I Watched EVERY Hollywood Anime Adaptation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- I watched every Hollywood Anime adaptation, and the pain made me stronger than you can possibly imagine! Also, I ranked them.
#Anime #hollywood #netflix
Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome to HFIL
01:29 - Scott Pilgrim Races The World
04:45 - CG-Eyes
06:35 - Gordon Cryman
09:40 - We Die in a Society
13:02 - Red vs Blue
16:31 - Battlestar Gundlactica
19:24 - Cownet Bopflix
21:24 - Fleshy Gear Solid
25:13 - Bladecrawler
27:13 - Mark Hamill vs Ninja Turtles
30:52 - You're Already Bored
33:33 - A Tale of Two Betrayals
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I don't regret seeing The Last Airbender in theaters on opening night, because it gave me one of my favorite anecdotes. The moment the end credits started rolling, just as people were about to rise from their seats, some guy in the front row bellowed "That was SHIT!" and hurled his 3D glasses at the screen before storming out. The theater erupted in approval for the man who spoke for us all.
I really like to believe that that guy was a young Scott the woz
The Last Airbender, a movie so awful it transcended time and space. After all I shared the exact same anecdote even though relastically speaking it is impossible we were both at the same venue.
@@jasonnchuleft894 Were you at the Alamo Draft House in San Antonio, by any chance?
@@Propanesucka Nope, never been to Texas ^^
@@Propanesucka ayy a fellow San Antonio dude.
You poor Soul
A fate even worse than death
Pinhead: I have such sights to show you
Listening to this audio-only so I can avoid Geoff's fate.
What a peak comment 🤣
@@princeofmassachusetts9535 g👀
I saw The Last Airbender at the midnight showing opening night. About half-way through the film someone stood up and yelled "It's pronounced Aang!" and left the theater. The crowd ended up spending the rest of the film heckling it.
Once again, this was opening night.
Not gonna lie that actually sounds like a really good time!
Provided one went into the theater for that purpose lol
William DeFoe was perfect casting for Ryuk. That's the one thing I liked about that Death Note Adaptation
The chase made me laugh
Willem
@@blissfuldj7627
Thank you for the correction
- A guy also named Willem
@@yourcollegedebt8384 You shall henceforth be known as Billem
YES, despite the movie being shit, I will forever be grateful for Our Lord Dafoe the Shinigami
Nobody gives M. Night enough respect. He created the greatest psychological horror movie of all time, breaking and scarring audiences, and disguised it as a Nickelodeon adaptation.
What a twist!
Truly, Shyamalan ability to scare audience has gone meta. Everybody is horrified everytime he announced new movie, even before knowing what kind of movie he make.
He deserves no respect for what he's done to ATLA.
He had 1... maybe 2 decent movies and they were both accidental.
@@dogoneshame what hes done? The show still is there for you to enjoy. Also i wouldn't call the making of the Sixth Sense Signs and Unbreakable back to back a "accident" considering theyre all classics and no director gets lucky three times in a row with a good film. Not to mention The Visit which is absolutely underrated and one of the best found footage films ever made
@Cameron Harrington 6th sense doesn't hold up on a second watch. He got lucky because he was really the first to do that /type/ of twist. Signs was awful and I don't know why you'd bring it up in his favor. Unbreakable sits at 70%/77% audience on RT... that doesn't scream "classic through the ages."
Got any other clear evidence of his mediocrity you'd like to share with the class?
The final race in Speed Racer is PEAK cinema. I’m not even joking. That one sequence is better than every film from this decade put together.
I feel validated now. I've loved this movie since it first came out in 2008
I'm so happy it's getting the credit it deserves
that movie was fun
Hell, some editing that Final Scene with MY HERO ACADEMIA’S Season 1 Badass Music! And it Fits like a Damn Glove!
Speed Racer was peak Anime for me!
Wish this was true, it is amazing tho
I just watched Speed Racer.
You undersold it. It is now on my list of practically perfect movies, along with the Princess Bride, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan and Spaceballs.
Edit: I left a mean comment for no reason and I feel bad. I am sorry.
@@ereviscale3966 good on you for switching it up and walking back toxicity. The world needs more of that.
@@spaceghostcqc2137 yeah, just because I don't like something doesn't mean I need to hate on it. Unless it's hurting people.
Jesus, this made me remeber that I loved that movie as a kid.
Idk why but I read that as Shrek 2: The Wrath of Khan
I am so glad someone is giving the Speed Racer movie the respect it deserves. My parents got us the speed racer video game (based on the movie) because it was cheaper than mario kart and they thought we wouldn't care. It instantly made me a fan of the film, despite not even knowing it was based on an anime until I was a teenager.
The game was a banger too, I wish there was a sequel
I just found out today that speed racer was an anime and I've owned the movie since it came out
It was a very solid adaptation. Also, seems like it would be a great watch on LSD.
Shyamalan’s Avatar is the movie that taught me that movies could be bad. I remember seeing it in theaters when I was nine. I was a HUGE fan of the show and excited beyond belief for the film. I saw it opening weekend, at a time when my family rarely saw movies in theaters. Afterword, I was just… confused. These were supposedly the characters I loved, the story I knew so well, but they had been warped into something wrong and soulless. Like a serial killer wearing the skin of a loved one. I’ll never forget it.
I unfortunately stood in line for a midnight screening on opening night. I remember leaving the theater with a huge crowd and nobody was really saying anything. Like we were all just leaving a funeral. It was truly a dark time…
wrong yes. soulless... no. this was a passion project for shyamalan and everyone involved. which almost makes it worse since it became such a painful failure
Same here, it was the first movie I got bored of.
How many of us watched this in theaters lol
Same. The theater was so packed that I had to sit in the front row. I was SOOO excited for this. And it was the first movie I left the theaters loathing.
