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Warner Brothers set to make new Akira
KvP:
I thought Akira the film was a pile of wank, but I'm assured by friends that the manga actually makes sense because of the benefit of added length.
0bsessions:
Such is generally the case with a lot of anime. This is probably why I typically hate anime.
bryanthelion:
I understood it after like, 2 watchings.
Alex C:
I like the visuals, but overall I agree with Kid van Pervert. The Akira film (haven't read the manga) comes across as a picture that can't decide if it wants to be about the background setting and metaphysics or about character development, and hence fails to adequately address either. I think it could benefit from having some of the metaphysical themes and background information stripped away so it can be reduced to more of a sci-fi character study of Kaneda and Tetsuo's apparently tense relationship and the impact it has on their eventual conflict. I realize that the manga purists would likely jump down my throat for wanting to dumb the film down, (which is true, even if I do view it through rose colored glasses and think of it as more of a salvage attempt) but I really do think the movie's too damn long for its own good yet apparently too short to do the all of the manga's themes justice, so why even try to cram in shit like the Colonel's coup when there's already an awful lot going on in the movie?
BootsyMarie:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 22 Feb 2008, 17:18 ---I didn't write it off as shit because I didn't understand it. I've sat through it on three separate occasions at the urging of friends who liked it. I still thought it was overrated shit. Now, care to keep your presumptions to yourself and just take me at my word that I did not care for the film?
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you said "neither did you" before. you agreed with me. and now take it back for the sake of argument.
for the sake of assholery, i'm going to have to say i really dont give a shit whether or not you enjoyed it.
just that taking shit sucks worse than dishing it out?
=p
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