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REVIEW: Star Blazers 2199 Blu-Ray 1

Sandstar wrote:

penguintruth wrote: Sandstar wrote: Thanks for the spoilers. Anything else you'd like to spoil IN A THREAD FOR DISCUSSING THE FOUR EPISODES? It's a remake of a 40 year old show. The story predates my birth by a decade. The part about Kodai's brother is absolutely a spoiler for THIS SHOW.

spoiler[Mamoru Kodai's death] is the first thing that happens in this show. The only difference between this show and the original is that spoiler[he doesn't show up again later not dead after all.]

I don't know why I have to explain why complaining about spoilers for this is absurd. Nothing I said should be any surprise whatsoever.

It's not absurd. You're assuming that everyone reading this article has actually seen the original series. While the majority probably have, some won't have, and you're still spoiling what happens in 2199 anyway.

That's one thing I dig in particular about Yamato 2199—not only does it make Yuki more important to the story, it introduces several new female characters, from the bubbly nurse Harada to the taciturn pilot Yamamoto. O.G. Yamato was long on manly romance, but kinda short on actual female characters. It's good that they've given it that upgrade.

And don't let the name fool you—there's no Americanized dub here, only the Japanese version with the original character names.

ValkyrieZeroZeroOne wrote:

It's not absurd. You're assuming that everyone reading this article has actually seen the original series. While the majority probably have, some won't have, and you're still spoiling what happens in 2199 anyway.

I don't spoil anything that anybody who sees the opening scene of the very first episode would be surprised at.

Holy f*** is this a dumb argument.

penguintruth wrote:

ValkyrieZeroZeroOne wrote: It's not absurd. You're assuming that everyone reading this article has actually seen the original series. While the majority probably have, some won't have, and you're still spoiling what happens in 2199 anyway. I don't spoil anything that anybody who sees the opening scene of the very first episode would be surprised at. Holy f*** is this a dumb argument.

Those of us that have seen the original might have been expecting something else.

Then they insisted on naming it Starblazers again.

Then they didn't give it an English dub, or they made a test dub, but then never did a full one.

Then there wasn't any real marketing. Most people are probably surprised that this even exists.

Where do you even hear this being talked about? Almost nowhere.

The show does a much better job fleshing out the Gamilions, making them different from the mustache-twirling sociopaths they were in the 70s,

and even adds some much-needed female leads onto the Yamato crew,

OK I saw some clips at the official 'starblazers' web site and the subtitles were a bit odd. The original Japanese dialog had characters calling the ship the Yamato but the subtitles had them referring to it as the Argo. Was that just placeholder or something for teasers or is the actual release like that? I can handle a change of title but inconsistent conflicting subtitles like that might be a deal breaker for me.

And don't let the name fool you—there's no Americanized dub here, only the Japanese version with the original character names.

Maybe Voyager Entertainment is only allowed to uses the name Star Blazers, as that is what the property was called in the US when it was released 35 years ago.

Fabe wrote:

OK I saw some clips at the official 'starblazers' web site and the subtitles were a bit odd. The original Japanese dialog had characters calling the ship the Yamato but the subtitles had them referring to it as the Argo. Was that just placeholder or something for teasers or is the actual release like that? I can handle a change of title but inconsistent conflicting subtitles like that might be a deal breaker for me.

Only the trailer does that. I *promise* the subs on the dvd/Blu-ray have it as the Yamato.