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Offline Die Hard

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Sky Crawlers
« on: June 02, 2009, 07:22:00 PM »
Awesome air combat themed anime movie! Very Crimson Skies inspired.


The first scene in this clip is the opening scene of the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnnivSgH0Q


Don't watch the whole thing if you plan on getting this or you might spoil it. Suffice it to say it was totally awesome in HD!  :eek:
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2009, 05:38:05 PM »
I guess it's not for everyone. Oh well...  :)
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2009, 05:49:30 PM »
I liked it, but unfortunately you gave it that 5-letter kiss of death among AH threads- ANIME
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2009, 06:04:15 PM »
Cant wait to see that one!!  :O
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2009, 06:12:57 PM »
Looks interesting I might have to check on it.
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2009, 06:38:52 PM »
Oh wow! I wanna see that!!
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2009, 06:46:47 PM »
Cartoons don't get much cooler than that.  :)
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2009, 09:09:41 PM »
Quote from: Die Hard on June 02, 2009, 07:22:00 PM
Awesome air combat themed anime movie! Very Crimson Skies inspired.


The first scene in this clip is the opening scene of the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnnivSgH0Q


Don't watch the whole thing if you plan on getting this or you might spoil it. Suffice it to say it was totally awesome in HD!  :eek:
It is beautiful. Some planes look like a wierd J7W and the other looked like a Mustang/Mig-3/ fired like a....something! Gonna get/see this at the movies.

You can tell that it was done by the same studio as IGPX (great series) and Ghost in the Shell (have yet to see it). Just look at the animation of the planes! So surreal yet realistic at the same time!
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2009, 09:15:48 PM »
     Nice Shinden <sorta> vrs Franken-Dora-Pony-109-F4U with contra-rotating props.
I do have to wonder why it takes them so long to look more than 20 degrees either side of 12 oclock tho  :D
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2009, 09:27:06 PM »
I've always wondered what setups like that (including Crimson Skies) have with contra-rotating props. EVERYTHING seems to have them.
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2009, 10:14:08 PM »
Quote from: Treize69 on June 03, 2009, 09:27:06 PM
I've always wondered what setups like that (including Crimson Skies) have with contra-rotating props. EVERYTHING seems to have them.

I think it's done to make the aircraft seem more modern or futuristic. Rather than just a straight up prop job.
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2009, 10:25:42 PM »
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2009, 10:44:27 PM »
More I see, less impressed I am. every fight has the Top Gun "I'm gonna slam on the brakes" move, every plane seems to be able to go from standing still to climbing straight up in 20 seconds or less, and WTF is with that "death spiral" move at the end of the scene Beefcake posted?

That freaky 109/190/Corsair hybrid thing is called the "Skyly J-2"







The XP-55 Ascender lookalike is the "Sanko Mark B"





Apparently the 'war' is a neverending pseudo-conflict between two corporations, fought with genetically engineered clone pilots, for the sheer purpose of entertainment.

Yup.
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2009, 06:38:50 AM »
Quote from: Treize69 on June 03, 2009, 10:44:27 PM
That freaky 109/190/Corsair hybrid thing is called the "Skyly J-2"

In the movie they called it the J-Zwei which should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that yeah, that's the bad guy. ;)

Make no mistake: This is a cartoon movie with cartoon planes doing cartoon moves. Damned good looking though!
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Re: Sky Crawlers
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2009, 12:32:23 PM »
The plot sounds a bit like the war in 1984. One thing that made me chuckle- every time you see the close up of the cat's head on the badguy plane, I hear "THUNDERCATS! HOOOOOO!". Anyone else?  :confused:

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