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GracieLizzy
Posts: 551 Location: Sunderland, England, UK |
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Wow way to sound about as insulting as possible! I know a lot of anime characters are done in broad strokes but did you have to say Japanese characters are never strong? |
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Kougeru
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mrsatan
Encyclopedia Editor
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I'm just so tired of Akira USA. Either make the stupid movie or don't. And the smart thing would be "don't".
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GracieLizzy
Posts: 551 Location: Sunderland, England, UK |
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I think he means lacking in depth or layers by saying "not strong".... which still baffles me because I thought in general most Japanese media is very character driven. I mean not always, but often. |
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TsunaReborn!
Posts: 4713 Location: Cheltenham UK |
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We've heard this before
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Animeking1108
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Good points:
-Katsuhiro Otomo is involved. -The leaked storyboards showed that it'll at least resemble the manga. -It's being done by the director of "Orphan." Bad points: -The controversial statement about strong characters. -The director also did the "House of Wax" remake. |
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Rahxephon91
Posts: 1859 Location: Park Forest IL. |
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I want a live action Akira to happen, because unlike other sheep I don't see whats so bad about live action adaptations. There's been very few actual Hollywood anime adaptions, not really enough to judge.
Still, his comments are quite terrible and sound like the come from someone with no experience whats so ever in Japanese media. It sounds like he just heard someone talk about the "abstraction" and "ambiguity" in Japanese things and went off that. No doubt those exists, but more traditional by western standards storytelling is just as frequent. Plus the dude's resume dosen't say much. |
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GATSU
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Animeking: Otomo's "involved" in the sense that he's informed about the status of the project, and that's it.
Rahxephon: He doesn't have experience, period, but he's cheap, so that's all they care about. |
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simona.com
Posts: 338 Location: Tokyo |
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wow, this guy really knows his manga and anime - NOT.
hence the most probable candidate to direct it, if we look back at the generally horrendous Hollywood remakes of anything Japanese: CLUELESS. BOO. |
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E-Master
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Having Katsuhiro Otomo involved with the project is a good idea, but I'm not sure that will mean that the movie will be good. Course doing a live action version on something like Akira could go either direction either it'll do well or it will fall flat on its back.
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Spoofer
Posts: 356 Location: NY |
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This guy has had Liam Neeson in his last two movies. If Liam Neeson's latest stint as a soundbyte hero is Jaume Collet-Serra's idea of a strong character, oy vey.
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prime_pm
Posts: 2375 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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Can't we just be semi-happy with Chronicle?
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enurtsol
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If guys read the original source, here's how it was said:
It seems he meant strong as in very interesting protagonists. |
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GATSU
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enurtsol: Even in context, his opinions are still terrible.
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Apollo-kun
Posts: 1213 Location: City 7, Macross 7 |
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Coming back to my dorm from a class that's focusing on exoticism directed towards Japanese culture, then seeing this tripe of a quote, reminds me that we still have a long way to go. People need to stop acting like "Japanese culture" is something that can be totally defined, especially based on the fiction its inhabitants produce. It's completely unfair, and plays into the race binary unintentionally ("our characters are defined and we have a message, but their work is all about the message and has terrible characters," is how that reads.) And yes, I'm lumping overly emphatic anime fans (some call them "weeabus") into this, because basing your perception of a nation with its own set of problems on an animated television show is silly.
TL;DR I can't believe people are still saying drivel like this. |
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