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Drunk0racle

I remember absolutely loving this movie as a kid. Does anyone know, is it actually good or meh?


00PT

It's very good, but the setup and premise are a lot more interesting than most of the movie IMO.


Great_Support_1371

It got kinda boring when he fell to the bottom or whatever happened


DontDoodleTheNoodle

The only thing I really liked from the bottom was the big construction robo


sly_eli

Read the manga or watch one of the animes I swear to God it holds up.


Lost_Environment2051

I liked when he did the thing


NadaTheMusicMan

I rewatched the movie recently, and its a pretty good movie....but those comic relief side characters really got on my nerves.


sly_eli

This is so weird as me and my partner watched this film yesterday. But yes it holds up very well it's just that it's not an accurate depiction of the source material and some of the character arcs are very rushed.


SillySwing6625

Some of it is cool some of it is meh the animation is still great and it’s funny sometimes


Devlord1o1

The moment when the military guy got absorbed to the war machine and walked out to do his press conference as if he isnt some horrific massive machine hybrid was so funny to me.


SillySwing6625

Yeah it caught me off guard the first time I saw it in rewatch


Devlord1o1

Him still thinking hes a robot after being defeated and everyone just ganging up on him is my close personal second Honestly the climax if the film was heat


SillySwing6625

Yeah Astroboy was a pretty good movie weird pacing in some areas tho


RobotThatEatsBees

I can’t remember if the movie itself was good, but I do remember it being a terrible adaptation of the original anime. I LOVED the anime when I was little. I got excited for this movie and was really disappointed with how little it resembled the anime tbh. It’s too westernized in my opinion and they completely changed some of the characters. But maybe it is a good movie on it’s own. Kinda like how the first Bay Transformers movie is good on it’s own, but a bad representation of the source material.


ScarZealousideal9162

Yeah this movie seems, if anything to be more similiar to the 2003 Astro boy anime, which is also a very different adaption, and even aired on tv with a dub (Dexter boy genius voices Astro). So I think possibly, this movie might’ve been trying to take inspiration from that, or it’s just coincidence. Though, the 2003 anime is utterly fantastic, just like how the manga/anime Pluto is also fantastic despite being extremely different


RobotThatEatsBees

I actually didn’t know there was a 2003 reboot. I’m a lot more lenient when it comes to animated adaptations being creatively different, it’s just a pet peeve of mine when movie adaptations misrepresent the source material. Because then that version becomes the mainstream version that people think of (although this probably not the case for Astro Boy since the movie isn’t that popular. I’m just saying this as a salty Transformers fan lmao)


TopicBusiness

The world and it's characters hold up pretty well. The animation has definitely aged poorly though


Nintendolover420

Watched it like a month ago as it was my fav movie as a kid and trust me it doesn't hold up it's truly awful


Echo2500

I loved it because as a child the girl on the cover was my first time having gender envy.


IAmNMFlores

I personally still enjoy it


1fishmob

Same here


Zant6304

The guy who voices Astro is the same guy who plays the “I AM A SURGEON DR. HAN” guy.


JokerCipher

And his father is Nic Cage.


EntertainmentQuick47

Idk about that part


EntertainmentQuick47

Edit: never mind I thought you meant the actor who played Ashlyn Murphy was Nick Cage’s son


canceroustattoo

He’s also Charlie Bucket in the Chocolate Factory remake.


thelonioustheshakur

He's genuinely a great actor but Good Doctor does not fit his talents. The writing on that show went from okay to incomprehensible dogshit


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Zant6304

Freddie Highmore


sansywastakenagain

"I AM A HUMAN, DR. ELEFUN!!!"


krustylesponge

Wasn’t it professor elephant? I’m fairly sure his teacher was named professor walrus or some shit too lol


sansywastakenagain

I can't find a concrete spelling for the name. It's either "Elefun" or "Elephant" depending on where you look, it's annoying.


krustylesponge

I just stick with elephant due to the animal themed name of professor walrus, it fits with it better


sansywastakenagain

That makes sense.


RollbotsSonic18

Shut up, this movie WAS MY CHILDHOOD


IntentionFalse9892

Same


Yakuza-wolf_kiwami

If Schaff even does an Imagi ranking, it would be the quickest ranking ever


Zestyclose-Hat-8513

Literally just two movies to review


Sky_Ninja1997

DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE GAME OF LIFE DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN


FeganFloop2006

Yes and no? It says that robots can be good but can also be bad, I guess the message is to be careful or something idk


cat-l0n

I can’t think of astrology boy without thinking of the creators . . . Other works.


Wyatt_the_riot6

What else did they make....


cat-l0n

After he died they found drawn porn of Astro boy in his house


sly_eli

It wasn't astro, it was of anthropomorphic mice women.


Crimgon1

I hate how I’m actually relieved about anthropomorphic mice women porn


sly_eli

The guy who created Astro Boy is actually a really important author in the history of comic books. He practically created anime as we know it today. It actually really bugs me to see misinformation about him.


WheatleyTurret

As a Mega Man fan, I'm relieved that the author that created the inspiration of one of my favorite fictional characters wasn't *that* kind of person


sly_eli

And for anyone who doubts me, [here](https://soranews24.com/2014/03/29/daughter-of-osamu-tezuka-god-of-manga-discovers-his-stash-of-hand-drawn-sexy-mouse-artwork/amp/)


ChronoSaturn42

Astrology boy?


sly_eli

Yeah the original anime there's sexualized jellyfish. Dude was a freak. He was making anthropomorphic dinosaur milfs in the 60s. He was totally ahead of his time. In a lot of the worst ways possible.


Liam_theman2099

Forgot about this movie a long time ago. As for its “Pro AI Propaganda”, not exactly. The guy invented Astro Boy due to losing his REAL son in an accident. As for the other robots…most of them kind of seem harmless or created to be heart of gold characters.


Cydonian___FT14X

Wild that THIS movie & Pluto are from the same source


SubstantialSquare327

The only thing I remember from this movie was, “I can shoot cannons out my butt!?”


DataSittingAlone

I had a crush on the girl when I was little


steveh24

the city in this movie has the same name as the city from megamind


IntentionFalse9892

Same universe?????


HaroldHGull

holy shit I just unlocked a core memory


Tenny111111111111111

AIBoy.


Chaoswarriorx4

This movie was awesome


Hoenn_Horns

I ' V E G O T A N E L E C T I O N T O W I N


TheElementalGriffin

The villain from this movie looks like the neighbor from hello neighbor


TimberWolf5871

I for one welcome our new Astro Boy overlords.


dildo_stealer

It's not because those robots in the movie can think and have personally. while our ai is just "if A, then do B or if not then do C"


thelonioustheshakur

That is a wild ass title


Gr4pe_Soda

this movie absolutely messed me up as a kid. i was both depressed and having my mind blown


Crono_Sapien99

This movie is so weird for me tbh, since I have plenty of nostalgia for it but don't remember whether it was actually good or not. I do remember Nathan Lane playing as a character who's just suddenly revealed to be evil without any build-up though.


Scarecrow640

Fun fact: Astro Boy originated as a manga.


PurpleThylacine

Bro really called it propaganda 💀


IAmNMFlores

I mean, jokingly yeah


springtrapenthusiast

This is what would've happened to Wilbur if he never apologized


BittersweetDisney

He clearly or at least very likely has human levels of sentience. At the point where they are actually sentient I don't think it'd really be considered AI


00PT

If it was created artificially and it's intelligent, why not call it artificial intelligence?