What I thought would be a slow lazy Friday has started off in a pretty interesting way. WB has picked up the movie rights to make a ROBOTECH live action movie. No, not Macross but ROBOTECH (The franchise Harmony Gold holds hostage). While I remember and really liked Robotech back in 1982 (BALTIMORE TV 45 WORD!) I had one immediate thought when I read this;

"This will suck."

A knee Jerk reaction I know. The only talent involved in this is Tobey Maguire which is a one hell of a step in the right direction (unlike the questionable talent behind Voltron movie). Macros... ROBOTECH isn't mindless Mecha show. It's a drama that has one of the most famous love triangels ever. If Tobey will play the role of Hikaru, I mean ... Rick Hunter (which I'm assuming he will) then that could work. Hikaru pining over Minmei is something Tobey could act in his sleep considering how he portrayed Peter's early relationship with MJ. And Drama is just ONE of the essential storytelling techniques that make Macross work.

Then again I'm getting ahead of myself. There is a looming strike on the horizon and this movie needs to be big budget movie. Regardless I'll just sit back, relax and comment sporadically how much Harmony Gold sucks.