Post amazingly cool pictures of sci-fi machinery
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JonRB said:
Marf said:
its quite long and drawn out, and very wordy
and they don't half talk a load of rubbish in a lot of anime, including GitS. You can have someone talk for 10 mins without actually *saying* anything. It's just random words almost.Gundam Wing had the odd episode like that too and you find yourself thinking "oh FFS get in your Gundam and go shoot up some Mobile Dolls!"
I would definitely recommend that if you wanted to give GiTS another watch that you try the LMF Fansub.
The guy who did those fansubs was a native Japanese speaker who was also fluent in english. His translations are bang on and all make total sense, whereas the official dubs and subs gloss over alot of the meaning of the more wordy sections, which I felt was to the utter detriment of the series.
He even goes to the length of carrying through Japanese euphemisms and sayings, explaining them in popup boxes, and also overlaying english text over Japanese text that appears in the series, in things like news broadcasts, signs etc.
It really does put the official versions to shame and represents what the official versions should be aiming towards.
If you drop me a mail I'd be happy to sort you out the LMF versions.
i would like to say this:
But the thing is the russians actually made it....
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/05/ekranoplan...
But the thing is the russians actually made it....
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/05/ekranoplan...
glazbagun said:
I must have missed it, surely! 20 pages and not one shot of Kaneda's kickass bike?
Cool 3d rendition here:
http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/showlarge.php?id=...
Ah, but not fiction anymore though...Cool 3d rendition here:
http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/showlarge.php?id=...
Fully functional
Another version currently being built in America.
croyde said:
I've been trying to track down the Appleseed Ex Machina DVD but play.com only have it in Blu-Ray although they have a DVD of Appleseed, so are these the same film?
No. Ex Machina is a sequel. 2004 & 2007 respectively.Well, I don't know if it is in terms of story as I haven't watched it yet
shakotan said:
glazbagun said:
I must have missed it, surely! 20 pages and not one shot of Kaneda's kickass bike?
Cool 3d rendition here:
http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/showlarge.php?id=...
Ah, but not fiction anymore though...Cool 3d rendition here:
http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/showlarge.php?id=...
Fully functional
Another version currently being built in America.
And were all to crap at riding to be able to deal with that apparently.
What? Yes nanny.....
dont know how much interest but
Chippenham library tomo (sat 7march)
10.00 - 16.00 sci-fi day
doctor who and daleks and characters,
cybermen
stormtroopers/sandtroopers
davros maybe
and stuff on for kids like colouring comp,
costume parade
and Dr who quiz,
storytelling,
sci-fi comic shop stall
unsure if the tardis will be there or Dr who and Donna
Chippenham library tomo (sat 7march)
10.00 - 16.00 sci-fi day
doctor who and daleks and characters,
cybermen
stormtroopers/sandtroopers
davros maybe
and stuff on for kids like colouring comp,
costume parade
and Dr who quiz,
storytelling,
sci-fi comic shop stall
unsure if the tardis will be there or Dr who and Donna
- cant spell
Edited by Rogue_420 on Friday 6th March 18:49
OK, I'm confused. I have a DVD called Appleseed on the shelf (C)1992
Play.com also have the 2004 film (which I think I may have missed) and a 1988 film (which I think may be the OVA)
I am sure I have a VHS called Appleseed somewhere (I suspect that could be the 1988 OVA) which I probably bought around the same time as Battle Angel Alita (and I seem to have ended up with 2 copies of that on VHS for some reason)
Play.com also have the 2004 film (which I think I may have missed) and a 1988 film (which I think may be the OVA)
I am sure I have a VHS called Appleseed somewhere (I suspect that could be the 1988 OVA) which I probably bought around the same time as Battle Angel Alita (and I seem to have ended up with 2 copies of that on VHS for some reason)
croyde said:
I've been trying to track down the Appleseed Ex Machina DVD but play.com only have it in Blu-Ray although they have a DVD of Appleseed, so are these the same film?
Be careful, Appleseed is the storey of Deunan and Briarios as they join Olympus etc. Ex-Machina is set much later, but for me, a fair few ideas were re-used. So check the year 1988 for the original Shirow based Anime, and 2008 for the new storyJonRB said:
Random trawl of google images for "mecha"
Paintings by Kow Yokoyama
http://www.geocities.com/amaclub/images/ky-mecha.j...
http://www.geocities.com/amaclub/images/ky-whitehe...
http://www.geocities.com/amaclub/images/ky-kuster....
Ah, yes - SF3D / Maschinen Krieger.Paintings by Kow Yokoyama
http://www.geocities.com/amaclub/images/ky-mecha.j...
http://www.geocities.com/amaclub/images/ky-whitehe...
http://www.geocities.com/amaclub/images/ky-kuster....
Several kits avialable, and very nice they are too; try hlj.com
Things like the Kroete show real imagination.
JonRB said:
Skywalker said:
Vice Counsellor Du Pont said:
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