Oh boy. Where to begin with this one. On the old channel this was easily one of the most controversial series of videos on there. I got plenty of flack from its fans (some of it admittedly deserved as I did make mistakes in this series such as forgetting or misremembering events and terminology among other things) as well as plenty of supporters. I have to admit though that since I have made these videos my hatred for Macross 7 has cooled quite a bit. I no longer hate it but I still don't like it overall. The TV series, the Encore and Dynamite 7 OVAs are still among my least favorite things in the franchise but The Galaxy is Calling Me theatrical episode is actually quite good despite me cracking jokes at its expense.
I think that if the show were shortened by about 15 episodes to pick up the pacing, make Basara as likeable as he is in The Galaxy is Calling Me, and not abusively overuse Planet Dance (and use the other songs far more often) then it could have been a better show. I guess my bile came from the fact that I was just sick and tired of watching it. Which would explain how I kind of fluctuated in opinion on Basara as this went along. Were I to do this again, I would try to be far more fair to it than I was then because all things considered Macross 7 isn't terrible (despite what I say at the end) It just could have been a hell of a lot better.
For this combined version, I had to remove a total of 7 minutes of footage and put watermarks in areas where the footage got flagged.
watch the original versions at www.youcantunwatchit.com
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6 окт 2024
