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Voltron Headed For The Big Screen
An anonymous reader writes "Following the success of the Transformers movie, Hollywood is preparing to make another live-action film featuring giant robots from the 1980s: 'Voltron: Defender of the Universe'. The script, by Justin Marks, is described as '...a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico. Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders.' Let's go, Voltron force!"
"The script, by Justin Marks, is described as '...a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico. Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders.'"
Wonder how he's going to address the creation of the lions?
My god, I can't believed that I found the PowerRangers original when they came out... It's the "same" thing as Voltron!
I didn't found something funny to put here.
I believe I'm not alone to still own both Transformers and Voltron toys from the 80's, but somehow Voltron doesn't do me as much as Transformers does.
I don't know how to explain it, but does anyone feel the same? Or do you think Voltron has a stronger, more emotional and deeper storyline?
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...a film does well and they start looking for the next easy cashin. Think back to how the recent comic adaptions were kick started by the likes of Xmen, one does well and all of a sudden there is a bandwagon trundling down the hill.
Now a giant robot film has done well so the bandwagon looks for the next passenger it can send down. Personally I think voltron will tank. Hardly anyone knows what it is and it lacked that 'cool' factor when I was a kid growing up, even my father knew what transformers were then and wanted to see the film now. But Voltron?
Its over reaching and says straight to dvd.
I know I know, flamebait, troll, whatever you want but this is just my opinion from the UK, in the US it might be different.
I,Robot, Transformers, all the comic book movies lately.. ... When is the movie industry going stop pissing all over my childhood?
One would hope that they at least write a decent script this time.
From the summary though, I doubt it.
Sorry to be a downer. I just find that this trend of ransacking all our 80's childhood memories is starting to get on my nerves. It feels like they've just made some kind of list, with $$ next to each item, and they will continue down that list until the $$ gets lower than the expenses of creating CG effects. (And the latter is constantly getting lower.)
They don't pick these movies to make based on good scripts, good ideas, or good director/writers, they are just knocking them down one after the other because people will go see something they have good memories of. They're completely taking advantage of everyone's misplaced hope that the next one will be better, because "that was sooo awesome when I was a kid." (Perhaps they have the right to do so... you can only vote with your wallet.) I went to see Transformers hoping it would be something decent, but these movies are constantly disappointing. (X-Men wasn't bad to be completely honest..)
I think, this time around, at the very least I'll wait and heed the reviews instead of going to see it on opening day. (The hard part is finding a reviewer that usually agrees with you.)
I know that Voltron on the big screen sounds cool, and that everything piece of creative work borrows from the ones that came before it. But when was the last time a truly original story (that wasn't a remake of a book, TV show, or other form of media) made it out of Hollywood?
You mean like a giant alien robot made out of five smaller robots shaped like lions that wields a sword?
A-Bomb
Anyone want to bet what the last move in the final fight will be.
For some reason I always liked the vehicle force better. Planet Drool were a more competent enemy than Doom.
I was home one afternoon and caught the Power Rangers. I swear they were using Volton toys in that show. It sure looked like it.
The original Voltron is a Japanese TV Series.Not a Film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086824/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVswFzaYcCM
...I can't get this sequence from ReBoot out of my mind when reading the story...
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I remember liking the cat version of voltron when I was a kid... then I watched it with my kids recently (who love it) and for some reason the storyline seemed like some nutty commie propaganda.
Now wasn't there some other space-ship based show also called voltron that had nothing to do with metal cats?
Just because a movie is made from a book doesn't mean it's terrible. Kubrick is considered one of the greats, but many of his movies are based on old novels. Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, from the 5 movies that I know, all say they are base on or "inspired by" some other novel. The only one I own that doesn't say it's based on some other piece of work is Dr. Strangelove. So, while I would like to see some original stories. Seeing movies based of books isn't all that bad, assuming they are using interesting books and the movie is done well.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Spoiler alert: At the end of the movie, Voltron defeats the Ro-beast using the Blazing Sword.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Both Transformers and Voltron have origins in Japan. Optimus Prime is known as Convoy in Japan. Ask yourself which you think is a better name. Personally, I think that, not only is Optimus Prime, a much better name, it is also one of the most memorable names of any cartoon series, period. The debate about American vs Japanese voice actors is not relevant to highly mainstream 80s series, where presumably there was a lot more money and quality control. Just look at the fans reactions when they heard that Peter Cullen was going to voice Optimus Prime. Fans were ecstatic. I have had the misfortune to watch Transformers with Japanese dub and it was awful. I haven't seen the recent Transformers film however, but from the looks of it, and the reviews that I trust, I will agree with you that it looks to be an awful film.
