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A ROBOTECH movie is coming... with everyone's friendly neighborhood wall-crawler at the controls!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Yep, a ROBOTECH flick is finally moving and it looks like you're going to be seeing Tobey Maguire manning a giant robot on the big screen.
Warner Bros is doing the flick and Maguire is producing via his Maguire Entertainment banner. Craig Zahler is writing the script.
Nothing's set in stone yet, but Maguire seems to want to play the lead. I can't pretend to know much about ROBOTECH... I never got into it, but my good friend Kraken is a huge ROBOTECH nerd and says that Maguire is totally wrong for the lead... He totally Yoda'd it. "He's too old!"
What do you folks think?
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Sounds ok to me..
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Then hells yeah "evil emo spidey" is too old. Rick needs to be 17-20 and look it. At least that my thoughts. God Spiderman 3 sucked. I fucking hate anyone involved with it right now. Total suckage. Marvel IRON MAN better be good because you fucked up 2 of my summers in a row with your shit stain movies. X-3 and Spidey 3. If Iron Man sucks Im bitch slapping you. End of Tristeele's drunken rant. Bed Time now night night.
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Singing breaking out for no reason and an unnatural amount of conversations about 'love'. Sounds a lot like another Tobey Maguire movie that came out recently......
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More like Maguire Snoozefest.
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And yes again... HOLY SHIT!!!!
Casey Affleck for Rick and Brad Pitt for Roy! Let them reteam again.
Clooney as Global
But I could see Tobey as Rick. If you want to see some random casting click this http://tinyurl.com/3cxb7d but be warnerd it's just retarded fun.
I'm geeking out right now. Nothing compares to Macross!!! -
...hmm. Wonder why this got greenlit.
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I love that fuckin movie.
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But I would rather see him as Max Sterling. Casey Afleck would be a great Rick Hunter.
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I love robotech and it will rock, but if you want to see giant robots beating the crap out of each other, then why not battletech (Blood of Kerensky). There's a trilogy right there.
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DAMN YOU UNIVERSAL! YOU KNOW IT IN YOUR HEART TO BE THE RIGHT DECISION!
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But would he really play a guy with the last name that sounds like "fucker"?? I bet he would.
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Damnit, I wanted to make this one. It's only possible if it's a trilogy...to much story for the first gen.
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rick hunter was only young during the actual robotech series. since macross leaps several dozens of years, it's not inconceivable to see a plot where we see an older rick hunter aged appropriately for the robotech universe.
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I've been waiting all my life for a chance to tackle a Robotech movie. Guess they're going to screw it up before either of us get the chance. I just hope no one remembers Galaxy Express 999, cause that's my other dream movie adaptation.
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...but didn't get accepted. *rimshot*
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Fox will have them, WB will have them, Dreamworks HAD them.
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and thefutureoffilm is right. It's BIG story with multiple story lines and characters. I hope they don't bastardize this into a "Do You Remeber Love" travesty.
I wonder how they'll treat the singing? "Zoom zoom" hee hee. That's tricky. But as long as we see Min Mei's butt. -
First they fucked up my Transformers, then they announce they're going to fuck up my G.I. Joe -- now this. What. The. Fuck.
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So what do they need just a teenager OR a kid? (I don't know anything about Robotech, too)
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coz it might as well be.
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and it was called MACROSS PLUS.
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casey affleck for rick hunter is a stroke of genuis he's perfect but i can't help but to feel that Battlestar (an excellent show) has kinda stolen some of Robotechs fire. the same way that Heros has stolen watchmen's. they are both great shows and they have equalled there predecessors in quality.... but battlestar doesn't have Varitech fighter... ok let the production begin!
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You can break Robotech down to this formula:
Transformers + American Idol + In Space = BoxOfficeGold
Throw in a little "natural disaster" elements (Macross island teleported into space, SDF-1 crashing back to earth etc), fight against an invading alien (yet humanoid) enemy who doesn't understand our "culture" and is hell-bent on our destruction, and the love triangle to get the ladies in the seats.
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That's scary. I hope that wasn't the pitch. =)
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First they ruined Transformers now ROBOTECH.
Robotech is the essential cartoon epic,its more star wars then anything else and even to do 3 movies it just wont work.It NEEDS TO STAY MANGA AND NOT LIVE ACTION. -
No way did Harmony Gold cave on this, I want to know what story they are going to be telling because it won't be Macross.
