An inspiration becomes a dream

"Carl Macek was a man of immense writing talent, skill, style, class and intelligence." - Rebecca Forstadt Olkowski, Voice actress (Lynn Minmei in Robotech)

On April 17, 2010, one of the original producers of Robotech passed away from a heart attack.


Robotech has been - and continues to be - a huge inspiration to me as a writer, as a storyteller and as a person.  What Carl Macek wrote was an amazing drama that is still relevant today, and appeals to adolescents and adults, males and females.

What makes Robotech an even more amazing work is that the animation is taken entirely from a Japanese anime series, Macross.  For as much as the two series have in common, they are also completely different.  The characters are new, the dialogue is new, and the story has a fresh twist to it.

As Robotech character Roy Fokker once commented, "Once you get this Robotech stuff in your blood, it's there to stay."

So, since I cannot attend his memorial service in California on Saturday, May 1, my tribute to the late, great Carl Macek and the spectacular series he fathered will have to come in the form of hosting a Robotech marathon on the same day.

In closing, as Grig (The Last Starfighter) said, "Death is a primitive concept; I prefer to think of them as battling evil in another dimension!"  Another dimension, that is, where the United Earth Government is in possession of a Super Dimensional Fortress.


You can read the original news article (as well as continuing coverage) at Robotech.com by clicking this link.