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Alexander55
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Concept art looks great but I can't entrust the project to someone who has very little experience with Anime and Manga. And this isn't Akira without having Tetsuo, whom is exceptionally important to the plot. I can't imagine him being played by some black dude named "Cyrus." Its just doesn't provide the same experience.
And besides, Hollywood isn't good with dealing with Anime/Manga series. They should just stick with their actions, drama, and superheroes. |
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ParaChomp
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I really don't care what happens as Akira never entertained me but I would like it if more people from the source material's country were involved in projects like this. |
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Animeking1108
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At least they're actually making it look like the source material, unlike Dragonball Evolution. |
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Rahxephon91
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Astro Boy-A co production as imagi was from Hong Kong. It mostly retained the look and feel of the manga/anime. The Guyver-Is this a Hollywood movie? I doubt it, but it dosen't matter because these two are solid adaptations. Fist of the North Star-I don't think this is a Hollywood movie. At least not with the level of production values that Akira would receive. It's bad, but I don't think this should count. Oldboy-More based on the movie and it's main flaws being that it was too much like the original Korean movie. Speed Racer-Kind of a perfect adaptation. Captures the feel of the American version, but the look of the anime unlike any other Japanese movie. Dragonball-Yes it's bad. And thats it actually. Things like Blood don't count as those are for sure not American movies. It really just comes down to Speed Racer and Dragonball. Speed Racer being a perfect adaption made with care and budget and DB being DB. Seems kind of silly to judge everything based on Dragonball especially in this age where this material is treated with much more respect. Look at comic book movies. It's a different time from crap in the 90s. These properties are serious business and are cared for a bit more. Things can go bad, but it's hardly some automatic thing.
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KENZICHI
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Just the concept art alone shows that they aren't interested in an Asian cast. But who knows. This could have been made awhile ago and JUST MAYBE they'll actually cast this right. Doubt it though. |
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AnimenexuS
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Thinking of Akira liveaction move There this http://comicsalliance.com/akira-live-action-remake-director-jaume-collett-serra-japanese-culture-strong-characters/
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MagusGuardian
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when I saw the fist two concept images I was all
when I saw the images for the characters and read this line in the article linked by AnimenexuS Collet-Serra: I hope that I can bring strong characters. In the original source material, I don’t think the main characters are the protagonists. What I’m hoping is to bring characters. Collet-Serra: Nobody’s interesting. Tetsuo’s interesting because weird sh*t happens to him, and Kaneda is so two-dimensional. That’s part of the Japanese culture, they never have strong characters. They’re used as a way to move the other philosophy forward." I was all |
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PurpleWarrior13
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Tetsuo's face looks blatantly copied from Joseph Gordon Levitt's from the Mysterious Skin poster: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Mysterious_skin.jpg/220px-Mysterious_skin.jpg
I know this isn't intended to be used for a whole lot, but still. And Kaneda just looks strange, but the rest of this doesn't look awful. |
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enurtsol
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Pacific Rim has Asian cast. (How many of ya guys have seen that?) Wolverine?
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Lann
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Are you ready talking bike?
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EricJ2
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And from the look of it, why were they going to cast Mike Myers in the role? |
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Animeking1108
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What's funny is that even though Tetsuo had his name Americanized, he still looks somewhat Asian. If the black guy really is Yamagata, spoiler[it'll prove once again that Hollywood loves killing off the brothers]. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Concept art is nice and all, but it's almost never an indication of how the final product will turn out. Even for the films with great set design, like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, the concept art was usually even more fantastical and unbelievable. It's basically a way for the artists to show their stuff, but usually not fully realized. Then again, these are just some urban streets, nothing too fancy.
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Hawkwing
Posts: 317 Location: Sweden |
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The two first concept art are actually okay, but the character design looks out of place.
By the way, I'm suprised that no one has linked to this video yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI |
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Ambimunch
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another last airbender incoming?
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