The saddest part of Speed Racer bombing for me is that in a hypothetical sequel the Wachowskis could have brought the best antagonists: The Evil Acrobatic Team. That would've been so awesome.
I have no idea what you folk see in this. Happy you enjoy it, but there is no universe where this is a perfect movie, and only a couple on the fringes of the multiverse where its good. Classic Jeff contrarion hype-takes based off a fever dream.
"The kid and the monkey are genuinely funny!" Sir, how did you even upload this from another planet? This is not an Earth take.
@@ZANcomix …calm down man, it’s not that serious. It‘s just an opinion about a dumb, fun movie. No need to get so heated about it
@@ZANcomix I disagree, but upvoted you anyway because I respect your strength of conviction.
@@KeDe1606 I feel plenty calm. The emotion that I'm feeling is confusion. Genuine SR fans were once rare as cryptids, but now have been sighted all over the comments of this video.
By all means enjoy your thing. I too like terrible movies. But I don't also try to sell a turd (or in this case a pile of neon candy vomit) as a masterpiece.
Similarly, in a better timeline we have a SR movie with Hugo Weaving saying "I'm gonna borrow that clown suit you're wearing, clown!"
It's not mentioned, but I think Pacific Rim's an unofficial contender. I remember thinking "this is the closest to a good live action anime we're gonna get!" my first time watching it.
It's pretty much American Evangelion
@@flatterghast Nah, Evangelion is much different in term of story.
@@flatterghast Del Toro has never seen (at least back when the movie was made) Eva, his main inspirations were oldschool super robots anime, Patlabor, Kaiju movie, and tokusatsu tv shows.
yes! it was heavily inspired by mecha-animes, or so I've heard.
Hell yeah. Same for Kill Bill as an american movie with anime inspiration at its heart
The best things we got out of this were Speed Racer and Battle Angel. Fun fact the actor that played King Piccolo researched for his role and drove the makeup artists nuts about changing the character’s skin color from purple to green and said dedication got him the role as Beerus in the Super series.
James Masters?
James Masters is Zamasu
@@mstevensh Sorry, it was James Marsters who played King Piccolo and voices Zamasu in the English dub. My point still stands that he was dedicated to the source material.
Didn't he apologize about the whole movie?
@@Chris-bz2rf I think a lot of people apologized for that movie. And everyone who hasn’t should
@@Chris-bz2rf I actually was lucky enough to meet him during an autograph session at a convention recently! I mentioned that I really admired his dedication to trying to salvage the role of Piccolo and he said he felt so bad about the whole film, to the point he did the (at least initially?) voice acting of Zamasu as a volunteer to make up for it. So yeah, major props to him. =)
The loss of innocence comment was painfully accurate for me. I was in Middle-School when The Last Airbender came out. My dad had never watched the show, and before I was able to get him to enjoy some Ghibli films and Attack on Titan over the last few years would never go out of his way to watch animation outside of my presence. He did know however, how much I liked the show and was excited to see the movie. Before that point, I hadn't really developed taste in media. I just really enjoyed movies and TV shows. So he took me out to see the movie in the theatre, and oh my god my world was never the same. I absolutely hated it, but I didn't want to tell my dad such because that was the activity that we spent one of his agreed upon with my mom days to be with me. Years later, I was roasting the shit out of the movie with my cousin when visiting for Christmas, and his response was "Oh thank god. I couldn't believe you actually enjoyed that tire fire of a movie." I still have to try to get him to watch the actual show some day.
Same for me. I have been far too desensitized by it to find ANY Hollywood adaptation unwatchable bad. Though after all these years I have recovered enough to find Ex-Arm unwatchable.
@@loadeddemigod2919ex arm really is bottom fiction
@@maestrofeli4259 It truly is all the way down there. Though Last Airbenter Live Action is still leagues bellow it.
@@loadeddemigod2919 ya, thanks to M shalamasdfhaifg, we know know what the bottom of the barrel looks like.
My family loved AtLA so much we entered and won tickets to a pre-screening of Shyamalan's monstrosity. Imagine being a middle schooler, winning a contest, and going to a fancy theater to face that level of disappointment. Needless to say, we have never watched it again
Oh my gosh!!! That sounds unimaginably awful! I'm so sorry
That's like winning a contest to get kicked in the teeth.
wanna know the saddest part. this was a passion project for everyone working on that movie.
You didnt win a prize, you won a punishment
Similarly I watched it in theaters through my church's youth group as a martial arts studio was sponsored a viewing. Only cost was sitting through them trying to pitch us martial arts lessons before the movie started. It wasn't worth it.
When The Last Airbender came out, my father was going to take us to see it. He didn't, because me and my siblings got into a fight about something or other. In retrospect, he really rewarded us for that fight lmao.
"You came here for negativity"
No I didn't. I saw Alita in the thumbnail, and I think it didn't get enough attention. I still hold out hope that it'll get a sequel, and show it to anyone I know that likes anime or great female leads.
Unlike the plethora of directors who pump average cinema out at blistering speeds for quick millions. Cameron likes to take his time on the good projects... With the exception of anything blue skinned perhaps.
Thank god it didn't get enough attention. The decision to follow the OVA and not the manga was a bad one. They also missed the grittiness of Alita's world. I honestly don't think they have the balls to tackle the story of Alita, it is seriously gruesome, even more so going forward.
@@jase276what, you dont think they'll have the grotesquely overweight, wheelchair bound people eating cooked babies during a meeting in the next movie?
It probably will, but this is James Cameron, so don't expect it THIS decade.
@@Lord_necromancerwait huh which arc? I’ve read Battle Angel and New Order and I genuinely can’t remember that moment… is it a Mars Chronicle thing?
I am so happy that people are finally starting to realize how beast mode Speed Racer is. They took all the weird and wacky stuff from the anime and actually made it work in a live action movie. Much like Jeff mentioned they took a boy and his monkey sidekick and actually made it not only work but one of the funniest parts of the movie. I stand by Speed Racer being the best anime adaption.
