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While I never thought about it before on previous viewings (I think I've seen Plus three or four times over the years), I do have to agree that Plus shorts Myung a bit at the expense of resolving the conflict between the pilots.
Despite that, I've long found Plus as a whole to be the high point of the franchise on any criterion except OP. (That will always be Frontier's "Lion.") Fantastic music and action sequences and prescience about virtual idols, and - as Lynzee emphasized - a focus on adults dealing with adult matters is a big plus for me, too. |
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Shay Guy
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Man, I've only seen this once (in OVA form), and that was back in 2009. I haven't watched any Macross since the second Frontier movie, uh… ten years, one month, and three days ago.
If it's all right to ask, did Nick know you had this in the pipeline? |
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mgree0032
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I also learned that Bryan Cranston played Isamu Alva Dyson in the English dub.
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dm
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I’m mildly amused at the science fiction names of the male protagonists— Dyson, presumably inspired by Freeman Dyson, known in science fiction for “Dyson spheres”. Bowman, presumably from “David Bowman”, the surviving astronaut from 2001: a space odyssey (the “Dave” in HAL 9000’s “I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave”).
Thanks, Lynzee, I’ll have to revisit this, since I don’t think I’ve seen it this century. |
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q_3
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This was my first and last Macross and honestly I think it did the series a disservice as an introduction. The two male leads were just horrendously insufferable to watch, most of the series they felt to me like gorillas flinging poo at each other.
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Monster Man Enishi
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I have a keen ear for voices, and I noticed that Isamu sounded much like Tim Whatley on Seinfeld despite the names being different. This was the 1990s, and the internet wasn't a thing yet for us, no Wikipedia to check. So I didn't get validation for my theory until the movie version of Armitage III came out, and they added some Hollywood actors to the English dub, but the character of Eddie Barrows had the same voice, however, the name was changed from Lee Stone to Bryan Cranston. Also, Macross Plus surprised me when I saw the SDF-1 Macross and realized I had a toy of it when I was a kid, but under the Robotech franchise. I hope Disney doesn't withhold Macross from streaming in the U.S. for no reason. I have been waiting forever to be able to watch it all, and it'd be a real kick in the face if the just sat on it here and released it everywhere else. |
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