Will Netflix's Death Note be any good?
>>71525671
Fucking disgusting. And they'll claim it's ok when they're replacing an ASIAN character. Won't be watching this.
AYYYY DAE VEGETA THO
>black guy as L
>making a live action version of Death Note but not japanese people at all
enough of this meme
Most likely yes
Wingard is a very good director if he tries
What the fuck do you think?
>>71525729
That's not true. Watari, the Englishman, is being played by an Asian guy.
>>71525671
i wish the casting director was using the death note
well, at least it's not donald glover
is Dean Dehaan Light? if not I don't give a shit.
Probably the worst casting of all time. This is with the recent fantastic four in mind.
>>71525671
If it's a literal adaptation, then no. Only appeal will probably bememes
>>71525705
Why is this site so racist? Blake people are funny
>>71525699
>>71525729
>>71525808
>>71525832
He hasn't been cast as L, you stupid fucks.
And either way, if you're alright with Light being white, what's wrong with this?
>>71525671
I have more faith in Wingard than I have in the cast.
>>71525808
Prepare to be massively disappointed.
>>71525751
Oh
BUT STILL
He doesn't look edgy enough
>>71525887
Because anime is either asian or white, not black.
>>71525887
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/netflix-live-action-death-note-film-reveals-more-characters-cast-2017-premiere/.103820
Yes he has been, you fucking moron.
>>71525887
I dont want a white man playing a black man character
I dont want an asian playing a white character
I dont want a nigger playing an asian
Movie studios need to respect the character's source and stop blackwashing/whitewashing, etc.
>>71525875
>Blake
Who is Blake?
>>71525887
Niggers aren't people
Its going to be great
literally only /v/edditors will disagree
>>71525887
4chan is openly racist (on the internet anyway). It's gross that in 2016 something as meaningless as skin color or something as poorly defined and unsubstantiated as "race" is such a big deal to so many people. If you call them out on this you will be greeted with "cuck" or some other trite /pol buzzword
>>71525966
A leader of a group of rebels in the future. Seven of them.
>>71526102
Dude I don't give a shit about anyone's race, I judge people based on the content of their character, but when it comes to staying true to the source material, you don't change a character's fucking race.
>>71526102
(You)
>>71526102
Nothing to do with buzzwords. Typically MOST blacks are niggers. They provide it time and time again in the media, the news, and daily interaction with regular people.
>>71525775
underrated
>>71526198
I'm black but have no criminal record, know my father, and shitpost with the rest of you. Am I a-accepted
Will the potato chips scene be adapted?
>>71526198
Do you say these things to people in real life?
>>71525941
welp
that is disappointing
>>71526102
its not the skin color nigger, its the skull, facial features and the attitude.
>>71526316
Are you saying this isn't real life?
>>71525887
L is really intelligent
>Autismal nip being replaced by autismal darkie
Really do not care in the slightest.
>>71526316
Well, I don't live in a country without niggers. So I have no reason to talk IRL about that pointless topic.
>>71526352
Nope it's all a simulation
>>71526258
only if you hate american contemporary black pop culture.
>>71526216
swn give you that look while cumming in her nostrils :(
>>71526401
>Wanting him to be an Uncle Tom.
>>71525875
>>71526389
Shit, a double negative. I guess I'm the nigger here.
>>71526424
literally anything is better than acting like faggoty black kids and the white kids that copy them
>>71525671
>L's defense against the Death Note will be Kira's inability to spell his name
>>71526404
>>71526477
>Everyone should act like white fuckboys.
>>71526566
white fuckboys act like black fuckboys though
>>71526487
10/10
>>71525671
>Adam Wingard
just...
THANK FUCKING GOODNESS THEY REPLACED THE OUT OF PLACE EMO LOOKING FAGGOTS WITH PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THEY SHOULD BE THERE.
>>71526576
My people aren't fuckboys, faggot. You whites are the ones who are the fuckboys..
>>71526665
fuck off boy
>>71526665
We enslaved your kind for hundreds of years, you're my bitch, eat shit.
>>71526665
Shut up nigger, go make me my dinner.
