Death Note Live Action Film

Konata

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So it looks like a Death Note film is about to be made. I know there is already a Japanese live action film but this would be on a much larger scale.

Personally I'm not a fan of manga/anime being made into live action films - and I can't see any hope for Death Note. They should leave well enough alone imo

Lawliet

The only good thing that came out of the DN live action films was the ending; I now like to pretend that everything from episode 25 onwards is just an insane Light's dream and the live action ending is what actually happened.

But yeah, I can't see this turning out so well. Turning anime into live action rarely works, and American's remaking something Japanese never seems to work...

Bottleopener

I don't like the idea of this, I just can't see how this'll end well - it seems a recipe for disaster.

First Post

Nothing good can come of it. I don't think anyone can give me an example of a live action adaptation of any manga/anime that wasn't terrible?

Media forms should not mix, the exception being Manga -> Anime and occasionally Comic books -> Animated series.

Varik

the Japanese one was good, CGI could have used a bit of work but Japanese films make very little money so who can blame them for spending less.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaVy2Dv5fw4

Kitty-kitty

At the risk of voicing the extremely unpopular option... fingers crossed for Zac Efron for Light. Come on, admit it, he's a little bit perfect for the role. I don't know if this mightn't just end up in production hell like the Eva and Battle Royale adaptions, though.

Lawliet

Kitty-kitty wrote: »

At the risk of voicing the extremely unpopular option... fingers crossed for Zac Efron for Light. Come on, admit it, he's a little bit perfect for the role.

Kitty-kitty

I squeaked. I mean as bad a rep as Zac Efron gets, he can act, and Light is by definition this super popular good looking guy. I heard somewhere he expressed an interest too. One free internet for you, sir or madam.

Varik

Has he ever done a villain/anti-hero in anything.

ztoical

Going to paraphrase Evan Dorkins comments on the Watchmen film - A live action production of a comic/tv series/book/play can't and won't change my enjoyment of the original source material so who cares if it's good or bad?

Other then the "it will be crap" argument I've yet to hear a decent defence for not wanting adaptions of comics or animations to other media....it belongs to the creator and if they wish to make money off their creations more power to them. They can't all hold Bill Watterson's morals on commercialisations and go live in the woods or be just nuts like Alan Moore and if they get screwed out of the rights for their creation will boo to them they should learn to read contracts before signing them.

First Post wrote: »

I don't think anyone can give me an example of a live action adaptation of any manga/anime that wasn't terrible?

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ChnGamer

I actually watched the Japanese live action movies prior to watching the anime and have to say i really enjoyed them. Don't shoot me

Don't have much hope for the american remake as they tend to make everything more commercial, which never bodes well for the original material.

spinandscribble

It would nice if they didn't mess with it but i don't know if it would translate well in meaning and content for a western audience. Some parts will have to change.

Anxiety

i hated the live action film ._. im not trying to flame i just dont like when people take good animes and make them bad by makign a live action film for it xD dbz got destroyed with its live action death note didnt really get affected badly but still.

OniKen

America's making a live action too, no this is not aloud to happen, the japanese live action was actually decent. They shouldnt push there luck.. also i have never seen a good american remake... uninvited was ok I guess.

Death note is my fave anime series so this is very frustraiting.