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'Ghost In The Shell'

variety.com — DreamWorks gets Japanese thriller

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  • modemlooper, on 04/16/2008, -39/+27old news but still pissed off they are making a live action of my favorite anime of all time..DIE Spielberg DIE!
    • Hikimbi, on 04/16/2008, -9/+6WEE-A-BOO
      • themastersb, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5Did somebody just say "Weaboo"? *Grabs the paddle*
    • rezist, on 04/16/2008, -5/+6you got un-dugg because Digg has been recently inundated by tweens.
      • AmaDaden, on 04/16/2008, -3/+4No. He got Dugg down because most people want to see if it gets ***** up before they call it a mess. The whole "Anime is much so much cooler then American stuff because all American media is crap" is something a tween would say. Oh and the use of an all caps 'DIE' did not help. I for one look forward to it and hope it does not suck as it likely will.
        • bluezinc, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3Point me to an adaption they've EVER done even close to well and I will concede you this point.

          Spielburg will ruin yet another thing for me.
        • RoboDonut, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4I don't know.
          This doesn't really seem like Speilburg's genre.
          It seems more like something the Wachowski brothers would work on.
          Oh wait... The Matrix is 45% Ghost in the Shell...
    • skratchnerd, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1yeah, I am little miffed about this turn of events. At least Spielberg is not penning this one.
  • coresnake, on 04/16/2008, -12/+209Yehhhh... theyre really not gonna ***** that one up!

    //sarcasm
    • Dotcommer, on 04/16/2008, -2/+20I dont know... I still have high hopes for it. I'll at least remain optimistic until I hear reviews for it. I just don't think this movie will have that great of a chance at being popular because of how many jaded people there are towards Spielberg. It could be the best movie in the world, but if everyone hates the director, psychologically, everyone's going to hate it, nit-pick it, and bash it.
      • brufleth, on 04/16/2008, -1/+31Ghost in the Shell was a story about what is human and when does something qualify as alive. This movie they're making will be about shooting bad guys and tight pants.
        • Supurcell, on 04/16/2008, -0/+12I happened to like A.I., also by Spielberg, which explored the same themes.
          • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2It would have been better if Kubrick had lived and directed it.
          • DrMonkeyLove, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Yeah, but you have to agree that the "happy" ending was complete and utter *****.
          • bluezinc, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Kubrick did direct it... well half of it at least.
        • jgtg32a, on 04/16/2008, -3/+1Yeah, I'll give you that the story itself in AI was decent but there was so much extra foolishness and too IDK "artsy" is that the right word.
          Minority Report on the other hand was just junk.
    • acdcfanbill, on 04/16/2008, -1/+39It will be a fail-train crashing off the fail-tracks into fail-town. No slight meant on Spielberg, but I just don't think you can pull it off better than the anime did.
      • llamaguy132, on 04/16/2008, -5/+1it will be better just by not being an anime
    • JoelBakan01, on 04/16/2008, -4/+4I agree. DreamWorks is just going to screw it up.
    • ripple123, on 04/16/2008, -8/+3Dreamworks sucks so hard. There such a pale imitation of pixar.
      • feshmania, on 04/16/2008, -2/+10Ding dong! Here comes the Grammar Nazi!

        When insulting your most hated multinational corporation, don't forget:

        "There" is a place, such as "there is a ***** comment".
        "Their" is possive, such as "their comment is *****".
        "They're" means "they are", such as "they're a ***** poster".

        Remember next time, or it's the showers for you!
        • youMISERABLEpos, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2You fail as a grammar nazi.

          1. It's spelled "possessive", not "possive".

          2. You attempted to correct their usage of "they're", by using "they're a ***** poster" as an example. Problem is, you yourself used it incorrectly. "They're" is plural. You should have written "they're ***** posters" instead.

          You suck.
          • feshmania, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1well scissor me timbers.

            but there's no problem using "are" there. Because it wouldn't be wrong to say "you are a twit" would it? So they, being a reference to an individual, where saying "they is" is incorrect. "They" here is actually like saying "you," so "You are" and "They are" are our only options, aren't they? They're, being the contraction of "They are" viz a viz, et al, e pluribus, et cetera, et cetera, I'm not wrong.

            Good day, sir.
    • Markpdotcom, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8Come on... as much as I love the original, its going to be more Tron than Manga... Booo!
    • Mysk, on 04/16/2008, -4/+14No. Just hell no. GITS is a very adult, very graphic, dark, sexy, thought provoking, dare I say beautiful thing. Now they're going to Disneyfy it? Oh what the hell! Yeah, that's what we need. A toy-story version of Ghost In The Shell.

      Maybe we'll even get to see Motoko break out in a cute little song and dance. Yeah, her and Batou will be bounding across the roof tops in a glorious song about what it is to be human as the evil robots chase them.

      DISGUST
      • argaen21, on 04/16/2008, -2/+5Spider Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Ghost in the Shell. One of these is not like the other, one of these is just not the same.

        The fact that something as amazing as GITS is going to be lumped into a company that has released, or soon to release, those giant pieces of turd movies makes me sad inside.
    • protogenxl, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3So far that's Akira, Macross, and GITS what's next? The Grave of FireFlies, Ninja Scroll, Jin-Ro, Outlaw Star, Trigun, Samurai Champloo, Blood The Last Vampire, Cowboy Bebop or Perfect Blue.

      BTW I fully encouge a live action version of MegasXLR because it would mean more MegasXLR.
      • BlueSkyfish, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3Don't forget Speed Racer.
      • bluezinc, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3I would publicly burn myself alive if either Samurai Champloo or Cowboy Bebop were to be turned into a live-action movie.
        • ayeroxor, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2The verb you're looking for is "self-immolate."

          The More You Know...™
    • KevInTx, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3My first thoughts EXACTLY "Wow, they are really gonna ***** this one up". Shame too, GITS is a total classic and as other have said here a thing of beauty.
      They'll try to "Americanize" the story line, make it all glitzy with tonnes of "big screen" effect and dumb down the story arcs to nil (who needs a story anymore anyway?)

