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THE GREATEST DVD NEWS OF THE YEAR... so far

Published at:  Jan 14, 2003 4:02:56 AM CST

THE GREATEST DVD NEWS OF THE YEAR!!



Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.



This letter makes me giddy:



HAH!!

This is famous comic book artist Stephen Bissette writing at his message board:

"I'm very happy to announce that a FAX arrived at work today from our Disney rep, who knew I'd been pushing him and the studio for years now on the matter.

The FAX states that this April, Disney is releasing the Hayao Miyazaki Collection 1 on DVD. Though details are sketchy, there will be three titles in this first set - SPIRITED AWAY, CASTLE IN THE SKY (aka LAPUTA), and KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE - and each DVD will be a two-disc special edition.

This is indeed worthy of celebration, and goes a looooong way towards rectifying what has been, until now, a frustrating and oft-infuriating situation."

source:

Here

Wow. I was just talking about this the other day with a friend who was good enough to loan me his box of Region 0 Miyazaki DVDs. No special features to speak of, but who cares? It was a collection of all of his movies up to PRINCESS MONONOKE. Now, we’re going to get 2-disc special editions of three great films at once? Oh, please, let this mean that they’re going to do TOTORO, PORCO ROSSO, and NAUSICAA in the future. I know Fox just released one last edition of their horrifically dubbed TOTORO, and now they don’t have the rights anymore, allegedly because they’ve been granted to Disney as part of their overall Ghibli deal. I’ve seen this version of CASTLE IN THE SKY theatrically, and I really like the work they did on KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE, too, but a 2-disc set may mean that fans will get to choose to see the films in their original languages, too. Man, to think this release is just a few months off...



... well, like I said... giddy!!



"Moriarty" out.









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    Readers Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2003 4:07:39 AM CST

    This will lose the title of greatest DVD news of the year...

    by boba_fett

    When Raiders comes out at the end of the year!

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:14:11 AM CST

    yay. second. meh.

    by chaka015

    raiders can blow me. two towers extended, and the matrix trilogy. as well as a ton of others.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:17:30 AM CST

    not important

    by bluelou_boyle

    errr, can't say I'm that excited. Thought it was about Blade Runner...

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:22:16 AM CST

    Japanese DVDs

    by denki

    Just go out and get the japanese versions from Amazon.co.jp (you can navigate there in english).

    Most have been out for ages (region 2) and have an english dub if you really want that or english subtitles.

    They are all 2 disc sets with the entire storyboarded film on disc 2!

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:30:53 AM CST

    oh please

    by castlefreak

    This is definately great news. I seriously hope that Nausicaa will also finally be available on DVD in the near future. It's basically not available right now (unless you count that horribly raped "Warriors of Wind" version). And with Disney involved there should be a chance of decent distribution too? Let's just hope they don't fuck it up, like they usually do...

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  • I immediately thought "classic Star Wars trilogy orignal cuts with 3 discs each of bonus features" - but, alas, got Anime. Dammit. (just downloaded Spirited Away, though. looks interesting, even though I've seen only 5 hours of anime in my life)

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:57:49 AM CST

    Don't pay any attention to those other guys.

    by tbrosz

    This is GREAT news! Would have been great news if it had only been SPIRITED AWAY. Hoping for more releases shortly.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 5:39:47 AM CST

    HOLY HELL !!!

    by saluki

    Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away are my two favorites out of his creations and I can get them on DVD in a double disc set this April? For my positive reaction, see the subject line.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 6:28:46 AM CST

    Yea, bootlegs

    by loafier

    YEa you pay for the region 0 DVD set on eBay or wherever, and not a dime will ever reach Studio Ghibli

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  • Jan 14, 2003 7:01:07 AM CST

    Uh Yah.

    by radio1_mike

    Don't think so. Wake me when Disney release The Lion King on DVD, then, and only then, will that story qualify as the title of your story.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 7:05:46 AM CST

    I'm with bluelou_boyle on this one.

    by aronld scazziger

  • Jan 14, 2003 7:23:52 AM CST

    Perfect!

    by spiegeltrui

    This is perfect! I already own Mononoke R1 and Totoro R3, so it'll be great to see these movies released soon.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 7:55:33 AM CST

    screw everyone else......

    by uberbill

    this is fuckin great news and i will immediately buy this set whenever it comes out...anyone that dismisses these films as just cartoons are missing the point..cartoons are for strictly for kids....films like spirited away and laputa are for everyone and if you dismiss it as what you see on saturday morning then you are missing out on some great and enchanting "Cinema"....oh yeah...and i also think you are stupid......