>white people stilling gobbling the BBC and bowing before their nigger masters
good thing you baka weaklings are slowly killing yourselfs with your cuck-culture
>>71526102
Cuck
I'm fuckboy. AMA
>>71525671
The original was garbage, so probably not. I hate the super-genius trope so fucking much.
I did really love the episode wherelight remembers everything and goes to L out in the rain who says "has there ever been a point where you actually told the truth" and the rain cuts out, and you know he finally knows. Also, the ending was nice.
>>71526752
you're a fucking white male!
>>71526688
Eat shit, Fuccboi.
>>71526719
>We.
You mean your triple great grandfather. Not a beta-male like you who can't even enslave his own piss.
>>71526738
Go ask you mom.
>>71526832
why does it always gotta to be a race thing with you niggers
not even mad. pretty hyped actually
>>71526883
Because race is an issue and my race are gurus with it.
>>71526957
race is a mythos construct
AYO
AYO HOL UP
NO-NO-NOW HOL UP NAW
U BE SAYING THERES A BOOK AND SHIT
THAT KILLS PEOPLE AND SHIT?
SHIEEEET
>>71526825
In this day and age being a white male is a worse fucking insult than being a nigger.
It means I gave up my heirtage and culture in favor of her Schultzman and his eubonics-speaking homeboys destroying any values and integrity I had as a person while dooming my entire race with such antics. And any attempt to speak up against it would result in not the niggers, or the jews or any other race but other fucking white men being against me.
So really; I'd rather be a kike, spic or nigger than a fucking white male in 2016.
Atleast the shame would eventually wash off.
>>71526153
I agree, but this movie IS targeted at Americans which is probably why the cast isn't Asian.
>>71526316
Of course he doesn't.
>>71526198
You have probably neither interacted with a black person or lived in a primarily black area in your life. As a black person who is posting from one of the most crime ridden, poor areas in his county, almost got mugged yesterday on the way to Wendys, and who goes to USC on a full academic scholarship you have NO idea what you talk about. All you see are the drug dealers, the gangsters, the armed robbers; you don't see the single mother working two jobs 18 hours a day who is trying her best to get a better life for her kids. You don't see the father working his ass off, barely affording to pay the rent. You don't see the guy in community college, getting all As and transferring to Cornell next semester because he learned from his mistakes in high school. You're probably some angsty white kid with little grasp of reality whose only knowledge of black people comes from some cherry picked news story of how some white girl got tag teamed by the whole black football team seeking acceptance and later crying rape. Most black people in America are just working class people trying to live their lives like everybody else. Also when discussing the problems with the black community, why does everyone assume that black people just blame whitey for everything or that black people are inferior due to culturally biased IQ tests? Why does nobody mention the real problems in the black community like the absurdly high single motherhood rate, the ridiculously low high school graduation rate, the poverty, or a culture that glorifies violence? You're just ignorant. #Triggered
>>71527035
>White people get a taste of their own medicine for once in their lives.
>"STOOOOOOOOP!"
>tfw they will cut Ryuk
He should have been the only nigger in the show
>>71525671
well it makes sense
doesn't L stand forLebron
>>71526049
Except /v/edditors are the only people who like trash like Death Note
Try again you fucking faggot
>>71527173
berserk is good, death note is alright, i don't like /v/
>>71527173
Better than the shit /a/ eats.
>>71527214
>berserk manga is good
Fixed for you pham
>implying /v/ even reads the mango
>>71525671
if there's anything degrading than whitewashing, it's blackwashing.
>>71526102
>everyone taking this bait
what the fuck /tv/
Why don't they ever cast asian guys?
>>71527248
i've read it and watched the 90s anime, the OST makes the anime better.
>>71525941
I hope they keep L's crack head look.
>>71526719
>"We enslaved your kind."
>"What, you want me to pay reparations? But I dindu nuffin!"
>>71527082
I live in Philadelphia, in various areas of it my entire life. I have had black friends, Hispanic and Asian friends. Notice how I said most blacks are niggers.
Most of the ones that I interacted with start out as decent enough people, but at some point that nigger switch goes off. Those sons raised by hard working single mothers have a chip on their shoulder despite getting into schools and jobs much easier than I would at simliar intellect and skill because of affirmative action.
