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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 12, 2017 20:40:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 13:32:38 GMT
I... I have no words. I have no idea what that's going to look like.  Wait... Cowboy Bebop is getting an adaptation too?  What on Earth is that going to look like? |
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Post by SG. on Aug 13, 2017 14:12:42 GMT
Technically that's not ITV in the traditional sense. It's a studio owned by ITV, sure, but it's aiming for a more American audience. In the same way that you wouldn't say BBC America was entirely the same as BBC, or that Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the American one) was some kind of Broadchurch competitor (that's a bad comparison, but you get what I mean).
Anyway, One Piece? Never been that interested due to the apparent botch-job they did with the localisation. Maybe this will be more faithful (which is really weird when you think about it).
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Post by doomlord on Aug 13, 2017 14:56:04 GMT
I just wish ITV would revive Sapphire and Steel as some healthy competition. What the original series achieved with the minimalist of special effects yet created plenty of tension and atmosphere, seeing that ramped-up with today's more sophisticated effects would be a brilliant addition.
Or seeing that they tried to get Dan Dare off the launch pad back in 1980, another try at that.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 13, 2017 16:03:12 GMT
Technically that's not ITV in the traditional sense. It's a studio owned by ITV, sure, but it's aiming for a more American audience. In the same way that you wouldn't say BBC America was entirely the same as BBC, or that Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the American one) was some kind of Broadchurch competitor (that's a bad comparison, but you get what I mean). That is correct, but given what One Piece is... well, they're not trying to corner the Downton or American Gods audience, for sure. |
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Post by SG. on Aug 13, 2017 16:06:04 GMT
Technically that's not ITV in the traditional sense. It's a studio owned by ITV, sure, but it's aiming for a more American audience. In the same way that you wouldn't say BBC America was entirely the same as BBC, or that Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the American one) was some kind of Broadchurch competitor (that's a bad comparison, but you get what I mean). That is correct, but given what One Piece is... well, they're not trying to corner the Downton or American Gods audience, for sure. Oh absolutely, but it's not being crafted as a DW competitor necessarily. If/when it gets broadcast here, maybe it will be, but that's not part of the decision-making by the Americans. Alex Rider though... that's definitely a Who competitor through-and-through. |
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Post by fitzoliverj on Aug 13, 2017 17:55:32 GMT
Technically that's not ITV in the traditional sense. It's a studio owned by ITV, Yes, the briefest reading around as to what this series in rather suggests that there's no way in hell it would fit the ITV demographic. I'd be staggered if they showed something like that, even in the "Primeval" slot, even on that channel they shoved the thing with Sean Bean onto because they thought people would pay to watch it. (And, dammit, why did 'Dirk Gently' go to Netflix and not BBC2?) |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 13, 2017 19:38:55 GMT
(And, dammit, why did 'Dirk Gently' go to Netflix and not BBC2?) Because life has a cruel sense of humour. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 0:31:01 GMT
That is correct, but given what One Piece is... well, they're not trying to corner the Downton or American Gods audience, for sure. Oh absolutely, but it's not being crafted as a DW competitor necessarily. If/when it gets broadcast here, maybe it will be, but that's not part of the decision-making by the Americans. Alex Rider though... that's definitely a Who competitor through-and-through. ITV seems to be chucking a lot of these at the wall recently, seeing whether they stick. The new Thunderbirds Are Go was purported to be a rival for Doctor Who as well. I wonder if One Piece will be orientated more towards families or children? |
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Aug 14, 2017 11:45:54 GMT
No this is interesting. Not sure how itll fair though
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 14, 2017 20:58:55 GMT
Oh absolutely, but it's not being crafted as a DW competitor necessarily. If/when it gets broadcast here, maybe it will be, but that's not part of the decision-making by the Americans. Alex Rider though... that's definitely a Who competitor through-and-through. ITV seems to be chucking a lot of these at the wall recently, seeing whether they stick. The new Thunderbirds Are Go was purported to be a rival for Doctor Who as well. I wonder if One Piece will be orientated more towards families or children? If so, how will they explain Nami's gradual... 'endowments' over the series? ''Mummy, why is Nami wearing less clothes every week?'' ''Umm.... it's in the manga, sweetie?'' |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 23:48:44 GMT
