cj_iwakura
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Rodriguez isn't one to waste money, he's very thrifty, if nothing else.
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Apparently Alita: Battle Angel has already started filming
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Rodriguez isn't one to waste money, he's very thrifty, if nothing else.
I really wish this was made a long time ago and cast Bjork as Gally/Alita. She looked the part to a tee in her younger days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLcelg1Kto
https://youtu.be/EdOdkfmaHcs?t=10m25s
I mean, the resemblance is creepy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLcelg1Kto
https://youtu.be/EdOdkfmaHcs?t=10m25s
I mean, the resemblance is creepy.
StrangeRoboMemory
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Battle Angel is one of my favorite stories. Just leave it alone, man. Rodriguez has never made a single movie I've really enjoyed on more than a "that was okay, let's go grab a drink and probably never think about that movie again" kind of level. Even if Cameron had done it, he's a hell of a long way from the same director who made the Terminator films and Aliens. Avatar was a bloated mess filled with tired genre conventions played totally straight. I simply don't trust either of these guys to make something that I care about.
torre_avenue
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First poster courtesy of Merchandising Expo.
At least it reveals how this film is going to be marketed: with Cameron's name plastered all over it.
At least it reveals how this film is going to be marketed: with Cameron's name plastered all over it.
SolicitorPirate
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So it's been years since I read Alita, but the quote doesn't seem to line up with my memory of her character. Alita always struck me as someone who just really liked beating the shit out of people who just so happened to be evil
FreshCakes
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Hoping Rodriguez keeps his b-movie cheese out of this.
According to the imdb, there's a small amount. They look like minor roles though.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
The Manga is set in the US though, so this isn't the same sort of deal as GitS.
Thats convenient. God forbid they make an American character asian.
I havent read the manga but saw that she was originally a human named Yoko, so is it all that different?
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Rodriguez is honestly perfect for this movie.I had no idea this was moving forward without Cameron. Meh
It does seem like she's supposed to be of Japanese descent, yes.
You'll be lucky if you don't get some F-tier movie.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
lol
Four sequels.
Tried to be at least. Max de costa.
TDLink
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As it should. He owns the rights and the movie only exists because of him. Plus he has actually been active in all aspects of it.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Well, all aspects prior to handing the reigns over.
Bobby Roberts
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"Plastered all over it" as in the one mention, at the same size as the guy directing it, both names 3-4x smaller than the title, quote and quote attribution crediting said fictional titular character.
TrueDefault
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It's going to be (motor)ballsy!!!
The manga version of the character is
from the planet Mars, and has had a complete cyborg body since she was two or three years old (as far back as she can remember). As far as I am aware, her original name is the only indication that she might have Japanese ancestry. So her ethnicity is best summed up as Martian.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
She's actually a Martian.
I'm talking ethnicity, not place of birth.
Gunnm Mars Chronicle recently told us a bit more, and there's more evidence that she is of Japanese descent.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I'd normally agree, but Weta are doing the vfx instead of whoever Rodriguez found in front of Home Depot.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
RandomHopeInc
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She's also hispanic so, whitewashing isn't even valid here
Kain-Nosgoth
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they better keep the Gunnm title for european audience, it would be very weird otherwise
anyway, can't to see how it will look like!
anyway, can't to see how it will look like!
BattleMonkey
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? Rodriguez has never been given a huge budget to work with, this is a silly comment to make. His most expensive movie I believe was 65mil, and that was pretty much all actor salaries.
People complain about Rodriguez films and how they look, well yea of course they look like that, he's never been given a budget to work with, he's always worked on shoe string limitations and his friend's favors.
Zoe
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Hispanics can be any race.
n00bsauce87
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There is a lot of POCs in this cast. Maybe even the most diverse cast for an anime adaptation yet and in 2017, that is saying a lot for Hollywood.
I'll give it a chance on that. I can at least make it to the first trailer.
I'll give it a chance on that. I can at least make it to the first trailer.
Alita/Gally was always Asian by the way she was drawn compared to other characters, and her original name being Yoko only made that clearer.
Minor and supporting characters. A lot of Hollywood productions are comfortable having diverse casts now. But Hollywood is still hesitant about casting minorities as leads and, in the case of recent movies like Ghost in the Shell, Asian and mixed Asian actors as leads.
We didn't need further hints that she's of Japanese descent, and in that case it becomes more of a "in case you didn't realize".
Minor and supporting characters. A lot of Hollywood productions are comfortable having diverse casts now. But Hollywood is still hesitant about casting minorities as leads and, in the case of recent movies like Ghost in the Shell, Asian and mixed Asian actors as leads.
ElBoxyBrown
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So far it's not whitewashed.
Instead it's Rodriguez-washed. I kid. Although at least one white actress was in consideration for the role, so it was almost whitewashed.
Hardly obvious, I'd say.
It could be considered a good hint at first glance, but that's not necessarily absolute evidence either.
For instance, the first character to appear in the series is named "Ido Daisuke", yet I hope you'll agree he wasn't "obviously Asian" (and we eventually found out that names don't mean much of anything ethnicity-wise, where he's from).
We kinda did, as (until recently), the original comic never told us much about her origins aside from that name, and when the video game (written by Kishiro himself) explored that aspect, it came up with an explanation for her Japanese "Yōko" name that didn't actually require her to be of Japanese descent (
basically, she was given her name and raised by a character who himself had a Japanese name but wasn't related to her, so this would explain that without saying anything about her own ethnicity
Interesting that casting a pale hispanic actor erases the issue of Asian American representation. They changed Daisuke's name so no doubt they'll do the same with Yoko.
As it is, Gits looks like its actually doing better in giving Asians roles.
I feel like I missed some parts in the anime or something, because there was a gigantic time skip that was completely random and it felt like some details in the time skip were unexplained. Is that how the anime actually is, because I have no idea why anyone would want to watch the weird unfinished shell that I watched. Did I miss some parts or something???
Why is it weird? The albums were sold with Alita names in here?
It's gonna probably suck knowing Rodriguez though. Dude's been a bust for years now.
No, it's just a 2 part OVA. Although I believe some countries pretended it was just one "movie", so maybe that's what confused you?
lightskintwin
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In adapting the material to America, the role of Alita could've been cast to anybody and it was down to a White American, Latina American, and a bi-racial Black American before going with the Latina American.
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