So, Akira's live action remake's synopsis just came out. -

[Fuzhou]

"When a young man’s telekinesis is discovered by the military, he is taken in to be turned into a super weapon and his brother must race to save him before Manhattan is destroyed by his powers. Kaneda is a bar owner in Neo-Manhattan who is stunned when his brother Tetsuo is abducted by Government agents lead by the Colonel. Desperate to get his brother back, Kaneda agrees to join Ky Reed and her underground movement who are intent on revealing to the world what truly happened to New York City 30 years ago when it was destroyed.


Kaneda believes their theories to be ludicrous, but after facing his brother again is shocked when he displays telekinetic powers. Ky believes Tetsuo is headed to release a young boy. Akira, who has taken control of Tetsuo’s mind, Kaneda clashes with the Colonel’s troops on his way to stop Tetsuo from releasing Akira, but arrives too late. Akira soon emerges from his prison courtesy of Tetsuo as Kaneda races to save his brother before Akira once again destroys Manhattan island as he did thirty years ago."

So, this sounds fucking awful.

 

[A Useless Fish]

If they're changing the setting, then why are they keeping the Japanese names? Is there a cast list for this, yet?

 

[Y2K Baby]

OK, now this is epic.

 

[deodorant]

why the fuck dont they just remaster akira from the raw animation into high def and then re-release it in theatres for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

 

[Marco Fucko]

The date is listed as 2017 for the Akira synopsis, I wonder if that means they've been filming since or (hopefully) dropped it?

 

[turboNIG-3k]

oh fuck it's gonna be another netflix death note. isn't it?

 

[ATaxingWoman]

So it's shit? What a shocker!

If they're changing the setting, then why are they keeping the Japanese names?

Pandering to American diversity advocates who want ethnic diversity, but don't like linguistic diversity (i.e. watch a film in a language that's not English) because it forces them to watch something with subtitles

 

[The Flawless Gazelles]

So it's shit? What a shocker!Pandering to American diversity advocates who want ethnic diversity, but don't like linguistic diversity (i.e. watch a film in a language that's not English) because it forces them to watch something with subtitles

subtitles are a horrible distraction from any movie.

 

[BrunoMattei]

 

[I Love Beef]

So it's shit? What a shocker!Pandering to American diversity advocates who want ethnic diversity, but don't like linguistic diversity (i.e. watch a film in a language that's not English) because it forces them to watch something with subtitles

Ugh. This is my issue with this.

If they want diversity, then why not make this super fucked up world where the continental plates have crashed into one another or something and there's a super city like Megacity 1, or have this large nation state built off the coast of California? Even better yet if they want US cultural relevance then why not Boston or Washington DC?

For all of this want of diversity in sci fi they show the absolute lack of imagination to even warrant this.

Also, when has NYC ever been relevant as of lately? Outside of cultural and business importance to the US, you'd think they'd go with LA or somewhere in California for that's where all of the dangerhairs live.

 

[pomme]

My least favourite thing about American/Western "re-imaginings" of Japanese media is that the influence of WW2/Hiroshima and Nagasaki are completely ignored. It's an examination of post-war Japan's collective psyche, and that aspect is lost when you try and place it in an American setting, or any setting for that matter.

 

[Muttnik]

Part of me is almost glad Berserk STILL isn't over because I have a hunch it would be next on the chopping block of things to be ruined via live action Americanized woke shit.

 

[pomme]

Part of me is almost glad Berserk STILL isn't over because I have a hunch it would be next on the chopping block of things to be ruined via live action Americanized woke shit.

Hopefully, Berserk will be considered unadaptable for Western audiences by virtue of the sheer amount of rape in the series.

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

Ugh. This is my issue with this.

If they want diversity, then why not make this super fucked up world where the continental plates have crashed into one another or something and there's a super city like Megacity 1, or have this large nation state built off the coast of California? Even better yet if they want US cultural relevance then why not Boston or Washington DC?

For all of this want of diversity in sci fi they show the absolute lack of imagination to even warrant this.

Also, when has NYC ever been relevant as of lately? Outside of cultural and business importance to the US, you'd think they'd go with LA or somewhere in California for that's where all of the dangerhairs live.

Wasn't the destruction of Tokyo literally just Akira teleporting?

 

[The Shadow]

Ugh. This is my issue with this.

If they want diversity, then why not make this super fucked up world where the continental plates have crashed into one another or something and there's a super city like Megacity 1, or have this large nation state built off the coast of California? Even better yet if they want US cultural relevance then why not Boston or Washington DC?

For all of this want of diversity in sci fi they show the absolute lack of imagination to even warrant this.

Also, when has NYC ever been relevant as of lately? Outside of cultural and business importance to the US, you'd think they'd go with LA or somewhere in California for that's where all of the dangerhairs live.

If I wanted to see New York destroyed there's going to be like 10 Marvel movies featuring that this year.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Still sounds better than that version invoking 9/11 or whatever it was from like 10 years ago.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

If they're changing the setting, then why are they keeping the Japanese names? Is there a cast list for this, yet?

In reality? Pandering to the ethnics. In film? I doubt it'll be explained beyond "It's the future, lol".

 

[I Love Beef]

Wasn't the destruction of Tokyo literally just Akira teleporting?

I recall it was also due to Akira exerting his psychic stress onto the world in the wake of one of his friends dying by the crossfire, and this was able to cause a massive rift in the time space continuum. I read the manga; I had the movie but due to the cruelness of life I lost my copy and got too busy.

My least favourite thing about American/Western "re-imaginings" of Japanese media is that the influence of WW2/Hiroshima and Nagasaki are completely ignored. It's an examination of post-war Japan's collective psyche, and that aspect is lost when you try and place it in an American setting, or any setting for that matter.

That's my other thing with this remake. Why the fuck hasn't America done anything with its post WWII war societal angst? There's a fucking ton to work with. Then again, I always blame the excesses and society back to its shortcomings as well regarding this. Don't fucking flag me as some dumbass self hating cultural cringe dumbass, but I can outright say by use of a comment elsewhere: "America is like a huge baby who needs their happy blanket." I guess the people are okay with the propaganda movie industry commercialism machine known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

If I wanted to see New York destroyed there's going to be like 10 Marvel movies featuring that this year.

Damn straight.

 

[Clop]

I love it when every - fucking - movie is trying to preach diversity, yet every - fucking - movie is in the United States, and more often than not in fucking New York in the Man-motherfucking-hattan. Even when the original work was as far away from there as fucking possible.

I know, it's hard to be diverse with films when your progressive ass only knows English and reading subtitles is hard and represents patriarchy or something. I used to be insulted that filmmakers dumb down movies and shows but I've learned a lot about the audiences since then.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

My first thought when I read that synopsis in the OP. I'd watch the Partridge Version over whatever it is they are brewing in Hollywood right now.