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Forum Name: Symphony of the Sword/The Order of the Rose
Topic ID: 433
Message ID: 5
#5, RE: A few mecha related observations
Posted by GethN7 on May-25-14 at 01:14 AM
In response to message #3
>Instead I'll address one point that kind of bugs me, that being the
>PPG stuff. It should be noted, I think, that in the grand scheme of
>things? That is an exceedingly minor part of the overall
>universe. I am afraid that you, sir, are picking nits, and since
>they're out of season, I must kindly ask that you return them to the
>wild.

Fair enough. As I admitted, this type of crossover story is not my usual cup of tea, but overall, I'm generally enjoying it, and now that I got my nits picked, I plan to sit down, shut up, and enjoy the rest of the ride.

>>As for the name "Getter Ryger", I must respectfully disagree. The
>>original Getter-2 core machine is called the Getter Jaguar, and the
>>Getter Robo G version is called the Getter Liger (Lion+Tiger), so the
>>name 'Getter Liger" is merely continuing the series theme.
>
>Ah, well, you see, I didn't know that; and I have to admit it doesn't
>really change my opinion on the matter, since "liger" is not a real
>word
in my book, any more than (for instance) "cockerpoo",
>"puggle", or "zorse". Unaware that it was in fact a cutesy label for
>a hybrid animal, I gave it equal romanization weight with "Ryger"
>(which is how it's rendered in at least one official translation I've
>seen, albeit one in Italian) and decided I liked the latter's ring
>better.

Well, I'll admit "Ryger" does roll off the tongue slightly easier, so mea culpa. I guess my inner Getter fanboy had a vein pop on his forehead and just had 2 get that out of his head.

However, I'm afraid Ligers are quite real:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

>
>I must say, it's a reasonably refreshing change of pace to get gigged
>for being too original. :)
>

Well, I wasn't so much complaining as I wasn't sure how they fit into UF at first since my introduction to them had so little familiarity with the source work, but now I do. Also, I hope I get to see more scenes with Mojo Jojo, he's unbelievably hilarious.