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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/first-look-scarlett-johansson-ghost-shell-whitewash-edition-138841.html

quote:

Directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White And The Huntsman) and written by Jonathan Herman (Straight Outta Compton), Ghost in the Shell will be released in the U.S. on March 31, 2017.

The fan reaction online has been almost unanimously negative since Johannson was announced in the film’s lead role. Film fans on Twitter have been sharing their own ideas about who should’ve been cast in the film’s lead, and none of them are Hollywood actresses

Personally I would have picked someone taller to play MAJ Kusanagi, but Scarlett Johansson is still a pretty good casting choice, IMO. lol at the internet outrage machine already getting spun up over this.

Also I would not have picked Rupert Sanders to direct, but rather someone like Ben Affleck (The Town) The Cohen Brothers (True Grit) Kurt Wimmer (Ultraviolet) Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, Casino Royale).

Ideally I'd have Paul Verhoven direct but he doesn't seem to do US films any more. I'd also be interested to see what Tarantino would do with a big budget Sci Fi, even though they are not his usual milieu.

E: or Dredd's Pete Travis.

Applewhite fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Apr 15, 2016

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Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
she is hot and I want to have sex with her

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
hey I hope this movie doesn't suck

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

quote:

Film fans on Twitter have been sharing their own ideas about who should’ve been cast in the film’s lead, and none of them are Hollywood actresses
hollywood should hire a non-bankable star because diversity in entertainment cures all problems

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
I can't believe I am going to type this...

I'm not sure Scarlett Johansson has the rack to pull off MAJ Kusanagi.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

VendaGoat posted:

I can't believe I am going to type this...

I'm not sure Scarlett Johansson has the rack to pull off MAJ Kusanagi.

The Major's are made of plastic anyway, they can have Scarlett wear a plastic rack.

But yeah that is a good point.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
Black Widow is undercover in Japan, and HOLY gently caress SHE TURNS OUT TO BE A ROBOT!
The End.

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf
Scarlett Johansson looks more like the Major than any Japanese chick because the major is like every other anime girl: big eyes and bigger tits. Sorry, aspiring asian actresses, but that's like prime white people territory.

Johnny Aztec
Jan 30, 2005

by Hand Knit

Applewhite posted:


I'd also be interested to see what Tarantino would do with a big budget Sci Fi, even though they are not his usual milieu.

" Oh no, giant foot people from space are invading and stepping on people and making them smell their smelly toes"

Also, they say racial slurs while doing so.

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer
rupert sanders is a hack butt on the other hand scarjo in those tight ghost in the shell outfits....

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp
Johannson is good but why Hollywood gotta cast a white person as "Motoko Kusinagi"?

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
whatever sells more Sodastream products, I'm all for it

Oscar Wild
Apr 11, 2006

It's good to be a G

Naerasa posted:

Scarlett Johansson looks more like the Major than any Japanese chick because the major is like every other anime girl: big eyes and bigger tits. Sorry, aspiring asian actresses, but that's like prime white people territory.

True except white people also corner the market on obesity

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Dr Cheeto posted:

Johansen is good but why Hollywood gotta cast a white person as "Motoko Kusinagi"?

Because Ghost in the Shell isn't a name big enough to pull an audience on its own.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Dr Cheeto posted:

Johansen is good but why Hollywood gotta cast a white person as "Motoko Kusinagi"?

Same reason why they edit out black people out of the posters.
Non-whites don't sell in most movie markets.

Ben Murphy
Sep 9, 2001

I like him in spite of the fact that he's not me.
i swear, if journalists suddenly lost access to twitter reactions, news articles would be about 2-3 lines long max

JediTalentAgent
Jun 5, 2005
Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!
Man, I want to watch the Attack on Titan movie, but why so many Asians playing white European characters?

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
I just hope they don't turn it into a mediocre action movie, basically

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald
is this loving anime or something

they need to cast a fat black woman for this

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp

Ben Murphy posted:

i swear, if journalists suddenly lost access to twitter reactions, news articles would be about 2-3 lines long max

A bunch of random dicks online disagree with you. This is CNN.

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring
is it that she's not still a child?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

THE DOG HOUSE posted:

is this loving anime or something

they need to cast a fat black woman for this

*audience wonders how a cyborg would ever get fat*

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald

Applewhite posted:

*audience wonders how a cyborg would ever get fat*

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Is it about Japanese ghost crustaceans or something?

The Human Crouton
Sep 20, 2002

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

Is it about Japanese ghost crustaceans or something?

I thought it was about Japanese robot crustaceans who call humans ghosts in shells.

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

Is it about Japanese ghost crustaceans or something?

Good job, you've spoiled it for the non-weebs

JediTalentAgent
Jun 5, 2005
Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!
Didn't the original artist of the GitS manga start doing a lot of really strange sexualized porn stuff shortly after GitS sort of hit big? Or am I thinking of someone else.

Johnny Aztec posted:

" Oh no, giant foot people from space are invading and stepping on people and making them smell their smelly toes"

Quentin Tarantino's Attack on Titan was a missed opportunity. He also would have moved everything from a pre-industrial pseudoEuropean setting to a pre-industrial American West.

Sam Jackson would get all crazy and shout, "I want these motherfuckin' Titans out of this motherfuckin' city!"

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

JediTalentAgent posted:

Didn't the original artist of the GitS manga start doing a lot of really strange sexualized porn stuff shortly after GitS sort of hit big? Or am I thinking of someone else.

Before, after and during. Also in.

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp
Switching to autistic mode

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Dr Cheeto posted:

Switching to autistic mode

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
You know I am loving DISGUSTED with this.
Every Avenger gets their own movie EXCEPT Black Widow, and now she does and they have to give her an asian name to satisfy some PC racial thing.
I for one will not be seeing this movie, not unless they retcon her not being able to have babies and that she has a baby with the Hulk.
As in my fanfics.

Vacation Tenzin
Jan 23, 2005

I'M TOTALLY CALM AND RELAXED.
I can't wait til they release full body stills and she is wearing pants and the nerd collective just loses their minds because she's not in a leotard and bomber jacket and nothing else

Casting a white girl as Kusanagi isn't the worst thing they could've done because she's a Japanese lady in a robot body. The worst thing they could've done is have most of the rest of the cast be white dudes as well, working for the Japanese police in Japan. Which they did.

But they hired Beat Takeshi so its totes legit

I am looking forward to this cinematic tour de force. I hope it is as good as Lucy. I laughed a lot during Lucy and I like to laugh.

JediTalentAgent
Jun 5, 2005
Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!
I don't care about GitS, I wanna see a live action Angel Cop with all the violence intact.

www
Aug 4, 2010

will she get her tits out?

JediTalentAgent
Jun 5, 2005
Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!

www posted:

will she get her tits out?

Ghosts in, tits out?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
TitS

Vacation Tenzin
Jan 23, 2005

I'M TOTALLY CALM AND RELAXED.

www posted:

will she get her tits out?

Robot with tit missiles or GTFO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-lkSIrwo1A

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp
Gazongas in tight spandex


Now this is anime

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Nooner posted:

she is hot and I want to have sex with her

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Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

Nooner posted:

she is hot and I want to have sex with her

Controversial opinion, but heck. I agree.

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