      This is desecration at it's highest form, IMHO... Shame really
    • mrbawkbachgawk, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Leave 'Ghost In The Shell' alone.. Seriously.
    • cybrguy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7My checklist:

      This better be rated R, for violence and (intense action sequences)
      Kusanagi must be cast PERFECTLY.
      The plot must be deeper than a 5 gallon bucket.
      They need to keep the culture and the tech feel
      It needs to be DARK.
  • LtDyson52, on 04/16/2008, -8/+164this is going to be terrible -_-
    • allfatherblack, on 04/16/2008, -15/+1With negative karma like what you're generating surrounding it, at least we'll know why
    • Terr01, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5Musing here... who would you cast?

      Neither Alan Rickman nor Ian McKellen have quite the right Aramaki look. Maybe John Hurt, who played the professor in Hellboy...

      • ahoyhoy1, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1Why not Mr. Miyagi?

        edit - :( I think he died
    • buddamus, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1Please god no
    • 4d669, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3OK EVERYONE, START THE ONLINE PETITIONS. LET'S GET TO WORK.
    • plunderphonics, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Yea, it's a shame Uwe Boll didn't get ahold of it first...that would have made it actually good...
    • Myotis85, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1We need to start friggin' petitions to block ***** like this. Honestly man, at this point, I am fed up with everything in American mainstream.
    • Neekolazz, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2It didn't really hit me how bad this was going to be until i read the bottom...

      '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."'
      • Myotis85, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Yea, and this guy that is gonna pen the screenplay, Jaime Moss, has only done Street Kings to date. No ***** Experience at all. WTF? I can see this movie being so ***** and empty, it will have no philosophy and no character development, just a whole lot of empty action scenes.
    • cybrguy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1With so many Animes becoming live action in the next 5 years, we are either going to see a lot of flops, or start seeing some really impressive GC/live acction adaptations. I would rather them try as long as we get one or two winners out of the lot.
  • laipitou, on 04/16/2008, -8/+1just a joke,please we go
  • lava, on 04/16/2008, -5/+119Oh man, seriously? That's my favorite anime ever. They better not ***** up the tachikomas.
    Man, I just wish they would release a new season. I really need some good sci fi anime.

    /yeah, I'm a dork.
    • TechnoDestructo, on 04/16/2008, -7/+2I don't think they'd bother to tackle the Tachikomas. As just talking tanks with cutesy voices, they'll make non-anime-fans cringe. You cannot fully develop those characters, and make them and their personalities make SENSE, in 2 hours. If they have tanks, I suspect they'll go with the original-manga and PS1 video game Fuchikomas.

      I'm sure the visuals will be alright, at any rate. And I'm hopeful for the story and characters. I'm going to cringe at any changes for the sake of westernization (the name and nature of the Section 9, the location, character names, etc.), I'm sure, but for the most part there hasn't been much in ANY version of the franchise thus far that would not work as live action.

      Now if they've got the stones to make it entirely faithful (to any version), keep it in Japan with a mostly-Japanese (or can pass for it...at least half the team would have to) cast, maybe even make it in Japanese...there would be no danger of it sucking then.
      • Dotcommer, on 04/16/2008, -3/+8lol, you have no clue what you're talking about. Go take a screen writing class and get back to us.
        • TechnoDestructo, on 04/16/2008, -6/+0HURF DURF YOU'RE WRONG TAKE AN ECONOMICS CLASS!
      • Mysk, on 04/16/2008, -4/+4Just talking tanks with cutesy voices??? CUTESY VOICES?? Why did you even bother to watch GITS if THIS is all that you were capable of getting out of it? They're children, who happen to be machines, who happen to have never been intended to have a "ghost", who happen to develop their own "ghosts", who happen to be trapped inside of BRUTAL KILLING MACHINES, and all you @#$^! get out of it are "just talking tanks with cutesy voices"??

        Oh yes, this Dreamworks stuff is perfect for you.
        • Orion682, on 04/16/2008, -1/+9It took most of a season to bring that point across in SAC, do you REALLY think they can do it in 2 hours in a Hollywood film?
        • TechnoDestructo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1It doesn't matter what *I* get out of it or what *YOU* get out of it. It matters what someone who does not like anime, does not care about anime, does not watch anime, gets out of it.

          My dad saw an episode of SAC, and saw the Tachikomas, and what he saw was just another cute talking animal sidekick. To him, there is no difference between a Tachikoma and Pikachu, and he is not going to watch 8 hours of cartoons to figure out the difference.

          He also has a similarly superficial understanding of everything in this world. While that may not be commendable, he is far from alone. The fact that you need to be so defensive over what you perceive as someone maligning anime (or at least a particularly good one) is evidence of that. And if you can't get any of those people to watch a movie, well, I hope it wasn't too expensive to make. (And hell, I think there is plenty of evidence that you don't actually need anyone BUT those people)

          Oh, and it had been years since I read the original comics. I'd forgotten how similar the Fuchikomas were to the Tachikomas (a bit less childlike, a bit less talkative, and a bit less curious, but fundamentally similar).
    • JesperL, on 04/16/2008, -0/+10Ain't no reason to hate on yourself and call yourself a dork this is the internet there are thousands of people willing to do that for you.

      As for this movie *****; ***** that. Just give Production I.G. (dudes who animated GiTS) a sack of cash and let them make something.
    • Sabretou, on 04/16/2008, -5/+14There were no Tachikomas in the original Ghost in the Shell. If it's going to be a faithful remake, they won't be there in it either. The Tachikomas were only added in Stand-Alone Complex.
      • chubbstar, on 04/16/2008, -0/+10im thinking its more likely theyll use the SAC universe rather than the original. i think the more opened ended uh.. endings of SAC make for a a more "franchisizable" series of movies.
      • moogintroll, on 04/16/2008, -0/+13The 1995 film was based on a comic from 1989 and the comic did have them. Okay, they were painted red, were called ***** and didn't look like giant toilets but they were basically the same thing.
        • Orion682, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5The Tachikomas are essentially "2nd Generation" Fuchikomas I believe...
        • orangetiki, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1yeah the tachis the people rode in, the fuchis are their own robot
      • isolationism, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6If they were going to make a truly faithful remake, they would be called Fuchikomas (as Orion682 points out), and have a slightly different appearance; character-wise the Tachikomas are little more than slight adaptations on the design and name.

        Saying these "aren't in the original" makes you look rather naive/ill informed since they make frequent appearances in nearly all of the original comics, which you obviously haven't read. You DO know that each movie is based on a subplot covering little more than a couple pages of the original manga comics, right?
    • fxu1989, on 04/16/2008, -2/+4Sci-Fi anime ?

