Robotech: 2-Movie Collection (The Shadow Chronicles / Love Live Alive)

Love Live Alive is Essentially a Clip Show
This is the first time I've written a review for a product purchased on Amazon. I have the Robotech series and Shadow Chronicles. I was so looking forward to getting this DVD (even though I would have preferred a Blu-ray format). However, words can't describe my disappointment when I put Love, Live, Alive into my Blu-ray player. Love, Live, Alive is simply a clip show of the New Generation series. It really adds nothing to the Robotech universe.

I should have guessed something was up when 1) Love, Live, Alive was only being sold as a combo pack with Shadow Chronicles and 2) while Shadow Chronicles was in widescreen format; Love, Live, Alive was in full screen which looks HORRIBLE on a widescreen TV. After the effort put into Shadow Chronicles; Love, Live, Alive was an utter disappointment.

If you already have a copy of Shadow Chronicles, there is no reason to shell out the dollars to add Love, Live, Alive to the universe. In fact, go out of your way to buy Shadow...

Robotech LLA SC Combo Pack
As a true Robotech Fan, I am sad to say I'm disappointed in this latest release. I gave it 3 stars only because I'm a fan & I'll buy anything with Robotech's name on it. But sadly, the bottom line on this movie is that it's just a recap of the New Generation series. Just as Cpt Gloval did in the first series with Gloval's Report, Love Live Alive is told from Lancer's perspective as he is asked questions by some sort of reporter or magazine writer. Even the few cut scenes with Lancer telling the story are repeats of one new scene that they did for the movie... each scene features a look at the tape recorder then a shot of lancer removing a towel or scarf from around his neck. At the very end, we do get a few new scenes of Lancer & where his story continued at the end of New Generation, but those scenes are only 2 or 3 minutes long.

Even Shadow Chronicles was a rehash or mash-up of the whole New Generation series, just told from yet another perspective. I don't...

Nothing really special here.
Having already owned the entire original series, the sentinels, as well as Shadow Chronicles, this is nothing more than just another thing to collect. It doesn't really add anything new. Practically 95% of the LLA film is just a recap of the Invid Invasion 3rd Generation using footage from what we had already seen.

There's very little new footage here besides a reporter talking to Yellow Dancer/Lancer about what he did during the war and finally a new "twist" at the very end. But you have to watch all the recap footage to get to the very short, and slightly out of place looking new scene.

Get it because you're a Robotech fiend, but I'm dying for new footage, not a summary of what I already know. It's a lot like Dana's Story I guess.

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