Ghost in the Shell-Live Action 2017

Agent Coulson · 08-11-2016 12:46am #1

Teaser. Full trailer will be released next Sunday.

https://twitter.com/GhostInShell/status/795660861784215552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Slydice · 08-11-2016 12:54am

Sunday is way too far away right now

Slydice · 10-11-2016 8:01pm

I've only seen the movie but Grace seems to have gone out and watched/read a bunch of the rest of the material.

She gives a lot of information here.

This probably contains spoilers but won't know till the film comes out:

brianregan09 · 10-11-2016 10:10pm

I hate this new trailer of a trailer bull crap

Skerries · 11-11-2016 5:29am

I have watched the first 2 movies and I have the first dvd of the standalone complex so I know some of the story so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out

EoinMcLovin · 13-11-2016 12:03pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4VmJcZR0Yg

heebusjeebus · 13-11-2016 12:12pm

Dialogue a little clunky but it looks amazing. Looking forward to this now.

Sad Professor · 13-11-2016 12:17pm

Rupert Sanders…

Slydice · 13-11-2016 1:57pm

OH WOW

OH WOW

OHHHHHH WOW!

I must say... fellows... I do feel a tad excited

charlie_says · 13-11-2016 4:17pm

Slydice wrote: »

OH WOW

OH WOW

OHHHHHH WOW!

I must say... fellows... I do feel a tad excited

I'm very skeptical of that trailer. It looks very Hollywood slick and that usually isn't a good thing.

I hope they don't mess this up. Steer clear from the dialog from the second one also.

EoinMcLovin · 13-11-2016 11:18pm

First two minutes of the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5amv-vqUFo

Slydice · 13-11-2016 11:25pm

Ok, it's gonna take an absolutely crap story to make these special effects alone not be worth a trip to the cinema... and I doubt it's gonna be a crap story

The HYPE train is building!

Sarn · 13-11-2016 11:32pm

Looks good. I must dig out the old manga and refresh my memory.

aaronjumper · 14-11-2016 10:49am

So I have heard of Ghost in the Shell before but never looked it up so unlike other people I have nothing to compare it to.
After watching that trailer though I'm looking forward to this.

Mickeroo · 14-11-2016 10:52am

Looks great, though for some reason I find the casting of SJ a bit jarring.

BuyersRemorse · 14-11-2016 1:09pm

If the best they can manage is scene for scene recreations of the original anime (even down to the use of the original music for the shelling sequence), it doesn't say much for the creativity behind the project.

jaykhunter · 14-11-2016 1:55pm

Watched GITS (1995) last night, I'm sure it was revolutionary at the time (4 years before the Matrix!) but has been copied a lot since (Deus Ex springs to mind, I Robot etc) so it's full impact is lost on me. I imagine this was mind-blowing in the mid-90s. There's a lot of philosophy and the essence of being etc which is interesting and engaging but a bit clunky/on the nose viewing with 2016 eyes - the cyberpunk/gritty detective thriller is absolutely ripe for a remake/update with modern writing. Looking forward to this new film!

14-11-2016 1:56pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Looks great, though for some reason I find the casting of SJ a bit jarring.

I dunno - I feel like she's proven that she can handle this kind of movie - BlackWidow and Lucy. Even Under the Skin. So she has the skill and can pull off action/odd.

Mickeroo · 14-11-2016 3:09pm

Nothing to do with acting ability, I really like her as an actress but something feels a bit off that I can't quite put my finger on. Have they tried to make her look slightly asian or something? I dunno, maybe it's because I have the original in my head too much.

johnny_ultimate · 14-11-2016 3:28pm

It looks incredibly similar to the original - some scenes seem pretty much verbatim - but what is there appears to lack some of the grace afforded by animation. A lot of the settings and characters worked thanks to the inherent remove of animation, but the trailer suggests they could just become a CG eyesore in live action. The lack of an established director is also worth a note of caution.

On the plus side: Kitano.

spacecoyote · 14-11-2016 3:39pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

On the plus side: Kitano.

This...great to see alright

14-11-2016 4:38pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Nothing to do with acting ability, I really like her as an actress but something feels a bit off that I can't quite put my finger on. Have they tried to make her look slightly asian or something? I dunno, maybe it's because I have the original in my head too much.

It could be that I don't really have a personal attachment to the original that I just didn't spot any issues. Definitely didn't notice anything about her being slightly asian. I'll rewatch when I can and see. It wouldn't make sense to make her look slightly anything, given that the character in the source does look white regardless.