      Well, if you've watched all the previous "Macross" anime, there's a new one that started airing two weeks ago, Macross Frontier ... very good CGI.

      http://a.scarywater.net/infinite-zero/
      • tbob19, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I watched Macross Frontier up to ep 2.. I was not all that impressed...The CGI seemed a bit out of place and the story was not very impressive, although it could get better.

        I like traditional animation for Mechs and Jets in anime.. Like how it was done in the recent Gundam 00 (and most of the Gundam series) which by the way was a very good show (Season 2 coming in October).
      • ThreeDee912, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I think the OP meant sci-fi, as in science fiction, not as in the Sci-Fi TV channel...
    • Kiwibomb, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2You should try the new Appleseed movie that recently came out
    • mllawso, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Mesa Musashi. Mesa your humble servant. We is gonna hava soooo much fun together! Wheeeee! whooowweeee! Ah ha ha!
    • Culyt, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1***** the tachomas, I want the nakid cyborg chicks. I get the feeling DreamWorks will leave that out.
  • sirbeta, on 04/16/2008, -1/+79At least Spielberg seems genuinely interested in it, calling it one of his favorite stories. I'm curious how it will turn out being live action, though. It could be worse, people.
    • allfatherblack, on 04/16/2008, -1/+9THE GHOST IN THE SKY IS FALLING!
    • TheSuperunknown, on 04/16/2008, -1/+27Michael Bay could be on board.
      • TechnoDestructo, on 04/16/2008, -1/+7Oh dear god...
      • Sabretou, on 04/16/2008, -1/+25Co-directed by Uwe Boll and starring Paris Hilton as Motoko Kusanagi.
        • Dragular, on 04/16/2008, -0/+20co-starring Samuel L. Jackson.

          "I've had it with these motha #$@ing Ghosts in the motha $#@%ing Shell!"
    • leftysrevenge, on 04/16/2008, -0/+24yea, they could have been remaking Aeon Flux. ...oh, wait.
      • chubbstar, on 04/16/2008, -0/+9they messed that up. it had potential. you gotta admit thought that charilze was a suiting choice.
        • Professr, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1I still think that anorexic square-jawed chick that replaced Ivanova/Claudia Christian on Babylon 5 would have been perfect. You're supposed to see Aeon's ribs.
      • skratchnerd, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3zing!
    • sinurgy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2This should be very exciting news but instead I'm filled with dread. I just don't have confidence in Hollywood doing it any justice. God I hope I'm wrong!
    • atticus8, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1When I saw that there were four replies to this comment, I was sure I would see good ol' Uwe mentioned as one of them, but I guess some things on digg are not predictable.
      Soviet Russia.
    • specialcases, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3At least its not Uwe Boll...
    • cybrguy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I'm glad Spielberg picked it up rather than someone else, however, I don't think it will be able to transfer over very well without a VERY strong/good actress playing Kusanagi.
  • sinizuh, on 04/16/2008, -19/+4I sure hope they, oh how to put this lighty, "Dumb it down". I went to see Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence in the theaters with subtitles and I was confused for majority of the movie.
    • zimzum2, on 04/16/2008, -3/+23oh they'll dumb it down all right. mainstream America just isn't smart enough to even begin to wrap their head around the philosophical foundation that makes this such a solid story. So fear not, you'll get what you've been raised to understand... Dumbed down b.s.
      • Sabretou, on 04/16/2008, -0/+6They'll turn it into Aeon Flux crossed with the Matrix. :(
        • brufleth, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2And sprinkle in the "revised" ending to I Am Legend.
    • TheBanch, on 04/16/2008, -5/+14To be fair, GitS2 wasn't a very good film. And it certainly wasn't as coherent as the first film.
      • BellyButtonSex, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0Nor as good as the source material, the manga.
  • donkeySays, on 04/16/2008, -1/+51It better be good or MANY people are gonna be MAD PISSED!
    • brufleth, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4It will be terrible and the majority of people seeing it will use it as a pillar to support their misconception that manga and anime are pointless violence and pornography.
    • GrammarNazi3000, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2I'm actually going to jihad if this doesn't live up to my wild expectations.
    • yaksha2, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Thanks, Ray Smuckles
    • Peko, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I'm sure Spielberg et all are deeply worried about the furcon demographic as a part of the worldwide box office.
    • Jookly, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Mad pissed that they all spent 8 dollars and made this a huge grossing film. Spielberg knows we are suckers.
  • chris8535, on 04/16/2008, -3/+39I don't understand the American market for adapting things that are already very good to begin with. It already IS a film you can rent/buy at most any store, and works because it is animated. Making it live-action seems unnecessary.

    /See gits and gits 2
    • phrost88, on 04/16/2008, -11/+11American redo everything because they think they are better then the rest of the world... lol... but usually when they remake something it sucks...
      • browwiw, on 04/16/2008, -1/+10That's right. Keep it up. We're bringing 'democracy' to your country, next.
      • jinxplayer, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3well when we do bring our democracy to CA, I would vote for torture for people like Phrost88, with his moronic views, coming from a clearly sexually frustrated Canadian "man" (check out his other comments and diggs)
        • mahdaeng, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2Take anything from a Canadian with a grain of salt. They can't possibly take themselves seriously, so why should anyone else?
        • ThreeDee912, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3He's a troll. Stop feeding him.
      • dukeochutney, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1like making a new country...see how that liberty turned out.
    • Sinai, on 04/16/2008, -0/+10I'm guessing you're ignorant of the strong Japanese market for making anime into live-action shows.
      • adoggz, on 04/16/2008, -5/+2but they know what the ***** they're doing.
        • DryMaltExtract, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2No, no they do not.
        • xexx, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1... Japanese live action shows are terrible. Look no further than the butchering of Death Note.
      • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1The Japanese distinguish the difference between the live action and the animated versions (and the manga), and use it to further promote the earlier works, not to pretend that no other versions ever existed (which is a failing of the Hollywood style).
    • brufleth, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3They can make a quick buck off it by turning it into a stupid action moving devoid of anything resembling the original point. They'll make a pile of cash and people who see it can rest assured that there won't be any morals or themes to interpret from this version.
    • BeyondDGrave, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1English dubs are bad for GITS...not horrible as in Death Note horrible, but pretty bad none-the-less.
    • mahdaeng, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2I HATE remakes! Use your own creativity, people!
    • ExRe, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1Live Action movies can be awesome if done right, actually, they can be much better than anime.

