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Started by Akiba December 17th, 2015 3:29 PM
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...Actually, wait, the GitS film is done already? I knew I was out of the loop, but wow.
Not the Scarlett Johansson one, not till 2017. I'm pretty curious as to how that will turn out.

Eh, it could end up pretty good. I'd rather not make assumptions with an actual year to go. xP
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Yeah, figures. Had a look at the trailer for the installment you spoke about. Nice title on that one.
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And I'm still not used to a world where anime movies are marketed as a semi-mainstream thing in the west.

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You never know, really. I mean, if it looks bad with a couple of months to release, sure, you could possibly make such an assumption but we've got an year to see how it'll be. After all, this one could be that one live action adaptation that's actually pretty great. :P
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Can't make many assumptions a couple of months before, either. Sure, the film is pretty much done by then, but what we see at that point is still (hopefully) carefully composed promotional material. It doesn't say much about the film itself, other than how it will look.
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I tend to ignore live action adaptations of manga because of the awful standard of modern Japanese acting. Of course I've seen some half decent ones though, like Kaiji and Battle Royale. Yes I know BR is pretty bad but I was an impressionable teen when I first saw it.

This GITS though, not sure. I haven't even seen this recent ova or series yet.

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Well, I'm hoping we can count on Scarlett Johansson to deliver some great acting as Makoto, at least, and a lot of the rest of the cast isn't Japanese either (that's garnered its own set of complaints though :/).
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She's certainly not an unattractive woman, for what that's worth. But I do worry that she was just typecast due to Black Widow fame. BW and the Major are... not so similar.

Still, the success of this film is likely to affect the number of western feature film anime adaptations in the future. It's a potential goldmine for Hollywood, and one that they desperately need, but they need to pull the marketing off very, very well.

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Did the show pubes in the original flick? I can't remember, but it wouldn't surprise me. GitS was created before the worldwide purge of anime netherhair that we still see the consequences of today.
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I believe they did, in that opening sequence. But the chances of it happening in the live action movie are so ridiculously slim the only way you'll get to post about purple pubes is if you're talking about the lack of them.

I don't object to Johansson playing Motoko, because I honestly never envisioned Motoko as looking Japanese...I mean, cyborg bodies. Ethnicity wouldn't necessarily be a thing. I just have zero faith that Hollywood can handle a Japanese franchise properly.
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Don't think so. It was a comment based on a dank meme image. Of all the people here I thought you'd have gotten it tbh. Contains bad language.
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There was quite possibly pubes in the original manga. It's been a while so I can't confirm this for you.

My problem with her is that she's, in a traditional sense, a bit pretty to be the major. Was always going to happen with a Hollywood remake though.

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She's certainly not an unattractive woman, for what that's worth. But I do worry that she was just typecast due to Black Widow fame.
You think? Considering her track record, I dunno how much that alone would be enough to type cast her. Especially since her character was known far more for being attractive than anything functional.

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Bear in mind I know pretty much nil about Scarlett Johansson. Just going by what I've heard of her recently.

I'm in that weird situation where I barely watch any films, but I know a lot about the processes and customs of Hollywood because it's covered by my education.