Patricia’s back! Although I see fit to demote her to ‘guest host’ status right out of the gate. But never mind, she’ll earn her way back in in short order. This week Patrica, Ed, Clyde, and Alex bitch about cut-scenes …
Clyde Rhoer of Theory From the Closet fame joins us once again to discuss the recent Playstation Network hack and his favorite film, Sanshiro Sugata! We’ve long shied away from discussing Kurosawa films, as they’ve been discussed at length …
Finally back in the saddle after a month-long bout of the flu! A lot has happened since we recorded the last episode…we chat about the Japan earthquake and one serious badass who don’t take shit from Mother Nature, racist nitwit …
Apparently the live-action Hollywood Akira is finally going to start filming this coming August. Is this a good or bad thing? I honestly can’t say. Although, looking at this (alleged) short list of possible cast members, I can feel my …
So this weekend Shapiro Keats informed me (not without some malicious glee) that xomeone named Zac Efron had been cast as Kaneda in the live-action Akira. The name sounded familiar but I wasn’t sure exactly who he was, so I …
Oooh yeah, I see it now.
X-Men = Akira
I don’t care. Everything’s postmodern now. I hate that word. Postmodern. Wow, elitist asshole much?
In other news, Sugoicon photo essay to come sometime in the next 48 hours.
Also, according …
This week’s film discussion: AMERICAN NINJA! News discussion topics include Psychic Judge Floro, the Akira live-action film, Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360, and balut.
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Not enough time today for a full post, but here’s a roundup of stuff I thought worth mentioning.
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Aint-It-Cool-News reports that directing duo the Hughes Brothers have signed on to bring Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira to the silver screen. I can’t say I’m a fan – From Hell was an abomination, but only because they jettisoned all the cool …
For many of my generation whose initial exposure to anime was through imported television series of inconsisten quality, the movie Akira was revolutionary in the artistic brilliance of its animation. Now one man has teamed up with Pittsburg’s ToonSeum to …
io9 is reporting that Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the Akira live-action film is kaput. Is this the same one that Leonardo DiCaprio was financing? I kinda lost track of the project. Personally I think this is for the best. …
Over at MTV news, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt rebuts rumors that he is playing Kaneda’s telekinetic pal Tetsuo in the (supposedly) upcoming Akira live-action adaptation.
When asked about the rumor, Levitt responded, “That just goes to show what you can believe …
