http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89999028
I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. It comes across as being a positive report but if you listen to the actual words it seems a bit negative. Still they support it. But I'm not sure weather or not I appreciate what's said... it's not bad. Worth the listen, that's for sure. It only runs about 6 minutes.
There are also a few related links that are sure to interest you. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4472410 the intro made me giggle.) It's worth listening to, if your smart enough to not take it offensively.
Other then those stories, that's all I have for now. ^.^ Peace out!
30 April, 2008
18 April, 2008
They're still fishing for more
It never ends. Hollywood is just going to keep digging till we make them stop.
Now they're useing Ghost in the Shell for their little little klepto party. Steven Spielberg is who we have to blame for this one. Still it's so new in conseption that all we do know is that Spielberg is the one who thought it up. We have no plot, no cast, no director. We'll have to wait and see.
And the other, though debated on weather it's an anime or not, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Yeah, they got M. Night Shyamalan to not only direct but to write it. And it's apparently a trilogy. Yeah, I'm scared too. Especially since I've seen the abomination that was the Ben 10 live action.
So here's the run down of the uninspired Hollywood's live action remakes:
Transformers (The one that started this all), Speed Racer (Oh Ra does this look horrible), Dragonball, Akira, Seven Samurai, Battle Angel, Ghost in the Shell, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Oh it's going to be interesting when these all start coming out in theaters... Dragonball is due out this year and the first Akira is hoped for a 2009 release but the rest probably won't be seen till 2010. Joy. -.-
On another note it would seem that there is to be a Japanese movie based on Blood: The Last Vampire. However the majority of the movie will be done in English rather then Japanese. Now, I'm not a huge Blood/Blood+ fan so the plot doesn't really mean anything to me. However it doesn't sound that bad. Still, in my opinion most things should stay animated rather then be made live action.
Now they're useing Ghost in the Shell for their little little klepto party. Steven Spielberg is who we have to blame for this one. Still it's so new in conseption that all we do know is that Spielberg is the one who thought it up. We have no plot, no cast, no director. We'll have to wait and see.
And the other, though debated on weather it's an anime or not, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Yeah, they got M. Night Shyamalan to not only direct but to write it. And it's apparently a trilogy. Yeah, I'm scared too. Especially since I've seen the abomination that was the Ben 10 live action.
So here's the run down of the uninspired Hollywood's live action remakes:
Transformers (The one that started this all), Speed Racer (Oh Ra does this look horrible), Dragonball, Akira, Seven Samurai, Battle Angel, Ghost in the Shell, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Oh it's going to be interesting when these all start coming out in theaters... Dragonball is due out this year and the first Akira is hoped for a 2009 release but the rest probably won't be seen till 2010. Joy. -.-
On another note it would seem that there is to be a Japanese movie based on Blood: The Last Vampire. However the majority of the movie will be done in English rather then Japanese. Now, I'm not a huge Blood/Blood+ fan so the plot doesn't really mean anything to me. However it doesn't sound that bad. Still, in my opinion most things should stay animated rather then be made live action.
15 April, 2008
Let it Rip!
No it's not a fart joke. Grow up. XP
Seriously though, I almost died from lack of oxygen due to being over excited/having bronchitis when I read the news. They announced a new season of Beyblade this summer! I found the article on ANN, here's the link:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-08/beyblade-anime-to-return-after-4-years-this-summer
We haven't seen new Beyblade in forever... I still need to find/veiw the end of the third season... But how awesome! More Beyblade! I'm so excited I can't wait!
Okay, that's really all I have... ^^;
Seriously though, I almost died from lack of oxygen due to being over excited/having bronchitis when I read the news. They announced a new season of Beyblade this summer! I found the article on ANN, here's the link:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-08/beyblade-anime-to-return-after-4-years-this-summer
We haven't seen new Beyblade in forever... I still need to find/veiw the end of the third season... But how awesome! More Beyblade! I'm so excited I can't wait!
Okay, that's really all I have... ^^;
11 April, 2008
The Narutarded leading the Blind...
Okay, for those who don't know I went to Anime Detour April 3-5 and it was awesome. Minus the coming home sick thing. This was my 4th year going (and the cons 5th year running). I have to say I had a bit more fun this year then last year. I think I had my picture taken just as many times as last year... though I have yet to see any posted online... kinda sad. (There were like a million cameras at the Naruto photoshot and only about a dozen posted... wtf?)
Turns out I'm also in the background of a video on YouTube, though it's not what I would call one of my shining moments. ^^; (Not to mention, in my opinion, the event being taped wasn't as spectacular as everyone seemed to think it was...)
I think I'll have to get some shots of me in my Sakura cosplay on my own time so I can add them to my various cosplay sites. (I adore that outfit! It turned out so well.)
