The Minmei poll!

The Artist Formerly · Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:50 am

Mrs.Taf told me the other day that Lynn Minmei was earth's way of rickrolling the Zentraedi. Agree or disagree?

drewkitty ~..~ · Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:26 am

The earth forces, being out numbered and out gunned by a 1,000,000 to 1 used ever weapon in their arsenal, including a 'weapon of mass distraction'.

Misfit KotLD · Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:39 am

DhAkael wrote:Yes....yes she was..the Ultimate Rickroll!!!
At least in the original MACROSS she could carry a tune in a bucket, in the Engrish bastardized version...ugh... that woman could not sing

Yet I still love a fair chunk of her songs. It's when she's not singing that she needs a ball gag.

Arnie100 · Unread post by **Arnie100** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:00 am

When my group played, we always used the songs from the Macross version of Minmei (the one who can actually sing)!

Ice Dragon · Unread post by **Ice Dragon** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:19 am

A weapon of the despaired.

Misfit KotLD · Unread post by **Misfit KotLD** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:31 am

So who voted no?

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:16 pm

Nachos...gooooodddddddd

Misfit KotLD · Unread post by **Misfit KotLD** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:26 pm

whipped4073 wrote:
Misfit KotLD wrote:So who voted no?

I voted "nachos"... except that the closest I get to nachos is chips & salsa (I hate cheese...)

In other words, it wasn't you.

drewkitty ~..~ · Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:03 pm

Misfit KotLD wrote:
DhAkael wrote:Yes....yes she was..the Ultimate Rickroll!!!
At least in the original MACROSS she could carry a tune in a bucket, in the Engrish bastardized version...ugh... that woman could not sing

Yet I still love a fair chunk of her songs. It's when she's not singing that she needs a ball gag.

i like all the Japanese Minmay songs from macross. But the english songs are better sung by anyone but by Minmay.

Voted Nachos.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:54 pm

As long as we are talking about the original Japanese version! THe english version..............hehehehe we still warm up our dice to Killing Minmei! It's the english version that got that trend started all of the years ago!

ZeroArmour · Unread post by **ZeroArmour** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:06 am

As I understand the term, no!

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:58 pm

Okay..so my original post is erased, but the quotes are left alone?
what the heck????

AuroraKet · Unread post by **AuroraKet** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:01 am

Because the quote isn't directly connected to your initial post, just copied over.

As for me, I voted nachos.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:03 am

AuroraKet wrote:Because the quote isn't directly connected to your initial post, just copied over.

As for me, I voted nachos.

I know..I'm just confused as to WTH? it was erased in teh first place???
So I was denigrating the ENGRISH voice actress..which I'm afraid is universal. That woman (the north american one) COULDN'T sing.
Ask around at a convention some time P.T.B.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:40 am

I didn't vote no. I voted yes. I couldn't stand the character.

bar1scorpio · Unread post by **bar1scorpio** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:58 am

Never gonna give you up!
Never gonna let you down
never gonna turn around and-
dessert you!
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Man, why hadn't anyone done that yet? First Palladium artist to draw a Guy Fawkes mask into the rubble background of a new book gets a king-sized candy bar at the Open House. ^_^

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:18 pm

Agreed...American Minmei was damned from the start...But then I don't think they originally thought the role would appeal to fans with discriminating music tastes....
So, who you think would do better versus the Zentraedi:
Hanna Montana
Or
Pat Benatar?

(God, I'm dating myself with that last one....)

drewkitty ~..~ · Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:39 pm

even HM is a better singer then minmay

Misfit KotLD · Unread post by **Misfit KotLD** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:46 pm

taalismn wrote:Agreed...American Minmei was damned from the start...But then I don't think they originally thought the role would appeal to fans with discriminating music tastes....
So, who you think would do better versus the Zentraedi:
Hanna Montana
Or
Pat Benatar?

(God, I'm dating myself with that last one....)

Back in the day, Pat Benetar was very datable though.