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  • Jan 14, 2003 8:00:20 AM CST

    very.....

    by uberbill

  • Jan 14, 2003 8:13:36 AM CST

    Those people complaining about this article...

    by nordling

    are detritus. Get thee to one of these films right now, and maybe you'll understand why we'd be so damn excited about it. I saw PORCO ROSSO recently. The most charming film about a pig ever made (and yes, I'm including BABE). You don't like it, stuff it in your right cheek.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 8:57:17 AM CST

    As cool as this news is...

    by dolemite_fan

    I still dont hold much faith in Disney with the way they treat foreign films, particularly the Japanese ones. CITY ON FIRE anyone...

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  • Jan 14, 2003 9:12:33 AM CST

    my spine actually tingled when i read that! :)

    by mansep

  • Jan 14, 2003 9:41:27 AM CST

    AICN got scooped by Steve Bissette?

    by rev_skarekroe

    Anyone else think that's kinda weird? sk

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  • Jan 14, 2003 9:44:40 AM CST

    Godly is a fool

    by hunter-x

    Without anime we wouldn't have all of these stylish and "orignial" action movies that you see today. Hell, the Matrix wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for anime. Check out "Wicked City", "Golgo 13" or "Fist of the North Star" and you might be surprised. This isn't stuff you'll catch on a Saturday morning. Seeing Ken Shiro explode somebody's head with a single punch will make Vin Diesel look like a choir boy. Don't bash something you know nothing about. Don't say you do because it's obvious you don't.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 9:44:41 AM CST

    Godly is a fool

    by hunter-x

    Without anime we wouldn't have all of these stylish and "orignial" action movies that you see today. Hell, the Matrix wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for anime. Check out "Wicked City", "Golgo 13" or "Fist of the North Star" and you might be surprised. This isn't stuff you'll catch on a Saturday morning. Seeing Ken Shiro explode somebody's head with a single punch will make Vin Diesel look like a choir boy. Don't bash something you know nothing about. Don't say you do because it's obvious you don't.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 10:14:03 AM CST

    That's great news indeed, Mori! Thanks!

    by wardog

    I'd just like to see Nausicaa in its complete version for once. Have only seen the rental version available in my local Blockbuster Video. Love that movie, but ended up sort of confused by some things.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 10:59:02 AM CST

    What the fuck.......?????

    by robinp

    Big deal, I thought we were talking original trilogy !

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  • with a special disc of George Lucas apologizing profusely. "Yes, Greedo did not shoot first." "I apologize for replacing Lapti Nek with Jedi Rocks." "I was the one that named Jar Jar, not my child." "I'm sorry I made Anakin say 'Yipppie!'". Followed by Harrison Ford taking back any mean-spirited comments about the trilogy.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 12:29:39 PM CST

    Thank the Maker!

    by captainwalker

    I was introduced to these films 10 years ago when a friend brought over his Japanese language versions tapes of these films. Now for the record, none of us can speak a LICK of Japanese, but for 6 hours, we were RIVETED by these stories that were unfolding in front of our eyes! Possibly the finest animated features ever put to celluloid were being witheld from american audiences, and for that weekend at least, we felt like the only ones who knew! Maybe the Wizard finally gave Disney a Brain.
    Please tell me that "Nausica" is to be added to this list!

