Yeah. Imagine how I felt when I found out that I would have to wait until I got home from Japan to see Iron Man... It was like all of these ->
rolled into one.
Star Trek Opeing in Japan on Friday May 29
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Yeah. Imagine how I felt when I found out that I would have to wait until I got home from Japan to see Iron Man... It was like all of these ->
rolled into one.
I dunno if it's still the case now, but theatres in Japan used to give out all sorts of awesome swag at the door, like glossy multipaged pamphlets, in return for your admittedly exorbitant ticket price. If you get some, you should post some pics.
Kirk fu beats swine fu.
Will do.
I dunno if it's still the case now, but theatres in Japan used to give out all sorts of awesome swag at the door, like glossy multipaged pamphlets, in return for your admittedly exorbitant ticket price. If you get some, you should post some pics.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this movie performs in Japan. If it hits it big there, it will be a good boost in foreign BO numbers. Not to mention the positive (hopefully) domino effect in the rest of the Asian market.
Watched the movie last night with the wife - there were about 20 people in the theater...not alot of folks at the multiplex either - could be swine flu paranoia....we enjoyed the movie, lots of sniffles from the crowd during the Kirk is born segment, Spock is picked on as young child, Spock loses his mom... there was a brochure, will post pix as soon as I can.
That data is incomplete. That's how much Nemesis made it's first weekend in Japan, though it probably didn't make a whole lot more.
http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2003&wk=15&p=.htm
Future reference...that term is still offensive.
Word.
Yes, the J word is offensive. Don't even try to defend your use. Just stop using it.
Trek is pretty minor in Japan. Among the foreign SF franchises, Star Wars is much more popular.
I saw the movie last night in the smallest theater of an 8-screen Warner multiplex here in western Tokyo. Of the 20 people in attendance, 17 were men, of whom 3 were non-Japanese (probably Americans).
US movies are released in Japan within a month of the US release if they have big stars popular in Japan (eg, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie) or are parts of big franchises that have already proven popular (Terminator, Harry Potter, Bond). However, even they might be held until the July/August school holidays, Golden Week (first week of May), or New Years'. Some movies may get delayed 6 months or a year, or may never open except in small art-house theaters. Lots of movies go straight to DVD in Japan (after a year). Comedies are an especially hard sell, unless they're mostly physical. (Mr. Bean is popular here). I can usually get most movies faster and cheaper via Amazon US.
Ticket prices in Tokyo are pretty high. Average general admission is 1800 yen (at about 100 yen per USD). Luckily, married couples 50 and older get in for 2000 yen. Pamphlets aren't free: they cost 400 to 800 yen. Movie-going isn't nearly as popular as in the US. In 2004 (the last year I have data), Japan had 170 million total admissions for a country of 130 million (1.3 admissions per person). In the US in 2007 there were 1400 million admissions for a nation of 300 million people (4.7 admissions per person).
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Indeed.
If he were played by a Japanese or Japanese-American actor, it might get more press, but I don't think Sulu's still-minor role makes any difference in attendence.
The poster has the big shadowy heads of Uhura, Kirk, and Spock with Enterprise being built at the bottom. (no catwomen this time)
In defense of Tulin, some people who do not understand the connotations of the word simply consider it an abbreviation of Japanese. I have encountered this before and corrected them on this point.
RAMA
Use of the word has come up at Trek BBS before. All people who have used it say they used it out of ignorance: they didn't know that Japanese and Japanese-Americans find it extremely offensive or say they've heard Asians use it themselves. I'm willing to believe their explanations. I'm also thankful and glad that you, Rama, and the other members feel so strongly against the use of this slur that you speak out about it and try to educate others.
Back on topic, fellow Trekkies.
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