Episode #25 Wedding Bells
Out of all of the events of Robotech (with all it's weirdness including the dinosaurs in that episode of the New Generation) the battle between Miriya and Max in the park then the sudden marriage proposal is the most unbelievable. Sure, it's dramatic and makes good action but it stretches things a bit.
The sword fighting with knives is a bit much too. Oh well... lol.
The cafe place everyone is hanging out in is pretty cool, lots of windows. Rick acts like a total ass then totally turns on a dime when Miriya shows up. Women have that affect on him.
Within a day Miriya goes from queen bitch to a petite, polite bell when introduced to Rick.
My wife just made the observation that Breetai sounds like Moltar from Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Of course Minmei has to butt into the wedding. She is such an attention hog.
Well, the final order comes down from Dolza to destroy the SDF-1. It's about time. When people rush from the wedding the door sounds like the doors from Star Trek. Also when the guy tells Max that he doesn't have to go into battle the person running in front of him repeats again and again.
Who in the hell who let Miriya into a Veritech? A: she is a non-combatant B: she is a former alien spy.
When the Zentraedi leave after the battle Gloval says a few line and his hat is HUGE! Also when they show the bridge the 'B' team is on duty but when the order to return is given it's Claudia. I guess she showed up at the end of the battle or something.
"You cooked the coffee pot!" I love that line. Also, why is Rick sleeping in his uniform?
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Episode #26 The Messenger
When Breetai's ship shows up it still has the hole from the Dadelus attack in the front. That's cool that they remembered it.
The scene with Exedore in the conference room was cut from my 6 episode FHE VHS version of the show. When I finally got the Laser Disc version of the series I got to see this. I laughed so hard! I can't believe I missed out on this scene for so many years! When Exedore gets up and sings Stagefright I just about pee my pants!
Does Lynn Kyle ever change clothes? Stinky old hippie.
The UEG are just dying to fire off their Grand Cannon. Even with peace on the horizon.
Gloval's hat isn't the only thing that seems to have grown, his collar is giant! He could go hang gliding with that thing!
Azonia tells Breetai that the 'main fleet' is going to show up. I thought Breetai had the 'main fleet'...
The UEG base at the Grand Cannon is huge. There is a highway and what looks like a virtual city down there.
Of course Minmei breaks into a song in the conference room... sheesh!
Here it is! The big one! Things are getting serious... then, oh man the episode ends.
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Episode #27 Force of Arms
You can tell this was the original end of the series. The animation is EXCELLENT.
FINALLY! Rick tells Minmei he loves her... took you long enough.
We get to see the inside of the MAC II Monster here. When it walks it ruins the deck...that sucks.
The Earth is practically wiped out. It kinda sucked that we don't see much close up action of that happening, it's such a big event you'd think more detail would be shown. They even reused SDF-1 landing footage. There are some appropriate reaction from everyone but it could have been drawn out a little longer. Its shortness kinda sucks some of the life out of the event. The audio editing (with Minmei's song) is kinda bad.
The death of the army guy and the little girl is chilling and horrifying. Time to get little Johnny another appointment with the shrink.
The use of Minmei's singing (and kiss) to disrupt the enemy forces is brilliant.
Every one's lack of emotional distress at the near destruction of Earth is a little distracting.
After the break there are some excellent shots of the RDF forces getting ready to attack.
The 'We Will Win' song fits the final battle perfectly. This was a great decision on the part of the US team.
Having to watch your parent get blasted away like Lisa does sucks!
How in the world is Lisa the only person still alive in the whole of the UEG base. That place was giant.
That was an ship from Orguss on the deck of the SDF-1... how did that get there?
It's sad to see Macross city get blasted.
When the SDF-1 enters Dolza's main base you can see Dolza standing in front of the big screen for just a moment then he vanishes.
The SDF-1 falls to Earth, bruised and battered. It's an awesome final image.
This was supposed to be the end of the series but it became so popular that more episodes were ordered. It was a very fitting ending but it would have been much better spread out over a couple of episodes, it seemed so rushed (the animation still rocked)!
