Space Battleship Yamato (Live-Action) Forum

Boy, first a trailer, now a poster-- this Yamato thing is almost like a real movie, isn't it?

Kidding. Of course it's a real movie, and it's going to be released this December. Actually, in that case, it feels a little early to have all of this, but then again, this is surely going to be pretty FX-heavy, which means that there's still surely plenty of work to be done.
    
So, how many of you guys actually remember any Yamato/Starblazers? I watched a tiiiiiiiiny bit as a kid (I can remember renting the VHS at my local The Warehouse-- if any of you remember THOSE stores, either). But most of the readers here are my age or younger, so I don't know how many of you would have missed it entirely. Anyone care to enlighten me?    

@VinceA: "The nostalgia is strong with this one." Awesome. <3

No facial hair standards in the future of navy!  HOORAH!
 
I fall into the category of having heard of it before, but unwilling to find those VHS tapes.  I am most definitely intrigued by this.

 The cinematography reminds me a lot of the Galactica reboot.  Pretty much a good thing, hopefully the movie holds up, there are similarities in the basic story, the biggest difference is trying to restore the home planet at long odds vs. finding a new planet at long odds.
 
I tried watching Star Blazers maybe five years ago, I don't think it holds up very well at all.  It didn't help that it was too expensive, I was intrigued, just not nearly enough to justify the price.