Would have to know what you specifically disliked. The main cast is rather run of the mill (the mysterious silent dude aside) but also not in a way that they annoyed me.I watched the opening scene and it pretty much told me that I'd find the characters and plot insufferable.
Was I wrong?
As a fan of the manga for the scenery porn and heavily decompressed storytelling with minimal exposition, will I like the movie? The trailer was really offputting
It wasn't bad, but it lacked the lonely, foreboding, alien feel of the manga. The spirit of the story (the main character, really) is the vast, isolated landscape, and they just weren't able to do it justice in the movie because of time/pacing restrictions. Still, I didn't feel like I'd wasted my time.Read the manga!
It would be awesome, but too risky to make a movie mostly devoid of dialogue. I think the electro fisher arc gives them a good starting point because of the human element. I just hope we get a sequel involving the silicon creatures. I get including a 3rd faction would probably make the movie a convoluted mess, but I still want to see them in high-ish budget form.
Is a sequel planned? I keep seeing people mention Toha Heavy Industries.
It's pretty great adaptation of the manga that I thought was unadaptable. They basically created an enjoyable Mad Max-like movie.
A sequel was announced.
Just watched the movie. I dont really think it works as a single movie. Showing a "sidestory"/arc of a manga doesnt really work as a stand-alone product.
People wanna know more about the structure and the universe, but I doubt they will read the manga.
Yeah basically. They were smart and simplified it enough for it to work.It's pretty great adaptation of the manga that I thought was unadaptable. They basically created an enjoyable Mad Max-like movie.
Unfortunately, the sequel announcement turned out to be a vaguely untraceable rumor, which is a shame.A sequel was announced.
It's good. Say that as someone who doesn't like anime.
Having looked at the comic a bit, it's VERY strange that they didn't do a series (perhaps that's coming up) and very strange that they started with this story.
I still find the name BLAME! unbelievably frustrating. It's meant to be BLAM but he couldn't spell.