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Turner Classics' Miyazaki Thursdays Begin Tonight!!
I am – Hercules!!
What’s that? You say NBC’s fresh new episodes of “Will & Grace” and “Four Kings” hold little appeal for ya?
Well, have a gander at this little slice of heaven: Turner Classic Movies is colorcasting nine features directed by Hayao Miyazaki over the next four Thursdays.
They’re running commercial-free, but I don’t know yet if TCM is cutting out the dirty parts.
The rundown:
Jan. 5
Spirited Away (2001) 8 p.m.
Princess Mononoke (1997) 10:15 p.m.
Jan. 12
Nausicaa of the Valley (1984)) 8 p.m.
Castle in the Sky (1986) 10 p.m.
Jan. 19
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 8 p.m.
Porco Rosso (1992) 9:30 p.m.
Whisper of the Heart (1995) 11:15 p.m
Jan. 26
Only Yesterday (1991) 8 p.m.
Pom Poko (1994) 10:15 p.m.
Read more of these masterworks here. (Thanks to Robogeek for the heads up!)
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Thanks for telling us. That's awesome. And the first night, I've seen both of them, but it will be awesome to see them together (if I can). The following Thursdays, I'll have to plan though since it will eventually conflict with my "Smallville" - and new eppies return in one week. *sigh*, I can't wait for the Eppy 11. But anyway, on-topic - yay for Turner Classics' presentation! Miyazaki is a master.
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if you're gonna make up words, herc, at least do what Variety does and make them distinctive: e.g. "Turner Classic Movies is splarg-fasting nine fnarks mifted by Hayao Miyazaki over the next four Churmsdays". see? whacky!
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it will be a bigger hit than Second-Chance-Scorcese.
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I agree - AICN readers HATE Variety-speak! What made you think it was a good idea to start writing that way? Colorcast?? Were you worried that we might think they would show them in B&W? Idiotic.
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Hell, the Meriam Cooper doc last month was the bomb. Now this! I hope AMC chokes to death on it's own scat. TCM, and to a lesser degree FMC are the most TiVo'ed channels in my house. Got to go set the Season Pass to Miyazaki!
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TCM is great for not fucking with the movies it shows. They should be whole and uncut (heh-heh...I said "hole and uncut" heh-heh)
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That will always be my favorite Miyazaki film. It carried such an emotional weight and I'm not afraid to admit that it was the only cartoon that made me cry like a little girly-man.
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It's a Ghibli film, but Miyazaki isn't the director.
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Whisper and Yesterdays were not directed by Miyazaki, so these would actually be "Ghibli Thursdays". Not that it matters--it's all great stuff.
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This has got to be the best news I've heard in a while.
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Too bad AMC gave up on this format years ago.
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Rock on. This was the first anime I ever saw that was over 30 minutes longs. Does anyone know if they will be subbed or dubbed?
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Did I just play my geek card?
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FYI, the showtimes listed are for the Disney English-dubbed versions of the films, though every film will be rebroadcast late night in Japanese w. English subtitles. And all films are being shown letterboxed! (More info at robogeek.com.)
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Actually, all the films being shown were written, directed and/or produced by Miyazaki, so they are very much Miyazaki films. "Whisper of the Heart" is particularly significant for having been written, storyboarded and produced by Miyazaki, and directed by his late protege (and intended successor) Yoshikushi Kondo, who was the animation director on "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Princess Mononoke". (It's also the first Ghibli film to use any CG.)
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Now this. This is must see TV.
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Are they going to fuck them all up by showing the dubbed versions?
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Despite conflicting information flying around, it looks like the second showing of each film will be the subtitled version.
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I know there are a lot of "purists" out there to whom that statement seems heretical, but they're really not. Certainly not to the extent that I'd call them "fucked up."
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Not all of these films are genuine classics - Pom Poko leaves something to be desired, as does Porco Rosso - but even lesser Miyazaki is better than most of Disney's or Dreamworks' recent batches of animated excrement. Let's see more quality classic animation on TCM--and let's see if we can have nights just for foreign classics.
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Since his films are animated before dialogue is recorded, you might say that they're all dubbed either way, Japanese or English. The only real difference is the translation. They're mostly visual films, so I'd rather be able to devote all my eye-time to watching and not reading. Spirited Away, for example, is MUCH more enjoyable without having to read along.
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You will bring me TP! For I have no bunghole!
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What exactly are you referring to here? I don't recall anything dirty in a Miyazaki film.
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i think they're referring to the sex scene in the unrated version mononoke-hime when a naked princess mononoke repeatedly slaps ashitaka, shouting "what's my name, bitch?"
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But hell, I got into anime way back in the day where, well lets face it, the english dubs always sucked. Period, end of conversation there. There was a time I would only accept sub-titled anime. However it seems in the past few years not only did english dubbing get alot better, but now alot of titles and series are being re-dubbed along with 5.1 sound and cleaned up cells. Mononoke was the first one I can remember where I've seen it alot of times and never watched it in Japanese. However its true Miyazaki animates them first then adds dialog so that doesn;t really take anything away from the original work. I do remember an uproar of the re-dubbing of Akira in which people wanted the old english dubs which were pretty sucky-sucky. And as much as I love GITS:Innocence, I can't wait for an english dubbed version so I can keep my eyes on the action, and not the dialog. Also i can't belive TCM took out the tentical rape scene out of Mononoke. lol
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Although I have them on dvd, it's been a while since I've seen them. Catching them on tv last night was a real treat. Kudos to TCM.
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Too bad I can't see it here, but it's nice to know that there is still some Quality Network TV out there.
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