It's the second in my list. I liked Alita better
I need to rewatch it the first time I saw it I had fun then my view was shape by internet idiots and view it negatively maybe now it be more positivity
@@USSAnimeNCC- The lesson here, never let anyone tell you how to feel. If you had fun in the beginning than no amount of uncultured swines should be able to change your mind.
Definitely a film that I missed out on when it came out. I tend to forget that Speed Racer was one of the first anime’s I was exposed to as a kid back in the early 90s (before I had any clue what anime was). The anime probably doesn’t hold up today but I loved that show when it was on TV.
I would have never watched it if it hadn't been on one of the four channels I had while stuck in a hotel once. Saw enough of it to convince me that I should check it out sometime. It was surprisingly fun.
I saw 'The Last Airbender' on opening night in 2010. One thing I clearly remember about that night--besides being confused and disappointed--is that there was a girl in the audience cosplaying as one of the warriors of Kiyoshi, and she had clearly put a lot of time and effort into the costume; I felt sorry for her because Shyamalan completely purged them from the story.
See it as a mercy. They were spared.
Wait, he did? There was even promo imageey of Suki, though?!
@@zenogias01 They were cut out in post production to meet time constraints. Apparently, Shyamalan filmed a rather substantial amount of footage of them, but it was removed from the film and never released subsequently. It must be lying around somewhere...
The one good thing about that crime against entertainment was that Yue’s actor went on to play Asami in Korra.
I can't imagine how she felt at that moment. But in retrospect, I hope she takes comfort in knowing that the Koyoshi warriors weren't butchered in this "movie"
Me and my brother saw Speed Racer in the cinema. My GOD! Our minds were blown! We saw what they were going for back then and was super disappointed many people didn't see how awesome this movie truly was. Glad many are starting to see what a gem this movie is.
My mother grew up with the original Speed Racer cartoon, and while I as the child did not want to see it, my mother did. And so we watched it on the big screen. The actions scenes made it worth it.
In hindsight Speed racer bombing is a tragedy. They tried something so out of the box and true to the anime style in live action it scared any studio from ever trying it again. It's a massive swing and nothing looks anything close to it (apart from Scott Pilgrim) and thats a crying shame! And Alita was so good
Not only it is sad that it bombed, but all the people that still dismiss it as garbage
i feel vindicated. kid me loved that movie and just assumed that being a kid i had shitty taste.
@Jiji Sai oh know ya dont i played the yakuza games youre not getting me with that made up cult based on a real cult so they could make fun of it.
@@abiean222 I'm the same. There are plenty of movies that I liked as a kid that I now recognize don't really hold up. When I heard how much people disliked Speed Racer, I kind of assumed it was one of those. Now I might go back and check it out. Maybe young me had better taste than I give him credit for.
Doesn't help that the one thing we can compare it to also bombed. Scott Pilgrim's box office is even less than I expected at 47 million worldwide on an 85 million dollar budget
I think if you took netflix death note and changed every character's name (except maybe ryuk, he can stay lol) it would've been a lot better received as an interesting new death note story instead of an adaptation of the original that dropped so many of the most beloved and iconic aspects of it
On a similar note, that was my main gripe with the Power Rangers movie. If you're going to change so much anyway, don't try to pretend the characters are the ones from the original thing.
The main problem in here is the structure of production, when making high budget films producers need collateral to fall back on, that usually comes as big names in the industry since that's bound to bring in viewers, if you're trying to convince an executive to make a live action adaptation of a popular work they will stick as closely as possible in all the marketable characteristics, the industry doesn't want revolution or change, it wants predictable results
I am once again begging people to check out the Japanese live action Death Note, which is fucking perfect.
Better than the anime, better than the manga, the most satisfying ending EVER
@@PanAndScanBuddy just watch the death note drama at this point
My headcanon for the American film is that Ryuk is fruitlessly trying to relive his days with Light Yagami. The one-chapter sequel showed Ryuk trying to give the Death Note to someone with top grades like Light Yagami. American Death Note is Ryuk wondering if someone with the same given name will be any better.
I remember seeing The Last Airbender in Imax with my brother, Dad and uncle and I was so excited. The only thing I remember was walking out of the theater, and my dad asking "How was it?" And I simply replied, purely emotionless from an 11 year old, "I think it was bad?"
I'll never forget when I was in the theater watching Speed Racer with a friend for the first time, brought tears to my eyes cause I remember being like 5 watching the vhs with my mom in the living room & when it was over we both were feeling like kids again leaving the theater, the Wachowskis sisters made a fucking masterpiece
Akira Toriyama coming back to db out of sheer disgust is actually hysterical, but also really heartwarming. It's nice to see proof the creator of such an influential, respected, and hella profitable series cares about it as much as fans do, not just as something to milk money out of but something that means something.
Videl Had Possibility's
It's pathetic to continue your shitty franchise just because of an equally shitty adaption
@CreatorsFreedom!!! I liked videl, a lot, and definitely wish she could have gotten more than she did.
But did she really have much chance? It's not like she could have been trained into hitting the power scaling. She could have been given some sort of interesting backstory that would have been conveyed in a line or two, some side job like being lara croft...but in terms of the actual shows focus?
She's a very supportive partner. But the second broly kinda showed her peak unfortunately. 😞
@@FFKonoko her character was Shaffted after spocavich broke her ribs and fracked her spine , then she get's thrown into a power house with the Kai's Buu e/c
- BUT the Z fighter's could have trained with her to make use of energy attack's maybe even master Kaio - ken sadly most of the " human " character's gave up fighting by then except for Tian
Evolution was bad but Super wasn't that much better either, he had like 2 decades to think about a continuation and GT as an example of what not to do, but nah BoG was about the most decent thing that came out of Super, then everything after felt like toriyama was just barely trying, the anime being rushed just months after Resurrection of F, so i wouldn't give them much credit as to say "not just as something to milk money out of" cuz its definitely the case lets be real.