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Giant Fucking Robots that look like robots! Not fucking alien insects. with 6,000 moving parts. Mecha, man, mecha's the way to go. Maguire knows hollywood, he could make this happen and turn what once was Macross into a cool 2.5 hour ROBOTECH movie. Experience, idealism, fanfare, and writing can make this happen! Go Toby! Age of characters is not a factor, it's about story, a story that could be told in 2.5 hours. Think about it. The situation is the story, and the characters matter. Age? Not a huge factor in a 2.5 hour movie. Young? Yes. Toby Maguire? Young enough? YES! Are any of you producing this movie or making this possible? No. Any arguement against has a poisoned well. Try, but fail, naysayers.
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Halle Berry for Claudia Grant
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They're making this and not a great series like Star Blazers? I want my wave motion gun.
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Just knew this would happen. After the success of Transformers, how could it not? Giant robots are the new must-have in movies. Much like monkeys...
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So obvious this has been greenlit on the back of Transformers success but who cares - if this is done properly it will be awesome. Tobey Maguire as Rick though? Not going to work. And twenty foot tall Zentradi?
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hmmm... aren't there copyright issues here (macross v. robotech)? if so, maybe they can't do the macross storyline at all. they'll just use a brand new story and characters and put in lots of different mecha. ripoff! aw hell.
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but they do need to go with the Rick Hunter saga, the other ones were pretty damn depresing.
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Sound cool to me !!
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Stage fright go away
this is my big day
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Give some of those great special/visual/computer effects and a good story...and I'm there.
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...about who's in the lead. Hell I don't even give a fuck who's gonna be in it at all actually. I just wanna know two things: How good is the script and who's directing. If those two elements don't fall into place then the movie will suck. Period. I'll hold off on any excitement until I know these things.
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never seems to work for me. Has anyone seen the live action version of "The Guyver"? I'm still trying to figure out how they got Mark Hamill into that one...
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will watch.
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Hamill into that one..." Uh, Hamill gotta eat?
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Cameron bought the rights to Mazinger/Tranzor years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVkueSuO-GU
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First Transformers now this.
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Seems like he's at least a little talented. You know, they could have gotten Justin Fucking Marks to write this, so be thankful! http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117945749.html?categoryid=2185&cs=1
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First Transformers now this.
If We're lucky. Transformers was exactly the movie it should have been. I hope the forces that be realize that Battletech should be taken more seriously. And give me my Marauders. Now.
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probably make a good Rick Hunter is Shia Lebeuof (or however you spell his damn rifledropping name)
If Tobey is such a big fan then he shouldn't want to shit on it by casting himself -
if i hear 'Shia Lebeuof', or any permutation thereof, on this F'ing site again my head exploding will be the big 911 followup attack everyone's been warning about.
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God damn people, Manga is for fucking morons. Pokemon anyone?
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"Here's to Bill Brasky!"
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Toby is Rick.
I think Macaulay Culkin would make a great Max with dyed hair.
Maybe they could get a pop Japanese singer for Minmae.
Brian Thompson for Bretai.
Brad Pitt would be a kickass Khyron with some discoloration in his cloned face.
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If the story is done right it will be 3 movies.
Spaceship lands on Earth and people freak out and start planning a planetary defense with spaceships and mecha because they know the aliens are big from the wreckage. I won't bore with the Rick storyline but it involves a threesome with two chicks so that's cool. The aliens attack and a big problem happens with one of Earth's ships. The aliens are only interested in the ship that got pimped out and want it back so they chase after it since it teleported to Pluto by accident. And action and more action as the Earth ship gets back to Earth.
Hopefully they don't condense the 3 wars into one. This could be the next LOTR if done right. -
I still prefer the blazing sword, but I look forward to both of these burying Bay's robomess.
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You know it`s Voltron.
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He says maybe the robots in this movie will look more like Transformers.
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Gimme 0083, skip the original. Then in 2 years when the Hollywood remake bug bites hard, you have a built in reboot called GUNDAM WING. As teh Dino would say, "Shoot it, print it, inna the can, baby!"
Oh yah, and Macross Plus was SO FUCKING GOOD. I need to watch that again. -
Halley Berry as Claudia (or Rosario Dawson?)
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Be careful what you wish for... here's a quote from AnimeNewsNetwork's article on this:
Due to a copyright dispute that has Studio Nue and Big West, the creators and sponsor of Macross, facing against Harmony Gold's partner Tatsunoko Production, elements from Macross, the most popular of the three series, have not been used in recent and planned Robotech works onscreen.
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Elijah Wood? Daniel Radcliff?
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Don't fuck with fans of Robotech. They will go out to your house and hang your ass.
