| Yeah, I won't be watching that anytime soon. But seriously, did they have to "Americanize" everything? Good God, they even changed Light Yagami's name to Light freaking Turner. |
 "Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul."  |
| This adapatation and the OG Death Note, is like the Hunger games and Battle Royale. At least they're not stealing it this time |
* Silent Antagonist* |
| Skeptical before the trailer. If the book didn't say Death Note I wouldn't have been able to guess what it was. Apprehensive after watching. |
| Not stereotypingl but it's hard to imagine a black guy portraying L's behaviour since ive only seen white people and asians move and act the way he does. L always came off ssomewhat autistic from how damn awkward he is and his odd little behviours and I'm aware autism is higher occurrence among whites and asians. If he had a different way of acing it wouldnt matter much but this case it does because it will likely come off like a totally different character. I think Light is a right choice. Not as charming looking as he should be but his looks help highlight his later character development since it looks like he can give off a crazed look. Funny thing is it almost feels like who directed this musta watched other anime shows and a bunch of action films and almost mixed them up. Scorpi0n said: Yeah, I won't be watching that anytime soon. But seriously, did they have to "Americanize" everything? Good God, they even changed Light Yagami's name to Light freaking Turner. Why would a white guy have an asian name? That would be just stupid. |
You're probably right. But even small changes like that just takes away the overall atmosphere or "feel" of Death Note. Just rambling from here: I'm sure the directors are intending to make it more of an action than a psychological or philosophical film, but they're still going to be losing a lot of potential there. |
"Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul." |
traed said: Why would a white guy have an asian name? That would be just stupid. Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi? Anyway, I'm interested in watching it. I'm not sure how the length will hurt it, or any other given decision the producers might make, but I'll at least watch it. |
| Only a movie? Not a series? That would be my main complaint right now. Squeezing in all that material into a couple of hours is not smart if a good product is to be made. |
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| Well I think we all know how fucking great this shit will turn out to be! I mean Netflix will do it... What else could go wrong? |
| Oh well, at the very least they can put some intense moments (like the potato scene) despite not following the actual Death Note anime. |
| I'll watch it, I actually just watched he new Ghost in the Shell movie and while it's not better than the 1995 film I still enjoyed it. The thing I'm most concerned about the new Death Note is that it looks more action based, one of the thing I like about he anime so much was actually it's slow pacing as it built up tension and it was more psychological that way. I'm also concerned about L because he doesn't look as weird in this version. |
gswelcome said: Only a movie? Not a series? That would be my main complaint right now. Squeezing in all that material into a couple of hours is not smart if a good product is to be made. Well if you insist, you can put yourself through this one |
| oh g soooooooo hype! |
| it will be better than dragon ball revolution at least |
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| Trailer was honestly cringy as hell, but Netflix rocks a solid track record. I'll honestly give this a chance. |
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| shit , is this the new death note movie about 6 death notes that they announced about it at the end of Death Note 2015 drama ? why America took it ? and why these cheer leeders and that kiss ? |
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Nou-Tan said: shit , is this the new death note movie about 6 death notes that they announced about it at the end of Death Note 2015 drama ? why America took it ? and why these cheer leeders and that kiss ? No, that one came out last year. Light up the New World. Came out October 29, will probably take a while for subs to come out. |
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| Well it seems right off the bat they already ruined L's character, and I don't mean the colour of his skin. As yhunata put it this just seems like another lazy and inept cash-in on the Death Note name that will have little to do with the source material. |
Just by existing it will be better than such a tragic abomination. |
| Can I just mention something. This is BL giving a public speech, yes? See how he's covering almost all his face? Yeah, a person with the Shinigami Eyes can see his name. |
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| I cant wait until this movie is released so I can come back to this thread and flame all the idiots who are being judgmental retards because Netflix didn't decide to pander to all you socially inept weaboos who think an Asian casting would have been good here. Foh. |
| L will sing this instead of doing his job in this movie Seriously, wtf, Ryuk will be awesome though, Willem Dafoe is best person that can play/voice Ryuk that I can think of. I will watch it just to see Ryuk. I don't have problem with white cast if they "americanized" it, but it seems like characters are fucked up. Light looks like emo weaboo. L is played by black athletic looking rapper. He's supposed to look weak and pale cause he spends a lot of his time indoors. This L looks like he's straight outta Watchdogs. He's like complete opposite of L looks-wise. It's like casting Morgan Freeman as Near. Making Light black would've been better if they wanted black main character so badly. Imo, Ezra Miller would've made really good L. Plus Death Note looks like it was chewed on by stray dogs. Its flawless appearance gave supernatural vibes, but movie one looks like something out of pirate treasure chest. I can already tell it won't be better than 4/10. Next step: Cast Will Smith as Alucard in Netflix Hellsing. |
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still, whenever I think about the fact that they renamed him "Light Turner", this immediately comes to mind |
