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    Image of quesadillaap quesadillaap
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    I remember the lensman anime actually.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @quesadillaap: I've done my best to forget it for years. It has almost nothing in common with the books.
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    Image of Matthias Matthias
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Has this Lensman thing been in development for a while? First I've heard of it. Never been a huge fan of JMS but I love the books. The first olde-tyme space opera I ever read...even before the Carter of Mars and Carson of Venus books by Burroughs. I would love to see this on the big screen...but the JMS factor makes me nervous. They are going to cut them down to almost nothing.
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    06/26/09

    @Matthias: IIRC, you could reduce the entire first novel to backstory. I'm just wondering what they're going to do with the author's fascist eugenics plotline.
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    Image of Stevil2001 Stevil2001
    06/26/09

    @Jes St.Lawrence: Really, they should (and I assume they are?) starting with Galactic Patrol. Nothing else makes sense.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Stevil2001: Exactly. Start right in with the action and Lensing.


    I'm glad it's being written by someone old enough to appreciate the books.

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    06/26/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Hey! I resemble that remark!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @AmishJohn: It's okay, so do I. :)
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    Image of Thanatos Thanatos
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Dammit with the news of Akira dieing i had hoped that that Bebop had been scrapped :(
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Thanatos: Me too. Let's all concentrate on getting Bebop off the production list.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Keanu, stop ruining my favorite shit, ok?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    it's encouraging to see a writter that's a huge fan of the original attached to do a remake. so often the 'i'm a huge fan of the original' is just something the lead says to play up the marketing hype a la the day the earth stood still.


    if the live action version can pull off a sequence that's half as mournful and expressive as the slow-motion and flashback sequences of the series i'll consider it a smashing success.

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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Don't forget Ein. Please.
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    06/26/09

    @GayRobotsRUS: Sadly, I am 95%+ certain that either (a) the character will be eliminated totally, (b) will be portrayed but not by a dog, or (c) if it is portrayed by a dog it will not be portrayed by a Welsh corgi.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Srynerson: I'm afraid you're probably right. Magicant's link is perfect!


    If they have Ein, he'll probably just be a regular dog, not a datadog and backup food source.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/26/09

    @GayRobotsRUS: William H Macy would be a GREAT Ein.
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    Image of Arjay Arjay
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    As long as the live-action Cowboy Bebop has that awesome theme music, I'm in, Keanu or not. :D
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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    06/26/09

    @Arjay: Bebop did have a spectacular soundtrack.
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    06/26/09

    @GayRobotsRUS: one of the few "country albums" i listen to. it was perfect as background music for my firefly RPG
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    06/26/09

    @evildead1971: Wait, did you just say that Cowboy Bebop had a country soundtrack?


    ZOMG ESCAPEE FROM EARTH-2

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Turn on the death ray, ASAP.


    Bebop. Be Bop.


    JAZZ!


    Nothing at all like country!!!

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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Keanu as Spike. I'm still trying to stomach that one....


    But I guess he kinda has the look... kinda.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/26/09

    @atrus123: there's nothing wrong with keanu as spike that enrolling in a six month program to teach him how to smirk correctly wouldn't fix.
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    Image of Wheema Wheema
    06/26/09

    @tetracycloide: plus 6 months learning how to move and act plus some plastic surgery to make him look not like Keanu then I'll accept him. Right now it's almost as bad as the idea of Leonardo in Akira.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/26/09

    @Wheema: that seems unfair, with the exception of his mouth he looks like spike almost all the time.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    06/26/09

    @tetracycloide: Y'know, for once I agree with this; Keanu has a long history of, well, being Keanu in everything he's in, but hey, this time, that could actually work to his advantage. Spike seems like a pretty good fit for him.

    Although I agree, he needs to work on that smirk. He scared me in Matrix: Reloaded when he did it.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/26/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: the fight sequences, i think, are what has me most worried about keanu. sure he has extensive experience with fight coriagraphy from the matrix but this would be different; in this case he has to fight like bruce lee which is a feat oft' attempted but rarely accomplished, even by professionals.
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    06/26/09

    @Wheema: "Right now it's almost as bad as the idea of Leonardo in Akira."


    You mean DiCrapio?

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/26/09

    @tetracycloide: Any decent stuntman/martial artist can fight "as if" he were bruce lee.


    Now keanu? Maaaaaaybe not.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/26/09

    @cljohnston108: No. DaVinci. They're going to CG him into the movie.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/26/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: using jet jun do and fighting 'as if' they're bruce lee are two every different things. an entire industry was erected of stuntmen pretending to be bruce lee (brucesploitation) in films after his death and none were ever able to truly recreate his timing and fluidity of motion on or off the screen. really the only big name successes to come out of it were those that created their own martial and screen persona.


    ultimately it's not going to make or break a cowboy bebop film either way since the movie's success is not going to come down to the accurate portrayal of one of the characters fighting styles but i'm a fan so i nit pick.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Wheema: ha! couldn't have said it better myself.


    Hope Keanu has to leave and the project either collapses or they find someone else. I'd rather have no live-action Bebop than have Keanu ruin it.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/26/09

    @tetracycloide: Yeah, but lots of those stuntmen were pretty shitty. I remember seeing a guy called Bruce Li, for example, who was terrible. And Lee wasn't really superhuman. He was exceptionally skilled, but he wasn't unique.


    There were a lot of people who could recreate what Lee did on screen. And even more today. Jet Li for example, had more pure skill in his prime than Lee did. And Tony Jaa does outrageously beautiful things with fight choreography. Donnie Yen too could probably do a great Bruce Lee on screen.


    Just think about it. Jason Scott Lee learned how to ape Bruce Lee pretty perfectly without a lifetime of martial arts training. To portray something on screen isn't the same as having to learn it for real.

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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    JMS writing Lensman? Huge space battles? Outer space hand to hand?


    What is the this feeling I'm getting?

    No, it's not disgust. It's not revulsion. It's not annoyance. It almost feels like, uh, interest...

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Interest and hope and... nah, couldn't be a tiny bit of excitement.
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