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They should just take three random Japanese movies, mash them up together and call it "Robotech".
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The one where you have Commander Global fighting the Zentradi? (Christ I hope they leave out that irritating Lynn Minmei!) The second season where I could never figure out just what was supposed to be going on? Third season with the Invid invasion? Some Hollywood bastardization of all three seasons compressed into 2 hours?
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...'cause that's how they created the series, anyway!
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Good for Maguire and his production team. I would love to see a Robotech movie, done competently and with skill and energy.
Tobey should not be playing Rick because 1) his role is the entry point to both the Macross and Robotech universe, 2) his youth is what makes the Battle of Macross City so traumatic for him, 3) his youth is what makes him so nervous around Minmei, at first, and 4) his youth puts him around the same age as Minmei (18 vs. 14!). I do not want to see Maguire acting shy around some one who's supposed to be so young. They may up Minmei's age to 20s.
That casting not aside, Warner Bros. has the potential to make the next great sci-fi war movie. Robotech is serious stuff. Characters die, deaths in which both Transformers the Movie AND GIJoe the Movie responded to, killing off Optimus Prime and maiming Duke (who was supposed to die; more on that later). Families become refugees. An entire city gets lost in space. Robotech does not have to play off as campy as it did during the series.
Plus, Warner Bros. can get some serious international bank if tthey play their cards right. Greenscreen the shit out of the Robotech movie. Having Macross be a virtual city. Do it in 3-D! Save the production assets and team up with Tatsunoko Prod. and Studio Nue to make a live-action adaptation of MACROSS using a Japanese cast. If both ROBOTECH and MACROSS succeed, let the storylines diverge. It will make money.
By the way, please don't go gonzo with the transformations. It was hard as hell to tell what was happening during Transformers because there was visual point of reference for the transformations. They would jump and spin and then collide with something and my brain would become confused into thinking it was watching a giant ball of robotic lint. Shit, use stop-motion if you have to, and just fil in a few frames with CGI. Combine the two into one seamless image. Fool your audience into thinking these robots are real by actually using real photography, real miniatures of Macross City (combined with CGI in the right places), and real transforming models of Veritech planes enhanced with CGI (only the cockpit is CGI, for one out of 24 frames, etc.).
If it sounds like I wanted to do the Robotech movie, well, there's a reason. Too bad I didn't get into the business. I just want Warner Bros., and by extension, Maguire, to make the best film possible. Battlestar Galactica should be a concern (it's basically the Robotech story with a genocide instead of an accidental jump). Adama IS Gloval, so avoid similarities in the adaptation. And please cast the movie right. A Robotech movie with Maguire as Rick Hunter COULD work, but you lose a lot in that translation. The character's journey is harder to buy into visually when this young kid becomes a killer/soldier. The youth audience, which WB and other studios crave so much, becomes less attached because they aren't seeing themselves on screen. (But a 20-30 yr. old may get a kick out of Tobey kicking giant alien ass)
Good luck, and btw TBackers, it ain't enough to say something will suck and that's it. Sure is fun, though. -
Lucky, mildly talented actor, gets a good role, does a horrible job. Movie does well. Continues to be cast in sequels. Makes millions upon millions of dollars due to success of lucky role. Gets other big roles due to lucky role. Gets to have his own production company. Maguire Entertainment, now there's an oxymoron. Let's, if you will, imagine what it would be like if Maguire was never spiderman. First off, the Spiderman movies would be a touch better. Maguire might have a bit role on some ongoing TV drama, and would be grateful for it. The Spiderman movies would be even MORE successful. We wouldnt have to put up with maguire's mug in any big movies such as the upcoming Robotech. It would be a better world.
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C'mon! robotech is just a mindless mess of three different series together
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yeah showing my dweeby wargames past but teh battletech storylines were awesome, robotech always seemed a bit silly by comparisson
dunno why im bothered though, itll be just like transformers 30% robots and 70% teen angst - pointless hollywood crap that appeals to the broadest possible audience so that warners can garuantee a return on their $$$$$ investment -
that guy from Hairspray and High School Musical. I think he'd be perfect.
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Will they dye her hair anime colors?
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Don't even THINK about it.
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It could be done! They could make it Blade runnerish, with Robert Rodriguez or Zack Snyder or some other cool-guy director. It seems like Transformers paved the way for giant robot movies like evangellion or robotech, and thats great and all, but a bebop film could kick just as much ass.
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Could someone maybe talk to him about helping Weta out with the funding needed for the Evangelion movie? Cause that would be all kinds of awesome. Thanks.
