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Is The World Ready For Warner Bros' American Death Note?

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Garro
05/03/09

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I hate Death Note with the fire of a thousand burning suns...BUT, I hate Hollywood more.

Honestly? Does EVERYTHING need a movie spin-off? God damn, why don't they try focusing on quality cinema instead of franchising anything other corporations don't already have their logo stamped on?

As much as I hate DN, I hate this trend of doing Western takes on Japanese entertainment more. They'd fair a lot better repackaging the original, and focusing on campaigns to normalize Anime and Manga. It would cost less and wouldn't stain those industries reputations further with really bad products.

I can see it now... "Up next on TRL, hot new info. on the latest volume of Bleach!"
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Pope John Peeps II
05/02/09

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Hey just so all you pretend fanboys know, Death Note was already made into a live action movie in Japanese, I believe. Look it up, yo.
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kylenalepa
05/02/09

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The only problem, and this was actually pointed out somewhere else on the Internet, is that Death Note is so reliant on internal monologues that it might be tough to translate that to the big screen.

That said, I loved the anime and manga (didn't care for the live-action Japanese movies), so I'm interested in seeing how this plays out.
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Plague
05/02/09

@kylenalepa:

I'll join you in liking the anime (though I still have a volume to go) and not liking the live action version.

However, I also think "L" was one of the most annoying characters ever created in any form.
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Theoutlet
05/03/09

@Plague: Are you kidding? L made that series, without him it would have been nothing.
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
05/02/09

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I seriously doubt it. I found the series completely uninteresting.
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Ghede
05/02/09

@Belabras Saw Three Lights!: How could you not find this thrilling?

That's edge-of-your-seat-potato-chip-eating action!
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Eldritch
05/02/09

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After the epic fail of Dragonball, why would American companies keep trying to Americanize anime?

In that same vein, is Keanu Reeves still remaking Cowboy Bebop? Dear God, please strike him dead...
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
05/02/09

@Eldritch: Dragonball had a budget of 45 million with a gross revenue of 52 million.

Its the "Meet the Spartans" theory of movie making.
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