Comments on: Ghost in the Shell Live Action

By: ken

ken — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:28:39 +0000

Nevermind having Speilburg or Cameron on this film . That two guy can cost production lots of money knowing they can deliver the movie and profit alot from it. But, have people forgot all about Christ Nolan (BATMAN), let Christ Nolan direct this and you can get all the suspend and action in one film.

talking about who can star Motoko.
Jessica Biel or Kate Beckinsale or maybe someone new with great action acting experience.

By: Kugutsuuta

Kugutsuuta — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:54:57 +0000

I hate to say this but Spielberg is busy right now doing “BE A MARINE!!!” kind of films.

By: Timber

Timber — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:56:00 +0000

Besides concerns of them dumbing it down, I’m afraid most American audiences, through ignorance, are going to think the movie is just a rip-off of Blade Runner — not knowing the provenance & franchise. The two had a lot in common. Asked some of the same questions.
You know they will dumb it down, because let’s face it, has anyone actually SEEN an intelligent movie in the last 10 years? I haven’t, have you?
As Peter Wingfield reminded Highlander fans after the abomination of Highlander: The Source, it’s a business. Hollywood’s proven M.O. of late is to try to recapture the same or greater profits of ‘classics’ w half the work and investment. It’s all down to the lowest common denominator.
Rarely does Spielberg even sit in the director chair anymore. So maybe if he produced, and gave the actual direction over to a Japanese director, or at least an American director whose had some success in the dark fantasy genre…..maybe the director of the first few Underworlds. The only way this work is if you get someone who has invested emotionally in the material. Whose a fan. Maybe even the Matrix boys.
But I’ve been burned so many times in the Highlander universe that as much as I would LOVE a live-action of GitS, I’m leery. Hollywood’s track record for treating fandoms like this with respect & dignity is absolutely ZERO.

By: Timber

Timber — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:40:12 +0000

Can’t trust a screenplay. The ORIGINAL screenplay for the last Highlander movie was promising….the RESULT that ended up on film after more than a dozen editors got done with it ABSOLUTELY SUCKED!!!!!

By: Its Auto

Its Auto — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:27:01 +0000

actually – no, there is another fear with that; he’d have James Horner do the music, and we’d have to listen to the exact same soundtrack he’s used for every movie he ever ‘composed’ for XD (When the Na’vi’s tree burned down in ‘Avatar’ and the music kicked in, can you honestly say you didnt picture a German soldier looking down a scope for a Russian sniper?) Hmm… Yeah, scrap Cameron, lolz.

By: Its Auto

Its Auto — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:19:38 +0000

i agree with the comments above that James Cameron should do it. Reason? He is the most unoriginal director out there, but is fantastic at taking other peoples work and making it into a box office success. If anyone was gonna do ‘Ghost in the Shell’ any justice, it’d be him, as he’d have nothing ‘new’ to add to it, just a visually impressive adaptation staying true to the source material! Case in point; ‘Aliens’ – the exact same movie as ‘Alien’, (go to planet, find derelict, guy facehugged, lots of running through industral corridoors, intense self-destruct sequence, massive explosion…we’re all safe – no wait, theres one on the ship, blow it out of the airlock.) same movie, same turn of events in the same order, just with the horror element stripped and throw in a marine squad and powerloader – he recently did the same thing with Pochontas; same story, big budget, throw in some marines and a mech, and called it ‘Avatar’. In fact look at any of his movies (Terminator 2 is ‘The Terminator’ with more terminators, Titanic speaks for itself, lolz) so i give Cameron the thumbs up for ‘Ghost in the Shell’, as we know it’d be safe due to him not being able to make anything of his own, but fantastic visuals! Face it, if we ever wanna see some Fuchikoma action, or experience being plugged into the net in glorious 3D, he’ss the man for the job. My only fear is that Kusanagi would be an aged Sigourney Weaver in a short purple wig XD

By: Lyconman

Lyconman — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:18:24 +0000

I do agree that James Cameron should direct it. I like Steven Spielberg but for movies like Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
Last time he tried to take over a serious relevant project was the A.I. and it was a big blunder. Instead of Articial Inteligence he gave us the story of Pinochio.
If Motoko is not Japanese looking I will not buy into this. No DVD/no Blue Ray purchase

By: Ghostwolf

Ghostwolf — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:41:31 +0000

If the script (screenplay) and direction were to be a collaboration between Spielberg and James Cameron, I don’t see that the film would be near as likely to fail. these are two of the best minds in the business. Even though Cameron is busy with the next Avatar (which probably will not be as good as the first, good but not as good as) he would probably be interested in the challenges offered by this film.

By: SonicEvolution

SonicEvolution — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:26:53 +0000

I have to agree that this has epic fail written all over it. I mean if anybody were to attempt this. I say it be the Wachowski Brothers. I mean at least I know they would do it proper justice. I mean it’s no secret that the Matrix was heavily influenced by GIAS. The only other choice would be James Cameron but he is doing Battle Angel which at least has some hope. What I don’t get is why Hollywood is so afraid of staying true to the source. I mean that is what made it popular in the first place. Every adaption with the exception of Transformers has been an epic fail. I don’t even need to mention DBZ and worse yet that piece of epic crap is getting a sequel lol. Although you guys need to check out this link. Some crazy DBZ CG art which makes me wanna cry. Now why couldn’t DBZ have been like that. It would have been epic. http://felixip.blogspot.com/2010/11/realistic-cg-dragon-ball-z-characters.html

This is one of the few crown jewels that anime has to offer. So it troubles me deeply that DreamWorks got the rights to it. The only reason Production I.G. gave the green light was because of Steven Spielberg’s interest in it. It is always possible that somehow by some miracle this could turn out being good. Although with Hollywood’s current track record I am not holding my breath. The only good news in this long list of adaption nightmares is the Evangelion which was also under consideration is currently MIA. Thank good of small favors.favors as at least one has managed to slip though with it’s degintiy intact.

By: Bo

Bo — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:05:41 +0000

If someone were to actually make this film the way it should be made, it could possibly revolutionize modern Hollywood. Of course capitalism and making money would not change from the industry, but artistry in American movies could give hope to the future of American cinema. I would love to try and make this film the way it should be made, and would not hesitate at the opportunity. But I am not rich or lucky so I greatly fear for Ghost in the Shell live action.