I am a very fair person and I only call it how I see it. The niggers in Philly are plentiful. The ones in the burbs are few and far between, but those are typically white kids with black skin at this point.
The ignorant piece of shit niggers are everywhere in downtown and yes, those include drug dealers, homeless, alcoholics, etc. they are swine much like white trash Americans are too. The difference is, probably due to cultural history, is that there are far more niggers. Our white ancestors brought this upon themselves. The enslavement of the blacks generations later have led to this, and it is a damn shame.
>13% of the population
>still pushing the the magical nigger meme
>>71527272
>needing audio to enjoy something more
Fucking normies
>>71527266
Asians can't act.
L is british so him being black would be fine.
I believe Watari was supposed to be british aswell, his name just sounds like japanese because Death Note's writer is really really really really really shit with names, how shit you ask? There's a character in the expanded book that's named and I shit you not; Beyond Birthday.
>>71527358
bullshit. those HK movies are great
Can we please watch the racism? Its really unnecessary and honestly makes you and your posts look ignorant
>>71527340
Think of all your ancestors getting raped and murdered and lynched
>>71527393
>blackwashing is fine
WE
>>71527393
Beyond is actually a relatively normal name in Japanese (sounds weird in English though of course)
Beyond "Birthday" is fucking weird though.
>>71527393
>Beyond Birthday
thats a cool name desu
>>71527437
But whitewashing is okay though.
>>71527393
>replacing X with black a black actor in Y
>>71527421
fuck off cumskin with the rest of your inferior white race
people of races with actual balls are talking in this thread that can take insults towards their skin color
>>71527393
Japanese naming conventions are much diff than our own.
>>71527481
t. Harold
>>71527466
what are they gonna whitewash, spearchuckers 100 year old war over 9 year old virgins?
>>71525699
He isn't asian. He's British.
>>71527393
No it isn't.
Well if it's some american version that's not 100% faithful to the original, what's wrong with having a black guy in it?
>>71527552
they drew him like an asian super model though
>>71527607
Because le niggers. White people playing the roles are ok though
>there's no blacked agenda
http://www.deathnotenews.com/news/edward-zo-us-death-note-movie-no-asian-actors-considered-for-light-yagami-role
>>71527340
only niggers want handouts
>>71525671
After Hemlock Grove, dont have much hope for this one.
>>71527678
>white actor gets casted
>hurr whitewashing
>black actor gets casted
>not a peep
everytim
>>71527709
So progressive!
>>71526102
>4chan is openly racist
And has been well before any of you newfags stumbled upon it. If you don't like it fuck off back to where you came from.
>>71527481
is that so, nigger?
>>71527451
>>71527451
>>71527483
In the novel it's implied Beyond Birthday is from an english-speaking country. He kills three american and they're names are somehow even worse with Believe Bridesmaid, Quarter Queen and fucking Backyard Bottomslash(no really)
Sure the names aren't believable in the slightest, but he could have atleast tried like with Nate River that actually sounds like something a person could be called. Or Mihael Kheel which could be argued to be a slav name, although I don't believe the author is that clever with names and that it's merely a misspelt Michael.
>>71527763
And that's why it is good that a black character potrays him!
I don't get this whitewashing bullshit. Movie is being made in American studios primarily for American audiences. Japan already made their own live action version which sucked ass. I'm sure if Bollywood made an adaptation of this movie it would star Indian actors.
Why is this concept so hard to grasp for all these whiny PC sjw mother fuckers?
>>71527393
>L is british so him being black would be fine
Wasn't Wammy's house in america though? No way L would let on where he was actually from.
>>71527173
Eva is trash though
>>71527833
I never said it was good. I said it was just fine. Not the end of the world. If they completely removed the british aspect, yeah that would bother me, and his mannerism like his clothing, unkempt look, baggy eyes, simple clothing and physical movement.
>>71527913
WE WUZ BRITISH N SHIEEET
>>71527850
>Why is this concept so hard to grasp for all these whiny PC sjw mother fuckers?
Because a perfectly reasonable explanation is a lot more boring than an international conspiracy so confusing and convoluted most tinfoil fedoras won't even pay it any mind. I mean be real dawg, which would you pick?
