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Posted by lborgia88 on 29-03-2010 at 17:42:
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Too funny, Green!
Posted by amethyst on 29-03-2010 at 17:43:
Great Job, LB & Saturn!
This was always one of my favorites. If we could just get rid of the Zark scenes this episode would have been perfect.
LB, I completely agree, the subs of this episode are better than the dub (that one line is completely incongruent with scene. They really should have left it with the romantic angle rather than trying to force machismo into it.
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Posted by lborgia88 on 29-03-2010 at 17:54:
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It certainly makes her seem like a better person than Maya, who was obviously faking the mannequin attack on the taxi to lure in a Science Ninja.
It sure looks like Maya was also prepared to see the Science Ninjas killed if if would get her free from Galactor (whatever private misgivings she may have had) whereas Tyna made it clear she was totally coerced and only serving Galactor to save her parents -more noble motives.
We'd have to assume, I suppose, that Tyna got scared when she woke up in the hospital and realized that if she didn't go back and keep working on the plot for Spectra, her parents would suffer. That would explain why she attacked the nurse (though attacking the nurse kind of seems like an unnecessary act, in the Gatch and BOTP versions -she could easily have just snuck out of the hospital when the nurse wasn't around).
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Too true!
Posted by lborgia88 on 29-03-2010 at 18:05:
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I've always assumed that the whole purpose behind having the mannequins randomly attacking people was to attract and then capture the Science Ninjas, and that Maya in the taxi was trying to do that rather than escaping (like Tyna) but it's very interesting to think that she might have been fleeing Galactor, or at least seriously considering it.
As for thinking that she'd be allowed to leave Galactor, I can only think that it was desperate optimism or that she didn't entirely believe she'd be allowed to leave but hoped she'd be able to hide well enough that Galactor wouldn't find her. I agree, you'd think that by episode 70, word would have gotten around in Galactor circles that nobody gets to leave (alive)!
Posted by Transmute Jun on 29-03-2010 at 19:33:
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You seem to be enjoying that far too much, UW
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 29-03-2010 at 22:56:
You know, with a slight modification of one word, the episode title would make a great name for an all-female metal band: Death Girls United.
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Posted by lborgia88 on 30-03-2010 at 12:07:
And they could go on tour with the "Demon 5" from ep. 41 -the names would look good together on a double bill.
Speaking of death girls, I still wish there'd been more as to exactly how the mannequins (and especially Maya) were inflicting instant mummification on people (and why the Ninjas were resistant to it). It was definitely creepy -which is probably why that got cut out entirely from BOTP.
Posted by green on 30-03-2010 at 13:06:
LB - that picture with the beer mugs is exactly what I was imagining!!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-03-2010 at 13:29:
You know, I wonder if Galactor got the mummification idea from the SNT, because in the previous episode, they were dressed as mummies...
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Posted by condorcandi on 16-06-2010 at 08:14:
When Dirk goes to see Maya (yes, that name made it thru) in the hospital, he gets suspicious when the nurse gets attacked. He thinks that maybe Ace was right (and there's a short flashback). Then Dirk decides that he can't let the girl out of his sight.
But does he call anyone else about what he's up to? Nooooo......
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 16-06-2010 at 21:59:
Typical... the Condor wanders off, and doesn't call in until he's *sure* he's right...
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 17-06-2010 at 00:11:
Wonder if he did that as a kid.
Uh-oh, I feel a ficlet coming on:
Dr. Nambu looked through the catalog for the millionth time, carefully reading the product descriptions. Finally, he tossed it aside and glared at Joe. "Consider yourself lucky. You're too big for the baby leashes, and too small for the bondage gear." And you'd get out of either one, anyway. "Just -- stop going off like that."
"I don't like getting my hair cut."
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Posted by amethyst on 17-06-2010 at 00:18:
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As Nambu stormed away, Joe surreptitiously picked up one of the catalogs that had just been tossed aside. He wondered what else they sold in the bondage catalog.
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 17-06-2010 at 01:37:
Maybe I should have made clear that Joe's age hasn't even hit the double digits.
On the other hand, we're talking about Joe....
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 17-06-2010 at 02:14:
It also explains the long hair...
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Posted by condorcandi on 17-06-2010 at 04:48:
Dr. Nambu left the catalogs where Joe could get them, after he'd obviously been looking at them. Of course Joe's gonna look at them!
I think this ep has the most marvelous backgrounds in the 85 eps that were made into the GoS series. Those Greek murals are fantastic.
When Dirk makes contact with G-Force after getting nabbed, he has enough time to tell them that he's 'surrounded by mummies, believe it or not!' and make a smart remark to the Mummy Manikin Captain that he 'liked her better as a brunette'. But he doesn't tell them where he is. 
And he gets clobbered by the mummy's hand right after he makes the 'brunette' crack. I don't think she liked it. 
Yes, Ace figures out where Dirk is from that little piece of white stuff (plaster).
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Posted by tatsunokofan on 17-06-2010 at 07:15:
Hi all!
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I'm sure that Tsuneto Nonomiya, the background artist for this episode, would appreciate hearing that.
James
Posted by lborgia88 on 17-06-2010 at 16:05:
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Maybe she was also peeved at him for calling her out on her disguise this early in the episode?
It seems that Joe doesn't realize (or at least fully accept) that this blond woman is Maya until she's dying, near the end, (and the big reveal when her mask and wig fall off then certainly ups the angst quotient). If Jason knows here that she's actually Tyna in disguise, he doesn't say anything to indicate it...
Posted by tatsunokofan on 19-06-2010 at 01:01:
Hi all!
I was thinking, if you enjoyed the backgrounds seen in this episode, you might want to take a closer look at other episodes where Nonomiya did the backgrounds, which include episode #'s 57, 65, 68, 70, 77, 83, 94, 90, 94, and 100.
Most of Mr. Nonomiya's work was done as an Art Director for episodes of the series, including #'s 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 40, 43, 46, 50, 51, 54, 55, 59, 61, 63, 71, 73, 75, 79, 81, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 96, 98, 101, 102, and 104.
And your trivia fact for the day: For all the episodes prior to episode #40, Mr. Nonomiya is credited under his real name of Tsuneo Nonomiya, but starting with episode #40, all his credits are for Tsuneto Nonomiya. I have no idea why he made the name change, but he continued to switch between the two names for the rest of his career.
James
Posted by condorcandi on 19-06-2010 at 02:02:
Oooo... and I still have lots of eps to review...
Thanks, James!
Cand
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