Ghost in the Hollywood Whitewashing Machine: Countdown to the GitS movie

[2Bad]

All that aside, I struggle to imagine even a single manga I think would really benefit from a live action film unless it's some shitty thing you're improving by making heavy edits or you're making some largely unrelated spinoff. Like maybe I could do with a live action Fate spinoff with its own plot for example.

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I particularly like how they chose to film in a dystopian shithole such as Wellington, NZ, and not some shiny model-city such as Hong Kong or Shanghai. True to the original.

iirc they're literally making it in NZ for tax reasons as far as people can tell, so you know they care

[Polly]

I don't doubt it's tax reason I'm just saying it's shit and well-done for saving some cash producers. Well done.

[2Bad]

I bet they'd have saved even more money by not making the film.

[black1blade]

All that aside, I struggle to imagine even a single manga I think would really benefit from a live action film unless it's some shitty thing you're improving by making heavy edits or you're making some largely unrelated spinoff. Like maybe I could do with a live action Fate spinoff with its own plot for example.

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iirc they're literally making it in NZ for tax reasons as far as people can tell, so you know they care

So it's like video game movies then?

[Polly]

I bet they'd have saved even more money by not making the film.

Would've been smarter.

[2Bad]

So it's like video game movies then?

No that is, somehow, even more hopeless than anime movies.

[I3uster]

hey man prince of persia was a solid 5/10

well get a good vidya adaption any day now

any...day...

[2Bad]

Like, I guess those 20th Century Boy movies are supposed to be good?

[Sesto]

warcraft movie will be a solid 6/10 imo

[2Bad]

The main thing I remember about PoP is the film attempted to pass off Ben Kingsley playing the uncle and royal vizier being the villain a twist.

[Strife ❤️]

warcraft movie will be a solid 6/10 imo

It looks so bad

[I3uster]

Oldboy changed a whole lot of stuff but it's generally considered to be a pretty okay movie if you ask around.

[black1blade]

No that is, somehow, even more hopeless than anime movies.

you've seen the game theory vid about it right?

[2Bad]

oh and it was about invading a country to look for "illegal weapon forges"

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you've seen the game theory vid about it right?

I don't watch that idiot's videos so no.

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Oldboy changed a whole lot of stuff but it's generally considered to be a pretty okay movie if you ask around.

I think you will find I accounted for this!

unless it's some shitty thing you're improving by making heavy edits

I've actually read some of the Oldboy manga. It's not great!

[I3uster]

Basically manga has been animated decent enough before. What the murrikans can bring that the domestic industry won't be able to do though is hella cash which could work for more out there properties that could do with good CG work.

remember the undying cowboy bebop project

[Snow]

Edge of Tomorrow was solid.

[Strife ❤️]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. It was pretty good.

[2Bad]

Edge of Tomorrow was solid.

I never got around to seeing it or reading AYNIK but didn't it diverge heavily? And of course there was again the whitewashing issue.

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remember the undying cowboy bebop project

See this is the perfect example of something we don't need though. CB is a (mostly) perfect package, you gain nothing by adding to it.

[Snow]

I never got around to seeing it or reading AYNIK but didn't it diverge heavily?And of course there was again the whitewashing issue.

Still a good and fun movie.

[I3uster]

Yeah Edge of Tomorrow changed some things, some of which made it significantly less anime.

HUGE AXES