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Post by johnnyunusual on Jan 15, 2011 0:18:21 GMT -5
Basically, this is a movie news thread. If there is movie news that is interesting to you, feel free to write about it and see if anyone else is. For me, it's the recent news that Shane Black will direct the film (based on the crazy popular manga Death Note.
The premise of the story is a teenager finds a notebook belonging to a shinigami (a sort of Japanese grim reaper). He finds out that when he writes a person's name in the book they die (by heart attack, unless he writes something specific) and decides to use the book to kill off criminals the world over and plan to create the kind of world he wants to see. Unfortunately he has to match wits with a reclusive super-detective known only as L. I really love the comic and takes an interesting premise and decides to explore the limits of it's premise (with very intricate plots from the central characters). It will be interesting to see how this will translate. Shane Black can be hit or miss, and it will be interesting to see what he does with a film based on material in which a lot of characters sit around talking about their plans and options.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Jan 22, 2011 14:13:04 GMT -5
I've been meaning to start a thread like this so I look forward to posting news type stuff in the future.
For now I'll just leave you with... uh... something about mechanical web shooters.
Oh and Death Note reminds me of so, so many people I knew back in high school.
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Post by johnnyunusual on Jan 22, 2011 23:18:56 GMT -5
The comic was banned in China because lots of young people made their own "Death Notes" in school.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Jan 22, 2011 23:29:09 GMT -5
I can't tell whether or not you thought this or not but for the record: I did not know people who wrote names of people they wanted to see dead in a notebook.
It sounds like an interesting premise...
... and China really does suck the fun out of everything.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 6, 2011 0:08:51 GMT -5
Everything is a Remix, maybe you've already seen it? It's a look into the many ways film appropriates existing art. I was skeptical, sometimes people tend to use this as a way to dismiss each and every movie that's ever referenced anything from something else but this series (two out of four episodes are available at the moment) is doing a wonderful job so far. Did I mention that it's super stylish too? Everything is a Remix: Part 1Everything is a Remix: Part 2This next one is basically a video bibliography for the Kill Bill series. Everything is a Remix: Kill Bill
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