Because I can't.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=23834
Can you see Keanu Reeves as Japanese?
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Todd Shogun
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Whew, for a minute there I thought you were going to tell us he got the lead role in the upcoming Akira live-action as Kaneda 
The article does say he has some asian ancestry, but not looking the part I wonder how they're going to pull it off. It will be a more difficult task than say, Robert Downey Jr's performance in Tropic Thunder as an african american (and that was a performance of a performance anyway). Maybe if they give him Toshiro Mifune-like mustache and side-burns???
The article does say he has some asian ancestry, but not looking the part I wonder how they're going to pull it off. It will be a more difficult task than say, Robert Downey Jr's performance in Tropic Thunder as an african american (and that was a performance of a performance anyway). Maybe if they give him Toshiro Mifune-like mustache and side-burns???
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Jet_Jaguar
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Speaking of the American Akira remake (I will have to let out a big Darth Vader "NOOOOO!" should such a thing ever actually happen), here's something that I saw at Cartoonbrew.com that I thought was pretty funny (even if it's a little bit too "Family Guy" for my liking):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI
As for Keanu Reeves playing a samurai, I'm not sure that that's any weirder than Keanu Reeves playing Gotama Buddha in the Bernardo Bertolucci movie Little Buddha.
The story of the 47 Ronin is one of the best-known samurai stories, and it's been filmed many, many times (one movie adaptation of the story I've seen that's pretty good is Kinji Fukasaku's Swords of Vengeance). It has a place in Japanese culture somewhat like the place that the story of The Alamo has in American culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI
As for Keanu Reeves playing a samurai, I'm not sure that that's any weirder than Keanu Reeves playing Gotama Buddha in the Bernardo Bertolucci movie Little Buddha.
The story of the 47 Ronin is one of the best-known samurai stories, and it's been filmed many, many times (one movie adaptation of the story I've seen that's pretty good is Kinji Fukasaku's Swords of Vengeance). It has a place in Japanese culture somewhat like the place that the story of The Alamo has in American culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin
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your opponent is always yourself."
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Jet_Jaguar
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Now there's talk about Keanu playing Spike Spiegel in a Hollywood Cowboy Bebop movie:
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/node/39486
To which I can only respond:
http://darthno.ytmnd.com/
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/node/39486
To which I can only respond:
http://darthno.ytmnd.com/
"It doesn't matter whom you are paired against;
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo)
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo)
From WWWJDICT:estee wrote:How do you say "Whoa" in Japanese?
あれあれ [areare] (int) whoa (used to express surprise or stupefaction) [G][GI][S][A]
おいおい [oioi] (int) (1) Hey!; Wait a minute!; Whoa!; (adv,adv-to) (2) boohoo; waaaa [Ex][G][GI][S][A]
(1) おいおい、一枚看板のお前が来れないんじゃ、今日の合コン盛り上がらないよ。 We're counting on you to be the life of the party. It'll bomb if you don't come.[Amend]
(2) 犬が死んだ時彼はおいおいと泣いた。 When his dog died, he cried his heart out.[Amend]
む [mu] (int) (1) (arch) unh (sound of physical exertion); oof; (2) wow; whoa; (3) (See うむ) yes; yeah; uh-huh; (aux-v) (4) (after a -nai stem) probably; (5) will; intend to; (6) would like to have done (for me) [G][GI][S][A][W]
あや [aya] (int) (arch) wow; whoa [G][GI][S][A]
