![]() ![]() Soon, however, X-23 managed to work her way back to her home universe in Ghost Spider’s body and Ghost Spider managed to recover from her self-inflicted injuries in X-23’s skin. For Gwen Stacy in particular this proved difficult she managed to maim herself with X-23’s claws almost immediately after taking up residence in the mutant clone’s body. Besides figuring out where exactly they were, they had to figure out each other’s distinctly different bodies. Case in point: X-23 and Ghost Spider, who swapped before they even met. Sometimes even being in different universes cannot stop a body swap from taking place. Ock, on the other hand, got himself a new unoccupied body and has walked a path wandering between hero and villain since. While Doc Ock would never admit it, Parker did eventually prove himself the better man and regained control of his body. While Octavius did experience short-term success, Parker’s consciousness did eventually rear its head once more and the enemies did battle on the mental plane. Thus, the Doctor Octopus identity was abandoned for that of Superior Spider-Man. Chief amongst them was Doc Ock’s desire to prove himself to be the very best hero-in his opinion, at least-to live in said body. However, walking around in Peter Parker’s body caused some unanticipated consequences. Instead, he laid the groundwork to “leap” from his degenerating shell and into the hale and hearty body of the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man himself. Taki and Mitsuha think they're dreaming, and after about the first 40 minutes of their shimmering film, you may think you are, too.Otto Octavius was dying and wanted nothing more than to go out the undisputed ruler of the planet – or so he fooled everyone into thinking. I've seen both versions, and while they have different drawbacks and virtues - the body-discovery bits feel overly cute in the English version, whereas the folkloric middle section feels stronger - the story is affecting either way. dubbed into English, or in Japanese with subtitles. In the U.S., theaters have been offered a choice by the film's distributor: They can show Your Name. It's deeper, more resonant, in some ways a meditation on fate. So are the feelings these kids are experiencing, the tension between respect and rebellion, and of course, the urgent need to recall the name they can't remember from the dream they're not sure they're having.īy the time Taki sketches from memory a town he is sure he has never visited, and wonders "Why does looking at it make my chest so tight?" you'll have realized this is not the cute little switcheroo comedy you thought you were watching at the beginning. But they're new and a little surprising for Mitsuha, too. Developing breasts do, of course, interest Taki - he's a boy. With all the changes wrought by puberty, teenagers effectively wake up in new bodies each morning anyway. She's definitely going with it.Īnd at about the moment you're ready to scream at them to just meet already, what has seemed like a glistening, teen rom-com turns into a darker, more affecting, very different sort of story - a harrowing survival tale that blends elements of Japan's recent real-life nuclear-reactor meltdown with the last reel of the disaster movie Deep Impact, plus time travel - in short, anime doing what anime does best.Īlong the way you realize how smart writer/director Makoto Shinkai has been in adapting his own novel for the screen - and not just with beautiful images. She's even more alarmed, until she looks outside and realizes she is in bustling Tokyo, which has long been almost as mythical as Oz in her imaginings. Something similar happens in his bedroom, where Mitsuha wakes up, looks at herself and sees Taki's body. Then, a look in the mirror clarifies things.įiguring he's dreaming, Taki reluctantly decides to go with the dream, checks a cellphone near the bed, and uses it to figure out what's expected of him as Mitsuha. His first impulse is exactly what you'd expect of a teenage boy: He brings his hands to his chest, and marvels at breasts that feel realistic. They'd be unlikely even to know about each other, except one morning, Taki wakes up in an unfamiliar room, looks down at himself, and sees a girl's body. Mitsuha's a few years younger, a country girl, bored with the homemaking rut in which she's stuck in her village in the boondocks. Taki's a Tokyo high school boy, raging hormones in full rage. ![]() The story concerns two teenagers, Taki and Mitsuha, who live a few hours by train apart, and couldn't be more different. ![]() It's here, and it's both gorgeous enough and emotionally engaging enough to be worth seeking out. With the recent flop of the live-action Ghost In The Shell, an adaptation of another anime treasure that seemed ideal for crossover success, the time may not be ripe for Your Name. ![]()
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