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Aronofsky secures LONE WOLF & CUB rights!

Yeah but... by jesuschrist	May 23rd, 2003 10:49:40 AM
If they take the story out of feudal Japan, isn't it just another story LIKE Lone Wolf and Cub? I mean it's not that particular story anymore. What I love is THAT world. I will never get to see that particular time period with my own eyes. That's what the movies let me do. I get to see a world that doesn't exist anymore. I can look out the window and see today's world. I just think it will be a shame to update it, that's all.
Darren Aronofsky is the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet an by oceansized	May 23rd, 2003 11:00:35 AM
Just thought I'd get that nonsense out of the way.
Loan Goat and Kid is pretty good, too by eraser_x	May 23rd, 2003 11:03:15 AM
The Road to Hell!
Samurai Jack by EmersonCool	May 23rd, 2003 11:17:05 AM
Did anyone catch the Samurai Jack episode with the Ogami/Daigoro cameo? Very cool. Who the heck is "Sugito"?
Why not just remake A'Clockwork Orange while your at it Darren by ckla360	May 23rd, 2003 11:18:13 AM
Or Touch of Evil; or Night of the Hunter; or Taxi Driver? I'm sure you can thing up some more titles Darren, as you pave your way ass first down the road of Mediocrity.
Isn't this Baby Cart? Is that what harry was on about but didn't by silentbobafett2	May 23rd, 2003 11:23:20 AM

