I'm suffering from a short attention span this week so I don't have any full reviews to give, but I thought I'd still share my thoughts on some things that are too long for tweets.
Akira Movie Update: casting and synopsis revealed - I understand why people are upset about the whitewashing, but I think it makes sense for an American adaptation of a Japanese work to be changed around to an American setting. I'm also not bothered by the changes noted in this article. Making Kaneda and Tetsuo into adults is better, in my opinion, than trying to pass off adults as teenagers as they normally do in these films. If they tried to cast true teens we'd end up with the Disney Channel crew, so I'd rather go with adults and deal with the more adult subject matter. Honestly, reading it I didn't see any huge differences to the core plot as I understand it from watching the anime, so I'm not upset at this point. Character receives powers from government, escapes, friend goes after him, government tries to stop him before he causes another disaster. More than anything, all this talk is just reminding me that I really need to get around to reading the manga, so that alone makes it all worth it to me.
The Neil Gaiman episode of The Simpsons - "The Book Job" - I watched this earlier this week and absolutely loved it. Between Lisa's procrastination before beginning to write, the story Homer and his crew come up with, and pretty much everything Neil does, this was a great episode. I haven't watched the Simpsons in years, but this one made me at least want to try them out again.
World Gone Sour - I used to own a copy of the Batman Forever soundtrack. There's a track by Method Man on there that he wrote specifically for Jim Carrey's version of the Riddler. He clearly has a sense of humor and likes to make money, and this video just proves it all the more. I won't be buying the game, but I had to share the madness. Though if they ever come to their senses and offer it for free I will probably get it just to hear Creed's voice.
Deleted scene in The Muppets that explains the villain a little better - The actual title of that article is misleading, so I thought I'd clarify. Spoilers for the film if you haven't seen it yet, obviously. It does seem like a silly detail to leave out, though I don't know if it really matters all that much.
I've been playing through the Silent Hill video games but I'm saving those reviews to post back to back so I can give a more thorough analysis of the series as a whole. I'm also still trying to finish Volume 3 of The Hinges of Destiny so I can get that out soon, so I'm not sure how many blog posts you'll be seeing from me for a little while.
I remember watching the anime and just trying to convince my self that it was worth all the hype over the years......Only till i read the manga did i realize how messy, and rushed the anime film was. I mean sure the animation was very unique at the time and amazing. But the story of it was really really rushed and sloppy. I do suggest you read the manga.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I originally only had access to the dubbed version for years, and I remember just assuming it was a bad translation. I was so anxious when I got the DVD because I could watch the subbed version and "finally understand." Nope, still didn't make much sense. Then I saw that there were 6 volumes of the manga and realized why.
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