×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: Netflix's Live-Action Death Note Film's 1st Trailer Shows Nat Wolff as Light


Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next

Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Topgunguy



Joined: 08 Dec 2015
Posts: 258
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:45 am Reply with quote
I'm really really fed up with the common mindset that animation is an inferior art form to live-action (which I dare say: BULLOCKS), and with how if it's foreign it's unappealing.

Last edited by Topgunguy on Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:46 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
FackuIkari



Joined: 31 Dec 2013
Posts: 411
Location: Argentina
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:48 am Reply with quote
So the only thing Death Note related is the book and that's it but ok, we'll see
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
D.E.D.E



Joined: 15 Mar 2014
Posts: 112
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:52 am Reply with quote
FackuIkari wrote:
So the only thing Death Note related is the book and that's it but ok, we'll see

Um am pretty sure Ryuk is in this as well....
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
FackuIkari



Joined: 31 Dec 2013
Posts: 411
Location: Argentina
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:53 am Reply with quote
#810704 wrote:
FackuIkari wrote:
So the only thing Death Note related is the book and that's it but ok, we'll see

Um am pretty sure Ryuk is in this as well....


Oh yeah that, my bad. It's William Dafoe voice so maybe that's good
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
prime_pm



Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Posts: 2368
Location: Your Mother's Bedroom
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:55 am Reply with quote
Just going to keep an open mind and wait for it to come out before passing judgement. It's still better than going to the theaters.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
kid_nova



Joined: 13 May 2015
Posts: 11
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:58 am Reply with quote
Uggghhhhh... They're trying to make an already suspenseful work more suspenseful, but they're trying to do it through aesthetics and being "edgy", when then source material does it by actual plot. Hollywood and anime just don't mix well. Not to mention its completely different story-wise from the looks of it. This shows about being discreet and calculated in your actions but the trailer is the complete opposite, boisterous and generic.

Last edited by kid_nova on Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:18 pm; edited 2 times in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Morry



Joined: 26 Jun 2016
Posts: 756
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:06 pm Reply with quote
Aesthetics remind me of edgy 90s films, not psychological mystery thrillers with dramatic orchestration. Not the best first impression.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
SkerllyF



Joined: 02 Sep 2016
Posts: 244
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:23 pm Reply with quote
If you want to see the manga´s story copied in live-action, go watch the Japanese movies. For me, I only want it to be good, I don´t mind much the changes that have been presented by now.

And it´s only a teaser. It doesn´t give much information about the movie


Last edited by SkerllyF on Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:29 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Darklordmyke



Joined: 16 Jun 2016
Posts: 18
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:26 pm Reply with quote
I guess I'm one of the only few people who are OK with it if the original creators give their seal of approval on a project......
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
maximilianjenus



Joined: 29 Apr 2013
Posts: 2903
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:44 pm Reply with quote
eww. was that a kiss ? and not between L and kira ? ewww
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Beatdigga



Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4597
Location: New York
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:48 pm Reply with quote
Teaser seems brief but effective. Hopefully they let the plot breathe unlike those awful Japanese films.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Fallenmessiahx



Joined: 14 Apr 2010
Posts: 116
Location: Denver colorado
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:50 pm Reply with quote
I am hoping at least that they change Misa's character in this version. I think she is the worst part of the original series. The typical trope of an annoying air headed love crazed girl.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Gemnist



Joined: 10 Feb 2016
Posts: 1761
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:08 pm Reply with quote
SkerllyF wrote:
If you want to see the manga´s story copied in live-action, go watch the Japanese movies. For me, I only want it to be good, I don´t mind much the changes that have been presented by now.

And it´s only a teaser. It doesn´t give much information about the movie


I don't think it's so much a problem with the story or Muricanization as it is with the overall tone. Author's intent is important when making an adaptation, and changing the genre often isn't the way to go. The second half of the trailer seems to betray that, giving us edgy high school shots akin to a CW trailer and then depicting action sequences like Light running from the cops and hanging from a Ferris wheel - which isn't Death Note at all. I'll wait till the movie itself releases, but overall, Netflix should really start theatrically releasing movies.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
TenCentFang



Joined: 28 Feb 2017
Posts: 31
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:12 pm Reply with quote
Trailer looks awesome and the guy killing criminals being a white guy in the USA actually enhances the themes of vigilante justice being wrong.

Gemnist wrote:

I don't think it's so much a problem with the story or Muricanization as it is with the overall tone. Author's intent is important when making an adaptation, and changing the genre often isn't the way to go. The second half of the trailer seems to betray that, giving us edgy high school shots akin to a CW trailer and then depicting action sequences like Light running from the cops and hanging from a Ferris wheel


It seems perfectly in line with the random edgy symbolism Death Note has always indulged in.


Last edited by TenCentFang on Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:13 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
ParaChomp



Joined: 10 Dec 2010
Posts: 1018
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:13 pm Reply with quote
Darklordmyke wrote:
I guess I'm one of the only few people who are OK with it if the original creators give their seal of approval on a project......
No you're not. I always find it interesting when people adapt foreign material. It usually turns out bad but while I have little anticipation for these products, I always have my hopes up that something good will come out of it. Time will tell.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next
Page 1 of 5

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group