And my brother went with me this year, which was awesome. I got to dress him up too! He was Itachi... wearing sunglasses... making him Blind Itachi ^.^ He's not really a Naruto fan but he wanted to cosplay and he made a damn good Itachi... horray for putting my Narutardedness on other people!
Here's the breakdown of my weekend: Friday was spent in street clothes mixed with Naruto gear. The day started with waiting 2 hours for my badge... that was just plain boring as hell. Then it consided of me rushing to get ready for the RR v MSA panel that I co-hosted with 4 other people. I then spent some time chilling till Opening Ceremonies at 5 P.M. After that we spent the evening relaxing and preping for the crazyness that is Saturday.
After a semi-late start and missing the A.M. Naruto panel, dressed and ready, my brother and I set to wondering between the hotel room, dealers room, and courtyard for most of the afternoon. We caught the Witchblade panel (where the best line ever uttered was born and used all weekend) and then resummed wondering for a short while before returning to the room to obtain food and watch the Cosplay Competition. It wasn't as exciting as last year's, and it almost seemed to be a bit shorter. Still, not going to complain cause then people will tell me to sign up for it. Not happening.
Anyway, then we opted for watching the Dance rather then attending but that wasn't as exciting as we though and were glad we stayed in the room. We watched Adult Swim and called it a night (even though it was early in the A.M. when we went to sleep.)
Sunday finally rolled around and we were met with cloudy/rainy weather and it was about noon when we woke. So instead of cosplaying for only 4 hours we opted to just wonder in regular clothing. (Thus my pre-time skip Sakura and my brother's Kimblee cosplays never saw the light of day.) We wondered between con space and the room for a portion of the afternoon before making our way to Closing Ceremoines, where we got a very anti-climactic End of the World. XD
And that was my weekend at Anime Detour 2008. I wish I would have taken pictures... perhaps the story would have been more interesting then... oh well, can't fix that now. ^.^
Turns out I'm also in the background of a video on YouTube, though it's not what I would call one of my shining moments. ^^; (Not to mention, in my opinion, the event being taped wasn't as spectacular as everyone seemed to think it was...)
I think I'll have to get some shots of me in my Sakura cosplay on my own time so I can add them to my various cosplay sites. (I adore that outfit! It turned out so well.)
And my brother went with me this year, which was awesome. I got to dress him up too! He was Itachi... wearing sunglasses... making him Blind Itachi ^.^ He's not really a Naruto fan but he wanted to cosplay and he made a damn good Itachi... horray for putting my Narutardedness on other people!
Here's the breakdown of my weekend: Friday was spent in street clothes mixed with Naruto gear. The day started with waiting 2 hours for my badge... that was just plain boring as hell. Then it consided of me rushing to get ready for the RR v MSA panel that I co-hosted with 4 other people. I then spent some time chilling till Opening Ceremonies at 5 P.M. After that we spent the evening relaxing and preping for the crazyness that is Saturday.
After a semi-late start and missing the A.M. Naruto panel, dressed and ready, my brother and I set to wondering between the hotel room, dealers room, and courtyard for most of the afternoon. We caught the Witchblade panel (where the best line ever uttered was born and used all weekend) and then resummed wondering for a short while before returning to the room to obtain food and watch the Cosplay Competition. It wasn't as exciting as last year's, and it almost seemed to be a bit shorter. Still, not going to complain cause then people will tell me to sign up for it. Not happening.
Anyway, then we opted for watching the Dance rather then attending but that wasn't as exciting as we though and were glad we stayed in the room. We watched Adult Swim and called it a night (even though it was early in the A.M. when we went to sleep.)
Sunday finally rolled around and we were met with cloudy/rainy weather and it was about noon when we woke. So instead of cosplaying for only 4 hours we opted to just wonder in regular clothing. (Thus my pre-time skip Sakura and my brother's Kimblee cosplays never saw the light of day.) We wondered between con space and the room for a portion of the afternoon before making our way to Closing Ceremoines, where we got a very anti-climactic End of the World. XD
And that was my weekend at Anime Detour 2008. I wish I would have taken pictures... perhaps the story would have been more interesting then... oh well, can't fix that now. ^.^
01 April, 2008
Someone smite these people...
Alright, so it's that time again. Time for me to complain. This segment is called "The Live Action De-Evolution". Why? Because Hollywood won't leave my fandom alone.
First, I'd like to start by blaming this whole thing on the damn Transformers movie and the people who hyped it way more then it deserved. You all fail and it's your fault. With that out of the way I shall now complain about what it really bothering me.
Akira. DiCaprio, get your damn hands off! This movie already sounds ridiculous and it's only in the planning stages. Not to mention I already have 3 strikes against it.
