Author Topic: Mako dead at 72. (Read 7535 times)

Rama · « **on:** Jul 24, 2006, 10:12:50 AM »

http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-07-24/#3

You have to scroll down past the parts about Colin Farrell and Kim Cattrall.

B E C K · « **Reply #1 on:** Jul 24, 2006, 12:36:10 PM »

LA Times has a good article on him, which is linked over at Toonzone for the interested. I had no idea he had such an impact on the Asian-American acting community. RIP Makoto Iwamatsu.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #2 on:** Jul 24, 2006, 12:48:58 PM »

HAHA I LOVE KIM CATTRALL

B E C K · « **Reply #3 on:** Jul 24, 2006, 01:05:05 PM »

Hey, respect dead Mako.

Merla · « **Reply #4 on:** Jul 24, 2006, 02:15:52 PM »

Oh my god!! NO!! He was the voice of the Uncle of the hot exiled prince in Advatar.

joe · « **Reply #5 on:** Jul 24, 2006, 05:32:34 PM »

It was the cancellation of Samurai Jack that really killed him.

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What is this, a pun? Do they run a lot of ads during Avatar, or what?

B E C K · « **Reply #6 on:** Jul 24, 2006, 06:12:55 PM »

Nope, just a good ol' fashion, turn-of-the-century Rama-style misspell.

Rama · « **Reply #7 on:** Jul 25, 2006, 12:23:06 AM »

Tee Hee.... I’m infectious.

Merla · « **Reply #8 on:** Jul 25, 2006, 11:12:43 AM »

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It was the cancellation of Samurai Jack that really killed him.

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What is this, a pun? Do they run a lot of ads during Avatar, or what?

DICK!

Extra Zero · « **Reply #9 on:** Jul 25, 2006, 10:49:46 PM »

What really sucks is that they had just cast him as Splinter in the new TMNT movie... All said, he lived a really long life.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #10 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 12:16:50 AM »

Who'll cry for Subotai?

B E C K · « **Reply #11 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 12:29:38 AM »

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What really sucks is that they had just cast him as Splinter in the new TMNT movie... All said, he lived a really long life.

Darnit, he hadn't recorded all of his dialogue yet?

B E C K · « **Reply #12 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 01:22:51 AM »

From ninjaturtles.com:

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Several people have written in with the tragic news that Makoto "Mako" Iwamatsu passed away this past Saturday. Mako was a revered actor throughout his long career, from playing prominent roles in major feature films to providing voices for numerous animated characters. Mr. Iwamatsu was cast as the voice of Master Splinter for the upcoming computer animated TMNT movie. The major part of his dialog for the Turtles film was recorded, however, the ADR (Additional Dialog Record) was not. ADR recordings are used for any extra lines that writer/director Kevin Munroe might want to add or for retakes of existing recordings. At this time we don't know how they will handle the ADR tasks. Mirage Studios extends our sincere condolences to all friends and family of Mr. Iwamatsu.

Queue the sound-alike, like they do for all those R-rated movies that get broadcast on netwerk teevee. "Yippee-kye-yay, Mr. Falcon." That's right, fake Bruce Willis. Yippee-kye-yay.

B E C K · « **Reply #13 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 01:35:24 AM »

You know, I seem to faintly remember "calling it", but I have no idea when or where.

Rama · « **Reply #14 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 03:22:48 AM »

I believe it was in the thread about Pat Morita's passing. (I tried to find it, but no luck.) I think you said something along the lines of "Who is next? Mako!" and you were right.

B E C K · « **Reply #15 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 12:53:03 PM »

I remember that and I can't find it either. Maybe it got eaten by the post monster. It also could've been pruned out this one time where I was snipping short threads. I recall feeling a little guilty about typing that out after I did it and may have even edited it out because I was afraid of jinxing Mako.

That being said, I'd like to predict the next Asian to go: Tsai Chin, known for such roles as Madame Lu ("The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer"), Grandma Wu ("Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior"), Chairman Xu ("Red Corner") and Madame Wu (in the upcoming "Casino Royale"). If she croaks in the next eight months, then I shall devote more time to understanding my dark powers, sometimes with hilarious results.

Rama · « **Reply #16 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 07:00:00 PM »

I still remember saying that I'd be sad when Rerun died, and like 3 months later he was croaksville.

Extra Zero · « **Reply #17 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 08:31:39 PM »

Christ? Who next, Doug?

*waits*

IDE · « **Reply #18 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 09:41:04 PM »

I miss the rerun shuffle

Rama · « **Reply #19 on:** Jul 26, 2006, 11:50:18 PM »

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Christ? Who next, Doug?

*waits*

Oh don't you know that would be too easy.

Merla · « **Reply #20 on:** Jul 27, 2006, 09:58:43 AM »

Hey he hasn't been around lately. Maybe he is all ready dead.

B E C K · « **Reply #21 on:** Jul 27, 2006, 12:38:36 PM »

I was hoping no one would bring this up. Don't jinx it! He's probably in Arizona, bitching to his uncle that he doesn't have an internet connection.

IDE · « **Reply #22 on:** Jul 27, 2006, 01:49:02 PM »

He'll return reprogrammed as a right wing devout christian

B E C K · « **Reply #23 on:** Jul 27, 2006, 02:05:48 PM »

Ha ha, I read that as "right wing devout chicken". I'm hungry.

IDE · « **Reply #24 on:** Jul 27, 2006, 04:44:43 PM »

Someone posted an animated .gif of me having sex on the Ass-spank! (Still hungry?)

Rama · « **Reply #25 on:** Jul 28, 2006, 12:15:25 AM »

Were you having sex with a chicken?

B E C K · « **Reply #26 on:** Jul 28, 2006, 12:17:42 AM »

Fool, by 4:44, I had long since prepared and devoured my meal.

Rama · « **Reply #27 on:** Jul 28, 2006, 12:52:54 AM »

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Madame Wu (in the upcoming "Casino Royale")

Totally missed this the first time through. Is Madame Wu going to be a large part? Because I don't remember there being a character of that name in the book. Not that I'd be surprised of they changed a lot. I mean they changed almost everything in movies like Moonraker, The Spy Who Loves Me, The Man with the Golden Gun, For Your Eyes Only, and Octopussy. (The short story Octopussy has Bond in a more of a cameo apperance, and While the movie The Living Daylights is almost completely made up...the first half hour is pretty much the short story it is based on, so I let it slide.) And I have to admit that Royale wouldn't make a very exciting movie, but I was really hoping for a Bond reboot where they would be told in their proper order and more true to the novels. I figured it was the only way I was going to get a decent remake of Moonraker (Favorite Bond book, least fav. Bond film.)

B E C K · « **Reply #28 on:** Jul 28, 2006, 12:58:52 AM »

Dude, I don't know. I just snagged it from her list of credits, I don't give a rat's ass about that diseased man-whore.

Rama · « **Reply #29 on:** Jul 28, 2006, 01:01:57 AM »

Bah.....BAH I SAY!

You know he isn't such a man-whore in the books. Although he is a racist and homophobe, but who wasn't in the 50s? But I'm surprised he slept around as much as he after the torture he took in Royale. *Shudder*