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NEWS: Alita: Battle Angel Film Returns to U.S. Theaters on October 30

I'm one of the people that was literally watching for YEARS to see Cameron even just imply the project was alive, and for all intent and purpose I feel like the movie turned out about as amazing as it ever was going to after having remained in production hell for so long.

While I cant say that I personally feel safe going to a theater at the moment, it really is a fun movie. Is kind of a catch-22 because the current cinema landscape is probably exactly why this is being brought back, yet if things were different/safer I'd be rushing to go see this on the big screen for a rewatch with friends+family without hesitation.

I'm one of the people that was literally watching for YEARS to see Cameron even just imply the project was alive, and for all intent and purpose I feel like the movie turned out about as amazing as it ever was going to after having remained in production hell for so long. I almost wonder, if someone were to go back and add the Scanner Darkly movie's visual effects (maybe even a slightly more subtle version of it) to Alita, would it it be a more immersive & anime-friendly watch?

If you've not yet seen Alita and particularly never had the intent to do so but are an anime fan, I'd actually advocate for hunting down Nostalgia Critic's full review of the film on YouTube, as he actually does a pretty good job (mind you, with spoilers in the last half of the video) of taking under 30 minutes to break down the history of the film, the source material, and exampling how remarkable an adaptation it is given what they were working with. It might just be what pushes you to go watch it - and it's certainly worth seeing at least once.

It is also important to note that not only "Alita" the last movie for 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) before Disney bought most of 21CF, it was also the last film for the Fox film empire as we knew said empire. The Fox movie empire as we knew it lived from 2/1/1913-3/19 or 3/20/2019.

There's any number of movies that could have returned to theaters (and have). That they would have enough faith to choose Alita to get a new theatrical run leaves me a little optimistic about a possible sequel happening.

[ Most people are still too scared to go to the movies so I doubt there will be enough people rushing to see a niche remake of a niche manga during a pandemic to be enough to give the movie a boost for a sequel.

Come on this is America, we have plenty, especially the young, who don't give a damn about the pandemic. It is not the pandemic that is keeping the movie going public missing, it is the studios who are hoarding the new movies. Don't blame them either, but after 7 months with no end in sight, they should be releasing a few of them to the streaming gods. Think it is going to hurt them in the long run by not releasing them.

Come on this is America, we have plenty, especially the young, who don't give a damn about the pandemic. It is not the pandemic that is keeping the movie going public missing, it is the studios who are hoarding the new movies. Don't blame them either, but after 7 months with no end in sight, they should be releasing a few of them to the streaming gods. Think it is going to hurt them in the long run by not releasing them.