Aush – You know, I don’t really remember that show at all. The He-Man/Masters Of The Universe/GI-Joe type joints I was never really into – I think I actually first heard about Thunder Cats when I was in high school, and by that time it was way too late to get into.

Oddly enough I was reading a Japanese translation of Boondocks the other day (700yen at BookOff son!!) where dude was hating on Jar Jar in the same vein. I barely remember that movie – I do remember not liking it, though, and especially not liking Jar Jar.

And of course the worst non-black, black man of all Jar Jar from Star Wars…talk about disgrace to the race…that was a low blow from Mr. George Lucas…I mean you already had the golden tokens with Billy Dee and Sammy Jackson…why do you need Jar Jar at all??

U HAHAHA seriously i hear that and the immediate reaction is the only daniel bedingfield track that people in the US know. I’ll give you one guess.

Just a taste. Yeah, he is responsible for a lot of the gang prevention in Sacramento. Genuinely good guy. Also, in my opinion, one of the most next level rappers around. I’ll send you some links to some albums. Maybe you’ll find something mixtapable.

I’m up on Typical Cats – just never huge on any of it. I had a fairly recent album (or two?) back home, I think. Maybe I missed something, though?

supercali – it was, wasn’t it? I actually remember calling my brother, too, who apparently had never thought about it either, but answered in the affirmative.

There is no way Patty was Asian. You always come up with the most terrible ideas.

Gecko – whoa, slow down on Piccolo – I’m running through the old school series right now (not for fun alone, but to figure out what people around me are talking about when they talk about cartoons they watched as a kid).

Incidentally, you all have brought my attention to sort of an interesting phenomenon going on here, which is further incidentally partially related to my research out here.

Checked out that link. Just the picture makes me not want to have anything to do with that film. Why is the dude holding a clay Wal-Mart mini jack-o-lantern and wearing a shirt that says “luck” (運) in Japanese on it? Can you imagine rocking a shirt that just said “luck” all over it? Somebody in wardrobe better have gotten fired over that decision. Maybe I’m missing some deeper cultural insight (read: no I’m not), but that looks lame.

U – I mean, Akira could possibly be done well. Maybe CGI? Either way, I mean, it’s possible. It could be cool like the first Matrix was cool. That said, I’m not exactly holding my breath for it (not that I watch more than like one movie a year, anyway)

Brer – oh no question the dude was nerdy as hell, but certainly black.

And if by “ever heard of Jero” you mean “have you ever been asked if you were Jero” or “have you ever walked into a room and people you don’t know scream ‘ITS JERO’”, then yes

As for Skeeter we all know dude was black. So was Piccolo for that matter. Apparently they’ve pushed the movie back to august ’09.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/928/928540p1.html

I’m not looking forward this movie at all. Ever since I saw the pre production pictures. It looks like crap. Even more bad news there thinking about making a live action akira as well. All I can say is Hollywood has fucked up again.

Well maybe I’ll do a little expose on Mr. Fantastik. I tend to obsess over rapper like him. Same with First Degree the DE. He is a rapper out of Sacramento who is super hard body and funny, but also tutors math, so tyt. I’ll send you a link to the post when I am done.

Off subject but don’t forget about my boy Nizm in the next mixtape ;)

And if you wanna hear good Qwel ish (another Chicago boy) I would check out Typical Cats which is Qwel, Qwazaar (another dope Chicago emcee) and Denizen Kane (rapper/poet). Branch off and listen to their other works and you will be sonically pleased. :)

wait, Chris – are you actually involved with nation of thizzlam? I definitely have read that blog more than twice. Good stuff.

It sounds like you might know more about Mr Fantastic than I do – care to share some details?

People really do not like Keanu.

You know, it actually occured to me – does anyone know ゴルゴ13/Golgo 13? I don’t know much about it other than that it’s about some ace sniper/hitman that is everywhere in Japan. I’ve seen a couple 70s movie (Japanese, obviously) remakes of it. If it weren’t for the obvious James Bond confusion, I think that would actually be a pretty good candidate for a Hollywood remake.

BUT, a live action cowboy bebop? why not, as long as Keanu Reeves has nothing to do with that movie! Is it just me or is Keanu the worst actor, like ever?

Oh yeah, almost forgot: great music in this episode too :)

I mean, the Soultronica Series is partially inspired by Cowboy Bebop, so, yeah. I’d have to at least see the youtube preview.

It might just be me, but I’m seeing a trend toward US remakes of Japanese films/franchises. Actually, as a random sidebar, the movie Speed was actually a rework of a 70s movie called 新幹線大爆破 – Shinkansen Daibakuha (Bullet Train Big Explosion? something like that). In that version, everyone was trapped on a train that, if dropped below 80km/h or something like that, would explode. Some of the scenes were pretty much exactly the same, too.

And, now that I think of it, Keanu Reeves played the lead in Speed, too.