>>71527852
Wammy House is in Winchester, England. Although there might be more orphanages we haven't seen.
>>71527927
Shitpost all you want, but black brits in the 21'st century are not a rarity.
>>71527633
No, they didn't.
>>71527393
L is supposed to be a pale, emaciated, creepy British guy. Like a modern autistic Sherlock Holmes. He's easily the most iconic character of this manga and the actor doesn't look like him AT ALL. With Light I can take it (most of the times Light acts like a normie) you only need a charming and smug guy to represent him, but L is a whole more complex to portrait. Is not about skin color, is about this guy not looking even a little like him. They will probably throw some classic scenes, he will squad like 2 times in the whole movie and that would be it.
So yeah, I hope this bombs. HARD
>>71527991
yes they are, unless you live in London or Birmingham
>>71528009
> Is not about skin color, is about this guy not looking even a little like him
What you really meant:
>Hi guys Im from reddit I want to say I dont like this guy but please dont misjudge me it has nothing to do with race!!! please no downvotes!
just fucking leave this site you stupid nigger
>nbombs all over the place
/pol/ is leaking again
>having Japan make a live action movie ends up with full japanese cast and shitty CGI
>having murrika make a live action movie ends up with diversity, misscasts and endless rewritings of the story by the studio to appease an entirely different crowd
being a mangaka must be suffering
>>71528057
Sure, fag. Go being triggered some other place.
>>71528009
>Is not about skin color
I agree, and I too would be suprised if the movie adaption did the source material any justice, but at this point all I can hope for is that they do that, or instead just sit back and enjoy the shitstorm.
>>71528083
wow, you basically admit it
here nigger nigger
>>71525671
Considering the original was a shitty anime with an utterly retarded plot, this may be an improvement. Assuming they actually bother to address all the retarded asspull just as planned moments and make them more grounded.
>inb4 some autistic weeb gets triggered
I'm not here to debate how shit it was, just accept my opinion and move on.
>>71528057
If they got an awkward looking black guy I would be okay. As long as he ACTUALLY is like that. But this guy? Nope. Same mistake they make with the new Lex Luthor.
>>71528067
>nbombs
fuck off
>>71527082
nigger
>>71528121
No, fuck off
>>71527082
>You have probably neither interacted with a black person or lived in a primarily black area in your life. As a black person who is posting from one of the most crime ridden, poor areas in his county, almost got mugged yesterday on the way to Wendys, and who goes to USC on a full academic scholarship you have NO idea what you talk about.
You're retarded. Whites within black majority neighborhoods are specifically targeted more. When a neighborhood reaches 90% African-American, any remaining Whites have a one hundred percent chance of being the target of a Black-committed crime.
>As a neighborhood turns black, violent victimization of its white residents begins immediately. At first the risk is small, not much different from its previous all-white level. However, by the time the neighborhood reaches the half-black point, every white family of four has better than a one in three chance of being victimized within a year. Two factors account for black-on-white violence. Blacks are 3 times more likely to commit violent crime than whites, and black thugs prefer white victims, selecting them 64 times more than white thugs choose black victims. Most of the risk faced by whites, results from the predilection of black thugs to prey upon whites. As a neighborhood becomes overwhelmingly black, the risk curve for whites rises to ominous heights. In the last stages, the likelihood of a white being victimized within a year becomes a virtual certainty.
You'll never understand what it's like for Whites, both children and adults, to live in minority heavy areas. The fact alone you'd try and smear a White as angsty and sheltered for expressing this shows this.
>b-b-but muh anecdotal evidence
>>71528067
nigger spotted
>ayoooo hol up mane lemme kill soma crackers be4 i leave
>>71528240
niggers cant into logic
only one solution
gun
>>71528240
Source on the mathematical representation of Black on White crime compared to Black fraction of neighborhood:
http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/hood.htm
More like N imarite? xD xD
>>71528067
It's mathematically impossible to be this new.
>>71528278
Guns have solved more problems in history than talking ever has.
>>71528335
youre the new one if you responded to that shit seriously
>>71525832
Same screen writer
>>71528067
Its just /v/edditors
>>71527173
>defending annotrash
typical neo/a/
Isn't L supposed to give off that school shooter vibe.