Going by the YouTube link to the 80s Voltron cartoon in the summary, it looks almost exactly like someone created carbon copies of the Transformers cartoon and Battle of the Planets and welded them together.
Transformers were massive in the UK when I was about 10, so it's obviously going to benefit from nostalgic parents and thirtysomething media types. By contrast, I don't know how big Voltron was in the US and Japan, but it's pretty unknown here, so I doubt it's going to get the same free pass. It can't even have been *that* big elsewhere, because I'm sure I'd have come across more about it on the net if it had been.
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IIRC Minmei was something like 13 years old in Robotech.
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/
What could possibly follow up a Voltron movie? Thundercats?
www.timcoleman.com is a total waste of your time. Never go there.
I wonder when the online petition to get Peter Cullen to read the intro will start.
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As an adult, not so much. :(
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The reason is simple. When I sit down to watch the original, I can clearly tell where GoLion was hacked up and spliced with Dairugger XV to give us the story we have. Amazingly, no one is ever killed in an attack. Funny, I thought that guys head just got ripped off? Oh lookie, killer mutant frogs...good thing those are actually just little robots!
Voltron.com had mention of GoLion getting a subtitled, uncut release here in the states this summer, but I've seen no signs of it. Transformers became somewhat plausible because the big robots came from "someplace else". GoLion was a sentient being that was punished and split up into 5 component parts. I don't see how that story will get told, nor do I see someone explaining away how someone on earth thought it was a good idea to build 5 giant robot lions.
Dairugger XV would be more plausible, but not as popular. This scares me.
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Starship Troopers?
And so the movie was fun because it made no pretense at all about being a serious movie, and kept making playful jabs at the series by throwing in lots of comments pointing to the original title song, and showing lots of action, explosions and big shiny robots.
I'm 32. I was at the right age when Transformers were airing in Norway where I'm from. I loved it, as I loved lots of the other toy commercial cartoons of the 80's. But I have no illusions now that there was anything deep there. As such I have no problem disassociating the Transformers movie, which I considered lighthearted entertainment and nostalgia, from "serious" sci-fi and the portrayal of robots in stories with serious plots.
The two simply have nothing in common.
I just saw the Transformers cartoons at near giveaway prices at my local DVD store... I resisted exactly because I know I'd probably cringe if I saw them again. The Transformers movie on the other hand was near perfect in balancing the cheesiness of the original series, the nostalgia, and updated action. And of course really fucking big shiny robots...
A lot of you are complaining that they are basically strip mining our childhood and taking these awesome shows and turning them into mediocre movies with big-budget special effects. Well, yea, they are, but I don't think its completely their own fault. We're blaming them for not having decent story lines, but lets think about this for a second. Do you *remember* the story lines these shows used to have? We grew up in a different time back then. Personally, I think it was because we were better at having an imagination. We didn't need things like "realism" and "believability". We were fine when some guy was shot in the face, had plastic surgery, and became a crime fighter along with his sidekick: a pontiac grand am that can talk and had a cool red light that flashed back on forth on his hood.
Yea, these guys see nothing but dollar signs with these things. They're not trying to bring a childhood memory to the big screen to make us happy. However, lets remember the scripts the original writers of these shows used to throw at us and realize that maybe the script that went along with Transformers wasn't so bad. In this day and age, people need realism and all that and they *tried* to do that with Transformers. But, come on, how many plausible ideas can you think of for the creation of a talking semi?
I for one am going to see this movie and I'll probably be pleased by the special effects and the nostalgia that will come to mind from my childhood. Let them strip mine my memories... I for one think that awesome explosions, great advances in CGI, and fight scenes are a decent trade-off. Let's not forget Underdog was from our childhood as well. At least they didn't do *that* to Transformers...
How about some Tranzor Z?
I work in the film industry, and the reason why the hollywood executives aren't going for original stories is simple. Risk / Reward. Hollywood is about making money. It is a business. It's not art. Here is a little insight into the exec's thought process.
/. will love it.
1. Is there a preconceived interest?
- Does the audience already know about the subject matter.
Hollywood doesn't like gambling. Espicieally if there are millions at stake. They want a sure bet. They believe that a film that the audience already knows about and likes will be a better risk than a totally new storyline.
