Update: there seems to be something in the embedded video that tripped a lot of malware/virus/something bad’s happening scanners, so I’ve removed the embed.
If you still want to see it, you can watch this lovely satire at YouTube.
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WTF was that? I wonder who would sponser it…hmmmm. Crazy. You find the strangest things.
Hi Wil Have you heard the news that Caprica has been given the green light?
http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/02/bsg-prequel-series-caprica-is-officially-a-go-at-sci-fi/
Well, that looks like safe, patriotic fun! … I would watch that.
The only possible reaction to that is “Dubya Tee Eff!”
So… you suppose we’ll see a giant PEZ on the back of his jacket? Or will M&M’s scoop up the product placement deal?
~j
OMG! I totally saw Akira like, a month ago for the first time.
This totally cracked me up! haha
o_0
whiskey tango foxtrot
I say again:
whiskey tango fucking foxtrot!
Are they really going to parody Akira in its entirety? yoiks.
Wil, Please check out the video posted today at http://damomma.com/
It will turn on your geek.
Wil, Please check out the video posted today at http://damomma.com/
It will turn on your geek.
You know, the Leo DiCaprio version will probably be strangely similar to that.
I always have to wonder why studio execs think that if you water down a great movie it will become more accessible. It just doesn’t seeem to work like that.
Seems the SWF file is throwing me an Anti-Virus message:
The Actns/Swif.T was detected in [temp location file]\L[1].SWF.
Thought you’d want to know… VERY funny video tho.
@Randy: it should go straight to YouTube. Are you saying that there’s malware embedded in the YouTube video? Because … wow that attack vector would really fuck up the internet for a lot of people.
Looks like a cut-away from Family Guy to me… “Hey Lois, remember when Gary Coleman and I watched Akira on the Disney channel last week?”
No virus error here (of course I am on a MAC) (insert evil laughter here).
Funny – does look like a Family Guy cut-scene (good call Prof_Rocko).
BTW – the video from Enjonel is pretty cool…
Bill Teeple
San Jose, CA
The ending is right, there WILL be a re-release of AKIRA, with enhancements.
The same thing is being done with Ghost in the shell (by the director of course) seen a few pictures of the difference and it makes it a LOT cleaner, and less dstracting
@Will – Actually yeah – it happened in both places… showed up in the SWF file itself. I tried on two different PC’s – one AV scanner picked it up (and auto-fixed it) but the other one didn’t hiccup… very weird. And if successful it could be VERY impactful (and news to most of us!)