Honestly, it may make it better. Writers will have to change what happens, and they may make it less shit.
Probably not, but one can hope.
Probably not, but one can hope.
Isn't it obvious? Part of the appeal of the most successful anime out there is that they have a contemptuous disregard for the laws of physics and people who are prone to seizures.balladbird said:It's not like I think live action adaptions of anime are inherently impossible, it's just... why do they always pick the ones that fit the live-action medium the least?
SAO, DBZ, Speed Racer to a lesser extent, although at least in that case they had the budget to attempt the visual style... If the only way you can make the project look anything but cheesy is with a level of CG you clearly can't afford, you're not setting yourself up for success...
It just baffles me, i guess... With so many anime and manga out there that are rooted enough in reality that they could feasibly make the jump to live action, why keep picking the ones that aren't...
The root to success for anime adaptions isn't in series like DBZ. It's in series like "Monster", I think.
That said, depending on how far they decide to push the cyberpunk aspects of the MMO setting, this one could be okay... Not like I have a tremendous amount of love for the source material, so I hardly feel like they can do worse.
Space Battleship Yamato. That made for a pretty good live action movie in 2010. It helps that although it was always a serious show, it did not mind being somewhat camp. Also, the live action film WASN'T made by Hollywood. Also I hear rumours that Sony's still making noises about a live action Macross adaptation, which has potential to be good.FalloutJack said:Personal opinions of the anime aside, I can't think of any live-action adaptations of an anime that has ever been any good.
Never mind.If Kirito had any brains
Dammit, I knew I forgot something. I've seen that movie, and while it's kinda' hard to condense an entire season of the show into one movie, I have to admit it's good work.infohippie said:Yamato
I'd watch it just to see one of those ludicrous Macross missile barrages in live action (although it would no doubt be CGI'd up the ass). Also, they should definitely keep the whole "defeating/converting the enemy with culture/music" thing the series has, but drop the corny J-Pop. I wanna see fleets of ships explode because of the Power of ROCK, dammit!infohippie said:Also I hear rumours that Sony's still making noises about a live action Macross adaptation, which has potential to be good.
Sadly, no, no justice. It's like we're all starring in a story with no end in sight. A really, really bad one.erttheking said:You know from what I've seen of Sword Art Online (Which is next to nothing so feel free to correct me) it feels like the climax to season 2 was trying really really hard to be Berserk without any of the teeth. I mean REALLY. A guy known as the Black Swordsman is trapped in an unfriendly world pinned down and forces to watch as the effeminate villian tries to rape his girlfriend? Yeahhhhhhh.
Yet despite this, SAO keeps getting love while Berserk gets a crap anime and constant hiatuses.
There's no justice in the world
Eh...The aerial/space combat alone practically mandates that a live action Macross be a film rather than a series. There's some leeway with something like Gundam, but that would probably end up giving us Super Sentai quality. Macross though? It's another one of those series where the CGI/Animation workload is such that it at the franchise at least arguably works better fully animated anyways.Chimpzy said:I'd watch it just to see one of those ludicrous Macross missile barrages in live action (although it would no doubt be CGI'd up the ass). Also, they should definitely keep the whole "defeating/converting the enemy with culture/music" thing the series has, but drop the corny J-Pop. I wanna see fleets of ships explode because of the Power of ROCK, dammit!infohippie said:Also I hear rumours that Sony's still making noises about a live action Macross adaptation, which has potential to be good.
Ooo! If we're going to allow manga, I'm throwing in Edge of Tomorrow [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/] and All You Need Is Kill [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6255949-all-you-need-is-kill].Ezekiel said:Oldboy. It's a manga, close enough.FalloutJack said:Personal opinions of the anime aside, I can't think of any live-action adaptations of an anime that has ever been any good.
Good video, and I've gotta say I would agree with him...were it not for me being in the camp of "That series was dog shit from the start."Zontar said:Video Snip.
A...actually it's set in 2025. The show starts just 9 years from now. Not exactly that far in the future, at least not anymore (it was about 20 when the original online short story was written)Sheo_Dagana said:I know it's far into the future and all
I have to disagree Asita. Super Sentai is many things, and one of them is low budget. Something people forget, partially because of the fact Saban and Disney where and still are the same, is that Toei make their episodes fast and cheap. Their shows are made that way because they're balancing two main IPs that have 65 and 48 episodes made each year for respectively (Super Sentai and Kamen Rider) on top of their theatrical movies, TV specials for both and their other shows on top of that. The reason it looks so cheap is because it legitimately is. Whether done as a 20-26 episode broadcast Prime Time series, a 13 episode cable series, a 6-10 episode limited series or a 2-6 episode mini series, any Gundam series made in the West would likely look miles ahead of Sentai. Hell with the state of television special effects and the current budgets for cable and prime time series, you'd probably be able to make a pretty good looking and faithful Evangelion live action series at this point, and both BSG and later season Stargate showed us you could make a decent live action Macross 10 years ago.Asita said:There's some leeway with something like Gundam, but that would probably end up giving us Super Sentai quality.
Well, now I hate Yui and 75%(?) of the first season. I don't even remember her, her death, the item thing, or the fact that Kirito is a programmer. I honestly think I was half asleep while watching any episodes involving Yui. They were so boring!Zontar said:
Yes! I'd give them all of my money- No, I'd sell my soul for this! They actually made Kirito interesting!Infernai said:I mean, it could be good if they did a live action adaption of the Abridged series by SomethingWittyEntertainment.
Fair point, but the $20 question is whether or not those series would actually get that kind of budget in the first place and I'm admittedly pessimistic about it at this point in time.Zontar said:I have to disagree Asita. Super Sentai is many things, and one of them is low budget. Something people forget, partially because of the fact Saban and Disney where and still are the same, is that Toei make their episodes fast and cheap. Their shows are made that way because they're balancing two main IPs that have 65 and 48 episodes made each year for respectively (Super Sentai and Kamen Rider) on top of their theatrical movies, TV specials for both and their other shows on top of that. The reason it looks so cheap is because it legitimately is. Whether done as a 20-26 episode broadcast Prime Time series, a 13 episode cable series, a 6-10 episode limited series or a 2-6 episode mini series, any Gundam series made in the West would likely look miles ahead of Sentai. Hell with the state of television special effects and the current budgets for cable and prime time series, you'd probably be able to make a pretty good looking and faithful Evangelion live action series at this point, and both BSG and later season Stargate showed us you could make a decent live action Macross 10 years ago.Asita said:There's some leeway with something like Gundam, but that would probably end up giving us Super Sentai quality.
If such a series where mad they'd get that kind of budget, mainly due to the fact that's the standard budget for prime time shows.Asita said:Fair point, but the $20 question is whether or not those series would actually get that kind of budget in the first place and I'm admittedly pessimistic about it at this point in time.