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INTEREST: Would-Be Akira Actor Kebbell Expresses His Misgivings


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BSzabo45



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:57 pm Reply with quote
I just got done posting this same thesis in the Noir article below.

Maybe it's better that Anime stays away from Western re-makes for the reasons stated in this article: The adapation will most likely never measure up to the original. Perhaps Hollywood should just leave anime alone, if they want to make a movie about anime, they can come up with thier own ideas.
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azeriraz



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:05 pm Reply with quote
Since when is Kebbell a big enough name for this project? Or do they not particularly care about big names for it?
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CrownKlown



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:11 pm Reply with quote
Plenty of anime have taken western ideas and concepts and works and made them into anime and or asian version, so I dont see the problem of going the other way; I love anime but I dont see it as some scared art form that cant be adapted.

That being said I dont like Akira and dont get the hoopla over it, its not very good , so I could care less about the adaptation.
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MagusGuardian



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:25 pm Reply with quote
wow kebbell ya may not be that big but I give your props for giving the directors an earful
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shukero



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:06 pm Reply with quote
Well I applaud him, a live adaptation in my mind (as well as many's I'd hope) is to bring the GN to life, not to tweak it. I cringed especially hard when I hard about the two becoming brothers; since Kebbell hit the nail on the head about the rage and anger. If the director and producer; let alone the licensee would even think about such a drastic change in the script, then I'd be with Kebbell in not wanting to touch that thing with a 10 foot pole.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:33 pm Reply with quote
Kebbell, you are awesome.

Best of luck in a role that isn't horrible.
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Mawdryn



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:28 pm Reply with quote
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER: Son, I guarantee you'll never work in this town again...
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SecretJustin1130



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:42 pm Reply with quote
Mawdryn wrote:
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER: Son, I guarantee you'll never work in this town again...


Who would want to work in your town? Laughing
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nottimkai



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:59 pm Reply with quote
SecretJustin1130 wrote:
Mawdryn wrote:
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER: Son, I guarantee you'll never work in this town again...


Who would want to work in your town? Laughing


Hollywood producers, for one ...

Cockroaches ... I hear slime mold flourishes in the back alleys ...
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:50 am Reply with quote
I salute that guy for standing up to the big Hollywood juggernauts, that takes guts and a backbone, two assets very much lacking in showbusiness.
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ArsenicSteel



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:14 am Reply with quote
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What the [f--k] are you doing?


Huzzah and much kudos to the guy for having integrity and respect for the existing works.

lolz@internet trolls saying that man won't be able to find work again.
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maaya



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:22 am Reply with quote
What a pity that the people who are actually interested in the source material don't get to work on adapting it. Else there would be so much potential to create really good blockbuster adaptions o.o I do want to see the Akira movie(s) Kebbell describes.
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:26 am Reply with quote
maaya wrote:
What a pity that the people who are actually interested in the source material don't get to work on adapting it. Else there would be so much potential to create really good blockbuster adaptions o.o I do want to see the Akira movie(s) Kebbell describes.


Then again, when you allow people who are passionate about the source material some or alot of reign, they f*** it up royally.
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Ryo Hazuki



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:44 am Reply with quote
Sunday Silence wrote:

Then again, when you allow people who are passionate about the source material some or alot of reign, they f*** it up royally.


Just like Christopher Nolan ucked up Batman Begins and The Dark Knight or Takashi Miike phooked up Yatterman.
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Banken



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:25 am Reply with quote
There is *no* way they're ever going to adapt the full manga.

Just like how they were never going to make a Dragonball movie anything like the anime or the manga.
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