Ussop is the one strawhat that takes a while to warm up to. His character arc is all about starting annoying to figuring out his stride. And sad, no shipping on the Strawhat crew. Oda does not want romance between them as they are all married to adventure. Not to say there's no romance options outside the crew though, lol.
i didn't know that! but it makes sense and i like it even more now! having no romantic ships on the crew makes their relationship focused more on friendship and found family, that's so cool thanks for that
Regarding valuing writers: I think the best way to ensure writers are treated well is to clear out the writers' room full of incompetent nepotism hires, get one or two, maybe three but certainly no more than three, writers who are passionate about their craft, and pay them the same amount that you would have paid the 10+ nepo-babies.
I think the close ups thing might be a direct nod to the manga/anime presentation. These are drawn mediums, so when you want to really show emotion, you often really get in close to the faces, so you literally have more space to draw things. Also because the way the costs of anime production go, especially in the old days when it was hand drawn instead of CGI, if you pop the full face in frame and only animate the mouth for a few seconds or a minute, you actually save a lot on paying animators...
YES! Please do taht other video! I just discovered you today and would LOVE to hear you go over more One Piece stuff! And any other fiction stuff you wanna go over. I like listening to you.
I do hope this live action show does get another season because its genuinely fun to watch this show! Probably one my new favorite shows this year! Also good video, I genuinely agree with all of your opinions!
4:22 capping off an otherwise sincere and emotional scene with a joke or jab at the vulnerability just displayed is one of my least favourite things!! It’s called lampshading and is weird because it can make the audience feel cringe for getting invested in the sincerity of the characters even tho you’d think that’s what the show wants… sorry this made me rant😭😂
I liken any adaptation to trying to paint an oil painting with water colours or crayons. Novels, comic books, manga and anime offer the author completely different sets of tools to engage and grip the audience. And because those tools are vastly different from medium to medium, something that works in one medium doesn't necessarily translate well to another. Take the literary device of the "inner monologue" for example. It's great when you read it in novels, comics and manga, but using it in live action and animation means you are going to lose your audience. So, when adapting the inner monologue you need to find other ways to get your point across. Going back to the analogy: Imagine having the task to paint the Mona Lisa with water colours. How do you do it? You could try to do a one-to-one recreation of the painting but that won't really do justice to the Mona Lisa because oil colours blend in different ways than water colors. What you will get is a pale imitation of the Mona Lisa. This is why most Japanese live-action adaptations don't work by the way. They transfer the source material *exactly* as it is on screen and the result is often not something you can take seriously. So painting the Mona Lisa with water colors doesn't quite work if you do it accurately. What actually works is using the water colors and the base of the Mona Lisa to create in your own way, with your own set of tools, something that invokes the same *feeling* you get while seeing the original Mona Lisa. So the adaptation is now not a question of "how do I translate the original on screen" but rather "what does the original make me feel". Ultimately, what does the original *mean* for me? This is why most Western adaptations don't work. Most of them are made by people who just don't get the source material and in some cases even actively hate it. And their lack of connection shows on screen. The main reason the Cowboy Bebop adaptation didn't work was because it's clear that the people who made it were not fans of the original. They didn't get excited when Spike displayed his unique brand of martial arts on the first episode, almost dancing to Yoko Kanno's iconic music. They didn't laugh at Fay Valentine's introduction. They didn't get shocked when they found out Spike's past. They didn't cry at the final "Bang" on episode 25 and didn't bawl their eyes out when "The real folk blues" was heard one final time on screen. Ultimately, Cowboy Bebop didn't actually *mean* anything to them. It was just a paycheck. And their indifference showed on screen at the abomination that ended up being the end result. Because the people who made the adaptation felt nothing, the audience ended up receiving nothing. If you feel nothing when you look at the Mona Lisa, what are you doing repainting it in the first place? The main reason the live adaptation of One Piece worked was that the source material was important to the people who made it. Matt Owens, the show's writer and producer has gone on record to say that One Piece saved his life and many of the actors involved either were fans of the franchise (Mackenyu & Emily Rudd) or became invested afterwards (Skylar & Godoy). The people who made the Live-Action adaptation of One Piece did a good job of transferring the feeling of reading One Piece on screen because it *meant* something to them. They each put a piece of their love and their soul on screen and the result was something brilliant. They didn't just please old fans they bought new fans into the franchise because they knew One Piece was amazing in its own merits and knew that if they made something that gave you the *feeling* of reading the original One Piece, other people would find it amazing as well. Was the One Piece adaptation perfect? Not by a long shot (Usopp's was mishandled IMO). It was however a perfect representation of how One Piece actually *feels* and for that it will also have a special place for me. If for nothing else in that it got the people close to me to *finally* understand what was so special about that weird "Japanese super-powered pirate cartoon" I've been watching for the past 20 years. In the end, painting the Mona Lisa with water colours is just not possible. The best you can hope for is for your water painting to bring out the same feelings you had when you looked at the Mona Lisa. If you do it right, your little sibling who bumps into your water drawing will realise that the Mona Lisa is something truly unique and incredible in its own right... ...and will strive to one day look at the Mona Lisa with their own eyes to experience more of the feelings your water drawing brought out from them.
