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Hungrywolf

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"Metropolis" , posted Fri 23 May 09:04

Ok, a while back I rented Metropolis (the anime) at Blockbuster and it was interesting, I liked it. Then the other day, on AMC I think, they were showing an old silent film called Metropolis. I didn't watch it, but when they were previewing it it looked similar to the anime. Is the anime based on this old silent film?

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Time Mage

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"Re(1):Metropolis" , posted Fri 23 May 09:46

quote:
Ok, a while back I rented Metropolis (the anime) at Blockbuster and it was interesting, I liked it. Then the other day, on AMC I think, they were showing an old silent film called Metropolis. I didn't watch it, but when they were previewing it it looked similar to the anime. Is the anime based on this old silent film?

In fact it's based in a manga of Osamu Tezuka, who was inspired by the original film, but in a curious way:
He saw the poster of the film, and read a few lines of the idea. He liked it, so he draw his manga without seeing the film, because he liked the idea but didn't wanted to be influenced by seeing it.

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Sensenic

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"Re(2):Metropolis" , posted Fri 23 May 11:28

quote:
In fact it's based in a manga of Osamu Tezuka, who was inspired by the original film, but in a curious way:
He saw the poster of the film, and read a few lines of the idea. He liked it, so he draw his manga without seeing the film, because he liked the idea but didn't wanted to be influenced by seeing it.

And the movie itself was very freely based off Tezuka's manga: they added character/s from other Tezuka's works (one at least: Rock) and changed things all over here and there: In the original Tima is an ¿androgin? android, not "female", for example. Those're the changes I recall from the DVD but there were more of 'em.

So conclusion: the anime has little to do with the original movie, perhaps only the title and a similar background.

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Ammadeau
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"Re(3):Metropolis" , posted Sat 24 May 10:37

Lang's Metropolis is a great classic silent film. I've seen three different versions of it now, including the original German version, which I was able to translate for the people watching with me.

That said, it has almost nothing in common with the movie, though some elements carried over like a robot at the center of the story, the divsion between rich and poor...

I don't think the anime movie is nearly as good. Like Akira, it's far too unfocused and trying to do too many things at once.

Undead Fred

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"Re(1):Metropolis" , posted Sat 24 May 17:45

quote:
Ok, a while back I rented Metropolis (the anime) at Blockbuster and it was interesting, I liked it. Then the other day, on AMC I think, they were showing an old silent film called Metropolis. I didn't watch it, but when they were previewing it it looked similar to the anime. Is the anime based on this old silent film?

I made the mistake of getting my copy from Wal-Mart... so, there's a part where a cabinet member gets shot in the head and a CANDLE appears on his head for a moment and fades off. Any other blood has been edited out too. And of course, being Wal-Mart, they don't clearly label it as censored and you can't return it once it's open. Pretty good movie, though.

Heh heh... if anyone wants old black and white "big computer ruling a city" movies, check out Alphaville. The computer sounds like someone doing burp-talk. Heh heh.

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