SDF-1 Macross Class Super Dimensional Fortress Breakdown

[@barrybend7189]

Yay the Macross is finally getting its respect. I'm not dead.

[@dragonknightadam]

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

[@amirsafwan8491]

Any chance you could do one from Macross Frontier?

[@richardchild6708]

Hi Barry Bend

[@Suomismg]

"You died?" "Sadly yes, but I lived!"

[@unluckyeddy7966]

VF-1J LIFE!

[@barrybend7189]

Ben that's why I kept saying SDF Macross and not Robotech. Minmmei was the reason.

[@mojojojo9458]

The man, myth, legend. Don't forget they totally fucked up the idea behind Protoculture. Man should have watched DYRL as well.

[@PantsuMann]

Legend.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Not just Minmei. But as Mojo Jojo said, Protoculture.

[@Evangel-aclr]

You mean to tell me theirs a version where I don't have to hear or deal with Minmmei and her awful songs and God awful whining and complaining

[@barrybend7189]

@@Evangel-aclr minor complaining from Minnmei aside everything else in the original is better.

[@darrellmurray4928]

The SFD-1 is the only ship to combine a ramming attack, boarding party, unloading a full clip, and theme song power-up into one scene.

[@Sephiroth144]

Not sure it counts as a boarding party; more the equivalent of shoot from the windows after the car crashes through. And the Macross Frontier is wondering what's the "ONLY" ship noise- first, sure. ... also the Galactica did do a similar one- though the song was a little later.

[@learnyee]

@@Sephiroth144 yup, macross frontier did that in some of the episode...

[@Monody512]

Also a punch.

[@dariusdurandal7501]

That attack is the equivalent of taking a heavily armored cargo truck which then opens all its cargo port to allow an anti tank division to mag dump on one target.

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

It’s manger of hiding a weapon within a punch does make it a great Trojan horse.

[@kdakanas9555]

As a lifelong Macross fan I have to say, thank you Barry Bend. You absolute unit of a man.

[@Animeaddiction]

Some corrections. The four projections on the sides or shoulders are actually high-speed rail guns. The Deadalus and Prometheus were both carriers that were linked to the SDF-1. You could launch aircraft from either. The reason why the ship needed to transform was because when they first tried to use the space fold, the entire fold drives disappeared. With no drives, there was a big empty void between the reflex cannon mechanism and the main generators. So they had to transform in order to merge the cannon mechanism to the generator. The transformation was basically a fancy method of hot-wiring.

[@Coretalless]

Thank you, I did not want to repeat these in a comment, Also note Macross Island's Emergency Shelters were apparently hermetically sealed which is where the popultion of the island went during the initial Zentrardi attack, transferring the population over was probably harder than it sounded. One other thing to note was that with the construction of the city inside, the city need further modifications to not be destroyed during transformation and they setup sufficient green spaces within the city to supplement the air supply of the SDF-1 since it is likely that the life support systems would be overwhelmed with the addition of a cities worth of people added on top of the existing crew and an emergency space fold to the edge of the system..

[@DocHellfish]

I once found a 1:1 macross for starmade that even had the city in it. It was beautiful

[@Ryan_Christopher]

The Daedalus was an Amphibious Assault Ship, not a true slanted deck Aircraft Carrier which was the Prometheus. Daedalus launched the Helicopters to recon the enemy landing pods while on Macross Island. Prometheus launched the Valkyrie combat air patrols.

[@Animeaddiction]

@Ryan_Christopher The Daedalus can also be used as a carrier in emergencies and was mostly used as a ramming weapon due to its reinforced prow. It could deploy mostly Destroids, but can launch and recover Veritechs in a pinch due to their Gerwalk configuration.

[@L0stEngineer]

Against all odds, Barry tried to followed his dream. He relentlessly persevered despite months of being overlooked. Only after being assumed dead, did he finally achieve victory. Barry is the living spirit of anime.

[@machiavellianoverture1747]

deep

[@panic5306]

a true hero

[@shadowviruz]

Never forget Barry

[@Castlevanius]

and they still got it wrong by NOT watching the Original Macross like Barry kept telling them to all along. Barry Won but the video failed.

[@MattStryker]

This show was the first time I ever saw a character die in a cartoon (RIP Roy Fokker), and he was a MAJOR character. After that, NOBODY was safe, and you genuinely feared for and cared about each of the other characters that much more. Except for Lynn Kyle. Screw that guy.

[@phlippbergamot5723]

It was the first time they showed bodies being torn apart in the explosions. (Zentradi mech pilots were routinely shown as shadowy figures burning up as their mech blows up around them)

[@panic5306]

Fokker's death caught me so off guard

[@shaider1982]

Supposedly, the laser blasts damaged his organs while closing.the wound. He died while trying to play guitar on the couch of his girl friend, the afro american in the bridge. At the same time, Rick, making a model of a Fokker biplane, mistakenly dropped it, damaging it.

[@MorphicStates]

Yeah, as obnoxious as Ben Dixon was. His death was a bit sad.

[@wolfheartdarnell324]

Lynn KYLE XD They really downgraded his name for that one.

[@Friendlygiant666]

I saw robotech when it first came to north America (yes I'm that old) and it was what made me love scifi, mechs and anime.

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

I still have my robotech comic books.

[@Friendlygiant666]

Nice. I had a model of one of the veritech fighters that could be put together in one of the 3 modes. I put it together in guardian mode cuz I thought it looked the coolest but sadly I was like 5 or 6 so I accidentally broke it when playing with it

[@AlexSDU]

I watched the original, long before Robotech exist. It was aired by my local TV station in 1986, along with Mospeada and other animes at 6pm weekdays. Macross (Monday), Mospeada (Tuesday), Tosho Daimos (Wednesday), Space Cop Gaban(Thursday) & Miss Comet(Friday). Weekeds morning it was Western cartoons from 8am-11am.

[@stevenvohl]

But did you also watch Star Blazers?

[@LostSoul-dp6gb]

Yeah. same here... I actually saw the Revell models in the stores, KB Toys when it was still worth something, and picked up a couple... not knowing squat I loved them because of the cool and working design... THEN the show popped up on TV and I was done... my life forever changed. And for the record, with the grand total of what, 3 songs?--Minmei got old fast, but the only one that I can say I like is Battle Hymn from the episode of the same name. Another couple more years I'll introduce my twins to it--heck I was younger then them when Star Blazers was on TV and that too was an obsession. (The SB reboot is supremely good too.)

