Film News, Assuming you thing Ghost in the Shell is Shadowrunny Options

[Aaron]

DreamWorks acquires rights to Ghost in the Shell.

[Aaron]

Also, I meant "think," not "thing." Sorry about that.

[Backgammon]

Avi Arad is at the forefront of comicbook-based material, having produced the three "Spider-Man" films, the three "X-Men" movies, the two "Fantastic Four" picss and the upcoming "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk."

Moss' writing credits include "Street Kings," which bowed Friday, and "Last Man Home," in development at Universal.

Ouch

[Larme]

Everything that has been produced under the GiTS license so far has been great. I think this is because Shirow monitors them with a big stick in hand, and he's a genius. So it will be good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)

[Daddy's Litt...]

My concern, are the actors to be ethnic asians, since it is set in Japan, OR caucasians as most of the characters look? And if not asian, where will it be set? Gaijin cops in Japan? orredo the characters to be ethnic Japanese and will there be enough of a market for that?

[Aaron]

I'm voting for Yun-Fat Chow as Batou.

[Mäx]

Sounds pretty cool.

Is dreamwork also orking on Battle angel alita or am i remembering wrong.

[KarmaInferno]

Sounds pretty cool.

Is dreamwork also orking on Battle angel alita or am i remembering wrong.

Fox, actually, helmed by James Cameron.


-karma

[hermit]

Ouch

QFT.

My concern, are the actors to be ethnic asians, since it is set in Japan, OR caucasians as most of the characters look? And if not asian, where will it be set? Gaijin cops in Japan? orredo the characters to be ethnic Japanese and will there be enough of a market for that?

Uhm ... most characters in SAC actually appear fairly japane-zy for Anime standards ... Bateau [sic] being the exception, sicne he is supposed to be ethnic caucasian (just look at his nose!).

[DocTaotsu]

You know... I have to admit I'm very very leary of a live action version of GitS. I hope Shirow rules it with his heavy stick but... I have my concerns.

Of course is Spielberg loves it nearly as much as he loved WWII, it could be totally awesome.

[Daddy's Litt...]

QFT.


Uhm ... most characters in SAC actually appear fairly japane-zy for Anime standards ... Bateau [sic] being the exception, sicne he is supposed to be ethnic caucasian (just look at his nose!).

Aramaki, Boma and Ishikawa could be said to look Japanese. that's it. Only the Major's thick hair looks Japanese. Hate to admitt it but we, Japanese girls, don't come with those curves she has.

Togasa, Saito and Pazu look very caucasian. heck only Saito has dark hair!

Batou, I never thought of him as caucasion, just because most of the team looks caucasian. The hair cut, if not oclor is japanese. Names that begin with 'B' or 'G' are thought to be somewhat brutish. So 'B'atou in his name discribes the big heavy man, like 'B'oma.

[hermit]

Hate to admitt it but we, Japanese girls, don't come with those curves she has.

She didn't either? I mean, in that Anime. Being a full-body 'borg and all. But yeah, point taken. Then again, it's Shirow. Lots of japanese girls have rather ... un-japane-zy proportions in his works.

Togusa is supposed to be japanese though, I think ... propably dyes his hair. At least in china, that seems to be quite popular, and it appears to me they mimic every last fashion trend coming from Japan there. Or it's blamable on "it's Anime, people have green hair there and everyone thinks that's normal" ...

Pazu could be Israeli or something, though, with that name. Though most of that crew have biosculpted faces, so they may be whatever.

Didn't know about that brutes part though. I'll consider that when naming the next Yak Squad, Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Aaron]

I'm worried that they'll make Togusa into some sort of comedic sidekick.

Oh, and I'd vote for Summer Glau as Major Kusanagi.

[Speed Wraith]

Oh, and I'd vote for Summer Glau as Major Kusanagi.

As much as everyone loves Summer Glau, I'd think she's too young/fresh-faced to play the Major...Now I'm going to have to start thinking of my fantasy cast (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Spike]

Summer Glau is 27. I noticed in the Terminator TV show that they were working hard to make her seem 'teenish', which has to be doubly hard when you're supposed to be playing a machine...

Just sayin'... give her some cynical angst and some mature, serious cloths and she might actually fit.

Not that I care much. She's hot, but so is 90% of Hollywood, Bollywood and whatever they call the chinese grindhouse area...no dearth of hot people in acting, no matter what country you talk about.

[knasser]

I've not seen much Ghost in the Shell: the original movie and some of the first series. But I've seen enough to get a feel for the subject matter and the tone and I honestly can't think of many worse directors than Spielberg in some ways. I still shudder at his last foray into dark, near future. For those who have repressed the memory, it was called AI and I would require payment to sit through that again.