      With how far special effects have come along I'd imagine that they could make this into an awesome movie. I just hope they don't change stuff too much, and look for people who look like the characters at least a little.
      • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4Thats like saying "3-D movies can be awesome if done right, actually, they can be much better than Black and White film". These are just methods of telling the story, and there is no universal better or worse based on the method; but you can turn a masterpiece in one genre into a crapfest in another if you don't work for the same level of quality each time the story is told anew.
    • mllawso, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Most americans see animated films as "cartoons" and think watching them is a sign of immaturity.
      Thus the "Anime's for awkward dorks" stereotype.
  • annenk38, on 04/16/2008, -10/+6If Minority Report and A.I. are any indication, we're in for more of the same.
    • Aensland, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4T_T
      /wrist
    • TechnoDestructo, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5Visually, at least, that would be perfectly alright.
      • brufleth, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Minority Report, like most Tom Cruise movies it seems, was just a glamor reel of Tom Cruise.
    • Peko, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Everybody disses AI, and I mostly get that. If it ended at the ferris wheel, it would have been (for the most part) fine.
      I can barely remember Minority, so that's not a good sign.
  • 6Speeder, on 04/16/2008, -9/+3WHY? What did Anime do to you! your going to make everyone hate it! At least let the fans direct it, (we know what we are doing) and let a Japanese guy write it otherwise its doomed!
    • oriondr, on 04/16/2008, -1/+5Lol, I think speilberg has a bit more experience directing movies than you... and he BETTER direct this and not give it to a lackey.
      • kansai22, on 04/16/2008, -1/+4Speilberg is one of the most over rated directors of all time. He has maybe 3 good films. Ron Howard is an example of a great director that is underrated.
        • awills, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4I dug you up for Speilberg's overratedness, but seriously, didn't Ron Howard make the Grinch?
        • frazw, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I never understood why people think Speilberg is so good. He used to make good films in the 80's but that was a long time ago and he has failed to maintain his legacy in more recent years.
  • merbot, on 04/16/2008, -2/+62Oh yeah time to see some live action giant anime boobs
    • Durrok, on 04/16/2008, -0/+34If they aren't re-creating the opening scene where she falls off the building naked they will have failed imo.
      • edwartica, on 04/16/2008, -0/+15They won't. They will want it to have a PG-13 rating, thus so called taboos are out.
        • Orion682, on 04/16/2008, -1/+20Any Ghost in the Shell film not rated R is a waste...
      • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2She wasn't naked, she was wearing a skin tight suit. The robot bodies being made in the opening sequence were naked however (once the skin layer was applied).
    • KMartSheriff, on 04/16/2008, -0/+33-D live action? full CGI = meh.
    • Nanite, on 04/16/2008, -4/+5Yeah, but unfortunately any Americanization of GITS would probably ***** all or most of the nudity. Gotta love this puritan country!
      • mahdaeng, on 04/16/2008, -2/+2Yeah, because nudity is always so necessary to plot development.
        • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1It was in this case, but that is based more on situations from the books that the movie did not really delve into.
          • mahdaeng, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1Then if the movie didn't delve into it, it was gratuitous and unnecessary in the movie. Thank you for supporting my argument.
          • cquinnd, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1I didn't support your arguement at all. That's like saying the monolith in 2001 was not needed if you had never read "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke.
  • Drogoganor, on 04/16/2008, -5/+117It's like Spielberg is smiling at me, thinking, "I can't wait to ***** this up for everybody."
    • edwartica, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Why doesn't Spielberg take something like Go bots and do a movie out of it? That was already ***** up, so all he could do is improve upon it!
    • ronin691, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Caption for that pic: "UR FAVORIT ANIMIE, I ROOINZ IT"
  • LeighaThorne, on 04/16/2008, -8/+89Anime is anime for a reason, when you Americanize it, you ruin it.
    • TheSuperunknown, on 04/16/2008, -20/+2That's funny I never thought there was much to ruin with most anime.
      Ghost in the Shell is a few cuts above the rest of that tripe though.
      • savantidiot, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7There is a vast swath of anime viewing material I would not wish upon anyone for any crime. That said, animation can be an amazing medium. If you are so inclined as to broaden your viewing horizons some time:

        Anything from Hayao Miyazaki, tho my two favorites are Nausicaä and Totoro
        Jin Roh (movie)
        Death Note (series)
        Full Metal Alchemist (series)

        Def not going for an epic list, just a couple old and current favorites.
        • Sabretou, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8Dai Sato's works are also excellent: GitS: SAC, Wolf's Rain, Ergo Proxy and of course, Cowboy Bebop.
        • fluxingtontheIV, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2actually, death note had a solid port to live action...but then again it wasnt done by hollywood. man the shinegami looked ***** awesome.
        • TechnoDestructo, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1Death Note is something I'd recommend to anyone who likes anime in general, but not to someone who absolutely is not into it. It pulls entirely too much stuff directly out of its ass and is extremely melodramatic. Full Metal Alchemist (apart from being a part of that "full metal >blank< anime & manga title fad...and it was one of the imitators, BTW) is much the same, but not as bad.

          I like them both, but they both exhibit traits that a lot of people who do not like anime in general, do not like about anime in general. The fact that such recommendations to outsiders rarely pan out is one of the reasons ALL anime is still stigmatized, and why shows like Ghost in the Shell or Berserk (which DON'T fall into those traps) won't find audiences who might appreciate them.

          Until you get some idea what it is about something (anything, anime, your favorite styles of music, food, whatever) that someone doesn't like, you shouldn't be making recommendations to try X because X isn't like all the rest. Chances are, in most ways that matter to the person you're trying to reach, it is.
          • savantidiot, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1"Until you get some idea what it is about something that someone doesn't like, you shouldn't..." I agree you can't tell someone 'oh your gonna love this' without knowing them and their tastes, but I have to disagree with you about not pointing them towards a couple things by way of recommendation of things you enjoy. We are talking on a 'social' site after all, and not simply browsing a database.

            MANY people when asked what anime is, have DBZ and the like come to mind. If DBZ is your cup if tea, more power to ya, but I think we all know material like that is largely what drives people away so fast they don't for a split second consider how much variety and depth there might be in this medium they have yet to explore.

            "...try X because X isn't like all the rest." and thus we tell people a range of things we feel good about recommending for a mix of reasons. Here on the internets, our problem is not the ability to find information, its that there is so much information that the problem becomes knowing where to start.

