{"id":1513,"date":"2013-06-25T05:37:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2013-06-25T05:37:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T05:37:38","slug":"409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/409\/","title":{"rendered":"7. Aquarius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back up to previous segment<\/a><\/p>\n

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En route to Aquarius, Shima writes a letter to his brother, still trying to keep his spirits up. Like the previous scene with the two brothers, this is unique to Version B. Version A simply goes to an establishing shot of Aquarius that is not kept in Version B.<\/p>\n

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Next we go to a reused shot from earlier in the film with Uruk forcing Aquarius into a warp. And as before, only Version A shows the rings around Aquarius.<\/p>\n

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Lugal de Zahl, having returned to his father in defeat, gets a wicked-looking new flagship and goes out on the prowl for a rematch with Yamato<\/em>. As usual, the ship only gets a caption in Version A.<\/p>\n

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Yamato<\/em> warps into a vast interstellar cloud which is enhanced in Version B with mist effects.<\/p>\n

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Planet Aquarius materializes, getting a caption in Version A and a color enhancement in Version B.<\/p>\n

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Yamato<\/em> approaches, launching a set of probes. The background in Version B is a much better match for the surrounding scenes.<\/p>\n

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Yamato<\/em> continues past the camera and in Version A a squadron of Cosmo Tigers gains into the shot. They are deleted from Version B.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers fly on ahead of Yamato<\/em> in Version A, but are nonexistent in B.<\/p>\n

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Next we go to some beauty shots of Aquarius’s floating continents. This is the only scene changed from A to B: cloud cover was removed and a waterfall was added to the “Rene Magritte” continent.<\/p>\n

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Yamato<\/em> sets down in the water, which is enhanced with glittery effects in Version B.<\/p>\n

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The Queen of Aquarius appears and explains her planet’s role in the dawn of life across the galaxy. Version B is much brighter and mistier than A, and the Queen’s caption is deleted.<\/p>\n

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Galaxies float past the Queen as she speaks, changed quite a bit from A to B.<\/p>\n

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Remember those Cosmo Tigers that flew on ahead? They report the sighting of a Dinguil energy plant in both versions, but it only gets captioned in Version A.<\/p>\n

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Lugal’s new fleet quietly closes in. The art in this scene is the same in both versions, but the timing and movement are opened up in B.<\/p>\n

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Three new scenes from inside Lugal’s command ship for Version B.<\/p>\n

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Lugal spots Yamato<\/em> rising away from the surface. Version B is wider and has different background art.<\/p>\n

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Yamato<\/em> engages the enemy and leaves exploding ships in her wake. Version B gave these shots different color effects and background art.<\/p>\n

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An additional wide shot of the battle from Version B.<\/p>\n

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Backed into a corner, Yamato<\/em> lets fly with the Wave-Motion Gun and cleans Lugal’s clock. The scene of his command ship escaping was quite different from A to B.<\/p>\n

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A explosive chain-reaction gains on Lugal’s escaping ship. It was almost invisible in A, greatly enhanced in B.<\/p>\n

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Lugal’s ship flew out of a white cloud in A that was repainted purple in B.<\/p>\n

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The new version of the scene in B was extended to include Yamato<\/em> breaking out of the purple cloud in hot pursuit.<\/p>\n

\nContinue to Part 8<\/a><\/p>\n

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