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well there are other full-body cyborgs that settle down as Zapan winds up having a family after the botched "destroy Alita" bit with Hugo, but then he is reminded of her and then he goes insane and on a murder spree but it is fair to say that Alita is probably the most well-adjusted of them, at least in BAA
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# ? Oct 31, 2020 07:29 |
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Am I right to assume that Zalem cyborgs would all be sleeker and shinier than the ones in Iron City?
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# ? Oct 31, 2020 08:23 |
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The MSJ posted:Yeah, that sounds about right. In the movie most of the full body cyborgs are bounty hunters, serial killers, and rollerball players. With some overlap. The MSJ posted:Am I right to assume that Zalem cyborgs would all be sleeker and shinier than the ones in Iron City? You'd think so, but some Iron City borgs are clearly overcompensating.
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# ? Oct 31, 2020 09:06 |
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In the crowd shots, you can see a few low quality full replacement cyborgs walking around. They're probably just going to work in the factory like the rest of the workers, and might be on the path to becoming a Deckman.The MSJ posted:Am I right to assume that Zalem cyborgs would all be sleeker and shinier than the ones in Iron City? Based on the manga, Zalem hates cyborgs like the plague, and is all about creating genetically and socially perfect humans through eugenics and social engineering. Being a cyborg or being born unable to walk would both be reason for being cast out.
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# ? Oct 31, 2020 12:18 |
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But also in the manga Desty Nova is not the master of Zalem but a mad scientist who got exiled for being, well, mad. So there's gonna be big differences down the line.
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# ? Nov 1, 2020 16:28 |
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Even that plot line can be slowly revealed over time. I just signed up for Disney+ and now I'm jonesing for an Alita series.
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# ? Nov 1, 2020 17:01 |
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More effects breakdowns from Weta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKtis34i8AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMI2QTh0dLQ
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# ? Nov 2, 2020 01:02 |
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Criminal Copyright Infringement of Alita Movie Leads to 4-Year Prison Sentence in Chinaquote:According to an October 27, 2020 report in the People’s Court Daily, the People’s Court of Fangcheng County, Henan Province recently sentenced 8 defendants to prison for copyright infringement of several movies including “Alita: Battle Angel” and several Chinese movies. The Court sentenced the defendant Wang to four years in prison and fined him 1.5 million yuan. The other defendants were sentenced from one year and two months in prison to three years and six months in prison. quote:In addition, from June 2015, the defendant Li opened a theater in Longshan County, Hunan Province, playing pirated films obtained from Wang and others without the permission of relevant copyright owners such as China Film and Television.
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# ? Nov 4, 2020 18:56 |
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they don't care about patents and trademarks period, and they don't care about copyrights as long as you keep it on the DL. this guy, er, did kinda the opposite of that.
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# ? Nov 4, 2020 19:21 |
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they've had a bootleg theatre running for 5 years and only now got caught? That's kinda awesome, but I wonder how much they were charging compared to going to a legal theatre
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# ? Nov 4, 2020 19:41 |
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If they wanted to not get caught, charging the same as the other theaters would probably be the safest bet. If they had stuck to being a second run discount theater, maybe nobody would have ever noticed. For some reason, Alita kept running in Russia-occupied East Ukraine in July 2019, long after it had stopped running in the rest of the world. I wonder if that too was a bootleg theater, and why Alita was so popular in a literal war zone.
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# ? Nov 4, 2020 20:35 |
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Vir posted:why Alita was so popular in a literal war zone. former USSR countries tend to be pretty big on cyberpunk, for whatever reason
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# ? Nov 4, 2020 21:22 |
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:former USSR countries tend to be pretty big on cyberpunk, for whatever reason disintegrating postindustrial capitalist nightmare?
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# ? Nov 5, 2020 00:14 |
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Yes, but what about the former Soviet bloc?
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# ? Nov 5, 2020 00:53 |
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grassy gnoll posted:Yes, but what about the former Soviet bloc? what i said plus vodka
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# ? Nov 5, 2020 00:56 |
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Vir posted:Criminal Copyright Infringement of Alita Movie Leads to 4-Year Prison Sentence in China Free the reel
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# ? Nov 5, 2020 03:28 |
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Grace Randolph claims there's chatter about something Alita related at Disney. Maybe it's just the re-release. https://twitter.com/GraceRandolph/status/1327023140510294018 For some reason Disney refused to provide a box office result for the second weekend of the re-release to BoxOfficeMojo and The-Numbers.com, which makes me wonder if they're doing some sort of press release based on it, or that it was just below the reporting threshold.
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# ? Nov 13, 2020 19:18 |
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# ? Nov 13, 2020 19:21 |
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Grace Randolf is insane and like the alex Jones of movie people.
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# ? Nov 13, 2020 20:19 |
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yeah if Grace Randolph is saying we're getting Alita 2, that's as good an indication as any that we're not getting Alita 2. she's generally wrong about everything, and she's generally wrong about everything in ways that imply she actually does have the "real" scoop and is just altering it to gently caress with people. like her Birds of Prey "spoilers," which were about 50% dead-on and 50% shitposts.
