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NEWS: Live-Action Blood Reportedly to Open in U.S. in March


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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:13 pm Reply with quote
I hope that it will be in the area so that I can go and watch it. I remember watching the original after hearing the hype about it, and I have to say that I wasn't disappointed. Hopefully this movie can live up to that expectation as well.
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peachsncreamsoda



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:21 pm Reply with quote
is this mostly an action film or a horror film? i mean i know its both, but how will it be marketed as? anyways.. cant wait to see it.
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GeneralArrow



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:53 pm Reply with quote
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806027/
Heres a link with some info on it.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:52 pm Reply with quote
cool it is going to be in english!
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Mevious



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:59 pm Reply with quote
I gotta say, I didn't expect the Blood universe to be this enduring. I thought the franchise was going to stop with the original OVA. It doesn't even seem to be that popular.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:43 pm Reply with quote
Airforce1 wrote:
cool it is going to be in english!


Oh, you're right. It's not a foreign-language film at all. That better explains the wide release in the U.S.
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zanarkand princess



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:59 pm Reply with quote
I already heard of some american actors in it so I assumed it would be in english. That's good it allows it to be more mainstream....Even though it could suck really bad I'm willing to give it a chance because I really want it to be good.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:32 pm Reply with quote
Blood is made for a Western production - a lot of it involves Western characters and settings (the American military, for goodness sakes).

Anyways, at least "Saya" is Asian, right? Laughing
(Though it shouldn't really matter because of her true nature.)
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:55 pm Reply with quote
I didn't enjoy Blood the movie, so i'm hoping this one works for me a little bit more.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:37 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
Blood is made for a Western production - a lot of it involves Western characters and settings (the American military, for goodness sakes).

Anyways, at least "Saya" is Asian, right? Laughing
(Though it shouldn't really matter because of her true nature.)


If I recall from the series, wasn't Saya spoiler[French or Icelandic or something? They weren't too specific on that. I guess we can assume she looks Asian for identification with the Asian audiences the OVA/series were originally created for?]
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:48 am Reply with quote
Kyogissun wrote:
...Meh, call me stupid for saying this but... I really couldn't find any entertainment in the original Blood. Blood+ may have been long and drawn out but...

I pretty much pefered the plot of the anime over the movie. I might see it though, just for the sake of my movie ticket money going somewhere useful this time.


I enjoyed the series more than the movie too (but I liked the movie). There were more characters (Haji Very Happy) and the music was great.
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enurtsol



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RogueJedi86 wrote:
enurtsol wrote:
Blood is made for a Western production - a lot of it involves Western characters and settings (the American military, for goodness sakes).

Anyways, at least "Saya" is Asian, right? Laughing
(Though it shouldn't really matter because of her true nature.)


If I recall from the series, wasn't Saya spoiler[French or Icelandic or something? They weren't too specific on that. I guess we can assume she looks Asian for identification with the Asian audiences the OVA/series were originally created for?]


"Saya" has no ethnicity. Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:22 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
Blood is made for a Western production - a lot of it involves Western characters and settings (the American military, for goodness sakes).

I'm guessing you haven't seen the original "Blood: The Last Vampire" animated movie.
It was set in a US base in Japan, and there really are American characters involved.

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Anyways, at least "Saya" is Asian, right? Laughing
(Though it shouldn't really matter because of her true nature.)

She has the appearance of a young Japanese/Asian girl.
spoiler[The school nurse (from the US Base) asked her "Aren't you Japanese?"]
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:02 am Reply with quote
That's one thing I loved about Blood: The Last Vampire. It took cultures and blended it. At first I had thought Saya was Japanese, until finding out otherwise, but the guys who were playing the Americans weren't Japanese voice actors, for sure.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:20 am Reply with quote
shogun22 wrote:
enurtsol wrote:
Blood is made for a Western production - a lot of it involves Western characters and settings (the American military, for goodness sakes).

I'm guessing you haven't seen the original "Blood: The Last Vampire" animated movie.
It was set in a US base in Japan, and there really are American characters involved.


Actually, I've seen all of Blood anime. That's why I said what I said.

shogun22 wrote:
enurtsol wrote:
Anyways, at least "Saya" is Asian, right? Laughing
(Though it shouldn't really matter because of her true nature.)

She has the appearance of a young Japanese/Asian girl.
spoiler[The school nurse (from the US Base) asked her "Aren't you Japanese?"]


Eh, it seems like each incarnation of Blood is its own storyline, so not so serious about what happened in the anime movie vs the TV series where she was born in France (interestingly she wasn't given a French name). We'll see what storyline they do in the live-action film.
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