[@turrtlejet]

I remember watching this as a kid after school in the 80's. loved it so much that when it came out on DVD i get the whole Macross series and showed my kids it. Of course they loved it also.

[@SweeturKraut]

Oddly. One of the most realistic aspects of this show is how the characters were SO human. They behaved irrationally and emotionally. I found myself screaming at them when they did dumb stuff, especially in their relationships.

[@floydjohnson7888]

The oft-maligned derivation maintained enough of the spirit of "SDFM" for it to qualify for "America's Most Intelligent Soap Opera" at the time.

[@rcgunner7086]

Dude, that's why Barry wanted you to watch Macross. The music and singing are a lot better. Also the Cat's Eye wasn't a drone, it was a manned recce craft- Lisa with the rear seater in one when she was captured.

[@stevennunn4565]

more songs too.

[@jamesharrington001]

To be fair, he could've been referencing the QF-3000E Ghost fighters they were actually drones, I mean they were seen in episode 1.

[@AlexSDU]

@@jamesharrington001 But Ghost is a fighter drone, not recon drone.

[@jamesharrington001]

@@AlexSDU I can be an aggressive recon drone how ever...

[@Ayelmar]

Yeah, the Cat's Eye is (very) loosely based on the US Navy's E2 Hawkeye, built by Northrup-Grumman, in service since the 1960s.

[@RaddSpencer]

"Do people actually like that song Minmei sings?" You have no one to blame but yourself for watching Robotech instead of Macross. The Japanese Minmay songs are actually really good, and there's more of them so it's not just the same one or two songs every time.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Well, let's requalify that. My Boyfriend is a Pilot is just as horrible in Japanese as it is in English. Shao Pai Roon (Xiao Bai Long) has dumb lyrics but sounds great overall. This is IMO the best of the upbeat Minmay songs. Sunset Beach is sort of okay but kinda bland. 0-g Love is catchy but only in the "0-g Love" refrain. The better songs are actually the melancholic ones like Love Drifts Away and Kindness Sayonara because they have some effort put into their lyrics and fit Mari Ijima's real singing voice much better (you can actually tell when she sang on stage for the Macross 35th anniversary).

[@tohkenghoe]

Yeah man, the Japanese songs were great

[@apscreditcards]

I actually LIKED minmei’s 3 songs!

[@SakuraNyan]

I thought her song list seemed a tad short compared to Nekki Basara's, Ranka Lee's, Sharyl Nome's, or Walküre's. But I saw Frontier, then 7, the original Macross, Zero, Plus (or Plus, Zero), and Delta, so my view of the series may be a tad skewed. Also: The next Macross series will have: One (or more) love triangles (or more convoluted), a tragic death, something that songs are oddly effective against... and everyone saying Harmony Gold can go suck on a fold bomb (at a safe distance from any inhabited planets.)

[@CosmoShidan]

@@apscreditcards You can't go wrong with Do You Remember Love!

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

I'd love to see you cover Captain Harlock and how he practically single-handedly repelled an alien invasion of Earth while at the same time evading a hostile Humanity.

[@federicocresci698]

also, his sister had a song... well... sort of

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Captain Harlock would be an interesting video to be sure. Oh, and Gregor? Claw sends his greetings ;-) Still mucking about with ol' Cherubael?

[@DocWolph]

Bloody Mary Sue. Watching the Anime with a critical eye the show gets painful to watch once you realize what is going on. Stop me if you have heard this one: A Bad-ass guy walks into a room where everyone wants him dead. If the people there do not open fire first, the Bad-ass guy insults them into firing first. but these guys all miss as if they were not trying to hit him in the first place, while the Bad-ass guy lazily wanders around the room killing every there, says a few witty one-liners or some esoteric (despite being total BS) observation about humanity, and walks out. Despite the fact that this bad-ass guy faces ever larger groups of attackers, he literally washes, rises, and repeats with no real variation throughout most if not all the series. Not even really a difference in effort, or even any notion of forethought, drama or concern. The only difference comes when he is not in "a room" but in "the street", or "under a tree", where things have to be different for logistical reasons or to show off yet another weapon. Most anime, reads/watches like this.

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

@@DocWolph he was a symbol of what Humanity had lost: daring, adventurous, courageous, skilled, resourceful, resilient, Character, and honest. Meanwhile, the rest of Humanity had grown lax and complacent, content to an existence of Sloth. They'd lost the Human drive to better themselves. Without that dichotomy, he would seem like a Gary Stu but I've stated the reason and I'll state the most important reason. He maintained what Humanity lost. Even with them vilifying him, he still loves them. It's why he cried when the first alien object crashed into a city and killed so many, a tragedy Earth was okay with brushing aside literally the same day. He has to be the epitome of what a Human is to save Humanity from itself. Mary Sues/Gary Stues have no reason for being as great as they are. There's no motivation behind their existence except "they are perfect because they are."

[@SakuraNyan]

Only if they *don't* look at that... [redacted]... that is the 1980s dub version.

[@dirtygravy4172]

Most awesome review of the SDF-1 I have ever seen. So great to see my favorite cartoon as a kid given some love. A big thank you to Barry and the team that put this video together. L.D Rick is the Man!

[@ahnonamos]

Thank you Barry. Loved this series a a kid. Your persistence has reaped benefits for us all

[@UncleMikeDrop]

Lin Minmei shows us all that the ultimate weapon against the xenos threat is J-Pop.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And in the American (English-language) version, it's the same. damn. song. over and over.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@MonkeyJedi99 Yep. They should have kept the singing from OG Macross.

[@numina0079]

Ben: I've watch Macross Me: Nice Ben: It's actually Robotech Me: For what f*cking purpose?

[@Gunsight-One]

Huge mistake right?

[@SakuraNyan]

Robotech, Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand years, Cardcaptors: some of the many reasons I consider dubs to be non-canon.

[@deshawn4077]

@@Gunsight-One I guess many of you grew up after this series premiered. There was no Cartoon network and other stations with Anime, all anime if not translated to some edited english version had to be seen thru the underground. Robotech broke new ground for american tv

[@senint]

”Why...?” You KNOW why... ...because the ”corporation of douchebaggery” holds the licences of outside Japan releases of Macross...🙄

[@beaclaster]

Warukyuure?

[@klsan4249]

There is a reason why our dear Barry recommends the original Macross (Japanese version) compared to Robotech, in Macross there are variety of songs sung compared to lower budget song selection in Robotech. The original have different ending compared to the Robotech version as well. There is also some difference in technology descriptions in Macross compared to Robotech. But at last Marcoss have some needed love in this video. Kudos in that.

[@CosmoShidan]

Just to add and geek out, Protoculture is defined as the "first culture" in the Milky Way galaxy in Macross, hence the name, while it is defined as fuel source in Robotech.

[@AlexSDU]

And the island that Macross crash landed on is South Ataria Island, not Macross Island.

[@Gunsight-One]

We can all agree Macross is superior to Harmony gold's trash Robotech.

[@CosmoShidan]

@@Gunsight-One I haven't seen Robotech in 20 years, but didn't Harmony Gold tone down some of the content in the series to sell toys as prime directive as it was the 80s and all?

[@Gunsight-One]

@@CosmoShidan Originally Macross was to be ported over pretty close to intact. Unfortunately due to syndication issues there weren't enough episodes. Carl Macek was hired to meld three completely separate anime into one cohesive whole. Super Demension Fortress Macross, Super Demension Calvary Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada were spliced together. Each had key plot points changed, music re-recorded and characters names and personalities were altered, becoming Robotech. I grew up on Robotech but was always aware of the changes. After seeing the original versions I found it impossible to enjoy Robotech as it is inferior in every way imaginable. If you are ever interested in re-watching Robotech I would highly recommend tracking down the originals instead.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Dude you have to remember in the episode where Rick and Minmey were lost in a section of the ship that area was a closed off section that was actually an original section of the ship that was most likely forgotten during the reconstruction and after they were rescued Rick and Minmey learned they were in that area for 2 weeks.

[@PiratePrincessYuki]

Now that you have seen Robotech it’s Time to watch SDF Macross. Then not stopping watch the rest. Macross Frontier is my favorite of the series. I was born in 82 and my older brother turned me onto Macross when I was 5 or 6 which turned me into a major anime fan.

[@Gunsight-One]

Macross Frontier is awesome. Ranka and Sheryl rule.

[@SakuraNyan]

@@Gunsight-One I prefer Macross Delta. (Frontier's good -- I just liked Delta better.)

[@IdleLancer]

"To be fair though, I'm pretty sure the ship was in Canada at the time of the blast.." Yes. Yes it was. Good-bye Toronto...

[@wolfcaller9]

Thats why the SDF-1 couldn't return to earth right away. Canada wouldn't make it unanimous at the U.N. Go back to deep space and take those Zentradie with you.

[@panic5306]

@@wolfcaller9 I forgot that the U.N. still existed. OH MIGOD IM SO STUPID AND BRAIN DED I JUST REALIZED *U.N.* SPACY I HAVE A SWEATSHIRT WITH THAT HOW COULD I FORGET

[@Castlevanius]

Macross fans will always remember the sacrifice of citizens & government of The Autonomous Region of Ontario & the death of KAKIZAKI!

[@maxsterlingmx]

Methinks it was Ontario, but yeah...

[@supsup335]

Spacedock doing a breakdown of the UNCF Yamato BB-01. Generation Tech doing SDF Macross. Someday i might even get my breakdown of the Freedom Guard Ship Amaterasu from Starship Operators. Someday.

[@supsup335]

Or the XGP-15-A-2 Outlaw Star. Maybe even the Arcadua Versions of Harlock (all 3). Or maybe even some of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes ships (the ova versions, not the DNT) or even the UNCF Andromeda AAA-1

[@Grey_Shard]

The Yamato has a special place in my heart as it was (Star Blazers) the first non-kids anime i was introduced to.

[@zeroibis]

Starship Operators is a show that needs more exposure.

[@kyleaugustine6886]

@@caveatlector2671 I so what the White Base review... But NEVER do a review of the Archangel from Gundam Seed, it and its crew can burn!

[@TravelWithCesarin]

@@caveatlector2671 what about the Dammerung, Durandal or similar monstrous dreadnoughts from XENOSAGA?

[@TheSouthernPirate]

As the creator of the UN Spacy Database, and former site owner of the Macross RPG Galaxies site......Barry Bend I salute you and your perseverance for the greatest ship and series ever 😁😍

[@Renserin]

If I remember from the novelizations correctly, half the problems they had with the SDF-1 were because it was something like 80% original Zentredi technology with a layer of human stuff gilded on top of it. And they had to launch in such a hurry that even Goval's command crew had very little idea of what the ship could actually do. So for the first few episodes, they were literally learning on the fly, while fighting a constant, running battle with the Zendtradi.

[@xreev0x]

The song(s) are one of the significant differences in Macross vs Robotech. Each time Minmei sings in the original it is a different song, one that is relive the to what is going on. It plays a significant role in the story.

[@jscotthatcher380]

Barry is an absolute legend.

[@minasegazi4000]

Minmay had a crap ton more songs in the original Macross. Heck I think her va got a contract as a pop singer for her work on the show.

[@luispanaderoguardeno3306]

The original Macross it's far better. Even the plot have more sense. Not have these mystery "proto-culture thing" that no body knows if it's a fuel, a technology or what. Robotech it's the result of changing the whole dialogs, removing content and gluing it with two totally unrelated anime. It's wonderfull that Robotech managed to get the level of consistency that it had.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

When you like before watching. That's Macross.

[@LordMazafeff]

The Daedalus Maneuver is one of the most satisfying animated attacks ever. You can almost hear the SDF-1 screaming "FUUUUUCKKKKK YOOOUUUUU!" while punching with a clamped on destroyer.

[@erichanastacio9695]

SDF1 knows how to use iron fist punch.

[@floydjohnson7888]

That makes it too easy to imagine a rough draft of the script for that episode: It would have been either Misa Hayase or Bruno Gloval dropping the F-bomb as the Daedalus punched into the Zentraedi ship.

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

It was saying “take this”.

[@danak8863]

The thing is, the Daedalus wasn't a destroyer... IIRC, she was a submersible amphibious assault ship (yes...) that, along with the aircraft carrier Prometheus, was taken along for the ride when the SDF-1 executed her slipspace jump or whatever the fuck it was. So they just bolted her and the Prometheus onto the SDF-1 out of expediency, and in doing so, allowed her to continue to perform as an assault ship by way of the Daedalus Maneuver.

