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Okay, I saw Gatchaman. There were so many differences from the source material, but I didn't really have a problem with those. For some reason I saw the plot twist coming a mile away, and the crazy love triangle weirdness that I'd expect coming from Gatchaman comes out of nowhere.
The suits are weird.... more Iron Man-ish than ninja. The fights in-suit were either CGI-fests or something like Garo fights, and few and far in-between. Also, the Phoenix, and its cockpit seemed to be added as an after-thought rather than as an integral part of Gatchaman.
I've never seen the Gatchaman anime, but I really did enjoy this film regardless of the exaggerated bad review. (screw anime elitists!) I think you're not the only one who could foresee the plot twist, because I did as well. I mean, it was quite easy to see that the woman wasn't really 100% dead. thinking of it now... it's as if the script writer was a big fan of Jetman and decided to adapt the "Rie turned into Maria" and the love triangle ideas. :laugh:
hence why it wasn't fully titled Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman, but they've done some references here and there. I personally love the suits and the CG quality is almost Hollywood standard IMO. don't tell me it wasn't fun seeing half of Tokyo getting smashed up!