It is so awesome to be back after a brief hiatus! And the Robotech party continues with a brand spankin' new ANNIVERSARYCAST!
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Our subject for this time is the all Souther Cross grunt, mission first, Zor Prime disliking, and chauvinistic towards one Dana Sterling, Angelo Dante!
Now I like "Angie". He's no nonsense about his approach to military life and is always ready to take on the fight in the 15th Squad. While he has his "reservations" about his new CO, Dana, he is a reliable soldier who thinks about what's best for the team before himself. You see him struggle in accepting Zor Prime into the 15th because of his alien origins. Is he a xenophobe? I wouldn't go that far, but there is a definite distrust of anything non-earthly. (As a survivor of the Zentraedi Rain of Death, one definitely might have a negative attitude to aliens, especially those attacking your home planet, yet again!) He's big and can knock his opponent into the next Robotech generation. (Zor Prime gets a taste of this when he makes the mistake of mouthing off to Angelo.)
Angie's portrayal in the Expanded Universe is something I have always looked upon with a smile. Those reservations about Dana turn into....."something" else by the end of the Masters Saga novels! The epigraphs in the books with the letters to his parents basically lying to them of how things are really going and the references to the fruitcakes they send him (which would be an interesting backstory) really adds to the human factor and someone you can really identify with. (On a personal note, fruitcakes are something I never really acquired a taste for, but that's just me, LOL!)
Then you have The End of the Circle....where all things resolve themselves in the Robotech novel universe. He gets some pretty good "novel time" and we find out that his preference in women is the "muscular Amazonian" type.
Now on this cast we also discuss the results of our last poll questions. Thank you to everyone who participated.
AND in keeping with our promise to blow the polls out of the water we have a BRAND NEW set for you to think about and vote! They're already up so hop to it!
We have our second CROSSOVER SCIFI MATCHUP pitting two suave guys from Robotech and Star Wars against each other....
You get to vote again on "dream" Robotech merchandise you could purchase!
If you ever have any suggestions for poll questions like these, you can always hit me up with an email
And just maybe a few random thoughts to cap things off....
I'm working on Episode #23 which will be out either Saturday or Sunday as I want to go see Iron Man 2 with Karen this weekend.....sorry Smokey, no felines allowed in the theater!
Being on this two week furlough from the show, I can tell you guys I REALLY, REALLY MISSED IT! I have to say, I've gotten kinda "mushy" over this podcast! (BLAAAHHH!).....
But you know...I don't think I would have had it any othe way
IT'S ANNIVERSARY TIME BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REVIVE FOR 25!
- JT
protoculturetimes@gmail.com
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