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Posted by tatsunokofan on 01-09-2009 at 01:51:
Hi all!
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Well, they did have other, unfamiliar sounding countries. This episode also had Bien, and there were also places like Ruman Kingdom (#19), Doria Kingdom (#34), Einstein (#46), Hontwal (#'s 51~53), Atari (#54), Franbell (#64), Monalinth Kingdom (#66), Asham (#80), Well (#84), Sainan (#97), Imaria (#104), and more. And this doesn't count all of the numerous cities, islands, penninsulas, and the like that they also mentioned.
Also, America wasn't the only country they did that to -- let's not forget Indelhia (#'s 50, 88). And don't even get me started on Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter, where mutant versions of existing country names were the norm!
James
Posted by Springie on 01-09-2009 at 02:05:
You make a really good point, James! Atari? I gotta go back and watch that episode now...I never noticed that one...too funny!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 01-09-2009 at 12:58:
Atari is the country used in Gatchaman Burns With Rage. The Atariian delegate was murdered and replaced with a Galactor operative, whom Ken exposes and thn chases in a red sports car, only to torture him later with the fire extingisher.
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Posted by amyltrer on 01-09-2009 at 17:38:
I find this to be one of the most ironical scene from the whole first series.
Condor Joe attacked with feather shurikens by a giant Chicken Mecha! I guess Gallactors had a wicked sense of humor that week!
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 01-09-2009 at 22:00:
New here.
Nice summary. And the BOTP rewrite was included, too! YAY! (I'm working on memory with that show.)
Little bit of MST3K in the review, I noticed. Snicker.
More Fish Parade!!!
One big hole in the plot is that Romina and Julia are ON a battlefield, and it looks like the war just ended. If they were working to end the war, they should be elsewhere.
And is Galactor fast, or what? They get amazing things done within a few hours or days. And yet, they can't take over the world.
In my state, BOTP played on a UHF station that also ran Christian programming. The words 'Luminous Spirit' were blanked out (but not before the audience heard them a few times). So was 'Allah' in one episode.
Now to check for other reviews, so I can LMAO.
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Posted by Springie on 01-09-2009 at 22:44:
Welcome Unpublished Writer!
Yeah, these episode reviews are so much fun, and they are doing such a fabulous job with them!
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Posted by clouddancer on 01-09-2009 at 22:53:
Hello UnpublishedWriter. I recognize you from FF.net.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 02-09-2009 at 00:58:
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Sorry... I tend to do that...
At least everyone knows where I stand when I write these up. 
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Gotta love the Daily Fish Parade. And they even used it in BOTP!
I agree, Romina and Julia being on the battlefield was strange.. why were they looking for each other there? It fit in better with the BOTP idea that they had both just survived a Spectran attack.
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Hope you enjoy! LB and I put a lot of work into these.
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Posted by Firebird on 02-09-2009 at 04:29:
Ebony I love the little story!
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Posted by lborgia88 on 02-09-2009 at 14:47:
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You make a very good point, Amy! I think the expression on Joe's face here makes it pretty clear how he feels about getting attacked with his own (giant-sized) weapon of choice!
Posted by Transmute Jun on 02-09-2009 at 16:57:
Actually in that picture he'd just been hit by the mecha 'dove's' claws while trying to shoot it.He wasn't hurt by the metal feathers at all.
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 27-04-2010 at 14:18:
Still, it has to be annoying to be attacked by a steroidal version of your favorite toy.
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Posted by condorcandi on 12-06-2010 at 07:02:
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Poor Joe! Disarmed by poultry!Here's something interesting about doves from The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creaturs by John and Caitlin Matthews: "Only in Japan, where an ancient legend describes the dove as a messenger of war and sacred to the god of war is this symbolism [of peace] reversed. However, a dove bearing a sword is said to announce the cessation of conflict."
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Well... I researched 'tengu' because of the team's uniforms. Besides that tengu can be shapeshifters, but are [I]always incredibly skilled marshal artists, I came across a entry (or five) in the Encyclopedia mentioned above. One of the greates of the tengu was called 'Birdman' (what was Gatch's working title?) and he had human ears but otherwise the head of... :err: , well... a cockerel.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 12-06-2010 at 13:46:
I'm with you on the irony of Joe being disarmed by poultry! There's a Gatch F episode where a group of Galactor fighters use a technique that's basically the Tornado Fighter against Ken.. and Ken's all blown away and doesn't know how to deal with it! I guess this is a case of, 'they can dish it out, but they can't take it'...
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 12-06-2010 at 13:55:
Or rather, they never anticipated the enemy using the technique, so they never thought to develop countermeasures.
I need to get out my Element Encyclopedia. Makes me wonder if the scriptwriter intentionally used a dove because of the difference between the Eastern and Western symbolism. It might have whizzed over the kids' heads, but the adults would have had something to think about and discuss.
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Posted by condorcandi on 12-06-2010 at 17:30:
It's the Birdman with the chicken head that has me groaning... I'm probably reading way too much into it, but still...
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 13-06-2010 at 17:49:
Which Captain is that? The one in the Mechanika ep?
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