I remember getting Speed Racer on DVD when I was a kid. Totally shrugged it off and kept it on my shelf for years. Then, in high school, I randomly watched it with friends, expecting a disaster. We were blown away by how much we actually liked it. Fantastic film and adaptation.
no... no it really wasn't
@@jamaaldagreatest2748 you do you, bro. You do you.
@@jamaaldagreatest2748 Well a clip of the final race is on youtube. It has 6 million views with over 50 thousand likes over 1.9 thousand dislikes. Say what you want but clearly majority disagree with your opinion.
Indeed it was.
I'm with you there all the way, watched as a kid, was fun and emotional by the time the movie ended, watched as a adult, it was all fun and extremely emotional now that I fully understood all of its heartful scenes, besides Ruruoni Kenshin in adaptation, it's amazing
I remember seeing Speed Racer in theaters as a kid. That movie was a GEM. I need to rewatch it immediately.
Speed Racer is a masterpiece. I think if it wasn’t advertised as “from the creators of the Matrix,” a lot more people would’ve loved it.
Edit: For anyone who loves it as well, the Story Break boys had an episode breaking the story for a Speed Racer 2 movie and it has one of the best subplots I’ve ever heard, lmao.
They tried to do "from the creators of The Matrix" with Cloud Atlas and that one did poorly. I think Speed Racer was just too ahead of it's time. Audiences just weren't ready for it.
I find it funny that Sharkboy and Lavagirl was mentioned as a way of comparing low-grade, but then immediately the next movie is Alita battle angel and Robert Rodriguez is being called prodigious. I love how one Creator can make both kinds of films
It's like perfect duality.
Shark boy and lava girl reminds me of Naruto
@@mrkaji8913 interesting, I haven't heard that before. What reminds you of Naruto?
I mean we all have some things we aren't the most proud of and somethings that just worked
@@shivamarya5225 not all. I can point to RR's best friends and director, Quinten Tarantino as an example. But yes, most of us do :)
Speed Racer is my dad’s favorite anime - grew up with it and has so many toys from his childhood with him. When the movie came out, of course he dragged me to theaters to watch and I happily went, knowing enough of the series through him, and I was so blown away at how cool and how much of an anime it felt for a film. When we heard about the reactions from others online, it made my dad a little sad, but he only said “if they say it to my face, then we will just have to watch it together!” He has several DVDs of the movie now and every once in a while will rewatch it.
I had never heard of the Speed Racer anime before I saw the movie, and I really enjoyed it. I thought it was an interesting story with a cool set of characters, it was the first racing movie I saw that actually made the racing interesting to watch, and I really appreciated its commentary on what happens when there's too much money in organized sports.
Speed racer is godlike and I agree with your dad 100%
I grew up with speed racer
i loved the movie so much as a kid, It was annoying for my siblings. unfortunately we only have a single DVD copy
When I was young, 『マッハGoGoGo』was very popular in Japan. Unfortunately it wasn't my thing (I was more "Ultra 7" girl then), but I still sang the theme song often to remember its words. Twenty years after, I married my American husband to find out that he grew up with "Speed Racer" TV anime. We sing the theme song in bilingual.
Speed Racer is one of my genuine favorite movies of all time, I love it just as much as an adult as I did when I was younger. The writing is so tight and symbolic in ways a young audience can grasp (especially the contrast in Pops' talks with Rex and Speed where he's determined to never push his son away again), but the themes are adult enough to hit hard once you grow up and understand just how unfair the world is. It's an incredibly emotional story only made better by absolutely fantastic action, and you find yourself truly rooting for Speed even in the first race. He and the Racer family are set up so quickly and effectively as characters that it beats most first episodes of anime I've seen, and the climax of the movie ties their arcs together so satisfyingly. You get a better sense of Speed's family and friends supporting him to victory than most Shounen manage with the Power of Friendship, and it makes the cartoony, extravagant world feel completely real. It's such a good time, and I always come away from it glad to have seen it again! Plus the soundtrack is boss, I love to listen to it while doing mundane work.
i watched alita with my family and had a food time, but her eyes sent me to the uncanny valley
Which is perfect, because she is in fact something that closely resembles a human but is not. So The uncanny valley effect is exactly what you should feel when looking at her!
I was so confused at reading this, it made me think you were nauseous and having stomach problems from her eyes due to mentioning 'food.' XD
I really wish the Guillermo del Toro idea of adapting Monster comes up again. With recent success in Pinocchio and Pluto finally coming out in netflix. Just need someone to put 2 and 2 together, it is time for that to happen please.
agreed brother. We need someone to make Monster either a real live series or a movie. but we need it so much of older animes could make awesome mature movies
i havent seen Monster, but if theres someone with almost enough power in Hollywood to consistenly bring his weird visions to life, and respects and loves animation and horror is Guillermo del Toro
I'm watching Monster right now (and loving every bit of it) and I've been thinking how it could actually work really well as a live action series. If someone like Del Toro makes it, I would actually be excited
There's no Western media competent enough to make monster without implementing all those western modern nonsense...
Guillermo del Toro is definetly not the right person to direct/produce Monster. That story needs someone different.
The two Guyver movies practical effects and costumes have aged amazingly, holy cow the costumes look good.
i think the guy who designed the suits for either the first or both is the guy behind the Slipknot masks.
@@lizerdspherex Japanese sfx legend Screaming Mad George, yes
Guyver 2 was an awesome surprise. I enjoyed the first, but loved the second film even more. It was wild, mature, but also gave everyone layers, goodies or baddies. Makes me wish there was a 3rd film
Btw David Hayter is awesome in real life too.
