Forget the gushing studio plant.
Let me preface this. I have loved Robotech since 1985. I have every series on at least one DVD release, of the many out there, and the DVD releases of Macross, Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada, which I'm the biggest fan of. I have about a thousand dollars worth of Japanese Mospeada toys. I have several Mospeada soundtracks. I have never been a purist though, and I love the Robotech universe. I have defended the late Carl Macek and Harmony Gold's treatment of Robotech for YEARS.
This release is not Love, Live, Alive. This is a kick in the teeth to fans who actually expected anything along the lines of Love, Live, Alive. This is a 90 minute compilation movie. Or more specifically, 80 minutes of footage of the remastered New Generation releases from 2004, about 8 minutes of Love, Live, Alive footage from the original 1985 OVA, and 2 minutes of new stuff. THAT IS IT. You get book-ending and occasional narration from Cam Clarke as Yellow Belmont/Lancer, whatever you want to call him.
This is not a dub of the 1985 movie. This does not have any of the music videos. This features two whole songs, and one in the credits.
If you have seen Robotech: The New Generation or Genesis Climber Mospeada, you've seen this. You are watching a recap movie like Macross: Do You Remember Love, or the Gundam movies that recap an entire season in 90 minutes. Yeah, it's great to revisit the series in one sitting, but this was marketed as Love, Live, Alive, and the continuation. IT'S NOT.
You get to see Yellow's concert for about 3 minutes. You get the same stock shots of him being interviewed over and over, any time the narration is revisited. (And hey, doesn't that look like April O'Neill?) You see ONE lousy song at his concert, and the great scene from the end of the original Love, Live, Alive where the gang meets up again and eats together and they camp out is finally dubbed and seen. That amounts to about 5 minutes.
There is a minor revelation before the credits that MAY mean something if Shadow Chronicles gets off the ground within the next 15 years.
Great. The other review posted sickeningly gushes over this 90 minute non-event. Harmony Gold markets the original Robotech series to us roughly once every two years. Legacy collection, complete collection, remastered collection, Protoculture collection, oh look, another COMPLETE collection, plus the original Japanese releases. Shadow Chronicles got a double dip cash grab within a year, and then a Blu Ray, and look, here it is again! It's great that over the past ten years of DVD releases we've had ONE ACTUAL NEW MOVIE, and a thousand re-releases.
The Sentinels was cancelled. Robotech 2000 was cancelled. Shadow Chronicles was released, no, it ESCAPED, and that was that. Why have I defended Harmony Gold's treatment of this series for years? WHAT ARE THEY WORKING ON? What is Tommy Yune DOING?? I'm the kind of fan that defended this series up and down for ages. I'm done. These are non-releases. This is a months work, tops, on 30 year old re-released footage. And Scott Bernard is my favorite Robotech character of all time, and Greg Snegoff, I love ya, man, but I can't believe your name is on this adaptation as a new product. I've been a fan since 1985, and I feel I can be honest and no longer simply rave about something new with the word "Robotech" on it. This was my favorite part of the series, and I wanted to see a release of "Love, Live, Alive". This isn't it.
Let me preface this. I have loved Robotech since 1985. I have every series on at least one DVD release, of the many out there, and the DVD releases of Macross, Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada, which I'm the biggest fan of. I have about a thousand dollars worth of Japanese Mospeada toys. I have several Mospeada soundtracks. I have never been a purist though, and I love the Robotech universe. I have defended the late Carl Macek and Harmony Gold's treatment of Robotech for YEARS.
This release is not Love, Live, Alive. This is a kick in the teeth to fans who actually expected anything along the lines of Love, Live, Alive. This is a 90 minute compilation movie. Or more specifically, 80 minutes of footage of the remastered New Generation releases from 2004, about 8 minutes of Love, Live, Alive footage from the original 1985 OVA, and 2 minutes of new stuff. THAT IS IT. You get book-ending and occasional narration from Cam Clarke as Yellow Belmont/Lancer, whatever you want to call him.
This is not a dub of the 1985 movie. This does not have any of the music videos. This features two whole songs, and one in the credits.
If you have seen Robotech: The New Generation or Genesis Climber Mospeada, you've seen this. You are watching a recap movie like Macross: Do You Remember Love, or the Gundam movies that recap an entire season in 90 minutes. Yeah, it's great to revisit the series in one sitting, but this was marketed as Love, Live, Alive, and the continuation. IT'S NOT.
You get to see Yellow's concert for about 3 minutes. You get the same stock shots of him being interviewed over and over, any time the narration is revisited. (And hey, doesn't that look like April O'Neill?) You see ONE lousy song at his concert, and the great scene from the end of the original Love, Live, Alive where the gang meets up again and eats together and they camp out is finally dubbed and seen. That amounts to about 5 minutes.
There is a minor revelation before the credits that MAY mean something if Shadow Chronicles gets off the ground within the next 15 years.
Great. The other review posted sickeningly gushes over this 90 minute non-event. Harmony Gold markets the original Robotech series to us roughly once every two years. Legacy collection, complete collection, remastered collection, Protoculture collection, oh look, another COMPLETE collection, plus the original Japanese releases. Shadow Chronicles got a double dip cash grab within a year, and then a Blu Ray, and look, here it is again! It's great that over the past ten years of DVD releases we've had ONE ACTUAL NEW MOVIE, and a thousand re-releases.
The Sentinels was cancelled. Robotech 2000 was cancelled. Shadow Chronicles was released, no, it ESCAPED, and that was that. Why have I defended Harmony Gold's treatment of this series for years? WHAT ARE THEY WORKING ON? What is Tommy Yune DOING?? I'm the kind of fan that defended this series up and down for ages. I'm done. These are non-releases. This is a months work, tops, on 30 year old re-released footage. And Scott Bernard is my favorite Robotech character of all time, and Greg Snegoff, I love ya, man, but I can't believe your name is on this adaptation as a new product. I've been a fan since 1985, and I feel I can be honest and no longer simply rave about something new with the word "Robotech" on it. This was my favorite part of the series, and I wanted to see a release of "Love, Live, Alive". This isn't it.