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Rogural
Joined: 28 Nov 2017
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 5:28 pm
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They.. they really did the running with toast in mouth... they really just did that.
Out of all of the ridiculousness, they really put in a scene where the main character was running with toast in his mouth, not to mention the ridiculousness of an indirect toast kiss. This is the work of absolute visionaries.
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whiskeyii
Joined: 29 May 2013
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 5:29 pm
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I would almost be disappointed in this week's review of the glory that is EX-ARM if Nick's coverage of a certain football game (that is definitely key to understanding everything about EX-ARM) wasn't more entertaining than the game itself.
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srlracing
Joined: 28 Feb 2013
Posts: 87
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:10 pm
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I'm starting to get the feeling the show's community score each episode is becoming more reflective of the review than the show.
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Gina Szanboti
Joined: 03 Aug 2008
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:08 am
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My favorite bit of "animation," (after the invisible truck that disappeared) was when the girl (do not expect me to remember any names) pulls him on top of her in the infirmary. It's just a 3-step zoom-in on a still frame of her grabbing his arm, followed by a smash cut to him on top of her.
They really meant it when they said they were declaring war on sci-fi series. But I thought carpet bombing on this level was a war crime.
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VerQuality
Joined: 01 Oct 2016
Posts: 136
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:29 am
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I'm not even watching this masterpiece of... animation? And these reviews are great. Keep at it, and good luck keeping those SAN points at a reasonable level.
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trilaan
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 1053
Location: Texas
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:00 am
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Heh, these Dupree reviews. It's almost like Zac was back.
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Uchay
Joined: 27 Nov 2016
Posts: 77
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:40 pm
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Can we talk about how Nick managed to sidestep EX ARM to talk about Macross
Only a master can dodge like that, I'm impressed.
However, no one can hide from the godshattering, thoughtful and reality bending masterpiece that EX ARM is, you can run, but where will it bring you? Back to EX ARM, naturally.
It's our reality pos EX ARM advent, and we should welcome our new anime overlord.
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7777ale7777
Joined: 13 Nov 2017
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:05 pm
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I always wondered, should I watch the original Macross or the Robotech edit?
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lossthief
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Joined: 14 Dec 2012
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:09 pm
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7777ale7777 wrote: | Robotech |
Go wash your mouth out with soap right now.
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Great Rumbler
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:29 pm
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There's no real reason to watch Robotech unless it's something you grew up with. I did, so it's lodged firmly in a back corner of my brain that that's the real version; not hearing the English voices or the redone soundtrack confuses me.
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tintor2
Joined: 11 Aug 2010
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:13 pm
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You know. I always saw Alto Saotome as the complete opposite of Shinji Ikari yet they are still similar. Shinji is a quiet reclutant pilot who always needs a strong motivation to pilot the Evangelion Unit 0-1 and still gets scolded. However, he seeks a bond with his cold father.
Alto, meanwhile, is a teenager with gender insecurities and hates his father but when it comes to fighting he always wants to fly a ship or mecha. However, in the early episodes when requesting to pilot a ship, Alto instead gets punched by his superior for unsuitable behaviour.
Wait, what were we talking about?
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Charou
Joined: 01 May 2018
Posts: 123
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:28 pm
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Man, Robotech was amazing. It was like they took Macbeth, sorry, Macross, and removed all that pointless fan service, the namby-pamby drama, the intensely grating portrayal of Minmay by Iijima Mari, the prescient and yet no less disturbing 'lolicon' Zentradi spies and threw all that bunk out the window, Streamlining it down to the GRITTY, MILITARISTIC core that real anime should be about. I mean, dude, that opening music! So stirring and reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica's iconic theme! I hear that and I'm like baldy from Akira: 'Men, we're going to the Olympics'! So unlike that dolorous 'Mah-koo-Ross' chant or the phoned-in Jpop pap Kanno did for Frontier.
Harmony Gold's vision for anime reimagined for red-blooded young Western males changed my life, and whether you want to admit it or not, it changed yours too. Robotech SAVED Macross.
Okay fine, Macross II was decent but only because Kasahara Hiroko and the OP was a banger before most other shows had banger OPs.
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dm
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Joined: 24 Sep 2010
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:47 pm
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Uchay wrote: | Can we talk about how Nick managed to sidestep EX ARM to talk about Macross |
I was ready to believe him, and came here to kvetch that he should have mentioned the Yoko Kanno soundtrack for Macross Plus, which was basically the reason I checked it out back in my early anime days (it was my introduction to the larger Macross franchise in those pre-DVD days).
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
Joined: 20 Apr 2009
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Location: Bellevue, WA
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:55 pm
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Next week: an episode of Ex-ARM *so bad* that God eradicates cancer as a way of maintaining balance in the Universe.
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Nate148
Joined: 24 May 2012
Posts: 465
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:26 pm
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nick made me sad god damm this show sucks
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