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Headscratchers for ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.
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*** [[BellisariosMaxim And as mentioned in the original question, it was necessary for the plot of an episode to work.]]
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*** [[BellisariosMaxim And as mentioned in the original question, it was necessary for the plot of an episode to work.]]]]
* Why did the two mechanics who discovered the blood-soaked shrapnel protruding from the seat of Skull One never tell anyone about it? Roy himself was ambling away, they could've run and caught up with him and told him to see the medic.
* Why did the two mechanics who discovered the blood-soaked shrapnel protruding from the seat of Skull One never tell anyone about it? Roy himself was ambling away, they could've run and caught up with him and told him to see the medic.
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** As said above, ''Macross'' is strictly "The future according to the early '80s", and even more so "the future according to the early '80s in Japan". It's the same reason on the other side of the Pacific, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' and ''BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' posited that people would still be grooving to disco and jamming to electronic glam-prog in the far future...
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** As said above, ''Macross'' is strictly "The future according to the early '80s", and even more so "the future according to the early '80s in Japan". It's the same reason that in the same general time period on the other side of the Pacific, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' and ''BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' posited that people would still be grooving to disco and jamming to electronic glam-prog in the far future...
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** As said above, ''Macross'' is strictly "The future according to the early '80s", and even more so "the future according to the early '80s in Japan". It's the same reason on the other side of the Pacific, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' and ''BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' posited that people would still be grooving to disco and jamming to electronic glam-prog in the far future...
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* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all [=TVs=] in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Miss Macross relies on this happening!
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* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all [=TVs=] in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Miss Macross relies on this happening!happening!
** [[WatsonianVsDoylist There are two ways we could go with this]]...
***Thinking Watsonian, they may not have had the infrastructure ready to give what was essentially a massive ad-hoc refugee ship cable (or at the very least, it was something that would have been way at the bottom of priorities, though that brings up many other questions about the city in the ship that [[MST3KMantra we shall gloss over]] and [[BellisariosMaxim accept for the sake of plot...]]). Further, it may have just been easier to do over-the-air broadcasting for some reason.
***Not to mention that this IS a divergent universe (as far as I know, a giant spaceship didn't crash-land in the extreme southern edge of the Ryuuku chain, inadvertently sparking World War Three) so maybe something happened to the cable infrastructure during the Unification Wars. Maybe it became [[TabletopGame/BattleTech Lostech]].
** Meanwhile, from a Doylist perspective:
***While cable was coming into its own in '82, it was far from omnipresent[[note]]The first CATV networks went online in 1948, but they were strictly broadcast network repeater systems for regions where TV signals couldn't reach, it wouldn't be until the early to mid-'70s that cable as we know it began to emerge with the founding of HBO[[/note]]. Even in America it wasn't unheard of for families to not want to go through the hassle or costs of getting cable installed[[note]]no matter how much their teenage kids shouted "I want my MTV!"[[/note]].
***Further, the majority of the world still used over-the-air broadcasting (I'm not sure what the timeline even was for the introduction of either CATV or full-on cable in Japan, it may not have been something in the Japanese ''zeitgeist'' in 1982) so traditional over-the-air was something familiar for most audiences.
*** Also, MBS was a terrestrial over the air network, so there's probably "go with what ya know", or at the most[[note]]if Japan had cable at the time[[/note]] perhaps a sense of "Yeah, Studio Nue, could you guys NOT rig your awesome transforming spaceship for cable, thereby avoiding making a competing means of broadcast look cool?"
*** [[BellisariosMaxim And as mentioned in the original question, it was necessary for the plot of an episode to work.]]
** [[WatsonianVsDoylist There are two ways we could go with this]]...
***Thinking Watsonian, they may not have had the infrastructure ready to give what was essentially a massive ad-hoc refugee ship cable (or at the very least, it was something that would have been way at the bottom of priorities, though that brings up many other questions about the city in the ship that [[MST3KMantra we shall gloss over]] and [[BellisariosMaxim accept for the sake of plot...]]). Further, it may have just been easier to do over-the-air broadcasting for some reason.
***Not to mention that this IS a divergent universe (as far as I know, a giant spaceship didn't crash-land in the extreme southern edge of the Ryuuku chain, inadvertently sparking World War Three) so maybe something happened to the cable infrastructure during the Unification Wars. Maybe it became [[TabletopGame/BattleTech Lostech]].
