AICN has 5 minutes of Space Battleship Yamato online

[trekgeezer]

Also look for the link to the  films official site

http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/node/47635

[Jim H]

That was some really boring, really dull footage.  About what I expected from a live action anime film.  They're always friggin' boring for some reason.

And the Japanese thing of showing faces from people during footage on a show is dumb and insulting.

[Andrew]

That five minutes is largely a section of the original cartoon series, cut to fit a movie's length.  At first, the "steadicam" comment didn't sink in, then I realized they were doing a lot of that with the character shots. 

I'll have to see the movie to put things in context.  It is going to be difficult to transition from a series-long cartoon to a feature-length film.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

That five minutes is largely a section of the original cartoon series, cut to fit a movie's length.  At first, the "steadicam" comment didn't sink in, then I realized they were doing a lot of that with the character shots. 

I'll have to see the movie to put things in context.  It is going to be difficult to transition from a series-long cartoon to a feature-length film.

You're right, they have an arduous task in translating such a long TV series into the format of a few hours while keeping the main story intact.  There was a battle with the Gamilons on just about every planet in our solar system, from Mars all the way to Pluto.

I remember one episode where the Star Force was hit over and over by this huge "reflex gun" that shot laser beams off of a series of mirrors that were aligned to strike the Yamato.

I believe the battle was off of the moon of Jupiter, Titan. The Gamilons had a huge base there. That was one of the more interesting episodes and concepts of the series.