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Episode #28 Reconstruction Blues
We pick up 2 years later in this episode. The residents have left the SDF-1 and are now seem to be the bulk fo whats left of civilization. Fitting considering clivilization sent them off to be a sacrifice during the final battle.
The voice actor for The New generation's Rand is the voice of Bobby and his lines are delivered like someone about to go to sleep.
For some reason Rick and Lisa STILL have not hooked up. They have this weird relationship that makes Rick look like a bastard. Lisa hangs around while the uncaring Rick goes about his business.
Rick remembers Roy's speech 'on the day he signed up' but we see the day Rick met Roy on the day the SDF-1 originally took off. All that battle caused Rick some memory issues.
Minmei sings a song you hardly ever hear during the series while she is in Granite City. Something about 'making the right moves at the right times'. It's not on the Robotech soundtrack so its really rare. Oh yeah, then there is Lynn Kyle with that same freaking purple suit!
During Minmei and Kyle's fight, Minmei finally sounds grown up. Gone is the loopy young girl and in her place is a serious and slightly depressed young adult.
At the end of the New Portland battle there is a shot of the Zentraedi invasion into the SDF-1 from wayyyy back eariler in the series. It was really out of place.
Now 'Admiral' Gloval talks to Rick about putting the Zentraedi into a quarantine area like the SDF-1. This got me thinking about the size of the SDF-1. In earlier episodes it looks to be fairly small when you compare it to a ship like Breetai's and if you remember the size of the carriers it uses as its 'arms' you can get a scale of of the ship. A full size Zentraedi would take up a lot of room in the SDF-1. In fact it doesn't seem like you could get very many full size Zentraedi inside the SDF-1 at all.
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Episode #29 The Robotech Masters
We begin this episode with a boring scene with the Robotech Masters. This is an early taste of the boredom headed our way during the 2nd Robotech war that is just a few episodes away.
Afterwards we get the narrator for a while in a rather depressing monologue.
Oh, look Kyle is wearing something different, what an early Christmas gift! After they have their spat in the car Kyle is 'kind' enough to let Minmei off at the city line... what?! What a turd!
During the RDF meeting Lang is talking but it's someone elses voice. It is obviously Lang but I guess they didn't want him to be the one that argued with so they changed his voice.
When Minmei is thinking about Rick she has a very different memory of what happened in those episodes.
Minmei gets up in the morning and walks about Macross. There is this nice direction where we see all these characters going about their morning rituals/jobs. Rick is running and the former spies are delivering their laundry. Rico now has glasses, that is a cool that the artist have changed a character's look. You usually don't see that sort of thing. Did I mention that met the voice actor that did the part for Rico AND I got him to autograph my Robotech novel Force of Arms?
Bam! Minmei runs into Rick and Lisa, what a soap opera moment!
The voice of Destroid pilot Dan is also the voice of Rand. That guy was working overtime.
Ugh, Khyron is back. Geraro's voice has changed from way back when he was overseeing the gravity mines on Mars.
At the concert that Rand voice actor is back as some usher or something.
Exedore makes a gross over exaggeration when he says that the Robotech factory can make ships that can destroy the Earth in one shot, we never see any of that later.
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Episode #30 Viva Miyira
The boosters attached to the shuttles are gigantic!
Are you telling me that the RDF developed a special pod for Max and Miriya's kid?
Before Breetai folds in space we see some computer screens and there is English on the screen and it is utter gobble-de-gook. You can read some of it but it is just junk.
Ugh... more Roboteh Masters.
I like how Miriya asks if she and Max will ever be able to touch lips again.
Then we see Miriya flying with Dana just sitting on her lap... how dangerous!
I don't want to rag on the series but at this point you can tell it's just a some tacked-on stories to keep it going. There is no real emotional connection to what is happening because there is no real threat. The RDF seems to be going out of it's way to find trouble. The writers did what they could, eh?
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