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Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
First, let’s set the mood.
Well, now that I’ve burned that theme song even further into my brain trying to find a clean intro that wasn’t the stupid “remastered edition” or one of the Toonami intros let’s finally start with this book. Last week we looked at the back of the book plot of the story, in which we’ll have five different factions feuding over Jonathan Wolf’s ship. First there’s the government, who thinks it’s not to late to stop the Invid Sensor Nebula because they never checked the barn door. Then there’s the military, who just sees more shiny weapons. New to our story are the Starchildren, who see this as a space taxi, and the Shimada family, who actually think you can reason with the unreasonable despite two wars already disproving it and everything I’m sure the Zentraedi and Tirolains have told them, plus the new info I’m sure Wolf brought back. Finally there’s Dana, who is a faction unto herself.
We know this story is ultimately to get the surviving heroes of the Second War out of the picture so they don’t have to die in the third war yet we don’t have to explain why they didn’t take part, while also getting Wolf where he needs to be in the show. It’s the same reason Robotech II: The Sentinels exists, though not in the intended form. I think we can assume Dana wins, but the question is how she wins and what happens to the other four factions…and will the two new busybodies do anything worth caring about? So let’s drop into the first chapter and begin this series of reviews.
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“When I found out who painted my Cyclone pea green….”
Robotech: Class Reunion #1
Antarctic Press (December, 1998)
WRITER/PENCILER: Greg Lane
INKERS: Sam De La Rosa, Lisa Dreer, Chris Walker, John “Waki” Wycough, Tim Lane, and Steve Bird
TYPESETTING/EDITORS: Doug Dlin & Herb Mallette
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This is one problem going digital can’t solve.
I may have done this joke before in over 500 strips, but it’s a recurring issue.
In this week’s Clutter Report, I just did a few small projects again.
Let’s face it, outside of starting this week’s Chapter By Chapter review of Robotech: Before The Invid Storm history has proven that whatever I plan is going to hit a wall, so doing a preview of what’s coming may be asking for trouble at this point. How many times this month did I declare I wanted to do a Finally Watched and not succeeded? (Well, it would have to be two because that’s how weeks work.) So I guess what else is coming will be a surprise to us both. Have a good week!
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Correct me if I’m wrong since I’m not an Ultra-Expert or anything, but usually an Ultraman only gets one series. Oh, they still show up for crossover stories but a full (even short) series? It’s kind of a rarity. Ultraman Ginga S is one of those exceptions, a sequel to last week’s Showcase, Ultraman Ginga. However, you may not necessarily need to see that series to watch this one.
After defeating the main threat of the previous series, Hikaru Raido returns to exploring the world only to be called back to Japan after seeing strange crystals in Mexico. The crystals are called Victorium, the life source of a tribe living underground. So they send their own champion, Ultraman Victory, to stop the theft of the Victorium, bringing himself and Hikaru into the view of the Ultra Party Guardians, the anti-kaiju force that’s usually present in these shows. In the first episode Hikaru meets Sho (aka Victory) and tries to help stop the thieves even though he can no longer call on the power of Ultraman Ginga. What happens next? Watch and find out.
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I don’t usually do article links or videos on Saturdays. This is the usual slot for the Scooby-Doo Team-Up comics as of this writing. However, not wanting to deal with two separate apps long enough to ensure they have a decent comic reader to replace it (apparently it’s a lot of trouble and I can respect that at least), Amazon has opted to just merge everything now, and this is not a good thing for the readers. While the Amazon app appears to be okay the online Kindle Cloud Reader (which is not easily linked to so I had to go crazy trying to track it down) is not prepared for comics, and is missing the guided view, easy to read zoom, and other features the comiXology reader had. Gizmodo has a list of the other problems, especially for former comiXology users outside the US and indie creators that are making online comic fans unhappy. I also wish they had warned the DRM free back-ups were going away because I would have grabbed my library immediately. Now I can’t.
Amazon, fix these problems or go back to the regular comiXology until you do. There are other comic readers out there, like Drive Thru Comics (and that’s only one of the legal readers) and some public domain offerings for older comics, so maybe doing worse than your competition is a bad idea? I only have the app on my phone if I’m out, not to do my regular reading and reviews on.
BW’s Daily Video: Symbolism & Propaganda In Popular Culture
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I brought this one up for conversation. There are a few examples that are a bit debatable but I think overall he may have a good point.
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