[@croatiansamurai7361]

That "reconnaissance drone" was piloted and had a radar operator in it.

[@Ichijoe2112]

Well as reviews go this was totally week. So I never expected much, anyway. And I vomit hust a Mittel whwn So ne scrublord falls a Valkyrie* a Veritech Fighter. * It is also a fun, and interesting fact that the term "Valkyrie" has been used to describe pretty much any transforming aircraft in series. But, really should only be used to refer to the older VF-1 line of Fighters.

[@Castlevanius]

@@Ichijoe2112 seeing the newer transformable fighters all have their own code names... referring to all of them via the original VF-1 Valkyrie is actually fitting as its an iconic name and has the imagery along with it. (way better than Veritech imho)

[@floydjohnson7888]

That AWACS-inspired craft was called "Cat's Eye" in the derivation, BTW. In the episode pair where they literally fist-fight Zentraedi (the in-universe reason for the human-shaped fighting machines), Hayase ("LCDR Hayes") flies one of those

[@SwiftGundam]

The Macross had plenty of issues but that was due to how little the humans knew about its systems. Look what happened to the fold drive after they first used it. As there understanding of the technology grew, alot of those issues were resolved and implemented into future Macross-class ships. Yes, fan of the show do like the song 'My boyfriend is a pilot' but we like the japanese version. Not the american one.

[@3xfaster]

Forget the fold drive, the anti-grav generators literally yeeted themselves on activation and they had to rely on conventional rocket propulsion!

[@SwiftGundam]

@@3xfaster The lost of the fold drives was more impactful cause if they didn't lose it, we wouldn't have the ship transformation.

[@3xfaster]

Mecha-san that’s all true! I just stuck with me more that the anti-grav decided to float away on start-up.

[@Lachdonin]

@@SwiftGundam And if they didn't lose it, they never would have thought of designing all future Macross class ships with the transformation systems. And then we never would have gotten the Macross-F prying open a Vajra destroyer's mouth and ramming it's Macross Canon down the things throat.

[@merrick1588]

read "End of the Circle", the mystery of what happened to the fold system is finally explained

[@Deimos_One]

I grew up on Robotech and the rest of the Macross saga. Great movies too. Thanks for the suggestion, Barry.

[@random_german_dude_]

(Barry bend right now) "VICTORY SCREECH LULULULULULULULULULU"

[@GCJACK83]

Minmei's Japanese VA actually had a successful music career in Japan and even voiced the character for the U.S dub version. So yeah, people liked the songs enough.

[@KuraiNoOni]

The thing is, that Robotech apparently changed the Japanese Songs for american pop songs, which is the version Generation Films was talking about. The english Macross Dub( which was made in the mid 00's) kept the japanese songs, especially since they managed to get Mari Ijima to reprise her role as Lynn Minmey. I've never seen the Robotech's Macross Saga, so I don't know those american songs. On the other hand, I do like "Ai Oboete Imasu ka"( "Do you remember Love") as well as "Watashi no kare ha PILOT"( "My Boyfriend is a Pilot") and "Xiao-pai-long"

[@ez-8238]

This was a Robotech breakdown not a macross breakdown. Robotech changed and watered-down the original macross story.

[@inquisitorichijou883]

THANK YOU!

[@mq5731]

I need to watch the original Macross series with subtitles and not this horrible dub. I just tried watching the second season but the story feels horrible hacked up and stitched together. There are times when I am trying to figure out what the hell is going on, why is this character mad at this other character, NOTHING MAKES SENSE! It's like someone forgot to put in an episode between some episodes.

[@jackroyaltea5034]

As an American I respect Robotech for what it is. Check out the story of how it came here and the effect it had on pop culture. This show was a big deal.

[@marcusjohnson6805]

@@jackroyaltea5034 One of those effects was how Minmei/ Min-may polarized the fanbase in the english dubs. You either loved her or would happily kill her for a Klondike bar.

[@floydjohnson7888]

Team Agrama did manage to preserve the essence of "Macross" in the derivation - the love triangle amidst the backdrop of interstellar war. As such, "Robotech:The Macross Saga" was the most intelligent soap opera running on mid-1980s American television. That "essence" was a relative smash hit on both sides of the Pacific.

[@ajitsen6927]

Awww ! That was really touching at the beginning mention of Barry . Also damnBarry thats a lot of comments asking for Macross over the episodes . You my good sir have awesome perseverance !

[@victorcain8607]

Minmei's songs only work in the Japanese, also I think it was Vancouver they wiped out with the shields

[@LuisVasquezMusic]

Yeah, they just don't work in Robotech

[@aarongerard7277]

No, it was Toronto that was destroyed. They mention (in Robotech anyway) that they are in the Ontario Quadrant. I fully agree with you on the songs.

[@BenFrankarts]

And here I thought he was joking. Looks like Canada’s been trolled for decades now. Kudos to the writers 😂

[@shawn6860]

@@BenFrankarts its Toronto so no one will miss it.

[@aarongerard7277]

@@shawn6860 Given that I live just an hour outside of Toronto, you got that right!

[@zerocolin3619]

I believe that the speaker from the generation film in this video should also see the macross original series with Japanese duo. It is because The element of songs themselves are one of the triple elements from the macross series besides variable fighters and love stories. In fact, the songs with the original Japan duo are at least better than their English duo counterpart. It is recommended to also check the movie version of the original macross series, do you remember love. It is because compare to western fiction design, the design from Japan always carry its own weight and a lot of great machines are created by the mankind.

[@barrybend7189]

The English dub( ADV) had the original Japanese VA for Minnmei as the English voice.

[@Castlevanius]

Thats what Barry Bend kept telling them to do since the beginning. If they couldn't get the original JP ver. there's the ADV dub that's as faithful to the original is readily available. But noooo... they went Robotech.

[@TheUnsentletter26]

The Harmony Gold Robotech was the first anime I ever watched as a kid, and is what got me into anime, I have watched all the original Macross series aswell as the follow up series but to this day the Robotech still holds a very special place and I binge watch the entire series every couple of years

[@juanch6936]

The SDF-1 uses the full ship barrier shield twice. The second time was on episode 27 "Force of Arms" when the SDF-1 crashes into Dolza's mother ship. After it launches all it's reflex rockets, the SDF-1 engages the barrier shield. After you see Dolza's ship explode, you see a second, smaller explosion. That was the barrier shield exploding after the first explosion overloads it.

