[NGTM-1R]

looks awesome, hope someone does a decent English dub

It's straight up WW2 apologia, like all Yamato ever was. Star Blazers got the crap beat out of getting dubbed for that reason. Your odds are slim.

[Mefustae]

Can't we just ignore the politics and enjoy the splosions?

[NGTM-1R]

Can't we just ignore the politics and enjoy the splosions?

I do. But the dubbing companies don't.

[Bobboau]

for those who are confused, the jist of the story is: after getting massively pwned by aliens humanity uses the wreck of a famous very large Japanese battleship to conceal the construction of a large and powerful space ship, then proceeds to use said space ship to save humanity from extinction.
they never remove the wreck camouflage from the operational portion of the ship (and it serves as an extra layer of armor), so it is effectively a massive WW2 battleship flying in space.

[SpardaSon21]

so it is effectively a massive WW2 battleship flying in space.

Which is all the reason anyone really needs to think this is awesome.

[noodle]

As long as it's funny, I'm okay with it. Looks like BSG though.

First off all, it's not supposed to be 'funny'. Cheesy, yes, no doubt, but Yamato is and always has been a serious science fiction epic. Second, it premiered in 1974 and Star Wars, and especially BSG, very clearly ripped off quite a lot from it. Thirdly it was never about politics or WW2, they chose the Yamato because it was iconic to the Japanese people.

And Bobboau, unless they changed the story for the new movie, the Yamato is not merely a shell for a space-ship, it IS the spaceship. They've just modified the hell out of it and made it space-worthy. Propeller replaced with star drive, main cannons replaced with...energy main cannons. And running the entire length of the ship, with the end of its barrel in the bow, is a massive energy weapon that more or less set the mold for every huge ship mounted energy weapon that followed. Macross cannon, the Death Star's weapon, it all stems from Yamato's Wave Motion Gun.

Oh and I don't want to see this dubbed. You can make an argument for animation dubbing (there are some amazing dubs, Bebop and Ghost in the Shell at the very top of the list) but dubbing of live-action is terrible and stupid.

[mxlm]

Thirdly it was never about politics or WW2, they chose the Yamato because it was iconic to the Japanese people.

It's about a Japanese WWII battleship saving us from radioactive fallout.

[Flipside]

No worse that Avatar then?

[noodle]

Thirdly it was never about politics or WW2, they chose the Yamato because it was iconic to the Japanese people.

It's about a Japanese WWII battleship saving us from radioactive fallout.

Your point? No different from us making movies about stopping terrorism.

[mxlm]

[Your point? No different from us making movies about stopping terrorism.

So you acknowledge that it is political and that your previous post was in error. Excellent.

[Liberator]

Thirdly it was never about politics or WW2, they chose the Yamato because it was iconic to the Japanese people.

It's about a Japanese WWII battleship saving us from radioactive fallout.

Does everything have to have a political subtext?  THIS WHOLE GODDAMNED WORLD IS TURNING INTO THE SOVIET ****ING UNION AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE IN A FOOT RACE TO SEE WHO CAN BE MORE POLITICALLY GODDAMNED CORRECT.

It's a show/movie about a flying battleship that shoots aliens with a big goddam laser gun.  That's all it is.  Live with it.

[watsisname]

Sure man, and Wall-E is just a movie about a cute robot falling in love with another cute robot.

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disclaimer:  I don't know why we're even arguing about it to be honest -- the movie looks awesome and that's all that really matters.

[General Battuta]

Thirdly it was never about politics or WW2, they chose the Yamato because it was iconic to the Japanese people.

It's about a Japanese WWII battleship saving us from radioactive fallout.

Does everything have to have a political subtext?  THIS WHOLE GODDAMNED WORLD IS TURNING INTO THE SOVIET ****ING UNION AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE IN A FOOT RACE TO SEE WHO CAN BE MORE POLITICALLY GODDAMNED CORRECT.

It's a show/movie about a flying battleship that shoots aliens with a big goddam laser gun.  That's all it is.  Live with it.

I'm tired of this politically correct bull****. If I have an opinion I'm going to express it, not hide it to preserve the feelings of some oversensitive yokel!

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Sure man, and Wall-E is just a movie about a cute robot falling in love with another cute robot.

It is, isn't it?

[Flipside]

The whole reason I prefer Sci-Fi to Drama movies is that I like spaceships, cool special effects and big explosions, I'm not going to pretend to be deep about it.

Anyone who thinks I'm going to walk away from a Movie with a new aspect on life is sadly mistaken.

[Liberator]

The whole reason I prefer Sci-Fi to Drama movies is that I like spaceships, cool special effects and big explosions, I'm not going to pretend to be deep about it.

Anyone who thinks I'm going to walk away from a Movie with a new aspect on life is sadly mistaken.

Someone finally gets it!

[Dark Hunter]

so it is effectively a massive WW2 battleship flying in space.

A. Massive. WW2. Battleship. In. Space.
With a giant energy cannon.

That is enough reason to watch this movie.

[watsisname]

I was going to try to trap someone by linking to a tvtropes article about things being in space, but then I ended up trapping myself instead.  Epic fail.

[Scourge of Ages]

I was going to try to trap someone by linking to a tvtropes article about things being in space, but then I ended up trapping myself instead.  Epic fail.

Oh, something like this? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaveMotionGun

[mxlm]

Does everything have to have a political subtext?

Everything does. There is no such thing as entertainment pure and simple. Of course, a work having subtext--even distasteful subtext--doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't enjoy it.

As for the rest of your post: decaf. Try it.