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errantrogue
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Bellucci is a dream, tis true... but her accent would kill it for me. A friend of mine tried to defend your choice commenting on her whole "Romany" line in her intro episode, BUT... as we all know... that line was just one of her many lies to make herself all mysterious and sexy. Now... that's not to say that Bellucci wouldn't have a shot at Julia... as all she would have to do in a RedEye storyline would be silent flashbacks... but I, personally, would rather have Mira Sorvino as Julia. Oddly enough, my new thought (new to me, haven't read back to see if anyone else thought of it) would be Anne Hathaway as Faye. She really impressed me as 99. |
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Tenchi
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It was an obscure VHS release that got cancelled after two volumes, before they even got to the meat of the story... yip-yip-yahoo. EDIT: Also, if we're talking dream-casting for Faye, I'd rather have someone young (20's), half-Asian, and sizzling, like Devon Aoki or Kristen Kreuk. Or maybe Lexa Doig, even though she's already 35. My reasoning is: that's the kind of eye candy I like to look at. It doesn't really get any simpler than that. |
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GATSU
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Unit: It also drew inspiration from Cagliostro. And if it's flimsy, why did Di$ney rip off even more anime with Treasure Planet the next year?
Tenchi: Actually, four volumes, and they could be rented from the occasional Blockbuster. Next. Oh, and Devin Aoki is fugly, and Kreuk sucks enough[and not in a good way] as Chun Li. If they want a 90210 Faye, make it Zhang Ziyi and/or Maggie Q. |
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Animehermit
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I don't think Treasure Planet did anything to rip off anime, I am pretty sure its based on Treasure Island(but i could be wrong), but with a science fiction motif. |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4469 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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I forgot to mention that the 1961 George Pal film, Atlantis: The Lost Continent, also had an Atlantean princess with a mysterious crystal power, so that particular trope was around decades before Nadia. Most of the similarities between Nadia and Disney's Atlantis are simply attributable to having been drawn from the same literary sources, especially Jules Verne and Edgar Cayce, and everything else I can attribute to either common cartoon clichés or simple coincidence.
As for Treasure Planet, I seem to recall a handful of anime message board "zOMG! Pirate Ships in Space! Harlock rip-off!" threads, but they didn't even get the same amount of traction as even the Atlantis vs. Nadia claims. Anyway, I was thinking about it some more, and Lexa Doig would be perfect for Faye, not just for her looks, and I think she looks a lot like Faye especially when she wore the purple wig as "Rommy", but also for her pre-existing "genre" street cred from shows like Andromeda and Eureka!, not to mention she's married to Michael Shanks from Stargate SG-1, so she's Vancouver-filmed syndicated sci-fi TV royalty. Also, since I imagine they'll be filming this one on the "cheaper" side of the blockbuster budget scale, Lexa Doig would be well within their price range. I could see Zhang Ziyi in the role even though I always imagined Faye as being only half-Asian. The Chun Li movie is the only other film I am really looking forward to this winter besides Coraline, so I like Kreuk, and I find Devon Aoki gorgeous since she has a Japanese face but with a Caucasian complexion. |
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penguintruth
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I hear they'll be using a CGI dog for Ein.
Also, Samuel L. Jackson and Hilary Duff as Punch and Judy. |
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Tenchi
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I was hoping Pierre Bernard from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (and, presumably, he's staying around for Jimmy Fallon) could be Punch, since he's a big Cowboy Bebop fan and would probably jump at the chance to have a cameo in the film and Punch isn't exactly a big part.
If Pierre was Punch, then Amanda Tapping from Stargate SG-1 could be his Judy. |
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GATSU
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animehermit: It didn't rip off anime, and yet it looks like a Ghibli movie.
Tenchi:
Perhaps, but the more modern setting was from the Gainax series.
That's what they said about Hellsing and Van Helsing. And yet the Geneon people told me Hirano was allegedly irritated that they stole his costume designs for the movie.
Probably because there are more Nadia fans than Harlock fans. *sigh*
Seen her pic, and I disagree. Faye's gotta be an anti-Ripley character.
Looking forward to bringing some liquor with you, or actually looking forward to it? 
Personally, that's why I can't stand her. They probably only hired her for that reason, too. Anyway, Punch and Judy is easy: Jamie Foxx and Jessica Simpson. |
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penguintruth
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Daveigh Chase is Edward. Wilford Brimley as the doctor from episodes 2 and 25.
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enurtsol
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Still, just circumstancial evidence at best. Besides, IIRC, Streamline only released the first 8 eps (because that's all I have of it!).
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centzontotochtin
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Hey, if Keanu Reeves can play John Constantine, he can worm his way into any part, no matter how unlikely. Tis a pity though, because bebop fight scenes were never the kind that could be pulled off with wires..
I for one am fcking glad it's not the origin story, those kind of stories are only interesting when told as grainy flashbacks with some element of mystery, preferably in the middle of a gunfight, and if Watanabe has enough integrity to draw a line under his hit story when it's finished and say 'that's all you're getting', then people should respect that. The first episode idea wasn't bad, wasn't that guy modelled on Antonio Banderas anyway? Plus you can have a nice downer ending with jazz in space without killing off any of the main characters (which let's face it they're never going to do..) but why the hell hasn't anyone in the film industry got Josh Whedon involved in this? I mean Firefly is the closest thing I've seen to the bebop world that's come from America.. And much as any man in their right mind (and many women) would love to see Kate Beckinsdale dressed as Faye Valentine, that woman is no Faye... |
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Batman3777
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Beckinsale, Beckinsale. The woman's name is Beckinsale. No D. If y'all are going to fawn all over her, at least get her name right.
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GATSU
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centzo: Name-dropping Banderas don't help, since I consider him a better older Spike than Keanu. Though now that I think about it, this guy would've been pretty good.
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Like what the animated movie was. And it worked very well in that regard IMO. I would also suggest people just shut up about the Keanu hate. We get it. He sucks. Hollywood sucks. Blah blah blah. The same opinions are said in every single thread about a live action movie based on an anime series so by now I think we get the idea. Move on please to something original. I personally think this particular adaptation could work very well compared to many other anime adaptations. Majority of the special effects will come in terms of the Spaceships and environments presented. Hollywood has had plenty of practice in that regard. If the clips for the new Star trek don't showcase that they can at least make a nice purty CG spaceship then nothing will. Beyond that at it's core, despite how "deep" fans like to make Spike and the show out to be, Bebop was a popcorn action flick series IMO. yes it had some actual depth but at it's heart it is an action series. People shooting people and shit blowing up. Hollywood can at least do that. While others like Dragonball may not be very realistic I don't see a reason this one can't be done in such a manner. There's no one shooting fireballs from their eyes or bolts of lightning from their arse's in this show. And since they say that any complete script will go before Watanabe first and foremost that would say to me the final product will be one that is acceptable to him. |
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Hon'ya-chan
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This picture represents my reaction to your suggestion that Faye Valentine be played by Devon Aoki. |
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sadden me... 
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