Scarlett Johansson to Headline ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Live-Action Movie

johannson was the wrong choice from the start

^^ so was the director. you know he thought the original anime was "too philosophical and too introspective" and even admitted that's what people like about it but said it couldn't be remade like that frame by frame. 

so this was never meant to be a sincere adaptation but rather an experiment to see if it will sell since the property rights had been purchased and those monies needed to be recovered somehow before they lost the rights. good news is at least they'll be a bunch of "fake" fans of the original claiming haters just can't shut up and enjoy the eyecandy special effects

it does look visually pretty deece. P much agree with Nebraska, seems like a toe in the waters of western adaptations of adult manga/anime (so not that dragon ball movie wolololo)

Next step is obviously Akira

  On 3/8/2017 at 1:17 AM, dr lopez said:

Next step is obviously Akira

please god no

Justin Timberlake was attached to an Akira remake like 10 years ago. It's only a matter of time (unless this tanks massively).

There were also some rumors about Leonardo DiCaprio being involved in remakes of Akira and Ninja Scroll, I think.

Edit -

'The new story, which DiCaprio will produce for Warner Bros., ideally would be a two-part epic, with the first movie coming out next summer. The action will move to "New Manhattan," a city rebuilt by Japanese money.' - Reuters, 2008

  On 3/8/2017 at 2:27 AM, keanu reeves said:

 

  On 3/8/2017 at 1:17 AM, dr lopez said:

Next step is obviously Akira

please god no

yeah if this could never happen that would be just lovely

TETSUOOOOOOO

next step is obviously lego overfiend

  On 3/8/2017 at 2:27 AM, keanu reeves said:

 

  On 3/8/2017 at 1:17 AM, dr lopez said:

Next step is obviously Akira

 

please god no

 

joseph gordon-levitt as kaneda

  On 3/8/2017 at 4:14 AM, dr lopez said:

 

  On 3/8/2017 at 2:27 AM, keanu reeves said:

 

  On 3/8/2017 at 1:17 AM, dr lopez said:

Next step is obviously Akira

 

please god no

 

joseph gordon-levitt as kaneda

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI

I think Leo DiCaprio was attached to it at some point too.

la vihilante del footooro! *salsa music*

  On 3/20/2017 at 1:56 AM, usagi said:

la vihilante del footooro! *salsa music*

*twisting tits*

*no nipples*

doesn't look half as bad as i expected to be honest. interesting and very contemporary interpretation of the aesthetics. i don't get what they did to the story tho. is this something like gits 1 (movie) + that story from the sac series?

worst part for me is probably the music. maybe it's just trailer music but it's seriously ugh. why does everyone in hollywood still think that fast strings + drum hits are cool? it makes everything sound like a you're watching a 3pm crime series slot on european public tv. and that guitar bend at the very end... srsly

Couldn't keep myself from watching it either.. gotta say it looks damn great! They're even getting some of the philosophy in there!

lol 

"all these screens are like sucking away our souls and shit maaan"

really makes you think

Tickets ordered for Saturday. Will report back with a biased and unnecessary review.

well fuck, just watched that first 5 minutes. looks like I'm going to have to go see it now.

I never understood how a crappy remake ruins the original. Can someone explain? From my point of view, the original doesn't change at all and you'll always have that, so who cares if a remake sucks. You're not forced to watch that version from that point on. Also, if someone attempts a remake, there's a chance it might be good and you'll then have two version to watch and enjoy. So if it's good, you gain something. If it's not, you lose nothing. What am I missing here?

  On 3/28/2017 at 4:55 AM, 747Music said:

I never understood how a crappy remake ruins the original. Can someone explain? From my point of view, the original doesn't change at all and you'll always have that, so who cares if a remake sucks. You're not forced to watch that version from that point on. Also, if someone attempts a remake, there's a chance it might be good and you'll then have two version to watch and enjoy. So if it's good, you gain something. If it's not, you lose nothing. What am I missing here?

  On 3/28/2017 at 4:55 AM, 747Music said:

I never understood how a crappy remake ruins the original. Can someone explain? From my point of view, the original doesn't change at all and you'll always have that, so who cares if a remake sucks. You're not forced to watch that version from that point on. Also, if someone attempts a remake, there's a chance it might be good and you'll then have two version to watch and enjoy. So if it's good, you gain something. If it's not, you lose nothing. What am I missing here?

Such thinking is due to a flaw in human time linearity perception.  For example, there are a lot of women who were absolutely beautiful when younger- and would probably be older-beautiful when older- but they decide to get a fuckload of cosmetic surgeries and start to look like some Area 51 shit.  "She ruined herself with cosmetic surgery!"-- in the surgery case, this comment is valid.  It's hard to justify that the surgery is okay, by stating that the mutant female's former self is preserved in eternity in pictures.  "It's not like my facial mutilation changed the photos of me from 30 years ago!"  So even with films, humans tend to think it's all connected in one conceptual entity.

But of course, it really brings to light the importance of realizing what "now" is, and that we are in fact not who we used to be-- we are who we define ourselves as on a daily basis.  ***NOW4EVER***

Johansson had breast reduction surgery. Is that what you're implying and that you like the new look, peace?

  On 3/28/2017 at 9:43 AM, xox said:

Johansson had breast reduction surgery. Is that what you're implying and that you like the new look, peace?

Naw I'm saying if you can get into Area 51, there is basement level 37, and that has some serious shit.  It also contains a cinema with a screen that is "1 petapixel equivalent" that no human film can even be played on.  It's so HD that in the alien-made films, you can see bacteria on the skin.

^ Prometheus MRSA: Ripley, I Shrunk the Aliens