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07/22/09
Thats all I need to know. Heres to cheesy actors
07/22/09
The anime, while interesting as a crime drama for the first 12 episodes, fell into shonen-ai pap, making the main female character from the game into an obnoxious little troll, they didn't use a single monster design from the game, the fight scenes were lackluster and it was fairly obvious that the writers didn't want to bother with the sci-fi elements that are tied into the license.
I only hope to see two things from this movie: Crazy gun fights and crazy monsters in said crazy gun fights. Think "Shoot-em-Up" meets the monsters of "Hellraiser".
07/22/09
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gungrave/gungrave.htm
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Oh, and for the record, Gungrave Overdose was superb...one of my all time favs.
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I just really liked the whole story of the gang growing up and things falling apart.
Either way it's a great anime worth checking out, just don't judge it by the first couple of episodes.
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07/22/09
I doubt a movie could pull off the same sort of thing though.
07/23/09
Generally speaking, I agree with you to a large extent, though. It's very tough for a two-hour movie to tell a story as long and sprawling as the story told over the course of a television series. That said, I'd be all for giving Gungrave the live-action TV treatment -- told in serialized form, a la BSG or Heroes.
07/22/09
07/22/09
And as we all know, if a good game (Tomb Raider) can be made into a terrible movie, then a terrible game has, realistically, no chance.
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07/22/09
Conclusion. Worth your money? Nah. But it's fun if you're looking for a game featuring the closest thing to Trigun.
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Then again this year also has the Tekken Movie which also looks bad and they are also having the Devil characters in it.
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But all game movies suck, so I dunno why I should still be even slightly hopeful.
07/22/09
What is it with movie studios and live action for things that should stay within the realm of animation anyway.
07/22/09
Yeah... Hollywood will probably mess it up. But at the very least, I still have both of the Gungrave games and the anime series, so if the movie bites, I can drown my sorrow in a hail of awesomeness.
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Speaking of which... *sniff* It's a shame they never made a sequel to Highlander. Oh well. I guess Hollywood just couldn't bring themselves to making a sequel to such an epic movie.
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And yes. There was NEVER a Highlander film sequel. Ever. And no video game either, which is sort of odd, since I could totally see a SF-esque/Samurai Shodown game being made out of it. Set it in the past, pick from a bunch of Immortal sword swinging badasses, and print money from the game like your name is Nintendo.
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I am glad it's going to be a live action version of the Anime or Manga. It can't be for the game. the game is way too short and unknown.
Still, I loved the first game, loved the Anime, and the Manga. Hopefully they will do a semi-decent job, like the Death note live action films.
07/22/09
...my bet is it'll suck. And nobody will even recognize it.
...but they'll keep the cowboy hat. =D