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SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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As I recall, the series was cut short, so they rushed the ending; but then after that, the number of episodes was extended, leading to the giant epilogue.

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SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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One thing I love about Macross sequels is they take the ending of SDF and run with it. They have technicians and engineers that know aerospace and they now have a culture centered around pop idols.

Later series added that strong emotions, normally expressed in song, cause ripples in fold space.

Also, I'll note that the shield bits aren't powered by song, it looks like, just controlled that way.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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7 is my second favorite Macross, but yeah, it would be better if it was shorter, the beginning is rough, and I don't remember when it went from a trudge to "I must binge this until the end."

It's a toss up to me whether the worst part early on is Basara or the fairly low number of songs constantly being repeated.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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On the plus side, I can actually list to Planet Dance. Minmay singing "kyun kyun" makes me want to murder. Oddly, though, I like covers of it.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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Because Tatsunoko likes free money.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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Gaius Marius posted:

You could cut 2/3 of Macross 7 and have a much better series

While I agree with this, the length of the series is partly why I grew to despise Basara and how Gamlin became my favorite so slowly that I didn't even realise I no longer disliked him at first.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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Haven't gotten to see the ep yet. Does black Shin have a scarf?

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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I read Devolution a few weeks ago. Some of the concepts are cool, but it feels very much less than the sum of its parts.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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All sorts of stuff made it over in small numbers, so there's several it could be. Technically, there was even an imported release of golion before Voltron existed.

SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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I want verification that we're actually getting it in the USA. Everything I've seen says it's actually Star, which is a part of D+ for most of the world, but not USA or Latin America.

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SpikeMcclane
Sep 11, 2005

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Sometimes Star stuff gets on hulu, sometimes it doesn't.

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