You know how John is excited about >Transformers, as can be seen by previous posts, well this is my growing up with TV programme that makes me just as excited, although Transformers works big time for me too.
G-Force is the next project for Jerry Bruckheimer who is producing this live-action and CGI feature for Disney. Hollywood Reporter say:
Bruckheimer will be herding talking animals in “G-Force,” a live-action/CGI family feature film that has landed at Walt Disney Pictures with Bruckheimer attached to produce.
“G-Force” marks the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Hoyt Yeatman, who has worked on a number of Bruckheimer’s films. Yeatman has been developing the project at his newly formed production venture Whamaphram Prods., which is set to produce both computer-generated and animated film projects integrating animated characters into live-action settings.
Now if I’m right, and there’s just a little part of me saying “hold on Richard, you’ve been wrong before”, this is the big screen version of the cartoon Battle of the Planets, and that gets me very, very excited.
This was a totally awesome cartoon, and all I can clearly remember was the big shock last episode ending (won’t say anything in case they faithfully recreate it – some hope eh?), the waving of the watches in front of the face to transmute into the heroes and the character who always said “Beep, boop doop dee, Spectra”…or something like that. Spectra is the name of the baddies by the way.
I just hope I am right, what else could it be? Okay, a bit of research on IMDB shows that both G-Force and Battle are the same original show, just varying versions for US and UK markets. That excites me, but will the new version include the big show surprises and the extremely quirky and quite adult character traits and events?
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You know, I’m not so sure this was wrong. Looking up BOTP on IMDB you can see that the alternate versions list G-Force: Guardians of Space [TV-Series 1986-1987] and the user comments go on to make the connections. Is this not the G-Force that is being remade? It does mention in the blurb A bird-themed superhero team. I was always convinced there was something connecting the BOTP team to animals or at least being non-human.
IMDB listings show:
Both these are from the original Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman.
I think the “takling animals” line tipped me off pretty early in the post.
If they put talking animals in a GForce movie, it wouldnt be BotP.
I can’t decide which idea sounds worse. A live-action version of that goofy anime series, or the movie that they’re actually planning to make. (“intelligent animal commandoes working for a government agency trying to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world”…Whaaa??)
Damn. I thought it was the same, the blurbs on IMDB looed amazingly similar and even the user reviews had crossovers, and for some reason I associated the animals idea with the characters from Battle of the Planets.
Oh lord, I’m as disappointed as anyone, and if it is wrong I’m terribly sorry for posting misleading info…
…probably still on a high for my Birthday yesterday…the 3rd…I dropped enough hints in the posts!
Yeah… i was reading a confirmation earlier on a few other sites that pretty much squashed my hopes and dreams. Oh well… someone will pick up on this gem sooner or later.
Different G-Force, boys … not at all related to the old anime … check the description from the Hollywood Reporter:
Yeah, I think the problem there though was that the film wasn’t a Thunderbirds movie was it? It focused on the children controlling the ships. That’s not International Rescue, that’s not Thunderbirds. Well it’s not if that’s what you grew up on and that’s what you expect.
John, I am feeling for your family and loved ones. I just realised how much of a cartoon nut you are! (Say’s Mr My-parents-just-delivered-my-comic-boxes-from-their-loft)
I loved this show as a kid, but I’ve gotta admit that the thought of this as a live-action flick has me nervous. Wasn’t the recent Thunderbirds movie designed as a “family feature?”
Mark! Jason! Princess! Keyop! Tiny! Woo Hoo! But I swear if they bastardize this project I’ll be one EXTREMELY pissed off pacafist!
yep “g force” and “battle of the planets” are the same thing. original japanese title is “gatchaman” : i look at japanese site selling original cells for anime shows and “gatchaman” still turns up, as does “casshan : robot hunter”, the basis for casshern…