[Dr Kain]

Look, I was bored to death and I don't recall anything about Protoculture in Zero. I recall them talking about a bird race, which was what they thought the Valkyries were, but that was about it. It was fantasy instead of Sci-Fi, which is what Macross is. Of course, it also didn't help that the episodes came out far far apart from one another, so that also killed my enthusiasm for the show.

I do agree that 7 is different, and I did like that. I did not completely hate 7, but there was no need for it to be 52 episodes with additional OVA episodes (although, the one with Jenius' other siblings was funny). Basara was cool, but he sang the same song for like 20 episodes straight.

As for Frontier, maybe I'll give it another shot if it ever comes to the US, but I just have no desire to go out of my way to watch it. I just found the characters to be annoying, especially the girl who was worse than Minmay annoying.

EDIT: Watching DYRL today and I don't really like that movie now that I've rewatched it. The animation is pretty awesome, but I hated the new designs of the Zentraedi and I hate how the movie just shows something and you really wouldn't know what the purpose of that scene was if it weren't for the series (such as Max and Milia meeting for the first time). I also don't like how they separated the Zentraedi and Maltrandi into difference races, and then for some reason had the Zens join with the Macross to battle them only to have Bodolza decide to attack the Macross at the same time as them when Britai and his crew just suddenly decide to help the Macross, uh... it's way too complicated. Honestly, the animation is the only reason to watch the movie, especially since the Valkyrie's look so bad ass. Of course, it doesn't help that Max and Milia are my two favorite characters from Macross and they have little to no screen time at all, and what little they do, makes little sense.