Misfit KotLD · Unread post by **Misfit KotLD** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:46 pm

taalismn wrote:Agreed...American Minmei was damned from the start...But then I don't think they originally thought the role would appeal to fans with discriminating music tastes....
So, who you think would do better versus the Zentraedi:
Hanna Montana
Or
Pat Benatar?

(God, I'm dating myself with that last one....)

Back in the day, Pat Benetar was very datable though.

Library Ogre · Unread post by **Library Ogre** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:07 pm

The Minmei poll: the poll you use to beat Minmei.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:27 pm

Mark Hall wrote:The Minmei poll: the poll you use to beat Minmei.

Fifty-foot?

Library Ogre · Unread post by **Library Ogre** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:30 pm

taalismn wrote:
Mark Hall wrote:The Minmei poll: the poll you use to beat Minmei.

Fifty-foot?

Nah. It's carved into a representation of Lynn-Kyle, so she's at least used to being smacked around by something like it.

Rabid Southern Cross Fan · Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:18 pm

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:The earth forces, being out numbered and out gunned by a 1,000,000 to 1 used ever weapon in their arsenal, including a 'weapon of mass distraction'.

4:1, not 1,000,000:1, at least in Robotech.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:09 am

Rabid Southern Cross Fan wrote:
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:The earth forces, being out numbered and out gunned by a 1,000,000 to 1 used ever weapon in their arsenal, including a 'weapon of mass distraction'.

4:1, not 1,000,000:1, at least in Robotech.

Law of Narrative Heroics: The Greater the Odds Against You, the Greater the Chances of an Utterly Improbable Strategem Saving Your Bacon....

4 to 1 odds are bad, but your chances of survival, and indeed of spectacular success, increase greatly when they're 1 million to one against you....

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:03 pm

Misfit KotLD wrote:
taalismn wrote:Agreed...American Minmei was damned from the start...But then I don't think they originally thought the role would appeal to fans with discriminating music tastes....
So, who you think would do better versus the Zentraedi:
Hanna Montana
Or
Pat Benatar?

(God, I'm dating myself with that last one....)

Back in the day, Pat Benetar was very datable though.

Rhiana... why use W.A.S.P.'s ?

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:13 pm

DhAkael wrote:
Rhiana... why use W.A.S.P.'s ?

Hear it for Tina Turner?

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:24 am

taalismn wrote:
DhAkael wrote:
Rhiana... why use W.A.S.P.'s ?

Hear it for Tina Turner?

heck..she wouldn't even need to sing..her legs would have the Zent's at least on their knees

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:48 am

DhAkael wrote:[
heck..she wouldn't even need to sing..her legs would have the Zent's at least on their knees

'Thunderdome' would have a particular resonance for Zentraedi

Misfit KotLD · Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:58 am

DhAkael wrote:
taalismn wrote:Hear it for Tina Turner?

heck..she wouldn't even need to sing..her legs would have the Zent's at least on their knees

Only if you cloned her and used the much younger version.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:22 pm

oreillyrel wrote:That's right. Despite what fans have misunderstood over the years, Robotech's rewriting actually gave the SDF-1 longer odds for more episodes than what the original Japanese Macross did. The Japanese Macross never had anything close to 1,000,000:1 odds by several magnitudes.

Enterprise Effect...only writ larger...

drewkitty ~..~ · Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:26 pm

oreillyrel wrote:
Rabid Southern Cross Fan wrote:
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:The earth forces, being out numbered and out gunned by a 1,000,000 to 1 used ever weapon in their arsenal, including a 'weapon of mass distraction'.

4:1, not 1,000,000:1, at least in Robotech.

4:1 and 1,000,000:1 in Robotech.

Remember, to give the Earth forces 4:1 odds in Episode 27, the Robotech rewriters rewrote the scripts to give 1 million ships to the enemy in episode 20. Which means that 1 ship faced 1 million ships in at least 5 episodes of Robotech. In other words, 1,000,000:1 odds.

