HBO is in Talks with Guillermo Del Toro to Adapt Monster into TV Series

MagnumBookworm said:


Hiddleston seems like a pretty boy, but as people have said, he might not be effeminate.

Damian Lewis would be awesome as Tenma. Could even get Michael C. Hall since Dexter's last season comes out this year, and it doesn't seem like he has anything planned.

MellowJello said:
Placing my bet on it flopping.

pralan said:
I'm worry, anime adaptations usually are very horrible...

skudoops said:
First Evangelion and now Monster huh?

BigSimo said:
if they americanize it (ie. set it in america, have all the characters be american etc.) then the whole thing will be worthless.
i'd like for them to cast an english speaking japanese man as tenma, and have the whole thing set in germany. but this won't happen.
it sounds good on paper, but when you think about it, it won't come close to the source material.

JustALEX said:

Monster would not be adapted from the anime but the manga.

Secondly, Monster is NOT like most manga which are based in Japan and have an all Japanese cast with the majority of the things being about Japanese culture.

Monster's cast is almost all European....and it's set in Europe.

It's a very mature manga, and I think it would actually be easier to make into a real life drama than 99% of manga/anime.

MagnumBookworm said:


Pacific Rim is nothing like Evangelion.....other than they both happen to have giant mechs.

PR is more action-oriented than Eva is <.<.

JustALEX said:

I thought Pacific Rim was more of a modern take of Godzilla....

When the hell did anyone say that was an adaptation of Evangelion???

JustALEX said:

Monster would not be adapted from the anime but the manga.

Secondly, Monster is NOT like most manga which are based in Japan and have an all Japanese cast with the majority of the things being about Japanese culture.

Monster's cast is almost all European....and it's set in Europe.

It's a very mature manga, and I think it would actually be easier to make into a real life drama than 99% of manga/anime.

dankickyou said:


If it was a take on Godzilla, the movie will end with Godzilla ripping the mecha to pieces than returning to the sea like a boss. Besides, there is already a Godzilla movie in the works for 2014.

BoaCC said:
It is important they capture the gore.

HeavenlyUser said:
To bad it'll be on HBO you know... Since HBO IS GAY.

I would watch it but since it's on HBO and I don't have HBO ya...

Nachotee said:
Highly overrated show, maybe it'll work better as a TV show?
Although they'd need keanu reeves to get that level of non-emotion on the MC.

dankickyou said:

....................................What gore?

Vyudali said:

For the people saying it's going to have tons of sex, from what i hear Game of Thrones doesn't have much sex, so that won't be the case. Tons of violence, though, is expected.

MagnumBookworm said:


Pacific Rim is nothing like Evangelion.....other than they both happen to have giant mechs.

PR is more action-oriented than Eva is <.<.

skudoops said:


Really?

In the near future, giant monsters identified as "Kaiju" arise from a crevice in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a war which takes millions of lives and quickly consumes humanity's resources. To combat this new threat, a special type of weapon is designed: massive robots, known as Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.

Kaiju = Angels
Jaeger = Evas
Mental link between people = Mental link between pilot and EVA

Not to mention both mechs have humanoid design and both fight in a similar manner (from the trailers at least).

live2win said:


That is true, I'll like to add as an avid fan of well-characterized villian ( Johan, Griffith, Hannibal, Joker in TDK ), I would like to see them nailed it right down to the aesthetics and mannerisms.

fanty said:
MAL says we have high anime compatibility, but it looks like you haven't seen my favourite show. And I've actually read the actual ASOIAF books, I know what a "decent" adaptation would have looked like.

JustALEX said:

Lol, so there are similarities....that doesn't mean it was an adaptation.

I just saw the preview, and there's NOTHING in it that makes me think of Evangelion.

If anything it looks a million times better than NGE.

skudoops said:


Really?

In the near future, giant monsters identified as "Kaiju" arise from a crevice in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a war which takes millions of lives and quickly consumes humanity's resources. To combat this new threat, a special type of weapon is designed: massive robots, known as Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.

Kaiju = Angels
Jaeger = Evas
Mental link between people = Mental link between pilot and EVA

Not to mention both mechs have humanoid design and both fight in a similar manner (from the trailers at least).

MagnumBookworm said:


Hiddleston seems like a pretty boy, but as people have said, he might not be effeminate.

MagnumBookworm said:


You do realize that PR is basically the action version of Eva, right? I mean, it's obvious the characters are going to get nearly zero development. It's just gonna be mindless action sequences.

Not that having just action is bad(The Raid proved this), but it is very different EVA.

skudoops said:
1. I never said it was an adaptation
2. You said nothing looks like evangelion, yet acknowledge there are similarities at the same time.. which is it?
3. Your flamebait isn't going to work on me because I don't think too highly of the original series, I love the rebuilds though.