THE DREADED LIVE ACTION ANIME ADAPTATIONS

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

I hope that when the time comes the directors and writters of the adaptations will do the anime justice.

this is the hope, however, the word adaption doesn't help, if it's an adaption the directors/script writers can change pretty much whatever they want and say "well it was only based on the story/chracters,"

this will leave anime adaptions as naff "People friendly" pieces of crap that no one wants to watch because anime fans know the original and hate the desecration of something so good, and the general public wont like it because the script is naff (as they invariably are).

[Rorschach]

Live-action Cowboy Bebop: now there's an interesting idea. Only problem is, if Hollywood does it, it WILL screw it up.

What makes Cowboy Bebop a good anime is not the special effects, which are pretty standard stuff, but the story, which is not. If Hollywood wanted to make a success out of Cowboy Bebop, it would have to hire the original Japanese writer and let him work, free from the restraints of Hollywood politics. Sadly, such is highly unlikely to happen, especially if it happens to be in an election year.

The great thing about Cowboy Bebop is that it has Star Trek special effects without Star Trek's politics or worldview; there's no utopian dream here, only a world filled with fairly advanced machinery and people a lot like the ones we've got right now. It's also a world absolutely devoid of gun control, filled with smokers (Spike, especially), and mildly unfriendly to environmentalism and all forms of big government.

Imagine how that would play with Barbara Streisand, Sean Penn, and Alec Baldwin, just to name a few! Arnold Schwartzenegger's about the only Hollywood politician (and actor) I can imagine fitting in very well with a Cowboy Bebop flick. Him, and Mel Gibson (who's more an Australian actor anyway, and I can't really see where he'd fit in at his age, though I think he could have played Spike back in his early Mad Max days).

So basically, unless this idea for a live-action Cowboy Bebop gets punted to an independent studio, and directed and produced by an apolitical or libertarian crew with new actors, it'll be a flop.

[Zaxafel]

lets just say that any anime that is given over to hollywood is going to get screwed all to hell
the only anime in existance that i can think of that they wouldnt be able to screw up would have to be Gungrave
or at least they would have to work to screw it up

[)v(ajin Koji]

What does it matter if Hollywood screws it up anyway. There'll still be the original.

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

What does it matter if Hollywood screws it up anyway. There'll still be the original.

Very true, i mean if the worst comes to the worst we could always try and start a world-wide boycott of anime adaptions, that'd stop 'em in their tracks, 'cause we all know the only reason the get adapted is to try and make a cheap, quick buck from poor unsuspecting fans like us...

[Zaxafel]

yes
let them practice their foolery until they realize that their prjected fanbase just died because nobody wants to see some two bit remake of an anime that doesnt need to be remade

[Zero]

*Some Really long post involving CGI*

Have you seen Final Fantasy: The Sprits Within?

-Zero

[Heero_Yuy84]

Very true, i mean if the worst comes to the worst we could always try and start a world-wide boycott of anime adaptions, that'd stop 'em in their tracks, 'cause we all know the only reason the get adapted is to try and make a cheap, quick buck from poor unsuspecting fans like us...

Given you made a thread talking about how much these remakes will suck, I don't think you can really call yourself, or the majority who share that view, all that unsuspecting...if they were, that would suggest they didn't see this coming in the slightest.

[Pyle]

Good feedback. hope to hear more from you guys. Like cowboy bebop, there is no way in hell they can make that movie. With out it being total crap. The evangelion movie, there only have the concept art done and there is no major studio attached to the project. Weta Digial and ADV films will not get this off the ground. It seem that they have all come to a halt. Ninja Scroll has made no progress what so ever and its been about 2 years since they anouced it. The only cast member set for the DBZ film is wrestle Bill Goldberg as Nappa. Akira just got a new director that I guess is really bad at adapted films. It seems like there going no where fast.

You talk as if you've decided everything in the movie will be bad right from the start. You could at least give them a chance and see how the movie works out. For all you know it could turn out be even better then the anime series(although I know you'd find that hard to believe -_-)

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

*Some Really long post involving CGI*

Have you seen Final Fantasy: The Sprits Within?

yep, and i will admit the CGI was good, but the film was crap, and it wasn't based on anything else, the main point i was raising was that it can't look real and close to the anime, thus leaving fans unsatisfied.

Given you made a thread talking about how much these remakes will suck, I don't think you can really call yourself, or the majority who share that view, all that unsuspecting...if they were, that would suggest they didn't see this coming in the slightest.

1) i didn't make this thread, only posted in it.

2) i'm not an unsuspecting fan, i was just saying there are people who are, i only know live action remakes suck through experience.