[...] in June, David wrote about the upcoming live-action adaptation of Speed Racer. In Japan, the 1966 manga and the two anime TV series (1967/68 and 1997) went by the title of Mach [...]

It’s truly horrible and no amount of entertainment is worth injuring another sentient being.

For more info visit Jane Goodall’s website, where she talks about chimpanzee training:
http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_central/conservation/issues/in_entertainment.asp

For me, I guess, having a live chimp is preferable to a CGI chimp. If he/she is
well trained and directed, there should be no problem. When CGI is used for
impersonal things like space ships or even monsters, it’s okay. However, when
it is used for a character that has to continually interact with the live action
characters, I find that a bit distracting…an example is with the recent Scooby
Doo movies.

I try not to comment much about female characters/actors since I still don’t
know what comments will irritate my wife…of course, if she reads this she will
probably hit me.

I remember back in the late 80s catching a portion of an Astro Boy episode. It
was strange to me since it was in color and all the episodes I remember seeing
in the past were in black and white. I didn’t find out until much later that the
1960s series had been remade in the 1980s. As for the 2003 series, I was never
able to catch more than one or two episodes since it kept on changing time slots
and networks (KidsWB and Cartoon Network). What little I saw looked very good,
however.

Did you see the updated Astro Boy anime series from a few years ago? It was pretty cool!

As for the movie…it looks interesting. I think Speed Racer and the Wachowski
brothers might be a good fit. Depending on my schedule and finances, I probably
will check it out.