Yonekura Ryoko

Geezer wrote:I'll agree with all of PCM's Awful Remakes.

But I have to disagree with your "Respectable" list. I much prefered the originals in each case.

But I did come up with a GREAT remake.

"The Maltese Falcon" 1941. Staring Humphrey Bogart.

Now that one kicked the dookey out of the original from 1931 staring Rickardo Cortez.

I also sort of preferred "Zoro; The Gay Blade" to the original movies.

Geez', note that I wrote "Respectable Remakes", did not claim they were superior to the original.

Didn't know the Maltese Falcon was a remake! I'm a huge Bogie fan.



The stuff dreams are made of... :drink:
-PCM

bmwracer,

I didn't know that you could have an avatar keep changing like that automatically, cool. I always thought that you changed them manually daily.

I also like the signature posted pix of Ryoko, the center one especially, the one where she keeps playing with her hair. where did you find that one? Those motion ones are cool, can you control what part of the video you want as a posted pix??

BMW has other motion-pics of Ryoko-san. I'm almost certain they are all among the 400+ pages here. :D

qilver wrote:I also like the signature posted pix of Ryoko, the center one especially, the one where she keeps playing with her hair. where did you find that one? Those motion ones are cool, can you control what part of the video you want as a posted pix??

It's a Kanebo Sala CM that I downloaded from the 'net. I captured frames from the video, then made an animated gif. :)

dochira wrote:BMW has other motion-pics of Ryoko-san. I'm almost certain they are all among the 400+ pages here. :D

Right on.

This is one of my favorites: [image]

bmwracer wrote:
Right on.

This is one of my favorites: [image]

Yup I like that one too. First you get a nice shot of her ballerina legs and it ends what that smile of hers. :bonk:

I can see why that is your fave motion pix of Ryoko, from the toe to head :naughty:
animated gif? you are way beyond me with computers. I am just learning how to post pix on here and saving stuff from the 'net to my photobucket album online.

PCM,

Yup. Maltese Falcon with Boggy was a remake. I saw a print of the original and it's no wonder people have forgotten it.

As to the "Respectable" remakes. I know. That's why I just disagreed, instead of getting all huffy about it. (I'm careful with how often I get huffy.)

As to who I'd pick as John Steed To Ryoko's Mrs. Peel? Ridiculous twit that I am, I actually did spend some time wondering about that yesterday.

Since Steed was all style, and breezy flair... I'd think Hiroshi Abe would do a heck of a job.

And since Steed was so obsessed with dressing like an English Gentleman, I'd have Abe spend most of his time in a dress Kimono, while Ryoko was doing all the heavy lifting in her skin tight leathers, and spiked high heels.

Here's another from Ryoko-chan's Digi+Kishin DVD: [image]

Oh, and BMW.

Zorro The Gay Blade made me laugh, so for me, it wins.

I always thought Tyrone Power was good in Mark of Zorro. But I never thougt he was up to snuf when compared to the likes of Flynn and Fairbanks in terms of swashbuckling.

Hamilton might be a run of the mill Hollywood back bencher. But the remakes he was doing in the 80's of Dracula and Zorro were just damned funny.

Geezer wrote:I always thought Tyrone Power was good in Mark of Zorro. But I never thougt he was up to snuf when compared to the likes of Flynn and Fairbanks in terms of swashbuckling.

Power only did one swashbuckler and that was Zorro, so it's hard to judge/compare with Flynn and Fairbanks, Sr., who made many.

The finale between Power and Rathbone was as good as Flynn vs. Rathbone, if not better in terms of dynamics... :)

dochira wrote:Yup I like that one too. First you get a nice shot of her ballerina legs and it ends what that smile of hers. :bonk:

Her smile is killer. :bonk:

qilver wrote:I can see why that is your fave motion pix of Ryoko, from the toe to head :naughty:
animated gif? you are way beyond me with computers. I am just learning how to post pix on here and saving stuff from the 'net to my photobucket album online.

An animated gif is just a special format where a collection of image frames are played back like a really little movie. :D

bmwracer wrote:
Power only did one swashbuckler and that was Zorro, so it's hard to judge/compare with Flynn and Fairbanks, Sr., who made many.

The finale between Power and Rathbone was as good as Flynn vs. Rathbone, if not better in terms of dynamics... :)

Only one?

So we're not counting;

"The Black Swan"
"The Black Rose"
"Prince of Foxes"
"King of the Khyber Rifles" ??????????????????

Almost all of Power's early career was costume action adventure. And lots of them were classic pirate stuff. The REAL Swashbuckler's swash.

As to the finale between Rathbone and Power... well, I give it to Rathbone every time. He was... well, he was Basil Freakin' Rathbone!

Geezer wrote:Only one?

So we're not counting;

"The Black Swan"
"The Black Rose"
"Prince of Foxes"
"King of the Khyber Rifles" ??????????????????

Ooops.

Those never even entered my mind.

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Geezer wrote:

As to the finale between Rathbone and Power... well, I give it to Rathbone every time. He was... well, he was Basil Freakin' Rathbone!

The duel between Rathbone and Flynn from Captain Blood was epic! :woot:

Heck, we should start an Old Movie thread.
-PCM

Geezer wrote:
As to who I'd pick as John Steed To Ryoko's Mrs. Peel? Ridiculous twit that I am, I actually did spend some time wondering about that yesterday.

Since Steed was all style, and breezy flair... I'd think Hiroshi Abe would do a heck of a job...

Hmm... come to think of it, after having watched the Abe Hiroshi & Nakama Yukie team in Trick, I can totally see him as Steed. Good choice. :applaud:
-PCM

Those never even entered my mind.

Which is why I tend to dismiss his Zorro. He was a big star, and he did lots of big movies... but he was pretty forgettable as an action hero.

Besides... truth to tell, for me, Guy Williams will always be the one and only Zorro. He and Henry Calvin, as Sgt. Garcia. No Zorro movie, old or new, ever replaced those guys from the Disney series for me.

Geezer wrote:

Those never even entered my mind.

Which is why I tend to dismiss his Zorro. He was a big star, and he did lots of big movies... but he was pretty forgettable as an action hero.

Besides... truth to tell, for me, Guy Williams will always be the one and only Zorro. He and Henry Calvin, as Sgt. Garcia. No Zorro movie, old or new, ever replaced those guys from the Disney series for me.

Zorro's always had a special place in my heart, since Don Diego was supposed to be from Monterey, in what is now California! :woot:

Must admit, I did enjoy the duel between Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones, though most of the rest of the plot was questionable. Plus, Anthony Hopkins as the elder Zorro was a classy touch.
-PCM

PCM

This always happens to me and BMW. We start talking about a beautiful Japanese actress, or a good Japanes TV show or movie, and the next thing you know, we're both off on calssic movies from the 30s and 40s.

It's a sickness I tells ya!

Boy, the more I think about it, the more I'd really love to see Ryoko and Hiroshi do a version of the Avengers.