It would be hilarious if they got the My Way Entertainment guys to rewrite the film.
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/Okay, I'm just going to assume that that was trolling, because otherwise I would be very sad.
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.That would require a low opinion of the viewing public and marketing obsession even I doubt they possess.
What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.Is Brockway being serious in that article? Not about the script he was sent, I mean about how he described Akira. Cause from the way he talks about it, it seems like every western cliche he claims is like taking a piss on the Mona Lisa just sounds like the necessary reversal of a Japanese cliche. Its about 9/11 instead of about Hiroshima. The characters are men instead of young boys. The character who needs to remain a child is now the ominous creepy child instead of the victimised child incapable of evil. They cut out the villains transformation into a giant tentacled hellbeast. Its replacing the cliches of one culture with the cliches of the one its being made for, to give it the same effect.
The Hughes Brothers have left the project (possibly due to the studio interference).
Now expect Warner Bros. to pick a crappy director like Doug Liman to replace them.
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/To me, the race-lift isn't a problem because the original was set in Japan, therefore the remake should be too. I think that's missing the point.
The reason it should be set in (New-)Tokyo is because AKIRA is so quintessentially Japanese. It's a story ABOUT Japan. Setting it in the US would be like setting Rebel Without A Cause in the Soviet Republic.
Well, they were able to set Godzilla in America fairly well. Not saying they should try to do it again, but it's possible.
Honestly, as long as they don't pull a Watchmen and do it beat for beat, I'll be okay with it, regardless of how good it is.
edited 26th May '11 7:43:05 PM by NULLcHiLD27
There's nothing wrong with doing it beat-for-beat; Sin City is a good example of how to do it right.
The problem with Watchmen wasn't that it was a recreation beat-for-beat of the comic. The problem was that it was only a superficial recreation, with a poor understanding of the source material's themes.
Oh no, don't misunderstand me. I just don't see the point of making it just like the source material, y'know?
Like, why should I watch this movie if I could go read the comic and get what the movie had to offer plus more?
I'm not saying it should go out of it's way to be different, just give me a reason to see it. Like how Blade Runner has the same themes and ideas as Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, yet the only real connection it had to the book story-wise was character names.
Except that the actual remake was a bomb.
What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.But the remake wasn't about the bomb, it was about...well I don't think it was about anything really.
What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
I think you missed the joke...
But seriously, that film was more a remake of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms than it was Gojira.
edited 27th May '11 9:51:42 AM by NULLcHiLD27
Gojira was practically a remake of The Beast From 20000 Fathoms.
What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.Can you explain this? I haven't read the comic, just seen the animated movie, but nothing in it seemed particularly Japanese.
The last time Jaume Collet-Serra remade something, it was House of Wax. Remakes aren't his strong suit.
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