Lallygagging

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Lallygagging

Post by me_in_japan » Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:04 am

I would like to voice my displeasure at Japan being the last country in the world to see Star Trek : Into Darkness released.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101/rel ... de=desktop

The fact that it comes about 2 weeks before my wife is due to deliver our 2nd kid means that I stand little to no chance of seeing it. Gah!

While I'm whinging, I'll also add a moan about the fact that Iron Man 3 was only showing in 1 screen here in Tsu, and it was the dubbed version. Didn't get a chance to see that, neither.

And people wonder why Internet piracy is booming?????

*edit* second last country in the world to get Pacific Rim. :cry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/rel ... de=desktop

These are the 3 films I wanted to see most this summer. Are there any others that folks would recommend?
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Re: Lallygagging

Post by The Underdweller » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:10 am

Yeah, I'm not real happy about the Japan movie release dates either. At least in Nagoya I could see Ironman 3 subbed! Someone just told me the late release dates are so they can get the stars of the movie to appear on Japanese variety shows to promote it before it opens.

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Re: Lallygagging

Post by YellowStreak » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:59 am

me_in_japan wrote:I would like to voice my displeasure at Japan being the last country in the world to see Star Trek : Into Darkness released.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101/rel ... de=desktop
Yup, that's why I saw it in Hong Kong last weekend! :)

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Re: Lallygagging

Post by Spevna » Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:56 am

I'm not happy about it at all.
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Re: Lallygagging

Post by Tenorikuma » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:25 am

The Underdweller wrote:Yeah, I'm not real happy about the Japan movie release dates either. At least in Nagoya I could see Ironman 3 subbed! Someone just told me the late release dates are so they can get the stars of the movie to appear on Japanese variety shows to promote it before it opens.
That's interesting.

I thought that maybe sci-fi and other genre films were more risky in Japan, so they wanted to wait and gauge anticipation before committing theatre venues and marketing expenses.
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