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Amentep

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  1. I'm not a big fan of changing names in adaptions (that said with specific cases I can see why it might be done). However the way credits are done, writers get credited only if they made demonstrated changes to the script and one of the 'play the system' ways that's been traditionally done is to rename all the characters. So a character who might have been Hung in one draft may become Long in another. Its silly, but might account for the name changes in this adaption as a whole (and may not, as well).
  2. I think Long was the translation of the surname that's usually translated Lung these days. Not 100% sure on that, but I've definitely seen Long on older (pinyin?) translations.
  3. How many US films in the 30s and 40s had transgender themes that were suppressed post-code (or were realized pre-code)? I wasn't under the impression transgender had made much of a pop culture impression until Christine Jorgensen in the early 1950s. The Hays Code did have provisions against overt sexuality and "perversity" which probably would have kibboshed transgender storylines (although a docudrama might still get through, like Wood's Glen or Glenda), but I'm just not aware of anyone trying to make a film about the topic until Jorgensen made headlines so am curious as to what examples I'm not aware of. The CCA was driven by new media fears; Frederick Wertham had spuriously connected juvenile delinquents who read comics and, discounting the fact that over 90% of kids in the city read and traded comics, declared comics as the common factor. It wasn't helped when the Brooklyn Thrill Killers were dropped into his lap. Oddly though, everyone ignored him when he began the same campaign against television. Many of Wertham's accusations about comics have been transferred over the years to any new thing kids seem interested, heavy metal, rap, video games, etc. However the CCA was also a way for comic publishers to hurt their competition. Archie, National, Atlas, etc., set rules that specifically targeted the best selling comics from EC and Lev Gleason.
  4. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/warhammer-40000-series-eisenhorn-in-the-works-the-x-files-frank-spotnitz-1203270041/ Frank Spotnitz (X-Files) and his production company Big Light in conjunction with Games Workshop will be making a Warhammer 40,000 tv series based on the Dan Abnet penned novels about Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn.
  5. Because we have been asked to do so.
  6. Sci-Fi programs and movies tend to be more expensive to make, so one would think they probably need to have a greater degree of popularity to get a second season than, say, a contemporary drama with a similar size ensemble cast.
  7. Terrio won an Academy Award for Argo, so somebody liked something he did.
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  14. That's pretty much what the Daily Mail's rumour says when you read it, that Bond is pulled back in while no longer being 007.
  15. Technically, it's a rumor sourced from the Daily Mail.
  16. I thought it was good as well. The effects looked good on the big screen. The Male lead was weak, but hes the weakest character in the manga, so him being the weakest character in the movie worked for me
  17. Its computer animated, but they're dropping the framerate on it (presumably so it mimics hand drawn animation or offset weight issues with 3D animation vs traditional animation).

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