But why? by Heleno	May 23rd, 2003 11:36:08 AM
If there's a good original, and a good recent reworking, why bother with another version? I don't get it. And I totally agree, President Evil, on his track record - nothing to get excited about here. As for Dark Knight Returns, I for one don't expect to see it any time soon - Watchmen is far more likely, and that's on the far side of never gonna happen.
"Lone Wolf" and "Babycart" are one and the same. by Human Tornado	May 23rd, 2003 11:55:42 AM
So is "Shogun Assassin". There's a single part movie also, produced in the 90
"contemporize" this by ChaseSequence	May 23rd, 2003 12:13:48 PM
Hopefully they mean "contemporize" as more of a stylistic thing ... but I doubt it. By the way, Requiem for a Dream was hypnotic -- and so damn disturbing that I will never watch it again (kind of like the ear-cutting scene in Reservoir Dogs but stretched out for two hours). Pi was a ludicrous, poorly acted, benignly pretentious piece of pseudointellectual fluff -- it was as believable as Electric Dreams (or whatever that "earthquake-proof brick" piece of shit was). It was an OKAY movie. It was not great by any stretch of the imagination.
Road to Perdition based on american novel by elguapo78	May 23rd, 2003 12:20:22 PM
I don't know much about graphic novels but I have seen the graphic novel created here in the states called road to perdition. I even saw a show about the transfer from that graphic novel to the movie. I don't know what harry is on, but I do believe that he is not right.
El Guapo - you can reed by greenscarob	May 23rd, 2003 12:46:45 PM
"However, I'd say most Americans are most familiar with LONE WOLF & CUB through the Sam Mendes directed adaptation of Max Allan Collins' gangster version of Kazuo Koike's original Samurai epic with ROAD TO PERDITION. " Dude, what more could Harry have said to explain it - the grpahic you refer to was a contemporized version of LONE WOLF AND CUB. And it was fine.
Hey Harry, replace those crappy R3s with Animeigo's new R1s: by Nocturnaloner	May 23rd, 2003 12:48:09 PM
Sword of Vengeance and Baby Cart at the River Styx are out right now, with the others to follow: http://www.animeigo.com/samura i/lwc.t
aronofsky's meifumado by duanejones	May 23rd, 2003 01:04:27 PM
good as the film series is, it can't possibly match the original manga -- let's not leave goseki kojima's contribution's unnoticed. frank miller's _ronin_ is basically kojima meets moebius. and, as to this contemporizing kick -- how can they? so much of itto's traveling the path of demons was the complex social order and bushi honor that pervaded edo-era japan. otherwise, it IS _cop and a half_. also, what is up with the _requiem_ = garbage booshit? it's as accomplished as it is deeply felt. back off on darren, at least until this misguided effort sees th light of day. memo to d.a. -- you'll save yourself alot of trouble and bad reviews if you take these rights you've secured and make an animated series out of _lone wolf_.
No sir. . .I don't like it. by BigPoppi	May 23rd, 2003 01:48:29 PM
Why? Just leave it alone. AnimEigo released a great set on video and LD. No reason for us to go and screw it up.
breaker by ChickenGeorgeVII	May 23rd, 2003 02:24:16 PM
Contemporary? How
CAN'T THOSE STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS LEAVE ANYTHING ALONE? by Charlie & Tex	May 23rd, 2003 02:49:32 PM
RECENTLY, THE US MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SO BEEN SO DEVOID OF ORIGINAL IDEAS THAT THEY SEE FIT TO REMAKE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR GRUBBY LITTLE HANDS ON, RAPE THE THING, FUCK IT UP ENTIRELY, RAM IT DOWN PEOPLE'S THROATS AND FOREVER SULLY THE REPUTATION THAT THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL HAD. BOLLOCKS TO YOU, YOU CORPORATE SCUMBAGS.
Officially gone from "cool and up and coming" to... by devilvet	May 23rd, 2003 02:52:16 PM
..."who cares about this dreamer?" This is not the super exciting stuff we were promised from Arnofsky. I remember the buzz in NY when PI first came out. And it wasn't all undeserved. Requiem was powerfully disturbing. All the other projects sounded like they had so much promise. This sounds like it might be "safe" enough to get some money behind it.
IT'S A WESTERN! by LAFILM	May 23rd, 2003 03:50:58 PM
THEY ARE UPDATING LONE WOLF AS A WESTERN-SERGIO LEONE STYLE, KEEPING INTACT THE SAMURAI SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL COMICS AND FILMS, BUT WITH A WANDERING ASSASSIN/GUNSLINGER AND HIS YOUNG SON....WHICH SOUNDS VERY COOL. AND KAZUO KOIKE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS APPROACH. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT ROLE FOR RUSSELL CROWE...
Shogun Assassin by Boris the Blade	May 23rd, 2003 04:12:58 PM
Contemporize my left foot! Keep it with the Japs! "Father, are you killed.", "This is your best man? Lone Wolf would swallow him. HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I was excited for a second but now? ahh fuck by Manaqua	May 23rd, 2003 04:14:39 PM
For a second there I thought, cool, somebody that knows whats up saved the series from some bullshit hack fuck doom. Now I'm not so sure. Contemporize? Ah shit. It never fucking ceases....
contemporized version..hmm by Jon E Cin	May 23rd, 2003 07:00:43 PM
Aronofsky hasnt made a bad movie yet..so I have to think they he is not going to let anyone down.
This is a waste of time by IAmLegolas	May 23rd, 2003 11:14:58 PM
This remake won't touch the original movie/TV adapations if on the basis that I doubt they'll even be as highly violent/sexual as the manga is, they would probably have to be NC-17 to be done right and we all know that ain't gonna happen. Probably will have a rap/rock soundtrack too. *** Also I agree, Harry should be getting the R1 Animegio DVDs and chuck those R3 versions. Get with the DVD geek program already!
'Shogun Assassin' - the greatest of all the pirate videos when I by workshed	May 24th, 2003 05:02:49 AM
Why don't American directors get 'it'? The Japanese kick the Americans collective butts into touch when it comes to imaginative, original thinking. Even New Zealand manages that particular feat.
I think Aronofksy is a great director, though I am still unsure by NeoNoir45	May 24th, 2003 12:06:55 PM
I believe that even though he has only directed a couple of films, Aronofsy is more than qualified as one of the best new helmers there is. It only took PT Anderson 2 flicks to get a huge fanbase, and I think they are on the same level. As far as lone wolf goes, it would be better to do an actual adaptation then a contemporization, as there are several of those already. While I am very interested in seeing how Aronofsky would do it, I think it would make more sense to do one set in japan, as many people have yet to see the legendary baby cart saga, myself unfortunately included. Still, it is daigoro, not sugito. Just thought it beared repeating.
Maybe.....this could be good. by Wong Kar....Why?	May 24th, 2003 02:47:49 PM
Let's face the music folks, Pi was decent for a low buget flick, Requiem for a Dream was good...it was not "OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING MOVIE SINCE 81/2!!!" Aronofsky is moving into new territory for him and this venture could prove either very successful or very deadly. If he sticks to the basics of what made Lone Wolf great, I think it should be fine. If he starts going off track too far though, I have a feeling it's going to be quite a let down. Anyway just my humble opinion. But personally, I would love to see him make a completly faithful adaptation of the Sin City books. Oh what an exploitation movie that would be! And his visual flair would match perfect.
I thought Flicker was his next project? by DonnaDarko	May 24th, 2003 08:08:12 PM
Didn't Aronofsky grab the rights for Theodore Roszak's "Flicker" earlier this year? He would be the perfect director for it - if he'd just get off of his ass and make a decision!
Oh well, at least it isn't Ratner. by Cash Bailey	May 24th, 2003 09:16:53 PM

DIAGORO!! by demonmask	May 25th, 2003 11:22:49 AM
Indeed, after Shogun Assassin and the original series what is the use...another 30's gangster film? maybe he'll do it as a musical
Who the fuck is "Little Sugito"? by Kenshiro_Kane	May 27th, 2003 09:20:00 PM
It's "Daigoro", you flabby fuck...
... and another thing by Kenshiro_Kane	May 27th, 2003 09:24:45 PM
... the only director who should ever do another Lone Wolf movie is Takashi Miike. SUGOI!
Shogun Assasin by RobinP	May 29th, 2003 05:57:54 PM
Awwwwwwwwwwwww come ON Harry. Even YOU can't be serious about liking this ?????

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