This is why you see all the remakes. Transformers, Starsky and Hutch. etc. etc. and it is also why sequels are made. If they bought tickets for the first one then they (the audience) are more inclined to by tickets to see the second.
2. Do we have existing rights to the material?
Another reason why you see remakes and sequels is that Hollywood already owns the rights to the work. No new expenditures are necessary to secure a story, and this is a way to extend there copyright on the original work.
3. Can we tie in "Big Name Talent"
Actors and actresses are considered as "assets" by the studios. If you put together the right stars (even though the script and store are complete crap) you can get profitable film. These individuals may not be the "most talented" but they have the "most recognizeability" with audiences and thus generate more ticket sales.
4. Are there opportunities for product placement?
This is crucial for Hollywood to make films. Spielberg is the worst with this one...seriously he is an incredibly talented director, but just watch Minority Report, Jurasic Park, or his latest Executive Produced project Transformers. Count the company logos and insignias. All of that pay for the high budget projects and all ticket sales are thus gravy. It's clever and definitely business saavy but often I find them very distracting.
If you can ask those 4 questions and find projects that are favorable to those questions than YOU can be a Hollywood Exec today. I don't hate them or dislike them for that matter. I just understand the business from working in it. If you want to watch something insightful, original, uninhibited, and artistic you have to go to independent film for that. And there are some incredible pieces out there. You just have to go looking for them. They won't be dropping into theaters anytime soon.
Here is a gem I saw earlier this year in march that is coming to theaters. "The King of Kong" a great documentary about the 80's that makes me remember my childhood but also tells an entertaining story. Most of the people here on
Might I direct you to your nearest Art Movie-Theater? Of course, most of them suck, but there are a few gems.
Hollywood will take it upon them selves to create a feature length version of
Battling Seizure Robots
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I'd watch it if it were Voltes V they were making. It's the first anime I saw that featured vehicles "volting" into each other to form a larger robot. Not to mention I kinda dig the sappy underlying story.
...but fuck Voltron. Where is my Centurions movie?! That one has been overdue for years now!
And super robot shows can have deeper plots than you suspect. It can come down to just looking cool but if you watch something like Getter robo you will see that you can have a plot where the mecha are important but the entire story doesn't revolve around them.
However, GoLion was NOT one of these shows. GoLion was utterly derivative crap that just happened to mix sentai and giant robots into a formula that sold well to little boys.
There is no depth and no subtlety to get -- all you do is combine, pull out the super weapon, and the episode is over. Everything else is just episodic filler of villians cackling, teammates bickering, and teammates unnecessarily getting injured because they're too stupid to combine and do their super attack until the right amount of time has been wasted. There was no deep metaplot, no social commentary, and no real character growth.
As long as the movie studio doesn't try to make it edgy, introduce unnecessary inter-party conflict, ditch the mystical elements of Voltron for "hard" science, or pick the most talentless actors they can for it, it's going to be hard to screw up. Of course, I have faith in Hollywood to do every single thing I just described, so...
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Okay, since no one else has done it yet...
"I saw it!! It's a lion!! It's huge!!"
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Marks on imdb.com:
Writer:
Producer:
Miscellaneous Crew:
Editorial Department:
Basically, Marks self-produced a couple of indy shorts early in the decade, then there's a big gap where he fell off the radar. Hard to say if he was script doctoring, working the business side of the industry, or just had enough money to bum around Hollywood bugging people to read his screenplays. Suddenly he reappears screenwriting two big (the studios hope) franchise relaunches.
I have to wish him all the luck personally, but resumés like this don't fill me with confidence about the final product.
...and still no Macross movie.
It's like hollywood actualy looks for crapy old stuff, rather that purchase the rights to classic ground breaking stuff.
...but I digress, lets have yet another Fantastic Four movie, 2 isn't enough for Jessica Alba's boobies.
My mistake, the title of the great Roman Polanski movie referred to in the message above is not August Moon, Bitter Moon. From the early 1990s. It is one of those movies that makes you leave the theater in deep 'cinema shock', a dream-like twilight state induced by a powerful movie experience.
It is the last of the great type of movies that can only be called anti-date flicks. These are films that are so anti-romantic, but without being specifically 'dick-flicks' like action movies, that they drive you and your date apart after watching the movie like two like poles of a magnet.
These movies were prevalent in the early and mid-1970s and many are on the lists of what critics call their best films. From a modern perspective, it is hard to believe anyone would actually go on a date or even a casual quasi-romantic outing to one of these showings. These movies are carefully crafted to destroy any possibility of romantic mood. If you are actually going out on a date to one of these titles, like an old movie revival festival or retrospective, be sure to get your date's phone number and e-mail address before the movie because you certainly won't afterwards.
