Originally posted by: TServo2049
Well, who would have trusted the Weinsteins to do anything truly good with the same film they were responsible for the final bloody mangling of?
Disney may have owned Miramax at the time, but trust me, the Weinsteins were the ones who ruled the roost just the same.
These are the same Weinsteins who only left "Princess Mononoke" untouched because Hayao Miyazaki sent them a real samurai sword, with the note "NO CUTS."
These are the same Weinsteins who were partners in crime, with fellow Thief-wrecker Jake Eberts, on the generally despised Americanization of the "Magic Roundabout" movie.
Well, who would have trusted the Weinsteins to do anything truly good with the same film they were responsible for the final bloody mangling of?
Disney may have owned Miramax at the time, but trust me, the Weinsteins were the ones who ruled the roost just the same.
These are the same Weinsteins who only left "Princess Mononoke" untouched because Hayao Miyazaki sent them a real samurai sword, with the note "NO CUTS."
These are the same Weinsteins who were partners in crime, with fellow Thief-wrecker Jake Eberts, on the generally despised Americanization of the "Magic Roundabout" movie.
Still didn't bother seeing that either for the same reason. You only wish other foreign studios/filmmakers that even bothered trusting the Weinsteins would follow Miyazaki's lead in doing the same thing, though I hear that was still a rumor (but it would be nice to think of it being possible given the circumstances).
This is the same Harvey Weinstein who oversaw the re-editing, rewriting, rescoring, and celebrity-cast English dubbing of René Laloux's "Gandahar," retitled "Light Years," then had the audacity to give himself a director credit, ABOVE Laloux's.[/a]
I'm surprised I have yet to watch that version, even though I have that stupid tape anyway (and a copy of the original Gandahar I could watch anytime on my PC).
These are also the same Weinsteins who bother importing a little Spanish cartoon in the 80's to become a familiar fav with most Americans via Nick Jr. entitled "David the Gnome", but that's probably the only good thing they ever did!