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jazzman
jazzman - 3/30/2012, 1:08 PM
how did he just said “I’m currently working on ‘Bleach’ and the idea is to set it in Japan and really be respectful to the source material,”

but yet WB want to be disrespectful to Akira set and soirce materials
Viltrumite
Viltrumite - 3/30/2012, 1:12 PM
We've heard this a million times. Can we please just get this movie made already?
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/30/2012, 1:12 PM
I lovethe idea of a silver age, Captain America -esque, period peice flash film. That could get a Justice League thread goin with a mention of the JSA... A man can dream
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 3/30/2012, 1:23 PM
@jazzman: “I’m currently working on ‘Bleach’ and the idea is to set it in Japan and really be respectful to the source material,”


I'm guessing that it's because him and his team are REAL FANS of Bleach unlike the people that were trying and failing to work on the Akira film.

Or they realized that a relocation wouldn't work that well after the Akira backlash since it was intense enough to get it scrapped lol
sinister84
sinister84 - 3/30/2012, 1:24 PM
what does the dragon ball movie have to do with this guy???
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 3/30/2012, 1:32 PM
@sinister84: He's saying the the Bleach movie he's involved with will avoid the same mistakes as Dragonball Evolution...
Oxion
Oxion - 3/30/2012, 1:34 PM
@ Mothra- Calm down, most powerful is a bit much. Everything he does comes with a price.
BlackFlash
BlackFlash - 3/30/2012, 1:35 PM
Leave Bleach alone, I've been reading this manga from the beginning and watching the anime I'm also a mod on a manga forum and I can't stress enough over how badly I don't want to see this get made by WB.

Hollywood can stick to making there western comic book heroes and leave the Manga and anime to the east side, japan already do a good job of making there live action manga/anime so just leave it to them.
sinister84
sinister84 - 3/30/2012, 1:37 PM
well, i think ANY movie should avoid dragonball evolution mistakes or style... lol
Optimus83
Optimus83 - 3/30/2012, 1:37 PM
¡¡¡FLASH MOVIE NOW!!!
golden123
golden123 - 3/30/2012, 1:43 PM
Well, that is good. It irriatates me how some writers only define the superhero by their powers.
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 3/30/2012, 1:43 PM
AS much as I can do WITHOUT a bleach film....I like the mindset they SEEM to have so far by striking a common ground with Tite Kubo and keeping it in Japan etc etc...I also like the Action Adventure Sixth sense comparison due to how it fits the context of Ichigo's storyline....

Now can they make sure to make it a good movie as well and cast Japanese/Japanese-American/half-Japanese actors in this film for the main roles..
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 3/30/2012, 1:44 PM
As for the Flash film, I really hope that they can actually move forward with it and not make the same mistakes as Green Lantern so we wont be stuck with Batman movies forever..
golden123
golden123 - 3/30/2012, 1:45 PM
Guys, I think he was talking about Barry's personality not him having other powers. Some writers only see superheroes through their powers. It's pretty sad.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 3/30/2012, 1:55 PM
Here's a newsflash for DC and Warner Bros.

Just make a good movie for a change.

There is no mystery to it.

The reasons why you failed in the past.

Is your movies Just plain sucked.

So, just make a good movie, or farm it out to marvel.
jazzman
jazzman - 3/30/2012, 1:56 PM
@Sweetre15

