tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post3306519333330238289..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Full Invasion Part 1 - Robotech: The MastersRoman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-82664919987878710752017-02-26T08:29:36.809-08:002017-02-26T08:29:36.809-08:00Yeah the challenge of merging all three series tog...Yeah the challenge of merging all three series together is what makes the final two series feel slightly off. To be honest most of the folks I've encountered who've watched "Southern Cross" and "MOSEPEADA" in their original Japanese forms say that they are both flawed shows to begin with and weaker compared to Macross. So the source material just isn't there to start with.<br /><br />That said, the potential for amazing storytelling is there. I'm with you that if Robotech" can be remade in live action or even in animated form, we would end up with something that flows so much better into the The Masters and The New Generation sagas. But yeah there is some bad blood there. I'm not sure we'll ever see it.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-71583658981234944142017-02-26T08:26:55.643-08:002017-02-26T08:26:55.643-08:00Yeah, the funny thing is that I know I'll usua...Yeah, the funny thing is that I know I'll usually be disappointed when I revisit these shows, movies or books. Sometimes I rewarded with something that actually has a different but equally satisfying impact as an adult as compared to when I was a kid. This happens with books very frequently. When I reread "Lord of the Flies" about ten years ago I was blown away by the depth in it. I got the basic themes and plot when I read it back in high school, but for some reason it really resonated with me on the reread. Same thing with "Catch 22". In same ways I think books have the advantage because they can create deeper layers of themes within the narrative. <br />But I think some kids who grow up with family films like "Inside Out" or "Up" are going to get a real treat revisiting those when they are older.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-89082646232544234762017-02-25T10:17:53.090-08:002017-02-25T10:17:53.090-08:00I haven't watched The Masters, but the way you...I haven't watched The Masters, but the way you describe it sounds similar to the Star Wars prequels in a way. They were a rehash of what came before, but not as engaging. The Phantom Menace really felt that way to me in a way, and I didn't even mind Jar Jar that much. <br /><br />I'm sure it gets really hard trying to mesh all that continuity into a consistent whole, particularly with Robotech if they'd not been made that way to begin with. It's too bad they just didn't have them being different generations and stories within that universe.<br /><br />In some ways the way you describe the war in The Masters with the constant ongoing war it's not too different from a lot of things in life. Even within Robotech itself in how that franchise has had its ongoing battles with who owns it. I'd read that Tobey Maguire had bought the film rights in hopes of perhaps bringing it to the big screen, I'm guessing in a live action film (which I'd be interested in). But since both factions of Harmony gold and the Japanese counterpart both hate each other, it probably won't happen, which I think is crazy. Someone should sit them down and say, hey, you're both going to make money off this, which is a given, but since they both hate each other so much, they stalemate and won't budge. <br /><br />I watched Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles this past week off my Roku due to reading your post. It was pretty good. I don't know all the cannon, but I really like the way the movie boosted the CG on the ships and other aspects of the anime. https://youtu.be/T4KrOoxUUXsEl Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-86901001341324567352017-02-24T15:09:31.772-08:002017-02-24T15:09:31.772-08:00Whether movies, places, people, or things, the fav...Whether movies, places, people, or things, the favorites of our childhood often suffer when revisited as an adult -- even with nostalgia to help. In the case of books and film we change. In other cases the favorites things/places/people change too. Thomas Wolfe (as I'm sure you know): "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time – back home to the escapes of Time and Memory." Still, it's nice to go back sometimes even if the revisit isn't perfect.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com