I've had fun so far, picking apart each episode in my year long look at Robotech and now let's continue with the next six episodes of the series. I will also be reading the next six comics and reading the next book (which covers about six episodes).
Episode #7 Bye By Mars
It's strange that Sera base would be totally deserted. Such a large base should have harbored some survivor. Oh well.
If you remember earlier in the year in some of the Academy comics Khyron and Breetai had some adventures together. In the show it seems that they don't really know each other. However, it could be construed that they did know each other.
After the Khyron scene there is a battle scene. This is one of those scenes I never really cared for. I'd just watch more Macross city fun and drama as opposed to ships duking it out. At one point Gloval orders the main gun to be moved and we see it rotate. How in the world that is possible is beyond me.
Rick hears some RDF propaganda and it upsets him. This is a VERY adult theme. I'm sure kids would just let this go in one ear and out another but I think it's very cool.
Once again I'll ask it, why in the heck was Carl Rieber in the military? Such a puss... and apparently a cradle robber.
The Zentraedi spy buried in the ground was WAYYYY ahead of his time. He was the first Emo!
The shot of the destroids coming down the ramp show the MACII at the right size this time. It's huge!
The scene where Lisa rides into Sera Base makes the place looks like Tomorrow Land Disneyworld.
Vanessa's video screen is ginormous!
Gloval calls the Veritech squadrons 'Valkyrie' squadrons.
Rick rescuing Lisa from Sera Base is the first step to their eventual hookup.
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Ut oh, we are the 'B' team again.
I used to record little audio bits of the show onto audio tapes back in the 90's. I found interesting stuff and recorded it back to back and got to know those bits word for word. The ceremony scene that happens here at the beginning of the episode is one of those recorded sessions. I know this stuff by heart.
Khyron looks very 'Star Blazers' in his first scene of this episode.
Rick is almost 2 heads shorter than the others in the room!
The laptop or whatever it is that Roy opens to show Rick his new subordinates sure is crude. No normal image but a strange flashing black and white photo... it will probably give you a seizure!
The medal that Rick just put on his chest disappears before he leaves Roy's.
Wow! Max's uniforms changes color right in front of your eyes when they are standing on the street watching the destroyed destroid being hauled off.
Ben's enthusiasm is infections.
Why are the destroids all just walking targets?
I know I've already covered this but the 'B' team animation is really rough. The space scenes with the black backgrounds look really dirty, there is a lot of dust particles on the cells.
If Rick had some balls he would could have killed Khyron when his ship was immobilized by thr recall beam.
"Cola makes the good times roll. Have a peanut." WTF?
Minmei goes all gooey because the medal (which she doesn't even know what it is) just because it's shiny. SHEESH!
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Episode #9 Miss Macross
This is one of my favorite episodes of the series. All the elements are just so right here. It's fantastic!
The opening shot shows some of the Ghost fighters you saw in the very first episode. According to the RPG those are unmanned ships.
The very next shot is a view of Macross city's 'layers'. There is no apparent railing or anything... cars and people could just go right over the edge!
When Rick and Minmei are sitting, talking Rick sees a blue sky outside. Minmei tells him that the Robotech engineers did it. I wonder if that was the original dialogue. I am thinking that it was an English addition to the story and that in the original Japanese show Rick was just musing about being able to see a real sky, sort of a day dream. Can anyone tell me? I know that the books really grabbed ahold of that concept and dubbed it the EVE system.
The Zentraedi spies enter the picture and they whole storyline alters. They are the catalyst for the end of the war.
One of the Miss Macross contestants looks to be dressed up as Sybil Faltey.
The long shot of the fanliner looks really crude.
The whole Jan Morris subplot is great and I wish they showed a little more. The book elaborates on her more so I can get my fix.
Rick's uniform looses its blue for a moment when he is being paged at the Miss Macross contest.
The Super Battloid is awesome. It was always my favorite ship in the RPG. So many missiles!
The shot of the missiles coming towards Rick have the SDF-1 in the background. What the heck is going on there?! Looks like they got sloppy and used old animation.
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Episode #10 Blind Game
Rico, Konda, and Bron's positions keep changing during their altercation in front of Breetai.
The lower faceplatesRobotech force's helmets keep changing is size. Sometimes they are small, sometimes they are so big they are covering the pilot's mouths conveniently.
The bridge bunnies move so fast when the phone robot rolls up infront of Rick... it's hilarious. And as a note, Rick's choice in wardrobe is pretty horrendous.
Right after the 'commercial break' there is a shot of the whole SDF-1. It looks great! There's a lot of detail there. Infact all the shots of the ships looks really good in this episode.
I know it's just a show and all that jazz but why o why would Gloval make Lisa go on recon? Oh well, I guess you had to get her captured somehow.
Max says he has some pods coming up at 4 o'clock. He is looking somewhere at 10 o'clock... just sayin'.
When Breetai takes off running down the hall is great. You really want to root for him, he takes such decisive action! This whole battle scene make Breetai a much more interesting character.
Breetai's uniform changes color just like Rick's!
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Episode #11 First Contact
It's WWF Robotech style.
Max's veritech changes color right before he is sucked out of the ship.
Rick is such a chauvinistic pig! 'Some assignments are just too difficult for women." lol. Well, he was really young.
Ben makes a very dirty remark when Lisa is showing off her 'mico video recorder'. 'Micro' my foot. Not by today's standards.
Max hides in the toilet! I just now figured that out!
When Max changes his battloid into a disguise the walking noise changes from a loud clanking to a soft shoe sound.
When Minmei is singing for the first time we see Roy and Claudia together for the first time ever.
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Episode #12 The Big Escape
Lisa says "OK, I heard that" when Max tells them they need to put the guard into the cell. Her inflection was all wrong. The line didn't seems to be for that particular moment. I guess that's the danger of doing voice acting work.
When Max blasts through Breetai's view screen to escape I always thought that was so awesome. It was very 'movie-esque'.
When the veritech blows up and kills the Zentraedi he screams and it sounds so bad. I'm sure little Johnny had nightmares that night.
Rick makes another chauvinistic comment here about women not making any sense.
After their fall in the Zentraedi ship Lisa's har is down out of those awful rolls. This is when I fell in love with Lisa... that lovely hair, fair skin, and shapely thighs... sigh......
How absolutely fortunate that the escapees just happen to get on Azonia's ship which just happens to be going to the sol system where the SDF-1 is.
Wait wait wait! There is a lot of confusing stuff going on here. It looked like Rick, Lisa, Ben, and Max got aboard a purple ship (female ship). Why are battlepods onboard the female Zentraedi ship? Battlepods are male ships, right?
Then we see the spies on board an obvious male ship (no biggie here I just didn't think male and female Zentraedi would fight together). The ship is purple too so I guess the escapees didn't get on the 'wrong' ship. I just never knew purple ships had males on them.
Finally the FEMALE Zentraedi tells Myria that her ship is ready. She is speaking in a man's voice. I am sure this was just an accident on behalf of the American voice over team.
I always liked the way the female power armor zipped and zoomed around.
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