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  • Jan 14, 2003 12:34:08 PM CST

    DO NOT BUY THE JAPANESE EDITION OF SPIRITED AWAY

    by dan_average

    The Japanese version has a terrible red tint throughout the feature, apparently a consequence of the transfer being optimized for plasma screen TVs instead of plain old proletarian cathode ray tubes. The upcoming R1 will use a different transfer that should be properly colored. (I understand the R3 has the same problem, but the French R2 is okay). Regarding "Full Metal Jacket," if you want it in widescreen buy a 16x9 set and zoom in on the picture, I'd rather have it as Kubrick wanted.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 12:37:47 PM CST

    Wow, WHAT GREAT NEWS!

    by hager

    if i was still 12, of course.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 1:15:12 PM CST

    Greatest DVD news of the year

    by harry knowless

    he said so far since we're only 14 days into the year. How much DVD news has there been worth noting? Family Guy: Season One on 4/15? The Color Purple: Special Edition (due 2/18)?P.T. Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love?

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  • Jan 14, 2003 1:22:01 PM CST

    Release Nausicaa!

    by han ol' buddy

    I think this is great news. Although I'd take a better Totoro disc and Nausicaa over Kiki's any day. But, Laputa is an awesome movie and it will be great to see Spirited Away again. I'd also like to see Lupin III as well. I've only been able to get fansubs off of KaZaA as there aren't too many places these can be found. These are some great movies that will blow anything out there today away. And, most were made in the 80's and 90's. Disney doesn't have anything on Ghibli. Anyways, I'm excited. Thanks for the news. As for all the dorks out there hating anime but crying about Matrix, why don't you watch "Ghost In The Shell" and you'll see about 2 dozen things that were ripped off from that anime to make Matrix. The Wachowskis were even quoted as saying "We wanted to make a live-action anime movie with Matrix." They did. Y'all are ig'nant. I'll take GITS - Stand Alone Complex any day. Later.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 1:54:18 PM CST

    There is better DVD news...

    by lazarus long

    I'm a big Miyazaki fan, but the best news this year is that Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy is FINALLY coming out on March 4th. Considering these are the best films of the 90's, I'd say it's a pretty big deal. $30 for the box set makes it even better. Don't know what features it will have, but the films are enough for me. *** As for Miyazaki, I just received the Region 0 set, and I'd rather have my money go to some pirate than the rapists at Disney, even if Ghibli is getting a percentage. Why the fuck do I want all the english versions anyway? If they don't come with at least the OPTION of subtitles, they're worthless. Plus, with the Region 0 set you get ALL the Studio Ghibli films, including Grave of the Fireflies, two more films from the same director, and Miyazaki's video to some cheezy Japanese pop song (which is a great film anyway). After seeing all the films, I still think Spirited Away is the best, followed by Naussica.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 3:12:39 PM CST

    Bah....

    by awkwardboyhero

    I'll tell you what would be the Greatest DVD News of the year. A complete set of the Best of Chuck Jones' WB cartoons on DVD. 30 of the best shorts, or something like that. As many as they deem worthy for the Best of. "Rabbit of Seville" of course. "Robin Hood Daffy." "One Froggy Evening" "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" et al. If something like that came out, I couldn't buy it fast enough. Right on, right on.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 3:13:25 PM CST

    Dream DVD Releases

    by tom_joad

    This is great news, but I also would like to see the aformentioned Indy trilogy and the original SW Trilogy.
    My dream DVD news would be
    Reds, The Passion of Beatrice, the long and complete versions of 1900 and Once Upon a Time in America. Region 1 release of Intimacy, Point Blank, Prime Cut. Just a few of my dream DVD releases.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 3:15:56 PM CST

    Morons

    by fathermcgruder

    Hey all you goddamn morons, begging George fucking Lucas to fuck you up the ass yet again with his "super special specially altered oooh-we-get-to-see-Han-talk-to-Jabba" editions (you know the original trilogy will never be released on DVD in its original form, not since he better-a-fied it), you knew that he wasn't releasing them till after the final Star Wars prequel, so what the fuck were you expecting? Go masturbate to your Phantom Mess DVD again. As for Raiders, we can only hope Spielburg doen't digitally alter the swastikas and call the bad guys "yatzees". This is the first bit of news here that's really been exciting in quite some time. Wasn't this the sight, by the way, that helped get Princess Mononoke a decent subbed release? What happened? Where did all these little bitches come from? "Please Lucas, don't stop, yeah, that's it, give it to me again, harder, ooooh, Spielburg, I didn't know you were so biMMMMNNNFMMM!" Many of us have been waiting and praying for these releases for years, and all you little whiners, well, you're already taking it from both ends, I guess that's punishment enough.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 3:34:35 PM CST

    Sigh... stupid fanboy nitpicking ASIDE...

    by spacephil

    ... this is great news. There's a reason Mizayaki's called a national treasure. Looking forward to it.