All of you racists deserve to die.
>>71528512
this, all racists deserve to be lynched
>>71528471
Isn't he also supposed to be the protagonist?
>Casting a semi attractive protagonist
Crazy shit right?
I'm not rasict, but i want to L as he looks in the Animie. L is a white French/American you know.
>>71528584
British
>>71528584
>France
>white
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkRq7mBBiiQ
>>71525751
Kek
>>71528557
>Isn't he also supposed to be the protagonist?
No
>>71525887
oh my lord, you're an idiot
>>71528720
Yeah, he's the hero searching for the cunt killing folk with a magic notebook demon thing.
Hopefully the shinigami won't horrible fucking CGI this time around.
>>71528764
You want a puppet?
>>71528761
Nope. Light is the protagonist, the story develops around him. L is actually the antagonist.
Good guy =/= Protagonist
So are they gonna go with his autistic personality from the manga/anime or are they gonna "Hollywood him" into a this wiz detective OG with all the eubonics and and hiphop we could dream of?
>>71528801
Honestly. I don't know what the fuck people expect a flying shinigami to be. CGI is the best way to go with it.
>>71528801
No preference as long as it isn't shitty looking. Something similar to the creatures from Pan's Labyrinth would be fitting.
>>71528865
The last most likely.
>>71528863
>Entire story focuses on the murderer
Let's hope they alter that problematic nonsense.
>>71528865
>Autistic versus Murderer
Sounds like it won't sell shit. I think they'd be stupid to keep it the same if they want more fans than the niche market cartoon.
>Japan remakes a Shakespeare story with all-Japanese cast
no one care
>Japan remakes Murder on the Orient Express with all-Japanese cast
no one cares
So why does everyone on /tv/ get triggered when America remakes/adapts a Japanese film/show with black or white actors?
>>71528903
Yup.
>>71528904
But then folk will just bitch that it looks wrong compared to the cartoon.
>>71528953
This whole post is retarded
Honestly, I don't care one bit about L being black, or Light being white, but why the fuck is Light ugly?
His whole fucking character is that he's smart AND fucking good looking. He has everything, and as a result is bored with life. Why didn't they just cast Zack Efron who actually wanted the role? He would have been fine. Not this butt ugly mong they got to play him. He looks like he couldn't pick up a single 5/10 chick, let alone have his pick of 10/10s like the Anime/Manga Light does.
>>71529001
Folk are already bitching about no Asians and a black guy being L, why should they care about what people think about the shinigami design?
>>71528959
>Why do westerners care more about western culture
A true mystery for the fucking ages anon.
>>71528959
Because it's: BAD CASTING, YOU FUCK HEAD
>>71529077
This. Guess they thought Light was supposed to be your typical nerdy goof.
>>71528959
because even japanese people dont care about japanese films
>>71525887
L was mix raced, asian and white
>>71529112
Shakespeare is Western culture. Death Note is not.
>>71528067
nigger :^)
>>71529052
>Stories shouldn't be tailored to fit their audience
If the cartoon was any good for the mass audience it woilkd already be popular and it wouldn't need changing.
>>71529114
>I'M NOT RACIST
>whitest guy in the original work
>casts a black actor to play the part
This has become a meme, hasn't it? That's a fucking joke. The guy better do a good job, because he has a lot to make up for.
>>71529177
But the adaptation happened in the east, so why should we care? Literally, why the fuck should we care?
>>71529164
He probably will be. He's probably going to be like Elliot Rogers, and rather than seeking justice by killing criminals, he'll kill women and people he hates. I think the idea of "two different ideas of justice battling it out" is too complex for American cinema. Light is the "bad guy" so he's gonna be made to do bad things, like murder women for not liking him.
>>71529077
>Honestly, I don't care one bit about L being black, or Light being white, but why the fuck is Light ugly?
>
>His whole fucking character is that he's smart AND fucking good looking. He has everything, and as a result is bored with life. Why didn't they just cast Zack Efron who actually wanted the role? He would have been fine. Not this butt ugly mong they got to play him. He looks like he couldn't pick up a single 5/10 chick, let alone have his pick of 10/10s like the Anime/Manga Light does.