Some of the movies don't age well and many lose their venom when seen on the small screen from VHS or DVD. Not all are violent or bloody or creepy (but it helps). Here's my list, please add your own titles if you know of any movies in this particularly strange genre.
(in roughly chronological order)
El Topo 1969 Mexico
Clockwork Orange 1971 UK
Swept Away 1973 Italy the original not the Madonna remake
Chinatown 1974 USA
Seven Beauties 1976 Italy Wertmuller again, naturally
Taxi Driver 1976
About this time (1977), Hollywood changed because of Star Wars, anti-date movies weren't made anymore. In the 1980s the only movie that I recall that was in this category was Fatal Attaction. And even that was a date movie if you assured your girlfriend that you would never, never, ever do such a thing. Then it was romantic.
There must have been some anti-date movies after the 70s, but except for Bitter Moon, I don't recall any.
Now, movies are just a bore. It's more fun to talk about them than to actually watch them.
Has anyone else noticed how they use these 3 terms completely interchangably?
It's really annoying.
I'm gonna need a spec.
You are a very lucky person, if that is the worst movie you have ever seen. ...*shudder*... The Nail Gun Massacre comes to mind.
If Hollywood really has to go after also ran robot properties to create movies why cant they at least go after something semi-repectable like Getter Robo G or Mazinger rather than one of the shows that tried to rip them off?
One of the best Anime films ever made. In this cereberal political triller, a series of carefully calibrated terrorist attacks with possible military links pushes the civilian goverment of Japan to the verge of collapse. As the Self Defense Forces take to the streets of Tokoyo a small group of police desparately atempt to unravel the secret behind the attacks before a military takeover and near certian American intervention. Made well before 9/11 this film has remarkable resonance today. Giant Robot Alert: Strangely enough there are giant robots (well thought out rescue and crowd control robots, as well as a praticularly neat traffic control robot) at the beginning and end of the movie (if you really don't like robots, just jump ahead to the third chapter, it won't take away from the plot). The robots function in the same manner as the witches in Macbeth: as plot devices which move along the story (what Hitchcock would call a McGuffin), and just as Macbeth is not a story about Witches, this is not a story about robots. If you like Patlabor 2 you may also enjoy Patlabor 1 and Patlabor WXIII.
All the gory details. Strangely enough, it was shot in Canada. There's a good (read: funny) post-mortem review here.
I never liked Voltron. It was dreck to me from day one. But Robotech was spectacular beyond imagination. I remember the first time I tuned into it, and was bowled over by their rich presentation of robot-centric techno-futurism, complete with action, drama and an intriguing backstory. It was like Battlestar Galactica meets Transformers meets Top Gun. Had the best of everything, including some of the best hero moments.
I would LOVE to see Robotech done as a live-action bigscreen movie.
And then I would like to see the same thing done for Megazone23.
And finally, maybe Gunbuster re-written without the robots.
I'd pay to see that in live action....
Nope. Starship Troopers was originally a book by Robert Heinlein. I suggest you read it; if you haven't seen the movie yet, just read the book and ignore the movie.
The movie was originally going to be called Bug Wars, or something like that. Part of the way through production, they discovered Heinlein's book, with a similar concept (space troopers vs. aliens), and adopted the name and some plot points. However, they completely bastardized and fucked over the book, which was partly written to explore the justification behind use of force. There was a fair bit of political commentary throughout (whether you agree with it or not is a different matter). The movie just shows the military/government in a light not much different from the Nazis, and has as much in common with the book as the I, Robot movie did with its namesake. Both are the equivalent of pissing on their respective author's grave.
Reportedly (haven't seen it myself, but I intend to) was the animated series Roughnecks. It follows Heinlein's idea a lot closer.
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I just saw the Transformers cartoons at near giveaway prices at my local DVD store... I resisted exactly because I know I'd probably cringe if I saw them again.
They're actually out of print and selling for about $100/set ($500 for all three seasons) here in the US. I bought them years ago and only just now got around to watching them.
The first season is fairly weak (Dr. Smoov's Heavy Metal Fight and SOS Wheeljack are pretty much spot on), but most of seasons 2 and 3 are a big improvement. There is still definitely the 20-minute toy commercial aspect, but the writing got much better and even covers some interesting territory like religion and the manipulation of war by arms dealers.
