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laceblade
Posts: 51 Location: Wisconsin |
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Yes. |
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PurpleWarrior13
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I'm pretty sure the 1995 film took place in Hong Kong. |
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EyeOfPain
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GitS? It's been a while since I last watched the film, but I'm almost 100% positive that a took place in Japan. I don't think it was specifically stated in the movie, but Japan was still recovering from another world war, and there are numerous Chinese refugees living in the cities. Even if it takes place in Hong Kong, all the members of Public Security Section 9 are Japanese (or have close ties to Japan). |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4471 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Like most Hollywood live-action anime adaptations, I'm not exactly holding my breath that live-action Ghost in the Shell will ever get out of development hell.
How many times now has live-action Akira almost gone into production "totally for realz this time guys"? |
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PurpleWarrior13
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It's definitely at least the model: http://randomwire.com/recreating-ghost-in-hong-kong/ |
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enurtsol
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Teens sell in anime; whites sell in America. It's business.
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13564 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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The issue of Americanizing a Japanese character for film carries as much weight if it were the opposite. Also, we aren't the Japanese rights holders who give the nod for American companies to do this.
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GATSU
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#825: The reason people don't like it is because it's deliberately slighting people because of their color and/or ethnicity. Japan is homogenous, so finding someone who's black or white over there who can play the role and speak the language is a lot harder than it is here, where you just drive to Little Tokyo, Koreatown, or Chinatown.
teferi: Again, see above. How many non-Asian people live in those places most of the time? Gate:
Actually, the Japanese seemed to go along with it better than the Chinese, ironically enough. |
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WYfox
Posts: 3 Location: Jackson, WY |
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The film(s) took place in HK, while SAC (series and movie) and the manga are based in Japan. |
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jr240483
Posts: 4380 Location: New York City,New York,USA |
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Unfortunately the odds of hollywood actually getting it right with anime series is very slim to none. and "pepper" as major? HELL NO! I would prefer Angelina Jolie as the major instead of that nitwit. |
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mdo7
Posts: 6263 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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I will agreed with you on that post, but there's been some changes in the race casting when it comes to Asian in the US media. |
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Hidders
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Pre-Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie would have been amazing as Major. Where she was still nitty-gritty IRL and not off saving the world one child at a time. I can't really see any well known actress playing Major well. I would like to see a fresh face from the stage-theater scene. Someone who knows how to emote through their eyes in a way that would make you think there's a ghost in that body while keeping their face cyborg-blank. Maybe get them some smize lessons from Tyra Banks. As it stands, if Johansson does accept and the movie does get made I'm just going to forget it even exists just like I did with "Dragonball: Evolution". |
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enurtsol
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Who cares what she does on her free time |
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CoreSignal
Posts: 727 Location: California, USA |
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Pretty much. Even if it does wind up getting made, it'll barely resemble the source material after it goes through a board of hollywood execs and audience focus testing. |
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ishmael
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So much this. It doesn't matter who plays the Major. They can Americanize it, and still keep the essence of the source material, in the end, it doesn't matter much if the character's blonde or Japanese or named Lucy or Mokoto (though I'd prefer the latter), and who gets the part doesn't matter much. Honestly, it's not as if Mokoto would be Oscar-worthy interpretation. The script and directing is what will decide if the movie's a forgettable adaptation, or if it's actually worthwhile. |
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