Acting < Effects in Akira. Big sorry, but that's the news. Fucking Patrick Stewart could be the general and it wouldn't matter.
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Acting < Effects in Akira. Big sorry, but that's the news. Fucking Patrick Stewart could be the general and it wouldn't matter.
If they can afford Leonardo DiCaprio, I am not worried about their effects budget.
Also, the main problem with most adaptations of comicbooks/games/etc. is never the special effects. Its always the piss poor writing, shitty acting, and the studio dumping all over the source material.
We're talking about a fucking Live Action Akira set in the United States starring some white boys. The dumping all over the source material is built-in.
This is going to be a trainwreck ... especially with the renaming of Neo-Toyko. WTF? DeCaprio in this movie may seem wise at first, but in the long run its a bad idea. One reason ... he doesn't look the part.
Also, I have the old VHS tape. I didn't know I had something rare. I remember seeing Akira at a friends house and he introduced me to Anime. Dominion Tank Police, Appleseed, Robot Carnival, Project A-ko, Macross, Wings of Honneamise, Wind of Amnesia, Record of Lodess Wars, etc. Good times.
I opened this thread and saw 'Decaprio' as I scrolled down.
Can someone put a subtitle on this thread saying he's in this so people don't make the mistake of reading this thread like I did?
Changing Tokyo to LA, and making them american rather than Japanese is hardly shitting on the source material. The exact same story can be told. LA is a massive city, like Tokyo. Not the same place of course, but both feature awful slums and big glitzy skylines (and Olympic stadiums!). Both share coasts on the same ocean. Biker gangs and LA go way back. All the locales created in Akira can easily be captured in LA, let alone a futuristic LA. Them being American is not a stretch, the characters in Akira arn't characters that can't be replicated as Americans. The problems they are facing are universal for any race that lives in a massively populated city with a over powering government.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Problems will arise if they make Aliens the cause, or the characters are angsty soldiers, or the final battle is on the moon or something.
When I talk about shitting on source material, I am talking like how in the Doom movie, they changed it from Hell being the source of the problems, to a powerful extra chromosome, and making all the bad guys - tough zombies.
I personally don't know of any Animes that have been made into U.S. production live action films (anyone know any?). The Japaneses seems to treat their live action interpretations of anime, as well as they do video game adaptations. Shitty, and cheap.
Im all for this, because if all this stuff is true, sounds like big money is being thrown at it. And DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are known for being really picky with their roles, and usually only work with smart scripts.
Guyver, motherfucker. Go check that out and get back to me on how well this has worked in the past.
Ha, come on dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
1: Its based on Guyver.
2. One of the directors is listed as "Screaming Mad George" on IMDB. Whose only other movie is something called "Boy in the box", made 14 years later.
3: It don't recognize a single actor in the credits list other than Jimmie Walker (dyno-mite!!), and the guy who played Guyver (jack armstrong) is currently in Days of our Lives.
Im sure you were kidding a bit, but its a pretty bad example. An example that was made in 1991.
:lol: Rival Schools.
I'm giving this a chance.
Guyver: Dark Hero zomg David Hayter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clash!