Animeking1108 wrote:Kor wrote:bluekaitou1412 wrote:WTH? A DeathNote Hollywood version?
from wikipedia:
Death Note has been optioned for a live-action Hollywood remake. A 2007 article in The Star (Malaysia) states that more than ten film companies in the United States expressed interest in creating a remake.[26] Vertigo Entertainment is currently set to develop an American Death Note remake.[27] In April 2009, it was announced that WB had acquired the rights to make a live-action version of the manga, and had hired Charley and Vlas Parlapanides to adapt the script. The new film will be based upon the original manga series rather than the existing live-action films.[28] Sources at Vertigo are confirming that the final draft of the script has been greenlit and casting is about to begin.
So to summerize, expect Hollywood to ruin your favorite animes and mangas...
It's only a matter of time before they ruin another one, but which will be next? Sailor Moon? Conan? Naruto or Bleach? (never watched Naruto nor Bleach but as it seems, it is popular...)
Just raising options and I don't know the true popularity...
Okay, we can't assume that every single one of them is gonna be bad. Remember comic book movies? The 90s was just not their decade. But then after X-Men, they became good. And I have a good feeling about Astro Boy.
comic books? What's that? no just kidding, just that I've never read any comic book in my entire life (unless you consider manga as a comic book)
But I base my assumptions on Dragon Ball Evolution, which is maybe the best example for a live action gone horribly wrong.
I agree, the comic books based movies weren't that good (only ones I watched were several batman movies and a superman movie) but the reason why X-men did so well is also because the special effects were much more advanced. It had good plot but then again, it also depends on the director, producer and script writer. X-men was something they could be very familiar with because it came from the US culture, but not everyone is familiar with manga/anime and truly understand the concept. For example again, DBE, they turned Goku into a typical high school superhero teenager, very much like Spiderman, which ruined the whole concept of the optimistic and loves to eat Goku. I saw that as an attempt to make it like something that the USA culture is familiar with (again, typical spiderman or superman thingy) but truly there was no need, because Dragon Ball had one of the biggest fanbases in like everywhere in the world.
If someone in the US decides to buy live action movie rights of DC then it can really be bad because those who will make the movie may not understand this at all. Heck, you and me may know better than the script writer.
You need a lot of talented actors in order to pull something like Conan. You can't take those child actors, who are merely children of famous actors or people with connections, to play Conan and Haibara. They have to have talent and be good at acting so Conan's actor can act like a high school detective and Haibara's actress can be cryptic and awsome as she suppose to be.
btw, about your list there is something I found a bit funny (Not that I have any problem with the list but I have a deep hatred towards the Cyrus family even though I've never seen any of them on TV so it's just a weird hatred without any reason). But with the list you've created, Shiho will have british accent while Haibara will have american accent - an odd side effect of the drug?
)but ,come on, Zac Efron isn't the right choice to play Shinichi!
