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Well, obviously they only care about monetary return, but generally not alienating fans of the source material and not making terrible content are much better w
by kerkeslager 7y ago
Well, obviously they only care about monetary return, but generally not alienating fans of the source material and not making terrible content are much better ways to make money.
Both films mentioned were commercial successes, but I think in the long run they burned audiences for this sort of film. I won't see any more American remakes of anime for some time.
- simonh 7y agoBattle Angel Alita. Cost $170m, Box Office $404m. Don't bet on it. Also the live action Akira is currently on hold, but Taika still seems keen to do it.
- kerkeslager 7y agoI actually saw Battle Angel Alita. I thought it was okay, but I hadn't seen the original source material to compare. Other commenters here are saying it was more loyal to the source material. The other American live-action remakes mentioned were profitable, but by much more narrow margins. If what people are saying about it being truer to the source material is true, then it seems that producing better remakes does in fact produce greater profits. We only have a narrow data set to look at for this, though. I really don't know what a live action Akira would look like. The body horror scenes are going to have to be CGI, which could go really badly.