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  • To dismiss Miyazaki's films as just anime is to dismiss Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI as "just another chopsocky movie". Educate yourself, or STFU. And as for subtitles? I have no problem if dubs are made available as long as subs are also made available. I prefer subs to dubs because, and pay attention, SUBS MISS HALF THE FUCKING STORY! Ever see the old AKIRA dub? It's a different fucking movie from the subtitles. Granted, the new dub is much better. And story is more important than anything. If you're too sure of yourself as to not to bother exposing yourself to the nuances of other cultures, well, don't yell at people who call you closeminded. It is rare that a dub is as good as a sub, because they take out the whole damn story. Make both available, please.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 3:50:18 PM CST

    FOR THOSE THAT WANT STAR WARS ON DVD...

    by dr_zoidberg

    Search eBay for "Star Wars trilogy DVD". You are looking for the "5 Star Collection". They are bootlegs mastered from the Laser Discs but they are good quality. Not up to the official releases, but they ease the pain on waiting for the official releases. They have true DD 5.1 sound too, although the DTS track is mince and a waste of space on the disc. Back on topic, I will get Spirited Away, but haven't seen the others. Are they really worth getting???

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  • Jan 14, 2003 3:50:49 PM CST

    Bootleg Shmootleg!

    by engelhast

    I own all of these SG films on DVD and other than lacking ANY extra features at all they seriously rock! Screw Disney in and that gay mouse in their ass.

    Big news would for there to FINALLY be a good copy of Robot Carnival on DVD.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:17:33 PM CST

    FatherMcGruder's post RULES!

    by iamlegolas

    And I'm very happy if these DVDs are coming out. About damn time

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  • The animated films of Miyazaki are so much better than the Star Wars prequels and most of the Indy films. You loser fucks don't even know what the hell your talking about! Laputa, Kiki's and Spirited Away are some of the best films out there today. Yes, there animated, but that should not stop you from enjoying them. These losers are so bad, that they feel that they need to leave a message behind, even if they don't agree with what has been posted. If it is something you don't like, then don't post about it. It's that simple you fucks! Get ready for a year of better films you fucking Star Wars losers. We have the Matrix films and Return of the King to name a few. The Two Towers will get an oscar for Best Visual Effects, while your loser AOTC gets nothing. 2003 is going to be a great year at the movies. No Star Wars! YEA!!!!! Last, this post said Big DVD news of the year... so far, so you losers should have got the clue that it may not be something that you expected.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:18:53 PM CST

    DVD I WANT = FLESH & BLOOD !!!!!

    by wankeroo

    Where the fuck is this Verhoeven masterpiece!!!??????

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  • Jan 14, 2003 4:53:41 PM CST

    Best DVD news of the year

    by phalex

    I agree this is excellent news, and certainly the best of the year so far. But on DVD release would be the best fucking news EVER for me. They must, must, MUST release MILLER'S CROSSING on dvd. My life is incomplete without it.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 5:24:31 PM CST

    Hey what about

    by mr_tomerdy

    the original BEDAZZLED?