Guyver Dark Hero is an underappreciated gem that deserves to be double featured with Dredd 2013 as two movies that deserved higher budgets and should get a sequel.
For sure. Dark Hero introduced me to Guyver, then I saw the OAVs and became a life long fan. Shame that the manga seems to have just fizzled out.
The manga needs a revival too! It’s been sleeping in it’s hiatus mode for years due to its creator’s own health issues.
@@SlapstickGenius23 I thought the rumor was that he gave up drawing manga after one of his assistants passed away and he became a dentist. He did take on another artist to finish one of his other series though, so I've read there's some hope of that happening...
I am so glad you have Speed Racer up top. I loved it when it first came out and I was flabbergasted when it performed poorly. I was vaguely familiar with the anime remembering snippets but could see how it influenced the movie. So reading the negative reviews was surreal. Also thanks for making the list on other anime movies that I might take a crack at watching.
I’ve been bullied into submission by my takes on the Death Note movie, but I still stand on the fact that it felt too short. If it were, say, a six episode series with an hour in each episode, I feel like that would’ve alleviated the pacing issues I had and allowed it to explore everything it wanted to.
pacing?
no one gave a shit about the pacing
the writing was just bad
I found the other fan! That makes 3 of us! I haven't seen the anime, and feel unfairly bullied by how decent I think it is lmao
@@swans184 ive seen the movie with pretty much no memory of the anime(only seen a few episodes as a kid)
and the movie still sucked
ive asked people who watched the movie without watching the anime
all say the movie sucked
so I think the amount of bullying is understandble
@adam the pacing was the largest issue with the movie. The writing itself was decent enough, at least on par with the original anime adaptation(not a hard bar to reach though).
@@casteanpreswyn7528 the writing of the movie wasnt even close to the anime
decent?
the writing makes geniuses=idiots
there is barely any amount of good writing in the whole movie
meanwhile the anime is full of actually good writing
Thank god Speed Racer is finally getting the love it deserves. It’s my favorite movie of all time and I love it so much
Never understood why it flopped or the hate, pure fun
@@TrueGamer22887 horrible marketing
My main issue with the live action deathnote is the character names. There are plenty of death notes out there and a whole school of detectives trained to be the next L.
So if they just changed the background of light and L to be two other guys set after the original series it could have played exactly the same and I would have liked it.
If I had a nickel for every time David Gale played a creepy psychic in an American adaptation of a foreign body horror story I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen that joke.Not only would I have 5 nickels,I wouldn’t be able to spend them due to living in Britain.but it’s weird it happened 5 times anyway
TLA has 2 ideas I think are actually interesting:
- Aang’s tattoos being more intricate than the solid blue was a decision I will wholeheartedly defend.
- the climax where Aang wards off the Fire Nation invasion by showing not just his power, but his restraint. The action tells us and the invading army that he could wipe them out at once, but chooses mercy. I don’t think the arc is set up well in the rest of the film at all, but it would be good in foreshadowing his future internal conflict over how to handle the fire lord.
I guess a third thing is that Aang’s halfhearted acceptance of his responsibility as the Avatar at the end sold his internal conflict pretty well.
By no means do I think these things save the movie, I just think they’re interesting adaptational changes.
the movie is pure garbage and I will never defend the nepo/r*cist casting, the bad effects, the terrible action choreography, or most anything else, but aang’s tattoos in the adaptation were incredible and I will defend whoever made that choice with my whole soul
the tattoos look crap.
I do like what they did with the tattoos.
I agree with the tattoos being an awesome choice.
The only other thing that was kinda cool, but only because M. Night broke how it was supposed to work, was Iroh being the only Firebender able to bend fire without needing it around. It's still absolute horsecrud that Firebenders need fire around them to begin with. But since they broke it anyway, at least the scene with Iroh being the exception was kinda cool. Kinda. It's the only thing I remember from the movie when I watched it in theaters, and I was a teen, aside from the Earthbender scene.
@@The_Game_Guru It's also the only part that I remember lmao, probably because Iroh was like probably my favourite character too. I haven't watched the movie since it was in cinemas when I was like 10 and fortunately the rest of it has been erased by the merciful passage of time. Actually, I also remember having to stop watching for like 10 minutes in the middle because 3d movies (fuck those things, seriously) give me a headache. It speaks volumes that I haven't watched the actual Avatar animation in probably just as long but still remember almost all of it.
In a different timeline, the netflix Bebop team was smart enough to pitch the adaptation as an action-comedy anthology series set in the Cowboy Bebop universe with John Cho and Mustafa Shakir as the reacurring characters and no one could have complained, it might have run long enough to launch a different show that properly adapts the anime storyline but they bit more than they could chew and made a terrible first impression.
The trailer made me think it was like an in-universe adaptation of the Cowboy Bebop story with Spike playing himself. Which would have been pretty fun lol
@@swans184 how would that make any sense?
The funniest part of the whole show is that the whole "it's actually pretty good, when the main plot isn't happening" is what people have said time and time again about the original. In that way, it does kind of adapt the spirit of the original a bit.
That would have been great!
that way they could have cut loose with their own ideas while simply using the setting of Bebop as a baseline
I've gotta be honest, I didn't know Dragon Ball Evolution was even a real film. From what I'd heard about it (which was basically just the title) I thought it might have been like a fan project or something at most. To find out that not only is it a real thing I can go watch (but won't), but that it was in fact an official adaptation is genuinely surreal.
Had no idea *Edge of Tomorrow* was based off a manga. Loved that movie. I watched it last year, I think - on one of my many cruise binges. I had watched *War of the Worlds* and didn't care for it but then watched that and was like NOW THATS ATOM CRUISE ALIEN MOVIE I CAN GET BEHIND! *EoT* made me really happy watching it and I almost watched it again, haha.
