areaseven Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 And now for some bad news: Catwoman Director to Helm Akira (2004-10-23 16:39:31)In an interview with French website Télérama, Katsuhiro Otomo has stated that Pitof, the director of Catwoman, is set to direct the live action adaptation of Akira. Quote
GobotFool Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Quote
peter Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Has he lost his mind? Let me guess, Will Smith is going to play Kaneda. Quote
Pat S Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 This ought to be worth a laugh. The only worse director for this that I can think of would be Uwe Bol. Quote
Max Jenius Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Quote
Guppy Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 nononononoo! Lies! Lieeeeeeeeessssssss! 'Pitof' after the laugh-fest contender to the title of best/worst film ever currently held by Showgirls, should never be allowed near a film studio or camera ever again. He should be made to serve community service rather than be allowed to direct another movie. Does Hollywood hate anime fans? What? Why? Quote
Bad Mother Focker Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 What would be even better is if the movie was also written by PAUL W.S. ANDERSON! Quote
RichterX Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Ok, so because they run out if ideas they want to crap good things... that is why i saw we must revolt! Quote
Opus Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Why not? An overrated director to direct the live action version of an overrated anime. Quote
Pat S Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 What would be even better is if the movie was also written by PAUL W.S. ANDERSON! Oh my god, that would be perfect! Quote
Gaijin Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Not really an Akira fan so...I'm unphased by this. Quote
eriku Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 I'm not an Akira fan, but I find it amazing that anyone would fund ANY project by this guy after Catwoman. I feel bad for the Akira fans. Quote
KingNor Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Ok, so because they run out if ideas they want to crap good things... that is why i saw we must revolt! what an idea. you guys can start by not going to these god awful movies. good luck finding an AvP or Catwoman ticket stub at my house. seriously, this whole "it looks like crap but i'll go see it cuz hally is hot/ because aliens and preds are cool/ because its akira" stuff needs to STOP right now! hollywood is ruining our cool stuff Quote
NoSuchFile Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 hollywood is ruining our cool stuff Isn't that what hollywood is for? Quote
dr_vandermeer Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Not happy about this... I find it incredible to believe that no better directors were hungrier for this project. Quote
bsu legato Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Ugh....and here I had been hoping that the lack of news we'd heard about this project indicated that it was dead, or at least stuck in development hell. And why remake Akira in the first place? If Otomo was really serious, he'd look into adapting his entire manga as some sort of 10-13 episode miniseries. Doing that would at least make a remake worthwhile. Quote
Solscud007 Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Ok im elated over the fact that the Chinese are making a live action Intial D. But why the hell can't the americans do anything right? Why not let the japanese handle something liek Akira. I think they would be better at that given the style of films, especially the horror genre, that they produce. and im not jsut talkign about Ring or Grudge. Quote
MacBoy29 Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 (edited) The world is going to hell *again puts gun in mouth* lets hope it might not happen or sumthin' Edited October 24, 2004 by MacBoy29 Quote
VF19 Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Or: The guy who directed catwoman rapes your childhood! Quote
Anubis Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 How does that guy show his face anymore, much less actually find work? Based off what he did to catwoman, I wouldn't be surprized if they make Tetsuo look like Marilin Manson. Quote
RichterX Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Ok, so because they run out if ideas they want to crap good things... that is why i saw we must revolt! what an idea. you guys can start by not going to these god awful movies. good luck finding an AvP or Catwoman ticket stub at my house. seriously, this whole "it looks like crap but i'll go see it cuz hally is hot/ because aliens and preds are cool/ because its akira" stuff needs to STOP right now! hollywood is ruining our cool stuff Amen to that my brother if you think it is going to suck big time don't go and see it much less buy it, like the Star Wars DVD set Quote
UN Spacy Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Great. They hired one of those MTV music video directors......why don't they give the Akira live action movie to McGee (of Charlies Angels fame). TETSUO!!!!!! KANEDA!!!!!!! Quote
EXO Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 (edited) I'm not a big Akira fan either but I thought they did a great enough job bringing the manga to life with the anime movie. And I'm not one of those, don't make any animes into movies die-hards... Edited October 24, 2004 by >EXO< Quote
agass4u Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Let's face it, any mainstream movie based off of a comic book, manga, anime, .......... you know what, forget that. Just about any mainstream movie is going to suck. I am affraid to see if the ever do put togeather a live action Transformers movie, let a lone an Akira one. I know why fans of series that get made into movies go to see them, its becuase they wish that for once someone would accually make a good movie based off of something they love. Unfortunetly, most of the time the movie is crap and the fans end up wanting to kill themselves. Basically it sums up to what has already been said. Hollywood just wants to try and cram everything they think will make them money into their wallet. On a side note, does anyone accually realise how much money would be saved if Hollywood only chose to make good movies and would accually pass up a movie that have no chance in hell of being good. Case in point, Jerry Bruckheimer. Why is this man still alive? National Treasure you can kiss my ASS! Quote
eugimon Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Sometimes, bad movies can be good, and sometimes good movies can be bad, and sometimes a brilliant creator has to stand by and watch his vision be raped by some jack-off. Quote
KingNor Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Jerry Bruckheimer. Why is this man still alive? Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! out of how many movies? blackhawk down was actually good. but even in that he coudn't resist his trademark crazy colored sequence. (the green night time fight) Jerry B is to movies what Crap is to Horses. Quote
Max Jenius Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 I think the Wachowski Brothers could make a decent movie out of most animes... Quote
bsu legato Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 FYI, Jerry Bruckheimer doesn't direct movies, he just produces 'em. Black Hawk Down was a Ridley Scott film, through and through, so any comments about "trademarks" should be addressed to him. Now Michael Bay on the other hand..... Quote
RichterX Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 I think the Wachowski Brothers could make a decent movie out of most animes... hoping they don't divided in several parts or make sequels of the movie... Quote
areaseven Posted October 25, 2004 Author Posted October 25, 2004 Now Michael Bay on the other hand..... Anyone here remember the lyrics to "Pearl Harbor Sucks" from Team America? Quote
bsu legato Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 Now Michael Bay on the other hand..... Anyone here remember the lyrics to "Pearl Harbor Sucks" from Team America? PEARL HARBOR Pearl Harbor I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark when he made Pearl Harbor. I miss you more than that movie missed the point and that's a lot girl. And now, now you've gone away and all I'm trying to say is Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school. He was terrible in that film. I need you more than Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part. He's way better than Ben Affleck and now, all I'm trying to say is Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies. I guess Pearl Harbor sucked just a little bit more than I miss you. Quote
KingNor Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 FYI, Jerry Bruckheimer doesn't direct movies, he just produces 'em. Black Hawk Down was a Ridley Scott film, through and through, so any comments about "trademarks" should be addressed to him.Now Michael Bay on the other hand..... i think you'd besupprised how much affect a producer can have on a movie. they're the money afterall. Quote
bsu legato Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 i think you'd besupprised how much affect a producer can have on a movie. they're the money afterall. Not really surprising, but you can't compare Bruck's influence on somebody like Ridley Scott to one of his music video hacks like, say...Simon West. Quote
MSW Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 I find it incredible to believe that no better directors were hungrier for this project. Maybe because the better directors know that the world doesn't need a live action version of Akira. Anymore then we need a live action Evangelion, or Transformers film Not really surprising, but you can't compare Bruck's influence on somebody like Ridley Scott to one of his music video hacks like, say...Simon West. Or say, Tony Scott? Seems ol' Jerry has had his influences on the family for years...Might be why his name is always at the front of the production. Quote
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