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Kimi no Na wa/Your Name
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Private Lee O'Malley
Easygoing Egoist
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- Gensokyo
i hope they replace all instances of riceballs with jelly donuts.
"That's also amusubi JELLY DONUT!"
"That's also a
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- the bottom of a coffee cup
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- She/Her
Thread from the screenwriter about it.
>And lastly, while I cannot disclose anything of the meeting, my pitch contained no white people.
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While I understand that "less white people" is a litmus test for media remade from foreign sources, my thoughts are that it'd matter very little if it wasn't Asian people, and if that's the case, a Hollywood live action remake would mean very little at all. Compared to, say, Ghost in the Shell or Edge of Tomorrow (a live action adaptation of All You Need Is Kill), Kimi no Na wa is intensely steeped in a combination of Japanese high school culture and folklore, both of which are difficult to port over to a non-fandom American culture. So...
WarpObscura
Sleepy Big Stick
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- A dot at the edge of continental Asia.
Asked on Reddit, thought I'd ask here and SB too:
If you could choose some other director, but it still had to be an American, who would you go with?
After Silence (2016), I think Scorsese might be interesting.
If you could choose some other director, but it still had to be an American, who would you go with?
After Silence (2016), I think Scorsese might be interesting.
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- the bottom of a coffee cup
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- She/Her
I think the implication that his pitch was about Asian characters is pretty clear given the context of the conversation
SirLagginton
Shadow Cabal Caerbannog Bun-Bun
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>As with Ted Chiang's work, my goal is to adapt it well enough to compel viewers to seek out the incomparable original.
Well I can certainly respect that if nothing else.
...Now all we need is for Abrams to not fuck it up.
Private Lee O'Malley
Easygoing Egoist
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- Gensokyo
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- Mars
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- the bottom of a coffee cup
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- She/Her
Brutal
Savage
Rekt
Savage
Rekt
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- in the trash
>sci-fi
It's like the person who did the write-up hasn't even watched the movie.
WarpObscura
Sleepy Big Stick
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- A dot at the edge of continental Asia.
It's October 4 or going to be, and you all know what that means.
Itomori died for our sins.
o7
o7
Jemnite
CVN-69 Fella
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- 清源书院
I can't see this happening.
For one thing there aren't enough asian actors in Hollywood to fill the cast
(also rook why can't i comment on your profile page i thought we were friends
)
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- the bottom of a coffee cup
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- She/Her
shit i accidentally unfollowed you LOL my badI can't see this happening.
For one thing there aren't enough asian actors in Hollywood to fill the cast
(also rook why can't i comment on your profile page i thought we were friends
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
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- Walking the Endless Corridors
I'm gonna apologize for the slight Necro, but I just got ahold of this movie the other day, and I kinda got slammed hard by all the feels and I really kinda just cried for about ten minutes so um...
This movie is beautiful, and I don't know how much I can spoilers, but like...
It was so close, so close.
Fucking... 5-8 years and it still almost missed. All the emotional fakeouts.
This movie hurt me in the best way possible and I love it.
This movie is beautiful, and I don't know how much I can spoilers, but like...
It was so close, so close.
Fucking... 5-8 years and it still almost missed. All the emotional fakeouts.
This movie hurt me in the best way possible and I love it.
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- secret base
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- She/Her
That's normal, I think.
It turned me into a total mess and the only two things that do that are good movies and alcohol, and I am pretty sure I didn't drink anything whilst watching this film.
In general, films directed by Makoto Shinkai make feel sad, lonely and cause me to call my friends and tell them how much I appreciate having them in my life... which happens to freak them out a bit since my usual equivalent of showing appreciating looks like a verbal insult to normal people.
Ahem... Like I said, a rather good film.
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- Mars
The Collector's Edition arrived today. umu.
Timerider
That guy who really should get out more.
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- The End of the World.
Well they've done it again.
J.J. Abrams to produce live-action adaptation of your name.
Personally I am struck with a soul-chilling terror despite the fact that I would only watch it if paid an unreasonable sum of money.
Anyone elso have any comments or concerns?
J.J. Abrams to produce live-action adaptation of your name.
Personally I am struck with a soul-chilling terror despite the fact that I would only watch it if paid an unreasonable sum of money.
Anyone elso have any comments or concerns?
SirLagginton
Shadow Cabal Caerbannog Bun-Bun
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- Arrrghhh
I wasn't going to watch this unless it was directed by Christopher Fucking Nolan himself, and this just cemented my desire to spend my money on more worthwhile things. Like cafeteria food. Or Pickachu plushies.
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Private Lee O'Malley
Easygoing Egoist
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- Gensokyo
If it's going to be terrible, I want it to be an absolutely unredeemable trainwreck that I will watch people rant about later down the road.
