[EVA] Live Action Eva Movie

[Noah Ramon]

>Apart from the fact that it may never reach the point of completion,
>because of the many problems that could arise, there is a simple
>point: it's one anime show, a very complex one at that, and the people
>who want to turn it into a motion picture are *Americans*.


ADV : yeah, they're American. But they're co-producing, same as they 
did with things like BGC2040 and Princess Blade. Not dominating.

WETA : _NOT_ American. New Zealand, and not going to be the 
dominating force - they're the effects house.

Gainax : _NOT_ American. I've heard tell that they might know 
something about the internals of the "Evangelion" thing, maybe.



I'm getting really, _REALLY_ tired of everyone assuming that this is 
meant to be a big Hollywood blockbuster. I'd be willing to bet that 
it's going to get massive release and heavy promotion in Japan, where 
releasing brand new Eva material is more-or-less guaranteed to do 
fairly well. Meanwhile, it'll get a release pattern in America 
similar to Spirited Away, Spriggan, Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne - 
probably staggered release, some megaplexes but not on the main 
screens there, mostly art-house theaters.

>  Don't take
>offense on this, US citizens, but that pretty much binds the thing to
>fail at least in representing the original. Which, to me, pretty much
>means that they could save the bother to call it "Evangelion".

Like I said, I'm willing to give Gainax the benefit of the doubt in 
their interpretation of Eva. (Heck, maybe they'll give Sadamoto the 
opportunity to do screenplay/direct. I do agree that Anno isn't gonna 
come back to it - I suspect his reply would be "I've _DONE_ that job 
already. Twice, even.")


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