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Astro Boy Gets the Hollywood-Blockbuster Treatment
- JacobAldridge 17y agoI always have concerns for these type of projects. They almost seemed forced to balance the style of the original, to suit the nostalgic audience, with the demands of the modern movie-goer. Usually, they fall flat somewhere in the middle. Why not focus on one (the nostalgic audience probably doesn't value the payments to Jackson, Cage, Sutherland and Theron; spend less, increase ROI), or the other (new, schmick robot boy movie unrestricted by accuracy to a 60's anime)?
- billswift 17y agoI agree with the comments on the linked article, I liked the Speed Racer movie too. On the other hand, I thought the Lost In Space movie was worse than the original series. I was a kid when all three of these Astro Boy, Speed Racer, and Lost in Space were originally out, so we'll see how it goes. What's next though, Marine Boy, that's the only other major cartoon from the 70s left, that I can remember. Or maybe they'll do an Ultraman movie rather than the pukey Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers that supposedly evolved from it.
- locopati 17y agoThey've yet to have their way with the cold corpse of Star Blazers.