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  • Jan 14, 2003 5:45:43 PM CST

    Damn right I'm a subtitle snob.

    by nordling

    I actually like to hear the actual actors act out their performances. And don't give me that shit about not understanding the language. Can you pick up nuance, or subtlety? Listen to Toshiro Mifune act like a motherfucker in his films. Gee, yeah, dubbing would so greatly improve his "farmer" speech from SEVEN SAMURAI or his cold plotting in YOJIMBO. Don't want to do Japanese? Okay, how about Spanish? See THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE? Did you hear Casares's final words to Carmen, the quiet longing and the love? Let's do French. THE 400 BLOWS. Let's hear Jean-Pierre Leaud talk about his hopeless life in the police station. German? How about Jergen Procnow slowly losing it in DAS BOOT? Chinese? Let's listen to Tony Leung, drawn between two worlds in HARD BOILED. Fuck yeah, I'm a subtitle snob. Dubs are for suckers.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 5:58:40 PM CST

    Having trouble reading fettastic?

    by spiegeltrui

    Maybe you should practice on a book sometime. Anyway, when subtitles are shorter than the dub, it doesn't mean that the subtitles leave out information, it means that they added dialog to the dub, to match the mouths. That's the problem with dubs. To make it look a bit acceptable they have to ADJUST the dialog to match mouth movement. Subs are always a litteral translation of the original dialog (except for a few dreaded dubtitled dvd's). And above all, changing the audio is simply changing the movie. This is just as bad as releasing a widescreen movie as 4:3, or digitally adding underwear to a naked person.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 6:07:37 PM CST

    The stupid end up proving it.

    by nordling

    Re: godley.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 6:18:10 PM CST

    It works like this, godley.

    by nordling

    You. Stupid. Get it? By the way, "really" is with two l's. Like I said, if you haven't seen the movies, get the fuck out of the pool. You don't know what you're talking about.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 6:19:46 PM CST

    godley...

    by spiegeltrui

    So what you're saying is that it doesn't really matter what the content of the movie is, if it's anime it's crap by default? And when Nordling says that's stupid your reply is "No YOU'RE stupid!"?

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  • Jan 14, 2003 6:55:51 PM CST

    HELL FUCKING YEAH

    by meier

    Best DVD news.. EVAR in the US.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 8:10:24 PM CST

    What a nimrod

    by docpazuzu

    I couldn't give a flying fuck at a rolling donut about these particular DVD releases, but I do applaud subtitling and the retaining of original language tracks no matter what the release is. Good sales for original tracks means more releases of foreign titles I do like in the original languages.
    Fettastic, as always, you are a lips-moving-while-reading, mouth-breathing rectal ingester of large uncooked vegetables.
    Doc out.

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  • ...with a commentary track this time, but this is almost as good, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE still being my favourite Ghibli film. I hope I won't be waiting too long for the R1 DVD of WHISPER OF THE HEART, my second favourite Ghibli film, though I expect that one won't be released until after all the Miyazaki-directed ones are out.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 10:32:41 PM CST

    This is wonderful, fabulous news

    by nerdbird

    Thank you, good people of AICN. This makes my day. Best DVD news of the decade.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 10:49:08 PM CST

    The Kingdom and Steve Bissette Thank You

    by eel o'brian

    I'd just like to let everyone know that all of us at The Kingdom appreciate the nod, and all the site hits today. Here's a cordial invitation extended to anyone who may be interested in joining our board. Steve Bissette's a great guy, and is EXTREMELY knowledgeable about genre movies, so please feel free to contribute. Posting has been slow the past couple of months, and we sure could use the injection of fresh voices and new blood. Thanks!

    http://www.fanboy.info/yabbse/index.php

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  • Jan 14, 2003 10:57:51 PM CST

    Indeed, dubs are for suckers

    by hktelemacher

    The OT on DVD is also for suckers. I'm content enough with my widescreen SE VHS set - even if Greedo does shoot first and the quality is kind of grainy. I'm just finished shelling out money to Lucasfilm. I don't buy any of the other SW related merchandise - just the movies, and I'm just very much over it. As for subtitels - what would have saved the prequels (especially TPM) from it's awkward nature would have been subtitles. If Anakin had spoken a different language the entire film, TPM would have been so much better. If Jar-Jar and all of those guys had spoken another language - wow. Bliss. Actual bliss. I wish Lucas would tweak that aspect of his movies in the future - making them cringe-proof. Lucas could also learn a thing or two from Miyazaki. I spent 40 bucks on eBay for the 6-disc Ghibli set (which is a bootleg) and for 12 films, and the majority of Miyazaki's wonderful filmography - uncut and dub free - it was worth it. The bid price on eBay was actually 99 cents, but it was 40 bucks for shipping from Hong Kong - which was pretty high - but it evens out. I'm not a big anime fan at all, but Miyazaki is rockin' and Castle in the Sky had such a great, great energy to it that I wish Lucas could put into his films. A real sense of fun, suspense and, overall, wonder. Nuts to Indy and the OT, if fanboys could get around those there's a whole new world of great stuff and it's being made readily available to you - how is this not great news, people? So you don't give a fuck, so you're anti-subtitles - watch a Miyazaki film with it's original audio track and you'll suddenly give a fuck. Good times.