** Meanwhile, from a Doylist perspective:
***While cable was coming into its own in '82, it was far from omnipresent[[note]]The first CATV networks went online in 1948, but they were strictly broadcast network repeater systems for regions where TV signals couldn't reach, it wouldn't be until the early to mid-'70s that cable as we know it began to emerge with the founding of HBO[[/note]]. Even in America it wasn't unheard of for families to not want to go through the hassle or costs of getting cable installed[[note]]no matter how much their teenage kids shouted "I want my MTV!"[[/note]].
***Further, the majority of the world still used over-the-air broadcasting (I'm not sure what the timeline even was for the introduction of either CATV or full-on cable in Japan, it may not have been something in the Japanese ''zeitgeist'' in 1982) so traditional over-the-air was something familiar for most audiences.
*** Also, MBS was a terrestrial over the air network, so there's probably "go with what ya know", or at the most[[note]]if Japan had cable at the time[[/note]] perhaps a sense of "Yeah, Studio Nue, could you guys NOT rig your awesome transforming spaceship for cable, thereby avoiding making a competing means of broadcast look cool?"
*** [[BellisariosMaxim And as mentioned in the original question, it was necessary for the plot of an episode to work.]]
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* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all TVs in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Miss Macross relies on this happening!
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* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all TVs [=TVs=] in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Miss Macross relies on this happening!
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* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city (or at least the shelters) in there to begin with?
** This is like asking why the people who build aircraft carriers don't build houses on the flight deck. The Macross is a battleship, not a colony ship. They didn't build the city inside the ship in the first place because you don't build civilian cities inside military ships. That wouldn't have been pretty inconvenient when the Macross launched and left all the civilians homeless on the island. The only reason they eventually did build the city inside the ship is because it was an emergency.
** This is like asking why the people who build aircraft carriers don't build houses on the flight deck. The Macross is a battleship, not a colony ship. They didn't build the city inside the ship in the first place because you don't build civilian cities inside military ships. That wouldn't have been pretty inconvenient when the Macross launched and left all the civilians homeless on the island. The only reason they eventually did build the city inside the ship is because it was an emergency.
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* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all TVs in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Blue Wind relies on this happening!
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* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all TVs in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Blue Wind Miss Macross relies on this happening!
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** This is like asking why the people who build aircraft carriers don't build houses on the flight deck. The Macross is a battleship, not a colony ship. They didn't build the city inside the ship in the first place because you don't build civilian cities inside military ships. That wouldn't have been pretty inconvenient when the Macross launched and left all the civilians homeless on the island. The only reason they eventually did build the city inside the ship is because it was an emergency.
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** This is like asking why the people who build aircraft carriers don't build houses on the flight deck. The Macross is a battleship, not a colony ship. They didn't build the city inside the ship in the first place because you don't build civilian cities inside military ships. That wouldn't have been pretty inconvenient when the Macross launched and left all the civilians homeless on the island. The only reason they eventually did build the city inside the ship is because it was an emergency.emergency.
* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all TVs in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Blue Wind relies on this happening!
* Why does the Macross use over-the-air television? I suppose there's an advantage to letting everyone use their old TV sets, but all TVs in 2010 (and most in 1982, when the series was made) are cable-ready, and the engineer corps already laid cable all over the interior of the ship to allow the phone system to work (unless those are wireless as well?) Not only could the signals interfere with military communications, the plot of Blue Wind relies on this happening!
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* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city (or at least the shelters) in there to begin with?
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** Because he didn't have over a decade of military experience like Roy did? Even in the real-world it can take time for your rank to catch up to your responsibilities, particularly during times of war.
* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city (or at least the shelters) in there to beginwith?with?
** This is like asking why the people who build aircraft carriers don't build houses on the flight deck. The Macross is a battleship, not a colony ship. They didn't build the city inside the ship in the first place because you don't build civilian cities inside military ships. That wouldn't have been pretty inconvenient when the Macross launched and left all the civilians homeless on the island. The only reason they eventually did build the city inside the ship is because it was an emergency.
* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city (or at least the shelters) in there to begin
** This is like asking why the people who build aircraft carriers don't build houses on the flight deck. The Macross is a battleship, not a colony ship. They didn't build the city inside the ship in the first place because you don't build civilian cities inside military ships. That wouldn't have been pretty inconvenient when the Macross launched and left all the civilians homeless on the island. The only reason they eventually did build the city inside the ship is because it was an emergency.
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* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city in there to begin with?
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* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city (or at least the shelters) in there to begin with?
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* In episode 18, Hikaru was not only assigned Roy's Valkyrie, but command of Skull Squadron. Why was he not promoted to major then and there?
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* In episode 18, Hikaru was not only assigned Roy's Valkyrie, but command of Skull Squadron. Why was he not promoted to major then and there?there?
* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city in there to begin with?