            All you need to do is give someone a couple starting points, if they are curious, they might toss one or two into google and come to their own conclusions, if not, no worries. There is no need to tell them reasons why and for unless they are requested.

            I'm not a fan of long reviews, I think largely, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially with the range of subtleties that many anime productions bring with them. I'm a big fan of letting people discover their own reasons for enjoying things.

            Is Death Note melodramatic at times? Certainly. Are there many selections in all forms of story telling far more melodramatic? Absolutely. Is it dramatically unlike virtually anything on screen in a fairly stark way for a number of reasons? Yes.

            TBH, I think your assumptions are far, FAR to broad, and in particular, exclusive. "Outsiders", "anime in general", sentiments such as these are what drives people away. You make a far better case for NOT telling someone what they won't like, than telling them what they may.
      • Darksoul, on 04/16/2008, -4/+3Its cool we get it TheSuperknown you people with no imagination can't watch anime its cool you stick to your football and beer and maybe one day you won't be some fat slob sitting in his trailer beating his wife......oh wait.
        • TheSuperunknown, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I hate football and don't drink, you dick. Imagine that, someone not fitting into a stereotype.
    • chubbstar, on 04/16/2008, -1/+4well... avatar's pretty good and thats amerianime.
    • edwartica, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3Yeah, let's also do a Big O, Cowboy Beebop, and Neon Genesis Evengalion live action movie too!!!
      • Orion682, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8If I recall, the Japanese are ALREADY doing an Evangelion movie...
        • edwartica, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1HOW!?!?!? It would have to be a series of movies for it to make any sense!!!
      • dukeochutney, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1Big O was gay too. bury away but u know it was *****.
    • blankoboy, on 04/16/2008, -3/+2I couldn't agree more with this. Americanizing anime kills anything remotely cool about it. Great ready for "Ghost in the 90210" with the American flag spashed around needlessly also.
    • jgtg32a, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Not always, Maybe its just me but I saw a lot of "anime" in Serenity at least, I haven't gotten around to watching FF.
      But I saw alot that reminded me of Outlaw Star, The reaver's ship to ship fighting style was the same. River had many similarities to whatever her name was from the show in the code words, hidden info and what not. IDK thats just what I saw.
    • mahdaeng, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2I am an American and I agree with this statement.
    • dukeochutney, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1new GitS isn't very popular in Japan at all but its still no reason to do live action of it.
    • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Somebody already mentioned it, but the Big O was saved because of American interest in the story after the studio lost funding to continue showing it on Japanese TV. There are other
      examples of Anime studios adapting to a wider market as anime became more popular outside of Japan.
    • KillaJazzBass, on 04/16/2008, -2/+2No Anime is anime because the Japanese SUCK at acting.
    • emyo, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1I agree with LieghaThorne, have you ever heard the english translations/voice over on any animae! THEY ARE HORRIBLE! Always watch anime with its native language.

      • cquinnd, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Dub work has improved to the point that some Japanese studios were adopting Western methods of recording voices for their shows. I'd rate Cowboy Bebop and Mushi-shi (as older and newer examples) against their Japanese counterparts any day.
        Japanese voices are preferable to some fans in the west because it is harder to disern when they are being melodramatic vs the "standard" emotional level that western viewers are used to.
  • Ephemeralnode, on 04/16/2008, -9/+5Wow, this is news to me.
    Spielberg? the same guy that did AI... well its going to suck but I'll still go see it.
    • yacks, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8And you my friend is why movies continue to suck like this.. because you enable them.. If you don't see it, they will learn that they actually need to produce something golden rather than a pile of rubbish plated in gold.. or something that looks similar to gold.
      • jgtg32a, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1except for uwe boll movies, if everyone started to go to them, just enough so they made money he would loose the tax shield he has been using to make money off of the flops.
  • TheSuperunknown, on 04/16/2008, -8/+0Oh what is this.
  • pauleku, on 04/16/2008, -4/+12This is the movie that got me interested in anime, and i dont really consider myself a "real" anime fan. I love this movie, but there is a whole lot they will have to change. I mean, the amount of nudity in the original (that they must take out for USA theatrical release) alone is gonna be a huge change.
    • Ebeach, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Yeah, I'm the same way. Ghost got me into anime in the first place. I hope for the best, but experience with remakes has taught me to expect the worst. =/
  • ictharus, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7/me crosses fingers
  • renemartini, on 04/16/2008, -23/+2Sigh........LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE *cries inside a yellow blanket*

    youtube reference.
    • BlackTye, on 04/16/2008, -0/+10Really? We couldn't tell.
    • TheSuperunknown, on 04/16/2008, -3/+4Protip: Old jokes do not become funnier when you explain them.
    • Sabretou, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3I see what you did there.
      • frazw, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3I'm sorry I'm gonna have to digg you down. Nothing personal, it's just that you said "I see what you did there" which I can no longer tolerate.
  • allfatherblack, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6Hmmm... this could swing either way, but i think we all know where the odds lie...
  • Balath, on 04/16/2008, -7/+42Hey everyone this is going to be awesome! Everyone knows that Americans are better voice and live-action actors than the Japanese, and that our live-action films are much more engrossing and have deeper content than the Japanese anime counterparts! Seriously, when has this NOT been a good idea.
    Oh, wait, none of those things are true. Even remotely.
    • TyrantJoe, on 04/16/2008, -1/+8I wouldn't go so far as to say that Japanese actors are better than Western actors, though maybe for the sake of anime films you're probably right.
    • babylonian, on 04/16/2008, -2/+8I'm really startled how many condescending elitist anime fans Digg has.

      It absolutely terrifies me that some of you are saying things sarcastically like "Everyone knows that Americans are better voice and live-action actors than the Japanese, and that our live-action films are much more engrossing and have deeper content than the Japanese anime counterparts!" The implication that all anime has more depth than all American cinema is stunningly ignorant and stupid. Hell, I'd go as far as to say that the average anime is more simplistic and pornographic than the average American film.