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  • Jan 14, 2003 11:36:26 PM CST

    started viewing a friend's bootleg of Conan, Boy of the Future

    by the killer-goat

    and all I can say is, Ghibli studios took alot more liberties back then to show gritter treatment towards children in that old series. It is so far turning out to be a favorite above Mononoke or Nausicaa for me. Then again, it helps to have an entire series to develop the story, and I often wish Miyazaki had taken the same opportunity with Nausicaa as a series. I would easily have settled for a step lower in animation quality for the sake of a fully realized, and truly moving story, as shown in the books.
    And godley, your generalization of "all anime" easily encompasses some recent Disney features, because you can't categorize Anime any more than you can say "Disney sucks because Rugrats and Tiny Toons were annoying as hell". Your statement also trashes a decade of Batman Animated series and films, btw, which owe quite some influence from Anime. Not to mention kicking just about any American cartoon from the 80's (gijoe, transformers, etc), many of which were (surprise!) animated in Japan. So I guess that leaves you with Rocky & Bullwinkle. Enjoy!

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  • Jan 15, 2003 1:42:22 AM CST

    For all who wonder...

    by ramen_ninja

    The Miyazaki films really are excellent pieces of cinema. To all those who think they must stink because they are anime, please see one before judging (after all do we judge all science fiction by films like Plan 9 from Outer Space? Of course not!) To appreciate all forms of cinema, animated and live, you must judge it by it's own merits, and not by the genre. If something sucks or excels, it must be on that film's own merits. Anything else is useless rhetoric.

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  • Jan 15, 2003 4:24:00 AM CST

    no subject

    by mtxx

    To the guy who said "AICN got scooped by Steve Bissette? Anyone else think that's kinda weird?". Sorry - they got scooped by ME who isn't Bissette, I'm just a regular comic book fan who happened to be reading Bissette's message board. I now realize that the "This is famous comic book artist Steve Bissette writing" intro could be read like it was Bisette himself scooping AICN and 'bragging' about his fame. It wasn't. I wrote that line at the beginning. And English is my second language. Sorry. And apologies to Bissette if I made him seem like an arrogant jerk spending his time surfing at AICN. He isn't.

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  • Jan 15, 2003 4:26:57 AM CST

    It WASN'T Bissette writing AICN. Sorry.

    by mtxx

    To the guy who said "AICN got scooped by Steve Bissette? Anyone else think that's kinda weird?". Sorry - they got scooped by ME who isn't Bissette, I'm just a regular comic book fan who happened to be reading Bissette's message board. I now realize that the "This is famous comic book artist Steve Bissette writing" intro could be read like it was Bisette himself scooping AICN and 'bragging' about his fame. It wasn't. I wrote that line at the beginning. And English is my second language. Sorry. And apologies to Bissette if I made him seem like an arrogant jerk spending his time surfing at AICN. He isn't.

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  • Jan 15, 2003 1:15:13 PM CST

    fettastic

    by docpazuzu

    That's it. Keep ranting. You're doing our work for us. Cretin.

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  • Jan 15, 2003 7:08:17 PM CST

    ah crap...

    by spiegeltrui

    I just lost my entire talkback because of some server error at AICN. Anyway... in short: A dubbed track on a dvd is like an entrance to the museum for people in a wheelchair. It's nice when you have a normal entrance and in addition an entrance for wheelchairs. It's ridiculous however to only let people with a wheelchair enter the museum.