The sad thing is that I think Dev Patel would have made a fantastic Zuko if given the opportunity and not whatever what came out was. He has acting chops and martial arts background for it.
The Last Airbender is similar to the Twilight franchise in that the cast is mostly solid, minus every Water Tribe character should have been played by Inuit actors instead of White ones, they're all just trapped in a dogshit movie together, with not nearly enough to actually go off of for their performances.
Dev Patel is an amazing actor.... still dont think he's Zuko tho. Still felt like the only actor in that movie who can act lol.
I have been made fun of relentlessly for loving SpeedRacer on the first watch and holding in my top 5 movies for a long time. I can’t express how much it makes me glad that it is being given its due praise finally.
haha same, i feel validated now
As a kid I drove my mom insane asking her to reborrow this movie from the library. How that I’m grown up I have a whole new appreciation of it. It’s such a feel good movie.
Speed Racer it’s such a gem. Would love the full essay treatment!!
THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT SPEED RACER! I've been in love with it since it released back in the day, it surely deserves more love
I always thought that if the Death Note movie had used different character's then it would have been really cool. Just using different names and maybe a mention of a Kira event could have made this movie stand out as it's own story and help build out the world of the manga and anime.
Right? I always thought it should have been an "what if the death note falls in America next" and you treat it as a sequel of sorts. You can even say that that's why the gringo kid calls himself Kira and you have another detective because L is dead and all that. And the movie can be exactly the same and it would work much better!!
This is honestly what I want from so many of these adaptations. We already have the OG thing that tells the initial story, we know what the world's about. Give me some other tale in that setting that I can extrapolate even more of the world from.
Cosmonaut said the same thing: “ If that movie had a different title and had different names, people would’ve watched it. The same people who caused Suicide Squad to blow up would’ve loved this garbage
@@trident042 i can definetly see this to a point i just think it's funny in this context because dragon ball evolution is honestly not entirely off from that same deal.
now i'm not going to sit here and pretend it was a good movie and definetly not a good adaption but if you allow yourself to go away from the source material a bit i thought a lot of it was honestly enjoyable.
Il Neige's review pointing out how it could be almost entirely fixed if you simply added Krillin to the story as Gokus friend opened my eye to how close it was to actually being entirely enjoyable(at least under the same judgement that we allow death note to be)
I have been DYING for Geoff to talk about the live-action Speed Racer and I'm so glad that it's been bundled with the Worst Hollywood Anime Films as well.
Thank you for the warning, the reverse physiological was happening until I heard panic in your voice. You saved me
I'll always remember one night when I was a child, my mom had rented Speed Racer from Blockbuster and we stayed up late at night watching it blown away with how beautiful and surreal the film was.
I will forever love the live action Speed Racer film. Ever since it first came out. When people told me they hated it or said it was bad, I didn't understand why. The movie was fun and emotional at times. Maybe it was just my kid brain at the time, but when I got the chance to re-watch it again when it was available on Netflix, I felt the same excitement as I did back then. I'm glad some people gave it a 2nd chance years later. The movie is just fun. That's the best way I can summarize Speed Racer in a single word. Fun
I regret not seeing that movie on the big screen. I bought it on DVD a few years later and I immediately thought that the Wachowski sisters did exactlly what should have been done with an anime adaptation. They got it so right.
Made at the wrong time at that time I think people admitting to liking anime was pretty low. Especially with this film diving head first into its anime style directing. Also got to remember that this film came out Ironman 1 and The Batman came out.
We misjudge that film to early due of bad anime movies. It really holds up to this day
It's a great film that feels like Speed Racer and it's own thing. I love that movie.
speed racer has been living in my head ever since i saw it as a kid so having reaffirmations about it being one of the best anime adaptations feels very gratifying
Saw speed racer in theaters when I was 14 and loved it. I should give it a rewatch!
Dude, I saw speed racer 2008 in theatres. As a fan of the original mach go go go, I'm glad more people are seeing it
Honestly a little jealous you got to experience that
@@mothersbasement YOu missed Pacific Rim
@@mothersbasement I saw it in imax and the final race sequence was literally a physical experience, I have been chasing that feeling ever since and nothing has compared.
Same, saw it in a theater as well and I enjoyed it and bought it on disc later on.
@@Naburu360 sounds like you did the cinematic version of heroin.
"I guess that's better than movies that permanently scar the fanbase." *Kenshiro's heavy-hearted look at camera* ...peak editing, Jeff.
Credit goes to Adamnator for that cut
I am so happy you talked about Speed Racer. I have loved it since i saw it in theaters in 2008. I rewatched it last year and it holds up brilliantly.
Clicked on this video as an excuse to hear flagrantly praise for 2008's masterpiece Speed Racer. Thank you for not disappointing and putting the goods right up front and center. I'm always glad to see one of my favorite movies of all time finally get it's dues.
I’m genuinely _so happy_ that this video means more people will check out Speed Racer because that is my all-time favorite movie, and the only thing I can think of that remotely on its level is Everything Everywhere All at Once.
It is a bona fide masterpiece of color, emotion, and respect to the source material.
Thanks, Geoff.
I definitely wanna check it out after sering this, especially hearing how he compared it to Scott Pilgrim, and that there are sooo many comments saying how lots of people have loved it!
SAME!!!!!
Have you seen Scott pilgrim vs the world? How does it compare for you?
As a kid I never even noticed it was so chaotic and a lot of things happening and all 💀
@@princessthyemis be warned the video and the comments have overhyped it. It's really interesting and has some great bits.
Yes most people misunderstood it and hated it or never saw it for the wrong reasons.
But people pushing the film have really decided to ignore the massive flaws in it.
I loved Speed Racer the first time I saw it, and I was downright flabbergasted when I saw critics and patrons just dumping on it. I'm so glad to hear people come around on it, because it is absolutely stellar, hands down a movie I'd gladly watch over and over again.