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Voltron: The Third Dimension was a sequel to the cartoon and rendered 3D CG, but it was really bad. Is the movie going to be crappy like this one? Here is the introduction on YouTube.
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Voltron.com's make section has Justin Mark's memory flashback about the cartoon and mentions briefly about the movie. Also, there's the pilot episode too to watch online!
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Yep... Voltron sure had a deep storyline... Every episode had the same exact formula. Evil giant robot attacks, the team tries to take it on individually and fails. They unite, and with their giant sword take out the bad guy in a dramatic swipe.
Then lets not forget the complete and utter pointlessness of robots who can transform into vehicles.
Reading your post you'd think the Japanese have cornered the market on robots. Oddly enough, of the top of my head I can think of some significant robots in American media. There's the mech Ripley used in Aliens. Then there are the Terminators. Then there are all the comic books and sci fi novels. The Japanese have borrowed a lot from the US. And I suppose things have come full circle where Americans are being influenced by Japanese media.
They certainly refined things to a point we haven't really seen in American media, but that doesn't somehow make them superior or better suited to depict these robots. Anime is certainly superior than most US cartoons, but by no means is it as deep as the anime fans would like to lead people to believe. And Japanese live action is in general quite lame. Of course, there are exceptions, but then there are exceptions everywhere.
This film was announced 2 years ago. It's been a work in progress for a while and was planned to be theaters next summer.
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Did you know that there were 3 different incarnations of Voltron?
The first, was the vehicle Voltron, made from 15 different vehicles. (5 land based, 5 submersible, and 5 air/space craft)
The second, was not as well known, and was never translated to English. There were 3 humanoid robots that could join together and become Voltron.
The third, is made up of the 5 lions that most people are familiar with. The stories for this version were directed more toward younger children, probably to market towards a larger audience.
I actually preferred the first Voltron to the one with the Lions. The Vehicle Voltron seemed to have a neater sequence for joining, also the villians were much more evil, and there was a bit more of an adult theme to the whole thing.
Too late. Again. (Look at how detailed the trivia pages are!)
Woosh. You missed the irony.
I've read the book. It's a very good book. I've seen the film supposedly based on the book.
There are five Voltrons, it says, but there were originally only four:
... no-one knows we're robots and there's room for just one more!"
"One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana, Four
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Don't you watch comedies or more serious/arty dramas? To name a few (that I'm not saying I have watched), what did you consider Little Miss Sunshine, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Broken Flowers, Crash etc. to be?
Knowing Slashdot, someone will tell me that one or more of the above are based on books, but it doesn't change the essential point. You watch blockbusters, you'll get that kind of movie. You watch dramas that only get shown a couple of times a day, you'll get more original viewing because it doesn't require the audience kn
I'll echo the comment to stay far, far away from the cartoons you remember fondly from your childhood...
Gods... I remember seeing Thundercats and the Mixed Up Adventures of Ed Grimely years after seeing them as a kid... and now I want to know how I liked that drek...
Now Exo-Squad on the other hand...
Nephilium
I wouldn't use Eva as an example (lets be honest, it's drug filled non-sense), but yes Gundam very much so. It's got some insightful plot points even if it is wrapped up in a lot of insanity and model kit sales.
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Transformers wasn't so bad. In this day and age, people need realism and all that and they *tried* to do that with Transformers. But, come on, how many plausible ideas can you think of for the creation of a talking semi? A magic cube did it is the lamest explanation yet.
In my days the alien robots were remnants of an advanced civilization that abandoned them, and they survived, reproduced, and evolved. It was the Autobots that first learned to transform into other objects, vehicles were the most useful shapes, they could move without revealing their true form. The Decepticons captured Autobots and reversed engineered their technology.
A magic cube did it is not an attempt at a plausible story.
Bah humbug.
Do you know Superman used to be a coherent science fiction? In the 30s his story was that he was from a planet with a denser core such that it's gravity was 10 times that of Earth. Hence Kryptonians on Earth were stronger, faster and tougher than anything that evolved in this far less difficult environment, and were able to leap over the tallest buildings (but not fly) much in the way astronauts leap so far in their heavy suits on the moon. Not to mention that the denser core meant higher periodic numbered elements, and thus the nuclear explosion that destroyed Krypton which Jor El saw coming but the establishment couldn't accept.
It's not a new thing for stories to grow dumber as they grow more popular, but don't say they tried to make it plausible when they clearly just went with car chases, babes and explosions a plenty.
And get off my lawn.
You can't take the sky from me...
