Steven Speilberg's Ghost in the Shell

[Epsilon]

No kidding.

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Epsilon

[Foxboy]

Please, please, PLEASE let Steven get a decent Asian actress for Motoko Kusanagi. And let her actually be Japanese if possible.

I know he can pull off the rest. Here's hoping it doesn't get edited into nonsense by the suits.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[WengFook]

I find it hard to imagine it happening, much less actually visualizing what the film would be like o.o

also I hope they get the right people for the whole of Section 9, not just Motoko. :S
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[Sweno]

This makes me sad, because I know they will cut out a lot of the more complicated mental questions presented in the movie. So it will be 'more
appealing' to us dumb americans.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[WengFook]

sweno wrote:

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This makes me sad, because I know they will cut out a lot of the more complicated mental questions presented in the movie. So it will be 'more
appealing' to us dumb americans.

Dumb moviegoers you mean... yes well dumbing down the plot so the average joe can pick it up is one of the chief causes of a movie sucking I think :S
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[zojojojo]

WengFook wrote:

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sweno wrote:

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This makes me sad, because I know they will cut out a lot of the more complicated mental questions presented in the movie. So it will be 'more
appealing' to us dumb americans.

Dumb moviegoers you mean... yes well dumbing down the plot so the average joe can pick it up is one of the chief causes of a movie sucking I
think :S

dollars to donuts they'll get partick stewart or ian maccellan to play the chief.... i'm not sure how i feel about that
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

[Ebony]

Zojojojo wrote:

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dollars to donuts they'll get partick stewart or ian maccellan to play the chief.... i'm not sure how i feel about that

Entirely possible, but I think Ian Holm would make an excellent Arawaki. Short, unassuming, and can turn on the total bastard with a snap of the fingers.

As for dumbing it down, I just hope he doesn't try to give it a Hollywood happy ending. He's killed several otherwise enjoyable films that way.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[DHBirr]

Would anyone care to put a small wager on the odds that how Spielberg/the scriptwriters screw it up will include an explicit romance between
Motoko and Batou? With the "happy ending" Ebony worries about? I'm not saying that the romance option would, of
necessity, ruin the story -- but the way it's handled could and probably will.
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[Star Ranger4]

I'd have to say you've just described a possiblity that rapidly approaches unity, DH...
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[ordnance11]

The only Asian actress right now who could fit the part of the top of my head would be Lucy Liu.
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Charge ahead! No! Never turn
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And the devil will burn!
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[WengFook]

ordnance11 wrote:

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The only Asian actress right now who could fit the part of the top of my head would be Lucy Liu.

Hmmm. No... not really seeing it... and she would look really weird with Motoko's hairstyle

I'm sure theres an actual Japanese actress out there who would fit the role much better.
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