Speed Racer stuck with me as a kid because of the piranha scene. I went back to watch it as an adult and my god it’s a masterpiece.
"This film... taints... souls." These are the overblown yet entirely accurate lines of scripts I come to this channel for. Bravo.
Imma watch this video a million times. I want that video games adaptation video.
big agree, would be awesome, especially considering how some anime style games have aged wonderfully compared to realistic styled ones
Really thrilled to hear some love for Speed Racer. I saw that movie in theaters twice, by myself (cause none of my friends wanted to see it with me) cause it was sooooo good. It's such a shame it wasn't more appreciated. I still love it and watch it sometimes!
Man, as a hard-core fan of your videos, I am saying this is something new, that I got from you, make it a series ❤😂
It’s amazing to think back all those years and remember how devastated I was when I heard the live-action Evangelion movie had been cancelled. Oh, the horrors that might have been.
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I will forever stand on the hill that Speed racer is the Vincent van Gogh of movies, and I'm glad you gave it proper appreciation here.
I have been trying to find The Guyver for years - I couldn't remember its name. Or most of the story. I just remembered some of the transformations, and its been something I just couldn't find for years. And now, in this video, you have helped me figure it out!
It's so good seeing some love being show to Crying Freeman. It's by no means a masterpiece or even a great film, but it's very solid with some great scenes and, overall, very satisfying to watch even to this day.
I'm so happy to see Alita up there so high. Alita is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I REALLY hope they finally end up making a sequel.
Disney refuse to follow what Cameron want. Disney want prequel, Cameron want sequel. so the project got scrapped according to Michael Rodriguez
I hope so too. But it's honestly too good a project for Disney. Once Fox was acquired I knew a story as intense as Gunnm was never going to be properly produced by Disney. Cameron had his chance for over 20 years and chose to wait until it was no longer his choice. He wanted his legacy to be about a derivative group of blue aliens and not the dark cyberpunk masterpiece that inspired him in his youth. That was his choice, sadly.
@@boboboy8189 I fucking hate Disney so much.
@@boboboy8189 when did he say that?
Yeah the only bad thing about that movie is we might never get the sequel
I have long maintained that Willem Dafoe's Ryuk is reason enough for the Death Note movie to exist, regardless of how you might feel about other aspects of the movie.
And in a similar way, I found James Marsters' Picolo to make Dragon Ball Evolution almost bearable. Even if the movie was crap, you could tell he wanted to be there and really cared about the source material.
Actually, there is one good thing that came out of The Last Airbender. The soundtrack.
You say that but i honestly dont recall anything about the soundtrack, i guess i was so filled with disappointment that nothing could penetrate my cold heart on that day
he definitely did, he was literally the reason Piccolo was Green. otherwise he was just going to be a guy.
It’s a horrendous movie with some hilariously dumb moments but Dafoe’s Ryuk was great.
Oh, and also the soundtrack for the game based on the last airbender movie. Which was created by Mick Gordon of Doom fame!
Hamasaki Ayumi's song Rule from her single Rule/Sparkle was used for Dragonball Evolution's international promotion, and it's actually pretty good. I haven't watched the movie myself so I can't _confidently_ say it's the one good thing to come from it, but I'll say it anyway: it's the one genuinely good thing Dragonball Evolution is responsible for.
I'm glad to see you were able to work in Crying Freeman with the "Hollywood North" technicality.
SO happy to hear your high opinion of Soured Racer. I was almost convinced that I must have been some kind of crazy person for having carried that same torch for so long.. I appreciate the very strong validation on that one. (It really is perfect.)
The sad thing about alita was that it had a sequel set up but because the movie didn’t do well the sequel got heavily delayed at minimum. That movie was honestly so damn good
Here's hoping the Avatar sequel heptalogy funds the Alita sequel.
I went into Alita expecting the worst with no knowledge of the source material, and being really unimpressed with the trailers. I cannot tell you how much I loved it. I should’ve known better than to doubt Robert Rodriguez, he directed the absolute hell out of that movie.
Never ever end your first movie on a cliffhanger - i think that should be a damn law. Make the first film self-contained and determine the audience interest before you build interconnected sequels.
I can’t wait to see the internet implode on itself if a sequel introduces Alita’s trans younger brother named Sechs. Whether they change this, leave it alone or remove him entirely, people are going to be angry about it being transphobic, “too woke”, or both.
Kinda... One is that there was no sequel planned initially, in fact the cliffhanger ending was nearly done at the last minute. It was suppose to be open ended in "A New Hope" sort of way, but they were very optimistic for its grossing success and threw an uncredited Edward Norton in with a slapped together mad scientist outfit.
Also two, about that grossing... you're not technically wrong but not right either. It didn't do too well in the US but everywhere else garnered it just enough returns to even out its budget... supposedly. Basically it did as well as the Warcraft movie.
This evened out "success" is part of why Disney is on the fence with continuing it. Most likely spanning it off into a low budget TV show.
I genuinely paused the second you put Death Note at 4th best and went to watch it immediately. It's actually a really fun take on Death Note, still not sold on Light being a cowardly heel over being a manipulative genius but it worked. I think if people could separate the original from this adaptation, it would be a lot more well received. The music choice at the Ferris Wheel scene made me burst out laughing. 7/10 very fun
It probably would’ve gotten more praise if they let it be it’s own Death Note side story, maybe the death note falls in America next and this is the story of how quickly things can go sour with someone much less intelligent.
It reminded me of the Japanese TV adaptation, because there were some parallels to the English movie.
it is an ok film, the l actor is pretty good, but the scream scene kills it for me
@@JinxeBlaq they actually did that in the one shot that came out a few years ago. I am not kidding.