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but he'll do an anime film? Jackass. He should be licking all of our taints for diggin' the Spidey movies, otherwise he'd just be doing dramas with Kevin Kline that wouldn't gross more than $22 million.
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BUT, I'm hoping we don't get someone like that girl who plays Tracy with the deviated septum from "Hannah Montana" to play Minmei...that's also very annoying to listen to... Anyway, I have a feeling we're going to have a golden age of Hollywood making live-action anime movies...if only they bring out the "Sailor Moon" movie and NOT set it in Los Angeles...crap, the dub acknowledged they were in Tokyo...and no Geena Davis as Queen Beryl. Just...no. (Ironically, Kirsten was supposed to be Serena/Sailor Moon, but she's going to stick to trying to produce the movie.)
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Imagine those amazing battles! This is going to be amazing!
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If you think Tobey's too old, I'm still going to throw my vote in for Jake Gyllenhal as Shinji Ikari in "Neon Genesis Evangelion". I couldn't care that he's supposed to be 14, but he has that emo teenager dealing with dark forces thing down to a tee.
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That could be one highly stylized film and bend genres too. That would be cool.
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as exedor, or if he gains some weight he could be the fat guy who dies. He certainly isn't Rick Hunter. I'd much prefer they wait till technology gets to the point where they could do a long TV series, than a movie.
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GIGGLES LIKE LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL*** OMG!!!
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for other roles--seabiscuit, wonder boys, he's fine--keep him out of action/sci-fi flicks.
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in Spiderman, it's funny that he would want to return to another geek property. I like McGuire and all but I'm wondering what his motivation is for this. I would imagine he would want to do more stuff along the lines of Wonder Boys instead of more geek centric material, especially since he showed such disdain for this kind of stuff previously.
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Sep 07, 2007 9:23:45 AM CDT
the show is as unwatchable as any of the 80s toons
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but at its core is a really great epic story. if done well, this could be really great. i STILL dream of owning a cyclone bike.
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Robotech movie? Yes! Live action Robotech movie? YES! Tobey Maguire? NOOOO!!!! I'm sorry, but he's not right for this movie.
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Me thinks.
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I agree with the previous poster re: BSG. The show is similar in premise -- displaced survivors fleeing from enemies in the far reaches of space -- and is VERY well executed on just about every level. It's a testament to the quality of that show that a ROBOTECH movie would have to be at least as well-done to be worth my money.
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Dennis is Roy, 100%.There is no other man for that role, don't even try to argue with me or offer up another actor's name, because YOU WILL BE WRONG. Just like anybody who says any other actor besides Edward James "Gaff" Olmos should be Captain Gloval will be wrong. P.S - I'm still marking out for the dude who said HOMOTECH.
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At this point, I'm just happy to see some giant-robot crunching action in Hollywood blockbuster form. Don't care if it's ROBOTECH, VOLTRON or even a fucking remake of ROBOT JOX, kids need their mech-mashings.
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i couldnt tell their asses from their heads in that worthless movie
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It's about time. I'm surprised Maguire is behind it though.
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Just because she has a nice ass. ^_^
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Before some exec stumbles upon AKIRA. "TETSUO!" "KANEDA!"
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... a lion, it's HUGE!!!
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"To be in love, is the sweetest thing a girl could know."
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Seriously, Mech Warrior would be a much grittier and awesome film. Someday...someday.
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There's a lot of argument about their canonicity, but DAY-UM they were some great sci-fi books. Few writers (in this case Brian Daley and James Luceno under a pseudonym) are able to adapt existing material and flesh it out as they did.
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How do you look at a script, see the lines *parker is wearing eyeliner, and has pushed his hair down (now darker black). He should look emo and cringe often, while talking in a super gay voice. As he enters the bar he immediately does a chip-n-dales dance in front of Mary Jane for 15-20 minutes.* Oh right, he can live with himself because he walked 20 million dollars plus a backend cut ALL THE WAY TO THE FUCKING BANK! I hate you Tobey Maguire.
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But they're busy with DragonBall Z at the moment...
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most badass giant fucking robots EVER!!!
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This is what i was waiting for! For some of you it was the SW prequels, for others it was Spider-Man, but for me this is the project i've been wanting to see on the big screen my whole life. The Macross Saga is an excelent story and I think Tobey can really pull of Rick Hunter. He IS a little bit old thou. In my opinion they should focus on Rick's story throughout the entire franchise and don't use the second and third chapters of Robotech, wich wheren't even related to Macross in the original version. They have free reign to take liberties since Robotech was alredy an amercan adaptation of SDF Macross, Southern Cross, and that other anime wich name i can't recall.
