Am I amazed or what? It came out in Hong Kong on August 12th, and already someone was daring enough to bring a camera into theaters and make a camrip of the first hour of the movie. Apparently there's a freaking watermark throughout the video. Oh well, just have to wait for the DVD.
Oh and here's the English subtitled trailer. Ahaha, sorry for not posting this one up before.
Oh man. I want to watch this movie so badly right
now....oh what I'd give.... I wonder how much it would follow the manga of the same name. It seems that
Ken'ichi Matsuyama (in NANA, he was Shin) is the actor for L. His acting
and costume in the trailer is dead on. I'm disappointed in the decision for
having Tatsuya Fujiwara (you might recognize him as the lead role in Battle
Royale) act as Raito/Light Yagami. He doesn't look the part! His
personality makes the character seem more sinister than he really is.
Heard that if all goes well, they might even have a run of the movie and its
sequel in America, before
the US
makes an American version. Well, it is funded by WB. Ah, how the US loves to
steal ideas and create re-makes. Haha, it will be shit (remember Godzilla?) but
it will be interesting for comparison's sake. Some say Michael Pitt
might make a good Raito or Mello, but Johnny Depp has more experience playing
weird characters (don't know how he can look the part though). Heck, maybe even
"the amazing and versatile Jake Gyllenhaal" can be L. Don't know how
they will pull it off, with Ryuuk being CGI and all.
P.S. What happened to the new spiffy weblog entry thing? It's back to the old
one now. Eww.
Wow, I haven't updated in awhile and Xanga does a total makeover with
its weblog entry. Plus way to spiff things up by adding photoblog and
video uploads for us! HAH anything to make us stay huh...
Anyways,
I came upon several interesting things this month, and I'll simply
summarize and link them for those who visit this page (if anyone ever
does, with the exception of my lover in SLO *Bo was mad that I stole you away from her and Lily, LOL you can call me a husband snatcher now* )
Patrick Macias (the pop-culture journalist I've been following up) has a new book coming out next spring. The book is titled, THE JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL INFERNO, and he announced that there is a "Cliff’s Notes version" of it in this week's issue of Metropolis,
“Japan’s No.1 English Language Magazine.” Read to learn more about his interesting observations of
young female trends in Japan, which features some things that I have not
heard about, such as "Decora" and "Onee-Kei."
I recently came across a journal rant about
the 3D animation industry and I agree with the author's argument. The
3D industry has taken over, and we have not seen any 2D movies created
in a long time. Too long. It seems that all the 2D work is left for
Japan/Korea to do, while the US takes the easy way in raking up the dough. If
it seems successful in Asia, why not license it? That would explain the
sudden interest in the anime and manga industry, even though it was
practically ignored during the times when Superman and other such
comics came out in America. Manga was never popular for comicbook
stores then, but that's a whole different story now. Its all about
maximizing profits (as it always was). Too bad that America has jumped
onto the bandwagon, with their entire focus on making 3D movies. Who
cares if it doesn't have a good plot. Character development? Who needs
it?! As long as it's 3D, people will pay to watch it! Ahh, I must
confess that I too fall under the spell of shiny new toys and lust after them (A la Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and The Incredibles). A whole load of the gimme-gimmes.
Hopefully we'll all get over how 3D is a money magnet, and that it looks so awesomely cool and delicious for the eye. We need to start paying
attention in making and watching good movies, whether they are 3D, 2D, stop-action,
or live-action. (V for Vendetta was so not the kind of movie that the trailers and commercials claimed it to be. Thank goodness it wasn't. Action was there, but there were other things too. Couldn't stop thinking about 1984 and how dystopian it was. I liked it. )
A
humorous-yet-slightly-insulting-phenomena of how surprisingly open the
Japanese can be, was discovered from watching a comedian who is now
widely recognized as his character, Hard Gay Sumitani. Let me explain
that I was shocked when I saw this on YouTube. I first encountered it
by searching up videos of Gackt and other Japanese singers on TV shows.
You might have already noticed how YouTube had incorporated on the
right side of their webpage with links to more videos related to the
one you are currently viewing. Well, carelessly and, might I add, fearlessly
clicking on each one (this is how I waste time at home, folks), I
watched a clip from, "Bakusho Mondai no Bakuten!" (Daibakuten),
a Saturday variety show on TBS Television in Japan. The comedian's
antics and mannerisms borderlines from silly and disturbing, to extreme
and highly exaggerated. I cannot help but wonder whether this straight
comedian is merely milking it out with this character that he created,
strengthening a skewed representation of what "gays" are like. I worry
for the Japanese society. *CAUTION: The videos from the following link can be disturbing and uncomfortable to those who choose to view them as such. You have been warned.* Anyways, if you set aside his motives in continuing his lucrative character, you can see for yourself how he's ultimately a shameless idiot with good intentions. Watch all the subtitled shows he's in through Bakafish's videos. I got a good chuckle out of them.
I also found some other humorous videos from YouTube. Check out the Prangstgrup.
I found them to be highly amusing and bold. Especially their surprise
musicals in the library and in class. To see if you like their humor,
have a look at their videos.
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