[@qontoh2s872]

Now, if Minmei was in the Expanse and tried that singing shit Amos would space her and then go back to eating Alex's lasagna.

[@8Aznable8]

American Ben please wach the "Do you remember love?" movie for better reference material!

[@hlmc00]

voices from a distant star

[@alexpearce1301]

Wow! 2 people who TRULY know Macross! Shame, but for the three of us.....Macross, do you remember love? Unbelievable movie! Unbelievable art! Truly groundbreaking, and the music.....I can still hear Minmei's songs in my head and can mostly sing along and I don't speak Japanese! AND I haven't seen the movie in over 25 years! I LOVE YOU SOOO....The ending..1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4.....I'm tearing up right now....wow, my memories just came flooding back..that's how good it was...I'm so glad I looked at the responses today. Final note, The studio who made the movie put out a hardcover book of the anime calls in the movie, I guess about every 10th cell or so....very thick book. I think they only made 1000 of them, the bookmarker that comes with it is a piece of the actual film that was cut into 8" strips with a tassel attached to it......somewhere deep in a storage unit that I haven't gone to in years is one of those books......thanks for the memories, much Love

[@NozomuYume]

DYRL is an alternate universe (in-canon explanation is that it's a not-very-accurate historical drama movie made far in the future). It has vastly different plot elements -- particularly how Hikaru meets Minmay, with the biggest difference being the Zentradi/Meltrandi being completely separate factions at war.

[@Castlevanius]

@@alexpearce1301 Yes...The Venerated Macross Gold Book.

[@msterle7sterle426]

Totally agree

[@jamesharrington001]

It's about fracking time! Edit: Having watched the vid now, I'm sorry you subjected yourself to Robotech. SDF Macross is much better and has more than one song by that little ****. Still, to me the two best characters from that part of the franchise is Roy Fokker and Misa (Lisa) Hayase.

[@charlestonho6733]

Macross is wat better

[@wert1234576]

Not breetai? The dude got a surprise space trip and lirteraly walked it off and then went for some revenge

[@jamesharrington001]

@@wert1234576 While Breetai is cool, I just identified more with Fokker.

[@AlexSDU]

Max & Millia, anyone? Personally, I like Misa from the start.

[@garereeve117]

The most unrealistic thing about Robotech Season 1 was that every other spacefaring race in the Galaxy didn’t immediately form a coalition and exterminate the monstrous species that unleashed Minmei’s singing on a universe that had done NOTHING to deserve it.

[@dariusdurandal7501]

Actually they did. They were called the Sentinels. Unfortunately they were attacked by the Regis and Regent and their huge Invid army

[@dariusdurandal7501]

As for minmei........ only God could've stopped that devil spawn

[@budmeister]

Please watch the original version, the American version is a bastardized show mixed with 3 animes that had nothing to do with each other.

[@dariusdurandal7501]

@@budmeister yeah, I know and I have. These guys were pointing out the evil in the bastardize version so I just stuck with that version as well

[@Elios0000]

yeahh soo in Macross they nuke the earth from orbit.. only humans that survived where the people on the Marcross

[@Phoenixguyver]

Thank you so much for looking at Macross. Its a great universe and the Japanese continuations just build. Also the music gets MUCH better. I wholeheartedly request you do more.

[@dariusdurandal7501]

Agreed Rick is a war hero, but Max is the deadliest pilot

[@erikbrown8241]

Henceforth became bed buddies with Miria,.. did I spell her name right?

[@dariusdurandal7501]

@@erikbrown8241 Myria, you were close

[@floydjohnson7888]

I was surprised to learn that the color model called for Max's hair to be blue. Despite whatever went awry among ink and paint departments, I think everyone on both sides of the Pacific understood the reference to one of the earliest decorations for fighter pilots

[@Boomkokogamez]

Holy I totally didn't expect someone to do Macross breakdown.

[@panic5306]

there needs to be more Macross content on youtube

[@ez-8238]

Boomkoko220 No no no, this was a Robotech breakdown not a macross breakdown. They changed alot of the story to fit western ideas.

[@mrdriver2988]

It is because of Harmoney Gold making it impossible to let Macross be shown in Western TV. Which down right bad basically the definition of plagiarizing here.

[@J3AD]

way to go Barry, loved watching that show, Robotech .

[@AlexSDU]

You should watch the original Macross instead.

[@panic5306]

@@AlexSDU I would if the original Macross was on Netflix like Robotech.

[@mrdriver2988]

No he watched Macross who would watch Robotech lame

[@AlexSDU]

@@mrdriver2988 You're referring to who?

[@AlexSDU]

@@panic5306 Or you could just pirate it. Sometimes, that's the only option left.

[@Laputsky]

Singing as an art and part of culture has been integral to the Macross lore and theme of culture overcoming barbarism, as it depicted the impact of the former in upholding or developing civilization. Speaking of the songs, the Japanese versions transmit better the theme.

[@floydjohnson7888]

@Justin Laput Would it make sense to refer to the adventures of Basara Nekki in a later Macross series?

[@8sierra262]

In the Japanese version Minmay sings different songs every time. Still only has two brain cells though.

[@barrybend7189]

She's slightly smarter in the original... slightly.

[@azander1958]

Harmony Gold Just butchered almost everything of macross by making Robotech

[@TakCWAL]

Thanks to Barry we get to see GF's perceptive on the SDF-1 today. However, some points to consider. The SDF-1 was never meant to be an invincible ship. It was clobbered from Earth parts with a Supervision vessel that was already beaten to a pulp by its Zentradi pursuers long before it crash landed on Earth. The entire thing was meant to take a maiden voyage for further analyzation, and definitely not ready for war when the Zentradi, specifically the 67th Britai branch fleet came knocking. SDF-1 received all sorts of derogatory nicknames while in service, and Captain Global famously dubbed the ship as a 'pile of junk'. The SDF-1's grav engines flew out of its hulls at one point because Earth materials were unable to withstand the power and pressure produced by these alien devices. Another point was the pin-point barrier, while a terrible idea, the barriers were meant to be a last resort, since the power generated within the ship was unstable, and was unable to keep up the energy shielding that covered the entire ship, thus why the crew had to improvise (laughable as it might have been). As for why the Supervision ship crashed intact? Well, that's what it was designed to do. These ships were designed to smash through hard objects and come out unscathed. On the Zentradi side, you have Kamjin, whose hobbies include getting drunk on the job, smash through asteroids and/or fellow Zentradi ships because it's fun. Kamjin often make bets on how many ships he can smash through coming out of fold. So it's not a surprise these ships would remain intact after so much trauma. Today, that ship sits quietly in the middle of 'Macross city', and act as a monument/museum. Nobody in the right mind would want to crew that ship ever again (unless you are Sharon Apple).

