Patlabor 2 to be screened on SBS on the 2nd of March!

[RCX]

10.00 CULT MOVIE – ANIME: PATLABOR II – The sequel to the hugely popular anime film Patlabor, focuses on a series of terrorist attacks on Tokyo, which are investigated by Captain Goto with astonishing revelations about the mastermind behind the attacks. Directed by Mamoru Oshii, and voiced by David Jarvis, Peter Marincker and Sharon Holm. (From Japan, in English). (1993) PG

[jetalone]

Patlabor 2? What about the freakin' first one??

Well, I haven't see it, and from all I've read, it's excellent, so I'll be lookin' forward to it.

[SSVegeta4ev]

Oh boy, big whoop, it's shown here(U.S) all the time, I 've probably seen it on like 10 times.

[orochi X]

well ive already got a copy on VHS so i dont care but if they shcreen the first one id watch it, great movie aswell though :)

[Harbinger]

well i only remember seeing the first one, but the second will hopefully be as funny as the first, dispite what i heard


march huh? I'll mark it down on the calander:D

[mrgazpacho]

Alas, Patlabor 2 is not as funny as the first movie - it's more political and depressing, although still interesting and with action bits. But amusing when they try to get the "old team" back together.

[orochi X]

So is the first Patlabor movie is funny? i thought Patlabor is a seroius anime, or is there just more funny bits in it??

[mrgazpacho]

Yeah it's serious.

But there's some lighter moments like when they go all SD during an argument, or the guys get all bloody-nosed (well, not really, but close enough) when the Noa and Azuma go out for dinner :)

[Marius]

Patlabor 2? but I haven't seen Patlabor 1 yet :(

-PjC

[MP2100]

is it really neccessary to see the first movie or are they reasonably seperate ??:confused:

[Sagara]

patlabor 2 waz da big deal dey'v shown it on sbs before n iz pretty old so i don't know y sbs iz showin it again man australia is out of dat

[jetalone]

I can't recall Patlabor 2 (or the first one) ever being televised on SBS.....

Anyhoo, I recently got to see the first half hour of Patlabor. Pretty good, but I wish I had the chance to complete it. :dodgy:

[Paradox]

I do recall them showing PatLabor ages ago on SBS . . . like almost 4 or 5 years ago??? . . . please refresh my memory, but does the plot of the first Patlabor film involve

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those huge mechs going berserk due to a sound frequency caused by the wind passing through the construction beams of some big building? ^^

[orochi X]

cough cough . . . appears on first page :rolleyes:

Just bringing this up to tell people tonight Patlabor 2 will be screened on SBS at 10:00 pm, so dont miss this great movie :)

[Marius]

Can't wait :)

-PjC

[eva2000]

Originally posted by orochi X
cough cough . . . appears on first page :rolleyes:

Just bringing this up to tell people tonight Patlabor 2 will be screened on SBS at 10:00 pm, so dont miss this great movie :) yup nearly missed this myself until my dad said "hey isn't that anime on SBS?" :D

hmm it was okay but there wasn't much Labor action throughout the series until the end ..

wonder if SBS will air the first one ?

[orochi X]

Well i decided to rewatch it again.

I didnt mind that there was only about 20 minutes of Labor action near the end and a bit at the beggining.

But the story was great, it was a bit slow but i dont mind.

Hopefully SBS will screen movie 1 :)

[Serekith]

Well I saw it last night for the first time, and I have to say it was pretty good. It was just so compelling, even if there wasn't that much action. Glad i saw it actually.

[Asukatoo]

I taped it...I'll have to watch it sometime today :D

[DaSheep]

I like no#1 much better than 2. Find it abit boring for me, interesting in the 'why', 'how' and 'what could be', but still boring...

NOT ENOUGH MECHA ACTION!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[MP2100]

who spotted the Qantas 747 at the airport when the phantom fighters attack
look for the "flying kangaroo" tail :cool:

[RCX]

SBS, DID screen Patlabor 1, around 4-5 years ago though

[gardian]

well they should show it again the second one wasn't very good

[Black_Knight]

Originally posted by orochi X
So is the first Patlabor movie is funny? i thought Patlabor is a seroius anime, or is there just more funny bits in it??

Otha's the one man riot… With the new recurts he's funny as hell…

"Hey you! Quit throwing up! What are you? Some sort of fairy you Goddamn cream puff!?! Clean that stuff up!!

[orochi X]

Originally posted by DaSheep
NOT ENOUGH MECHA ACTION!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

yeah theres not enough action but the great storyline makes up for it :)

[Dazman]

this was an excellent film in my opinion, but it took a completely different direction to Patlabor I think (kinda sketchy on the plot of the first one these days)... I think the first one was a show case of science fiction and technology, hence the liberal spoonings of mechas, and the tower of Babel plotline

I found this story to be a more pertinent social and political comment on the 'international community', very intelligently written with music and directing that somehow reminded me of Ghost in The Shell

[Marius]

Originally posted by Dazman
I found this story to be a more pertinent social and political comment on the 'international community', very intelligently written with music and directing that somehow reminded me of Ghost in The Shell

I noticed that as well. It very much reminded me from GitS. Especially the way some of the characters looked zoned out in some scenes. And the gazing off into the distance.

-PjC

[sidewinder]

gah...i missed it :(....i also missed most of Ghost in the Shell :( ....why is it that whenever they are showing anime on tv, that i find someway to miss at least the first half? the same thing happened with macross 2...twice....i need to pay more attention to what's going on.....

[Ngine]

well, the only anime movie which was ever on t.v. here in Holland, was Akira, and it wasn't even aired on a Dutch tv station, but on a Belgium one. :(

[Dazman]

Originally posted by Marius


I noticed that as well. It very much reminded me from GitS. Especially the way some of the characters looked zoned out in some scenes. And the gazing off into the distance.

-PjC

Also the tone of voice taken up by the characters when they did those monologues on the boat - it seemed to me that this scene was transposed into Ghost in the Shell (though obviously with a different context in mind) after whatsername goes scuba diving

[cheesecakeAK]

Patlabor 2 was an intsresting movie to watch. there is alot of listening but i still liked it. i would like to c no. 1 though so i can compare it but if it is as good as the 2 one i would really like to watch it :D