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MACROSS_THEME

                                               January 17, 2010
                                               May     12, 2012

If "the power of music" is the
central Macross theme, isn't it
interesting that all the
different series have different
rationales for the power:

   Macross             culture shock            SEX_CROSSED

   Macross 7           anima spirita            ANIMA_SPIRITA

   Macross Frontier    fold waves     (from biologically augmented humans)

   Macross Plus        a musical AI          A machine capable of the
                       achieves volition     subtle thought underlying
                                             music, developed a a mind of
                                             it's own.

                                                   Musical understanding
                                                   is then bound up in
                                                   what it means to be
                                                   completely human.

                                                   MACROSS_PLUS
   Question:

      What about "Macross II"

      There song is used like
      some sort of hypnotic         This then is a counter-theme
      warrior drum beat, and        to "Macross" and "Macross 7",
      persuading the singers        where music is used to end war.
      *not* to sing is a way
      of ending a war.


                              Throughout the Macross
                              "universe", there's a
                              consistent re-use of many
                              elements, deploying them in
                              slightly different ways, for
                              different purposes...

                                           A fine example of slowly
                                           evolving recombinant
                                           fiction.

                                                   MUTATION




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