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Metal Knuckles Tendoru                    Since: 12-21-05 From: New Hampshire Last post: 6305 days Last view: 6305 days |
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| The other day, I was sitting at my computer. Just surfing the net, you know, same 'ol, same 'ol. But then I came across a little segment of news, and I started to wonder: are live action movies really good ideas? (For those who don't know, live action films are movies either based off of cartoons/games, comics, or incorporate both real actors and cartoons together)
I mean, consider the facts. Many American live action films, primarily that hideous segment known as "Uwe Boll films" have been deemed horrible monstrousities that should never have been unleashed on mankind, let alone thos poor critics who have to watch the dredge. Other films that use live action, such as The Hulk and Fantastic Four, ruin the hopes of many poor teens who devote their lives to the comics in their parents basements. On the other hand, not all hope has been squashed. Who Framed Roger Rabbit. If anyone says that movie was bad, then they obviously need to be shown the other pieces of crap mentioned above in comparison. One of the best uses of Danny Davito I've ever seen (besides that thing with the taxi cab), and it even put Bugs and Mickey in the same scenes (same amount of time exactly, as a matter of fact). Spiderman, more so the second installment, and the X-men movies have also done brilliant jobs of modernizing comics that, for all purpose, have never even fit into cartoons that well. Batman's sort of an enigma in all of this, though. I mean, sure, the new movie Batman Begins kicks ass, but how many times can you hear Arnold Swarzi-nator say "What killed the din-oe-sors? De Ice-aaage!" without relizing how scary it is that he's the governor of the West coast? The Japanese have done some decent live action films of animes, and of course, some horrid things with barely any excuse to be called movies. Can I get an amen, viewers of the Gundam movie? So the real question comes up: what does the future of live action films look like? We got the creator of Lord of the Rings working on a Halo movie, which certainly has a lot of potential. Of course, one could say the same thing about Doom, but look at that stinking pile of s***. Then there's this live action remake of Evangelion comng up, and being done by the speacial effects creators of, yet again, Lord of the Rings. This, if anything, will have even more critics. Also, it will be in English, so more pissed off fans from the other side of the world can be assured. Does the gaming industry, the comic industry, nay, the entertainment industry stand a chance of succesfully bringing foreword a type of movie presentation that has already been both as shunned as Gigli and as loved as Titanic? Discuss. Also, on a side note, I love the Mario Brothers movie. I don't care, the acting was good, and that's all one needs these days. |
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Abnormal Freak  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6372 days Last view: 6372 days |
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| Uh... The term "live action" applies to, well, every single film with actual people in it. I'm sure you knew that...right? Now, if your thread title read "Live Action Adaptions of Cartoons/Video Games", it'd make a hell of a lot more sense.
But anyway... Comics, video games, and cartoons/anime can be adapted to the big screen in live action if done right. Look at Sin City. Incredible movie, and incredibly faithful to the comics (with just a few minor changes). I also really like the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. As well as Spider-Man 1 and 2...and Batman Begins. (Arnold Schwarzenegger, by the way, wasn't in that film. You're thinking of Batman & Robin... Actually, that whole sentence you mention Begins and Arnold just doesn't make any sense.) As for video games...I have yet to see a movie adaption of one that I like, that I would actually consider good (unless you count Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, which I really like, by the way; and I saw FFVII: Advent Children last week and didn't enjoy it), but I have HIGH hopes for the Silent Hill movie. It looks so badass and faithful to the games. I can't wait to see this. As for Halo, Peter Jackson serves as an executive producer on it. I'm not exactly sure of his involvement with it, but I doubt very much he has much to do with the creative process. And for anime...look at The Matrix. The first one is the only one I really love, but the other two have some cool scenes to watch (even if they're not good movies). The whole trilogy is very much inspired by anime, so maybe a live action adaption of an anime could be good. (Maybe...possibly.) |
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Metal Knuckles Tendoru Since: 12-21-05 From: New Hampshire Last post: 6305 days Last view: 6305 days |
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| FF: The Spirit Within was an alright movie, but something about it didn't exactly ring of any Final Fantasy. Square might have been better off just naming it TSW without any mention of the FF series, because many fans went to see it and were disappointed. Of course, many, such as yourself, weren't. Makes it sort of double sided. =P
And you didn't like Advent Children? The only problem I had with that movie was (and this usually brings a movie far down in my standards) the lack of a clear and thorough plot. But the action animation and loyalty to the original game realy made it seem better. Perhaps a lesson to be learned in all of this from both movies? Letting the creators of the original piece work on the movie adaption might be a good thing. As for the Batman being both good and bad sentence, I was refering to the whole series. I then mentioned Batman Begins as being a good showing of it, and Batman and Robin as being bad by bringing up Ah-nulds line. ... Wait! Silent Hill movie? Oh jeez, the game was fricken scary enough. Of course, one could say the same about Resident Evil and Doom, but... you know. =/ And Live Action movie, while being defined as real actors instead of cartoons in a movie, is more widely used around the internet as a term for an anime/game being brought into the real world actor-wise. Just Google it, and...you'll see... oh god no... a DBZ live action movie, god help us all... |
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Abnormal Freak Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6372 days Last view: 6372 days |
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| The Silent Hill movie will be good, or so I hope it will be. It's directed by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf), and the music score is by Akira Yamaoka, who did all the music and sound effects for all the SH games (and produced SH3 and 4). The screenshots look amazing, and the teaser is really cool as well. I'd like to see a full trailer. Well, I'd like to see the movie. Yum. | |||
Tarale    2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6304 days Last view: 6304 days |
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Originally posted by Abnormal Freak Yeah, the Silent Hill movie interests me as well. I am a fan of the games, despite being too wussy to play them myself. Reminds me, I need to find somebody willing to play Silent Hill 3 and 4 while I watch.  |
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