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NEWS: Saint Seiya Manga's Live-Action Knights of the Zodiac Film Opens With US$2.4 Million

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

It seemed really pretentious Toei thought they could turn this into a six film series when they know the lack of interest US audiences have in this franchise. It's too bad since I heard it actually wasn't bad from people who have gotten to see it already.

Not bad if you don't mind a feature film having CW drama-style script/dialog, editing, and effects.

Otherwise, no, it was quite bad.

It had one or two cool fight scenes, but that can't carry an entire movie.

Mackenyu's unfortunately not that strong of a lead actor either.
It says something when the most talked about parts of the film are his muscles and shirtless scenes.

L: Distribution ain't cheap.

Honestly this is more than I was expecting. I’m pretty sure both Toei and Sony were expecting this result, given this was mostly made for an international audience.

xScar wrote:

Cardcaptor Takato wrote: It seemed really pretentious Toei thought they could turn this into a six film series when they know the lack of interest US audiences have in this franchise. It's too bad since I heard it actually wasn't bad from people who have gotten to see it already. Not bad if you don't mind a feature film having CW drama-style script/dialog, editing, and effects. Otherwise, no, it was quite bad. It had one or two cool fight scenes, but that can't carry an entire movie. Mackenyu's unfortunately not that strong of a lead actor either. It says something when the most talked about parts of the film are his muscles and shirtless scenes.

What I find especially bizarre is the inclusion of elements from the poorly received Netflix cartoon.

Such as the dub name changes so Saori is Sienna and Ikki is Nero. If Shiryu, Hyoga, and Shun appear then they would become Long, Magnus, and Shawn.

Plus the inclusion of that show's original villain Guraad. Like the appearance of that guy, played by a woman here, is questionable alone.

Yeah, the moment it seems like they were carrying the additions from the Netflix adaption, I was pretty much expecting we'll probably get female Shun. Assuming they actually make more of these (which I doubt).

lol liked how everyone jump to the conclusion it being a flop while it's still early to judge that.

Joker#941490 wrote:

lol liked how everyone jump to the conclusion it being a flop while it's still early to judge that.

Movie’s been out for close to 3 weeks and it’s box office at least in the U.S. is pitifully low that’s a flop. Now could other markets push it over its production and market budgets?

Possibly but it isn’t looking good.

Joker#941490 wrote:

lol liked how everyone jump to the conclusion it being a flop while it's still early to judge that.

Movie’s been out for close to 3 weeks and it’s box office at least in the U.S. is pitifully low that’s a flop. Now could other markets push it over its production and market budgets?

Possibly but it isn’t looking good.

it still isn't out in U.S yet lol

even if it's pushed over its production and market budgets it's still gonna be a flop- you need to make a good enough profit. not a little bit.

MFrontier wrote:

Yeah, the moment it seems like they were carrying the additions from the Netflix adaption, I was pretty much expecting we'll probably get female Shun. Assuming they actually make more of these (which I doubt).

There was also speculation that Eugene Son was involved which would have pretty much guaranteed female Shun given how defensive he was on Twitter over the change when the complaints came in.