Now that Densha drew the curtain... here's a poll!

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For all otakus' sake, leave the bloody diamond alone!!!!!!!!! Big Smile

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

yeah... leave this dorama alone... I dont want it ruined by Hollywood casue the remakes they produce sucks badly

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 7:23 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

is movie version just a summary of whole TV?

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

US movie version? like the ring? NO WAY!!! I can't imagine American actors acting out those characters, it's just... weird o.0;

A special with densha tv casts? Sounds good, I'd love to see more of the supporting casts, like more interviews and such. They're very endearing and interesting characters, I love all of them ^___^

A 2nd season god knows how it'll go.... Bad idea. The story is completed very nicely. Plus, the sequels are never as good as the original.

So the bottomline is, I say, leave it alone. It's good the way it is, even though I'm sad I have to part with this drama, I think the ending is approriate.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:10 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:28 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Leave it alone, I mean, I want more people to see it. But don't change it a bit, just publicize it more =D

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:45 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Remakes are never good. I thought The Ring was really scary, but then I watched the original, and I thought Sadako was even creepier than Samara. There's so much more behind Ringu than there is to The Ring....

I hope they don't remake Densha Otoko. I doubt they will too, since it's about an otaku, and that's not that widely common in the U.S. If they did something similiar, maybe the anime otaku would change to say, a Star Wars otaku? ^^0 Haha. Or maybe a Star Trek otaku? Something perceived as equally "nerdy" as anime otaku in Japan.

But either way, I've given up on American remakes of Japanese movies. They never compare to the original.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:52 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't think the real Densha ever said what kind of an otaku he was. In one of the manga versions he was more of a computer otaku than an anime otaku.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For all otakus' sake, leave the bloody diamond alone!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:21 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

yeaaah ....
dont make it into another sappy drama ...
leave it like that
and will remember all my life

hehehehe

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't think any remake will be as funny and memorable as the original. It would be close to impossible to reproduce the laughs that Densha provided so let's not ruin a good thing.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I say leave it be. Why mess with a good thing? It'll run it in the ground. Crazy

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:21 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

US will screw it up. keep it as is Tongue

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:36 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

the best thing would be to leave it as is! but if Hollywood does do a remake, they'd probably do it in New York because not many other big cities in the U.S. has that kind of subway system! the guy could be an IT guy doing some kind of tech support and the girl is an heiress that works at an antique China shop! Big Smile

I watched the movie without subs, and I didn't like it. not because it didn't have subs, but I skimmed through it and the Densha Otoko in the movie didn't do a good job. Hermes wasn't as cute as the one in the drama and I don't think she did a good job either. the movie went too fast for me even though I didn't understand what they were saying. Smile

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

It should be remade into a US version. Jim Carrey will play Densha Otoko (aka Subway Samaritan) and Angelina Jolie will be Hermes and indeed it will be set in NY. On the way home, Hermes will be harassed by a minority (probably someone Black or Puerto Rican). Instead of meekly trying to stop the offender, this Densha Ototo will be carrying heat. He tazers the pervert's ass and after doing so, Densha Otolo takes a picture with his camera phone so he can put it on his blog. Of course from then on, the US version will follow more or less the J-drama version except:

1. There'll be more explosions
2. Asians MUST speak with an accent
3. Benoist = Lipton