There's a big budget cgi Captain Harlock coming out. It looks great. http://bit.ly/cjDwdP
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > You brought up an excellent point. One of the most intense cartoon moments > that I remember was watching Speed Racer and watching the brother of the > woman that owned the Melange car die. (A robot driven car that had a metal > face and 19th century clothes) Topped by one of the main characters (Roy > Fokker) in Robotech dieing and going through the grieving process by his > fiance. A totally realistic relationship and response. > > Captain Harlock also had many characters die in it as well. I plan on > re-watching all of these soon. > > Did you know that there were plans for a live action Robotech movie? The > last I read was that there were writing direction issues. > > I would love to see live action versions of all of these. (as long as it > doesn't turn into the last few episodes of BSG) > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Yep, I never have understood it. Could never determine if they do that in > > order to appeal to worldwide (read: "white" ) audiences, or based on some > > internal self-hatred. > > > > As for the Starblazers thing, thanks to you I blew an hour on You Tube > > watching eps of the Comet Empire and Iscandar series. I really, really loved > > that show. Decades later, though the animation's not as clean as nowadays, > > the show holds up perfectly. Amazing time spent on the jets, things you > > never saw in American 'toons like the sunlight sliding down the Argo as it > > emerges from the ocean, or the ship dippling slightly as it transitions from > > water to air. Amazing! > > > > One thing about anime that captivated me from the start was the more mature > > stories that had real world results to the action. Even as a younger kid, I > > never got why no one in US-based cartoons ever died. Remember how in GI Joe, > > whole jets would explode, then they'd take pains to show the pilots jump to > > safety? Whether it was C.O.P.S, Thundercats, Bravestar, Batman, > > Superfriends, whatever, in American toons no one died. Not that I'm > > ghoulish, it just seemed unrealistic. So when I saw the likes of Speed > > Racer, where dudes died all the time in car crashes, it caught my interest. > > The same with Starblazers, where ships exploded all the time in combat, and > > no pilots were jettisoned to safety. And that's speaking of the > > Americanized, sanitized versions of both of those series. American toons > > were always too busy with one-note villains around which the entire series > > were built, or dealing with that horrid 70s-era mandate that all cartoons > > had to be non-violent and have a moral. Remember the "And knowing is half > > the battle BS of 'GI Joe'" or all the message-heavy shows like "Shazaam" and > > others back in the day? Even in recent years, toons like "The Batman" have > > all the cops shooting laser weapons instead of projectile ones. Why? Because > > the censors feel guns are too intense for youngsters. Ugh! > > > > The first American-based 'toon I can recall that had mature, complex plots, > > attention to the real physics of how ships would move, and realistic battles > > in which people paid the ultimate price, was Exo-Squad. It's one of my favs > > of all time. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2010 6:08:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers > > > > > > > > That's one of the things about anime that I find disturbing. The style in > > most anime movies is that the characters take on caucasian appearances. > > Although the character's name may be Japanese and their mannerisms, customs > > etc are Japanese. Unfortunately, that is how it has been since the > > beginning. > > > > The live action movies have been different though, sometimes having a mixed > > cast. For example, the later Godzilla movies. > > > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> What a trip. I am a *huge* fan of the Americanized version that I saw back > >> in junior high, and have several eps on tape. I loved the Comet Empire arc > >> as well, especially the finale when the Starforce attacked the base. > >> > >> Interesting. While the two Starblazers cartoons shown on TV here had > >> decidedly European looking characters, everyone in this movie is clearly > >> Japanese. Maybe they should have shipped some of them over for M. Knight to > >> cast in his flick! :) > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > >> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2010 4:48:04 AM > >> Subject: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers > >> > >> > >> > >> My innerchild is dancing right now. It is taking a lot of concentration to > >> type this out, but the movie is due this December!!!!! > >> > >> Here is some info on it: > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato > >> > >> Here's the advanced trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoHXxWg7pw4 > >> > >> -- > >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > >> Mahogany at: > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
