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    Good stuff.
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    Just watched this movie last night. It's not bad. It kind of drags in the middle, but the action scenes are fun. The story is okay, but the plot isn't exactly water tight. It's always interesting to see a war movie from the Japanese perspective. Interestingly enough, they focused more on questioning the morality of suicide attacks than the a-bombs. I like how the "secret weapon" worked, as it made things interesting without being over the top (she used her ESP to generate detailed, 3-D maps). You can tell that most of the ships were CG, but it didn't detract from the movie too much (no worse than being able to tell they're scale models in other movies). The American actors did a pretty good job as well (rare for a Japanese film).
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    I saw this yesterday and it's nothing but pure, over the top awesome. Nothing deep or meaningful about the film; just a heck of a lot of fun. The fights (both human and kaiju) are great. Captain Gordon is THE man ("Listen kid, there are two things you didn't know about the Earth. One is me. And the other is... Godzilla."). Also the fact that Godzilla takes out the American wannabe version from the late 90's in about ten seconds flat completely rocks. Supposedly, there's a US verion coming, but I couldn't find any release info. I'm definitely getting a nice DVD copy if/when it does though.
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    Another thought about killing off Wash and Book is that it might be to make a sequal more likely. A nine member ensamble cast in a TV series is doable, but in a movie it's too much. Removing a couple characters helps making future movies easier.
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    Just saw it and loved it. I had been spoiled before hand about Wash's death, but it was from people who hadn't seen the final edit. So, as the film went along, I dismissed it. When it did finally happen, I was taken by surprise. I like it when creator have the balls to kill characters, even if Wash was my favorite. The twist at the end was interesting, but I have trouble buying it. The assassin was such a fanatic up 'til this point that his sudden change of heart just doesn't make sense. Some great dialog from just about every character. So many quotable lines in the thing. As for a sequal, I'm sure there'll be one. I think there's a lot of stories left in the characters and the setting. I don't think they'll be as epic as this one was, but then maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
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    Roger Ebert liked it. His review hasn't been posted yet, but you can see it here: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.d...mplate=printart I'll be going to see the movie tomorrow night.
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    MW is my start-up page at home on IE (anime suki is my Mozilla start-up page), but I usually come here while at work.
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    I found this funny since the HG robots were basically Votoms with the serial numbers filed off.
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    Anyone check out Pani Poni Dash? It's a lot like Azudai, but evil.
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    CPM released it in the US on DVD in '03.
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    While I'll be the first in line to say that the first movie was overrated, I loved Inoncence. The pacing was good (Oshii really broke out of his normal mode in this one), but the plot is where I thought it really stood out. The best part about it is that he pulls this brilliant bait and switch. The entire film builds up leading the audience to think that it's some sort of post modern, existential story like the first one, but the pay off is that it turns out to be just your usual humans being shitty to each other. Very well played all around. I agree that Togusa getting screen time is good. In fact, I'd argue that he's as much the main character of the TV series as anyone. Honestly, I'm not a fan of the Major (another reason to like Innoncence). She just comes across as Shirow's Mary Sue, and is for the most part completely uninteresting.
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    Groovy. Thanks.
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    Okay. I couldn't find his name in the credits anywhere. Personally, I like Oshii, so it's good news to me.
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    Hear Hear! Oshii's films all look great, but I've never been happy with a single one of his "reimaginings" of other people's work. Hmm... actually, I take that back, Jinroh was good, but then again, I've never read any of the source material. 331080[/snapback] Jin Roh is his own creation. Besides the GitS films, what other "reimaginings" are you talking about? Also, I'm fairly certain that Oshii hasn't been involved with the GitS TV series at all. And even if he was, it's not as if Shirow isn't just as, if not more, guilty of going overboard with the philosophy. Edit: confirmed that Oshii was not involved with Stand Alone Complex or 2nd GIG.
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    Care to post an actual link to the source? Thanks.
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    Gordon Dickson's Dorsai series is definitely epic. While it's only one book, it has a huge scope, so I'll add Clifford D. Simak's City.
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    Good call. Also we definitely could add Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
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    I mentioned it. He started writing them back in the 30's, actually.
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    Pern is SF disguised as fantasy. A definition of epic would be helpful here. Does the OP mean long or mythic? Here's some things I enjoy (I'll go with long rather than mythic): Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Man (which is one of the few to qualify for the mythic meaning) Jerry Pournelle's Codomenium (including Mote in God's Eye with Niven) Larry Niven's Known Space Verner Vinge's "Deep" stories H. Beam Piper's Paratime E. E. "Doc" Smith's Lensmen James Blish' Cities in Flight
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    The only one that I can think of is Ramble On which isn't really about LOTR but does have a reference to it in the last verse Also my favorite song Led Zeppelin song Kashmir is I think a Dune reference (it's been a while since I listened to the song). 329352[/snapback] Misty Mountain Hop has the obvious title reference. Battle of Evermore has the line "the Ring Wraiths are out in black." Kashmir is about an imaginary trip to Kashmir that Page and Plant wrote while in Morrocco (it's obvious from the song that they've never actually been there).
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    Honestly, I think SF works best in its original short story format. There are novels I like, but give me a good anthology any day.
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    Yeah, I thought that was a little strange too.. I think they inherited it from the life stream when seph died the first time two years earlier.. But that would mean all those kids were two years old.. They didn't seem like two-year-olds to me. 329196[/snapback] Cloud and the guy in the wheelchair had it too.
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    Yes had a song called Starship Troopers.
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    On a different note, Blue Oyster Cult had a lot of SF references (including songs written by Michael Moorcock) such as Veteran of a Thousand Pyschic Wars, Black Blade, and Godzilla.
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    Neil Diamond - Turn On Your Heartlight, which was about ET.
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