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this might work. I've been working on a basic line rendition to see if i could get the dimensions right. take a look and see what you think.

I always thought it was the hollywood producers who were bad for that kind of thing? I'll have to watch that documentary soon to see if i can spot anything that might have been better left out of prometheus. at the moment, I can't think of anything that I would take out.. but maybe the line by charlize theron where she calls him father. it seems a bit out of place like it's supposed to be a big shock, but it has zero consequences in the story so it just sticks out like a sore thumb. I've tried to place it into context somehow, but I'm struggling with that part so I would have to call foul on that line.

nicely spotted Cannibal!!! yes, my intention was to re-animate the scenes from some episodes of the OVA. but it took me all evening to do that one frame. so I'm not sure if I will re-animate them.... unless I find a way to simplify the design while still making it faithful and look good.

I remember the visuals being pretty bad on that episode. so it can't be that can it?

Youngguyver, thanks, I understand completely the point you are making. I guess I still maintain that he was merely way too excited, but I accept that the premise was flawed. to be honest, I did think he took his helmet off way to readily when i watched that part. I just don't think the movie should be condemned because of what i view as a nitpick which can potentially be explained by any number of things. salkafar, I'm sure there are many films that you enjoy thoroughly that display issues, some of which could be explained and some of which can't. a lot of people are big fans of lord of the rings films, but those have glaring issues. the one that always gets me is how samwise attacks one of the nine on weather top. he should have been paralysed like in the book. I like the film because of the way it makes me feel. the atmosphere and the premise ad the visuals. Super Existence, yeah I have the furious gods documentary. I have watched about 10 minutes so far. seems like good stuff. maybe i will have a different opinion after watching it all?

no, no, I understand. it's not what I meant. I know it's not for malicious purposes, it's just that Guns are not a thing here. Gun's are something I only see in movies and games. the mere idea of them is something that feels very dangerous to me.

hmm.. so you go to a gun show, and you buy a gun, and you intend to use it? that is pretty scary in my culture.

saying it like that makes it sounds like you are specifically prejudiced against me and my opinion. is that what is going on here? if so, why? after all we DO agree that the movie is beautiful. so.... I do feel you are treating me very unfairly with your comments, you come into the thread, make some challenging points, then when I respond, you essentially cut me off and stone-wall me. if you dislike the movie that's fine but that's not my fault please stop treating me this way.

please identify the source of the screenshot. note: there is a trick to this. edit: somebody got it and thus the name of the thread is changed. more details below.

sorry, I had completely forgotten about her ability to jump. can't even really remember it being pointed out. they must have done a poor job at introducing that. I can certainly think of hiromu's speed and ryuji's strength. those have been shown quite clearly but i can't think of her ability very much at all. now I think i understand how the powered custom might help that. I do recall one move where she did a rather cool jump kick reminiscent of liu kang. I haven't seen the more recent episode because tvnihon have not released it yet.

can i ask you to elaborate on yoko's powers? I am not sure what you mean. her powers are the same as the others aren't they? I am not really fussed about the powered custom to be honest. I don't hate them but i don't really like them either. I'm of the opinion that upgrades are not an important thing since i feel it can promote lazy writing. concurrently, it can be used for very creative writing. up until now, I didn't really notice it as anything significant.

wow, that was unexpected. thanks durendal! was interesting to read.

yeah I agree, there have been some very cool moments and I am still enjoying it. just felt a little bit like something was missing. like the last episode was very cool.

Thanks Salkafar. this is the kind of dialogue I can appreciate. this is your personal opinion and I can totally respect that. I'm not sure about whether i agree with it or not. I mean, holloway was an archaeologist. he is used to 'getting his hands dirty' so to speak. He would be used to going into ancient tombs that may harbour god knows what kind of dormant bacteria. He wouldn't be concerned about getting his body contaminated for a start and in regards to the alien environment, he may simply have been too excited and wants to get up close as many archaeologists do. I can understand if he was a biologist or a chemist, he might not behave that way. the other members of the team clearly objected, but once he had taken his helmet off it was too late. so there wasn't much sense in them worrying about contamination any more. I understand it was insulting, I don't see it that way. I guess i would like to know if after reading my take on it, are you willing to change your stance or are you very strong in your opinion?