[Aaron]

Summer Glau is 27. I noticed in the Terminator TV show that they were working hard to make her seem 'teenish', which has to be doubly hard when you're supposed to be playing a machine...

Just sayin'... give her some cynical angst and some mature, serious cloths and she might actually fit.

Not that I care much. She's hot, but so is 90% of Hollywood, Bollywood and whatever they call the chinese grindhouse area...no dearth of hot people in acting, no matter what country you talk about.

It's not so much for her hotness that I'd choose her, but because she is graceful. I mean, she's able to act while moving; check out the terminator face she keeps while she's in the middle of a knock-down, drag-out fight. Whoever played the Major would have to be able to do that. There have been too many films lately with "veteran combatant" female characters who don't actually look like they're fighting.

[Spike]

Actually, I think quite a few actresses can easily pull off the 'acting while fighting' bit quite well. The trick is convincing them to actually, you know, sign on for the movie.

Summer comes from a dance background, which a surprisingly large number of actresses do as well. I do rather suspect that she's the only current actress working who has been pushed extensively to use that, and may even 'over' use it to make up for deficencies in actual acting ability.

Which, as you point out, may be a significant asset for this particular role.

[WhiteWolf]

As long as they don't try to dump Ghost in the Shell down to a kids story the movie will be great. Every time Spielberg tries to add humor in for the kids he screws the movie up. Ewoks, Jar Jar, and the entire Star Wars episodes 1, 2, and 3; Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (I think that was the second one). But take the ones he made for adults Star Wars episodes 4 and 5, Raiders of the Lost Ark and a few others, so I hope he makes the movie for an adult audience.

[Adarael]

DLN: I don't know if Batou is ethnically Japanese, but it was stated in SAC 1st Gig (as well as an appendix in one of the mangas) that he was a US Army Ranger when he started his military career. So it's possible Batou is hapa or something.

Aramaki, Boma and Ishikawa could be said to look Japanese. that's it. Only the Major's thick hair looks Japanese. Hate to admitt it but we, Japanese girls, don't come with those curves she has.

Well, not naturally, no. But most modern Japanese girls don't pay for full cyborg prosthetic bodies, either.

[Speed Wraith]

As long as they don't try to dump Ghost in the Shell down to a kids story the movie will be great. Every time Spielberg tries to add humor in for the kids he screws the movie up. Ewoks, Jar Jar, and the entire Star Wars episodes 1, 2, and 3; Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (I think that was the second one). But take the ones he made for adults Star Wars episode 4 and 5, Raiders of the Lost Ark and a few others, so I hope he makes the movie for an adult audience.

Ignore the Ewoks and Return of the Jedi is a pretty dark and adult flick (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Aaron]

As long as they don't try to dump Ghost in the Shell down to a kids story the movie will be great. Every time Spielberg tries to add humor in for the kids he screws the movie up. Ewoks, Jar Jar, and the entire Star Wars episodes 1, 2, and 3; Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (I think that was the second one). But take the ones he made for adults Star Wars episode 4 and 5, Raiders of the Lost Ark and a few others, so I hope he makes the movie for an adult audience.

If by "Spielberg" you mean "Lucas," then I agree with you.

Temple of Doom was better than most folks give credit for it; it's just that Western audiences don't understand all the Hindu stuff, especially when it leaks into the themes and plot. Spielberg was in on the Indiana Jones movies.

[WhiteWolf]

Ignore the Ewoks and Return of the Jedi is a pretty dark and adult flick (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Agree! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Aaron, yup that is what I meant. I always get those two confused. Sorry Spielberg! I like the Temple of Doom it just the humor in it was ... off key for the movie. The little asian kid was good and I liked him, but the humor they had him do was just dumb.

[paws2sky]

Ignore the Ewoks and Return of the Jedi is a pretty dark and adult flick (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Silliness of the scene aside, those were prepared to BBQ and EAT the main characters, knowing full well that humans were intelligent beings. Makes the party scene at the end, with the ewoks using imerpial helmets as percussion instruments, a bit more creepy if you keep that in mind. One of my friends used to sing over the party scene music: "Yub yub / we eat human flesh / ..."


Anyway... I haven't really followed GitS much, so I don't have the attachment to it that many fans do. So, I guess I'll reserve judgement on whether it will be good or suck balls.

[Serial_Peacemake...]

Well supposedly aren't at least some of Section 9 supposed to be old war buddies from some sort of WW3 scenario? That could explain the different ethnicities if they decided to ditch their home country after the war especially since a good number of them have what are essentially high priced fighter jet equivalents for bodies. Hard to be patriotic when you really, really need that sixty thousand mile tune up on your spine. Course the story changes slightly in every itteration, because if I remember correctly in the original Manga the Major was actually something like sixty, but since she had a completely artificial body you could not notice.