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# ? Nov 13, 2020 20:43 |
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If theres one thing I want her to ever be right about, it's this. But yeah, she's just as bad as that heroichollywood guy.
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# ? Nov 13, 2020 20:47 |
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The executive producer on Alita, David Valdes, was recently interviewed about Alita (among other topics). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvyt6alJGs8&t=697s
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# ? Nov 16, 2020 09:36 |
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Huh, I bet Rodriguez shooting under budget & on-time balanced out the the studio paid for filming in Texas. I think Disney has an opportunity to use Alita as a Disney+ project. Right now their biggest his is The Mandalorian and everybody's chomping at the bit for the Marvel shows.
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# ? Nov 16, 2020 15:52 |
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Robert Rodriguez also directed at least one episode of the current season of The Mandalorian. His episode(s) haven't aired yet, and he's not writing them as far as I know. With all the source material that Alita has, a mini series would actually do it justice more than just a trilogy would - even though I would prefer to see it in the cinema.
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# ? Nov 16, 2020 16:28 |
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I too want to see it in cinemas, if to fully exploit the large screens to convey the epic nature of the series. If that fails, a TV ministers (or several) would suffice.
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# ? Nov 16, 2020 16:34 |
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Zack Snyder has dropped hints in recent interviews that he wants ZSJL to be seen in Imax, so I guess there is a precedent being explored to put miniseries in cinemas. Of course that makes sense for ZSJL, it was envisioned as a movie (well, a 2-parter but still) but I could see a setup like that working for Alita, there isn't a lot of padding in the manga and we already got quite a bit of world-building in the first movie
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# ? Nov 16, 2020 19:08 |
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All I want is to see is the Berserker Body going ham in amorphous nightmare mode in full glorious cinema projection. Not sure the small screen would do it justice.
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# ? Nov 17, 2020 14:38 |
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Vir posted:The executive producer on Alita, David Valdes, was recently interviewed about Alita (among other topics).
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# ? Nov 17, 2020 16:03 |
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El Grillo posted:Holy poo poo, the massive Iron City backlot set is still existant? 29:30 in that video. Yes, it shows up on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/XrztkJydB4UXJxXz6 And I wouldn't be surprised if Rodriguez re-uses parts of it in newer productions. Since he still has the Machete car, that would fit very well into an Alita sequel featuring the Barjack rebellion.
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# ? Nov 18, 2020 12:57 |
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Edward Lauder says that three different sources claim that Disney is exploring an Alita prequel series: An Alita: Battle Angel Prequel Series Is Reportedly In The Works For Disney Plus (EXCLUSIVE) Meanwhile, some Disney TV executives are on the way out.
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 19:11 |
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Vir posted:Edward Lauder says that three different sources claim that Disney is exploring an Alita prequel series: ...does anyone even want that? The cool stuff in Alita is in the other direction.
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 19:28 |
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If you do a prequel you could get a new cast & not worry bout trying to get Rosa Salazar (handwaves explanation by saying that was her previous body's appearance or some poo poo). Agreed tho they just started scratching the surface on the cool insanity of the Alita universe .
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 20:10 |
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Salazar is like 75% of the reason the movie is good though.
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 20:28 |
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Schwarzwald posted:...does anyone even want that? The cool stuff in Alita is in the other direction. Mars Chronicles owns too!
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 20:32 |
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I'm confused, why would they not want to bring Rosa back? Is it just because they'd have to pay her more now, I'm sure Disney can afford it now that penny pinchers like Iger aren't in charge anymore
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 21:45 |
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Aces High posted:I'm confused, why would they not want to bring Rosa back? Is it just because they'd have to pay her more now, I'm sure Disney can afford it now that penny pinchers like Iger aren't in charge anymore Disney might also be hemorrhaging money because of the pandemic maybe? Either way, if it's a live-action prequel series with no involvement from Salazar/Rodriguez/Cameron, I'll be pretty apprehensive about the project.
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 21:50 |
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So does this mean we're gonna get Cearula's arc? I know we're not; a prequel here just implies to me they said 'we like this woldbuilding but we want big ships to mash together and sell without all this pathos / baggage of a canon plot.' ... But what if we get the vampires?
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 21:50 |
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teagone posted:Disney might also be hemorrhaging money because of the pandemic maybe? Either way, if it's a live-action prequel series with no involvement from Salazar/Rodriguez/Cameron, I'll be pretty apprehensive about the project. They are only hemorrhaging this year's profits. They still have $23 billion cash on hand.
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 22:53 |
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NmareBfly posted:So does this mean we're gonna get Cearula's arc? I know we're not; a prequel here just implies to me they said 'we like this woldbuilding but we want big ships to mash together and sell without all this pathos / baggage of a canon plot.'
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# ? Dec 8, 2020 22:59 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 16:33 |
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I just want to know if it's too late to train Obama in space karate so that he can play Aga Mbadi in his first starring role.
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