As a kid I remember going to see the Speed Racer movie with my family. I remember having a pretty good time, but the one thing that sticks out in my memory was the subtle for a kid ‘monkey wrench’ pun used during a fight scene and I was real proud of myself for noticing that.
I watched Speed Racer on one of those wrap-around IMAX screens and it was incredible. One of my most memorable movie theater experiences.
Happy to see people acknowledging how much fun and special Speed Racer is, my dad who grew up with the original loved it when it came out.
And Crying Freeman getting some love too, one of my mom favorites, and we sometimes watch it again, it's a nice level of cheesiness that only the early 1990s could deliver.
Finding a VHS of the original Guyver movie at a dollar store kinda holds a special place in my heart for how bizarre but high quality it is. Finding out there was a sequel that improved on nearly every aspect has given me an unnecessarily high level of joy and a desire to hunt through vintage stores again.
The Guyver being directed by Screaming Mad George makes the top tier practical effects make sense. Even the album covers for his music have handmade biomechanical nightmares as a graphic
Time to engage as much as possible to get view counts up. I would love to see a video whete you tackle at least a few videogame to film adaptations.
Shoutout to the Rurouni Kenshin film franchise for consistently being ignored by Hollywood in how to make good adaptations.
Last 2 films were terrible
@@murderman8578 I think its a testament that it made it to five whole feature films, while 99% of other live action adaptations never get passed the first try.
@NezeruGaming OK
That doesn't how badly they butchered the last 2 films and changing so much of the Character writing and Scenes
But those are also some of the only good Japanese adaptations, so it's not like the country where anime comes from has a much better live-action track record.
Immediately started to Tear up at the Beginning with your segment on Speed Racer. This has been one of my Favorite movies for a long time and to see it get the love and appreciation it deserves but didn't get back on its initial release fucking melts my heart
Crying freeman's been one of my favourite movies for ages, I'm happy it made the "positive" part of this list ^^ I'll have to rewatch it. Again. :'D I love your reviews, as always, pretty entertaining and informative. Good job ! Take care ^^
THANK YOU for giving Speed Racer it's due!!! It's FUCKING PERFECT and soooo underrated.
I'm just happy that Seychelle Gabriel was able to go on from *that movie* and end up in something in the Avatar universe that was actually good and one of my favorite characters.
Holy shit, she was Asami??? Never knew that, thanks! Also, agreed.
I was working at a movie theater when Speed Racer came out and my friends and I saw it a few times because it was just so much fun. It's an absolute feast for the eyes on a big screen and there isn't an ounce of cynicism to it. That ending sequence will always get me teary-eyed, it's pure joy
Greetings from Germany. Watched Speed racer and liked it, hell of a ride ✌️.
Thanks
Battle Angel Alita is, I think, Robert Rodriguez flexing his muscles by showing he can still do his own thing while working within someone else's constraints. It's not an absolute genre-defining masterpiece but it's very well made and very enjoyable, and doubly so in the world of anime adaptations. Rock-solid is a great thing to be in a microgenre where a lot of entries are disastrous fumbles.
Edge of Tomorrow is absolutely phenomenal - 100% lead me to reading the light novel.
Geoff is my favorite media review channel on TH-cam. His multifaceted takes on anime and films are equal parts thoughtful and funny. That transition from talking about Death Note to talking about Astro Boy seriously made me bust out laughing.
I can't wait to see that ranking of every hollywood videogame adaptation ever made... I can dream
I read the original Alita manga cause my local library happened to have it. And even though the movie felt like it rushed through the story a bit since they covered the whole first major arc in just a short time, I was very statisfied with how they did this movie. The casting and cgi was incredible
I am also a really big fan of the speed racer movie even though I have never seen the original media.
The regret you have for Speed Racer is the same I have for The Adventures of Tintin, I didn't watch it in theaters for fear of it butchering one of my favorite childhood cartoons and was pleasantly surprised at how fantastic it was.
Yes! the tin tin movie is so good. I think the only off putting thing about is the animation, it has that uncanny valley feel to it, similar to the Robert Zemeckis mo-cap animated movies like polar express and beowulf.
11:32 Well Dafoe definitely had the experience needed to get Ryuk right with his prior role as Green Goblin. I'm not actually the most familiar with either Ryuk or Dafoe's Green Goblin but what little I _have_ seen of them definitely gave me similar vibes.
Same, when I watched the trailer for that movie it gave me Spiderman 1 flashbacks wen I heard Defoe’s laugh
I came here to make sure you got Speed Racer right. Good job, carry on.
I'm so glad this man said Speed Racer was nearly perfect. It has and always will be my all time favorite movie.
The Japanese adaptation of death note is my favorite adaptation. It's soooo good, I remember catching it in the movie theaters for a special death note event back in the late 2000s
I saw it in theaters back in 2009 as well! I still remember the crowd gasping and cheering when the movie original ending twist was revealed.
@@Kotsu-ChanRoss it was so hype!
The Japanese one is SO FIRE. I remember watching it for the first time and having to rewatch it immediately after because I was like “that was actually kind of fire”
the ending of L vs Light in that Live Action is way better than the original Death note IMO
L killing himself so Light cant kill him
Light calling out L to stop talking about justice since he is his room all day
Light's father moral debate with Light. "Law isnt perfect because human who made them arent, but it is the proof that human always try for define justice. you wont understand that light because you choose the way that forsaken human's life !"
ahh amazing
I have seen poster artworks for Toei’s live action DevilMan movie, which is perhaps the worst live action movie adaptation of a manga in the history of live action film adaptations.
I remember seeing Speed Racer in theaters. It definitely benefited from embracing the camp of the original. It seems like so many fandom-turned-films are embarrassed to be what they are, be it from anime or from comics, but Speed Racer embraced it and was better for it. I agree that the most reviewers at the time didn't get that it was intended to be a live action cartoon, not a typical Hollywood blockbuster.