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MagusGuardian
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this could be interesting, looking forward to seeing how this'll turn out
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snake-eyes
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Maybe, this is the reason Gaiking The Movie Collection was pulled from a January 2013 release date in the US. Perhaps, they will wait til the new film hits theaters, or closer to that date to release the anime. I am definitely interested in a Live Action Gaiking! I have been a fan of Gaiking, and Super Robot Anime of Go Nagai and his contemporaries since Force Five was aired on the movie channel Spotlight in the early 80's!
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Vaisaga
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Hm, I wonder if people will be snapping up mecha IPs like this in the hopes that Pacific Rim will start a piloted robot boom.
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Lycosyncer
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The Gaiking test teaser shows a lot of potential and let's just hope that the upcoming Pacific Rim movie will do box office gold and when that happens, maybe it will help make a new boom in giant piloted robot movies with Gundam and Evangelion joining the fray real soon.
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MagusGuardian
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Vaisaga
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Man, people just don't know how to have fun with G-Saviour =/
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Beatdigga
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Last I checked there wasn't a Rifftrax available for it. |
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Lycosyncer
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At the dissenters of having a live action Gundam movie, that horrid G-Savior movie does not exist in my mind and plus, that movie was done on a horrible shoestring budget.
I want a triple million dollar budget with the best special effects possible that rivals Transformers and Pacific Rim but with a well written script and with that, it would be something that Gundam fans can be proud of unlike the last travesty. |
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Vaisaga
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In all honesty G-Saviour wasn't that bad. Just don't take it so seriously.
But I see no particular value in slapping the Gundam name onto a live action movie project unless they were actually going to adapt a Gundam series, but that probably wouldn't be pretty. People were pissed enough as it was when G-Saviour did an original story, they'll be twice as mad if they mangled a beloved storyline. I just want movies with giant robots and it's probably best if they do original stories without any franchise ties. I mean, if it was called Mobile Suit Gundam: Pacific Rim rather than be excited for it you'd have the hardcore fanbase ragging on it because fighting monsters "isn't Gundam" and such. In Gaiking's case, I don't think the english fandom is familiar with it enough to really care what they change with it. |
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enurtsol
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I was just about to say............. But that is the plan:
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tuxedocat
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The trailer looked pretty good. I have my fingers crossed that the movie will start something both here and in Japan.
I'd be totally into a resurgence of giant robot shows. |
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snake-eyes
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Vaisaga, Viewers younger than 40 might not have heard of Gaiking, but for those 40 and older, the late 70's brought in Shogun Warrior Toys, a Marvel Shogun Warrior Comic and the US adaption to Gaiking, Grendizer, Getter Robo as well as many other Super Robot Anime. I have watched anime since the 70's, but my favorites are Super Robot Anime. While I enjoy Gundam, it is not as high as my favorites Grendizer and Gaiking. I have wanted to be able to buy the original series or Force Five, which is the title of Jim Terry's adaption of Super Robot Anime produced by Go Nagai and his contemporaries.
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kgw
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When I was a kid, I thought Gaiking looked stupid, so now... Live Action Mazinger or nothing, baby.
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