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uberboy
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Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:50 pm Posts: 1680 Location: NY/NJ/CA
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 Re: Akira: the American remake.
Baikin wrote: VELOCITRON wrote: Oh man, I bet this turns out almost as good as that live action Fist of the North Star! Yikes. That was 90 minutes of my life I could have put to better use. bullshit! this is one of Malcolm McDowell's shining moments. Good Idea for a rainy day, Malcolm McDowell Movie Marathon Start with Clockwork Orange so you know why you would WANT to watch the rest in the list. Then follow that up with Fist of the North Star and the irredeemable but charming Tank Girl. A plus entertainment all the way.
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liquidsky
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Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:54 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Far From the Maddening Crowds
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 Re: Akira: the American remake.
uberboy wrote: Baikin wrote: VELOCITRON wrote: Oh man, I bet this turns out almost as good as that live action Fist of the North Star! Yikes. That was 90 minutes of my life I could have put to better use. bullshit! this is one of Malcolm McDowell's shining moments. Good Idea for a rainy day, Malcolm McDowell Movie Marathon Start with Clockwork Orange so you know why you would WANT to watch the rest in the list. Then follow that up with Fist of the North Star and the irredeemable but charming Tank Girl. A plus entertainment all the way. You position yourself as a Malcolm McDowell fan? And you don't list Caligula? WTF?
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Roger
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Joined: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:41 pm Posts: 4909
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 Re: Akira: the American remake.
Haha! "Jupiter accepts!"
I don't know how they managed to make that movie boring.
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Habbit
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Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:45 am Posts: 211 Location: Crooklyn
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TMNT...teenage mutant ninja teenagers
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Toxic Phantom
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Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:59 pm Posts: 122
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 Re: Akira: the American remake.
liquidsky wrote: uberboy wrote: Baikin wrote: VELOCITRON wrote: Oh man, I bet this turns out almost as good as that live action Fist of the North Star! Yikes. That was 90 minutes of my life I could have put to better use. bullshit! this is one of Malcolm McDowell's shining moments. Good Idea for a rainy day, Malcolm McDowell Movie Marathon Start with Clockwork Orange so you know why you would WANT to watch the rest in the list. Then follow that up with Fist of the North Star and the irredeemable but charming Tank Girl. A plus entertainment all the way. You position yourself as a Malcolm McDowell fan? And you don't list Caligula? WTF? And what about If, O Lucky Man, and Britannia Hospital? Tsk, Tsk
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Robert DeCastro
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Joined: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 2216 Location: In Limbo
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 Re: Akira: the American remake.
BloodDrinker6969 wrote: Maybe cast The Rock as Tetsuo and Eddie Murphy as Akira himself! Yeah right, about as likely as Samuel Jackson playing Nick Fury... 
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REdYOdA
Comment King
Joined: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:40 pm Posts: 1211 Location: San Francisco
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Oh come on...you know they will cast Will Smith as Tetsuo. 
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BloodDrinker6969
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Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:13 pm Posts: 12024 Location: Chicago, Like R.Kelly
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REdYOdA wrote: Oh come on...you know they will cast Will Smith as Tetsuo.  Than I'd be the first in line!
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evilrabbitry
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Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:35 pm Posts: 1161 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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REdYOdA wrote: Oh come on...you know they will cast Will Smith as Tetsuo.  He's already going to star in the oldboy remake >< bloody hollywood.
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Joe
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Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm Posts: 12318
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And his son is doing Karate Kid... 
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Vombie
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Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:43 pm Posts: 7090 Location: Oregon
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hollywood is going "green". they just recycle. nothing new. Old boy was fine the first time around. Akira too. Batman...okay..we can give them that one.
I do like will smith though. dammit.
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