We are officially back for another episode of The Protoculture Times!!!
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We cover a lot on this leg of the journey and having fun at the same time!
THE SHOUTOUTS - If I'm not grateful to the worldwide audience that this show has, then I should just quit. But since I always am.....I'll be sticking around!
From Europe to Asia, North and South America and all stops in between, the world becomes a smaller place with that common bond which is Robotech!
A few RANDOM THOUGHTS (DING!)....
I was thinking of doing Robotech Karaoke.......on second thought.....HELL NO!....that would be cruel and unusual punishment to you guys in making you hear me sing "Lonely Soldier Boy".....(yeah .....it's THAT bad!)
Here's a "Robotech confession".....I get mushy when I listen to "To Be in Love"......yeah that's right....JT's just a big softy at heart....I recently found someone's own rendition of this Robotech classic.....and it just really got me.....(sniff, sniff)
Check it out here....and kudos to the girl singing the song.....truly beautiful!
ROBOTECH FILES - Continuing our exploration of the Robotech comics universe we take a look at two "one time shot" titles. They start and end with one issue but their content is certainly something that can spand into further conversation....
First we have the return of our friend Bill Spangler (SHOUTOUT!) with Robotech #0, "What's Past is Prelude" published in 1994!
Now the story itself involves a character seen briefly in the Masters Saga but heavily used in the Expanded Universe and that is John Carpenter. Although the story is short (and kinda ends with opening for more) it gives you John's perspective of all that has happened since 1999 as it takes place after the Symphony of Light. This character appears a few more times in the comics world and of course in the Mckinney Novels.
Now there are some extra goodies in this issue which really make it all the more interesting and that is interviews with the comics team at the time, one half of Jack Mckinney, James Luceno and an article on the "roots" of Robotech written by Bill himself! Just like John Carpenter, Bill Spangler "pops" up alot as a writing credit in Robotech comics....AWESOME!
The second title we look at probably one of the more "powerful" stories in Robotech and that is Robotech: Escape!
The central character in this addendum to the New Generation story is the Invid prince Corg. What starts off as a cliche story ends in a way I didn't expect which left me very surprised and as what happened to me with the character of Anatole Leonard with The Malcontent Uprisings/Zentraedi Rebellion, after reading Escape, I really don't look at Corg the same way......In brutality, I think he even gives Khyron a run for his money!
As with pretty much ALL Robotech comics, these will be a hard find. But check used book stores, comic book store (towards the back of it!) and Ebay. Although one time shot deals, they are worthy additions to any Robotech collection. And when I say worthy, take a look at the STORY that is being told. You don't get a lot of color in Robotech comics but when you really delve into the tale, it IS enjoyable to read!
OFF THE SCIFI SHELF - We do a small review of Batman: Gotham Knight. It's a compilation of six Batman tales, produced by SIX DIFFERENT production teams with their own animation and if you're a Batman fan, this should be in your collection. (AND GET THE TWO DISC OR BLU-RAY VERSION!!)
Official Batman: Gotham Knight site
Wikipedia Article
Now there was a two fold in choosing this....one it's a great DVD and TWO, I really feel something like this would WORK FOR ROBOTECH. How about some new animation to link the each one of the generations without destroying the base continuity? Now when I say work I am talking about Warner Brothers, NOT Harmony Gold and it's quite a "coincidence" that WB distributes Gotham Knight.....
But I'm just saying......
ROBOTECH WEB GEMS - And a shiny one folks on this edition......probably the best Robotech Comics website I have seen and it should come as no surprise because it was done by none other than one of the most knowledgeable Robotech fans out there, Johnathan Switzer aka Captain JLS.
Check it out!
It hasn't been updated in awhile but what is there is just fantastic. In one section of the site, he actually lists the comics in the order as they would have happened IN THE ROBOTECH TIMELINE!!!!! What more can be said than.......AWESOME! My full kudos to you Jonathan!
WHAT IF IN ROBOTECH...... - A brand new segment! What if you took one aspect of the Robotech story and changed something.....how would it affect the big picture....what would happen?...what wouldn't happen?
Well now....we speculate on it.....
On this first edition of this recurring segment, I speculate on how things would change IF Khyron had just left Earth and not attacked the SDF-1 in the finale of the Macross Saga......my head spins even considering it....
I invite all to participate with their thoughts on this scenarios and for out next episode...think about this one....
WHAT IF IN ROBOTECH, THE INVID FOUND EARTH BEFORE THE ZENTRAEDI???
Let me know.....would love to hear your thoughts on it.....
THE ROBOTECH A.R.T. SEGMENT - Although I retired the segment name "IN THE ROBOTECH SPOTLIGHT" for Carl, I don't want to stop giving the deserved praise to the things and people in the Robotech Universe that deserve it......hence from now own it will be known as the A.R.T. Segment.
And the A.R.T. does stand for something......what.....well listen to the episode silly!
We see the return of our old friend Dave aka ICEBLUE and if his Hanger Deck Project #1 was AWESOME....you can times that by 10 with his new endeavor....THE TOMAHAWK HANGER DECK PROJECT!
Part 1
Part 2
This guy is just amazing!!! And Dave......you gotta republish you pics from your first project, my links don't work anymore!!!!
You think I'm excited here, just listen to me on the episode.....like a school kid who got an "A"!
And to cap things off, I respond to a listener's question on my thoughts about Robotech VS. Macross.....for me this topic is of those that I literally ROLL MY EYES about...but Jennifer in Florida asked......
It's so great to be back in the full swing of things......and I thank you all for making The Protoculture Times so successful!
Oh yeah.....IT'S ANNIVERSARY TIME BABY!!!!!!!!!!
REVIVE FOR 25!
-JT
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