[@barrybend7189]

Actually the SDF-1 by Macross plus is Earth command for the UN Spacey and is still in service as it gets constant refits to keep it in active duty. Basically its west point mixed with the Pentagon.

[@TakCWAL]

@@barrybend7189 Yes, but Macross Plus was back in the early 2040s. It is debatable how much of that is still true by the early 2050s, especially after a small civil war that cemented the decentralization of the UN Government.

[@barrybend7189]

@@TakCWAL it would still be Earth's flagship as its a functional ship. As there are others of its class still in use the SDFN class.

[@TakCWAL]

@@barrybend7189 There were only twelve SDFN ships built, most of them became research/recon vessels. Militarily-wise, they have long been outclassed by newer generation ships of the same class.

[@barrybend7189]

@@TakCWAL yes but unlike the SDFN the Macross could be upgraded to still be a relevant vessel in an emergency.

[@kamenriderblade2099]

Now to cover the rest of the Macross Franchise: Macross Plus (OVA) Macross 7 (TV Series + OVA) Macross Frontier (TV Series / Movies) Macross Zero (OVA) Macross Delta (TV Series / Movies)

[@markplott4820]

you left out MACROSS II and Macross DYRL ova.

[@kamenriderblade2099]

@@markplott4820 I forgot about those.

[@matthewrobbins663]

Dont forget the original, Macros: Do You Remember Love! The original

[@TheWinezen]

Good effort there guys. But I would like to point out some of the supposedly questionable abilities mentioned in the video about the SDF-1 was quite unfounded. Firstly, the SDF-1 was originally designed to be able to fire the Reflex Canon in Carrier mode. However, the ill-fated inital Spacefold of the SDF-1, which was meant to take them to to the moon but instead sent the SDF-1, the surrounding ships and Macross island to the edge of Pluto instead, caused those spacefold generators to disappear from the ship entirely. Without those generators, there was not enough power to fire the Reflex Cannon. So the ship HAD to make the modular transformation in order to realign the ship power systems to enable it to fire the main gun. It just happens to look like a dorky robot with two lances above its head, because the SDF-1 was modified while in Pluto orbit to use the two aircraft carriers (Daedalus [as mentioned], the other was Prometheus), that got transported along for the spacefold ride, as its arm appendages. This way it solves the problem of living space to house the extra people brought along with them and they wouldn't have to expend too many resources to make seafaring aircraft carriers, outer-space propulsive. So it was not silly, it was necessary. The SDF-1 had to constantly switch between its ship mode and the modular transformed battle mode because, the the SDF-1 had sublight speed capability in ship mode. The battle mode was slow as PH'UC and you can't get back to earth doing 100 mph and not have every one aboard die of old age while you do it. The Pin-point barrier system was also not a stupid design but but like the modular trasnformation was put into place out of necessity because the ship was under powered without those spacefold generators and thus could not activate its full shield barrier and all of its crucial systems at once. So the Pin-point barrier system was put in place to give some kind of protection from enemy fire until the SDF-1 could return to Earth and get those Spacefold generators replaced. Again...Not silly but necessary. The story was written that way to show the danger the people on that ship had face everytime the ship transformed. It was hard living through an earthquake every week. But it allowed the SDF-1 to develop its little mentioned but amazing materials recycling system that made sure every bit of the rubble and damaged part within the ship could be broken down, reprocessed and remade into materials they needed. The SDF-1 is a great and iconic ship in Science Fiction literature and the designers and writers of Macross deserve our respect for giving us this ship to inspire us.

[@TheWinezen]

FYI, Min Mei would so get creamed in the second round of any talent reality show. Sorry MM

[@josephholsinger262]

I remember when Robotech first aired in my area. I believe it was around 1985. It was a Saturday morning, I was bored and channel surfing and saw this show. At first I thought it was a rip-off of the G.I. Joe cartoon but then I saw the first battle where Veritech fighters were being blown out of the sky and the pilots were not miraculously ejecting from the exploding aircraft to safely parachute to the ground. This show, which was being shown on a Saturday morning to kids, had some realism in it. It showed that people get killed in war. It was what interested me in Japanese animation.

[@waynecampeau4566]

I don't remember them actually saying it in the show, but the reason it was called the "SDF" was because the aliens that created the ship/fortress had dimensional engineering technology and it was much bigger on the inside than on the outside (like the TARDIS). That was how they could have whole cities inside and easily get lost. It was implied that they had never fully explored the interior of the vessel.

[@-JustHuman-]

Your hostility towards Lynn Minmay will be recorded and remembered.........

[@merrick1588]

as it should be, it took the book series to finally have her grow a proper spine

[@wowadrow]

Each arm was an aircraft carrier. Rick got nothing on max just FYI. kind of the statement of the whole show was force of arms wont save us only culture can. Granted USA only got the cut up gibberish version.

[@isaned]

Max was the MAN! Even made their ace pilot take it and made like 5 kids

[@drahcir8402]

"This team named the ship the SDF-1. Or Super Dimensional Fortress One. Why did they give it such a stupid name? Because in another dimension the ship was named the ASS-1, or Alien SpaceShip One. Later to be christened the Macross once repairs were complete. This is a much better name. Unfortunately this dimension issued a multidimensional copyright and trademark, preventing anyone outside of the original dimensional cluster from using those terms."

[@cuyvaldar3741]

Thank you. I enjoyed your review of the SDF-1. Robotech was the series that got me into anime back when I was in middle school. Please keep up the good work.

[@paulrobinson1549]

If you read the books they go into the dimensional part of the SDF. The inside of the ship is filled with rooms that are there own pocket dimensions. Roy Focker was in the first expedition inside and finds a huge door that leads into a room that can not fit inside. Its a aspect of the ship that was lost in the Robotech series, and i do now if they go into it on the original unedited showings. it helps explain how they could rebuild the city inside the ship and why Rick and Minimay stayed lost as long as they did.

