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It was inevitable: DEATH NOTE heads to these shores

May 1, 2009 in Anime, Entertainment, Film, Japan, Manga | 1 comment

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Yep, Warner Bros. (America) has acquired the rights to the immensely popular Japanese Manga series Death Note. I LOVED the Manga and I tolerated the Japanese live action adaption. I wonder who they chase after to direct this little gem. Let the casting rumors begin. One site I saw had already prematurely casted Zack Efron as the main character, Light Yagami (There will no doubt be a name change). Aside from the usual moans and groans, if you look at a side by side comparison of Light and Zack, I gotta say, it kinda looks right. Even down to the hairstyle. This should be quite interesting.

SOURCE ARTICLE:
Variety article: Warner brings ‘Death’ to bigscreen

INFORMATIONAL LINKS:
Death Note Wiki page
Japanese live action Death Note Wiki page
Death Note on Hulu

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Sit Down, Shut Up review

April 20, 2009 in Atheism, Entertainment, Television | 1 comment

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This past Sunday, FOX debuted their new prime time animated sitcom, Sit Down, Shut Up, a new show from Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of the brilliant and short lived Arrested Development. Does this new show come close to the genius of that show? In short, no.

The show follows the quirky lives of a quirky staff of teachers at a high school. It had it’s moments and it made me chuckle from time to time but it is far from perfect. One thing it was, though, was surprisingly anti-creationist and sorta Atheist friendly. There was a Salmon Rushdie joke for goodness sake. That also is something that worries me about this show. From time to time it was a little too oddly Read the rest of this entry »

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Disney’s Ethnic Love Affair

April 19, 2009 in Entertainment, Film | 5 comments

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Here are two projects that please my Half-Breed sensibilities.

I’ve been watching promo’s for Disney•Pixar’s “Up” for sometime now. I have always loved Pixar’s work from the very beginning as have many other people around the world. It wasn’t till I watched a promo in HD, however, that I noticed something different and very interesting. That chubby little boy you see running around with the film’s main protagonist Carl, is, get this, Asian! I didn’t need an Read the rest of this entry »

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ASTROBOY RETURNS!

April 15, 2009 in Anime, Entertainment, Film, Japan | 1 comment

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Embedded below is the newest trailer for the new Astroboy (鉄腕アトム) movie due out in October of this year. Done right, this could be the 2nd coming of the Astroboy character. The character designs look true to the originals, you know, as true as they could get being done by non-Japanese. Let’s just hope they get a coherent story out of this. It’s looking good at the moment.

The story of “Astroboy” centers around a boy robot built by a scientist to replace the son he lost in an accident. It started out as a manga then was made into a phenomenally popular Anime series that started in Japan and then came to US television screens soon after. It was created by the father of Japanese manga and animation, Osamu Tezuka.

Be sure to watch the trailer in HD. It makes ALL the difference.

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