Blade Director to Adapt 'Akira' For Western Audiences

dswensen writes: "According to the Sci-Fi Channel web site, Steven Norrington (director of Blade) is going to write and direct an adaptation of the classic anime Akira. Norrington says his story 'preserves the tone, the visual and the epic scope of the original, whilst telling a somewhat more accessible story [to Western audiences]." The article doesn't mention whether the adaptation will be animated or live-action. Given Norrington's track record and the butchery that usually takes place under the guise of making something 'accessible,' it's hard to take this as extraordinarily good news."

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[digitalsushi]

more accessible story [to Western audiences]

Tetsuo: Kaneda!!!!!
Kaneda: Tetsuo!!!!!
Tetsuo: Kaneda!!!!!
Kaneda: Tetsuo!!!!!
Tetsuo: Kaneda!!!!!
Kaneda: "I'm getting too old for this [expletive]"

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[minusthink]

you forgot the intermittent explosions.

so it actually should be like:

Tetsuo: Kaneda!!!!!
::motor cycle explodes::
Kaneda: Tetsuo!!!!!
::building explodes::
Tetsuo: Kaneda!!!!!
::tokyo explodes::
Kaneda: Tetsuo!!!!!
::tokyo explodes::
Tetsuo: Kaneda!!!!!
::tokyo explodes::
Kaneda: Tetsuo!!!!!
::kaneda explodes::

Re:so like

[PopeAlien]

Yeah! thats it!

And we're going to have to do something with the end too.

instead of:
"Its.. Its.. Like a cosmic rebirth!"

it should be:
"Sh*t! [explosion]".

..Then the building collapses, and as the dust clears, Bruce Willis crawls out of the debris with a small cut above his right eyebrow.

Hell this is easy, I should make a more 'accesible' version myself..

Norrington?

[Rampant Atrocity]

Norrington told the Reporter that his draft "preserves the tone, the visual and the epic scope of the original, whilst telling a somewhat more accessible story [to Western audiences]."

Akira: dude? where's my motorcycle?

Here's a scary thought-

[Mulletproof]

"Fist of the North Star Live action"

Yeah, I'm real hopeful about Akira... ~sigh~

What _is_ Akira about.

[BusterB]

I challenge anyone to describe the plot of Akira in a way that is accessible to anyone. Come on folks, have you actually looked at the movie? It may be a great work of animation, but the story seems to be:

Kid rides around future city on motorcycle, gets mixed up with big, secret blob monster, girl gets absorbed by blob monster, scary stuffed animals, blob monster dies eventually, lots of gore and squish.

Perhaps this is some ancient Japanese folk legend that I don't know about?

Re:What _is_ Akira about.

[AnalogBoy]

Don't bash the dolls, man.

You haven't been frightened until you've had a nightmare while staring your childhood "teddy bear" in his newly befanged face, while "Dolls Polyphony" was mysteriously playing.

Of course, my teddy was actually a rabbit. Which didn't make it any better.

Re:Typical holywood!

[Fulcrum of Evil]

It's based on a classic SF novel by Robert Heinlein.

You mean it's based on the back of a classic SF novel by Robert Heinlein, right?.

Re:just keep the original

[jellybear]

How about trying to stick a fish in your ear? I think I read about it in a book, and it was supposed to work...

More accessable version

[autopr0n]

right here