[@godemperorofmankind7255]

Come battle brothers! Let us use this technology to crush the xeno, heretic, and mutant!

[@random_german_dude_]

Yes MR emperor *loyal slaanesh worshiper noises *

[@shotguncleric]

I, Cato Sicarius, approve this message

[@russellbartlett9163]

Yes

[@intselec2184]

This message got 2 month to come in our solar system

[@intselec2184]

Yes the syteme with krieg inside

[@saitoman]

Robots have had a limited budget for music, hence Minmei’s “only” song. The Japanese version , she had several others.

[@merrick1588]

actually, the missing songs came down to licensing and copyright issues... something that would lead Harmony Gold down a long, dark and frustrating path forever more

[@Zero8880]

Minmei actually had 5 songs in Robotech, but they kept playing the "Ms Macross song over and over for some reason". Her 2 best songs, "It's You" & "We Will Win", only got played one time throughout the series, maybe to not oversaturate them. But their bgm was used throughout all three series. Her other 2 songs were "To Be in Love" and "The Man in My Life".

[@clone_69]

Say what you will about Rick Hunter, everyone knows Roy Fokker was the real war hero

[@chrisvellner3922]

R.I.P. Roy Fokker.

[@panachevitz]

F

[@charliepotatoes001]

And a Womanizing Alcoholic with Commitment Issues!

[@merrick1588]

@@charliepotatoes001 No one said he was husband material, just a war hero

[@budmeister]

Who the fuck is Rick? All I know is Hikaru.

[@dragutincvetkovic6242]

The one thing that sends shivers down my spine to this day is the intro music to Robotech.

[@Palparepa]

Note that the SDF-1's arms were not initially there. After the long-range teleport, two nearby naval ships were repurposed and attached there. One of the ships was named Daedalus, hence the name of the attack.

[@lovehawks2814]

Yeah, Harmony Gold really f'ed up SDF Macross. Lyn Minmei's playlist is one of those things cut. Like, all of it. One of the things that really makes SDF Macross, and for that matter all of Macross (even Delta), something special. Might I suggest following this up with Macross Plus. Bryon Cranston plays the protagonist Isamu Dyson, and the story mirrored the real life competition for the Advanced Tactical Fighter in the late 80s and early 90's that led to the deployment of the F-22. I'm pretty sure Lyn Minmei's one and only song in Robotech was written by whatever low level real estate broker walked in late that day at Harmony Gold. It doesn't resemble any of the songs from Super Dimension Fortress Macross, such as "My Boyfriend is a Pilot" or the title song of the Macross movie "Do you Remember Love."

[@pgwchaos]

The ADV dub of Macross was a lot better, since they were able to get the original Japanese voice actress for Minmay to dub here character in English. It is a shame it can be so difficult to find. (Darn you, Harmony Gold USA)

[@brianstabile165]

Robotech needs to have a reboot

[@Friendlygiant666]

A live action movie would be epic

[@barrybend7189]

No as Harmony Gold can't use the Studio Nue designs.

[@Friendlygiant666]

@@barrybend7189 I'd like to see harmony gold lose their ability to control the franchise and have someone better take over and give it the love it and the fans deserve.

[@comentnine1574]

@@Friendlygiant666 All in favour of taking down HG?

[@hlmc00]

@@Friendlygiant666 i think it was in production at one time but got cancel

[@jorgea.solanocastro1840]

Ok, my mom was always a very strict person regarding my studies when I was a kid,so I had to be very sick to be able to stay at home,Wich almost never happened...however, when we started watching Robotech in local TV, at the end of the series she was so hocked up she let me stay at home that day just to watch it together...it is one of my precious memories sitting at her feet in front of the TV and being amazed with the story... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@Thunderous117]

Been wanting this one for a while thanks for carrying the torch for us fans of the sdf1 Barry you absolute unit

[@rocket_sensha4337]

your ship can be cool, but never SUCKER PUNCH enemy ships level of cool.

[@Lahiss]

That move is still basic doctrine for UNSpacy SDF and New Macross Battle class ships.

[@darrellmurray4928]

I propose that whenever we get a fleet into space, anything bigger than a destroyer has to have arms.

[@barrybend7189]

@@darrellmurray4928 the Macross Quarter and the Elysium class Macross vessels are 475 meters and 800 meters long respectively.

[@wert1234576]

Not only punch but unleash a hell storm of missiles and ammo inside your ship as a giant middle finger

[@Caercutta30]

Last words Gundam: IT'S A GUNDAM! Macross: WHAT THE FUU-AAA!!

[@Phantom6.6.6]

Hell yeah love that ships that anime was my gate way to scifi I salute you barry

[@ilkkasavolainen5878]

No you don't watch Robotech, you watch Macross. Lynn Minmay is a Japanese singer and the Japanese version has much higher production values with the voice actors, so the songs are much better.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

And more than one song.

[@luispanaderoguardeno3306]

And a consistent plot.

[@kev3d]

Not that much better...

[@floydjohnson7888]

The source material and the derivation were smash hits for the early 1980s. I was reminded of this around 2000 when a Japanese person gave an enthused reaction when I mentioned "Macross". I still remember her "Makurosu! Makurosu!"

[@Endeavorfishing]

Thanks Barry

[@davidnemoseck9007]

Real surprise to see a video on this done by you guys. Big fan of Robotech and by extention Macross. Thanks for doing it!

[@Maves916]

How is Barry not the first comment

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Barry has a life? Unlike the rest of us?

[@qdllc]

He’s probably busy getting accounts reopened after being declared dead by Generation Films.

[@barrybend7189]

I was busy watching a stream.

[@brandondavis8005]

@@barrybend7189 I was gonna say you went to the bathroom without your phone.

[@karlfong8216]

Yeah, you should've watched it in Japanese. Some of the themes get lost in the English version and the music is much better in the original.

[@AlexSDU]

Some of the storyline are different than the original as well.

[@Gunsight-One]

Yup.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Way to go Barry Bend!!! Where ever you may be.

[@Zereth_Marson]

This was a good episode i grew up with robotech the macross saga so seeing my favorite super fortress get the recognition it deserves is the best thank you for brining light to this old series.

