That would actually be goddamn clever.
This would actually really clever and fit our society right now.
You could make the Death Note easy into a analogy of the Internet. It's a way to destroy somebody's life, through the safety from your home and disconnection from the task itself. All you need to know, is the person's real name and face in both cases. Even people following you and praise your actions exists.
Ryuk should be a reminder to the audience, that the Death Note itself isn't evil and a necessary object for his kind. But bad people can use it for evil actions. So to make clear, that it isn't the Notes (internet) fault, it's Lights ego and personality.
I would love this change and playing up the teenage angst, which only reveals, what a terrible person Light truly is. Death Note at the end is about, how power shows the true self of a person.
Even if they don't go in on this hypothetical angle for the film it doesn't make casting a black actor in the role of L any less potent a creative decision given the obvious implications introduced into the subtext via the contrast between Light and L. If they are at least concious of that from casting alone it might be a sign of the thought being given to this adaptation.Particularly with a black actor as L (who, after seeing him in Atlanta, I'm really excited for). I deeply, deeply, wish they're going for this angle. But chances are slim, I guess.
Its true.Are the rumors true about a black guy being cast as L true? If so these peoples comments are disgusting towards it.
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Even if they don't go in on this hypothetical angle for the film it doesn't make casting a black actor in the role of L any less potent a creative decision given the obvious implications introduced into the subtext via the contrast between Light and L. If they are at least concious of that from casting alone it might be a sign of the thought being given to this adaptation.
That's what's kindling my hope right now. As well as being made outside of the stale Hollywood system.
PSA: The Death Note Japanese live action SERIES is really good if only for Masataka Kubota's INCREDIBLE performance as Light. Worth a watch if this is giving you a Death Note itch.
What's with that Ferris Wheel bullshit?
Looks good. I find it interesting that it takes place in Seattle. It would have made more thematic sense if it was a bigger city, like N.Y.
Light is falling and grabbing a girl, probably Misa or whatever they've renamed her to. They're being illuminated by light source above, probably a helicopter. So if he's being chased by the authorities, as it showed in the scene preceding this, this must be a pivotal scene.
In the first Japanese live action film, Lightby controlling another person with the Death Note, this replaced the original bus Shinigami test and Naomi Misora/Raye Penber arcs.kills his girlfriend
So maybe in this one, they take it one step further and he creates an even more ridiculous scheme where he causes the Ferris wheel to collapse (maybe he controls people to tamper with it) in order to kill Misa, being the only other Death Note holder he knows, in order to frame her as Kira. This would allow it to end showing how depraved Light can be and setting up a very different sequel where everyone is convinced of Light's innocence except for L.
That's my analysis.
Japanese Light would have let her fallassuming Rem didn't threaten him into trying to save her
Comic's Light would grab her hand just to smirk while letting her go.
Japanese Light would have let her fallassuming Rem didn't threaten him into trying to save her
Comic's Light would grab her hand just to smirk while letting her go.
Is it really?
I trust the execs at Netflix more than I do most major studios, tbh
Are the rumors true about a black guy being cast as L true? If so these peoples comments are disgusting towards it.
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Light Turner is not a good name. They should have gone with a new name instead of trying to callback to the source.
Was the writer of You're Next and The Guest involved?
No, the most recent draft of the screenplay was written by Jeremy Slater.
Also I didn't see anybody post this picture that Netflix released of the film.
Man they're gonna try to make L into some edgy hacker prototype aren't they
That's what it looks like.
Is a dude in a long sleeve shirt and jeans all that hard?
Wingard tweeted the pic above, and he also said this:
@AdamWingard Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross are performing the score for Death Note.
https://twitter.com/AdamWingard/status/844672104926625792
Fuck yes.
Man they're gonna try to make L into some edgy hacker prototype aren't they
His last name should've been Godwin.
I wonder why he's still calling his alternate persona 'Kira'
edgy hacker? My dude he's just hiding all of his features, is that not incredibly obvious?
I can't wait to meet Light's sister, Paige Turner.
This looks good.
Semi-related, but I shared this on Facebook and one of my really feminist friends commented "Does it not bother you that none of the actors appeared to be Asian?"
I mean, this takes place in another country doesn't it?
So I'm seeing people talk about the whitewashing of Light in Netflix's Death Note in light (pun not intended) of an Asian actor named Edward Zo coming out as saying he was turned down to audition for the role of Light because they "weren't looking for an Asian actor".
However, the interesting thing is that a black actor, Lakeith Stanfield, has been cast as L (Lakeith recently posted a tweet reading "currently blackwashin' shit"). This means that an Americanization of Death Note, a franchise whose premise is that a person uses a supernatural item to kill people in the pursuit of what he falsely believes is justice to make up for the criminal justice system not being hard enough on crime, will feature a villainous white protagonist and a heroic black antagonist fighting over whether the protagonist's idea of justice truly is just.
This may be too much to hope for, but if the Americanization of Death Note ends up being essentially about the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system and the "Tough on Crime" attitude on minority communities this will change my opinion of this adaptation from "unnecessary" to "shockingly inspired".
This looks good.
Semi-related, but I shared this on Facebook and one of my really feminist friends commented "Does it not bother you that none of the actors appeared to be Asian?"
I mean, this takes place in another country doesn't it?
It does, but it's another example of whitewashing a foreign property. I think it's more acceptable when they go all the way like this compared to GitS where they seem to be trying to have their cake and eat it too, but it still would've been nice to have an Asian guy.
I mean, this takes place in another country doesn't it?
At the end of the day, you have a role that was originally Asian.
I think some of ya'll are conflating the lack of Asian American representation in American media with American Adaptations of foreign properties.
Also the original role was Japanese, not some homogeneous Asian, and it's important to point that out because if you want to go that route, then Japanese Americans make less than 1 percent of the American population.
Not really. It is simply a missed opportunity, not a necessity.
I am arguing in favor of Asian American representation in general, not of an enforced 1:1 casting (regarding ethnicity).