Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Scifi.com Reviews Robotech Shadow Chronicles

It's been two months since Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles has been released. Sci-Fi Channel has actually decided to review the movie after all this time. Does it live up to their not so great feature movie collection? We'll see what they have to say.

"Fan reaction to Shadow Chronicles has been divided. It's the first significant completed Robotech project after years of failed, folded or flopped franchise spinoffs, so there's some reason to be happy just because it exists. But it's a sometimes shallow, sometimes confusing, sometimes redundant movie that retreads New Gen material, barely touches on or ignores most fan-favorite characters and leaves many questions (such as the ultimate fate of the SDF-3) wide open. Pro: It's a gorgeously animated movie, rich in layers and detail. Con: The ships and mecha are CGI, which annoys the purists who loved the original series' handmade look. "

Read the full article here: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/anime/sfw15674.html

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