Do you Remember Love was intended to be a documentary
like film created within the Macross timeline (a film within a film of
sorts) that told the epic story of "space war one" and many of the people
predominantly involved. Interesting enough; within the time line it was this movie
and its telling of the story of Lynn Minmei that inspired Myung Fan Long (then
fifteen years old) to peruse a carrier singing, which was instrumental in the
events of Macross Plus. Essentially this is a retelling of the events of
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross.
Despite
being a retelling this movie features completely redone animation, a slightly
different order and even addition of and change to many events. Remarkably the
animation still holds it own against modern works which is quite impressive considering
that this movie was produced in 1984. The characters are portrayed with added
maturity and the central love triangle is far more fleshed out, making this feature
more compelling then the original in some respects. Considering however that this
movie means to tell the story of the 38 episode SDF Macross series in a
mere two hours it does not stand on its own all that well, and in my opinion requires
at least some prior understanding of SDF Macross to be fully enjoyed. Definately
recommended to anyone that has seen and enjoyed most if not all of the original,
or to anyone that thinks they may. Regardless it is worth one viewing.
