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View Poll Results: Macross Delta - Episode 2 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 3 | 6.82% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 19 | 43.18% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 7 | 15.91% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 6 | 13.64% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 6.82% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 3 | 6.82% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 2.27% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 2 | 4.55% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2016-04-11, 12:34 | Link #81 |
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I waited for subs. Didn't want to spoil everything by watching a version where I only half understood what was going on.
Anyway, in general I really liked this episode. Great world building. I though it was awfully convenient that the Vars guy stood over Freyja and waited for her to sing rather than attacking her, but that ended up making sense in the end. I didn't like Mirage decking Hayate though. It might have been intended as a shout out to Ozma decking Alto in episode 2 of Frontier but I think she should have just chewed him out instead. (The scene with Ozma decking Alto in Frontier was awesome because of the way it subverted the audience's expectations. This scene didn't have that.) Actually in general I think this show should be careful about doing shout outs to scenes from Frontier. One of my complaints about Episode 1 was that the scene where Hayate jumps into an abandoned Valkyrie and rescues Freyja reminded me too much of the bit where Alto jumps into an abandoned Valkyrie and rescues Ranka in Frontier. (Break dancing notwithstanding.) Overall however I think I consider myself sold. Bring on episode three! |
2016-04-11, 12:39 | Link #82 | |
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Johnson, like most of the other cast, is named after a fighter pilot. I just can't find the link to specifically which one at the moment, there are a few notable Johnsons to choose from. |
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2016-04-11, 12:44 | Link #83 |
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There was also a famous aeronautical engineer called Kelly Johnson. He headed Lockheed's "Skunk Works."
A lot of the character names in this series are taken from planes or plane manufacturers. Arado, Nakajima, Mustang, Prowler, Mirage... The name that stands out as odd to me is actually Kaname Buccaneer. It's probably a reference to the old Blackburn Buccaneer attack aircraft. But who the heck would ever have "Buccaneer" as a last name? (Prowler is a bit odd too.) |
2016-04-11, 12:45 | Link #84 | |
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I quite like Mirage already but I was expecting Mikumo to join the love triangle...
How should I deal with this disappointment? Expecting it since the visual first out and now they totally let me down... Quote:
I really want to hear at least a song from previous series |
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2016-04-11, 12:51 | Link #85 | |
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2016-04-11, 12:56 | Link #86 | |
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The second point though, I fully agree. Mirage must be mad that such a frivolous and irresponsible person is given a chance to join the Delta squadron, her opinion that is... for me I'm surprised that Arad unconditionally allowed it to happen, it's like the next episode he is going to give the ultra-cliche reason that Hayate reminds him of when he was younger. Well, at least from the ultra-short preview of ep 3, seems the insufferable genius is going to taste some humility. |
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2016-04-11, 13:17 | Link #87 |
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I'm well aware that the scene in Frontier was a shout out to a scene from the original Macross. The problem is that the scene in Delta reminds me of the scene in Frontier more than the scene in the original that Frontier was referencing. Granted some of that may be because Frontier was my gateway Macross and I've watched it a lot, but there really is a pretty strong resemblance between the two scenes. Freyja reminding me of Ranka probably does not help.
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2016-04-11, 13:17 | Link #88 |
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To be honest, the only thing which wasn't really good about this episode is that they completely handwaved how Hayate and Freyya got to Ragna. Well, probably he spent his last paycheck.
BTW, do we have any idea what name the Frontier crew gave the former Vajra homeworld? I'd love to know if the planets listed off in this episode, where Hayate already was before, include that planet. ^^ While her character design is obviously inspired by Ranka, her personality seems like a mix of self-confident Sheryl and genki Ranka.
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2016-04-11, 13:27 | Link #89 | |
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Write a fanfic about MikumoxHayate?
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2016-04-11, 14:04 | Link #91 | |
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2016-04-11, 14:46 | Link #92 | |
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I find Freyja a bit too Ranka-ish, but well, I'll give it time. (Not that I didn't like Ranka, I'm just hoping for something different.)
Not really liking how Mirage takes out her own insecurities on Hayate. Quote:
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2016-04-11, 16:46 | Link #93 |
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Better and less over the top episode. Very good one. We are still in the set up stages so I'm not bothered at all by details. We already knew Freyja and hayate would have been recruited so better go there straight.
As far as the magical girl side of the show wont be too prominent I'm probably sold. Mirage and Hayate dynamics are so far what I was hoping for, there's all the time for them to fight each other until they soften up and eventually grow up and come to terms later. Cutest things of the episode surely those mermaid cats.
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2016-04-11, 17:22 | Link #95 |
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What is giving me great hope for Mirage is that the writers also tried to make Sheryl unlikeable in episode 1 of Frontier (and then utterly failed to extend that even to the second episode ^^). So there will probably be a huge turnaround for Mirage.
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2016-04-11, 17:58 | Link #98 | |
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Actually I do like Kaname Buccaneer who's obviously named after the Blackburn Buccaneer - which was so sturdily built that a pilot said "Once I'd run out of bombs I went around looking for something to ram". Cold war British jets FTW. I do kind of like aeronautically apt naming. |
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2016-04-11, 18:03 | Link #99 | |
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She's my favorite character already. Hayate on then other side, what a selfish prick. |
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2016-04-11, 18:14 | Link #100 |
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Well, I'm okay with her overzealousness, too, but I'm sure that when ship-to-ship combat breaks out, her behaviour in these early episodes will be brought up by some to explain their dislike of her. Just as what happened with Sheryl.
As for Sheryl, I was totally on her side as soon as she said "Strawberry Pie-wa". I was just stating that the writers probably wanted her to come off badly at the start of the series, hence her sorta off-putting behaviour when confronting Cathy. Which, really, was the only time she really behaved badly in the entire series, and even that was kinda understandable because she was concerned about the professional standards of the student pilots.
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