Akiiiraaa.... tetssuuoooooooooo!
MonsieurEvil
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
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<div class="IPBDescription">Friday's are boring</div><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=600&e=5&cid=848&u=/variety/20021010/film_variety/film_akira_dc" target="_blank">WB Giving Life to Anime 'Akira'</a>
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Director Stephen Norrington, who has just wrapped superhero drama "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," has reteamed with "League" screenwriter James Robinson to develop the project.
Released in 1988, "Akira" was the brainchild of Katsuhiro Otomo, who directed the film and wrote the comic from which it stemmed. The remake will tell the story of a bike gang leader who must rescue his younger brother from his involvement in Akira, a secret government project. In the process, the biker must do battle with anti-government activists, greedy politicians and irresponsible scientists.
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My little brother is going to go absolutely ape over this. Hopefully they won't have Jet Li walking around his knees like Dorf in order to make it...
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Warner Bros. Pictures will produce a live-action, English-language remake of Japan's anime classic "Akira."
Director Stephen Norrington, who has just wrapped superhero drama "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," has reteamed with "League" screenwriter James Robinson to develop the project.
Released in 1988, "Akira" was the brainchild of Katsuhiro Otomo, who directed the film and wrote the comic from which it stemmed. The remake will tell the story of a bike gang leader who must rescue his younger brother from his involvement in Akira, a secret government project. In the process, the biker must do battle with anti-government activists, greedy politicians and irresponsible scientists.
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My little brother is going to go absolutely ape over this. Hopefully they won't have Jet Li walking around his knees like Dorf in order to make it...
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I never watched Akira. I have never sat through a full lenth anime except for Princes Monokoe and Vampire Hunter D.
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As an aside, if we were in IRC right now, I'd make this my !setinfo.
I'm trying to figure out all these threads... Are you doing all this from work MonsE?
Seconded. Especially the salt part.
I just don't think it would have the same magic if it wasn't anime. I mean that's just part of the experience. It would probably just be flashy with dumb special effects (not to mention horrible child actors) otherwise.
and yeah, the current trend is for pg-13 movies, so I'm sure it would get completely censored.
It better be anime. It just wouldnt be the same. Imagine if they made Neon Genesis Evangelion into a series with real people? I wouldn't bother watching it
Well, at least it'll make for an entertaining read on mrcranky.com.
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In answer to your question, what would be the point in remaking an anime movie...in anime?
As far as I can gather, they're going to use real people.
It had better be a bloody masterpiece.
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Whoa boy there Coil, slow down. We don't want to waste innocent seasoning, do we? Try chemical weapons.
But I was just plain confused by it... and the fact that I seen it when I was about 13 did'nt help much eaither.
Looks like I'll have to rent it again.
Evil giant teddy bears. o.@
It was confusing, but probably not as confusing as it wouldn't been if it were translated to engrish.