Why I Can't Wait for Astro Boy.

Posted on September 24, 2009 - 2:26pm by Contributing Co... I'm not exactly sure what it is I actually do around here, other than talk about nerdy things like science fiction and movie fight scenes, but I feel I must inform you, Internet, that Astro Boy, which will be released in America on October 23rd, 2009, is going to be wicked.  If you have no idea who Astro Boy is, I will enlighten you.  He's a ridiculous robot that looks like a kid in his underwear and boots with a haircut that would get him beaten up by school bullies.  He also has laser cannons in his hands, can rip a car apart without breaking an oily robo-sweat, and has rockets installed in his legs that allow him to freaking fly.  Any bullies that picked on him would have ended up getting exploded by hand lasers.  And that, my friends, is awesome.

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Some might see Hollywood adapting movies and comics from other countries as a sign that it's running out of ideas.  Me?  I like to be optimistic.  There has to be one studio exec who watched an episode of Astro Boy and thought, "Holy crap, if I don't convince the Industry that there NEEDS to be a movie of this, I'm going to punch my kid in the back of the head."  And now, given the fact that a completely CGI film based on Astro Boy is about to be released, we can assume that some studio exec's kid is thankful.  He's probably also thankful that somebody is making a movie about a robotic child with lasers for hands.  It will appeal to children, because the hero is a child and a robot, and it will appeal to everyone else because there are lasers and explosions.

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So, I am going to remain optimistic about this movie, and I hope you will, too, Internet.