      I'm not saying this movie isn't going to suck. I'm saying at least give the movie a chance. At least wait for some very basic information on it (attached director, actors, etc) before crying foul that YOUR PRECIOUS ANIME has been desanctified.
  • shyboy2008, on 04/16/2008, -18/+4I think if you watch Ghost in the Shell and other animes, this is not your biggest problem.
    • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -0/+14You obviously have never really sat down and watched a good series. One of my friends used to think the same way, after a lot of nagging I finally forced him to sit down and watch Evangelion. That changed his perspective rather quickly and he immediately watched Cowboy Bebop afterwards; he's a huge anime fan now. Anime is not all Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon, there are a lot of very intelligent animes that are brilliant, there's something out there for everyone.
      • Terr01, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3I'd like to toss PlanetES into the ring as a good example.

        It's anime and set in space (or rather, in orbit) but it's also "hard" sci fi. No nigh-magical technologies or aliens, and a lot of attention to detail, even the transmission delays when characters are communicating between Earth and the Moon.

        Very much the antithesis of too-many-bizarre-facial-expressions magical-girl anime.

        One of the better descriptions I've heard of GiTS is that it's not just a sort of cyberpunk sci-fi, but it's also a police procedural drama.
      • WiseWeasel, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Like Urotsukidoji... Can never have too much tentacle demon sex...
        • Supraz01, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1LA Blue Girl too.... werewolf lezzy action, its the best. h_h
        • ensta2, on 04/16/2008, -3/+2"I think if you watch Ghost in the Shell and other animes, this is not your biggest problem."

          Please take his advice seriously and get some help
        • WiseWeasel, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1@ensta2: What, like one of those Swedish suck machines?
    • TechnoDestructo, on 04/16/2008, -4/+2Ghost in the Shell is not like other anime. It is not about magical alien girls falling all over oblivious disinterested nerds.
    • LoreleileeLong, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1The plural of anime is anime. Research before you bash, please.
  • luet, on 04/16/2008, -2/+52They're definitely going to ***** this up. They're going to make it like aeon flux or ultraviolet.
    • diggydougie, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I totally agree. But I still keep watching Aeon Flux and Ultraviolet anyway. I just wish they we more like the originals.
    • OaklandNative, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I don't know whether to digg you up because it's true or digg you down because you made me cry.
  • zimzum2, on 04/16/2008, -2/+12This is going to be the biggest piece of crap in the history of pieces of crap. Ghost in the shell has something all those "DC/Marvel" American comic books lack; Substance and depth! Hollywood is going to piss all over the perfection that this anime is.
    • Brainmodder, on 04/16/2008, -0/+11Not to mention deep existential questions.
      • edwartica, on 04/16/2008, -1/+10That's why the Wakowski brothers stole it when they made the Matrix.
        • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -4/+1No, they didn't. The Wachowski's are on record as being inspired by old school anime like Megazone 23, (and if true) they were into anime as an artform and film medium long
          before GITS was made.
      • DryMaltExtract, on 04/16/2008, -4/+1Deep questions that have already been asked in many books before it. OMFG ORIGINALITY
        • cquinnd, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3And that Hollywood has failed to carry over from those books before.
  • ANT1138, on 04/16/2008, -5/+64Meh. The Matrix was close enough. SO many scenes in the matrix were stolen from Ghost in the Shell. Now if they make a real remake, everyone's gonna say "matrix did it first". /Meh.
    • Simucal, on 04/16/2008, -2/+8So? GiTS stole it from Neuromancer.
      Who knows who Gibson stole it from..
    • edwartica, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Yeah, and then they'll make a movie of The Invisibles, and everyone will be like "That's the Matrix only without technology."
    • Kingmichael, on 04/16/2008, -0/+11No scenes were "stolen" from Ghost In The Shell. Those were just allusions. The Wachowski Brothers have been very open about how Ghost In The Shell inspired them. They're both fans as well, and just because they included a scene involving exploding watermelon doesn't mean they ripped off Ghost In The Shell.

      If you really think The Matrix ripped off Ghost In The Shell, see Blade Runner. There are way more similarities between Ghost In The Shell and the older, AMERICAN film Blade Runner.
  • Brainmodder, on 04/16/2008, -0/+9WOOHOO! 3D Tachikomas and Cyborgs. But if they mess up, they might end up killing Ghost in The Shell.
    • Dotcommer, on 04/16/2008, -0/+9Well, technically, the tachikomas along with a lot of other vehicles in the series are 3D models, with a cellshade filter rendered on them to look like hand drawings.
    • vrta, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3It is not necessary that a bad remake would harm the original's reputation.
      I think in most cases a really bad remake usually just makes the original look better.
  • vallilo, on 04/16/2008, -2/+7he ***** "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" up doing that terrible movie A.I. based on it... he will do it again.
  • jjcyber, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7I hope that this does not mean that Production I.G. is not gonna make any more follow ups to the Second gig and the SSS. This live action film sounds dubious at best...
  • tyler2k, on 04/16/2008, -2/+0Good thing Robert Zemeckis isn't doing the remake, wait... maybe he should
  • motbob, on 04/16/2008, -11/+5"America always ruins anime!" Not really. It simply changes it. And Spielberg will do a good job.
    • inefekt, on 04/16/2008, -5/+1Finally, someone with a brain decided to comment.............
  • TheBanch, on 04/16/2008, -9/+2The animated series already "***** up" Ghost in the Shell. Even if Spielberg is behind the scenes on this one, I have confidence he'll have some artistic influence over the film. Apparently he was the one that wanted the film made. Have a little faith in him.

    Also: "Anime is anime for a reason, when you Americanize it, you ruin it." Afro Samurai was "Americanized". Despite the fact that it was made in Japan and by Japanese artists, the film was made with the specific intention of making it more accessible to Americans; to "Americanize it"... and it was badass.
    • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -1/+5You're missing his point, you said it yourself, "it was made in Japan and by Japanese artists". Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Big O, and Berserk are examples that were made with strong Western influences but they were still great. However, if they were created in America, I doubt that would have been the case. Hell, look at Battle Royale, movie is only eight years old and Hollywood already wants to remake.
    • YellowSnowDemon, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1Afro Samurai wasn't made to appeal to Americans. Afro Samurai was the way it is because the artist is a huge fan of hip hop and samurai. All this info is on the DVD of the uncut ver. Great series.
  • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -0/+21First Akira last month, then a few days ago Hellsing was announced, now Ghost in The Shell. I just hope the live action Evangelion trilogy that has been in limbo for five years never get's made. What's next, live action Cowboy Bebop?
    • goldfenix, on 04/16/2008, -2/+11Alas, Bruce Lee is dead. And since Cowboy Bebop was basically Jazzin' Bruce Lee in Space---
    • WhiteMike87, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7ya, and use they'll Lindsey Lohan as Asuka...shudder...
    • fxu1989, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach.

