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Astro Boy Director Speaks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-looks-so-pretty dept.

An anonymous reader writes 'The director of Flushed Away, David Bowers, discusses his new Japanese manga adaptation, shares his science fiction influences and relates Astro Boy's thematic relationship to Star Wars.' I recently was reading Astro Boy manga, and I'm very hopeful that the movie won't disappoint. It looks really fantastic, but visuals in trailers certainly can lie.

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  1. They changed it too much... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    They've turned it into generic commercial fluff.

    The new one is a comedic coming of age story where the little robot boy has lots of cliche catch-phrases and in the end Dr. Tenma finally realizes the worth of his estranged robot-son.

    (Sorry for the spoiler.)

    Don't even torrent it. It's not worth the bandwidth.

  2. obligatory by earlymon · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.astroboy-themovie.com/

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  3. Not quite what this says by OzPeter · · Score: 2, Informative

    This story puts a slightly different slant on the "no money" aspect. They had bridging finance that was late in showing up, so union says that they have to shut down for the duration.

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