Mickeroo · 14-11-2016 4:56pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It could be that I don't really have a personal attachment to the original that I just didn't spot any issues. Definitely didn't notice anything about her being slightly asian. I'll rewatch when I can and see. It wouldn't make sense to make her look slightly anything, given that the character in the source does look white regardless.

Pretty sure the characters are mostly Japanese in the original anime, that doesn't mean it matters whether they're Japanese in this of course. From looking at it again I think it's just her hair do that's throwing me

pixelburp · 14-11-2016 5:04pm

Yeah, the visuals are definitely striking, but what dialogue is there sounds incredibly clunky; I'd worry that this will be a film where everyone talks in grave tones or their remarks are laden with on-the-nose references to the themes.

brianregan09 · 14-11-2016 6:12pm

I rewatched the anime again last night , I am ridiculously excited for the live action version and I think Scarlett will be awesome in the role

Slydice · 16-11-2016 1:05am

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

First two minutes of the film

Someone made a shot by shot comparison:
[NSFW - Cartoon Bewbs!

]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6NyHPZTXAU

Mr E · 16-12-2016 11:23pm

New International Trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAci-77Y7Kw

pixelburp · 16-12-2016 11:33pm

Still looking very pretty!

Completely off-topic, but the above trailer reminded me of a seemingly new trend in marketing, where the first 5 seconds of trailers is ... an intro, to the trailer you're about to watch. It's really bizarre, and i don't get the point of it at all.

Slydice · 02-02-2017 6:34pm

Superbowl Spot!

Hande hoche! · 02-02-2017 7:27pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Still looking very pretty!

Completely off-topic, but the above trailer reminded me of a seemingly new trend in marketing, where the first 5 seconds of trailers is ... an intro, to the trailer you're about to watch. It's really bizarre, and i don't get the point of it at all.

It's odd, along with the trend of trailers for trailers.

JackieChang · 04-02-2017 1:08pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Still looking very pretty!

Completely off-topic, but the above trailer reminded me of a seemingly new trend in marketing, where the first 5 seconds of trailers is ... an intro, to the trailer you're about to watch. It's really bizarre, and i don't get the point of it at all.

This is to stop people skipping the trailer if it appears as an advert. Usually there's a countdown to when you can skip it, around 5 seconds or so. If they can pique your interest in those 5 seconds you might just stick around to watch the full thing. So they just cram the best bits into it to entice you to stick around.

Potential-Monke · 05-02-2017 12:34pm

I will say, i was completely disappointed when they replaced nudity with a nude suit. Especially when i found out it was Scarlett....

Anyway, looks good to me, i won't be watching anything more to do with it until i go to see it. Best way to follow movies these days, avoid nearly everything to do with them until you've seen them.

Mr E · 13-02-2017 2:00pm

Trailer 2...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPrdHQ9WHAY

Effects · 13-02-2017 6:39pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I will say, i was completely disappointed when they replaced nudity with a nude suit. Especially when i found out it was Scarlett....

Yeah, like that was ever going to happen.

brianregan09 · 13-02-2017 9:05pm

I can't wait for this

Slydice · 01-03-2017 7:29pm

Scarlett Johansson is putting in a top performance in everything I've seen so far for this film.

pixelburp · 22-03-2017 4:06pm

The 'first 5 minutes' has been released (presumably trimmed a little for violence, language or whatever).

The palette is certainly bold and colourful, so even if it transpires to be a poor adaptation, it may be something to enjoy visually anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9n3gJRrHhk

bnt · 27-03-2017 7:13pm

One final trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8S7_ZY8Y0k

I was surprised to hear that original theme again - it wasn't in the other trailers I've seen.

Varik · 29-03-2017 4:32pm

Much Longer, includes the last long trailer and then some

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1OcuBObz4

me_irl · 29-03-2017 4:42pm

pixelburp wrote: »

The 'first 5 minutes' has been released (presumably trimmed a little for violence, language or whatever).

The palette is certainly bold and colourful, so even if it transpires to be a poor adaptation, it may be something to enjoy visually anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9n3gJRrHhk

I lasted a minute and forty five seconds before coming to the conclusion that I'm not going to bother seeing this in the cinema.

It's primarily my own "purists" fault, but it almost looks like they just played Syndicate and decided to follow the aesthetic of that (even to star Michael Wincott).

