Space Battleship Yamato (starblazers) was awesome.
Okay, so I am regressing back into childhood or something... escapism is what escapism is I guess, but it worked well tonight.
When I was a Kid there was a kinda goofy anime cartoon called StarBlazers - but like most anime, it tended to be a little more - I don't know - not serious, but perhaps would explore more adult themes - like honor and sacrifice, and just sported a more complicated mutli-episode plot. I was entranced, but the local network would air it sporadically, and I would see 3-5 episodes, and then it would be gone and I find it and pick it back up 10 episodes later, and I never saw the whole thing. (hey remember that paper TV guide thing you would pick up and look for when your shows were on? ) Anyway, I remembered the basic plot and no details..
So back to the point.. I discovered they made a Live Action reboot of the series a few years ago and bought the DVD on a flyer. Boy am I ever pleased. They did an excellent job of casting IMO, and the acting - well - the acting wasn't good exactly - it was anime-ish, like the original. And its a pretty good adapation of the story - or at least what I remember of it.. In any case, if you have any interest in Anime or remember
the original check it out (link goes to all 77 episodes on Youtube..or Amazon has it on instant play for $22 a season, but now we are talking die hards... ) - just watch the live action film..
It was a wonderful and entertaining two hours.. and if you are a major geek like me, you will probably enjoy it was well. No its not Masterpiece theater. It is way better than the trash they are producing in Hollywood.
Someone posted the full length movie to You Tube - its English subtitles-- so deal with it - or
buy the DVD- with a 5.1 English mix (my son refused to read, so we watched the dubbed version-- it wasn't too bad.)
Movie Space Battleship Yamato English SubtitlesThey have also rebooted it as a new Anime Series Yamato 2199 ( yes its a spaceship made from
THAT Yamato- again, its Japanese - deal with it) and it looks beautiful - but I haven't taken the time to watch it either.. and they want $35 an episode on DVD... so you will want to you tube that one too..
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Episode 4Oh crap, look
what I found Now I am gonna need $200. ( no not really, but yeah, that big kid in me is poking me and telling me to buy that for him for Christmas.. )