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Zin5ki
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I'm glad I don't like this anime. Although I wouldn't quite deem it worthy of being 'raped', there are other things set to be remade for me to be concerned about.
As for Watchmen, what I've seen of it in the trailer doesn't seem to have the off-putting colour scheme of the comic. The special effects I saw in it were of a typically high quality, but somehow not as believable as when they were presented through static drawings. I can only hope there's more to the film than expensive visuals. |
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minakichan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:34 am |
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I don't believe it.
There are over 9000 anime that have been picked up by Hollywood these past years, and only Dragonball and Speed Racer have progressed.
I don't believe it. HOLLYWOOD, WHAT KIND OF MASSIVE JOKE ARE YOU PULLING just licensing movie rights and NEVER TOUCHING THEM AGAIN. D: |
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mufurc
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:40 am |
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Speed Racer only made it because of the Wachowskis. Dragonball got the green light only because of the anime's massive popularity, and I'm quite sure the producers have already regretted it tenfold.
| minakichan wrote: | | I don't believe it. HOLLYWOOD, WHAT KIND OF MASSIVE JOKE ARE YOU PULLING just licensing movie rights and NEVER TOUCHING THEM AGAIN. D: |
Oh, they're touching them all right. What I don't understand is why they're touching only those shows that would never work in live-action (except maybe Cowboy Bebop which would then be declareda Serenity/Firefly rip-off). If the Ninja Scroll project survives the planning stages they would still have to remove most of the sex and violence, and I'm sure that they'll Americanize it to some extent. |
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DieHardBleachFan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:50 am |
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Hmm. Part of me is really excited by this news and the other part of me says this will be an epic failure.
We shall see what happens. |
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posterior_praiser
Joined: 21 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:10 am |
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| Why doesn't Hollywood ever try to make movies from anime that are actually somewhat based in reality and could be easily tranlated to live action? Sheesh. There are many interesting titles that could be done more impressivly than Ninja scroll or Dragonball. |
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braves
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
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Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas)
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:26 am |
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| Dargonxtc wrote: | DiCaprio must be quite an anime fan. Akira and Ninja Scroll?
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Oh... wait, everyone has seen those.
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Not me.  I have watched Akira, but not Ninja Scroll. My local Blockbuster has it, so I guess I should give it a try now that there's a live-action movie coming out.
This should be interesting, as are all live-action movies adapted from anime. >.> |
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MagusGuardian
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:08 am |
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| all I have to say about the idea of making a live action version of ninja scroll is as such. Shit shall hit the fan and everyone will need face masks |
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MagusGuardian
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:18 am |
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| mufurc wrote: | Speed Racer only made it because of the Wachowskis. Dragonball got the green light only because of the anime's massive popularity, and I'm quite sure the producers have already regretted it tenfold.
| minakichan wrote: | | I don't believe it. HOLLYWOOD, WHAT KIND OF MASSIVE JOKE ARE YOU PULLING just licensing movie rights and NEVER TOUCHING THEM AGAIN. D: |
Oh, they're touching them all right. What I don't understand is why they're touching only those shows that would never work in live-action (except maybe Cowboy Bebop which would then be declareda Serenity/Firefly rip-off). If the Ninja Scroll project survives the planning stages they would still have to remove most of the sex and violence, and I'm sure that they'll Americanize it to some extent. |
didn't cowboy bebop come out Before firefly? so wheres the logic of calling it a rip off of firefly when firefly came out after cowboy bebop? |
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mufurc
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:44 am |
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| MagusGuardian wrote: | | didn't cowboy bebop come out Before firefly? so wheres the logic of calling it a rip off of firefly when firefly came out after cowboy bebop? |
It did, but people who are not into anime don't know that. I've seen people dismissing Bebop as a "Firefly rip-off" without knowing which one came first. Similar to how so many people think that the opening sequence of the Ghost in the Shell movie is a Matrix rip-off. |
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MagusGuardian
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:05 am |
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| mufurc wrote: | | MagusGuardian wrote: | | didn't cowboy bebop come out Before firefly? so wheres the logic of calling it a rip off of firefly when firefly came out after cowboy bebop? |
It did, but people who are not into anime don't know that. I've seen people dismissing Bebop as a "Firefly rip-off" without knowing which one came first. Similar to how so many people think that the opening sequence of the Ghost in the Shell movie is a Matrix rip-off. |
well that explains it, sometimes people should do research into what they're about to bad mouth |
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firedragon54738
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:12 am |
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| this one can work if they can get some one who knows what he doing |
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SSJ Gohan 64
Joined: 01 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:23 am |
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| posterior_praiser wrote: | | Why doesn't Hollywood ever try to make movies from anime that are actually somewhat based in reality and could be easily tranlated to live action? Sheesh. There are many interesting titles that could be done more impressivly than Ninja scroll or Dragonball. |
Examples? I'm not sure people are clamoring for a live-action adaptation of Kanon or Air. |
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GATSU
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:54 pm |
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chicken: I thought the franchise was already ruined by that tv show. But yeah, I have more confidence in that Onimusha movie than NS.
minaki: What's been done to DB isn't what I'd call "progress". 
But projects do get licensed and shelved all the time in Hollywood. X Men alone took about three years, just to get off the ground.
posterior: Because CG might mean the big bucks.
SSJ Gohan: | Quote: | | I'm not sure people are clamoring for a live-action adaptation of Kanon or Air. |
Well, if they can make money out of a movie called John Tucker Must Die... |
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Hon'ya-chan
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:15 pm |
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| Perhaps Hollywood needs to look to Japan. At least they can somewhat do live-action. |
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Ryo Hazuki
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:21 pm |
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| SSJ Gohan 64 wrote: |
Examples? I'm not sure people are clamoring for a live-action adaptation of Kanon or Air. |
Maison Ikkoku (already made in Japan), Rose of Versailles (already made in France), Oldboy (already made in South Korea), Kare Kano, Nana (made already in Japan), Detective Conan (already made in Japan), Lone Wolf & Cub (already made in Japan). |
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