1- DiCaprio is involved. 'Nough Said. Damn bastard.
2- New Manhattan? Don't fuck with the setting. Setting fucking just leads to character fucking. (And not in a good way).
3 - The announced cast already pisses me off. DiCaprio is getting all his friends in but the thing is most of them have a defined character to their name already and when you think of said character you immediately think they should be killed by Akira rather then star in a film with him.
Oh and now, according to the newest announcements, it's going to be a two parter. That's right, they're going to make it into two movies. Three volumes of the manga for each movie. Ridiculous.
Next on the list is Speed Racer. What the fuck. The CGI is just pathetic. Another classic butchered by Hollywood and their money grubbing hands. Not to mention that the cast looks just ridiculous. Sure there's only so much you can do to make people look like cartoon counterparts but damn they didn't even try to find a balance between Real and Cartoon. They killed it. They really did.
Then there's the Robotech rumor. Apparently Tobey Maguire was going to get his grubby paws on the project but because there was no way to use Macross material the plot was a flop so they quit the project. If they quit, great! Good for you Tobey. Let the idea die. Thank you. If they didn't quit and are still working on a way to make it work, shame on you all. You fail.
As always I'm still unimpressed with the idea of a Dragonball live action but the cast isn't horrible, the crew seems alright, but the story just seems stale. They'll probably try and make it flashy and exciting which will just over shadow and semblance of plot and make the whole move one big mess. Still, it's better then the abomination that is the Akira movies.
And now the newest live-actions in the mill: Seven Samurai and Battle Angel.
With Ra as my witness I swear I'll use my Death Note to beat anyone involved with this if they mess up Seven Samurai. It's a very new project with almost no information availible at this time but the original was a classic live action from 1954. It's also already had one make over (The Magnificent Seven) so it's no shock that they'd want to try again. However if they try to "spice it up" for a new generation someone is getting severly beat.
As for Battle Angel I don't really know anything about it to begin with but apparently it's violent and futuristic. Which leads me to thing Akira with a girl. Again it's so new that there's little availible to make a judgement call but the idea is out there so it's part of my annoyance. We'll see what happens with it.
Thus concludes my rant. But I'm sure it won't be my last.
First, I'd like to start by blaming this whole thing on the damn Transformers movie and the people who hyped it way more then it deserved. You all fail and it's your fault. With that out of the way I shall now complain about what it really bothering me.
Akira. DiCaprio, get your damn hands off! This movie already sounds ridiculous and it's only in the planning stages. Not to mention I already have 3 strikes against it.
1- DiCaprio is involved. 'Nough Said. Damn bastard.
2- New Manhattan? Don't fuck with the setting. Setting fucking just leads to character fucking. (And not in a good way).
3 - The announced cast already pisses me off. DiCaprio is getting all his friends in but the thing is most of them have a defined character to their name already and when you think of said character you immediately think they should be killed by Akira rather then star in a film with him.
Oh and now, according to the newest announcements, it's going to be a two parter. That's right, they're going to make it into two movies. Three volumes of the manga for each movie. Ridiculous.
Next on the list is Speed Racer. What the fuck. The CGI is just pathetic. Another classic butchered by Hollywood and their money grubbing hands. Not to mention that the cast looks just ridiculous. Sure there's only so much you can do to make people look like cartoon counterparts but damn they didn't even try to find a balance between Real and Cartoon. They killed it. They really did.
Then there's the Robotech rumor. Apparently Tobey Maguire was going to get his grubby paws on the project but because there was no way to use Macross material the plot was a flop so they quit the project. If they quit, great! Good for you Tobey. Let the idea die. Thank you. If they didn't quit and are still working on a way to make it work, shame on you all. You fail.
As always I'm still unimpressed with the idea of a Dragonball live action but the cast isn't horrible, the crew seems alright, but the story just seems stale. They'll probably try and make it flashy and exciting which will just over shadow and semblance of plot and make the whole move one big mess. Still, it's better then the abomination that is the Akira movies.
And now the newest live-actions in the mill: Seven Samurai and Battle Angel.
With Ra as my witness I swear I'll use my Death Note to beat anyone involved with this if they mess up Seven Samurai. It's a very new project with almost no information availible at this time but the original was a classic live action from 1954. It's also already had one make over (The Magnificent Seven) so it's no shock that they'd want to try again. However if they try to "spice it up" for a new generation someone is getting severly beat.
As for Battle Angel I don't really know anything about it to begin with but apparently it's violent and futuristic. Which leads me to thing Akira with a girl. Again it's so new that there's little availible to make a judgement call but the idea is out there so it's part of my annoyance. We'll see what happens with it.
Thus concludes my rant. But I'm sure it won't be my last.
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