lightskintwin
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OK. So why aren't these companies called out more and the sole blame being put on Hollywood doing what they normally do?
Bets on the next Hollywood Anime adaptation?
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OK. So why aren't these companies called out more and the sole blame being put on Hollywood doing what they normally do?
Oh boo fucking hoo, you petty ass. You have no idea if these companies are not being called out more or not, do you? To begin with, most of these companies are in Japan, which obviously requires a US subdivision for any customers to place their complaint in and if they don't have one, where are the complaints are going to go to?
Since Hollywood is the one who wants to adapt these stories, they too have responsibilities for diversity to be represented especially if they want to sell this story to the US, which has diverse population, and the world, which is even more diverse. Hollywood is also the one with more clout, more power, more access to public, which is why they have been designated target for protest.
Because at the end of the day this is about money and power and there's no way a small company in Japan can resist the offer of their property being used by Hollywood. It doesn't mean Hollywood is exempt from being tasked to be diverse.
I would just follow the manga material, not even the original anime (which also I really like). FMA manga is the best and any screenwriter should follow its blueprint.
Japan has a thriving domestic film industry, which greatly outperforms Hollywood and other foreign films in Japan. I think that Hollywood market share is down to about a third there, less than half of where it was at its peak 15 years ago.
As such, I don't know that most Japanese moviegoers and property holders really even care what Hollywood does. They release animated films or live action adaptations of these properties themselves, starring Japanese casts and aimed at Japanese audiences. Hollywood licensing is just side money. I don't really think they have a moral obligation to care either.
Hollywood does need to start embracing more diversity, but I don't think diversity necessarily means that they can't localize foreign products for American/western audiences. I see the Power Rangers film brought up as a positive example of diversity in the other thread, but that is a remake of a localized Japanese property that ditched a lot of the Japanese stuff. Having a diverse and non-stereotyped cast is more important than sticking to the culture/location of the original product.
As such, I don't know that most Japanese moviegoers and property holders really even care what Hollywood does. They release animated films or live action adaptations of these properties themselves, starring Japanese casts and aimed at Japanese audiences. Hollywood licensing is just side money. I don't really think they have a moral obligation to care either.
Hollywood does need to start embracing more diversity, but I don't think diversity necessarily means that they can't localize foreign products for American/western audiences. I see the Power Rangers film brought up as a positive example of diversity in the other thread, but that is a remake of a localized Japanese property that ditched a lot of the Japanese stuff. Having a diverse and non-stereotyped cast is more important than sticking to the culture/location of the original product.
lvl99 Pixel
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School Days starring 30yr olds cast to be young students
Dice//
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CW + School Days sounds like a real pitch then
Pupperbabysassy
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Meryl Streep
Stop it, it hurts!
lightskintwin
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First of all they're not being called out, not that I think they should but they're just as responisible for partcipating and being compensated, if you think this is actual "whitewashing", which I do not.
Hollywood is Hollywood. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you can focus on other things that can bring about actual change because it's not going to happen from the top, but from the bottom up.
Omegabalmung9
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I'm still waiting for Ralph 1/2 ... where he's a dirt biker instead of a karate champ and instead of jusenkyo they go to a native american burial ground and Genma is a grizzly bear instead of a panda.
I should stop before I give hollywood too many ideas.
But seriously though, Battle Angel IS the next one coming and after that Akira might finally get off the ground for better or worse. Beyond that ? Who knows.
I should stop before I give hollywood too many ideas.
But seriously though, Battle Angel IS the next one coming and after that Akira might finally get off the ground for better or worse. Beyond that ? Who knows.
I have a complex answer to this one, one that I don't think you deserve to know since you sound like a diet racist.
I don't have to accept anything. Change is made when people actually say that things are not okay like this. And that's exactly what I am doing.
lol, I like how you're in multiple threads telling Asian Americans to sit down and shut up.
CadetMahoney
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What's crazy is that this was a mainstream movie release too.
lightskintwin
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That's not what I'm doing. Adapting other countries commercial properties and localizing it for your region or market isn't whitewashing. Feel free to disagree. Casting a White person as lead is business as usual for Hollywood. A White person being in position to get cast as lead is a sympton of a much larger systemic issue that Hollywood doesn't view as an issue. If you don't address that system and trying to fix that, then you you're going to keep getting mad at the sympton.
CadetMahoney
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Grease already done that.
Olivia Newton John was 30 and Travolta mid twenties playing high school kids.
Deadstarone
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Alexandra Daddario. Check. Mate.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Ebichu.
With Sarah Silverman as the voice of Ebichu.
With Sarah Silverman as the voice of Ebichu.
Callibretto
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Is holywood okay with giant naked people eating normal people?
The only way I can see it happen is if they totally redesign the titan to be more monster and less human like.
