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posted by Curtis (Thu Oct 08 09, 12:30PM)
Astro Boy is the original great Japanese manga, written/drawn in the 1950s. I wonder how it will translate to modern cinema.
posted by Accounting Ninja (Thu Oct 08 09, 12:59PM)
I'm a little wary of this one...it's old-school Japanese, seemingly Americanized. Could really suck. I'm on "wait and see" mode.
PS the trailer I saw said that, yes, he "longed to be a real boy". Sigh.
posted by Stefanie (Thu Oct 08 09, 10:21PM)
All I know is that this preview amused my usually timid 9-year-old son greatly and frightened my usually stout-hearted 6-year-old daughter in equal measure (she's had nightmares ever since we saw it before Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs). Go figure.
posted by nyjm (Fri Oct 09 09, 5:32PM)
Count me as another one on the fence. I'd like to give anything a fair shake, but I have deep suspicions that this film is just another part of the "Hollywood has run out of original ideas" phenomenon.
Of course, I've never been a real fan of the original series, either. As much as I like Manga, AstroBoy never did it for me.