      I called it.
      • gmtwilight, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I doubt we'll see another Shonen Jump series beyond Dragonball get the live action treatment, since Dragonball is gonna suck so hard.
    • jinxplayer, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1No way, live action Trigun
    • jpop, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1It's called no new thoughts in Hollywood. That's why all the remakes, sequels, and now adaptations from Anime.
    • jawbreaker4fs, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I guess Hollywood has run out of Marvel/DC comics to make movies out of?
    • 1gunners4, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4The closest you can get to having a good live-action Cowboy Bepop is Firefly/Serenity, and I am perfectly alright leaving it that way.
    • neko, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Live action Evangelion?!?!! I'm pretty sure that would trigger Second Impact.
  • bethehammer, on 04/16/2008, -6/+10Man I hope they use Angelina Jolie as Motoko Kusanagi and Brad Pitt as Togusa and all shot in New York City with Morgan Freeman as Chief Aramaki to create something akin to Dumb and Dumberer
    • Brainmodder, on 04/16/2008, -0/+13DO NOT WANT!
    • chubbstar, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2my god. i would boycott that to hell.
    • windandstorm, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5I am not sure to digg you down or if you are being sarcastic so i dig you up...
    • bosssmiley, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5Oh wow. You have just called it on the *perfect* godawful car-crash of a GitS movie. It would be nothing less than an apocalyptic tsunami of cinematic ***** washing into our eyes and tainting our brains irredeemably with its foulness.
  • rezist, on 04/16/2008, -3/+8I was a kid... I couldn't understand why they wouldn't make, "Freddy v. Jason" 'AVP" "Lord of The Rings" "The Chronicles of Narnia" "Akira" Now... they are. I hope they do it right this time.
    • aaaleman, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Akira better be rated R.
      Otherwise I won't ***** bother.
      Also hope they base it on the manga and not the crippled movie.
      If the manga is Akira's universe, the movie is a mere neighborhood in that universe.
      That story is sooo expansive.
  • danielplainview, on 04/16/2008, -15/+20Ghost in the Shell, is a religion to me, it lead me to atheism and the meaning of life: born, procreate and die. Beautiful movie, may others be inspired and learn of the truth of humankind. We are no more important than an ant, humility will set you free.
    • dancercotillion, on 04/16/2008, -2/+7"Ghost in the Shell, is a religion to me, it lead me to atheism"
      So... you're an ignorant *****, is what you're saying?
    • mahdaeng, on 04/16/2008, -1/+6Wow. Deep.

      /sarcasm
    • GusTurbo, on 04/16/2008, -4/+3Your life is so shallow and meaningless that anime caused you to re-examine it? People like you make me embarrassed to be an atheist.
      • danielplainview, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1And a book caused Christians re-examine their lives...
    • mwalker05, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5aside from what other people said, i dont think that was even the point of the movie to begin with...
  • rezist, on 04/16/2008, -11/+5I wish Sony could have got this instead of a Jew that only heard of Ghost In The Shell from his grandchild.
    • toxicshok, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1and how did you hear about it Tom Metzger?
      • rezist, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1wow, that was funny, really I laughed! It's funny... 50 yr. old Jews don't watch animated features from Japan. I love Jewish people, my first paying gig was shooting/editing my professor's daughter's wedding (Jewish) I live in a %95 Black neighborhood (Haitian and Jamaican) Most of my film professors are Jewish, several of my friends and co-workers, as are my realty and landlord. Ask a middle aged Jew about Akira and get back to me...
        • toxicshok, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1While I have no doubt that you live in a wonderful race rainbow of a town, but you referring to Steven Spielberg as a "Jew." You have singlehandedly degraded all of his great works down to him being a "Jew." To me, you sound like the classic racist trying to justify spewing his ignorance by saying he has, the oh so proverbial, "black friend."
          • rezist, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I appreciate your response... the term Jew isn't degrading. I don't wish too offend you. I spend time with Jews, and MANY other groups of people everyday ( my GF is from Japan) You seem sensitive to the handle of "Jew". I clearly painted my verbal picture... Jews are in large not fully plugged into older Japanese animated features. I can provide much proof that I'm not a "racist." Just ask. If you meet some guy in a black hat with a beard in Midwood some day who asks, "are you a Jew?" please refrain from accusations OK?
          • rezist, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Hirsch

            Here is my current American Cinema, Independent Film professor, ask him if I'm a racist or Jew hater. Oh and also ask him if he is familiar with Ninja Scroll.
  • synaesthesia, on 04/16/2008, -0/+15So we have a live-action Dragon Ball movie in production, James Cameron doing Battle Angel Alita, Leonardo DiCaprio doing Akira, and now Spielberg doing Ghost in a Shell. What next, Tom Cruise starring in a live-action Doraemon CG adventure?
    • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8Live action Hellsing movie was just announced a few days ago.
    • YellowSnowDemon, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5Doraemon makes me think of Puck in Beserk.
      • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4Puck's an annoying little bastard, was a miracle that Guts didn't kill him from the get-go.
    • skyshock1, on 04/16/2008, -3/+9Leo's doing Akira??? Damn. You know I'll probably get buried, but he kinda does LOOK the part at least....
      • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -3/+9Yeah, aside from the whole him not being Japanese issue.
        • cybrguy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Or being 30 years old instead of 18.
    • Philbert, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8No details on who's involved yet, but the live action Neon Genesis Evangelion has been in the works for some time, so far the only thing that's officially known is that the effects will be by Weta (King Kong, Lord of The Rings) and Gainax and ADV are involved as well.
      http://eva.trivialbeing.net/
    • rogueyak, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8Tom Cruise is far to crazy to be associated with Doraemon.
    • bosssmiley, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7Nah, Tom Cruise is slated to play Pikachu in the live action Pokemon movie...
    • owenkun, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4This summer, believe in the magic.

      This summer, believe in fantasy.

      This summer, believe in the clow.

