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Scardoll Burn Since: Nov, 2010
Burn
#76: Mar 2nd 2011 at 6:34:33 AM

Might be good, might not be.

I'm wondering how the hell they're gonna deal with Tetsuo's out of control transformation scene.

(i refuse to call it a comic)

That's what it is.

Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.
vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#77: Mar 2nd 2011 at 6:44:32 AM

Moran freeman side by side comparison

It's a graphic novel.

edited 2nd Mar '11 6:46:50 AM by vanthebaron

Untitled Power Rangers Story
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#78: Mar 2nd 2011 at 7:04:10 AM

Graphic Novel = Comic Book as far as I'm concerned.

Morgan Freeman would work, it's nice to see him be a badass.

edited 2nd Mar '11 7:15:54 AM by NULLcHiLD27

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
I Am The Walrus
#79: Mar 2nd 2011 at 8:48:28 AM

Looks more like Michael Jai White to me.

More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/
chocoboxxx Since: Dec, 1969
#80: Mar 2nd 2011 at 8:58:46 AM

Morgan Freeman will probably play the bike, it will be a sassy wisecracking companion just like the car in the Inspector Gadget movie.

Scardoll Burn Since: Nov, 2010
Burn
#81: Mar 2nd 2011 at 9:01:28 AM

It's a graphic novel.

A graphic novel is a comic.

Comics are sequential art to tell a story. That's exactly what Watchmen is.

Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.
chocoboxxx Since: Dec, 1969
#82: Mar 2nd 2011 at 9:12:50 AM

Graphic novel is a stupid term invented by comic writers who wanted to be novelists but failed and are too embarrassed to be writing "lowly comics", for in their mind comics have no "artistic integrity". Calling the comics "graphic novels" could possibly elevate them to the status of "esteemed author" and "celebrated artist" so they decided to embrace the term. To date this ruse has fooled exactly no one except for other comic writers and only makes the people who use it sound like elitist pricks.

The term was popularized by nerds who were tired of getting wedgies for being nerdy. They decided that if they used the term "graphic novels" bullies would stop picking on them because who beats someone up for reading a novel, right? To date this ruse has fooled exactly no one except for other nerds and only makes the people who use it sound like elitist pricks.

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#83: Mar 2nd 2011 at 9:22:10 AM

that cop, or whatever,

The Colonel.

And yeah, that scene would be interesting, along with Tetsuo hallucinating that his organs are spilling out and suchlike.

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NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#84: Mar 2nd 2011 at 9:23:56 AM

[up][up]This guy gets it.

Besides, I think I remember hearing that Frank Miller and/or Alan Moore hate the term "graphic novel."

As for the americanization of the film, if they go for american names, what would Tetsuo be? Kaneda would probably be Kenny/Ken/Kenneth/Keith  *

.

edited 2nd Mar '11 9:24:05 AM by NULLcHiLD27

chocoboxxx Since: Dec, 1969
#85: Mar 2nd 2011 at 9:28:15 AM

Tetsuo=Taylor/Tyler (probably Tyler because it's ingrained in everyone's head as evil after Heavy Metal 2000.)

RichReeders Official Muffin Watcher from Watching this muffin. Since: Feb, 2011
Official Muffin Watcher
#86: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:13:20 AM

This guy gets it. Besides, I think I remember hearing that Frank Miller and/or Alan Moore hate the term "graphic novel."

Akira is about 2000 pages long and comes to a distinct end. Trust me, in this case "graphic novel" applies.

Don't you try anything, you baked good you.
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#87: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:17:19 AM

And it was divided into volumes and place in the manga/comic section at your local bookstore, because it's a manga, which is a comic made in Japan.

edited 2nd Mar '11 10:20:46 AM by NULLcHiLD27

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#88: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:19:07 AM

So... it's long, and it ends? That's the distinction. Really?

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
chocoboxxx Since: Dec, 1969
#89: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:23:57 AM

[up]Hahahaha! BURN! Cannot wait for the phone book "graphic novel"!

And NUL (wtfever I am NOT typing that out) is right, if it was made in Japan you use the term "manga". If it was made in the west (and you want people to snicker at you behind your back) you use the term "graphic novel".

NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#90: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:31:55 AM

[up]You can just use "null", it's what everyone else does.

Based on what some people say in here,  *

there doesn't seem to be much reason for it to need to be in Japan. It kinda sounds like you could just make a city up, so long as it's a futuristic, cyber-punk distopia, you'd be fine. Is that a wrong assessment?

edited 2nd Mar '11 10:39:56 AM by NULLcHiLD27

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
RichReeders Official Muffin Watcher from Watching this muffin. Since: Feb, 2011
Official Muffin Watcher
#93: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:06:39 AM

My point still stands; there was no call to be a dick about it.

Don't you try anything, you baked good you.
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#94: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:12:32 AM

Graphic novels, because comic books are for kidswink

Not trying to be a dick, just find "graphic novel" to be pretentious.

LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#95: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:13:24 AM

Am I the only person who uses "comic" to refer to the entire medium and series as a whole, and "graphic novel" to refer to trade paperback collections and deluxe edition collections and whatnot  *

?

NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#96: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:16:09 AM

[up]I just call 'em trades and collections or volumes.

chocoboxxx Since: Dec, 1969
#97: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:21:43 AM

OK, sorry to be a dick, I'm just trying to keep YOU from sounding like one as well.

Getting back to the Shinto thing, it's been nearly FOREVER since I've watched Akira. Was the Shinto stuff just faith-based powers or something? You could write that off with mitochondria - it worked for Parasite Eve and Star Wars...

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#98: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:26:17 AM

Everybody hated that, though. For good reason.

In the movie, Lady Miyako is basically just a cultist. In the manga she's apparently far more important but I haven't read enough to know, unfortunately.

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#99: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:29:02 AM

So it's not something that would be relevant to the viewer/reader if they're japanese that wouldn't have as much of an impact on americans?

chocoboxxx Since: Dec, 1969
#100: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:30:37 AM

In America we have the "Crazy Southern Baptist Preacher" which is basically the same thing.


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