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Death Note - Official Trailer
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lightskintwin
Banned
It really isn't. I feel like all the people saying you can't have a character like the original Light in an American setting need to watch the excellent Better Luck Tomorrow by Justin Lin. It basically is about a group of Asian Americans (which Hollywood often seems to forget the existence of), and the fact they get away with a series of crimes because of who they are
It could've definitely worked with an Asian American in the role, but that was never in consideration.
SentryDown
Member
Doesn't look that bad tbh, looks like they avoided the straight adaptation trap (aka showing two people discussing for hours) and tried to put more varied situations. The only thing I'm worried about is how long the intro will be, it was way too long in the anime IMO
So did you see the trailer or not? I'm guessing no. As someone else mentioned he's set up as an underdog from the trailers. No character traits from the manga or anime are showcased with this character.
With the US's structure you have so much variety that isn't possible in Japan due to the racial dynamics being more homogeneous comparably and so far, it looks like the ball is dropped with a bog standard white lead that looks as if they are taking nothing from the source material other than the name Kira.
Cbajd5
Member
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
He genuinely looks like that tho and that means that i'm gonna be looking forward to how it ends throughout the entire film.
L and Light don't look great, and also seem like different people entirely.
Rest of it looks ok. Dafoe will be great I'm sure.
There would be a lot of problematic implications with a minority who mass kills people based on his own twisted agenda.
Not disagreeing with you, could've easily been Japanese American and that would've been good, just saying generic white dude is the safest bet.
Rest of it looks ok. Dafoe will be great I'm sure.
There would be a lot of problematic implications with a minority who mass kills people based on his own twisted agenda.
Not disagreeing with you, could've easily been Japanese American and that would've been good, just saying generic white dude is the safest bet.
The first things I noticed. Part of what made Death Note work was the chemistry of Light and L. If you completely change their characters, their rapport is shot and the series as a whole becomes less enjoyable.
BlackGoku03
Member
When I was in the group for fansubbing the anime, we went with the manga scanlation as it just sounded better.
Boy those were the days. Toriyama's World, I miss you.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
ikr! they should have went with Tom Hanks as Django in Django Unchained.
UnemployedVillain
Member
This strikes me as concern trolling almost. People always keep saying this, but there really wouldn't be. It's a fictional movie. People aren't going to be making statements from it. And a white mass murderer is the "safest bet"? Based on what??
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
Based on "Murica!"
lightskintwin
Banned
Because White people are the default in American films.
n00bsauce87
Member
Kira and L meeting that quickly?
I gotta know the circumstances to lead up to that. Too soon on the tease.
And will L have a sweet tooth? He doesn't look like he's a sweet tooth kinda guy
I gotta know the circumstances to lead up to that. Too soon on the tease.
And will L have a sweet tooth? He doesn't look like he's a sweet tooth kinda guy
Because White people are the default in American terrorism
BronsonLee
Member
They meet pretty early in the show tbh
And I saw sprinkles/cupcakes when he slammed the phone down
lightskintwin
Banned
LOL Damn. I don't necessarily think that was the point he was making.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
That threw me off to and what makes me worried.
Not concern trolling. I even said a Japanese American would've been good. It would explain why the name is still Light, and I advocate for that with adaptations like this or Akira
People make all kinds of dumbass statements based off of fiction lately
White mass murderer is like having a Russian bad guy- you just kind of accept that it's a thing in American movies. I don't know. I seriously wouldn't read too much into that.
nintendoman58
Member
WHY IS LIGHT QUESTIONING HIS ACTIONS
WHY IS L MAKING PUBLIC APPEARANCES
That aside I'm sorta interested in this. Dafoe as Ryuk is perfect casting.
WHY IS L MAKING PUBLIC APPEARANCES
That aside I'm sorta interested in this. Dafoe as Ryuk is perfect casting.
Shadow-Link
Banned
Willem Dafoe is brilliant casting.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
Yeah. He always thought that he was right no matter what.
UnemployedVillain
Member
It's a story about a mass murderer. People are going to say dumb things regardless, but he's not ever portrayed as being a good person so I don't see the issue
Vincent Grayson
Member
My 13 year old instantly hates this. She says none of the characters seem right.
slightconfuse
Banned
Looks pretty good
PaleFolklore
Member
I thought the Anime was really really bad. I had to force myself to finish it. Seems like this is going to be just as bad. The dude crouching on top of the chair is just... lmao it's time to stop
Oh god if they wasted their time on something like this it would be an absolute tragedy
Oh god if they wasted their time on something like this it would be an absolute tragedy
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
L is suppose to be anti-social and awkward. It's just his thing.
This might actually be what they're going for which would be the best way to make this relevant and interesting.
Trailer looked fine, I'm in.
Brightness messed with eye color it seems.
Wow, that actually looks really good!
Only on Neogaf would a thread about a Death Note movie turn into this lol
Secret Fawful
Member
Light looks like a huge douche which makes sense because Light is a huge douche. And L is played by Darius from Atlanta, so I'm on board for that casting at least.
WrenchNinja
Member
But that's what Light is. He's a terrorist.
This is a film about a killer notebook. What are people going to assume, that PoC will write names in a notebook? This is a really pathetic argument but it's the same argument that prevents actors of color from getting work.
We have films about white killers, hitler and nazi's, this one wouldn't hurt straying from the course of generic whiteness.
Astral Dog
Member
It looks..good? At least entertaining.
Who is that hooded guy? 🤔
Who is that hooded guy? 🤔
D1renegade
Member
This actor isn't pretty enough to play Light.
I'm in for Wingard. Even though Blair Witch wasn't great, dude still did The Guest and You're Next so he's still in my good graces. He understands atmosphere so damn well I think it's a good fit for something like Death Note. Only major concern is the many drafts and incarnations the script has gone through, hopefully he'll wrangle all that in.