Dear Readers,
This week 2 movies based on comic books were ranked first and second at the box office:
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC.
1. "TMNT," $25.45 million.
2. "300," $20.5 million.
I hope this success will cause Usagi Yojimbo stories to be made into great movies!
Best wishes to all!
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ps. If Ghost Rider can be made into a movie....
pps. Grasscutter could be the first movie, shown out of order like star wars...
Successful comics turned into movies....
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Yup, but - on the contrary of most Usagi fans - I don't think Grasscutter is the most obvious choice for a feature movie.
Grasscutter has many different characters, many of them being known of us, but not of the general public.
It has a quite intricate plot. (Dammit, who's against who in this movie ? The shogun against the emperor ? The evil ninjas against the good samurai ? And that woman, who is she ? - The witch, you mean ? - No, I mean the ninja girl ! - Ah yes, the one who protects the cute little panda !)
"300" : It's 300 Spartans against 1,000,000 Persians. Simple but efficient.
Grasscutter not only takes place in the Japan of 1605 (a very unfamiliar place and time for a broad Western audience, right ? Not everybody loves chambara movies...), but also features mythological and political elements that would require much, too much time to explain.
Furthermore, much of the interest of Usagi Yojimbo relies on Usagi's complex personality and tormented past.
As featured in Grasscutter, Usagi would only appear as "the typical good-but-annoying duty-ridden samurai". (hey look, this rabbit is a Communist, he wants the sword to go back to the people, I always knew those Japanese were all Commies, and incidentally my grand-uncle Abe who fought at Guadalcanal once told me, "Yeah, those slant-eyes were a real pain in the a...")
See what I mean ?
Grasscutter has many different characters, many of them being known of us, but not of the general public.
It has a quite intricate plot. (Dammit, who's against who in this movie ? The shogun against the emperor ? The evil ninjas against the good samurai ? And that woman, who is she ? - The witch, you mean ? - No, I mean the ninja girl ! - Ah yes, the one who protects the cute little panda !)
"300" : It's 300 Spartans against 1,000,000 Persians. Simple but efficient.
Grasscutter not only takes place in the Japan of 1605 (a very unfamiliar place and time for a broad Western audience, right ? Not everybody loves chambara movies...), but also features mythological and political elements that would require much, too much time to explain.
Furthermore, much of the interest of Usagi Yojimbo relies on Usagi's complex personality and tormented past.
As featured in Grasscutter, Usagi would only appear as "the typical good-but-annoying duty-ridden samurai". (hey look, this rabbit is a Communist, he wants the sword to go back to the people, I always knew those Japanese were all Commies, and incidentally my grand-uncle Abe who fought at Guadalcanal once told me, "Yeah, those slant-eyes were a real pain in the a...")
See what I mean ?
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