Bionic Woman Writer to Adapt Ghost in the Shell For Big Screen

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Better that then another Blood: The Last Vampire. Also, all the nerds demanding Oriental actresses play the lead roles seem to forget that when English language films are lead by people whose grasp of the language is pretty basic, it is painful to listen to.

Well, that I can agree with, but then you'll have a "You changed it, now it's ruined FOREVER" situation (I am one of those people you mentioned, sadly). See, this is why adaptations are hard: on the one hand, you may make some changes to make it appeal to people who don't know the source material, but this will only infuriate the long-term fans. On the other, if you stick closely to the source, changing only a minimum aspects, then some people will not call it an adaptation anymore, and will not judge it (or even the source material) on their own merits.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Umm I don't plan on watching it anyway...so good luck to all the fans that this doesn't turn out to be a hunk of dog crap

 

[Somethingfake]

They'll probably have Americans play the entirely Japanese cast.

Edit: Charlize Theron will most likely play Motoko Kusanagi.

And the Americans end up killing a lot of British innocents by mistake.

 

[ae86gamer]

No. Just no. Please.

Video game and anime movies = bad.

 

[murphy7801]

They'll probably have Americans play the entirely Japanese cast.

Edit: Charlize Theron will most likely play Motoko Kusanagi.

And the Americans end up killing a lot of British innocents by mistake.

? as in throwing a british bad guy somehow.
All live actions generally suck because not made with spirt of the original its toned down for the general american populace and made with being a money make in mind.

 

[DeathQuaker]

Oh, good lord. Who keeps giving that woman writing jobs? She's responsible for the dreck that was Tomb Raider and Birds of Prey in addition to the 2007 mockery that soiled the memory of the perfectly fun Bionic Woman show from the 70s. And apparently she had her 10,000 monkeys with typewriters working on a Wonder Woman script at one point, but the producers at least didn't let her finish that one.

At least this time she isn't going after one of MY favorite childhood heroines (yes, I have an irrational sore spot with this writer, crazy for someone I've never met, I am well aware) but still.... Ghost in the Shell deserves so much better.

All I can say is that she must be damn good in bed for her to still have a job in Hollywood.

 

[Kojiro ftt]

While I would love to see this be a huge success and kick some major ass... let's be realistic, this thing will be a pile of shit.

 

[sanzo]

Yeah, this is gonna be bad. Very, very bad

Depending on whether they go for the adaptation of the movies or the TV series, I'm kinda wondering how they'd do the Tachicomas for the latter.

 

[DeadlyFred]

That's a horrible idea.

 

[The Cake Is A Lie]

Do not want.

I can see Hollywood either:

A) Attempting to dumb-down the film to make it 'easier for people to understand' which will take away from the film
B) Using it as some form of political commentary about terrorism
C) Making it into a Child-friendly movie
D) Trying to 'put a spin' on one of the old movies (Or the SAC series) and completely butcher the entire story.

 

[Ekonk]

They'll probably have Americans play the entirely Japanese cast.

Edit: Charlize Theron will most likely play Motoko Kusanagi.

Americanitis. It is the worst disease there is.

 

[direkiller]

They're really setting themselves up for failure. If not at the box office (although I kind of expect that too) then at least artistically. I'm not saying the original was a work of genius or anything (it's gratuitous in a pointless fashion, and the pacing isn't all that great), but I don't see why that movie needs a remake. And ESPECIALLY not one made by the people who made Fantastic Four!

Iron man made up for Fantastic Four

Thought it still doesn't change my opinion this will suck