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A Cowboy Bebop movie is a good idea! Robotech and Bebop are the only anime that I have enjoyed. All kinds of directors could do Robotech, but Bebop? Bebop needs careful hands, then again, it's not even benig made.
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God, what an amazing show, so much drama, and the actual killing of major characters in a weekday morning cartoon! And did I mention the toys kicked fucking ass??
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Huge fan of Robotech/Macross. I agree with others who think Tobey should be Max Sterling, not Rick Hunter (Hikaru). Sterling is a modest ass kicker, which fits Spider-man fine. Maybe get the Frodo actor to play Hikaru? After all, Frodo goes through the same transformation as Rick. Starts off a naive and innocent youngster, ends his journey carrying the weight of the world on his shoulder as he leads Skull Squadron into battle... after the holocaust of the human race.
Dennis Leary as Roy Fokker works appearance wise, but Leary's got too much of that "I'm an asshole" schtick attached to him. Fokker wasn't an asshole. He liked pineapple salad and war wasn't a game to him.
Think about it. If Dennis Leary got shot up in a dogfight, he'd be crying like hell, swearing at everyone around him. He wouldn't play the guitar and die nobly. lol.
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Finally, awesome, it better not suck!
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I fucking loved that show as a kid. If I remember correctly it even had an actual ending, unlike Pirates of Darkwater. Screw the eighties, the early nineties are where it's at. Although, the second half of that decade sucked big time.
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If it's robotech then they have to introduce the robotech masters and invid stuff. If Macross, a whole different time line will be introduced alla Macross 2 and Macross Plus.
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If not for Rick Hunter maybe Max Sterling.
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I'm thinkin Lisa Hayes could be played by Helen Hunt. Jennifer Aniston has the Lisa Hayes "look" but I don't know if she really fits the role as much as Helen Hunt would.
I'd be surprised if the character of Min-mei didn't get a lot of changes, though. She's pretty much an airhead, with Hikaru giving her a good slap to the face in the Macross movie. And Hikaru dumps her for Lisa as he grows into adulthood. I'd be surprised if they kept this aspect fairly intact. It's rare a love story has the guy dumping his first love for a more mature and older woman. -
Dude, do you know the history of Robotech? The creators of Robotech took three completely unrelated anime shows, slapped them together, made up complete nonsense about how they connected with each other, and called it Robotech.
For example "Dana Sterling" of Robotech is NOT the daughter of Max Sterling. There are no Robotech Masters. None of that crap made any sense because they had no connection to each other.
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I don't mind Maguire, but his voice doesn't exactly inspire "authority." Still, I'm looking forward to the scene where Rick Hunter (boldy played by Maguire) walks into a bar after crashing his robot jet, drinks a lot, then starts playing the piano and dancing on the bar top - instantly earning the respect of all his fellow robot jockeys! Now whomever doesn't shed a tear of inspiration at that scene has a very cold heart.
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Thats why Shadow Chronicles had NO original Macross elements in it either!
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This means there's even less of a chance of Toby helping to fuck up another Spider-Man movie.
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Shadow Chronicles (which I haven't seen) is just a show for a niche audience. Robotech, the Hollywood movie, is aimed to make hundreds of millions of dollars. I'm sure some coin can be tossed around to pay for lawyers and what not.
... Also, to add to what someone else said, this movie can be Transformers + American Idol, but don't forget Top Gun. Top Gun, last I heard, was the most rented movie in US history. It's too bad Tom Cruise isn't a young whippersnapper anymore. His Born on the Fourth of July character is pretty Hikaru-ish.
Man, I gotta be in this movie. Tobey Maguire, if you're reading this, hire me to be an extra! I want to get killed and say "UWAGGHH!" as my cockpit explodes around me. I've already been a Japanese fighter pilot extra in Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor. So I've got experience, dammit!! -
Leary as Fokker? Yah, if Fokker was a half-wit smartass potty mouth!
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Of beating humanity into the ground, to the point of near extinction, I can't wait. Because a movie based on the first series where earth ends up getting bombarded into looking like the moon by 1 million alien ships would kick seven kinds of ass.
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But that dude has the Rick Hunter anime look complete with the moppy hair.
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Yeah, I hope they recreate the scene where that little girl is talking to the soldier before they're both obliterated by the planet killing attack. Soldier: "How old are you?" Girl: "Seven." BOOOOOOM!
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The days of butchering shit for localizations is over. I love Robotech as a kid as much as anyone, but then I watched Macross as it was meant to be seen and Robotech doesn't compare. Plus, this is more like remaking Do You Remember Love than anything else.