* If the residents of South Ataria Island could just reconstruct their entire city--down to the buildings, parks, and streets--inside of Macross and fit thousands of people comfortably inside, why didn't they just build the city in there to begin with?
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** Because they've been invaded by aliens, warped across the solar system, and stuffed inside a battlecruiser still being pursued by said aliens. Who ''doesn't'' [[INeedAFreakingDrink need a drink]] after that?
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** There ''was'' a war. Maybe the people who developed and popularized it in our timeline got killed...
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* In episode 9 Lynn orders irish coffee. Why does no one bat an eye at a young teen ordering a cocktail?
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* In episode 9 Lynn orders irish coffee. Why does no one bat an eye at a young teen ordering a cocktail?cocktail?
* In episode 18, Hikaru was not only assigned Roy's Valkyrie, but command of Skull Squadron. Why was he not promoted to major then and there?
* In episode 18, Hikaru was not only assigned Roy's Valkyrie, but command of Skull Squadron. Why was he not promoted to major then and there?
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*** The publication details match up with the exception of the year, naturally.
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*** The publication details match up with the exception of the year, naturally.naturally.
* In episode 9 Lynn orders irish coffee. Why does no one bat an eye at a young teen ordering a cocktail?
* In episode 9 Lynn orders irish coffee. Why does no one bat an eye at a young teen ordering a cocktail?
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** If you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mice-Could-Fly-John-Cameron/dp/0905478509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392125132&sr=8-1&keywords=0905478509 ''If Mice Could Fly'' by John Cameron]].
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** If you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mice-Could-Fly-John-Cameron/dp/0905478509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392125132&sr=8-1&keywords=0905478509 ''If Mice Could Fly'' by John Cameron]].Cameron]].
***The publication details match up with the exception of the year, naturally.
***The publication details match up with the exception of the year, naturally.
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** For an in-universe reason, we never heard them pre-timeskip because the viewpoint characters are the guys less likely to listen to them, and after the timeskip they were all too busy rebuilding the planet for that.
* Does anyone know where the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it has to come from somewhere...
** Note: since writing that, I found if you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mice-Could-Fly-John-Cameron/dp/0905478509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392125132&sr=8-1&keywords=0905478509 ''If Mice Could Fly'' by John Cameron]].
* Does anyone know where the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it has to come from somewhere...
** Note: since writing that, I found if you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mice-Could-Fly-John-Cameron/dp/0905478509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392125132&sr=8-1&keywords=0905478509 ''If Mice Could Fly'' by John Cameron]].
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** For an in-universe reason, we it's never heard them pre-timeskip because the viewpoint characters are the guys less likely to listen to them, and after the timeskip they were all too busy rebuilding the planet for that.
*Does anyone know where Where does the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it It has to come from somewhere...
**Note: since writing that, I found if If you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mice-Could-Fly-John-Cameron/dp/0905478509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392125132&sr=8-1&keywords=0905478509 ''If Mice Could Fly'' by John Cameron]].
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** Note: since writing that, I found if you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source.
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** Note: since writing that, I found if you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source.source: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mice-Could-Fly-John-Cameron/dp/0905478509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392125132&sr=8-1&keywords=0905478509 ''If Mice Could Fly'' by John Cameron]].
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* Does anyone know where the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it has to come from somewhere...
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* Does anyone know where the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it has to come from somewhere...somewhere...
** Note: since writing that, I found if you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source.
** Note: since writing that, I found if you put the ISBN number that appears above it in the GratuitousEnglish into Amazon's search engine, it does come up with a real book which could be the source.
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** This being the early eighties version of what 2009-12 would be like? The probably hadn't thought of dubstep back then...
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** This being the early eighties version of what 2009-12 would be like? The They probably hadn't thought of dubstep back then...
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* This show is supposed to be set between 2009 and 2012, right? So where are all the Dubstep remixes of Lynn Minmay's songs? This show isn't realistic at all!
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* This show is supposed to be set between 2009 and 2012, right? So where are all the Dubstep remixes of Lynn Minmay's songs? This show isn't realistic at all!all!
** This being the early eighties version of what 2009-12 would be like? The probably hadn't thought of dubstep back then...
* Does anyone know where the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it has to come from somewhere...
** This being the early eighties version of what 2009-12 would be like? The probably hadn't thought of dubstep back then...
* Does anyone know where the "If mice could swim..." poem comes from, or who wrote it? I'm pretty sure it has to come from somewhere...
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* This show is supposed to be set between 2009 and 2012, right? So where are all the Dubstep remixes of Lynn Minmay's songs? This show isn't realistic at all!
