[AkibaSilver]

Happy New Year all!

[Kamen Rider Lolita]

Wish everyone the best for (in?) 2023! Happy New Year!

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

Is Wheel of Time any good? Curious but I haven't looked into it yet.

I just started the first book of the Wheel of Time. It's... a bit of an adjustment seeing as I've never really committed to any proper high fantasy and I just marathoned Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy so the different writing style is messing with me. Not, bad, just... a bit stuffy, I guess is the word?

[wentwood]

Saw the first two episodes of the Wheel Of Time. It's a pretty
close adaption of the books so far. There have so far been 2
wolf dreams already and in the episodes Morien is teaching
Nyneve about the One Power much sooner which happened
in part 2.

Series II will adapt The Great Hunt with some material from The
Dragon Reborn.

One book one series could be about right meaning that it could
take 12 more series to tell the entire story of The Wheel Of
Time.

Unlike Game Of Thrones all the story is intact for The Wheel
Of Time.

[Daikaijuman54]

Happy New Year! (I can't get this gif to work...)

https://media.tenor.com/e3NhqRnPeL8A...y-birthday.mp4

It's time I start working on my Manga!

[wentwood]

Got the 5 Scooby movies pre Scoob!.

Two Scooby - Doo movies are prequels from Cartoon Network
and Daphne And Velma is a newer one.

After I finish The Wheel Of Time Series I , I may hold on
stream feeds for now.

After The Wheel Of Time I'll watch Hotel Transylvania 4 next.

Getting ready to store James Bond 007 and any movies I have
in disk books. I might need one more disk book for any remaining
movies in February. Star Trek will get it's own book as there are 13
movies. Also Star Wars after I buy Solo.

[gashatfreak]

Holy moly. The Filipino tokusatsu series is finally here!

Quick history lesson for those not aware, Voltes V is an old-school 1977 robot anime that, along with a bunch of other robot shows, found its way to the Philippines and became extremely popular. However, the series was banned and pulled off air by the government at the time before the final four episodes were aired, with the official reason being concerns from Catholic parents for the show's 'brutal violence'. However, considering how the last four episodes dealt with the Voltes V team travelling to the invaders' homeworld to topple a totalitarian government, people started suspecting that this was the real reason for the ban as Phillippines was under martial law by its own totalitarian government at the time.

Banning the show ultimately backfired as it made kids aware of the corruption of the state of the Philippines at the time. After the nonviolent People's Power Revolution in 1986, the last four episodes were compiled into a movie and was hailed as the 'return of Voltes V', cementing the robot's status in Filipino pop culture.

Now, GMA (one of the major Filipino television studios) is creating a live-action remake and adaptation of the Voltes V anime as an entire telenovela series, and is one of the most expensive productions to date. It certainly has a B-movie feel to it, but I assure you that its very impressive for a third-country television studio (especially after seeing GMA's other television series in the Philippines, the quality between Voltes V Legacy and the other shows is massive).

TL;DR - Phillipines is making a live-action adaptation of an old robot anime that proved so popular in the Philippines that the government banned it, which only made it even more popular.

[wentwood]

Well with COVID about to be let loose again thanks to China back to
staying home and watching movies and TV shows on DVD and never
leaving my place in case some idiot actually has COVID. 38 months
with no end in sight. Back to staying away from everybody again.

We could end up back on restrictions again in the USA.

Not how I wanted to start 2023. Not a Happy New Year
for me.

[Mesnick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gashatfreak

Holy moly. The Filipino tokusatsu series is finally here!

Quick history lesson for those not aware, Voltes V is an old-school 1977 robot anime that, along with a bunch of other robot shows, found its way to the Philippines and became extremely popular. However, the series was banned and pulled off air by the government at the time before the final four episodes were aired, with the official reason being concerns from Catholic parents for the show's 'brutal violence'. However, considering how the last four episodes dealt with the Voltes V team travelling to the invaders' homeworld to topple a totalitarian government, people started suspecting that this was the real reason for the ban as Phillippines was under martial law by its own totalitarian government at the time.

Banning the show ultimately backfired as it made kids aware of the corruption of the state of the Philippines at the time. After the nonviolent People's Power Revolution in 1986, the last four episodes were compiled into a movie and was hailed as the 'return of Voltes V', cementing the robot's status in Filipino pop culture.

Now, GMA (one of the major Filipino television studios) is creating a live-action remake and adaptation of the Voltes V anime as an entire telenovela series, and is one of the most expensive productions to date. It certainly has a B-movie feel to it, but I assure you that its very impressive for a third-country television studio (especially after seeing GMA's other television series in the Philippines, the quality between Voltes V Legacy and the other shows is massive).

TL;DR - Phillipines is making a live-action adaptation of an old robot anime that proved so popular in the Philippines that the government banned it, which only made it even more popular.

I saw the first episodes of the anime on Toei's YouTube channel. Contrary to the obvious naivety shown to the modern viewer, the death of my mother made me sad. The trailer looks cool and intriguing, although it is clearly designed for viewers familiar with the original. Special effects, of course, are not Hollywood, but for TV they are very high quality, plus they are bright and beautiful. The characters are well chosen too. I'll take a look with pleasure. By the way, is Toei mentioned in the trailer only because it allowed the adaptation to be made, or are the Japanese also somehow involved in the project?

[GoldenXtreme]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gashatfreak

Holy moly. The Filipino tokusatsu series is finally here!

Quick history lesson for those not aware, Voltes V is an old-school 1977 robot anime that, along with a bunch of other robot shows, found its way to the Philippines and became extremely popular. However, the series was banned and pulled off air by the government at the time before the final four episodes were aired, with the official reason being concerns from Catholic parents for the show's 'brutal violence'. However, considering how the last four episodes dealt with the Voltes V team travelling to the invaders' homeworld to topple a totalitarian government, people started suspecting that this was the real reason for the ban as Phillippines was under martial law by its own totalitarian government at the time.

Banning the show ultimately backfired as it made kids aware of the corruption of the state of the Philippines at the time. After the nonviolent People's Power Revolution in 1986, the last four episodes were compiled into a movie and was hailed as the 'return of Voltes V', cementing the robot's status in Filipino pop culture.

Now, GMA (one of the major Filipino television studios) is creating a live-action remake and adaptation of the Voltes V anime as an entire telenovela series, and is one of the most expensive productions to date. It certainly has a B-movie feel to it, but I assure you that its very impressive for a third-country television studio (especially after seeing GMA's other television series in the Philippines, the quality between Voltes V Legacy and the other shows is massive).

TL;DR - Phillipines is making a live-action adaptation of an old robot anime that proved so popular in the Philippines that the government banned it, which only made it even more popular.

This is definitely cheesy looking, but no lie even without knowing about the series this is based on that trailer somehow filled me with joy. I can feel the love for the source material and the earnest retro stylings, it's wonderful.