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Originally Posted by Roger Rambo
Looked *too* human? As far as I could tell, the first Gamilons looked COMPLETELY human  |
ha-ha. :P
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Originally Posted by Roger Rambo
It makese sense (for budget reasons) on a live action TV show to sometimes have *aliens* that don't have any distinguishing physical features from humans at all. Though a bit strange in animation where rubber forehead aliens cost the same to animate as the human. I guess it was something they just didn't think of.
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Actually, they did. The original concept for the aliens was that they have no one corporeal form — like shadows —and that they can assume any number of forms, both human and non-human. And they are centrally-controlled by a hive-mind located on their homeworld. As they refined the story and concepts, during pre-production, and jettisoned the Greek Tragedy element among the crew of the ship, they decided to make the aliens humanoid and to be the tragic figures of the story — their human form driving home the duality of mankind to the viewer (young boys). So, the writers were able, much like STAR TREK, to touch on elements of prejudice, the human condition, and war, much more effectively, than if the opposition were BEMs. This was a BIG element of what made YAMATO tick — the tragedy of Dessler and the Gamilas and the growth of Susumu Kodai who wanted to kill the Gamilas for revenge, and then ends up questioning what they've done after Gamilas falls. That never would have worked with BEMs as the antagonists.
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Originally Posted by Roger Rambo
Maybe they'll have some comical explanation for why the Pluto base Gamilons are all pink skinned...perhaps it's the effect of the terraformed atmosphere on pluto? Or maybe even not explain it at all.
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I already posted their explanation a couple of posts back: Schultz and Ganz are from Sarutzu (Sarutz?), one of the conquered planets of the Great Gamilas Star Empire. This is akin to the Great Roman Empire, who would grant full Roman Citizenship to any man of their Empire — born Roman or not — for service in the name of the Empire. This was done to allow for gravitas and a sense of scope to the image of an old and galaxy-spanning Empire. Yutaka Izubuchi said that there will be other races loyal to the Gamilas Empire as well.
A lot of the original production plans, intentions, decisions, and changes in the making of the Yamato saga, are throughly documented on the official Star Blazers website. So, I recommend checking it out!