>>71528959
well for one, those examples are japanese interpretations of those works featuring an ethnically homogeneous group of nationals
this aberration is not.
>>71529165
That's not even remotely true.
>>71529272
Well why should you care how a Japanese work is adapted?
That guy was great in Short Term 12
But L is a title, isn't it? What's the matter with him being black? He could be a different L.
>>71529303
Shakespeare works are set in European countries featuring explicitly European characters
>>71529221
>Stories shouldn't be tailored to fit their audience
Exactly. Stop being a retard.
>If the cartoon was any good for the mass audience
It's. One of the most popular anime and manga of all time.
AYOOO HOL UP SO U BE SAYIN THAT NOTE KILLS NIGGAS? WHY THAT WEIRD ASS CRACKA DONT JUST SHOOT EM WITH GLOCK?
>>71529322
Because its a western adaptation.
And were in the fucking west.
Are you fucking stupid?
>>71529407
Yes, and? That doesn't explain why you should care what happens to a Japanese work. It's not your culture.
>>71529241
Triggered?
>Character introduction
>This my Nigga Jerome, AKA Crackpipe, AKA Smokey, AKA Light
>>71529392
>One of the most popular anime and manga of all time.
Yugioh, Dragonball, Digimon, Pokemon and many more are faaaaaar more popular
>directed by Adam Wingard
>50 million budget
>netflix original aka r rated and no retarded studio meddling
>practical effects for ryuk
>jason eisener is the 2nd unit director
This will be good
>>71525671
Female Ghostbusters tire shit
I'm looking fowards to down voting it and everything everyone involved ever makes
>>71528865
most likely. most likely they'll change it so Misa is L's romantic interest instead of Light's
>>71529486
>Female Ghostbusters tire shit
>I'm looking fowards to down voting it and everything everyone involved ever makes
>>71529456
Sure. And you know how old those are right, fuck head? And still Death Note managed to get a lot of attention. So fuck off if you don't know what are you talking about.
>>71529392
Sorry, are you honestly saying that;
1, Stories SHOULD NOT be appealing to their intended audience.
2, Popular by anime and manga standards is equivalent to being as popular as say, Lost?
Are you fucking deluded or just full blown Katana buttplug kimono wearing weeb?
>>71529322
Name 1 good jap movie
see? can't do it.
>>71529382
The real answer is that the Japanese film industry doesn't really have access to a diverse stable of talented actors from around the world. Hollywood does, and actively eschews giving asian actors roles, even when adapting specifically asian properties that would create great opportunities to develop rising talent.
>>71529435
You should have just said "yes".
>L
>not J
Jerome is more common than Lamar
>>71529513
LOL
are you serious?
The Pokemon anime is still airing and still more popular than Death Note by faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar
>good director
>pretty good source material
Dont see why not
>>71529464
nope
>>71529531
What do our opinions on the quality of Japanese movies have to do with anything?
>>71529537
Asians are just shit actors though
Better to give the job to a good actor
>>71529511
Your arguments are so good...
I'm actually kind of surprised Netflix didn't go with a fully Japanese cast. Marco Polo has shown that they aren't afraid to create a show with a 99% Asian cast
I hated anime L, now I'm gonna be called racist if I hate nigger L too.
>>71525887
Light is played by a jew,which is worse.
>>71529537
name a decent asian actor
Just look at media from China/Korea and most of Japan, it's fucking shit
>>71529675
Just go watch Marco Polo. Whatever flaws it has, it's well acted pretty much across the board.
>>71529615
Marco Polo was set in China (and it was shit)
Death Note doesn't need chink actors and it's better for it
>>71529720
Death Note is set in Japan. I guess you could move it out, but I don't know why you would. And Marco Polo is just fine. It's not great, but it's not bad either.
>>71529077
the actor they cast is jewish. will the pretty white girl they cast in the Misa role be the romantic interest of the dorky looking jew who is nothing like the character he's playing, or the studly black bull who will play L nothing like the way he is in the japanese versions. such a conundrum.
>>71525671
So I guess in this movie L won't be a genius?
>>71529745
Why wouldn't you move it out of Japan for an AMERICAN adaptation?
What does being set in Japan add to the story?