ITV seems to be chucking a lot of these at the wall recently, seeing whether they stick. The new Thunderbirds Are Go was purported to be a rival for Doctor Who as well. I wonder if One Piece will be orientated more towards families or children? If so, how will they explain Nami's gradual... 'endowments' over the series? ''Mummy, why is Nami wearing less clothes every week?'' ''Umm.... it's in the manga, sweetie?'' Oh, I don't know... I think they'll have to yield to practicality at one point or another. Still, pirates... I guess out of the big shojo animes like Naruto, DragonBall, Bleach, etc; One Piece was the one least overtly entrenched in Japanese mythology, outside of Pokemon. |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 28, 2017 16:40:13 GMT
If so, how will they explain Nami's gradual... 'endowments' over the series? ''Mummy, why is Nami wearing less clothes every week?'' ''Umm.... it's in the manga, sweetie?'' Oh, I don't know... I think they'll have to yield to practicality at one point or another. Still, pirates... I guess out of the big shojo animes like Naruto, DragonBall, Bleach, etc; One Piece was the one least overtly entrenched in Japanese mythology, outside of Pokemon. Plus, we all remember how well Dragonball Evolution went... And that was on a Hollywood payroll. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 0:46:24 GMT
Oh, I don't know... I think they'll have to yield to practicality at one point or another. Still, pirates... I guess out of the big shojo animes like Naruto, DragonBall, Bleach, etc; One Piece was the one least overtly entrenched in Japanese mythology, outside of Pokemon. Plus, we all remember how well Dragonball Evolution went... And that was on a Hollywood payroll. Yeah, the bit that gets me most is definitely the choice to make it live action. A CGI remake in the vein of Thunderbirds Are Go or Sonic Boom I can see. This not so much. I'd like them to succeed, but they have a long, tumultuous history of both American and Japanese live action adaptations to contend with. |
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 29, 2017 0:59:10 GMT
Technically that's not ITV in the traditional sense. It's a studio owned by ITV, sure, but it's aiming for a more American audience. In the same way that you wouldn't say BBC America was entirely the same as BBC, or that Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the American one) was some kind of Broadchurch competitor (that's a bad comparison, but you get what I mean). Anyway, One Piece? Never been that interested due to the apparent botch-job they did with the localisation. Maybe this will be more faithful (which is really weird when you think about it). Just a note One Piece has been available in the West in a faithful and uncut release with a very good dub since 2007. The atrocity of the 4-Kids release is long gone. But as for live action One Piece I can't see anything but disaster. It's so cartoony (and I don't mean that in a bad way) I just don't see how it will work as live action. Plus they will probably white wash the entire cast which will anger the fans. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 5:19:51 GMT
Technically that's not ITV in the traditional sense. It's a studio owned by ITV, sure, but it's aiming for a more American audience. In the same way that you wouldn't say BBC America was entirely the same as BBC, or that Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the American one) was some kind of Broadchurch competitor (that's a bad comparison, but you get what I mean). Anyway, One Piece? Never been that interested due to the apparent botch-job they did with the localisation. Maybe this will be more faithful (which is really weird when you think about it). Just a note One Piece has been available in the West in a faithful and uncut release with a very good dub since 2007. The atrocity of the 4-Kids release is long gone. But as for live action One Piece I can't see anything but disaster. It's so cartoony (and I don't mean that in a bad way) I just don't see how it will work as live action. Plus they will probably white wash the entire cast which will anger the fans. As is 4Kids itself, I think it filed for bankruptcy a couple years ago. Total overhauls tend to lead to disaster, I think. Particularly when you're trying to make a square peg fit a round hole. The only example of extreme localisation that I've seen work has to be Robotech and only because it was such a radical departure from its source material. It took three completely different series and modified them to be three seasons set in the same continuity, I've never seen the like of it. It's like if you took Kolchak, The X-Files and Stargate SG-1 and made them all direct continuations of one another. From a narrative standpoint, it's a work of absolute genius. Particularly for 1985 when adaptations of serial anime were an almost completely new concept (barring things like Yamato). |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on May 26, 2018 21:23:06 GMT
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Sept 26, 2020 0:59:20 GMT
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 25, 2023 22:44:15 GMT
Well, trailer's up, and it looks.. exactly how I was expecting it too.
And if, after watching that, you're wondering what the budget is...
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Post by Kestrel on Jun 27, 2023 23:38:24 GMT
Looks bad. Real bad.
And lots to be making the same wrongheaded decisions as most (all?) Western anime adaptations. Like it's deeply embarrassed of the source material. Like all these muted colors and grounded settings are a bad fit for most anime/manga adaptations, but a profoundly poor fit for Oda's art.
Which I can't help but contrast to the Japanese adaptations I've seen, which tend to really lean into the camp and humor and often even the aesthetic of the original.
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What on Earth is that going to look like?
