Couple things...
Sep. 7th, 2002 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rushthatspeaksBad news first: FARSCAPE JUST GOT CANCELLED. The Scifi Channel has refused to pick up the option on Season 5. Please email or write them on this as soon as possible, as there is always a chance that Massive Fan Reaction will reverse this sort of decision. But it needs to be done ASAP, because sets are slated to be disassembled next week.
Good news: Shaolin Soccer, the Best Kung Fu Movie Ever Made, was screened in the new Miramax version at DragonCon. They have not changed the title, they have not changed the music, they have not cut any significant scenes (I gathered they cut a few extraneous flashbacks), and they have put in a couple of scenes the director wanted in the Hong Kong version and couldn't get his studio to keep. Whew! For those of you who don't know anything about Shaolin Soccer, well, I ordinarily hate kung-fu movies with a deep and abiding passion. I was exposed to this one through the Haverford Anime Club, despite its being live-action, because the Anime Club President just loved us all that much. This is a movie I loved despite seeing it on a badly translated Hong Kong import DVD. This is a movie I loved despite the fact that testosterone was leaking out of the ears of every single member of the cast, including the (one) woman. This movie is very nearly live-action Ranma. You have not lived until you have seen live-action tai-chi attack sweet dumpling making. I promise. Except, unlike Ranma, this has a plot.
Good news: Shaolin Soccer, the Best Kung Fu Movie Ever Made, was screened in the new Miramax version at DragonCon. They have not changed the title, they have not changed the music, they have not cut any significant scenes (I gathered they cut a few extraneous flashbacks), and they have put in a couple of scenes the director wanted in the Hong Kong version and couldn't get his studio to keep. Whew! For those of you who don't know anything about Shaolin Soccer, well, I ordinarily hate kung-fu movies with a deep and abiding passion. I was exposed to this one through the Haverford Anime Club, despite its being live-action, because the Anime Club President just loved us all that much. This is a movie I loved despite seeing it on a badly translated Hong Kong import DVD. This is a movie I loved despite the fact that testosterone was leaking out of the ears of every single member of the cast, including the (one) woman. This movie is very nearly live-action Ranma. You have not lived until you have seen live-action tai-chi attack sweet dumpling making. I promise. Except, unlike Ranma, this has a plot.