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  • Jan 15, 2003 8:18:59 PM CST

    Hayao Miyazaki makes ART!

    by wild at heart

    Damn I get so pissed off at ignorant idiots who casually write off this guys REMARKABLE catalogue of work ( usually because they haven't seen them....and no surprise there ) as 'anime' or 'cartoons'. This is cinema, kids - cinematic in every sense of the word. Subtle, elegant, dynamic, complex, beautiful stuff. Any Miyazaki film release is nothing short of an event. I have a rare anticipation in seeing a new work from this man for the first time. I know I won't be ripped off or disappointed. I know I will be able to suspend my sense of cynicism and inherent disgust at Western movie-making 'formula'. I know I will be amazed, charmed and delighted. I will quite often be nothing less than awestruck. I could go on and on about why I love Miyazaki movies and why you should too. I first heard of this man's work because of my professional connections but have more and more grown to appreciate these films on their own terms, not merely as exercises in technique and aesthetics. I defy each and every one of you to sit through 'Totoro', or 'Kiki's Delivery Service', cynical, hipster adults that you are, and not be left feeling utterly charmed by them.If you think these films have no relevance to you just because they're 'cartoons' I can only say, simply, you're wrong. If you don't like ANY Miyazaki film then I really don't think you like film, period. I know that sounds bombastic but I don't know any plainer way to say it. Finally, I like subtitles because I am a purist and like to hear the actors deliver their performances with the right emotional range and inflections. I'm kept in the mood of the moment of a film whether its Japanese or Swahili, as intended by the director. Dubs always change that, and in my experience not for the better. And please, for fuck's sake, get over 'Star Wars'. I have no personal interest in ripping Lucas and his prequels to shreds ( for the record I think they're appalling garbage ), but Miyazaki is a superior storyteller in my book. Just give this tripe a rest for a change!

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  • Jan 15, 2003 9:05:42 PM CST

    Who Fucking Cares???

    by southside_2010

    I Don't! Nuff said...

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  • Jan 15, 2003 10:06:25 PM CST

    OK, I know I'm dumb for asking this, so please don't flame me...

    by moonwatcher

  • Jan 15, 2003 10:08:27 PM CST

    OK, I know I'm dumb, so please don't flame me...

    by moonwatcher

    But will someone please finally explain to me what a REGION COPY means? P.S. sorry about the extra post - hit the wrong button the first time.

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  • Jan 15, 2003 10:08:59 PM CST

    Again, one of those "best of the year" technicalities because it

    by cooldan989

    There are so many bigger pieces of DVD news we're all waiting for. Moriarty, you know what we want. Please don't make a triumphant bold announcment like that in red letters unless you know we all want it.

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  • Jan 16, 2003 1:51:39 AM CST

    uhh

    by meier

    anyone who wasnt a jackass WOULD want this. But it's in Mori's opinion the best news anyway, it doesnt matter if you agree with him or not

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  • Jan 16, 2003 10:23:19 AM CST

    This is Important because...

    by mskale

    Whether they are anime or not, it means that Disney is keeping their contract with Ghibli. I was expecting this though because the only reason they won out over Dreamworks for Spirited Away was that they promised to release the other movies on DVD as well. And if they didn't release the others soon then they would be violating the renegotiated contract, at least as far as I knew.

    As to the region 0 disks, I've watched the version of Nausicaa on that set and I was heavily disappointed. For one thing there was that symbol that covered part of the picture and the subtitling was terrible. Whole sections of the movie were left untouched, and this was during a very important scene to the movie plot-wise. There were also very weird grammatical errors in places. I can only imagine how much is left out or just wrong in the subtitling of Mononoke Hime.

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  • Jan 17, 2003 11:46:18 AM CST

    No, Stan Gable...but Grando CaRLissian was!

    by barrelrider

    Get the quotation right buddy. You're like that guy who writes bear and cheats instead of beer and cheets. If you're gonna misquote, at least have a reason. Don't be annoyed at me saying this to you. You're trying to be funny, but it's just not funny if you misquote. So there.

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