Hi! Thanks for commenting
In a message dated 8/28/00 9:17:03 AM, desaix@sysnet.net writes:
Well, I try to comment on every Patlabor fanfic out there (at least every
Patlabor fanfic which uses the Patlabor setting... no offense to Patlabor:
Stateside, but I never saw the connection to anime or the manga in that
fic beyond just 'police in mecha,' which has been done by other anime as
well... it reads more like an original fic, to me) so I guess I should
comment on this...
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From: Kyhdin@aol.com
To: ffml@fanfic.com
Subject: [FFML] [Fanfic][Patlabor/Surprise][Shortfic?] Underground
Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:36 AM
This is a compilation of several scenes that just popped into my head while
I was stacking boxes at work one day and I've finally gotten around to
writing it. It's weird, insane, and I probably won't continue it, though if
someone out there wants to try, they're more then welcome.
Um... heh.
Okay... in addition to being wierd, it's also technically flawed. Gotoh's
unit used the Ingrams- if you wanted to do a Type Zero demonstration, you'd
have to bring in Shinobu Nagumo. For some reason, none of the characters
sound like themselves when they're talking. And, uh... hmm. Okay, I don't
really see the point of the Ninja Turtles being part of this...
There isn't one. Like I said, the scenes just popped into my head. Quite
frankly, I thought the whole idea in itself was funny.
More specifics...
Hmm... and you mentioned the 'Ark', which means you're including the first
movie. The Type Zero's were being tested in New York by Kanuka, according
to the first movie, so bringing in a team from Japan to use them seems,
er, unnecessary...
If I continued it, the idea was that the three type zeros had be destoryed
due to the virus and a nasty hurricane. Technically, this is a delivery.
April's surprised because they flew the labors oversees? No, with that
great a mass, it would definitely be easier to send them by ship... and,
as I recall, they're USUALLY shipped in the series.
But remember the American mindset; if you can find a plane big enough, use
that to move something
Gotoh is WAY more talkative than he usually is with reporters... (and are
you sure he knows English well enough to give an interview? Wouldn't he
need a translator?)
My original thought was to have Clancy translate and then the more I thought
about it, the more I thought that Goto wouldn't want that. He's not the sort
to rely on other people, not even a translator. As for talkitive, well, you
play to your audience.
Type Zero's aren't exactly more agile. They use the same drive and
architecture as Ingrams, with only minor modifications, but it's mostly
a better computer system- a 'Nueral Network' as opposed to a typical computer
system. As Asuma pointed out in the New Files Griffin Arc, it's a case
of Automatic vs. Manual- it's easier to use an Automatic transmission well,
but if you're REALLY good with a manual transmission, you can use it better
than you can an Automatic. However, you can replace parts in an Ingram
with parts from a Zero- and visa versa.
In the movie, I got the impression that the Zero was more agile.
It's Luitenant Clancy, not Chancy- she ain't a Pokemon, you know.
Hmm. . .Pokemon Patalabor. . .nah, that's too weird, even for me.
Gotoh never explains himself to Asuma, even to point out that someone's
hiding something. He thinks Asuma works better when he thinks it's his
own idea.
It was more like he was thinking out loud. Even if he speaks English, I doubt
Goto's ever really dealt with American politicans or operated in their
territory.
Hmm... I guess Chancy was just a typo, since you use Clancy later...
Yup. Wanna help me kill my spell checker?
If Takeo Kumagami is with Unit 2, she should be freaking out when they're
down below and discover the skeleton. Kanuka's story would make her even
more uncomfortable.
Kanuka REALLY shouldn't gasp and act surprised when Asuma says to move
in. Shinshi might, Noa's more likely to (though she'll do it if Asuma
insists),
but Kanuka's fearless in the series, and would NOT be concerned.
It was more like shock. Fearless or no, I think anyone would be a bit
hesitant to move in on something holding a giant pink something or another.
Why would the Turtles be trying to stop unit 2? Why wouldn't they just
try and explain what's going on, first?
Well they didn't attack, besides, if you're responsible for keeping a giant
brain with notions of global conquest confined, wouldn't you be a little
nervous if anyone got near it's prison?
Hmm... guess that's it. You say you aren't continuing this, and I
certainly don't want to continue it myself, but if someone else wants to
they might find this useful.
Agreed.
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