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- Mars
Can they just not name it...Your Name?
Private Lee O'Malley
Easygoing Egoist
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- Gensokyo
"No Name"
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WarpObscura
Sleepy Big Stick
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- A dot at the edge of continental Asia.
Makoto Shinkai's Your Name. Novel Gets Audiobook Voiced by Romi Park
An audiobook of the novel is being released. Audiobooks for 5cm/s and Garden of Words to follow. Place Promised in our Early Days and Children who chase Lost Voices predictably screwed over.
An audiobook of the novel is being released. Audiobooks for 5cm/s and Garden of Words to follow. Place Promised in our Early Days and Children who chase Lost Voices predictably screwed over.
WarpObscura
Sleepy Big Stick
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- A dot at the edge of continental Asia.
Hitoha's seiyuu, Etsuko Ichihara, has died recently.
Veteran actress Etsuko Ichihara dies of heart failure at 82 | The Japan Times
Veteran actress Etsuko Ichihara dies of heart failure at 82 | The Japan Times
Quadhelix
Professional Windmill Hunter
I finally got around to watching it -- the dub and the sub are both available on Amazon Prime. I regret not doing more to avoid spoilers because I went into knowing that time travel was involved and that saving the town from the comet was a major part of the plot, and I feel as though those particular twists might have landed with more impact if I had not been forewarned.
Even so, there were a lot of things that did take me by surprise and I really enjoyed the film's execution of its ideas.
One thing that I was particularly impressed with was how many different details that I took as character background later turned out to be plot significant -- most especially the kurikamizake, which I initially took as a background detail about Mitsuha's life but later proved to be a major Chekhov's Gun and possibly the linchpin of the entire plot. Of course, it also makes me think of this film as "Makoto Shinkai's feature-length Mysterious Girlfriend X fanfic." ;P
My own reading of that scene is that, if Taki had written his name instead of "I love you", then Mitsuha might not have gotten the courage and focus to confront her father. What Taki actually wrote quite visibly strengthened her resolve, possibly by reminding her that "he was the one who was in her" and thus the stories of him standing up to her bullies.
Conversely, just writing his name might not have inspired her to the same degree, which could have lead to a Bad End.
On the other hand, my read of body swapping is that it tends to be more of a trope of science fiction, rather than fantasy. Moreover, the main threat in the film is a meteor impact. Finally, although explorations of fate and destiny are typically the purview of fantasy (even when that fantasy is cosplaying as sci-fi), explorations of causality fall firmly in the realm of sci-fi.
Even so, there were a lot of things that did take me by surprise and I really enjoyed the film's execution of its ideas.
One thing that I was particularly impressed with was how many different details that I took as character background later turned out to be plot significant -- most especially the kurikamizake, which I initially took as a background detail about Mitsuha's life but later proved to be a major Chekhov's Gun and possibly the linchpin of the entire plot. Of course, it also makes me think of this film as "Makoto Shinkai's feature-length Mysterious Girlfriend X fanfic." ;P
On that note, am I the only one who sees overlapping themes and concepts between Interstellar and Kimi no Na Wa? Most notably, the emphasis on the power of love and using that power to send a world-saving message back in time. Or is this just pareidolia on my part?
My own reading of that scene is that, if Taki had written his name instead of "I love you", then Mitsuha might not have gotten the courage and focus to confront her father. What Taki actually wrote quite visibly strengthened her resolve, possibly by reminding her that "he was the one who was in her" and thus the stories of him standing up to her bullies.
Conversely, just writing his name might not have inspired her to the same degree, which could have lead to a Bad End.
On the one hand, I recognize that Kimi no Na Wa leans heavily into the interplay of the spiritual with the supernatural, along with themes of fate and tradition.>sci-fi
On the other hand, my read of body swapping is that it tends to be more of a trope of science fiction, rather than fantasy. Moreover, the main threat in the film is a meteor impact. Finally, although explorations of fate and destiny are typically the purview of fantasy (even when that fantasy is cosplaying as sci-fi), explorations of causality fall firmly in the realm of sci-fi.
Although the movie never explicitly says that Tiamat is anything other than ordinary comet, there do appear to be indications that it has some supernatural element to it. For example, the shrine's relic may be a fragment of the comet and grants actual miracles.
Moreover, the revelation that the lake at the center of the town was likely from another fragment of Tiamat gives the impression that the comet has some persistent grudge against that particular patch of Japanese countryside.
Moreover, the revelation that the lake at the center of the town was likely from another fragment of Tiamat gives the impression that the comet has some persistent grudge against that particular patch of Japanese countryside.