix your spine? Believe its been stated in magazine interviews that people wearing glasses in Frontier do it for fashion and not because they need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Ray was 28?? damn he looked older than Max and Millia, hahahas typical of anime Maybe Max and Millia are sucking the youth out of all the other characters , I mean come on Max is in his late fifties in mac7 and he looks like he's under 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglearcher Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I dunno, if I survived the near extinction of the human race (in which 6 billion people were vaporized in a matter of seconds), I'd count myself lucky to only be in a wheel chair. Damnit, I come in here to post that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3v Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 you'd think they come up with a way to fix a spinal injury or some neuropathy atrophied legs, if I were crippled I would had killed myself in the Macross universe a looooooooong time ago oh yes, let's not forget...valk girl controlling fast pack is also possible It could simply be a matter of choice. Mao probably get's more freebies that way. Besides, who knows what she has hidden in that wheelchair - for all we know it actually turns into a EX-Gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 maybe wheelchairs are like segways at that time... you're not cool if you walk! hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeBot Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Good to see none of us are ever going to get old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taksraven Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I believe she kept Dr. Hasford's (sp?) wheel Chair from Macross 0 Ha ha. Taksraven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taksraven Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I dunno, if I survived the near extinction of the human race (in which 6 billion people were vaporized in a matter of seconds), I'd count myself lucky to only be in a wheel chair. I think that the living would envy the dead. Taksraven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taksraven Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Mao Nome isn't that old since she was only 51 Global went down. So why the wheel chair? Same thing goes for Bilrer being on wheel chair. Was Space War 1 that bad that they were crippled? Maybe there are problems with long-term exposure to artificial gravity??? :blink: Taksraven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-girl Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) Actually there are some problems with long-term exposure to artificial gravity. It has been speculated that someone who lives in space for long time might not be able to return to normal "Earth" gravity.... this has been really one of the questions about our own current space flight programs to distant planets. You can bet that the astronauts in the space station are regularly examined for bone density changes and other issues. http://www.permanent.com/s-centri.htm http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1995/gravity-1129.html That's an interesting observation though. I hadn't realized both Mao and Bilrer were in wheelchairs at all until this thread pointed it out. In the first epi (not sure if it was deculture or broadcast version), we saw Sheryl and Grace going through an adjustment chamber when they boarded Frontier. I believe they set the gravity to something like .7g. (1g is normal Earth gravity) If you were Mao or Bilrer and were on the older ships, it is possible that environmental controls were not treated the same way and they had spent their early years under less gravity which could make it worse as they got older and adjusted to newer ships. I don't know enough about the tech spechs of older Macross colony ships so someone please chime in! Edited October 13, 2008 by s-girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizophrenicMC Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Actually there are some problems with long-term exposure to artificial gravity. It has been speculated that someone who lives in space for long time might not be able to return to normal "Earth" gravity.... this has been really one of the questions about our own current space flight programs to distant planets. You can bet that the astronauts in the space station are regularly examined for bone density changes and other issues. http://www.permanent.com/s-centri.htm http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1995/gravity-1129.html That's an interesting observation though. I hadn't realized both Mao and Bilrer were in wheelchairs at all until this thread pointed it out. In the first epi (not sure if it was deculture or broadcast version), we saw Sheryl and Grace going through an adjustment chamber when they boarded Frontier. I believe they set the gravity to something like .7g. (1g is normal Earth gravity) If you were Mao or Bilrer and were on the older ships, it is possible that environmental controls were not treated the same way and they had spent their early years under less gravity which could make it worse as they got older and adjusted to newer ships. I don't know enough about the tech spechs of older Macross colony ships so someone please chime in! Thing is, even the original Macross Class SDF-1 had gravity generators capable of 1G. I don't think it was micro-gravitational injury. More likely an injury from earlier on that put her in a wheelchair. As for Bilrer, it's probably by choice. I don't think he's sustained any injury. Also, I don't think Zentraedi are as easily injured by microgravity and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If only they weren't so quick to use the motorized carts before they actually really needed them. Next time you see a active senior citizen be sure to give them a thumbs up or a man-to-man head nod. When you see a weak one be sure to yell, "You're what's bad for America and you smell like pee." And now I have something new for my sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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