I've always though stretchy versions of characters brought to live action looked silly and odd... but Luffy look GREAT! It just works! I LOVE IT... and by the way I am not even a manga or anime fan, I just LOVE solid live action films and shows!!
Well to people who haven't watched any OP before this it is. Give them some leeway. But I get they're somehow constrained by budget considering how expensive CGI and VFX is.
Unlike the majority, in not all, of the prior adaptations the writers, showrunners, and cast are or have become fans of the manga/anime. The primary reason for this is because the author of the manga (Eiichiro Oda) is an executive producer for the show and had creative control over the stories. Also, this show, for now, doesn't try to shove wokeness and inclusivity down your throat just for the sake of wokeness and inclusivity. 14:54 Even though the subtitles show, "Gum Gum," I always hear him saying, "Gumagum.
i understand that Ussop main trait is LYING and many new fans or viewers dont like him because of that.. other negative trait of him is he is weak and a coward.. all true but for a long time fans/readers/viewers, most of the times, Ussop dont LIE but just sharing some SPOILERS
17:15 Just so you know, there will be no romances between the Straw Hats. Oda made it clear that he won’t let that happen because this is aimed at young boys and young boys generally aren’t interested in romance
You think it’s stupid for Luffy to think a ship can talk? Boy are you in for a ride🤣
im excited! it was so stupid and goofy and made me love him. what a guy
Good implementation of future story elements, same thing with arlong's speeches about the wg.
Ussop is the one strawhat that takes a while to warm up to. His character arc is all about starting annoying to figuring out his stride.
And sad, no shipping on the Strawhat crew. Oda does not want romance between them as they are all married to adventure. Not to say there's no romance options outside the crew though, lol.
Also in canon, the author is adamant that the crew won't have any romantic ship, but shipper go forth 😂
i didn't know that! but it makes sense and i like it even more now! having no romantic ships on the crew makes their relationship focused more on friendship and found family, that's so cool thanks for that
Oh my GOD, somebody other than me thinks the puppet Transponder Snails are super-adorable rather than creepy?! I'M NO LONGER ALONE!
Regarding valuing writers: I think the best way to ensure writers are treated well is to clear out the writers' room full of incompetent nepotism hires, get one or two, maybe three but certainly no more than three, writers who are passionate about their craft, and pay them the same amount that you would have paid the 10+ nepo-babies.
I think the close ups thing might be a direct nod to the manga/anime presentation. These are drawn mediums, so when you want to really show emotion, you often really get in close to the faces, so you literally have more space to draw things. Also because the way the costs of anime production go, especially in the old days when it was hand drawn instead of CGI, if you pop the full face in frame and only animate the mouth for a few seconds or a minute, you actually save a lot on paying animators...
I'm glad you enjoyed it, hopefully you watch the One Piece anime next. (You resemble 'Crip Daddy' so much if he wasn't disabled. Miss that dude, RIP.)
I agree - this Neflix live action version is a GREAT way to get into the One Piece Story and characters!
YES! Please do taht other video! I just discovered you today and would LOVE to hear you go over more One Piece stuff! And any other fiction stuff you wanna go over. I like listening to you.
will do! thank you so much. you are kind!
I do hope this live action show does get another season because its genuinely fun to watch this show! Probably one my new favorite shows this year! Also good video, I genuinely agree with all of your opinions!
Thankfully they got renewed for a season 2 a couple weeks after it came out
4:22 capping off an otherwise sincere and emotional scene with a joke or jab at the vulnerability just displayed is one of my least favourite things!! It’s called lampshading and is weird because it can make the audience feel cringe for getting invested in the sincerity of the characters even tho you’d think that’s what the show wants… sorry this made me rant😭😂
exactly! it makes us feel a bit cheated for getting invested in the sincerity! i absolutely agree
I really, really hope that this show got successful
Great and earnest analysis!
Subbed!
Thank you! That is so kind
I liken any adaptation to trying to paint an oil painting with water colours or crayons.
Novels, comic books, manga and anime offer the author completely different sets of tools to engage and grip the audience. And because those tools are vastly different from medium to medium, something that works in one medium doesn't necessarily translate well to another.
Take the literary device of the "inner monologue" for example. It's great when you read it in novels, comics and manga, but using it in live action and animation means you are going to lose your audience. So, when adapting the inner monologue you need to find other ways to get your point across.
Going back to the analogy: Imagine having the task to paint the Mona Lisa with water colours. How do you do it? You could try to do a one-to-one recreation of the painting but that won't really do justice to the Mona Lisa because oil colours blend in different ways than water colors. What you will get is a pale imitation of the Mona Lisa.
