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Mysticmidnightmaiden
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I second the recommendation of Gunsmith Cats for a Live Action remake. And while we're on that route, put Black Lagoon up there too, though there have been enough Pirate stories this decade to last quite a while.
(I also wouldn't mind a JoJo movie either...  )
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Hon'ya-chan
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You're Under Arrest, Great Teacher Onizuka, Black Jack, Negima!, that disowned G-Savoiur Movie, Wild 7, Golgo 13..... |
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dewlwieldthedarpachief
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Props on knowing who Kitamura is. I wonder what you mean by "doing 300" with it though. Are you saying this should be a CG background affair, or that they should maintain a high quotia of blood on screen? I agree about Akira. In fact, it seems like many of the movies Hollywood wants to adapt are so good to begin with (Internal Affairs for example) that they have the wind in their faces trying to remake them. I mean, where is the value in remaking what many of us acknowledge as TIMELESS classics? I guess you could point out that the new Dawn of the Dead wasn't so bad (also courtesy of Zack Snyder, oho). But this is also a shift in art form, and I really wonder at what exactly there is to be expanded upon or rebooted for a new generation - especially considering the culture gap. And Akira isn't even that old. At least DotD had 30 or so years to breathe. My gut feeling is that this is more of a personal indulgence to something these people really appreciate, and I wonder if they haven't considered just using Akira as a source of inspiration. In doing that, wouldn't there be more potential and fewer hurdles to jump?
Well sure people don't know what the particular films are going to be like, but I don't think it would be a stretch to say most of us have been burned once or twice in the past by shoddy remakes. Especially considering the caliber of the material these people want to take on here, it's quite the mystery as to why each and every one of us isn't excited to see the masterminds of Hollywood re-imagine some of Japan's finer moments in animation. Don't get me wrong, I would be happily surprised to see a good Akira remake. A good MOVIE really. I'm looking forward to another one of those some time. But I'll be surprised nonetheless, because it's not quite within my sense of reality to take something like this without a small African country-full of salt. |
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LuckySeven
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Yeah, I said Gunsmith Cats because of all the anime I can think of, its the one that feels closest to being like a real live-action film in the first place. They might have to make exceptions for Rally's matrix-like gun skills but otherwise I think it would actually work with little to no problems. As far as Ninja Scroll goes, it could work as live action, but it would have to use a ton of CGI. If they really are gonna take anime series and try to make live-action movies, they can't cheap out on the budget otherwise we'll have cheesy crap that will make all those awful video game based films look like Oscar contenders. 
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GATSU
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dewl: What I meant by doing it like 300 is keep the content intact as much as possible. But the actual style could work, too. And I didn't see either Dawn of the Dead, so I can't comment.
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Quark
 Posts: 710 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Well what are you waiting for? Go, go now, and watch them, for they are glorious. Fun fact: The original Dawn of the Dead started my huge fear/fascination with zombies, and as such, has caused me many a sleepless night, and countless nightmares. Thanks Romero. Thanks a ton. |
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enurtsol
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And many anime fans think Yoko Kanno is so original when they haven't heard the many music she ripped off from. 
And many of those, the Japanese already did the live-action sucking............. so, what makes Hollywood add one more sucking any different? 
But then, fans will complain when they don't reference Minnie May's past being a teenage blowjobbing prostitute, so there's always something to complain about.
Like Japan does with its anime-turned-live-action films?
As for Ninja Scroll, it's not like many anime fans (read: whiny teenagers) are even familiar with it, it's so long ago (despite Sci-Fi's dub airing, unless it's popular in the interweb and fansubbed, they don't watch it). So it'll be something "new" to them without any knowledge to whine about (ignorance is bliss). Besides, ninja and monster films have been done many times, every studio probably has a book on those by now.
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Top Gun
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I've seen those so-called "ripoff" accusations, and the vast majority of the tracks they tried to compare were similar in key and genre only. So meh.
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Hon'ya-chan
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You mock Black Jack? You shall be hurt with a harisen for that insolence....
Not until they find about the rape scene.....then the teenagers will get pissed. How did that one saying go...."Never underestimate the libido of a teenager?" |
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enurtsol
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Then again, the kunoichi involved is not a moe loli tsundere, so I don't think they'd go gaga over it.
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GATSU
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Anyway, there's no point in WB doing Akira, since that's basically what we're getting in the Day The Earth Stood Still remake.
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Animehermit
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I would like to point out, that, as a 18 year old male, i think the comment about whiny teenagers is bit presumptuous. I have been a fan of the genre for almost 10 years now, so I've seen my fare share of anime. Just recently I saw Ninja Scroll, and loved it, mostly because of the fact that old anime(anything before this moe crap) is usually better in my opinion. I liked ninja scroll because it reminded me that anime can be just plain awesome and awful at the same time. Lets be honest here, can they really fudge up something that wasn't that great to begin with? I can see them [expletive] with a great, well loved anime series, but Ninja Scroll? I am pretty sure anything hollywood would do would be on par, if not better than the original. Although, even if its on par with the original, it won't have that 80's over-the-top action appeal, that i like in the original. |
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