Hey, look what I found:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/347613
At least fans are keeping it alive
Transformers was way, WAY better than ANYONE expected, and you know it. It was a great popcorn flick and didn't try to be anything more.
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The narration was done incredibly well. Morgan Freeman added a lot to the film. If another version has voices for the penguins, lovely -- it's a different movie.
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Not sure of the spelling on that last part so I figured I'd make it a word we'd all know how to pronounce. No its not a knock at the working girls...you know I love you lol!
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I heard once (from a very media-knowledgeable friend) that Transformers also had roots in Anime. Not sure if he meant it was developed by Japanese animators/houses, or if it just took inspiration from that, though.
On the movie sucking.. yeah, I agree. I've no idea what made them choose wirey robots over the old-style solid ones.
Seriously. Is there no one left in Hollywood to write something new? Why are we rehashing stuff from 20, 30 years ago?
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... the one that was made up about 30 vehicles? That would probably make more sense as a plot for a movie than trying to explain how 5 robotic cats were formed/made/found.
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Cindi Lou Who?
I want to see a real person say that!
I'm sure in 20 years Cowboy Bebop will be a classic. Hollywood will be tapped for all original thought and create a live action version. Oddly enough, I think it would be pretty cool if done correctly.
http://www.guster.net : Mmmmm fresh Guster.
Now those Betacord Voltron videos (which include the very first episode) I saved from when I was a kid will be much sought after.
I just had a flash of the future run through my head...Pokemon live action movie *shudders with fear*...
Then they will spend 1/3 of the film time getting to the damn lions in those transporter tubes.
And here is another thing that chaffs me about Voltron - one of them was parked in the middle of a volcano, submerged in lava, right? And you needed a *KEY* to turn in on - like somebody's gonna steal the damn thing. And I thought I was obsessive compulsive.
But that's just yet another reason of the long list of why it sucked compared to Gatchaman. Which I will cover in another posting.
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Amazingly, no one is ever killed in an attack. Funny, I thought that guys head just got ripped off? Oh lookie, killer mutant frogs...good thing those are actually just little robots! :\
Not true - I've just been watching these with my daughter. The last episode was about a girl who the antagonist convinced to be a spy/saboteur and kill the Voltron force (failed, obviously) in exchange for all of his slaves being freed (right...). Her brother agrees to be turned onto a giant 'claw-beast' by the evil witch, and attempts to kill Voltron. Along the way, the claw-beast eats a bunch of villagers running in terror, and Voltron slices him in half with his Blazing Sword.
The girl weeps, "my brother is dead."
(well-adjusted daughter cheers)
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I'm tempted to even argue with you there, because Eva is in a sense the anti mature anime. It throws around so much crap trying to look deep but is shallow as hell. It's like a 6 year old wearing make up and hooker's clothes, while it might look like a prostitute, there is just something missing in it so it's creepy (my examples are creepy as hell..).
I like muppets.
Whenever you try do reduce human complexity to a small set of rules based on a single overreaching characteristic of which every other characteristic is a mere expression (the libido of Freudianism, the class structures of Marxism, the byproducts of natural selection of Evolutive Psychology, the rational egoism of Randian Objectivism, and so on and so forth), you end up creating a system that, although potentially very complex, is devoid of reality. This shows very well when you take one of these systems and build fiction upon it, for the characters and situations always end up being schematic and lifeless.
But there is a positive thing in the creepiness that arise from such efforts. They at least show how badly suited this or that theory is to explain actual human behavior. This is the only way in which, IMHO, Eva can become an useful reading for anyone. Otherwise, it's just not worth it.
Conservatism: (n.) love of the existing evils. Liberalism: (n.) desire to substitute new evils for the existing ones.
You are evil. Your posing for some reason made me remember this show.
Well I've wrestled with reality for thirty five years doctor, and I'm happy to say I finally won out over it.
I know it's not a good idea to rely on Wikipedia about things, but according to the Dr. Strangelove entry there the screenplay was based on a novel called Red Alert (also has a wikipedia entry). As far as I can tell, Red Alert and Dr. Strangelove only differ (in major plot elements) in that Dr. Strangelove was done as a comedy.
Well I've wrestled with reality for thirty five years doctor, and I'm happy to say I finally won out over it.
I expect soon we will have Big Track(TM) the TV Series. It will follow the crew of this high tech military vehicle as it protects our freedoms here and abroad.
Well I've wrestled with reality for thirty five years doctor, and I'm happy to say I finally won out over it.