[@sr7594]

In the american robotech universe, the most important thing about the SDF-1 is that it contained the last protoculture matrix (bio energy generator) hidden inside its main engine by the scientist Zor. He sent it to earth to hide it from the Robotech Masters, but they sent their Zentraedi minions to retreive it. Some Zentraedi command ships were 20 times the length of the SDF-1, and they eventually sent 4 million ships to earth. They could have easily destroyed it, but they had orders to bring it back intact. So when it was finally destroyed at the end of Macross, the Robotech Masters came looking for it (the 2nd part), then their enemy: the Invid (the 3rd part). Before the destruction of the SDF-1, the SDF-2 was built canilibilizing most of the systems of the SDF-1 EXCEPT the engines. When both the SDF-1 & 2 were simultaneously destroyed by Khyron, they buried the 2 ships with the intact protoculture matrix still inside the destroyed engines of the SDF-1. The SDF-3 was made from Zentraedi commander Breetai’s command ship, but remade to look like a Robotech Masters ship, & it left earth looking to bring the fight to the Robotech Master’s planet. This ship evetually had a new protoculture matrix installed into it (on the other side of the galaxy), and on its return space fold back to earth, was consumed by the departing invid Regis when she “mated with all the protoculture in the universe” at the end of the saga.

[@entropy11]

If you had watched Macross instead of Robotech they had more than one song.

[@Gunsight-One]

Not just more songs but much better songs. Mari Iijima can actually sing.

[@CannonKnight]

You forgot Lynn Minmay's only other song she seems to know: "To be in loooove must be the greatest feeling that a girl could feeeeel."

[@jackroyaltea5034]

Space flight... fancy... haha

[@skogga]

2020: We need Superman, we got Brightburn.

[@christiandtorres9843]

loved the video. i grew up with robotech, it was re-aired in the mid 90s here. a slightly better, slightly realistic and a bit more mature approach to this series was the movie: "SDF Macross: Do you remember love?" i totally recommend that movie

[@odiemyers9064]

Awesome Barry Bend thank you for your consistency, one of my all time favorites!!!

[@discorei8292]

Minmay is the reason to watch the Macross version rather than the Robotech version. She is much more palatable in the Macross version.

[@deshawn4077]

@ValorJ Omega Robotech is good show stop hating everyone. Most of you werent around when this premiered, This show help launch many peoples interest into Anime. Also didnt time . If they had put a straight English translation of Macross to American tv, it would have failed at that time.

[@denniswashburn9662]

@@deshawn4077 THANK YOU. I LOVED ROBOTECH. I DONT CARE IF MINMAY SOUNDED BETTER IN MACROSS, I WAS PULLING FOR LISA OVER MINMAY ANYWAY.

[@laptopcommando]

Alright! Giving Robotech some long overdue love!

[@joshstreet6819]

I prefer the look of the SDF-1 from the movie Do you remember love a long with the ova's Macross II and Macross Plus than the show.

[@Gunsight-One]

Redesign in the movie is top notch.

[@barrybend7189]

That's the 2012 refit after Kamujin are wrecked it.

[@petekay7957]

I grew up watching this show. It was early Anime. The funny thing is the cartoon has held up even after being over 35 years old. Good video

[@eisenklad]

japanese songs of minmay was way more bearable. as for the bridge not requiring any kind of seatbelts is due to gravity plating or artificial gravity system. 8:50 the macross use its Battroids as point/missile defense units like a tank/armored personnel carrier with a mounted gun not just the buil-in defense systems.

[@JustSumGuy01]

Yes, deculture

[@matthewvillarde5601]

Kyun kyun, kyun kyun, watashi no are wa, pailotooooo. No, I don't know the real lyrics, I sing what I hear

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Damn close. You literally missed only a single k (kare, not are).

[@AlexSDU]

"Zoom zoom, Zoom zoom, My boyfriend is a, Pariotto~~!"

[@jameswalker1991]

Yooooo! Long Dick Rick( got me dead) lmmfao.

[@joseas1518]

Palladium books did rpg style details as well as deck plans. Spread across MULTIPLE OLD books.

[@Devillin]

The barrier shield was overloaded twice. The first one was by accident, the second one was on purpose when they destroyed Dolzas ship amd fleet. While the nuclear missiles did cause a lot if damage, because they were inside the blast radii if the various explosions, they overloaded the shield and caused a cascade explosion that finished off the base and destroyed the escort fleet. The SDF-1 came out untouched while every ship around them was atomized.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Minmei's singing is much better in Japanese, English is meh.

[@Sadler2010]

Anime in English is an abomination against the Anime God's!!!

[@Gunsight-One]

Not just her singing but her personality is better too.

[@Riceball01]

@@Gunsight-One Totally agree. Oddly enough though, after watching the original SDC Southern Cross a while back, I thought that Dana (from Robotech) was better and less annoying than her original Japanese counterpart, Jeanne.

[@xtroguyver]

you watched robotech, you'd have been better off watching macross their is an uncut english dub of macross plus macross has far more and better songs for minmei to sing then the same bloddy one robotech used all the time

[@Phoenixguyver]

As usual the original is the better, but to play devils advocate Robotech is more accessible. I can't tell you how many times I gave to explain that Gaiba/Guyver is so much more than two lame us movie attempts. Sho is much better than shaun.

[@deshawn4077]

Robotech has better theme song and battle songs

[@joeldelica8706]

Would people(of the West) stop pronouncing it as "Mc-cross". It's, The "Mac-Ross". Or if you're still cringy about it. Just call it "The SDF-01".

[@marcusarelius7065]

agree 100 percent. theres even an example of how to correctly pronounce it in the show "mac-cross city"

[@joeldelica8706]

@@marcusarelius7065 Fortunately, back in the early 80s, in Asia. We've already watched an english dub version(not the Hong Kong dub) of Macross(TV series), before they ever made it into Robotech. And both pronounced it "as it should be pronounced". So i don't understand why some americans AND asian americans still say it like its part of a McDonald menu.

[@AlexSDU]

Would you prefer Ma-ku-ro-su(with silent 'u') instead?

[@MrLexxBomb]

Yep they need to listen to the original opening music - damn near cry every time I hear it.

[@davestewart3402]

Yes...Thank you for pointing that out...bothered me too.

[@patrickstewart3446]

That alien vessel is 22 years overdue. I’m still waiting for my Valkyrie to arrive.

[@maxmcgee3636]

Best soundtrack ever. Robotech be jammin in the attack sequences.