      This summer: Billy Bob Thornton *IS* Card Captor Sakura.
  • brundlefly, on 04/16/2008, -9/+1I like a lot of Spielberg's work, but this:
    "It's a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks."
    That? That's the most canned thing I've ever heard. That's a Spiel-bot at DreamWorks' marketing department right there.
    Haven't read the manga, btw, but I thought the anime movie was the most pretentious, tell-don't-show piece of crap I've seen other than the "desert of the real" scene in the first Matrix movie. Compared to it, Spielberg could bring some subtlety and artistry to it.
    • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -1/+7The genre has indeed arrived, anime is starting to be taken seriously as an art form around the world, just as it has been held in Japan. Adult Swim has had a part in spreading it, as well as shows like Naruto and Bleach which are attracting younger audiences to the genre. Anime's are starting to get live action movies, being marketed in the US, and surging in popularity online. It's only a matter of time until anime begins to be produced in the United States in a serious manner with heavy Japanese influences instead of the more cartoonish style American animation is used to.
      • brundlefly, on 04/16/2008, -3/+2I don't doubt that anime, from a marketing perspective, has arrived. It's the reality of the quote that I question. That's clearly not so much Spielberg talking as the PR crew at Dreamworks. The way it's phrased makes that clear to me.
      • PastyBabyface, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2beginning to be taken seriously? where have you people been for the last ten years. the post adv glut of ***** that continually comes down the pike is ridiculous. almost nothing worth watching is licensed over here anymore, unless it's a name so big they know they can't afford not to. and anime can't be produced in the us in a serious manner, because anime is just a foreshortened japanese pronunciation of the word animation. so "anime" has been seriously produced in the u.s. for decades.
      • Sinai, on 04/16/2008, -3/+3Anime isn't taken seriously in Japan. It's for kids and weird guys who don't shower and hug body pillows with imaginary girls printed on them. There's a reason 3/4ths of the protagonists are under the age 20 you know.
  • intrepidDesign, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3If they stay true to the story and the bleak ambiance could be cool, never know. I'd hate to write it off without knowing more, thats foolish.
  • Mpwns, on 04/16/2008, -1/+24this movie is gonna suck we all know its gonna be pg-13 and the story is gonna be watered down so people dont have to think about it to understand it. as it is right now i will not be lining up to see this. and im not really into anime, i just like movies with a deep story line. hollywood is just gonna turn this into a summer action movie with most of the story missing.
    • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3Movies with deep storyline? Watch End of Evangelion (though there are a lot of Anno-haters that would say otherwise).
  • agentsarah6, on 04/16/2008, -1/+10Why does Hollywood always have to get it's claws into good Asian films/franchises?
    • rezist, on 04/16/2008, -0/+11$!
    • chubbstar, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3i wish they just put a big movie budget into a wickedly done pure anime trilogy.. imagine how good that would look... like the new appleseed.. or better...
    • jinxplayer, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1If you dont want to watch it then dont, emo boy.
  • ansatsu29, on 04/16/2008, -4/+9Bravo!...I have been waiting for a film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell for a very long time...Masamune Shirow is one of the my favorite manga authors (mangaka) and he inspires me to explore and write his cyberpunk genre...WOW!...cant wait to see that movie!
    • orangetiki, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3So when they made the first full length movie (in the 90's I think) it didn't count?
      • mbourgon, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Or the sequel? Or the two TV series?
  • diskit, on 04/16/2008, -4/+3Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you DreamWorks
  • WhiteMike87, on 04/16/2008, -1/+8english subbed? hmm? hmm??
    ...
    it'll never happen...(sobs)
  • freshgrease, on 04/16/2008, -0/+11I'm still waitin for the Neon Genesis Evangelion Live action movie that's been up in the air since around the turn of the century. Where the ***** is my movie WETA?
    • WhiteMike87, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3hope it doesn't happen...just hope...
      • owenkun, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Seconded. I pray that such a thing never comes out and tarnishes Eva's (mostly) good reputation.
    • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4If Mike Greenfield is anywhere near the project like he claims he is, it NEVER should be made. It would star Tiffany Grant in every female role and a CGI'd Spike Spencer as Shinji. If Anno doesn't do them then they don't need to be made. The first Rebuild of Evangelion movie is out and the other three are on the way, straight from Anno, watch those instead.
      • isayre020888, on 04/16/2008, -2/+2Neon Genesis Evangelion was fine the way it was the first time around. I don't want to see a new "Rebuild" version, thats like watching the digitally remastered Star Wars Trilogy.
        • Cogboy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3I wouldn't go that far, The first one was a good condensing of the start of the story and I'm looking forward to seeing how the story changes over the next three.
        • MillionsLivio, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3The next three movies will actually start to develop the story in a different direction, this isn't a direct remake, it's a Rebuild. The first movie already had some big plot differences, the second is supposed to be the bridge, the third will be the meat of it, and the fourth is an entirely new ending.
      • freshgrease, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I was real impressed with the concept art, but Tiffany Grant would be a little too much. I don't think makeup and CG could make her the 14-year old red head german (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Grant) they need for her part. Part of me wants it to comeout on the basis that it is Eva and 3d, but the other part doesn't want what might become it to ruin the image of the rest of the anime.
    • aaaleman, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3When I saw that the three kids had western names, I prayed they pulled the plug on Evangelion.
      If they revive the project, they need to keep it true to its origin.
      Why buy a property that's immensely popular, works as it is, and then have the gall to try and 'make it better'?
  • JoelBakan01, on 04/16/2008, -0/+13"3-D live-action"

    It's a sad day...
  • ohthedaysofyore, on 04/16/2008, -1/+8NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  • baudman, on 04/16/2008, -1/+25It ain't broke!
  • philhatesyou, on 04/16/2008, -5/+19Oh great. Now an American studio can go and rape something else that's really good. Here's an idea for the American studios: come up with something on your own. No Country for Old Men is proof it can be done, but you ***** have to stop acting like pussies.
    • goblindegook, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8How is _No Country for Old Men_ proof of creativity in Hollywood? It was adapted from a book.
      • SenatorKwanzaa, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0I can't really recall the last excellent original film.
      • philhatesyou, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3It wasn't a remake of another film. Doing a quality adaptation of a book isn't that easy. As proof, I point you to all of the movies based on comic books, manga, or novels. A lot of them are total garbage.
  • Rwned, on 04/16/2008, -0/+10This will not work unless they hire a SERIOUS director. None of this McG *****.
    • WTFppl, on 04/16/2008, -1/+6Not only that, but the Americaniztion of GITS will most likely have all philosiphy and theory removed. If this is nothing like the comics and anime's from Japan, I know of a director and producer who will be pelted with old eggs!
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