Keanu Reeves Negotiating for Lead Role in Akira
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I....
Just....
What?...
Words fail me here
Hollywood you've done it again
Systematically killing everything I love, one by one
Just....
What?...
Words fail me here
Hollywood you've done it again
Systematically killing everything I love, one by one
to be honest. I don't care at this point, I just want the movie to be made and then be done with it. I got a little excited for Death Note but that's canceled so I'm not getting my hopes up for this to be any good. it will suck, I would probably still see it and boo during the credits
$10 says if they keep the expanding mutate ending then 40% of the audience with claim that they ripped off south park. I watched akira with a friend and he came to that conclusion since he didn't know that the trapper keeper episode was an homage to akira.
$10 says if they keep the expanding mutate ending then 40% of the audience with claim that they ripped off south park. I watched akira with a friend and he came to that conclusion since he didn't know that the trapper keeper episode was an homage to akira.
Maybe it would be a good idea to leave this in the hands of the Japanese. And if it's there choice not to blemish an almost perfect anime/ manga with an unecessary Live Action, then so be it.
The reason I say leave it to the Japanese is because I hear that the Death Note Live Actions are genuinely good. If a Japanese, they'd probably make Akira into an appropriately series of movies and adapt them in a real-life anime style.
Seems redundant, but i prefer this to Akira being potentially squashed into a generic Hollywood movie formula. And if what Sunburst313 said is true, then things look bleak.
The reason I say leave it to the Japanese is because I hear that the Death Note Live Actions are genuinely good. If a Japanese, they'd probably make Akira into an appropriately series of movies and adapt them in a real-life anime style.
Seems redundant, but i prefer this to Akira being potentially squashed into a generic Hollywood movie formula. And if what Sunburst313 said is true, then things look bleak.
Considering Akira wasn't that great a story beyond the mediochre action fare that Hollywood puts out anyway, I don't mind there being differences like Keanu Reeves being Kaneda as opposed to John Cho. Frankly I see opportunity for some improvement but I find it hard to believe it will actually get any better beyond the bike sequences being better.
This ninja concurs.Mr.K. said:
He has his moments...FalloutJack said:
It's ironic that up until he says I want room service, I could see this being an actual scene of the US Akira. I like Keanu but this is really going to be a train wreck.samsonguy920 said:
As has probably been mentioned, this film won't be entirely what fans of the original want, and it probably won't gain too many new fans if it's just about blatant 9/11 symbolism. So I'd say go for Keanu Reeves since he can do no harm or good, just as long as he shouts "TETSUO!" every so often.
As a straight white male aged 18-30, I am very glad that hollywood is going to replace all the asian characters in an asian film with white americans. After all, I want the good guys to look like me, even if they are a horrible choice for the role. As the target audience for all films not about romance or talking animals, I must be right!NickCaligo42 said:
If anyone still had some hope for this movie:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-actual-live-action-akira-script-worse-than-you-think/
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-actual-live-action-akira-script-worse-than-you-think/
Keanu Reeves' father is half chinese, half Hawaiian (Polynesians are considered to be asian).NickCaligo42 said:
I'm reminded of when people complained that Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't middle eastern for Prince of Persia when he is half jewish.