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Could mean two different things whether it's Macross or Robotech.
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This came out of no where. Fuck yeah, I want me a Robotech movie. I never caught on to Transformers as a kid, it was all about Robotech.
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Every time she performs, a giant robot crashes through the ceiling and starts shooting up the place. Why would anyone go see her live?
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oh yeah...
But doesn't this defeat the entire purpose of anime?
Oh, and Rik Hunter was an ass at the beginning. I think Zac looks like him. But I dunno maybe I'm wrong. But for the love of god, don't put Jennifer Aniston in there. Give it to Alysson Hannigan. -
Sammy: Commander Global!
Cap Global: Yes! What is it Sammy!?
Sammy: No smoking on the bridge.
Cap Global: Er um of course, I wasn't smoking I was merely holding it.
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Can you really butcher a series that butchered THREE series in the first place? Just do a Hollywood version of Macross: Do You Remember Love. We all know there'll be enough butchering for that one alone.
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Just like they made a "Transformers" movie that has nothing to do with the original toy commercials (which itself was lifted from Japanese toys), they'd want to make a "Robotech" movie just to milk the nostalgia. But I think all those in the US who actually remember what Robotech was, are all smart (and old) enough to understand it was just 3 different shows (And for everyone else outside of US, it WAS just 3 different shows). Just make Macross.
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Casey Affleck is also too old for Rick. I think they would need to cast a new actor. I can see justin chatwin as Max, though.
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And yes, now that I'm older trying to watch it is...difficult. but I still love the bizarre combine that was created.
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During the opening scene of Transformers, I turned to my friend and said, "I need to see a Robotech movie soon!" Now I read this. I don't entirely understand what it means though. What Robotech will they do and what part is Tobey supposed to play?
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is the reason this movie will be fantastic. THE BRIGANDS OF RATTLEBORGE is the greatest western Hollywood hasn't found the balls to make. The guy doesn't do cutesy. This thing's going to make us all forget about TRANSFORMERS. Mark my words.
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During the opening scene of Transformers, I turned to my friend and said, "I need to see a Robotech movie soon!" Now I read this. I don't entirely understand what it means though. What Robotech will they do and what part is Tobey supposed to play?
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Tobey can "play young" I don't think that's a problem. I just don't see him as the Rick Hunter type, but that's just me..
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Kyron – Paul Bettany or Ben Foster from Alpha Dog!
Rick hunter - Anton Yelchin
Claudia Grant - Naomie Harris
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Unless your heart is really set on playing Rick, this is what I would do (and I know how much that counts).
Director: Peter Jackson or Bryan Singer
Writers: The two guys who work with Bryan Singer or Joss.
Cast:
Rick Hunter-Michael Cera (by the time this gets made he'll look old enough it won't be creepy to be with Jenna Fischer.)
Lisa Hayes- Jenna Fischer
Lyn MinMei-Summer Glau
Captain Gloval-Edward James Olmos
Claudia Grant- Gina Torres
Roy Fokker-Nathan Fillion
Max Sterling-Milo Ventimiglia
Myra-Christina Hendricks
Bretai-Clancy Brown
Exedor-Ben Kingsley
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He's got the hair thing going. Matt Damon as Roy Fokker. Vince Vaughn as Ben Dixon. Hugh Jackman as Capt. Gloval. Katee Sackoff as Lisa Hayes. Christian Bale as Khyron.
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Owen Wilson. He would be perfect as Roy.
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I just can't stand them gol' darn accent.
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Rock. Now I have to go lay down for a bit.
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Based off all the suggestions I've seen here there is an embarrassment of riches to choose from when casting Rick so I'm not too worried. Devon Aoki for Minmei, Roger Rees as Exedore and I'm not sure who could be super foxy Miriya. Rose Byrne in a green wig maybe. Hmmm...
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Based off all the suggestions I've seen here there is an embarrassment of riches to choose from when casting Rick so I'm not too worried. Devon Aoki for Minmei, Roger Rees as Exedore and I'm not sure who could be super foxy Miriya. Rose Byrne in a green wig maybe. Hmmm...
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Presumably if they're making Robotech they're aiming at the first "season," which would all be the same show. Obviously since the other shows were weaved into it by making big generational jumps there wouldn't be much interest in using them for one movie. Anyways, Robotech actually has a really great premise, I don't much care how faithful the characters/designs/stories are (well maybe I care a lil about the designs), a movie adapted from that premise could be pretty kick ass.
