U.S. Remake for DEATH NOTE

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

one some pics he looked like Lighto...but his acting...can't really convince me....

............let it be........just let it be, peoplz @-@........

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Zac Efron? Thats the guy from High school musical? Oh God, save our souls @_@ If it´s true, and I´m praying that´s not, then this is going to be a terribly big failure... This sweet guy can never possibly portrait Light, and I won´t mention that he can´t be even 1/100 good as Fujiwara Tatsuya was...

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

this just screams disaster!

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

NOOOOO
i mean, i'm all for it. but nothing beats the original.

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Seriously, when I first saw this thread I was like "WTF??!" I thought this was a joke. I mean, Death Note is AWESOME, but it also has a really niche audience (i.e: only fans of the anime + manga). And it isn't exactly the typical Japanese horror film that the U.S usually imports either. It's really low on action/gore etc. which is usually what appeals most to audiences on this side of the world. I know this sounds horribly stereotypical, but I don't know many Americans who watch movies to listen to some smartass teenager slowly explain his mastermind plans for conquering the world while writing in a notebook.

So, based on those assumptions I would say that this movie adaptation is going to be adjusted to the "more action/killing/blood/gore" and less "slowly dissecting intricate strategies". And I truly, truly hope that I'm not right- because if I am, I will be majorly pissed.

There's also the issue of names. Sure, "Light" sounds okay in the Japanese version, and for most weathered Anime fans that are used to the Japanese coming up with random English words as names, its pretty acceptable. But I'm pretty sure this will have to be changed for American audiences. Not that I consider this a problem- Light, even in the original version, is supposed to appear as a studious, well-behaved, bright young man, so giving him an ordinary name will just help perfect the illusion. Actually, I'm sure everyone's names (save for L's, perhaps) will be changed so the story appears to be occuring in "America", because God forbid anything exciting be taking place in any other place in the world lest we find it hard to relate to them and thus fail to take an interest in the movie. (the same principle applies for almost every movie around the world of course, so I can't really complain).

I wonder what "Kira" will be transliterated to though- "Killer" might work, although I think that name somewhat lacks the impact of "Kira" (that's just me of course- I realize the two are practically one and the same).

There is of course, bright sides to this. If this movie proves successful (whether it is a butchered action/gore version or, preferably, a version that is relatively faithful to the original Japanese plot) it may be able to expose Death Note media in other mediums (anime, manga, novel etc.) and ultimately even anime to mainstream audiences. Of course, that's all quite a stretch, but its possible.

I don't really know what to expect from the adaptation. Hopefully I'll go see it when its released, just for the heck of it, but if I do I won't be setting any expectations. This could be great, or this could be horrible. Or it could be somewhat in between. Now that I've gotten past the "WTF?!" factor of this news, I realize that this is just another Japanese imported movie that's going to be adapted for American audiences. Nothing to be that excited about, I suppose.

[EDIT] Okay, maybe I haven't gotten past the WTF factor yet, because apparently there's more to come? Zac Efron=/=Light! If he is cast and he can actually pull the role off, I will respect him 1000x more then I do now. But considering his current reputation for starring in Disney musicals... er... well, let's hope for the best. It could be worse, I suppose (it could, but I just can't think of how.)

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

This is why I hate America. Seriously, they must always rape everything for every single penny and preferrably more. >_<,

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Okay, what's with all this haterade? I'm sorry if I come off as mean for saying this, but those who are talking about how they hate a whole entire country because of a fandom sound extremely silly and terribly ignorant.

Putting aside the fact that I am an American, I don't think it's entirely bad to have remakes. You defintely can't say that there isn't a country that doesn't copy from another country in some way, shape, or form. People copy all the time and when they find an idea interesting they try to emulate or use it in a way that others would understand.

Having a remake of "Death Note" isn't a bad thing. I mean look outside your bubble and see that there could be people who never thought about or had a dislike for Japanese things, but then see the movie, and possibly catch wind that "Death Note" came from Japan and possibly get into the fandom.

I'm into Japanese things inckuding cinema, but have never heard of 'Ju-On' because I'm not into horror (from any country). I took a chance on seeing "The Grudge" when I was with some acquaintances. Didn't think the movie was great, but it left me curious about the story and how it came about. that led me to learn about "Ju-On."

I'm not here to bash, but felt that some here were just being downright unreasonable about this news.

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hmm, I've been offline for a bit, and I just spotted this. O_o ... My first impulse is the pray that the project gets nixed. I can't imagine it being better than the original movies, and I definitely can't imagine it doing the manga any justice. I really don't see any point in making it. Hollywood, of course, may differ in this opinion, as they like to remake anything filmed over ten years ago or filmed in a foreign language.

If worse comes to worst and it does get made, I will feel compelled to see it. Hey, maybe we'll luck out, and it won't be completely terrible. For example, I actually like all the Ocean Eleven movies, old and new. I just try not to compare them to one another, and everything is all right. *shifty look*

But yeah... no high expectations here. -_-

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

OH MY GOD, please don't pick Zac Efron!!!! PLEASE!

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I wouldn't watch a remake of any of the Death Note Series most likely. I like the originals. Maybe if they casted really well, not Zac Efron (which hopefully isn't true), then I would pehaps reconsider it.

Maybe something some people may not know about:

L: Change the World is having it's Canadian Premiere in Montreal this weekend July 12th at the FantAsia Film Festival.

http://www.fantasiafest.com/2008/en/films/film_detail.php?id=22

For any Montreal, and/or Canadian fans in the area, of the Death Note movies and the new L movie, perhaps they would be up for this... I don't know if anyone has mentioned it before, but I wish I didn't already have plans this weekend so I could go and see it on the big(ger) screen. Sad