Tartakovsky directs Astro Boy movie

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:12 am

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=5051
This might be old news considering the date on that article. Apparently, after some rebooting since the new millennium, an Astro Boy film is looking to be released in 2008, according to IMDb. Supposedly a cross between live-action and CGI, the film's being directed by Genndy Tartakovsky -- the mind behind Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack, and Clone Wars -- and has the folks at Jim Henson onboard as well.

I'm thinking this could be cool. The only worry I might have is that the product isn't handled well, but, considering his track record, I think Tartakovsky's at least trustworthy, at most an excellent choice. Considering how little info's been released at this point, I guess all that can be done for now is to wait, but this is definitely something to keep an eye on.

Now, what ever happened to that film adaptation of Monster?

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:23 pm

Live action ad CGI...err...well, it's being made by Gennedy Tartakovsky and I loved all his works beforehand, so I got my fingers crossed.

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:52 pm

In, perhaps, more prominent news, TartakovskyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s also directing the sequel to Jim Henson and Frank Oz's The Dark Crystal, entitled The Power of the Dark Crystal.

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve yet to see The Dark Crystal, but I assume itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a cult classic for good reasons. I have seen and enjoyed Mirrormask, a Neil Gaiman novel adaptation that the Jim Henson Company provided amazing visuals for, so I know what kind of visual power GenndyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s going to have at his fingertips for this film. Still, Henson's shoes are big ones to fill, no?

Post by **G.Silver** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:22 pm

I saw the Dark Crystal recently specifically because I heard there was a new one coming, and maybe because yeah, the original creeped me out so badly when I was young I don't think I watched more than 10 minutes of it. I think it still holds up generally pretty well. I saw Labyrinth again recently and I think it holds up better than Labyrinth does, though part of Labyrinth's charm is that it is incredibly corny (the female lead, David Bowie, etc) so it isn't really fair to compare them.

I'm not a huge Tartakovsky guy but I'm interested to see what he'll do with a CG/Live Action Astroboy--if it were somone else I'd probably dismiss it outright.

WW · Post by WW » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:16 am

Does this mean we'll have some kid on screen in his undies? That's creepy beyond creepy.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:40 pm

It could be worse.

It could be a large group of children stranded on an island after a plane crash.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:13 pm

Lord of the Flies? I hated that novel. Such a crappy ending, left too much of a sour taste. I mean, sure, I can accept the fact that it's supposed to portray the evil of man left to his own design - but it was still crap.

I suppose if it wasn't a pre-assigned book in English class, I'd never have looked it up.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:28 pm

Baba O'Reily wrote:It could be worse.

It could be a large group of children stranded on an island after a plane crash.

Well, at least one of the kids was killed, unless we arenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t talking about the same movie...

But if we arent, Im sorry you didnt saw that movie about a group of kids trapped on a island that end killing one of his own...that part ruled, but it got me scared so I dont know the rest.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:31 pm

Shadow Hog wrote:...I mean, sure, I can accept the fact that it's supposed to portray the evil of man left to his own design...

Really? Yeah, maybe, except for the fact that kids are idiots and that's why they don't run society.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:03 pm

Also, choir boys are fucking nutjobs, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't a theme.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:13 pm

Lord of the Flies? I hated that novel. Such a crappy ending, left too much of a sour taste. I mean, sure, I can accept the fact that it's supposed to portray the evil of man left to his own design - but it was still crap.

I maintain that leaving a bunch of adolescent boys unsupervised on an island will end with them screwing eachother long before they start killing eachother.

Really? Yeah, maybe, except for the fact that kids are idiots and that's why they don't run society.

It's hard to tell sometimes.

Post by **G.Silver** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:04 pm

I thought it was more of an Ender's Game-style "children are horrible people" theme, which was why it was shocking and controversial and banned (right?) and now considered of high literary worth.

Apparently a lot of people don't remember what it was like to be a child.

kids are idiots and that's why they don't run society.

Also, you don't have to watch CSPAN for very long to see that the Senate and House of Representatives are run like elementary schoolyard clubhouses.

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:08 pm

G.Silver wrote:I thought it was more of an Ender's Game-style "children are horrible people" theme, which was why it was shocking and controversial and banned (right?) and now considered of high literary worth.

It was never really controversial. Actually, educators universally embraced the book, and continue to do so, because it is one of the few "classic" 20th centruy novels that does not contain any swearing or sex.

In American schools, controversy is Holden Caulfield reading the f-word in a washroom stall, not children cracking each other's heads open with rocks.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:36 pm

G.Silver wrote:
kids are idiots and that's why they don't run society.
Also, you don't have to watch CSPAN for very long to see that the Senate and House of Representatives are run like elementary schoolyard clubhouses.

But guys, it's FUN trying to outdrink Ted Kennedy!

And Catcher in the Rye is for suckers and emo kids.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:48 pm

I thought it was more of an Ender's Game-style "children are horrible people" theme, which was why it was shocking and controversial and banned (right?) and now considered of high literary worth.

I thought the theme of Ender's Game was that war is a horrible, horrible thing that is sadly ingrained into all of humanity, even children?

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:22 pm

Esrever wrote:In American schools, controversy is Holden Caulfield reading the f-word in a washroom stall, not children cracking each other's heads open with rocks.

Hell, we still ban The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from school libraries from time to time, and it was published 122 years ago.

Post by **G.Silver** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:59 pm

Zeta wrote:I thought the theme of Ender's Game was that war is a horrible, horrible thing that is sadly ingrained into all of humanity, even children?

Maybe so, but I mostly just considered it an allegory for how much I hated high school.