ambermonk Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Anything that gets remade by Hollywood is almost a guaranteed fuck-up, especially a cult classic.Might as well just leave Akira alone altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Akira is kinda overrated *hides* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kymppinetti Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hollywood Akira would be fun. *follows Squee* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hollywood Akira would be fun. *follows Squee* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Akira is kinda overrated *hides* Definitely. It is really fucking good tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I treat Akira as a very long music video with some badass music and visuals, in that sense it's pretty fucking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colunga Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 After reading the manga a few times, I cant watch the movie the same. Of course i can stil appreciate the art and the music. But now feels like it has so many holes and is so tiny compared to the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I treat Akira as a very long music video with some badass music and visuals, in that sense it's pretty fucking good.Yeah totally. When it comes to movies, narrative is just a means to an end for me. It's all about the aesthetic experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I treat Akira as a very long music video with some badass music and visuals, in that sense it's pretty fucking good.Yeah totally. When it comes to movies, narrative is just a means to an end for me. It's all about the aesthetic experience. I kinda feel this way about Blade Runner, which I also love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 After reading the manga a few times, I cant watch the movie the same. Of course i can stil appreciate the art and the music. But now feels like it has so many holes and is so tiny compared to the books. It's been a while since I read the entire manga myself. I might sound like a hipster for saying the manga is superior to the movie, but the former goes into way more depth. Kei's aunt Chiyoko and even American troops who were in the manga were absent in the movie. Lady Miyako had a much greater role in the manga as well. Regardless, both the graphic novel and the movie are great - both authored and directed respectively by Otomo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 i never read the manga but considering the time the movie was made, the handdrawn animations, the colours, the music and story i'm still pretty much blown away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I treat Akira as a very long music video with some badass music and visuals, in that sense it's pretty fucking good.Yeah totally. When it comes to movies, narrative is just a means to an end for me. It's all about the aesthetic experience. I kinda feel this way about Blade Runner, which I also love. Another great example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I treat Akira as a very long music video with some badass music and visuals, in that sense it's pretty fucking good.Yeah totally. When it comes to movies, narrative is just a means to an end for me. It's all about the aesthetic experience. I kinda feel this way about Blade Runner, which I also love. I think that's the way everyone who loves Blade Runner feels, considering there's not much in the way of plot or narrative in Blade Runner. I mean, the film's ending, narrative and meaning are completely different between many of the thousand available cuts of the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 FACT: i've never watched blade runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 FACT: i've never watched blade runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 the soundtrack should have tracks from burger/inks-las vegas. i remember the first time i read akira listening to that album. magickal... lolll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm completely distraught. This morning when I read your post I killed my wife and children and am sitting in a clock tower with a sniper rifle as we speak. I just don't know how to process this information Ahahahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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