To cash in coincide with the release of the Speed Racer live action flick, publishers DMP have released a beautiful looking hardcover box set of the original 1960s manga. That I want. Badly. In the meantime, I’ll just have to make do with staring at the almost as lovely looking website they’ve put up to promote it.
And no, I haven’t seen the movie yet. Hopefully this week…will keep you posted.
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This weekend – you’ve probably already seen it if you’ve any more than a passing interest – saw the release by Zak Snyder of the first of 12 monthly video blogs for the Watchmen movie, taking us up until the film’s release next March. Damn, that sounds like a long way off. It’s the usual ‘behind the scenes’ kind of affair, and is all very interesting and exciting, but like I said before I’m trying to curb my enthusiasm.
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It was with some slight trepidation that I sat down to watch Appleseed Ex Machina this weekend; the completely CGI anime is a sequel to the 2004 Appleseed, with both being based on Masamune Shirow’s classic 1985 manga. Being a fan of the original printed version (and Shirow’s work in general), I found little in the first film beyond it’s impressive visuals to get me excited, sadly.
I finally got to sit down and watch Michael Aris’ ‘Tekkon Kinkreet’ on Blu-Ray this weekend. Coming to the movie completely cold – not having read Taiyō Matsumoto’s original manga, and knowing little about the production’s genesis, I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t until I sat down to start writing this review and did a little bit of background research online that I discovered the fanboy shit-storm surrounding the film’s release.
Because I’m trying to curb mine. Though, to be honest, it’s proving to be hard this morning.
The reason? New images from Zack “300″ Snyder’s big screen adaptation of Watchmen splurged across c-space as I jacked-in this morning. And man, shit. They look alright.
In fact, they look a bit fucking better than alright, if you ask me. Yeah, teh internets are aflame as usual with the screams of disgruntled fanboys…Night Owl isn’t fat enough, Ozymandis looks too young…and they might have a point. But in the images’ defence, we don’t have any context. The story spans decades, and these could be grabs from flashbacks.