>>71529517
>1, Stories SHOULD NOT be appealing to their intended audience.
Nope, if you want to do a fucking adaptation ruining the source material you may as well don't do shit. It should be appealing as it's, with really minor changes.
>2, Popular by anime and manga standards is equivalent to being as popular as say, Lost?
Nope. Keep being mad but this anime is one of the most popular from all time.
>>71529560
>is still airing
Duh
>>71529568
>Terrible casting
There you got :)
>>71529745
The Japanese version of the story is set in Japan.
This isnt that story. Its an adaptation. Set in Canada/America most likely.
>>71529745
>And Marco Polo is just fine. It's not great, but it's not bad either.
no, it was shit
>>71525671
so is this what getting triggered mean>???? holy fuck L is a nigger
what the FUCK
>>71525941
>>71529590
btfo
>>71529786
Well, presumably they're going to have to make some changes now to the structure of the story, as the original uses Japanese infrastructure and social structure to create its plot. It's also an unnecessary change, and the more you deviate from the original, the more you alienate your core audience.
>>71529796
>with really minor changes.
such as characters race and country the story is set
>>71525671
This is what a British person looks like in 2016, you fucking white racists
>>71529745
ah yes, lets make set it Japan, with Japanese actors, all speaking in Japanese
Are you really this fucking retarded?
>>71529796
>this anime is one of the most popular from all time.
It's not even Naruto
SnK tier
>>71529675
This complaint is a meme. People just suddenly all started saying it at the same time for no apparent reason.
>>71529852
Who?
>>71529796
I don't doubt its popular FOR AN ANIME but that still makes it vastly unpopular with the majority of people.
Thus, it needs to be adapted and changed if a Wider audience is going to enjoy it. I don't see why this is a hard concept for you to wrap your kimono around.
>>71529905
You seem pretty angry about the idea that a story set in Japan should have its adaptations set in Japan. Once again, moving it out is certainly something you can do, I just don't know why you'd want to do that.
>>71529862
Nope. Specially not for him. Light could be black as long as he's handsome and smug. But L is not like that.
>>71529934
To appeal to non Japanese audiences.
If the story is so strong it will still work outside of a Japanese setting.
>>71529969
He is now.
>>71530002
If the story is so strong, it will work within a Japanese setting, too.
>>71529917
Ah no. As I told this changes destroy the original content.
>>71527173
/a/ has gigantic boner for berserk
>>71528240
I've lived in a majority black neighborhood (both with and without a live-in gf on and off) for almost 5 years and have never had an issue with crime. I'm also not a racist fuckhead and treat blacks like people, so that may be a contributing factor.
>>71530049
Yes, and it did. Apparently.
It worked so well that they now want to adapt it and frame it in a cultural backdrop more acessible to the new target audience.
Get it?
>>71530036
No he isn't.
>>71530120
But the original target audience was the same as the new one, they're just going for a larger group of them.
>>71530089
How?
>>71530149
Death Note's original target audience was Japanese people. This movie's target audience is primarily Americans.
>>71530178
I'm talking about the dub, obviously, which was very popular for animation in the US.
>>71530149
Cartoons with a pretence of maturity do not have the same target audience as a Netflix drama series.
>>71530171
Because:
>>71528009
>>71530193
>for animation
This isn't animation, new target audience.
>>71530214
I disagree. They're looking to get the pseudo-intellectuals, in this case broadened by the fact that it's not animation
>>71530243
Right, so they'll be able to pick up the people who automatically dismiss it out of hand for being animated, but they're still going for the same group: white people
>>71530223
So based purely on looks?
Seems premature at best.
You still have the cartoon, its not like this erases that from existence.
>>71530293
>So based purely on looks?
Yes. Because the looks are extremely important in what the character is in this case. Of course I know you haven't seen the anime and you're talking out of your ass.
>>71529857
Anon, take another look at the character names in the animenewsnetwork link up top.
>Light Turner
>James Turner
They're definitely going full Murka.
>>71530293
Ultimately, there's no way that they'll ignore using race as another aspect of the story here. I'm not sure it's possible that they could. So, by changing the race of the characters, they're forcing themselves into a situation where the adaptation must be inherently less faithful. Seems like a bad choice.