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That was the only one I ever loved.
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Watch the cartoon,he wants it up
the dark alley so bad!
That would suit Maguire down to a T!
Top gun in space1
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I wonder... is Minmei gonna be asian? Prolly not... unless they're able to split rocks in half with spinning scissor kicks then Hollywood execs aren't interested in asian actresses.Wanna bet they'll cast someone like Christina Ricci to match Maguire's age. Sigh... once you play an anime character the rest of your career is decided.
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nder...
Freddy PRince Jr as Rick, Geller as Minmay, Illard as Fokker. Kill me.
But now they just need to talk the Wachowski siblings into directing, that'd be about perfect. -
but my hope in the translation is that it wouldn't lose its anti-war message. That show was at least in my opinion, was vehemently anti war. Yes it was filled with nothing but human vs alien war but that was to show the bad side of war.
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You are both wrong.
replace Tommy Gavin's fireman suit with a sweet flair-collared flightsuit and you basically have Roy Fokker. Roy would've cussed and humped alot more if he wasn't in a cartoon. He clearly had the kid gloves on...clearly.
and Ikaruga...Helen Hunt as Lisa Hayes? She could play Lisa Hayes' grandmother or Great Aunt maybe. Maybe the "Hunter" in Rick's last name stands for "GILF Hunter"? Have you even seen her this decade?
I'll show you how to cast a movie....
Jared Leto as Max Sterling.
BAM!
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for bringing the inevitable Giant Robot Action Movie craze, and all yr fave Giant Robot classics... next up? NEON GENESIS EVANGELION please, or, at the very least, a GUNDAM iteration. BRING IT!
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bring it all... BRING! IT! ALL!!!
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Who would dare? Fincher? Ridley Scott? The reanimated corpse of Stanley Kubrick? Thats it, my nomination -- Zombie Stanley Kubrick.
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between the three seperate shows and make them one. Robotech Masters wasn't that great, but it could still be a great live-action story. Next Generation is even better, and I always liked Scott's constant talk about Commander Hunter. I'd much rather this be a TV show that casts actors rather than names, and I would like it to run throught he same three stores that Robotech did. I have no loyalty to Macross, and certainly don't need to see a live action remake of a Macross movie.
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Sure it was 3 different series smashed together but the story line held up. A Macross movie would be cool but my preference would be for an Invid Invasion movie. The mecha was cooler and Tobey would be much better suited to play Scott Benard than Rick Hunter.
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As of now, the Hollywood machine is busy crushing my dreams of writing/directing a movie adaptation of Macross/Robotech. The only other anime I am dying to adapt is Galaxy Express 999. It is not nearly as well known to the mainstream public as Voltron or Robotech, BUT if you keep putting the title in your headlines, someone might see it and get the ball rolling without me. They will inevitably fuck it up. That's what these people do. So please, just keep quiet and give me another 10 to 15 years to get it done right. Please? (Sorry, it's going to take so long, but I have to move up another notch or two on the tinsel town totem pole before I can get it done.)
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Oh yeah and I don't know any modern actor who could play Rick or Hikaru or whichever series they're gonna do this from.
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OH MY GODDDDDDD CHRIST.
I HAVE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THIS SINCE I WAS 11. I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT THIS GLORIOUS DAY WOULD COME. -
Why not have Minmei played by Joan Collins and dub in Edith Piaf for the singing?
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How can you tell? All those spikey-blue-haired fuckers look the same to me
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...it was called G Savior. And it sucked.
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I want to make Evangelion myself... there's still a chance! :P I also wanted to make Robotech.... well rather I want to make a Macross movie of my own that's unique and fits in with the anime chronology pleasing both fans and new audiences. I even had a cool working title for it... 'Macross Millenium'! Like it? No...? Well it was just an initial idea... But chronologically it would take place before the events of Macross Plus... there'd be a Sharon Apple concert segment and everything!
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Sorry...
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and I'm there.
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But Minmei was Chinese, not Japanese.
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I know purists cringe, but the thing about this whole mash-up is that its actually very well done, keeping the basics of each completely seperate show intact, while being its own creation completely. Its kind of amazing that Harmony Gold was able to pull it off. Its easily the best of the 80s cartoons, and although it altered the story, I think it deserves respect for being an excellent sci-fi / action / human drama / robot story.
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I know its all tied up in ludicrous rights battles, but it needs to happen. I have the recentish japanese dvd release (picked up while I was living in Japan), and its great. Just include a well-done sub/dub in the package, region 1 it, and watch the cash dollars roll in!
