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Fellow weebs, join me now in this pre-emptive mercy killing.

This is going to outdo The Last Airbender.

Quote:The film, which is based on the famous Kodansha Comics manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow, is produced by Avi Arad (“THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1 & 2,” “IRON MAN”), Ari Arad (“GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE”), and Steven Paul (“GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE”). Michael Costigan (“PROMETHEUS”), Tetsu Fujimura (“TEKKEN”)....

Look at that legendary resume.

...at least Iron Man was pretty ok?

Oh dear god no.

Just kill it. Kill it with fire. Now.

A friend who doesn't play FFXIV or RP put it best. "It feels really white-washed. Why would an Asian woman pick a white-girl's body?"

I mostly agreed. While Scarlet Johannson is quite pretty, I just don't think she fits the role of what I would be looking for in a GitS movie. Nothing about says "mass-produced generic female" either, which is what GitS Stand Alone Complex would leads us to believe.

So....I've got low expectations. It can't possibly be as bad as say, the Dragon Ball movies, but I'm also not expecting it to raise the bar of anime -> live action movies made in the US.

Nope. Not even gonna bother. Nope.

GOD.
DAMN.
IT.

I'll still be tempted to watch it.

Perhaps it won't be good, but it will probably be ~pretty~. Special effects and stuff. If the writing isn't horrendous, it will probably break even and be forgotten. (but who knows. Maybe it'll be good and exceed expectations. I don't think the bar is very high...)

So this can't possibly turn out worse than The Last Airbender. Probably.

Has there ever actually been a good live action anime adaptation? Because I can't think of any. I'm sure most people know well enough to not get their expectations up. At the very least the action and special effects will be quite good. It will probably be mostly action... none of that... talking stuff they do in GitS. About politics and the military and the net and those other complicated things. It would simply be too much.

(04-14-2016, 05:42 PM)Edda Wrote: [ -> ]So this can't possibly turn out worse than The Last Airbender. Probably.

Has there ever actually been a good live action anime adaptation? Because I can't think of any. I'm sure most people know well enough to not get their expectations up. At the very least the action and special effects will be quite good. It will probably be mostly action... none of that... talking thing they do in GitS. About politics and the military and the net and those other complicated things. It would simply be too much.

Japan had a few. I think. The ones I can recall were all slice of life or romance though. Action-y anime is....difficult.

America? None that I can recall or would want to remember. I only saw Last Airbender in theaters because it was at a dollar theater. ...$4 for "3D," which was already feeling quite expensive for the product.

(04-14-2016, 05:42 PM)Edda Wrote: [ -> ]So this can't possibly turn out worse than The Last Airbender. Probably.

Has there ever actually been a good live action anime adaptation? Because I can't think of any. I'm sure most people know well enough to not get their expectations up. At the very least the action and special effects will be quite good. It will probably be mostly action... none of that... talking stuff they do in GitS. About politics and the military and the net and those other complicated things. It would simply be too much.

The movie for Space Battleship Yamato was actually pretty cool.




Pew pew pew pew pew! It didn't follow the story, but it was a fun ride.

Oh, and I think the Great Teacher Onizuka and The Gokusen shows were better than the animated versions. 

 



Mostly because of cute actors don't judge me.

(04-14-2016, 05:03 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: [ -> ]A friend who doesn't play FFXIV or RP put it best. "It feels really white-washed. Why would an Asian woman pick a white-girl's body?"

I mostly agreed. While Scarlet Johannson is quite pretty, I just don't think she fits the role of what I would be looking for in a GitS movie. Nothing about says "mass-produced generic female" either, which is what GitS Stand Alone Complex would leads us to believe.

So....I've got low expectations. It can't possibly be as bad as say, the Dragon Ball movies, but I'm also not expecting it to raise the bar of anime -> live action movies made in the US.

Well as far as 'choosing', the original Ghost in the Shell story showed that Matoko's body is a mass-produced version, so it being 'Asian' would depend on the country it's being portrayed in. It also depends on if Scarlet is going to even be playing Matoko/Major. I expect them to change plot elements to make it appeal more to your traditional American audience, for instance, it won't be set in Japan, etc.

I feel like Ghost in the Shell is one of those types of anime that you can change the setting as far as culture and country goes (unlike anime such as Airbender). Something like that would be going on all over the world with cyborgs fighting crime and whatnot.

But for now all we really know is that Scarlet is going to be in it, and like other anime to live action adaptations it'll probably still suck.

Okay I'm sorry friends I should have said AMERICAN anime adaptations.

Japan handles them well enough. Even the video game ones. The Phoenix Wright live action film was perfect.

(04-14-2016, 05:42 PM)Edda Wrote: [ -> ]So this can't possibly turn out worse than The Last Airbender. Probably.

Has there ever actually been a good live action anime adaptation? Because I can't think of any. I'm sure most people know well enough to not get their expectations up. At the very least the action and special effects will be quite good. It will probably be mostly action... none of that... talking stuff they do in GitS. About politics and the military and the net and those other complicated things. It would simply be too much.

Speed Racer. Campy, over the top, comical in many places, and with many flashy action/driving sequences. People say that it did not do the source material justice, I think they just hadn't watched the source material in a while and viewed it through rose colored glasses. When you compare Speed Racer source with Speed Racer movie it is a great adaptation and near love letter to the original. This does not necessarily make it a good movie, just a good adaptation.

Also. Japanese live action Attack on Titan. All Asian cast, despite the fact that this is not the case in the source material. Completely ruins one huge aspect of a main character. Japanese are not with out sin as far as live action adaptations go.

That said, unless this movie is set in the American Empire, I see zero narrative reason why The Major would look like ScarJo. Though to be fair, with all the transhuman themes in GiTS in the first place I dunno why she would not just look like whatever. She's been a man, an 8 year old girl, a blonde, and several other things.

GitS is my favorite animu ever.

Not gonna watch it.

Not even mad.