Live action Evangelion movie? WTF?

[TB4000]

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16790


Even though the CG team WETA worked on the Lord of the Rings movies, I doubt even they could do justice to something this ambitious. Never mind that the storyline for this thing is too complex to turn into a 3+ hour movie, and don't even be concerned with the fact that the challenge of re-creating the universe of the anime would cost them...as another thread would say, ONE TRILLION DOLLARS!!!!

[Tao]

they watered down that shit so much....they changed rei to ray! wtf is that!

if they're not gonna hire some japanese actors for this thing...or at least asian ones, i'm gonna be pissed.

[kitty]

"ray"? "kate rose"???????


uhhhhmmm...

[mr. x]

they watered down that shit so much....they changed rei to ray! wtf is that!

if they're not gonna hire some japanese actors for this thing...or at least asian ones, i'm gonna be pissed.

trust me, the only asians that are gonna be in this are gonna be token asians. token asians who do shit like hitting pipes with a wrench or fucking white men when they are in the mood for chinese

[Fireblade]

Evangelion is one of my favorite animes . . .

With that being said, I think this is gonna suck hardcore. Not the robots, but the story, and how you know it's just basically Man v.s. Aliens.

You know they'll do away with the metaphysical philosophy and the ideologies in the original anime. And I'm sure character development (which is the REAL draw of Eva.) will be minimal.

*grumbles* This movie is Evangelion only in name. GRR.

[mr. x]

remember Wing Commander? yeah neither did i

well i think its gonna be just like it. suckwise too

some things should not be adapted by hollywood

[TB4000]

You notice in that link I posted that the majority of complaints were that most of the characters were gonna be cast as caucasian as opposed to japanese...though ain't it cool news is basically a bunch of fanboys, so the mainstream might not care either way, sadly.

[mr. x]

You notice in that link I posted that the majority of complaints were that most of the characters were gonna be cast as caucasian as opposed to japanese...though ain't it cool news is basically a bunch of fanboys, so the mainstream might not care either way, sadly.

well i do understand that the mainstream (white people) dont wanna see a movie fulla japanese or even racially ambigous anime characters but yeah, its just another one of those hollywood ruining what they shouldnt moments

[TB4000]

And the fact that James Cameron is still trying to get Battle Angel Alita off the ground ain't exactly helping matters. That's what he says he wants to direct next, but if he thought Titantic was a hard ass movie to make, well....

[mr. x]

And the fact that James Cameron is still trying to get Battle Angel Alita off the ground ain't exactly helping matters. That's what he says he wants to direct next, but if he thought Titantic was a hard ass movie to make, well....

yeah i heard, man animes should not star white people period. they gonna do Akira too man.

[kitty]

please... they need to leave battle angel alone :) it'll ruin my fuzzy memories of one of my favourite animes ever.

god, why does hollywood have to fuck up all the good shit??

[TB4000]

please... they need to leave battle angel alone :) it'll ruin my fuzzy memories of one of my favourite animes ever.

god, why does hollywood have to fuck up all the good shit??
You know after they get done with all the comic books and cartoons on this side of the ocean, they gotta move overseas :tongue: ...they know anime has a mainstream fanbase over here as of late, so they gots to milk it.

[Tao]

it'd be funny to see a white guy named akira

[TB4000]

Rob Cohen's Live-Action Kite Moving Forward Source: The Hollywood Reporter Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Anant Singh's Distant Horizon is moving forward with Kite, director Rob Cohen's live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime cult classic from Yasuomi Umetsu, by hiring screenwriter Kamran Pasha to write the screenplay.

The Hollywood Reporter says the new version, which will be toned down to exclude some of the graphic adult situations in the original, is being produced by Cohen along with Singh and Distant Horizon's Brian Cox.

The original film centers on a young woman named Sawa who is taken off the streets after the murder of her parents by a Svengali-like detective. The man, who employs homeless children to do his dirty work, forces her to kill his chosen targets until she is able to break free of his control.




Man, they just do NOT wanna quit.

[golden_buns]

Most likely if any of the lead characters is asian, most likely they'll get a female asian actress at most. The rest will be token asians.

[Banana]

They won't even bother with token Asians.

Akira will be renamed Aaron.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

I didn't like Evangelion much. 26 episodes just to give us the message that life can suck and that people are flawed. I coulda told you that from the beginning ^^

[mr. x]

i bet they'll do a Cowboy Bebop, just call it Space Cowboy or something

[Fireblade]

Rob Cohen's Live-Action Kite Moving Forward Source: The Hollywood Reporter Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Anant Singh's Distant Horizon is moving forward with Kite, director Rob Cohen's live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime cult classic from Yasuomi Umetsu, by hiring screenwriter Kamran Pasha to write the screenplay.

The Hollywood Reporter says the new version, which will be toned down to exclude some of the graphic adult situations in the original, is being produced by Cohen along with Singh and Distant Horizon's Brian Cox.

The original film centers on a young woman named Sawa who is taken off the streets after the murder of her parents by a Svengali-like detective. The man, who employs homeless children to do his dirty work, forces her to kill his chosen targets until she is able to break free of his control.




Man, they just do NOT wanna quit.

I can kinda see this working as a hollywood movie, since it's basically a modern setting and there is not deep philosophical metaphors or what-not in Kite. (Although those hentai scenes were kinda disturbing.) This might turn out... "OK" in my opinon. Oh well.

[TB4000]

I can kinda see this working as a hollywood movie, since it's basically a modern setting and there is not deep philosophical metaphors or what-not in Kite. (Although those hentai scenes were kinda disturbing.) This might turn out... "OK" in my opinon. Oh well.
They risk alienating fans by not going all out with a rated R version and they lose out on extra box office by not making it a PG-13 blockbuster type. But which one will be the lesser of two evils? :wink:

[mr. x]

hell they'll probly do a Battle Royale remake, make them all 20 year olds (with wet t-shirts) and pg-13

well doesnt HAFTA be pg-13 its just yeah u know the whole "demographic" thing

[Tao]

i bet they'll do a Cowboy Bebop, just call it Space Cowboy or something
i believe NSYNC beat them to that