| I'm going to vomit. Light is meant to attractive to the point where he uses it to manipulate people, not look like a fucking school shooter in the making. |
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L is not black enough, they should have give role to him: . |
Sukebe14Jun 6, 2017 1:25 AM
yhunata said: Lmao fucking amateursCan I just mention something. This is BL giving a public speech, yes? See how he's covering almost all his face? Yeah, a person with the Shinigami Eyes can see his name. Can't wait for this movie to be shat on by fans and critics alike |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
Comic_Sans said: yhunata said: Lmao fucking amateursCan I just mention something. This is BL giving a public speech, yes? See how he's covering almost all his face? Yeah, a person with the Shinigami Eyes can see his name. Can't wait for this movie to be shat on by fans and critics alike Indeed, i'm gonna fuck up its IMDB rating alongside fellow anti-shitmovie people as soon as it comes out. Even if it's 3/10 (thanks to Ryuk), i'll still give 1/10 to drop its rating. Smells like dragon balls. I can't wait to see L washing Light's feet in this movie. hehehehehehehehehehehehehe. |
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| Why is L black? It's like they only turn these Asian productions into Western ones, just so they can force "Diversity" into everything. |
| I think I won't bother watching it. I really like Death Note, but this? It hurts my eyes to see even the trailer. Light is supposed to be looking smart, charming and handsome, not a regular high school nerd who doesn't come close to charm. About L, hell, they made him black, really? Do they want to change the plot that much that the fans won't recognize it or what? They could have added black person there like anyone from the japanese police, but not L. Ryuk sounds good, I guess, at least someone. In my opinion the main characters should look similar to the description, so the original story can be shown. |
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| cheesus. i really prefer the original death note so no ; ; |
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| Willem Dafoe as Ryuk is the perfect casting. Everything else it looks like they fucked up. |
kingcity20 said: Oh for the love of -_- nvm gotta love MAL |
| Ugh. Months later, this trailer still pisses me off. The only good thing about this is Willem Dafoe as Ryuk. |
     "Maybe he's trying to take a shit, but the shit just won't come out." Captain Levi, 2014 (／^-^)／☆♪  ♪☆＼(^０^＼) |
| i wouldnt have a problem if they used the same concept and just changed the characters and moved it to 2017 america but no, they kept the characters and jsut fucked up their characterisation and what really makes death note so incredible? the characters dont act like what they should be like?? Idk Light looks less popular/smart guy and more social outcast emo kid, which is like the foundation for the fact that he thought he was god Ryuk is good, but he kinda pushes Light to write in the book which is weird bc its supposed to be light who does it himself why does light want to risk his life for misa? Looks like a lot of action and 0 mind games. Not to mention the whole white washing issue It looks like a shit show lmao i hope it flops |
| Xtina is my mother! |
Red_Keys said: Light is supposed to be fucking gorgeous, unassuming, charismatic, valedictorian pretty-boy perfection. Not a greasy unkempt hair socially detached bullied looking outcast. EXACTLY. And thats what made him become who he was. He literally thought he was above everyone already and thru the book it developed into a dangerous god complex. He literally looks like an emo kid who has 0 friends in this. |
| Xtina is my mother! |
| Even as an Asian, I don't mind the white/black American actors... my problem is with how cheap it looks.. except Ryuk. I hope I'm wrong cause this was a really good anime. As a huge fan, I want other people who know nothing about it to love it. This is not Netflix quality - at least judgin by the trailers. |
| What duh fuk? L isn't being played by Chris Rock? DROPPED |
abelkoontz said: Red_Keys said: Light is supposed to be fucking gorgeous, unassuming, charismatic, valedictorian pretty-boy perfection. Not a greasy unkempt hair socially detached bullied looking outcast. EXACTLY. And thats what made him become who he was. He literally thought he was above everyone already and thru the book it developed into a dangerous god complex. He literally looks like an emo kid who has 0 friends in this. To be fair, the two Japanese live-action adaptions didn't get this right either. PetitePanda said: Even as an Asian, I don't mind the white/black American actors... my problem is with how cheap it looks.. except Ryuk. I hope I'm wrong cause this was a really good anime. As a huge fan, I want other people who know nothing about it to love it. This is not Netflix quality - at least judgin by the trailers. Not a good sign for the upcoming "the witcher" on netflix. |
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| I looks like it could be okay as it's own thing but it looks too action heavy for fans of the anime to properly enjoy it as the anime was most interesting when it was psychological. Also I don't like how Light doesn't seem to be as much of a psychopath in this version and how the ormance looks to be two sided. My mom actually liked the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie (she didn't see the show) I despised the thing and told her that the problem was that they tried to put over 20 episodes into one movie. I also when out with my family to to see Ghost in the Shell for my birthday and my mom and Sister who hadn't seen the anime found the movie alright and they aren't the biggest scifi fans apart from things like Star Wars, Star Trek and Guardians of the Galaxy. I did like the Ghost in the Shell movie with Scarlett Johansson but the original anime was better by far. I guess this is how some comic book fans feel when there comics are adapted into movies even if it is considered a good movie. |
| A new, official poster is out Guess what... it looks BAD! How the fuck did Netflix arrive to the conclusion that turning Light into a troll looking school shooter was a good idea? Can't wait for this movie to flop hard |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| It's pathetic tbh The anime is far better! Netflix has run out of ideas, it seems He looks like a desperate psychopath tbh Light doesn't even look/act like that. Comic_Sans said: How the fuck did Netflix arrive to the conclusion that turning Light into a troll looking school shooter was a good idea? Can't wait for this movie to flop hard lol |
