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Postby priuscomet » Fri Aug 16, 2002 7:53 am

you post just to mock?! dork...
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Postby SarahtheBoring » Fri Aug 16, 2002 10:22 am

KLin wrote:Because 'making it more accesible to Western audiences' usually means at least one thing:

The characters become Americans and while that can work well at times. It just seems 'weird' and 'foreign' to fans. :D

The Guyver live action movie had this (Although, despite that it wasn't adapted too poorly)

Now if a Japanese company or perhaps HK company adapted an anime to live action:

The characters stay Asian.

The Iria live action movie I believe was made by a Japanese company so it managed to retain a lot of it's 'Asian qualities.'

I'm not trying to be racist or anything. I'm just saying there's just some sort of little bits of cultural differences between a movie done mostly by Americans and those done mostly by Asians. Although nowadays as they collaborate on more and more movies the cultural division line is thankfully starting to blur a bit.


Well, I don't see how that makes it inherently better. Is their nationality crucial to the plot? In a case where the story is hinged on cultural establishments or traditions or history or political goings-on or something of that nature, then yes, it has to be in the same context in order to make sense. (For instance, Grave of the Fireflies couldn't be moved out of its context.)

But if it's not, say, the lion's share of fantasy and sci-fi anime out there, what difference does it <i>really</i> make?

I don't think one's nationality is an essential part of their character. To some, their culture is a guiding force, and that's different - but I think the general run of people are just, to me, <i>people,</i> regardless of context.

But maybe that's just me. And I have to get going so I won't see this topic again for a week. Arrgh. ^_^;
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Is that evangelion thing for real???

Postby skanks » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:13 am

That doesn't make sense,i followed that hyperlink and it said Ikari is still a rumour, then theres a sticker of EVA, theres no way the series could be shoved into standard hollywood movie format. (although hasn't stopped them before) but the whole thing is 14 yrs old born at the time of second impact, Keena Reeves cannot pass for 14yrs old.
That and I couldn't find anything on that site about EVA.
It scares me, bugger letting kenshin do it, i want blood myself.
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Postby Neptune L`amour » Fri Aug 16, 2002 12:36 pm

I can say with a *ahem* "fair" amount of certainty that the Eva movie is a fake.
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Postby RichLather » Fri Aug 16, 2002 9:56 pm

Y'all are aware that a live-action DragonBall already exists, right?

It's an extraordinarily bad HK flick that pops up in the Japanese Animation Hell rotation, usually as part of the "bad live-action remakes" segment that also features live-action Tetsujin 28, Giant Robo, and the Japanese Spider-Man show.[/i]
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Postby CaTaClYsM » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:01 pm

pardon me I have to go kill myself now
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Postby bloodyfang » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:08 pm

CaTaClYsM wrote:pardon me I have to go kill myself now


Yay my plan worked!
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Postby CaTaClYsM » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:11 pm

wait, wont work, already dead.
So in other words, one part of the community is waging war on another part of the community because they take their community seriously enough to want to do so. Then they tell the powerless side to get over the loss cause it's just an online community. I'm glad people make so much sense." -- Tab
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