I noticed that part 3 of the series was released !!

that small little bit then.... wouldn't that sort of ... blow up our whole planet? ha ha , I love these videos! thanks for posting

still watching? I was thinking about this last night. it seems to have slowed down story-wise. I'm finding that I would like something more. after the initial character introductions along with their weaknesses etc, it seems that the character development has been somewhat sporadic. there doesn't seem to be any real direction. the characters don#t seem to have any more depth being added. for example, their weaknesses. why these particular weaknesses? then there is the seeming relationship between ryuji and escape. where has that gone? it seems like the intricate story that was being weaved, has been almost abandoned. I'm not sure i understand what's going on any more. can you relate to what i am saying?

thanks youngguyver. the way I see it, they are not from NASA or a large responsible organisation, they are essentially a mercenary crew funded by a private organisation. I don't think contamination procedures are that important to them. yes, I hope you watch it and i hope you can appreciate the directors vision. I know you like mise en scene and the film is note worthy for that alone. yes there appears to be only one person defending it on this forum. but look at my earlier post... it was 'liked' by lordspleach so I like to think he agrees with me that this is a good film. it is true the internet seems to be split by this film. the comments section on the article salkafar linked to is full of conflicting opinions.

the 'town mook' book is a fabled guyver merchandise. on the front of your book, it has the words 'town mook'. that is what it is.

these look really good! I'm curious at the different size of some of the images. was it a mistake or was it intentional? I think the larger ones are beautiful. and I realised something. this is the fabled 'town mook' book! very cool! we finally get to see it!

evidently it doesn't to be honest, I was more interested in hearing your opinion. since you originally told me I will find the movie dumb on second watch and you told me why. I responded to those points. but it's ok. no worries. seriously, if you don't like the movie, I'm fine with that, but I'd prefer to know why you dislike it, not some internet moron who can't put 2 and 2 together to make 4. and if you can't put your finger on the reason you didn't like it, no problem

