"Drinian" <sailracer6@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> wing wrote:
> > "Amani" <amani@charter.net> wrote in message
> > news:vel59rjdv8ua7f@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> >>Surprised no one's posted this:
> >>
> >>http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=15399
> >>
> >>----------
> >>Taryn : http://taryn.shirataki.net
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > nice :)
> > only as far as i know there were no tanks like the ones on the
picture...
> > :)=
> >
> > ---
> > ...and the night came...
> >
> >
>
> Wow! Thanks, Taryn. I can't deal with AICN on a daily basis with their
> layout, so I usually miss stuff like this. Yeah, it does seem that
> they've already started to make some changes in design, but there are
> going to have to be some differences in live-action Eva, whether it is
> in the holding-tanks or character design.

Don't praise me too much--I got the link from a friend on a message board. I
can't stand AICN's layout, either. ;)

> I have to wonder what WETA is using for source material -- after all, if
> they watch the TV series too much, the entire thing might end up looking
> somewhat too cartoonish a la X-Men.

They cut the spandex. Good enough for me.

> 2) Age / appearance of the pilots: if this is to be an American-release
> movie, I don't think 14 is going to cut it. 16, maybe. This will also
> help with acting. At the same time, this movie can't end up looking like
>   Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider, as (hopefully) the serious implications
> of this series will not be left behind or obscured by juvenile
> Maxim-magazine-ism (though by reading other posts here... aargh...).

Whether they're 14 or 16, most likely they're going to have actors 16 or
older. Most likely young-looking 18 or older. Rarely do teenagers get played
by actors the same age.

> 4) Cartoonish (exaggerated) humor and fanservice. Doesn't work the same
> in live action. Also see #2. Asuka's role and personality will be much
> harder to establish without these.

I'll agree on the first part (really don't need that kind of anime humor in
a live-action movie) but I'll disagree on Asuka. Asuka's personality is not
a fanservice one. Misato's is. Asuka was /used/ for fanservice, but that's
not her personality. Asuka is agressive and tempermental and madly
over-compensating for her own insecurities. She does have moments of trying
to impress Kaji, but they don't come close to Misato's, which is far more
often.

> Hmm. This post is already getting too long. I leave with the proposal of
> a question: which ending / point of view on the ending do you think the
> movie should follow?

Movie, without a doubt. I prefer the TV ending, but no producer would ever
even /think/ about doing that at the end of an Eva movie.

> Oh, right, I should introduce myself, as this is my 2nd post ever on
> Usenet (and the first was in comp.linux). I'm 18, male, Christian,
> generally conservative, college student, got introduced to Evangelion
> and anime in general about 3 months ago by a friend of mine... and now
> am hooked (own both Eva movies on DVD, working on SE: Lain among other
> things, somewhat considering going to Otakon in August).

*waves* Welcome! 16, female, Christian, generally conservative, high school
student, started Evangelion...two years ago? No, wait...three or four now.
Jeez...

--Taryn