Hang on... Batou doesn't have his ocular implants yet? So, they're going to work that in to the plot to pad it out?

Gingervitis · 29-03-2017 5:55pm

Early reviews are better than I thought it would be:
62 on Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/movie/ghost-in-the-shell-2017?ref=hp
67 on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghost_in_the_shell_2017

Considering my low expectations, might be worth a look. Consensus is that it's visually stunning while simplifying all the existentialism; par for the course for Hollywood.

Mickeroo · 30-03-2017 10:05am

Are the Tachikoma in it?

me_irl · 30-03-2017 11:17am

Mickeroo wrote: »

Are the Tachikoma in it?

Asking the important questions! :pac:

Doesn't reference it on this page or in the synopsis, so it doesn't look like it.

Mickeroo · 30-03-2017 11:18am

Well that sucks

BlitzKrieg · 31-03-2017 1:13am

Mickeroo wrote: »

Are the Tachikoma in it?

nope

simple review: its pretty much the stallone Judge Dredd movie all over again.

Its a film with a star far too big for the role and an adaptation that decides to give an origin story to a character that didnt ever need one, a heavily sanitised version of the world with the same cliche plotline beats and a few key elements or characters recreated shot for shot for fans all wrapped in a soulless carcass of a film that touches all the expectations of the time (90's humour for Dredd and the heroes tale for today with all the trappings of franchising into a series for Shell)

so not worth seeing, more so if you are a fan of the original, it'll just p*ss you off.

nix · 31-03-2017 2:53am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

simple review: its pretty much the stallone Judge Dredd movie all over again.

I knew you'd say that...

:D:D

Mickeroo · 31-03-2017 8:39am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

nope

simple review: its pretty much the stallone Judge Dredd movie all over again.

Its a film with a star far too big for the role and an adaptation that decides to give an origin story to a character that didnt ever need one, a heavily sanitised version of the world with the same cliche plotline beats and a few key elements or characters recreated shot for shot for fans all wrapped in a soulless carcass of a film that touches all the expectations of the time (90's humour for Dredd and the heroes tale for today with all the trappings of franchising into a series for Shell)

so not worth seeing, more so if you are a fan of the original, it'll just p*ss you off.

That was the biggest red flag in the trailer for me.

eviltimeban · 31-03-2017 10:03am

Saw it last night, very meh. Nothing we haven't seen before. There wasn't an ounce of humour or personality in it, not sure how close it was to the source material (and I'm guessing the source material is the reason we've seen it all before).

SJ was OK in the role, as you'd expect. Like a less-wry version of Black Widow. Effects were good but the fight sequences were nothing to write home about. Plot was pretty thin.

me_irl · 31-03-2017 10:53am

eviltimeban wrote: »

Saw it last night, very meh. Nothing we haven't seen before. There wasn't an ounce of humour or personality in it, not sure how close it was to the source material (and I'm guessing the source material is the reason we've seen it all before).

SJ was OK in the role, as you'd expect. Like a less-wry version of Black Widow. Effects were good but the fight sequences were nothing to write home about. Plot was pretty thin.

If there's one good thing that comes from this, it's that I hope more people will be spurred to watch the 1995 movie.

There's a great openculture article on it that was just posted recently (cautious of spoilers for the 1995 film!)

http://www.openculture.com/2017/03/the-philosophy-storytelling-visual-creativity-of-ghost-in-the-shell.html

(they've just recently started doing that "turn off your ad blocker" ad, disabling javascript on the page circumvents this)

geraardo · 31-03-2017 5:37pm

From what i have heard and the trailer i have seen its a lot of eye candy with the story falling short as usually happens with manga crossover films for me anyway, i can't think of any off the top of my head which have worked.

I was listening to moncrieff this afternoon on news talk (movies and booze) and they were reviewing it and the prognosis was as i said above visually stunning cyber punk stuff but it just falls flat.

Im a huge fan of the series myself so I'm undecided on whether to watch this as i don't want it to ruin the series of the animated ones i have in my head.

If a person has no idea what the film is about they might see if differently from people who know the characters and what the film is about so might have a totally different take on it, and might just see it as a sci-fi film.

restive · 01-04-2017 11:23pm

I enjoyed it. I saw Ghost in the Shell in IMC Athlone. The film was very good. Unfortunately the cinema chose to show it on one the smaller screens. I could not read some of the subtitles during the showing because the were of screen. It really should have been shown on one of the larger screens. Not good management.

Ghost in the Shell-Live Action 2017

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