RUMOR CONTROL...THESE ARE THE FACTS

[Nathan]

How exactly? I didn't say reusing Stephen Lang was a bad thing. So, the fuckup was actually unfucked.

[V]

HEY MATT I HOPE THEY MAKE AKIRA LIKE SPEED RACER, THE GOONIES and THE FIFTH ELEMENT ALL COMBINED!

Oh shit... now you've done it.

[FilmNerdJamie]

We got enough of Lang's Evil Colonel Badass in bad movie already.

[V]

We got enough of Lang's Evil Colonel Badass in bad movie already.

Nathan?

He needs that YouTube clip. NAO.

[Nathan]

Roger.
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[Timothy225]

AKIRA needs to just fucking die. The anime isn't all that great (from a story stand point, the books are better. The animation is fucking amazing though). The only way AKIRA works completely is in book form. Keep it that way.

This. There's absolutely no reason whatsoever for this project to exist, save in the forms it's already in now (anime and the original manga). Besides, apart from the SFX, the story will likely go over the heads of most of the audience anyway.

[V]

But not if they dumb it down... which they will... because it's fucking Hollywood.

[Bobby Bear]

I don't necessarily think changing it needs to mean dumbing it down. I mean, I know what you're saying (it usually does mean dumbing it down in such situations) but this could be interesting. Akira has so many cool concepts and "moments" in it that it's crying out for another blast. If you gave me a James Vanderbilt or Andrew Kevin Walker script and someone who doesn't want to Zack Snyder it, I'd be mighty curious to see what happens in live-action. Bizarre casting decisions or otherwise.

[PHEDG]

SNYDERFY IT!

[Abraham Smashington]

YES

[Captain Russ]

There are some fantastic ideas out there suited for the medium, but Akira ain't one of 'em.

The story is so convoluted that to pare it down to a realistic running time would make it just as incoherent as the anime.

[nerdious dorkus]

I just read about Akira. I foresee it becoming the aborted sibling to Shamalamdingdong's The Last Airbender or Dragon Ball. Why not just use it as an inspiration and not reference the characters or setting? That way, people may actually pay to see it as opposed to just torrenting it.

[Matt]

Clancy Brown as the Colonel. There's your one bit of perfect casting right there.

Also, you can all die in a fire for that 'Speed Racer' shit.

[Abraham Smashington]

Just friendly ribbing. It's not like I'm clamoring for the "Highlander" reboot to be done in that style....wait a minute. THAT MAY BE THE BEST THING EVER. MATTHEW FOX AS THE KURGEN....

[V]

JOHN GOODMAN AS RAMIREZ!

SUSAN SARANDON AS HEATHER!