Keith, the guy who posted the link there is *very* new to anime (he'd just
taken in "Akira" for the first time earlier this year), and only knew it as
"G-Force". One of my godchildren, born and raised in England, went to Japan
when his parents were posted there, and had his world rocked when he first saw
"Gatchaman" as Deity intended.
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 06:28:34 +0000 (UTC)
From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Yeah, and for the record, I know that "G-Force" is the Americanized name of the
Gatchaman team, based on the Americanized, watered-down "Battle of the
Planets", which differs in major ways from the original Japanese anime. For
example, Seven-Zark-Seven was created for the Americanized version in order to
pad out the length, after all the objectionable, more adult Japanese stuff was
cut. And I think even aspects of Keeops (sp?) were changed as well.
The comic that was released in the last couple of years was pretty good...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Baxter"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 9:18:09 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
Keith, you're *not* alone there. In another of my forums, a fellow
anime fan posted a link to what he thought was a trailer for the new "G-Force"
movie, apparently without looking at the trailer. I was the first in the group
to watch it, and seeing talking hamsters was a shock to the system. (For the
record, there *is* an anime Gatchaman movie rolling out soon. There are some
cool pics previewed at io9, but the site appears to be on vacation, so I can't
link to them.
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
Date : Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:39:41 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
So that means i'm the only one who keeps thinking the movie "G-Force" should be
about a bunch of teens with winged birdlike costumes who can fly and have wild
weapons and a cool airship/spaceship?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Worf"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 1:09:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
That's how it works. If it "didn't happen after you were born it doesn't
exist."
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net >
wrote:
I'd like to think everyone knew that--but I guess I'll have to settle for
people realizing there were toys before the TV cartoon!
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From: "ravenadal" < ravena...@yahoo.com >
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 11:20:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover G.I. Joe existed over twenty
years before Hasbro remade him as a literal boy-toy. Shoot, the movie "The
Story of G.I. Joe," starring Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith, came out in
1945, a full eighteen years before Hasbro created the "11 1/2 inch realistic
action figures" "Rocky" and "Ace." Who knew?
~rave!
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