This is why most Japanese live-action adaptations don't work by the way. They transfer the source material *exactly* as it is on screen and the result is often not something you can take seriously.
So painting the Mona Lisa with water colors doesn't quite work if you do it accurately. What actually works is using the water colors and the base of the Mona Lisa to create in your own way, with your own set of tools, something that invokes the same *feeling* you get while seeing the original Mona Lisa.
So the adaptation is now not a question of "how do I translate the original on screen" but rather "what does the original make me feel".
Ultimately, what does the original *mean* for me?
This is why most Western adaptations don't work. Most of them are made by people who just don't get the source material and in some cases even actively hate it. And their lack of connection shows on screen.
The main reason the Cowboy Bebop adaptation didn't work was because it's clear that the people who made it were not fans of the original. They didn't get excited when Spike displayed his unique brand of martial arts on the first episode, almost dancing to Yoko Kanno's iconic music. They didn't laugh at Fay Valentine's introduction. They didn't get shocked when they found out Spike's past. They didn't cry at the final "Bang" on episode 25 and didn't bawl their eyes out when "The real folk blues" was heard one final time on screen.
Ultimately, Cowboy Bebop didn't actually *mean* anything to them. It was just a paycheck. And their indifference showed on screen at the abomination that ended up being the end result. Because the people who made the adaptation felt nothing, the audience ended up receiving nothing.
If you feel nothing when you look at the Mona Lisa, what are you doing repainting it in the first place?
The main reason the live adaptation of One Piece worked was that the source material was important to the people who made it. Matt Owens, the show's writer and producer has gone on record to say that One Piece saved his life and many of the actors involved either were fans of the franchise (Mackenyu & Emily Rudd) or became invested afterwards (Skylar & Godoy).
The people who made the Live-Action adaptation of One Piece did a good job of transferring the feeling of reading One Piece on screen because it *meant* something to them. They each put a piece of their love and their soul on screen and the result was something brilliant.
They didn't just please old fans they bought new fans into the franchise because they knew One Piece was amazing in its own merits and knew that if they made something that gave you the *feeling* of reading the original One Piece, other people would find it amazing as well.
Was the One Piece adaptation perfect? Not by a long shot (Usopp's was mishandled IMO). It was however a perfect representation of how One Piece actually *feels* and for that it will also have a special place for me.
If for nothing else in that it got the people close to me to *finally* understand what was so special about that weird "Japanese super-powered pirate cartoon" I've been watching for the past 20 years.
In the end, painting the Mona Lisa with water colours is just not possible. The best you can hope for is for your water painting to bring out the same feelings you had when you looked at the Mona Lisa. If you do it right, your little sibling who bumps into your water drawing will realise that the Mona Lisa is something truly unique and incredible in its own right...
...and will strive to one day look at the Mona Lisa with their own eyes to experience more of the feelings your water drawing brought out from them.
the wigs kinda grew on me, its just adds to the surreal and weird of the world
I've always though stretchy versions of characters brought to live action looked silly and odd... but Luffy look GREAT! It just works! I LOVE IT... and by the way I am not even a manga or anime fan, I just LOVE solid live action films and shows!!
It's good because it's pretty much the same as the source material. And the source material is good. Has been for 20+ years and still going strong.
Great video.
I enjoyed your video.❤❤❤
And them putting two or three episodes into one episode is smart and better than doing a bunch of seasons
22:14 For the most part. His nose is slightly different in the manga, but it’s mostly accurate.
Agreed with Luffy's OG outfit, it looked so crusty. Hope they fix it next season
Arlong looks fine do you know how fishmen look? Exactly lmao
Well to people who haven't watched any OP before this it is. Give them some leeway. But I get they're somehow constrained by budget considering how expensive CGI and VFX is.
i dont know who you are dude but im impressed by your writing tho i may agree/disagree on some stuff . its nice to see people excel
thank you! that is so kind
Sanji is honestly better personality wise in the live action.
Unlike the majority, in not all, of the prior adaptations the writers, showrunners, and cast are or have become fans of the manga/anime. The primary reason for this is because the author of the manga (Eiichiro Oda) is an executive producer for the show and had creative control over the stories. Also, this show, for now, doesn't try to shove wokeness and inclusivity down your throat just for the sake of wokeness and inclusivity.
14:54 Even though the subtitles show, "Gum Gum," I always hear him saying, "Gumagum.
i understand that Ussop main trait is LYING and many new fans or viewers dont like him because of that.. other negative trait of him is he is weak and a coward.. all true
but for a long time fans/readers/viewers, most of the times, Ussop dont LIE but just sharing some SPOILERS
Filipino?
17:15 Just so you know, there will be no romances between the Straw Hats. Oda made it clear that he won’t let that happen because this is aimed at young boys and young boys generally aren’t interested in romance