Hachigatsu wrote:
 As for the ending, he just took the most famous — and celebrated — ending from the original YAMATO films, FAREWELL, YAMATO (1978) for maximum emotional response. This, of course, left no room for a sequel. My only problem was using this ending, as they could have easily turned the story into a trilogy. But, no matter — it's still the best live-action YAMATO film ever produced.  


 

What were the producers thinking? "We don't care how much money this Yamato thing pulls in at the box office, We don't want to make another one."  If Hollywood plays it smart, they could have a franchise on their hands.
  

Hachigatsu wrote:
If the Americans do get to produce their own film — dusting off the failed attempt in the mid-1990s by Disney — it will most certainly be adapted from the US version, STAR BLAZERS, since Voyager Entertainment (who owns the North American rights), does not have the rights to the Japanese versions, names, etc. Those rights are held by Tokushinsha Co., Ltd. I also do not give a wit if a US version calls the ship the "Yamato" or not — although that would be cool — but I don't think that it should be the Arizona, either. If we're doing STAR BLAZERS in live action, let's just stick to "The Argo"!

That's what I'm saying. It doesn't matter really which WWII battleship it's built up from. Once it becomes a spaceship it should be renamed the Argo. Greek mythology references are more universal (and way cooler) than WWII ones.
Oh, and this time, I want my blue-skinned bad guys and tall luminous space demigoddesses back!
Yamazaki's version , IMO, was kind of like a remake of FLASH GORDON with no Ming the Merciless (Although SyFy channel already pretty much did just that.)