Robotech, Starblazers & Voltron: C/D?

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I just bought a DVD set of Robotech, officially beginning the first stage of my mid-life crisis, and was surprised at how quickly it brought back memories/mindset of me as an 11-year-old. Were these any good, and what does it mean to be getting a kick out of them at this point?

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 7 November 2002 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I still think all the haircuts and haircolours have had a lingering impact stylewise. At least around UCI they sure do!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 November 2002 16:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Did you knwo that all three Robotech series were actually three different sci fi cartoons in Japan that they pretended were all the same story for american audiences?

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Thursday, 7 November 2002 23:14 (twenty-three years ago)

That's what made it so great. They probably do the same there with, I dunno, Friends, TekWar and 20/20.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 November 2002 23:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm buying one Star Blazers DVD per month. It is soooooo good. The whole obsession with "Mecha" (i.e. human-like machines/giant robots) was not really my cup of tea. I think I reject it because my father has always scoffed at martial arts and Mecha is a real extension of that obsession; and Star Blazers and Captain Harlock seemed more about psychedelia and space-ships. I'm still waiting for those Yamamoto directed Daft Punk videos to come out on DVD too.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 8 November 2002 06:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh man when i was little i used to watch Robotech every day and i cried when Rick left Minmae for Lisa that was messed up.

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 8 November 2002 22:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Chaki, Lisa Hayes is the hottest animated character ever (except for Nova on Star Blazers). If you don't agree you can Chow on my nuts!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 8 November 2002 23:33 (twenty-three years ago)

four years pass...

did voltron ever air in the uk? referred to in so many things but not sure i know much beyond it's a big robot thing (made of smaller robots?) in a cartoon.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 12 August 2007 13:19 (eighteen years ago)

When are those GoLion DVDs coming out? They changed a lot of shit for Voltron, it's like a Macross-->Robotech type thing.

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

I finally saw all of the Yamato movies. They're just incredible. The animation on the last one is amazing.

― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)

That's what made it so great. They probably do the same there with, I dunno, Friends, TekWar and 20/20.

Man, that would be great! So it turns out Carl Macek invented video mash-ups, I guess.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

the concept of protoculture is pretty woah

― chaki, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

isn't "protoculture" different in Macross and Robotech? I've just recently watched Macross but I haven't seen Robotech since I was little.

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

yah in macross it was the ancient race that created humans and zentradi. in robotech it was this energy source they found on the sdf when it crashed. its ancient stuff like the spice from dune and it comes from the flower of life! also it makes the airplanes turn to robots and helps people find LOVE through the songs of minmei!!

― chaki, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

yah but the zentradi basically being crippled strategically because minmei gave them bonerz and they didn't understand why in Macross was some pretty funny shit.

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)

how did that work out in Robotech?

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)

same way. she started singing and un spacey broadcast the song all over the space war frequency and the zentradi surrendered. then they shrunk down and became friends with the humans and max and that one hot blue haired zentradi had a kid. also the zentradi started carrying around minmei dolls and trinkets like little japanese girls.

― chaki, Sunday, 12 August 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

Green haired!
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/f/f0/180px-Millia_macross_tele.jpg
Her name is Milia in Macross. She was the hottest.

Are any of Minmei's songs better dubbed in English or were the Japanese versions the best? I swear they made you listen to "My Boyfriend is a Pilot" like 20 times.
"Kyuun, kyuun! Kyuun, kyuun! Watashi no kare wa pailotto!"

― marmotwolof, Monday, 13 August 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Dudes probably know about this?

― W4LTER, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:31 (eighteen years ago)

Who should play the other characters????

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 10 September 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

max = james spader

― chaki, Monday, 10 September 2007 04:42 (eighteen years ago)

nine months pass...

lawrence kasdan of all ppl to write live-action robo-tech

― s1ocki, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:04 (seventeen years ago)

unnecessary hyphen

― s1ocki, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:04 (seventeen years ago)

nine years pass...

Hmmm.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/rick-hunter-and-roy-fokker-reunite-in-this-first-look-i-1796366467

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 June 2017 16:40 (eight years ago)

Rick looks... different.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 23 June 2017 21:03 (eight years ago)

seven years pass...

Okay so:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-10/hulu-to-add-multiple-macross-anime-on-january-13/.219912

Ironically, this is everything BUT the original core series shown in Robotech, aka Super Dimension Fortress Macross

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 January 2025 17:11 (one year ago)

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