Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights Live-Action Akira
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Sorry to say Calumon, probably, there are dark times ahead for any who view this, and should Jack fall into that trap, he will need you more then ever.Jack and Calumon said:
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but, then this question is blaring at 50 in my head 'why the fuck is this over rated bore feast getting a live action remake?! WHO, thought this was even REMOTELY a good idea?! are they fired yet -.- cause they should be'
Point D still applies however: I'd imagine the posters will resemble those of Dragon Ball Evolution, and we all know how that went down.OutrageousEmu said:
In fact, Dragon Ball Evolution seems to be the model this film is taking, and while that was reasonably successful, I doubt lightning will strike twice.
Im sorry but I thought Akira sucked. I understand that impact it made on anime and that but as a movie I found it to overall be kinda stupid and have incredibly scattered plot points. And Ill be honest and you can call me "Too stupid to get it" cause I really dont care but the ending made no sense to me. I just stood blankly for like 20 minutes till the end wondering what the fuck was going on.
Earnest Cavalli said:
You mean murdering a dude - watch that flick again, he has a body count of 1 and it's right at the very end, almost self defence. Unlike the girl who although says she "hates killers" and there's supposed to be a tense scene at the end with the look she give him after he's killed his one guy and she's got a body count of at least three that I recall (guy in the flat, guy in the van and guy infront of the van) which thereby robs the scene of any meaning, all of which come seemingly easy to her and no ill after affects are shown, girl has no damn conscience for her own actions and only bleats on about her friend being dead.
You want solid reasons that this will be bad?
How about pretty much every remake of a japanese film by an american company has been ok at best? That a good reason? Ok it could jsut be me, but the american remakes of the ring and the grudge just weren't as good. Heck either the producter or director, i forget which, of the grudge remake basically insulted the audience he was remaking it for by saying they wouldnt understand the original classics cause it lacked american people or culture...
But really, go and look back at the list of american remakes of foreign films and the majority are worse than the original, considering akiras status as a classic and its an anime been adapted to live action, the chances of it been good are questionable, but the chances of it been anywhere near as good as the original are so slim its just silly, especially considering the director hasnt really done much of any real note...
How about pretty much every remake of a japanese film by an american company has been ok at best? That a good reason? Ok it could jsut be me, but the american remakes of the ring and the grudge just weren't as good. Heck either the producter or director, i forget which, of the grudge remake basically insulted the audience he was remaking it for by saying they wouldnt understand the original classics cause it lacked american people or culture...
But really, go and look back at the list of american remakes of foreign films and the majority are worse than the original, considering akiras status as a classic and its an anime been adapted to live action, the chances of it been good are questionable, but the chances of it been anywhere near as good as the original are so slim its just silly, especially considering the director hasnt really done much of any real note...
Well besides the whole problem about the whitewashing of an incredibly japanese property:
The studio making it is mostly incompetent, a property like Akira really needs a massive budget behind it to actually look good, and well... I seriously just don't think the basic story works as a western adaptation.
The theme is pretty much the same as in Godzilla; "Nukes fuck things up", and the society being presented in Akira is very much a post-apocalypse in the way the 1980's saw it.
The only way to make it work, would be to change the style, the script, the themes, the characters and pretty much everything else. And when you do that... Why not just make an original screenplay?
The studio making it is mostly incompetent, a property like Akira really needs a massive budget behind it to actually look good, and well... I seriously just don't think the basic story works as a western adaptation.
The theme is pretty much the same as in Godzilla; "Nukes fuck things up", and the society being presented in Akira is very much a post-apocalypse in the way the 1980's saw it.
The only way to make it work, would be to change the style, the script, the themes, the characters and pretty much everything else. And when you do that... Why not just make an original screenplay?
I'm a relatively late in life convert from "I just don't get this anime stuff" to "Actually some of it is pretty dam good and better than the stuff on TV" (as such suggestions are welcome, preferably scifi action type stuff but I'm open to anything) and I only recently actually watched Akira.
My intimidate thoughts after watching it were:
1: A live-action remake could work and could be good but would be really hard to pull off effectively and I'm full of doubt given the Anime adaptation track record.
2: How would I make a bike like that? With decent performance and not a tiny engine like most of the copies I've seen floating around the internet. (I'm a biker and have a habit of designing crazy machines when I'm bored so heaven help everyone that lives near me when I graduate and have the money to try and build some of my designs.)
My intimidate thoughts after watching it were:
1: A live-action remake could work and could be good but would be really hard to pull off effectively and I'm full of doubt given the Anime adaptation track record.
2: How would I make a bike like that? With decent performance and not a tiny engine like most of the copies I've seen floating around the internet. (I'm a biker and have a habit of designing crazy machines when I'm bored so heaven help everyone that lives near me when I graduate and have the money to try and build some of my designs.)
God, that movie was freaky. I'd love to see it live-action on the big screen! Though I must ask, where's my live-action Evangelion remake!?
Was his first movie, you know, a multi-million dollar production of a big named property to a relative newb (done a doc and a couple of videos prior).j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
You mean apart from the end wherej-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
the cryo vault is being lifted out of the ground, the tubes falling away were computer animated and then traced to cell
I missed that rumor. When exactly did anyone connect Wood to the Evangelion movie?NameIsRobertPaulson said:
Pardon mon français, mais... FUCK those retards who deprive themselves of excellent movies or series that just happen to be animated and/or foreign.OutrageousEmu said: