20th Century Boys

[Blu-Buddha]

So how many people here have seen 20th Century Boys (and it's recent sequel)? I just got the DVD through e-Bay based on what I read about it and it sounded pretty cool. It's based on a Manga about a group of kids in the 70's who write stories about how they would take over the world. Now 30 years later one of those outsider kids has formed a secret society and his fiendish plot to take over the world by said stories.

What interested me the most was that I read it's faithful to the Manga and is being released as three movies. The second film was just released in Japan last month.

I'm on the fence about this one. I've watched it (the first movie) twice now - there's times it drags and the lead isn't the best actor in the world - just a tad too hammy for my tastes... But it's a cool story and I like the characters - the kids are better actors than the adults and I almost prefer their storyline!