Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.J.20000612203840.03cead28@dasvr.dreamarts.co.jp> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:45:09 +0900 To: seiyuu@ML.usagi.org From: Ivevei Upatkoon Subject: Re: Escaflowne movie (was: One better?) In-Reply-To: <3944C661.8BC75146@ihug.com.au> References: Reply-To: seiyuu@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk At 21:15 00/06/12 +1000, you wrote: >Kevin Lew - 'The Lai-Lai Boy' wrote: > > > Maybe I'm just crazy, but I've never understood why fans are willing to > > settle for that. They do this in several anime series. Personally, I > > don't want to have the same story retold to me with some script doctoring. > > > > But in any case, I bet that I'm in the minority. I don't doubt that the > > movie will rack in the sales and fans will horde the merchandising. > >Well, you are not the only one. I'm not really looking forward to the Esca >movie either for exactly the same reasons as you. >The only thing I'm happy about is that this movie gives birth to another >possible great theme song from Kanno Yoko and Sakamoto Maaya. ^_^ I guess I'm one of the those who doesn't mind, then. I quite look forward to seeing Esca again. Depending on the series, I usually agree that it's a cop-out when they rehash the plot, but then again some good stuff has come of remakes too, when they explore similar themes through a different lense. Hopefully Esca will be the latter. -Ive