That's right. Despite what fans have misunderstood over the years, Robotech's rewriting actually gave the SDF-1 longer odds for more episodes than what the original Japanese Macross did. The Japanese Macross never had anything close to 1,000,000:1 odds by several magnitudes.

The zentradiee ships were visible to the SDF-1 as clouds of green. Now taking in the realities of space, "it's D* ** BIG, to get this effect you would need about 100,000 ships for each pixel shown. I'm estimating Breetaies fleet at 100,000 due to 'It's been a D*** long time since I watched RT:Macross", and has forgotten numbers of the Imp Fleet Mr. B weasels out of Dolza.
That is why I W.A.G.'ed the odds to be about 1,000,000:1, just based on the numbers of ships needed to get the effect of the green cloud of ship about the earth.

ZeroArmour · Unread post by **ZeroArmour** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:05 am

Are you guys still fighting over how many ships there were!?

I don't think it matters much either way.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:00 am

I'm not! I wish they would have used all of those ships for one truly great purpose..........to kill the american version of Minmei! Everyone fire on that spot! 10....9....8....7....6....5....4....3....2....1....FIRE!!!!!

Fat_Ninja · Unread post by **Fat_Ninja** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:59 am

While of course I voted "yes", I have a horrible admission to make...

I still like that song "We Will Win". Only that hideously bright (shrill) voice of the English version of Minmei does it for me.

And I like Disco.

Chris · Unread post by **Chris** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:38 pm

Minmei was a lowborn twit whose success was based solely on the lowered expectations of a captive audience.

Her effect on the Zentradi was based on nothing more then ignorance coupled with novelty.

Tiree · Unread post by **Tiree** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:42 pm

Fat_Ninja wrote:While of course I voted "yes", I have a horrible admission to make...

I still like that song "We Will Win". Only that hideously bright (shrill) voice of the English version of Minmei does it for me.

And I like Disco.

Yes Fat_Ninja - you will go to that special Hell....

But then again: "Disco is NOT dead!! Disco is LIFE!!"

Chris · Unread post by **Chris** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:54 pm

Tiree wrote:
Fat_Ninja wrote:While of course I voted "yes", I have a horrible admission to make...

I still like that song "We Will Win". Only that hideously bright (shrill) voice of the English version of Minmei does it for me.

And I like Disco.

Yes Fat_Ninja - you will go to that special Hell....

But then again: "Disco is NOT dead!! Disco is LIFE!!"

Zat is the passion I remember! Shtick with me Tony, unt you vill dance again.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:53 am

Ve have a cure for that! It's a perfectly good one! Just climb in that barrel over there. JK

Avatara · Unread post by **Avatara** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:31 pm

Hey if you don't like her you should see the main character for Macross 7. His songs arn't bad but the guy gets into a VF, gets in the way of the actual combat pilots and shoots speakers at the evil aliens and sings at them untill they get annoyed and go away. Then he complains that they did not like his song and left.

Chris · Unread post by **Chris** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:13 pm

Avatara wrote:Hey if you don't like her you should see the main character for Macross 7. His songs arn't bad but the guy gets into a VF, gets in the way of the actual combat pilots and shoots speakers at the evil aliens and sings at them untill they get annoyed and go away. Then he complains that they did not like his song and left.

Oh yes, I am full aware of that guy, I shall not speak his name.

My take on him is that he's about 10 steps further on the "Creepy meter" then Micheal Jackson.
"All I want to do is sing to the children."

Yeah, all the makings of a pedo there. >.<

And seriously, whoEVER gave that sicko access to a Veritech ought to be SHOT!

Methinks were I a line pilot in the 7 Fleet, a lil blue on blue incident would have occurred.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:21 pm

Gotta love the black market for mecha....

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:43 am

Yeah! Three cheers for the Black market for mecha! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray.

I'm glad I have seen that Anime.

Was Lynn Minmei a rickroll of galatic proportions?