maybe thats so but i still bet u the lead actor wont be played by a Japanese or Japanese-American actor
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 3/30/2012, 2:01 PM
@jazzman: I hope they realized that whitewashing is another reason why they caught so much intense backlash from the fans and the Pro-Asian actor committees.
Spidey1996
Spidey1996 - 3/30/2012, 2:12 PM
A Flash movie sounds cool!
TheMyth
TheMyth - 3/30/2012, 2:13 PM
Regarding manga adaptations with White casts: I don't get the anger here. I've been an Anime fan since I discovered Neon Genesis Evangelion about 14 years ago, and with that established, most all anime characters look like caucasians to me. Goku DOES NOT LOOK Asian, neither does Ichigo from this series, nor did Shinji from Evangelion. Vash from Trigun, Spike from Cowboy Bebop, Motoko from Ghost in the Shell, none of them look Asian, and neither do most of the supporting characters from all of these. So why the outrage when they don't make the entire cast Asian? I don't get it.
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 3/30/2012, 2:15 PM
@ Mothra- I agree 100% with you., The Flash is one of the most powerful DC characters ever and very underrated.
Name
Name - 3/30/2012, 2:15 PM
Dc are bottlers.
edwardshiro
edwardshiro - 3/30/2012, 2:17 PM
Flash movie nowwww!
BlackGetsuga3
BlackGetsuga3 - 3/30/2012, 2:20 PM
It does make me feel a little better about the bleach movie since they just have to make it, but bleach is just way too big and the story is so complicated to do it justice in a 90 min live action movie, even being true to source material and being respectful is still gonna produce something that leaves so much out and let's fans down
OnLeatherWings
OnLeatherWings - 3/30/2012, 2:25 PM
This movie could have so much potential. Yet after the green lantern fiasco I have very little faith in wb. They are like the new fox. Just keep spouting out crap. After Batman they have nothing.....with mos coming out out next year which i'm hoping they get right. Mos will be there last chance.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 3/30/2012, 2:26 PM
BlackGetsuga, that's just because of how expansive the lore is in most ongoing anime's. Personally, if the fans can't understand that it would be impossible to fit over 300 episodes of lore into a 2 hour flic, then [frick] 'em, they must be idiots is all I can say. The question isn't, "Can they fit it all in?" it's "can they utilize enough of what makes the series good to create a well adapted live action film?" If yes, then you have a win! Now for those who can't come to this realization, I'm sorry but it doesn't matter how good the flic turns out, the anime fans will hate it, which is most likely what will happen.
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 3/30/2012, 2:27 PM
@BlackGetsuga3 Maybe. But based on that lone sentence "shorthanding it as an ‘action-adventure Sixth Sense" I have to think the story will focus on Ichigo and Rukia and then introduce Renji and Byakuya at the end of the movie, setting things up for an epic Soul Society sequel.
Tevii
Tevii - 3/30/2012, 2:28 PM
@EsseXFactor - I agree completely. And another thing, Goku isnt even from this planet so since he looks Caucasian in the show, there is no reason he cant be in a movie.

Akira is another story however. It is set in Japan, its characters are SUPPOSED to be Japanese. It should be an asian cast.
Tevii
Tevii - 3/30/2012, 2:33 PM
and as for Warner Bros. they need to stop trying to figure out a secret formula for making successful CBMs. Its not special effects or a specific actor or tons of marketing dollars for a soulless project. Give us a good story and stay close to the source, its that simple. People will respond as they are for Marvel movies.

Green Lantern had the potential to wipe the floor with every movie last year. But no. Catwoman is an abomination. Jonah Hex was garbage. Obviously WBs approach NEEDS to change. Cavill looks great as Superman, but Zod leaves me skeptical.
RaleighAntrobus
RaleighAntrobus - 3/30/2012, 2:59 PM
@Just1Superguy -

Goku isn't Japanese but he's supposed to LOOK Japanese just like Kal-el is supposed to LOOK Caucasian. He's an alien yes, but he's also considered the Japanese (looking) Superman.
MrGrayson
MrGrayson - 3/30/2012, 2:59 PM
The thing with bleach is that its a JAPANESE manga. Having white actors play a character in an Asian made property would be like having an Asian guy play Superman. Just like thousands of Superman fans would be in an uproar about it, thousands of Asian fans would be angry at Hollywood for taking away an opportunity for Asian actors to represent a property that has its origins in an Asian background. Asians actors get so little a chance to have a major or starring role in an American film. It'd be a shame for Hollywood to take that away from the Asian community.
RaleighAntrobus
RaleighAntrobus - 3/30/2012, 3:00 PM
I'm all for the animes where most of the main cast is composed of blatant white people like Full-Metal Alchemist, Trigun, and Berserk but the ones that feature Japanese leads should do that in their live action counterparts as well.
MrGrayson
MrGrayson - 3/30/2012, 3:03 PM
Plus look at all the Caucasian superheroes that Hollywood could take and make into a film. Why do they feel the need to take whats not theirs and turn it into their own when they have the opportunity to do the same with something American made?
Minghagz
Minghagz - 3/30/2012, 3:10 PM
I really hope that they incorporate some of the elements from the New 52 in a Flash movie! The series is great! One of my favs right now!
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