ok, I had a look and i wrote a response to every issue that person made. up to a point. I am responding to *his* issues so my response should not be taken as a personal reply to yourself. I would very much like it though if you would consider my points. ----------------- 1. the planet is earth. blatantly stupid point. 2. this can be the origin of life on earth if the predicted time scale is wrong. in terms of this ovie where life doesn't spring up on its own but is given a headstart, it is perfectly reasonable to assume this may not be the Archean era. 3. pointless. it is earth. there is not denying this, any stupd person can easily say this is earth. the visual narrative is very clear on this fact. 4. our DNA is not a perfect replica of the engineers, they made it quite clear that the DNA matches because the engineers contain ALL DNA. "oh my god, it's us, it's everything" 5. this is so stupid it makes my head hurt. I can no longer see an antenna on my phone, does that means it's nt there? give me a break, they have advanced technology, it would be easy for them to have created a propulsion system that is not easily identifiable by a human being. 6. 'character's opinion' does not equal 'logical inconsistency'. I understand why she would think that. becaue there is a pictographic representation like a map. if somebody left me a map, I would assume they wanted me to go there. 7. assuming that current scientific methods apply to all situations in the possible future. many years ago we used to measure things in yards and feet. does that mean if a film doesn't show measurements in yards and feet, it has a 'logical inconsistency'? 8. because this is a film. it would be a pretty shitty director who decides to throw out the entire catalog of film techniques because a person was viewing a dream. 9. this is a golden record. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record 10. person appears to be unaware of the phonomenon known as momentum and what would happen if a ship decelerated upon arrival. red lights give a visual alert in case conscious crew members were deaf. lights flicker to remind disoriented crew members of direction to command centre. 11. david stated quite clearly he is made to appear human. he would appear very human if he was unable to expel air from his mouth. 12. his surprise at teh word casualties does not indicate that he does not know the word. this is anothe stupid point. he question her use of the term because everyone was in hyper sleep and david obviously never expected there to be a malfunction. it is human to not trust a system such as hypersleep but david is not human so he doesn't expect that type of question. at this point i find these 'logical points' to be childish and ignorant. I'm going to stop there. anyone who WANTS there to be an issue will find any amount of things to pick at, and anyone who thinks about them properly can come up with a perfectly reasonable answer, as I just demonstrated. what I want to know is, what is the REAL issue. edit: I decided to try and keep it together enough to address further issues... probably a waste of time, but what the hey! 13. If I had two people sat before me, A was a renowned geologist motivated solely by money and the other was an ok geologist who didnt care about oney but was eager to get teh job done... I would choose the man who can do the job. who gives a crap if their motivation was money or socialising or refinement of their art. you pick the best man for the job. 14. it's not really a 'logical issue' with the film is it? it's a casting decision. there could be a few reasons. people will age differently in hte future due to advanced medical science. guy pearce was already cast for a young peter weyland in the TED viral video. 15. humans are capable of predicting what the stars will look like in the future. is it really so hard to believe that the engineers predicted this star formation? or does this person seriously think that the cave paintings were the result of the cavemen looking into the sky. yes. of course. with their advanced telescopes. obviously the engineers gave this information to the ancient cultures by other means. perhaps by visitation. yes the universe is vast... I'd love it if somebody could show me the exact formation of the constellation of orion in another part of the night sky. besides, it was the presence of a 'm class planet' that made them take notice. 16. I can't believe i have to spell it out. it's a system within a galaxy. it's really not that hard. and if the term sounds odd, let us reasonably assume that the future scientists may have found systems outside the galaxy? 17. yes. there seemed to be - 'a planet, just one planet with a moon capable of sustaining life'. we shall all be damned for using our language so flippantly!!!!! 18. if somebody left me a map, in multiple places, I might assume it is an invitation. once again though, it is a characters opinion. why repeat the same issue twice? 19. person seems to be blatantly ignoring the glaring obviousness of the lines that shaw says very clearly in english "I don't, but it's what i choose to believe". 20. oh wait 21. no, person clearly heard that line but is incapable of tying these things together. without a shred of proof? I guesss they didn't just show the cave paintings showing a very specific star formation then? and giant beings? oh well... 22. what? I can't believe i am still reading such stupidity. who are they contacting? uhm, I dunno, THE ENGINEERS?!?!? no they weren't targeting a specific point on the planet. transmissions generally go out in all directions and cover a wide area. unless directed. in which case i am pretty sure they directed it over the whole moon. ugh... I can't believe i actually chose to continue with this, it's like arguing with a two year old.

fair enough [emote=monkey]z087[/emote] I watched dragonball all the way from the beginning to the end of z. because that's where the manga ended. I guess I appreciated it's simplicity and bold honesty. I guess we merely have different opinion!

ha ha yeah, that big bang theory ep is great XD i agree the iphone no longer seems to be such a great thing. I mean, the way it comes across what with the advertised features and all that. the samsung galaxy note looks really fancy. I like the way you can move around app windows. that is one thing I have wanted for a while when using my iphone. tired of the method to switch apps. and the ability to use a stylus is pro. with the iphone, it is intuitive, but sometimes i want to use precision. it's like a guessing game with this thing.

yeah totally. they destroyed the maps. it used to be pretty functional but now it's rife with misinformation and gives the most backwards directions. actually, I went into my phone store again today. now this is interesting, they said to me that they are also having the same issues. it seems there are issues everywhere because they are messing about with 4G. she said that apparently in some cases, it is the upgrade to ios6 that screws things up with signal etc. so she recommended a full restore. it may not be my phone that is the issue. and it turns out the woman i spoke to the other day is known for being obnoxious and unhelpful and may get the sack soon. doesn't change the fact that iphone is not too good anymore though. google is doing some good work on their voice recognition and may surpass siri soon. I am pretty sure my next phone will not be an apple product.