RuinerPrime
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Cowboy bebop would work really well as a live action movie/franchise. It just oozes style that could work for a main stream audience.
It will be less Firefly and more over the top and loud like Guardians of the Galaxy.
I'm honestly surprised no one has pitched a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure film yet.. It would probably be one of the only films where they feasibly could use American actors for Joseph Joestar and a few others, and be totally fine, considering it's a pretty multi-cultural series as is.
They'd ruin it by making Jotaro american though, and I really don't want Jojo to be touched by American film companies, fuck no.
They'd ruin it by making Jotaro american though, and I really don't want Jojo to be touched by American film companies, fuck no.
Jotaro is half Caucasian, just like Keanu Reeves
andythinkpad
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I really want GITS movie sell well so Hollywood will finally make the Neuromancer movie.
moffattron9000
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Give it to Netflix or HBO, and let them warp it to the new medium.
twinturbo2
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Rosa Salazar can pass for Caucasian. I got blocked by two people on twitter after telling them Rosa is Latina.A Battle Angle Alita movie is already hapening : http://www.slashfilm.com/michelle-rodriguez-alita-battle-angel/
I can't wait for the kerfuffle of a Hispanic actress taking a Asian actress's role~
petran79
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Hollywood,Bollywood,China and Japan should co-produce the epic 3x3 Eyes manga,which is like an adult and better version of Dragon Ball.
If you want a quality live action movie that shares some of the concept of GITS, watch Avalon instead. A Japan-Poland co-productioj,directed by M.Oshi,starring a Polish actress.A basset hound appears too.
If you want a quality live action movie that shares some of the concept of GITS, watch Avalon instead. A Japan-Poland co-productioj,directed by M.Oshi,starring a Polish actress.A basset hound appears too.
Chuck Norris
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I'd love a quality TV show to take on a sports anime like Hajime no Ippo. I'd imagine quite a loose interpretation with obviously western characters but maintaining all the same story beats
Though they could probably never do the action justice. It would take some seriously skillled filmmaking to recreate those fights while maintaining some semblance of realism
Though they could probably never do the action justice. It would take some seriously skillled filmmaking to recreate those fights while maintaining some semblance of realism
True Savior
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How do you westernize Ippo? Wouldn't they become filthy rich? Especially Takamura.
Popsickles
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Would like to see what they would do with Fist of the North Star these days.
Spikematic
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I triggered so hard reading this...
aygomyownroad
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Kill La Kill....
I dunno about Wright. He's hyper kinetic style goes against the noir-ish sensibilities of CB. I guess an imagined Hollywood Cowboy Bebop will resemble the original very little.
Edgar Wright would be a far better choice for something like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Give someone like Rian Johnson or Gareth Evans a Cowboy Bebop movie.
Disclaimer: I have an irrational dislike of those adaptations and I will probably be moaning about them without ever watching them. All of them, even the existing ones. With that said...
Eatman and Trigun, please. I could do with some some slightly post-apocalyptic SciFi Western movies with hidden philosophical undertones. Which would be totally slaughtered, probably.
Or Slayers and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen. Kinda medieval-ish setting, which would be pretty easy to sell. But then again, I shudder to think what they'd do to make them work within a limited CG budget. Magic and extensive stunts just chew through money.
Maybe Irresponsible Captain Tylor? Much of it plays inside a space ship or other similarly enclosed spaces. However, this is a movie about a Captain that
while teabagging every single military force and authority figure involved. This probably doesn't sell any tickets unless they really fuck with the script.
So, no, wait, let's not.
Eatman and Trigun, please. I could do with some some slightly post-apocalyptic SciFi Western movies with hidden philosophical undertones. Which would be totally slaughtered, probably.
Or Slayers and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen. Kinda medieval-ish setting, which would be pretty easy to sell. But then again, I shudder to think what they'd do to make them work within a limited CG budget. Magic and extensive stunts just chew through money.
Maybe Irresponsible Captain Tylor? Much of it plays inside a space ship or other similarly enclosed spaces. However, this is a movie about a Captain that
ends a war without firing a single shot
So, no, wait, let's not.
DerangedHermit
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I for one cannot wait for the Michael Bay take on the Gundam universe.
LoGH tv series or Battleship Yamato
Hispanic! At the Disco
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Obviously My Neighbor Totoro is next. To sell more totoros.
Puck Beaverton
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Neon Genesis Evangelion directed by Terrence Malick.
Think about it.
Think about it.
So 8 hours long and no actual Evas or Angels.
DiipuSurotu
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Great Teacher Onizuka
Krauser Kat
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I think any racially homogenous sailor scout movies would be dumb as fuck. If we get sailor moon someone is going to be black, and hispanic and asian.
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