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I'm a moron
May. 4th, 2003 09:16 pmI don't know why I thought the Metro was downtown. I knew the address, Tom and I had looked at a map last week showing where it was, and we'd decided it was downtown. But it isn't, it's on 45th street in the University District, South of Half Price Books, in the same building complex as Trader Joe's. I've been to it before.
So anyway, Jeff, Tom and I left early enough that we were able to circle around downtown and head back North while Jeff got directory info from Jeri-Lynn, and we got to the theatre just as the movie previews were starting. Once again, perfect timing. ^_^
It was pouring rain most of the way. Pretty scary driving when you can barely see through sheets of rain, and everyone decides to drive like an idiot to compensate for not being able to see anything. If you can't see, just pull out into traffic and hope nobody's coming at you. That seemed to be the prevailing attitude.
But we got there, and the movie was excellent. It's funny that Jen and Jared and Cale liked it so much more than the tv series, because it really was exactly the same as the tv series, only they had a bigger canvas to work with. Longer plot, better animation, but everything else was just like the Cowboy Bebop that I already knew. Same writer and same director so that's really no surprise.
I'd also heard that the Japanese music was replaced by American rock, and that it sucked. Well, there certainly was more modern styles of rock but it all fit so seamlessly that I couldn't really say what was added by the American team and what was original, if anything was. Whoever did the music (Les Claypool III from Primus actually) did an excellent job. AT one point, Spike is lead through a Moroccan market, and for background music we had Middle-Eastern singing and music... but the instrument being used was a sintar, the Moroccan bass-like instrument that Hassan Hakmoun plays. That's soo cool, using authentic Moroccan music for that scene. Other music in other scenes also seemed to work very well, so now I'm curious as to how it differs from the Japanese version.
It's playing until April 10th. Gene and Mike should go see it... it's not downtown, you could probably take a bus straight down 45th to see it even.
( And now I must rant about an unrelated topic )
So anyway, Jeff, Tom and I left early enough that we were able to circle around downtown and head back North while Jeff got directory info from Jeri-Lynn, and we got to the theatre just as the movie previews were starting. Once again, perfect timing. ^_^
It was pouring rain most of the way. Pretty scary driving when you can barely see through sheets of rain, and everyone decides to drive like an idiot to compensate for not being able to see anything. If you can't see, just pull out into traffic and hope nobody's coming at you. That seemed to be the prevailing attitude.
But we got there, and the movie was excellent. It's funny that Jen and Jared and Cale liked it so much more than the tv series, because it really was exactly the same as the tv series, only they had a bigger canvas to work with. Longer plot, better animation, but everything else was just like the Cowboy Bebop that I already knew. Same writer and same director so that's really no surprise.
I'd also heard that the Japanese music was replaced by American rock, and that it sucked. Well, there certainly was more modern styles of rock but it all fit so seamlessly that I couldn't really say what was added by the American team and what was original, if anything was. Whoever did the music (Les Claypool III from Primus actually) did an excellent job. AT one point, Spike is lead through a Moroccan market, and for background music we had Middle-Eastern singing and music... but the instrument being used was a sintar, the Moroccan bass-like instrument that Hassan Hakmoun plays. That's soo cool, using authentic Moroccan music for that scene. Other music in other scenes also seemed to work very well, so now I'm curious as to how it differs from the Japanese version.
It's playing until April 10th. Gene and Mike should go see it... it's not downtown, you could probably take a bus straight down 45th to see it even.
( And now I must rant about an unrelated topic )
