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Post by Toph on Jan 23, 2019 1:27:36 GMT
Well this is... horrifying.
The first few times I saw it, I thought it was the god awful animu eyes that killed her. But more recently I realize it's her whole package.
Every element, I've seen done so much better.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 25, 2019 8:05:33 GMT
Martin
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Post by Toph on Jan 25, 2019 8:42:17 GMT
Okay, while I don't think much of the song (but it's not awful), that's actually a pretty cool music video.
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Post by Benn on Jan 25, 2019 15:50:30 GMT
I can't decide if I want to see this or not.
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Post by Toph on Jan 25, 2019 17:03:06 GMT
Three things shut me out- Alita being an unnecessary CGI character, Alita having those awful animu eyes when literally no one else does, and James Cameron should not be allowed anything to do with this.
He's tried for decades to get the rights to Battle Angel Alita, and kept failing. He eventually ripped it off and did it anyway under the guise of Dark Angel. (I can't find anything about this today, but I remember this being really public back in the day)
If it weren't for these factors, I might actually be excited about this.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2019 22:58:04 GMT
I thought it was enjoyable tosh,
What I was in the mood for: bish bash bosh.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 10, 2019 16:11:19 GMT
I thought it was enjoyable tosh, What I was in the mood for: bish bash bosh. I concur 100 percent. For once we are in agreement. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2019 17:14:01 GMT
Oh what a day!
It will live in infamy.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Feb 10, 2019 18:12:51 GMT
This cannot.. be...
We must flee!
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Post by Toph on Dec 1, 2019 20:16:01 GMT
I finally saw it, and actually regret passing it up in the theater. It was a lot better than I thought it would be.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 30, 2021 19:02:03 GMT
This bank holiday I have been mostly reading 'Iron City', the prequel novel to Alita: Battle Angel, a film I've become more appreciative of over time. I can't understand now why I only gave it a middling ranking on the film league table for the year it came out. The book's not bad, about life in a city where getting cyborg parts is as easy and done as lightly as getting a tattoo in our world. Still completely ignorant of the manga so no idea if it's at all faithful to the source material. Edit: Taking this at face value, I guess it's pretty faithful: Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 12, 2021 17:39:26 GMT
This bank holiday I have been mostly reading 'Iron City', the prequel novel to Alita: Battle Angel Finished that, now onto the novelisation of the film itself. Martin |
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Post by Toph on Dec 18, 2021 5:14:49 GMT
I've started reading the manga, and I realize this will likely get me shot in the head, but I enjoyed the movie a lot better.
The story is a lot better thought out,the character motivations are better (they actually have them), and the world building is just better in general.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 18, 2021 7:32:14 GMT
I don't know who here is going to shoot you, but I agree, at least insofar as I don't really care for the aesthetic of the manga and have no appetite to read it, while I love the movie and the expanded universe created by its two associated novels.
Martin
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Post by Toph on Dec 18, 2021 9:24:09 GMT
Well, i don't mean anyone here specifically, but more in general, given the cult status of the manga, and how many people claim it's one of the best things ever made.
The movie takes it's time to do things, and gives her motivations to do them. She has a love for life, family, and friends. She decides after some time to become a bounty hunter in order to protect these things.
In the manga she does it in the first or second chapter, for no other reason than she wants to fight.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 9, 2022 20:36:55 GMT
Nice YouTube fan video.
Martin
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