Actually the whole “magnetic coating” idea is somewhat a real thing. Magnetic bearings do exist, using magnetic repulsion to maintain a gap between mechanical parts and provide a nearly frictionless moving joint. But never let facts get in the way of a (potentially?) good joke.
It’s been a good summer for gunpla – VF-1, Geara Doga, Gerbera Tetra (just got my purchase confirmation :-D), and the RX-78-2 and RG GP-01 to come (maybe tomorrow???)
I call HAX on this one. Ryan you must have cheated…..or slipped the right people some yen under the table ;). Cannot wait to see it on Gunpla TV! You guys are so lucky :).
*shrug* it was not without its problems, and it had more than its share of unintentionally hilarious moments (esp. Captain Anus, and Flit’s dead girlfriend Urine) – but I thought it was an enjoyable show overall.
@tetsujin Attention! Captain Anus on deck!! Yeah the whole reason for the conflict was total Bulls***, the overall design/art of the charcters is childish and the pilots too young to have hairs down there but still can fight with MS…. The father of the last guy just made a like 13 year vacation without reason and then reappears to be the good…[Read more]
Yeah, Asemu’s 13 year departure… That is ridiculous if you look at it seriously at all. And then when he sees his wife again, she’s pretty much just cool with it. She hasn’t “moved on”, and she’s totally ready to welcome him back after thinking he was dead for 13 years… That bit always made me think that Asemu must have seriously messed…[Read more]
@tetsujin Asemu was a cool character out of the three. Without special abilities but still one of the best pilots. They killed the best char because of him (Wolfy guy) The reason is explained in a manga or something (memories of sid; lol). But for Kio who never knew his father and then he meets him: instead of WTF Dude? Who are you?? He: You…[Read more]
I am going to say Gundam Age was good. Sure there were kinks. I never heard of captain anus jokes. I tend to avoid bum joke sin general so that might be why I never saw it. The show started pretty badly and sucked to the levels of G gundam. But Age’s season 2 Really picked things up and gave the show much needed life Flit became a completely new…[Read more]
There is no “Captain Anus joke” – that literally is her name. It’s spelled “Einus”, but it’s pronounced “Anus”. Same thing with Flit’s dead girlfriend – spelled “Yurin”, pronounced “Urine”.
Admittedly it’s kind of juvenile to obsess over that… but they really walked right into that one.
But yeah, I enjoyed the show, too. It had its…[Read more]
Ahhh thanks for clearing that up. And yes they really did dig themselves a hole for that one..Oh I will also be intrigued to see what Memory of Eden does as well.
Dear sir, should we even get excited about this? Like someone said, all Americans do to movies with mecha theme is to add more explosions and half naked chicks as a sell point. “Transformers! Now you can see more explosions than anytime before. And a superhot chick bent, with her ass in the air!” How about the actual Tranformers? Good thing I’m a…[Read more]
Any movie without Shia LaBeouf is better 🙂 Leonardo is a serious actor, and I would like a serious sci-fi movie that is story driven. Sadly, too many anime series have been ruined when made into live action movies, but we’ll see.
I’ll agree to that but Megan Fox didn’t really help the quality either. Her behind is wonderful, don’t get me wrong there and I enjoy watching it oh-so-much, but not in a Transformers movie. It should be about machines fighting eachother not about LaGouf and his blue-eyed hottie. Peter Callen nailed it as Optimus but was overshadowed by the utmost…[Read more]
Pacific Rim was awesome, and proves that not all American action films are Michael Bay-style trash.
But, seriously, why does anyone complain about a super-hot chick with her ass in the air? What’s not to like? 🙂
Don’t get me wrong, I like her ass, there’s nothing not to like about her it’s just that it’s out of place to me. Haven’t seen Pacific Rim yet. Heard good stuff about it. However I have no idea why they need two pilots/drivers of that huge thing working in sync.
They need two pilots because… just because. Pretty much. 🙂 It’s kind of a gimmick, kind of a plot device… But it also contributed to the sense of grand scale and slightly over-the-top theatrics which is part of the fun in super robot anime and the human side of monster movies.
Star Wars, not bad?!? It’ll be made by Disney for mass production with a 70 year old Han Solo and quite probably singing. Of course it’ll be bad, the question is how bad?
I have to say ryan; I do agree with you on “once you built PG you want to build more.” I built PG 00 Raiser and instantly I want to build another PG. And Syd, PG Victory Gundam would be amazing. And also I was wondering when HLJ will be sending my purchases from wherehouse? I sent in request to ship everything I have on private wherehouse on thi…[Read more]
I think they have a lot of orders to process thanks to the popularity of hobbylink.tv… My last order took 9 days to process. This current order is 4 days and pending. So dun worry abt it… they will get to it. @tltl0311
That’s cool! Man… I have to find the episodes of Macross/Robotech to watch and get up to speed. Seeing all these cool kits that are now being released kind of bums me out that I have never seen an episode of any of the shows. Especially with all the awesome robot shows out there.