Why so much hype?

not as good as all the hype

I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

i just read one users comments on the battle of the planets set and felt it was necessary to put up a differing opinion. the botp (gatchaman) series was wonderful. if you watch the original Japanese version and not the dumbed down americanized mess. all the dvds come with the original episodes hidden in the bonus materials section. please watch those (with sub titles of course) and if you ever hear casey kasem, you're watching the wrong ones. the originals are the way the series was meant to be viewed. action, blood, swearing, not sanitized for a younger viewing audience. do yourself a favour, buy or rent these, watch the right ones, and you will be pleased.

The animation? Not too bad, considering it was drawn in 1972 or so. But certainly nothing special. The story? Hit and miss, mainly because BotP was made up of edited episodes of the Japanese show Gatchaman (and was therefore missing some key story elements).So why do people - including me - love this show so much?Because for almost anyone born between 1970 and 1976 in the US, BotP was one of the key television programs of our youth. It was exciting, exotic and captured our imaginations like nothing else on the tube.But I think you really had to be there to appreciate it. Neutral observers would probably say that BotP just doesn't hold up after all these years, and if I had to be objective about it, I'd probably have to agree.Still, you owe it to yourself to give it a look, just so you know what everyone's talking about.

Starring:Casey Kasem(Transformers the movie) Genre(s):Animation,sci-fi Summary:Its basically a futuristic animated version of Power rangers. Rated Y7:For Power rangerish violence. The good:Well as just for animation this is only decent. But as a anime there is nothing all that much here. Though the cast does try to save it. The bad:If you don't like power rangers then don't bother here. If you like campy sci-fi animation then I guess you can give it a shot but I can't promise anything. Even if you don't take it seriously it is still not for the cynics. Quote:N/A (Sorry its been a while since the last time I saw this.)

This was, without a doubt, hands-down, my FAVORITE show when I was eight years old. I wish there were re-runs of it or videotapes. It seems like everyone my age (born around 1970) remembers this show. Yet the way it has disappeared, I'm guessing it was not a success. I suppose if I saw it today it would be really lame and the animation would look poor, but for me the music, direction, action and sound effects all combined to make a great show. It was anime before anime was big in America. And frankly, I don't like anime but I didn't mind it here. Probably because it wasn't true anime, it was just cheap, foreign-made animation.