FMP! Live Action

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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:30 am

Willen wrote: J.K. Rowling insisted that the Harry Potter cast be primarily British and it happened.

J.K. Rowling is also the biggest selling author since the Bible.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby wurpess » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:06 am

Willen wrote:Maybe Zac will be playing Kurz Weber. Or at least I can hope.

I wonder if the original author has any say over casting. Of if there is enough furor over this that an organization like the NAACP would make a stink over the casting of originally Asian characters with Caucasian actors and thusly changing the character's race. I suspect that Sousuke will be renamed Steve, Kaname will be renamed Karen, the mecha and high tech elements written out altogether replaced by magic, and the film will take place at a high school in California.

This could end up as another Dragon Ball Evolution...

You know, after I had calmed down a bit, I was thinking that Zac wouldn't make TOO bad of a Kurz. Sousuke, HELLZ NO! And that's not even factoring in the whole "ZOMG! He's not Asian!" argument. It's just that Sousuke has a rigid, dry personality, and it just seems perfectly natural on him. He needs to be played by someone who can also pull off naturally serious and uptight. I can't see Zac being able to pull that off without it seeming like obvious acting. I personally think he would be much more suited to Kurz.

Of course, I see this being a trainwreck in the making anyway, so what does it matter what I think? -_-
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:38 am

wurpess wrote:It's just that Sousuke has a rigid, dry personality, and it just seems perfectly natural on him. He needs to be played by someone who can also pull off naturally serious and uptight.

I think Tommy Lee Jones might be a bit old for this. That said, I don't think there are any young American actors today that can do a serious and uptight roll without turning out:

A) "mysterious" (see Twilight)
2) emo (see Harry Potter)
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III) Frodo
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby RedFusionX » Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:28 pm

You know what

I seem to remember people freaking out about a live action Evangelion movie that was supposed to be released a while back. That never got off the ground.

I would say, don't worry too much till actual filming starts
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby xexyzl » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:28 pm

RedFusionX wrote:I seem to remember people freaking out about a live action Evangelion movie that was supposed to be released a while back. That never got off the ground.
It's about to.

I'm not so worried about Eva though, since ADV [presumably] still holds the rights. Though, that movie's future may look very bleak indeed if ADV folds.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby Pwolf » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:25 am

I would much rather see a fourth season animated... the novels are so awesome and need to be animated damnit!

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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby OzzieAlThor79 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:09 pm

I actually think he'll be pretty good.

Check him out on SNL: http://www.hulu.com/collections/223

He's funny.

Also, I hope they go more the Fumoffu route as that was FAR superior entertainment to the original FMP.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby OzzieAlThor79 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:11 pm

xexyzl wrote:
RedFusionX wrote:I seem to remember people freaking out about a live action Evangelion movie that was supposed to be released a while back. That never got off the ground.
It's about to.

I'm not so worried about Eva though, since ADV [presumably] still holds the rights. Though, that movie's future may look very bleak indeed if ADV folds.


Funny, a website that exsists only to talk about that movie says that there is a report that over the next *9* months there might be an announcement.

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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby AwkwardOtaku » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:29 pm

Willen wrote:Maybe Zac will be playing Kurz Weber. Or at least I can hope.


Buh? No! Don't even think that... I - you - Kurz is my favorite, they caaaaaan't...
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby Pwolf » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:41 pm

If they do end up getting this up off the ground, i would much rather see a darker drama closer to TSR/End of Day by Day. Turning it into a comedy would ruin it.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby Garridy » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:45 pm

Pwolf wrote:If they do end up getting this up off the ground, i would much rather see a darker drama closer to TSR/End of Day by Day. Turning it into a comedy would ruin it.

I agree, a more serious anime seems like it would translate into a movie much easier.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby xexyzl » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:49 am

Garridy wrote:
Pwolf wrote:If they do end up getting this up off the ground, i would much rather see a darker drama closer to TSR/End of Day by Day. Turning it into a comedy would ruin it.

I agree, a more serious anime seems like it would translate into a movie much easier.
Not that I have ANY faith in this movie whatsoever, but I was thinking that adapting the first novel into a 90 minute movie could work fairly well. They'd get in their High School hijinks and then go on to the srs bznss stuff about halfway through the movie.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:00 am

Garridy wrote:
Pwolf wrote:If they do end up getting this up off the ground, i would much rather see a darker drama closer to TSR/End of Day by Day. Turning it into a comedy would ruin it.

I agree, a more serious anime seems like it would translate into a movie much easier.

Again the problem arises of making young (or those who appear young) American actors do something serious without it turning out cheesy/emo/angsty.
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby Willen » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:22 am

Cheesy I'm ok with as long as they play it straight. The bigger problem is making them all angsty and emo. And/or some kind of whiny cocky bastard (see Transformers).
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Re: FMP! Live Action

Postby Flame-X » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:00 pm

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ic-project

I'm sure this will temporarily stop all the fans bitching.
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