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Comic_Sans said: A new, official poster is out Guess what... it looks BAD! How the fuck did Netflix arrive to the conclusion that turning Light into a troll looking school shooter was a good idea? Can't wait for this movie to flop hard This physically hurts me. |
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| the only problem i see with it being america is that other characters in death note are already in america (near, mello) so it doesn't make sense. specific events only happen in america and the investigators on the kira case are called "the japanese taskforce" so....it'll be awkward. |
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Comic_Sans said: u would think that at the very least if they were gonna fuck up the plot and how the death note universe works they would at least make it look pretty. but no. we can't even get that.A new, official poster is out Guess what... it looks BAD! How the fuck did Netflix arrive to the conclusion that turning Light into a troll looking school shooter was a good idea? Can't wait for this movie to flop hard |
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| Even more fuck ups, right here; Ryuk is literally egging Light on. What the bloody fuck? Did any of these motherfuckers even look at the bloody manga? |
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| I don't want to dismiss this adaptation altogether, but I am actually all for hiring Asian American actors whenever one can. The amount of jobs they get compared to... well, white actors is incredibly low. Last time I looked, a majority of roles went to white actors. I'm talking like 79% vs. 4% of roles (depending on the medium but it's about the same for television and film), and the rest were other groups. Blacks are after whites when it comes to the amount of roles, but again, it's like 79% vs. 9% (again, slightly different percentage for television and film, but maybe like a one or two percent change) of roles. Asian Americans can hardly get roles in works that have nothing to do with Asia; I just feel like they could at least give them more roles/leading roles in something that was Japanese. But even here, nope. But why? It's not like Americans can't relate to or like Asian characters. Look at how many of us are American and watch anime with Japanese characters in Japanese settings. We're fine. It just sucks because I have so many friends struggling as Asian American actors, and they're good! The industry just doesn't want to trust going with minorities and just want to stick to the tried and true "white sells as default". BUT studies have shown that diversity actually sells more. And some people argue that they'll use a well-known white actor to sell (this was the argument for Ghost in a Shell), but who even is the guy playing Light?! This adaptation could be good and I wouldn't ever say it's automatically bad because they hired a white actor for the lead role. Also, who knows, maybe he's part Asian. I do think it's important to start looking at what's happening in the industry though and keep those statistics in mind. Saying something like, "Well it's an American adaptation, so of course they're going to get American actors" is pretty much saying that an American actor who just happens to be Asian is not American-- or not American enough... (or "Western") In the case of L, I'd like to share a quote: "When asked about L's ethnicity, Ohba responded saying 'I think of him as a quarter Japanese, a quarter English, a quarter Russian, a quarter French or Italian, like that'." So unlike Light, L has room to be a lot of skin colors. In today's world, there are many blacks who are English, Russian, and French. An interpretation of L as black is not unfounded and is not outside the realm of possibility. However, Light has never been described as anything but Japanese. Anyway, I don't expect one show or movie to change the entire industry's approach to "diversity"; I'd even call that naive. I don't really care about "keeping true to the original". I just care about possible jobs. The dude playing Light will always be able to find roles, but for Asian Americans, this was one of their very few chances to say, "It's Asian media so maybe I have a better chance". This adaptation even takes place in Seattle, where it wouldn't have been odd to have a Japanese American doing his thing. They easily could have done it, they just wanted to have a white actor. And you know what that's fine, but like I said, it's good to bring this to the table since we're already here. This is "based" on Death Note. It isn't exactly the original Death Note. They chose to make some things like the original and definitely could have went to cast more with the original in mind, but they didn't. That's their choice. I kinda post all this not for the benefit of Asian American actors and the American entertainment industry. Maybe someone here will become a creator, think of this, and decide to hire an Asian American actor for their work meant to be enjoyed by a Western audience... and hopefully they stop seeing it as something which will lose them money when studies show that it should gain them money. We need to get away from the idea that an American audience will not relate to an American actor (who happens to be of Asian descent). Like straight up, in casting lineups, minorities are branded as "exotic". We're American. We've been here forever. We're not foreigners. Please cast us. We need money. lol TL;DR: It's fine they chose a white actor, it's their choice, but just remember that Asian American actors (and minorities in general) get such a small amount of roles already. No need boycotting stuff now, just please make note. 2017 Hollywood Diversity Report: http://www.bunchecenter.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-Hollywood-Diversity-Report-2-21-17.pdf |
Comic_Sans said: A new, official poster is out Guess what... it looks BAD! How the fuck did Netflix arrive to the conclusion that turning Light into a troll looking school shooter was a good idea? Can't wait for this movie to flop hard Its Netflix stuff. Netflix stuff never flops sadly. |
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