Hayabusa movies |
Hayabusa movies |
Jan 24 2012, 11:29 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 20-January 12 From: Florida Member No.: 6317 |
On Feb 11, 2012 will be the theatrical release of a dramatic movie about the Hayabusa mission. It looks like an expensive production: they built a copy of the main JAXA control room for the film.
Here is the web site: http://www.hayabusa2012.jp/index.html You can watch some trailers there. Watch the one marked 'ver 2' in particular. It's all in Japanese, but hopefully there will be an eventual DVD release with subtitles. |
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Oct 27 2012, 10:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 6-November 05 From: So. Maryland, USA Member No.: 544 |
TheAnt: Yes. LIPOVITAN-D was certainly part of the Hayabusa experience here on unmannedspaceflight.com. The reference in the movie went by so fast that I almost missed it, though.
For those in the DC area: the October 29 showing of the 20th Century Fox HAYABUSA has been postponed to Nov. 2 because of Hurricane Sandy. |
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Dec 18 2014, 10:25 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 20-January 12 From: Florida Member No.: 6317 |
Whether Japanese studios are coming to their senses regarding prices, or it is exchange rates, anyway, the earlier Hayabusa movie with English subtitles is now available in Bluray format from Amazon Japan for only $11.25 (US) plus $9.60 for shipping and customs. That is quite reasonable for shipping from Japan. And it is shipped by Amazon itself and they do international deliveries. woo hoo.
The Ken Watanabe version still not available in English. Look for "英語" on the Subtitles line. |
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Dec 27 2014, 06:28 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 20-January 12 From: Florida Member No.: 6317 |
Some brief comments on "Hayabusa". The movie is working several themes at once, including trying to explain to the lay public exactly how the mission works. The cinematic device for doing this is to follow the story of a female graduate student (played in an adorably geeky way by Yűko Takeuchi) who gets involved in the project. She has completed her Masters in astronomy or geology (not sure which) with a paper on crater formation. While working on her Doctoral thesis she is working in a book store. After attending a lecture on future exploration plans she introduces herself to the speaker, who later invites her to come work for him, and she ends up several years later in the control room during Hayabusa operations.
There is a funny scene where she is coming out of an elevator on her first day at work and bumps face to face into Professor Yamaguchi. She freezes in her tracks and while she tries to decide whether to introduce herself, bow, or get out of the way, the elevator door keeps trying to close on her. At some point she is trying to explain how "electric rocket engines" work to a small child and she gives a very technical answer which she suddenly realizes the kid does not undertand at all. He wanders off and the grad student gets this look in her eyes as she realizes the unmet need for explaining the project for the non-technical audience. So she decides to make this her work. She does it by writing a sort of manga which bears a striking similarity to the drawings done by Go Miyazaki. She has Hayabusa talking about the trip he is undertaking. A co-worker asks "You mean like Tommy the Tank Engine?" One of the public talks given by the young woman's boss goes over who Hideo Itokawa was, the Japanese rocket scientist after whom their destination asteroid is named. This is an example of how the movie blends documentary-style information into the narrative. Hm, female ex grad student who explains space science to the public. Sound like anybody we know? |
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