Neo's News - Listener Submitted News Article Thread Mark IV

[MCTDread]

A Gundam gets lost in Taiwan

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/07/09/g ... irections/

[MCTDread]

Philippines make anorexic Gundam as well as ripoff everything

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/02/17/r ... fs-galore/

[Vent Noir]

ROBOT APOCALYPSE NEWS!!!

Britain will soon change its traffic laws to account for robot cars

...and MARTIAN APOCALYPSE NEWS!!!

Scientists struggle to explain these bizarre Martian plumes

(You will note, of course, that this is precisely how The War of the Worlds started. Suggested music here)

[Rodimus76]

***William Shatner News Alert!!!***
The top 10 William Shatner performances that aren't Kirk:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/william ... arent-kirk

[Rodimus76]

Alien 5: Neill Blomkamp sequel officially greenlit

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/alien-5 ... y-greenlit

[Vent Noir]

Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine previewed in TV ad

[Vent Noir]

ROBOT APOCALYPSE NEWS!!!

How much longer before companies start to run themselves?

[Rodimus76]

TINKER TALKS NIKE MAG 2015 RELEASE WITH POWER LACES:

http://www.nicekicks.com/2015/01/07/tin ... ndaemerge/

[Vent Noir]

Godzilla hotel opening in Japan

[Vent Noir]

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin press conference features Char cosplay, dancing pear

[jcncasval76]

North America's Gundaminfo has just included G Recogustia in the YouTube Channel (officially on 2/26/2015)

http://en.gundam.info/movie/202?region=all&cat=&bigcat=

[eanetdude]

Leonard Nimoy, star of Star Trek and the classic "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", is dead at 83 years old.

Source: The New York Times

[wielder]

'MechaTsuku' Contest Finalist Videos Preview 5 Potential Mecha Anime

Smartphone novel production company Every Star began streaming five promotional videos for the finalists in its "Bokutachi no Mitai Mecha Anime o Tsukurou Seisaku Iinkai" ('Let's make the mecha anime we want to see' production committee), or "MechaTsuku" for short, contest on Sunday. The video with the highest play count by March 31 will get an anime adaptation on Fuji TV.

The projects are:

Enthusiast! -The Custom-
RS Project
deadEndSparks
Gyōkō no Dean-Drive (Day Break Dean-Drive)
Star Storks (~Hoshi no Yarikago~)

Source (the videos and proposed premises):
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ime/.85469

[Rodimus76]

***Robot apocalypse news alert***
Trailer for Daniel Druhl's sci-fi robot intelligence film 'Eva'

http://geektyrant.com/news/trailer-for- ... e-film-eva

[eanetdude]

Star Destroyer Engine Room Design from STAR WARS REBELS Season Finale Inspired from MACROSS Anime
The location design of the lightsaber duel in the "Fire Across the Galaxy" season finale was inspired by the design of the engine room of the Super Dimension Fortress from the Macross anime, according to the official Star Wars website.

Source: StarWars.com

[Darkhound Noir]

Mind-control breakthrough: Quadriplegic woman flies F-35 with her brain
Arati Prabhakar—director of the Pentagons advanced research arm DARPA—has revealed a breakthrough achievement in machine mind control: Jan Scheuermann, a 55-year-old quadriplegic woman with electrodes in her brain, has been able to fly an F-35 fighter jet using "nothing but her thoughts."

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mind-control- ... socialflow

Just like Guld in Macross Plus right?

[Rodimus76]

The Last Starfighter rights are holding up a remake:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-las ... p-a-remake

[Rodimus76]

Neill Blomkamp admits he didn't get Elysium right:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/elysium ... sium-right

[Vent Noir]

Gundam Build Fighters Try ending's dancing Beargguys become Gunpla model kits

ROBOT DEATH NEWS!!!

In Japan, robot dogs get funerals

[Vent Noir]

The 15 Weirdest Super Sentai giant robots