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[Cyrano]

I don't see how any anime fan could chastise someone for holding this view

I mean, this whole conversation is already understood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law

Unless we assume they're meaning all of it, which is never true of anything.

The GitS live action movie seems fairly likely to follow the adage though.

 

[Randam]

CG it? We wont see until its in post-production.

please don't.

spiderman's and deadpool's eyes were soo bad.

 

[Simo]

Looks like more photos leaked.

Borma

Saito

 

[UnemployedVillain]

So Borma gets prosthetic eyes, but not Batou?? Also, they added pupils to them for some reason which makes them look dumb (okay Einchy, you have a point). Other than that

Ishikawa - like the look. I always thought he looked like ?uestlove anyway, so a black dude playing him fits
Togusa - looks waaay too old. He was suppose to be newly married so I imagined late 20s/early 30s at most
Borma - those eyes...
Saito - looks good. Wish they'd gone with slicked hair, but looks good

 

[InfiniteBento]

Borma

 

[Future PhaZe]

low quality is making those eyes look funny, it'll look normal otherwise I think

 

[Lulubop]

Ol googly eyes

 

[True Savior]

Are people trolling? Batou has implant eyes. They are very easy to put in live action

Borma ahahahahahaha

 

[Sojgat]

Borma's prosthetic eyes look terrible, and their inclusion in these photos makes it seem even more likely Batou won't have any.

Forget this movie.

 

[RangerBAD]

They really should have stayed away from trying to straight adapt the thing. Should have taken the themes and made an original story with original characters.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Borma

Hahahahaha
Yeah leave Batou as it is

 

[The Elite]

Holy shit Borma.

 

[The Elite]

His eyes would look soooo dumb in live action.

Dude would look like this.

Now try again with eyes that look remotely similar

ok.

 

[Killer Queen]

ok.

Honestly at first glance I thought it was a joke Photoshop. Holy shit.

 

[Erigu]

They really should have stayed away from trying to straight adapt the thing. Should have taken the themes and made an original story with original characters.

Would make sense if they had a story they wanted to tell. But I imagine they just have a title they want to sell.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Scarjo's pretty hot.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Damn. When I read they'd reuse part of the original score I immediately thought of Yokko Kano's sublime Stand Alone Complex' soundtrack. Not a big fan of the 1995 movie here.

Stand alone complex and 2nd gig, while great, were not what set the world on fire. Neither was the OG manga for that matter. The thematic elements which captivated global audiences were generally only window dressing for the source material and anime series adaptions.

It was always the original 1995 Mamoru Oshii spinoff movie alone which made the series the break out hit it became to be such a popular name to even adapt into a hollywood script in this day and age, so i'm glad they are keeping that in mind with how they approach this movie.

 

[RangerBAD]

Would make sense if they had a story they wanted to tell. But I imagine they just have a title they want to sell.

They're severely overestimating the title's cash in appeal.

 

[gun_haver]

she looks kinda stupid with that hair.

 

[radios shipping overview]

ScarJo looks the most convincing out of the bunch. The rest of the casting choices.... nah, not feeling them at all.

 

[ZealousD]

Togusa and Borma.

Yikes.

 

[fallengorn]

What is up with Togusa's hair? It's like they gave him one of those bad haircuts they use to de-age actors for flashbacks.

 

[ubique]

Togusa and Borma.

Yikes.

Yeah, they fucked up pretty bad.

 

[ZealousD]

Yeah, they fucked up pretty bad.

Togusa is supposed to be the greenhorn with a young child. This guy looks like he's seen some shit.

You can fix shitty cybereyes in post but that's just bad casting.

 

[ubique]

Togusa is supposed to be the greenhorn with a young child. This guy looks like he's seen some shit.

You can fix shitty cybereyes in post but that's just bad casting.

Yeah these really look like costume tests or something from pre-production, so I'm hopeful the eyes will be fixed.

 

[SynthFetish]

I guess some photos leaked, look to be early prep for publicity stills:


Apparently they're going to be using some of the original 1995 score for the film.

These look more like costume test photos.

 

[Einchy]

ok.

YOU DARE DOUBT ME, UNEMPLOYEDVILLAIN

YOU DARE

*flex*

 

[PatThePassive]

God the music rumor and these leaked images (everyone except Togusa and Borma hope they look better in the trailer) is making me excited about this movie.

 

[studyguy]

tOLDgusa more like it.

 

[TacticalHotdog]

So Borma gets prosthetic eyes, but not Batou?? Also, they added pupils to them for some reason which makes them look dumb (okay Einchy, you have a point). Other than that

Ishikawa - like the look. I always thought he looked like ?uestlove anyway, so a black dude playing him fits
Togusa - looks waaay too old. He was suppose to be newly married so I imagined late 20s/early 30s at most
Borma - those eyes...
Saito - looks good. Wish they'd gone with slicked hair, but looks good

I'm guessing Batou's artificial eyes will be done in CGI

 

[PatThePassive]

I know its sloppy but fun practice. Going for the 95 look l'm try other motokos next

 

[BlueTsunami]

Is the Borma pic real? I still don't believe it

I have to say, Saito is on point and one of my favorite characters.

 

[Shogmaster]

Stop the bus. I'm getting off.

 

[.JayZii]

Why are they all so amber? GitS 2.0 reference?

Sweet googly-eyes, by the way.

 

[Gravidee]

I think it's just the lighting of those pictures that makes the eyes on Borma look off. The "whites" on them are supposed to be the rims, and the lens are in the middle.

 

[Dereck]

I know its sloppy but fun practice. Going for the 95 look l'm try other motokos next

Ahhh I thought this was real.

EDIT: Oh, just the jacket

 

[Hyun Sai]

I don't understand Togusa. This takes place 20 years after the manga ?

 

[Kinyou]

Borma

Going to assume that the lightning is to blame for those white outlines. I mean, god, this looks bad

 

[Busty]

The future has begun.

 

[UrbanRats]

These pics are killing me, lmao.

 

[Hagi]

Holy shit at Borma lol maybe it's for the best they didn't give Batou the artificial eyes then...

 

[Amagon]

I'll give Borma a benefit of a doubt since these aren't official pics and could look better after effects are set in.

Ishikawa is probably my favorite casting at this point.

 

[Alienous]

They clearly weren't even trying with Borma.

 

[TheChaos0]

Borma aside. Togusa, what happened? You suddenly look really old. Give him some white hair and he could play the Chief!

Ishikawa and Saito look great though.

 

[Sapiens]

I know its sloppy but fun practice. Going for the 95 look l'm try other motokos next

Scarjo looks great. Love the jacket. I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[Discotheque]

wow this looks pretty trash, especially batou and borma. loving the googly eyes.

 

[dukeoflegs]

There was some paparazzi video from the set posted up on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEKfy_WKZcY&feature=youtu.be

 

[Kai Dracon]

The problem is that there's no real decent design applied to translating the characters, and no creativity. The comparison to Hannibal Chau from Pacific Rim and his goggles is spot on - a bad-ass set of cybernetic shades could be grafted onto Batou and it would look serious and non-goofy.

I'm reminded of the problems with comic book movies before Marvel began applying serious work to translate characters into live action properly and employed designers who understood how to make things look good while translating the aesthetic faithfully.

 

[JP_]

I feel like it should be possible for hollywood to do the eyes better than a cosplayer.

 

[Trike]

I feel like it should be possible for hollywood to do the eyes better than a cosplayer.

but what you posted is also a nightmare