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Not based on that US watered down shitfest known as BOTP either. I heard takeshi miike is working on a live action version and that was it.Anyway IGN's casting suggestions are fucking lame..except for that seth guy from knocked up as the obnoxious pilot Ben.Tobey as Rick? anything is possible just look at who's playing the part of Tony stark..
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...although it's CGI.
Minmay is actually supposed to be half Chinese, half Japanese, so Utada Hikaru could play her. Utada can also sing and speak English and is already an idol in Japan. -
I can deal with Maguire as Rick, but I'd like to see who else auditions for the role. To me, director is everything, so that said, here's my short list of cast and crew:
Director: Joss Whedon (Serenity)
Rick: Toby Maguire (for now)
Roy: Nathan Fillion (Serenity)
Lisa: Scarlet Johansen (The Island)
Max: Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes)
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I think Jake would make a better Rick Hunter than Toby.
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Chan-wook Park (Oldboy) would make an excellent director for Cowboy Bebop.
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The Beef for Rick Hunter
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Please.
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Gimmie Capt. Mal Reynolds with blond highlights for Roy Falker!!!
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Now, does anyone know if or how Harmony Gold actually signed off on this? They've been behaving very much like a company that doesn't want anyone looking too close to their claims of ownership of Macross. I find it hard to believe this is all a deal between WB and Harmony Gold.
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Unless Harmony Gold agreed to a continuation of Robotech that will feature only the mecha and characters they truly to have the rights to. Maybe this won't have much to do with Macross.
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Just but a team of hollywood lawyers on the case, Tobey. I want to follow Rick's story from young naive pilot to soldier and leader. By the way, I love the idea of Scarlet Johanson for Lisa. Tobey can play Rick if they are planning to show an adult rick in sombe part of the movie (o sequel) while making Tobey look jounger at the begining of the movie.
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Just remember guys, she has to be the old lady that Rick falls for, not some 20something flavour of the month. She needs to be in the MILF catagory. My pick is Laura Linney as she has the acting depth, commanding voice and the body to boot. Also this thing HAS to be a trilogy or MORE!
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I LOVE Laura Linney (and MILFs in feneral ;), but Lisa doesn't need to be a MILF. She was a young woman who became bitter and serius after tragic events like the dead of his boyfriend. If they play her as a smart, mature and strong womas, someone like Scarlet Johanson or Julia Stiles can be great for the role. Imagine Tobey with Laura Linney, she's to old for him, it doesn't work. And if Tobey steps aside and casts someones else as Rick, it would be someone even jounger.
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...made in 2005 called Tetsujin 28.
The Lisa/Misa character was only 19 in the first episode of Macross. Not a MILF, guys. -
Yes, he's still alive, and even younger than connery: 75.
Anyone seconds me?
By the way, search on this site really sucks... just today I've found this post, and keeps refering older, unsorted ones... a simple 'order by desc' should fix it! -
My brother and I debated over some of the cast. Here they are:
Rick Hunter - Tobey Maguire or Zac Efron
Roy Fokker - Dennis Leary, Chris Evans or Justin Hartley
Max Sterling - Jared Leto
Ben Dixon - Seth Rogen
Captain Gloval - Edward James Olmos or Clint Eastwood
Lisa Hayes - Leelee Sobieski, Evangeline Lilly or Holly Marie Combs
Lynn Minmei - Kristin Kreuk
Claudia Grant - Jada Pinkett Smith
Miriya Purina - Maggie Q
Exedore - Giovanni Ribisi
Britai - Clive Owen or Eric Bana
Khyron - Joaquin Phoenix
Dolza - Michael Chiklis
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Ok...here's a few things. First, what movie ever takes after the story line of a tv show? They always change stuff up or make it "pretty". So don't expect the story line to be the same, you'll be disappointed, I prefer they don't keep it the same. Make something a bit new, since it can't take place in 2009 :-P. Now as for casting, they'll go with major money makers just to get people in that have never heard of robotech, or super space fortress macross. So expect Tom Cruise to go in as Roy Fokker (c'mon he was in top gun we all know he wants back in the pilot seat). Shaia Lebough or Zac Efron will be in there. I think Tobey got mashed from his past couple movies. I'd throw in Megan Fox as a prospect only cause they need a hot chick, and if you want a minmay in there...remember she was 14 or 15 in the original cartoon, so it might be creepy having your main character (who will probably be in his 30's) making out with the 15 y/o chick. You also need to remember that Macross 2 the movie was taking place during an alternate universe/timeline so they have another out for the whole movie deal. Ok I'm done
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