Comments on: It takes a ‘robot’ to enliven Japan’s dullest performing art http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-07/it-takes-a-robot-to-enliven-japans-dullest-performing-art/ News.3Yen.com - Japanese News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:27:12 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Taro http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-07/it-takes-a-robot-to-enliven-japans-dullest-performing-art/comment-page-1/#comment-458260 Taro Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:55:45 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/?p=11002#comment-458260 <blockquote><em>Behan Says:</em> Is Bunraku worse than Noh?</blockquote> She-e-e-e-it. Bunraku literally is a copy of Noh in slow-motion with puppets!

Behan Says:
Is Bunraku worse than Noh?

She-e-e-e-it. Bunraku literally is a copy of Noh in slow-motion with puppets!

]]> By: Behan http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-07/it-takes-a-robot-to-enliven-japans-dullest-performing-art/comment-page-1/#comment-458259 Behan Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:53:19 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/?p=11002#comment-458259 Is Bunraku worse than Noh? They both must be cures for insomnia. Is Bunraku worse than Noh? They both must be cures for insomnia.

]]> By: Cbass http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-07/it-takes-a-robot-to-enliven-japans-dullest-performing-art/comment-page-1/#comment-458253 Cbass Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:31:24 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/?p=11002#comment-458253 Mr. Taro....those dolls totally freaked me out, i don't wanna see them anymore, you know it's 23.28 here and I'm about to crash in my bed. Having all those awful robotic faces crawling inside my head would make me dream nigthmares tonight :C Thanks. Mr. Taro….those dolls totally freaked me out, i don’t wanna see them anymore, you know it’s 23.28 here and I’m about to crash in my bed. Having all those awful robotic faces crawling inside my head would make me dream nigthmares tonight :C

Thanks.

]]> By: Taro http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-07/it-takes-a-robot-to-enliven-japans-dullest-performing-art/comment-page-1/#comment-458244 Taro Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:37:01 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/?p=11002#comment-458244 <a href="http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-07/it-takes-a-robot-to-enliven-japans-dullest-performing-art/" rel="nofollow"><em>*The-rest-of-the-story: </em></a> Besides the fact that <em>bunraku </em> is so ponderously boring, another reason that Adamson has not written again about Japan is because he got suckerpunched when Hollywood optioned his best novel of the series, "Tokyo Suckerpunch." For many young authors, when Hollywood options their first novel they just sit on their hands until the movie (and DVD with extras) is released---Bad move since only 10-15% of optioned novels ever end up as completed movies. According to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1907072/news#ni0814924" rel="nofollow">IMDB.com</a>, the "Tokyo Suckerpunch" film is now in production by Sony Pictures Entertainment and scheduled to be released in 2010. <blockquote><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1907072/news#ni0814924" rel="nofollow">2 June 2009 -- IMDB.com ....</a>Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in Tokyo Suckerpunch, reports say. The actress, who will play an editor opposite Tobey Maguire’s writer character Billy Chaka, will serve as the film's love interest, according to Empire. The movie is being adapted from an Isaac Adamson novel by screenwriter Ed Solomon, who wrote the scripts for Men In Black and Charlie’s Angels. "It's a romantic comedy." </blockquote> More negative news was expressed by<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/01/anne-hathaway-to-edit-romance-tobey-maguire-in-tokyo-suckerpunch/" rel="nofollow">slashfilm.com ...</a> <blockquote><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/01/anne-hathaway-to-edit-romance-tobey-maguire-in-tokyo-suckerpunch/" rel="nofollow"><em>slashfilm.com 2009/June/01...</em>..</a>.Besides developing this picture as a director, Gary Ross has been scripting the Creature From the Black Lagoon remake. That movie recently lost Breck Eisner as a director which might - just might - have a trickle-down effect on what happens next with Tokyo Suckerpunch. Whatever happens, it needs to happen soon or not for a good long time - Maguire’s going to be needed back in the Spider-Man suit just seven short months from now.</blockquote> <img src="http://news.3yen.com/wp-content/images/suckerpunched.jpg" alt="suckerpunched film" title="suckerpunched film" width="250" height="408" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11016" /> Read the <a href="http://www.dontforgettovalidateyourparking.com/Interviews/IsaacAdamson.html" rel="nofollow"> INTERVIEW with ISAAC ADAMSON </a>explaining the state of the film back in January 2009 (before the film became totally bogged down in delays). *The-rest-of-the-story:
Besides the fact that bunraku is so ponderously boring, another reason that Adamson has not written again about Japan is because he got suckerpunched when Hollywood optioned his best novel of the series, “Tokyo Suckerpunch.” For many young authors, when Hollywood options their first novel they just sit on their hands until the movie (and DVD with extras) is released—Bad move since only 10-15% of optioned novels ever end up as completed movies.
According to IMDB.com, the “Tokyo Suckerpunch” film is now in production by Sony Pictures Entertainment and scheduled to be released in 2010.

2 June 2009 — IMDB.com ….Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in Tokyo Suckerpunch, reports say. The actress, who will play an editor opposite Tobey Maguire’s writer character Billy Chaka, will serve as the film’s love interest, according to Empire. The movie is being adapted from an Isaac Adamson novel by screenwriter Ed Solomon, who wrote the scripts for Men In Black and Charlie’s Angels. “It’s a romantic comedy.”

More negative news was expressed byslashfilm.com …

slashfilm.com 2009/June/01…...Besides developing this picture as a director, Gary Ross has been scripting the Creature From the Black Lagoon remake. That movie recently lost Breck Eisner as a director which might – just might – have a trickle-down effect on what happens next with Tokyo Suckerpunch. Whatever happens, it needs to happen soon or not for a good long time – Maguire’s going to be needed back in the Spider-Man suit just seven short months from now.

suckerpunched film
Read the INTERVIEW with ISAAC ADAMSON explaining the state of the film back in January 2009 (before the film became totally bogged down in delays).

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