TheKaeptain
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Timedog you're not funny.
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Scarlett Johansson offered lead role in Ghost in the Shell live action film
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BeatResetsTheWorld
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The only way I see Scarlett working is with a ton similar to Terminator 2 Sarah Conner (which wont happen because "Girls with muslces? Ewww gross!").
Either way, she's still on the short side. The Major was shortest (ignoring Aramaki) but wasn't dwarfed by everyone like ScarJo in Avenger, nor did she wear heels all the time. I guess creative filming can overcome that though
SuperStiltzkin
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Can you imagine how painful it would be to play that role? Imagine how long he'd have to squint to keep those bottlecaps over his eyes.
She couldn't even get Wonder Woman while sleeping with Superman....
I'm not seeing an attempt at a joke in my post. (?)
She doesn't need to be big but tone... Like a perfect athletes body is how the film version of kusanagi looks. Jessica Biel is apparently preggers now but she's not big. Gina from haywire isn't big. They just have tone athletic bodies. Can't say I feel the same way about scarjo.
DEAD RABBIT
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Basically it will be robocop (the remake) but with a naked chick.
I'm not seeing much of anything in that post.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I think people should probably be more concerned about how the narrative/thematic content will be handled over who has been cast in the lead role when it comes to this property.
Razgriz-Specter
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Faora from Man of Steel,
Man she was such a badass I would have been fine with WB just casting her again as Wonder Woman.
Good for you.
Do whatever magic they do with Tom Cruise? SarJo can work but they could be more inspired with their casting, it's clear they want that box-office security. Troubling sign honestly.
I know right?!
Secret Fawful
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I'm more concerned with what else I'll be spending the price of a movie ticket on.
TheKaeptain
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Most of Faora's screen presence is because of the actress and the costume she is in. Nothing to do with her body.
At this point representation matters more to me than anything else. Not many people are in my camp tho, and that's fine.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Yeah no doubt normally she's pretty sleek and slender, the juxtaposition of the two makes an impression during the scene. I don't think an actress like Scarlett Johansson has anything to worry about in terms of her body for this role, but Kusanagi can be pretty menacing in her physique at times. It's evident during the street market fight scene in particular. In any case I have no issues and think she's perfectly fit for the role and she'd do a great job...just that the Major can be massive at times!
Razgriz-Specter
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Costume definitely played a part but just her look was intimidating imo, She has beauty but she had a really stern look as well.
Definitely makes me think Motoko.
Zod was a big dude and had armor as well but I bought Faora way more than him.
SuperStiltzkin
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Existential themes or political? All I know is, whatever the movie will end up being like, there's going to be a lot of NSA NSA NSA!
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Timedog is a real person with opinions and feelings.
Yeah no doubt normally she's pretty sleek and slender, the juxtaposition of the two makes an impression during the scene. I don't think an actress like Scarlett Johansson has anything to worry about in terms of her body for this role, but Kusanagi can be pretty menacing in her physique at times. It's evident during the street market fight scene in particular. In any case I have no issues and think she's perfectly fit for the role and she'd do a great job...just that the Major can be massive at times!
Throw some Hulk cg on her if a similar scene comes up!
Not saying that it was good (haven't seen it myself, but still not expecting much), just that it was profitable. Between the success of that film as well as her playing Black Widow in the MCU films, those are the main contributors to why Hollywood would be courting her for this role.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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Honestly, I'd rather see Antje Traue than Scarlett.
She's got that great, intense beauty look:
She's got that great, intense beauty look:
I say we pick that Nepalese-Ukrainian actress!
SolidusDave
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We are talking about full artificial bodies, so in principle she can look whatever she want. But is has to be efficient so her bodies are evidently pretty ripped. Hell, Batou even suggest Motoko should take a stronger male model instead, so based on that most of the cast could be anything really.
I still think this should be played by someone else though. Maybe even a lesser known actress and you just take a famous male "lead" for the trailers and trick audiences into the movie
But my main problem is that I don't really feel Scarlett in such a role, even though I really like her in non-action movies.
My thoughts on Section 9:
Aramaki = JP
Motoko = JP
Ishikawa = Caucasian (I'm thinking e.g. Russian, his body is mostly still human so you can still make guesses)
Batou = US Caucasian (he's a former Ranger at least)
Togusa = JP
Pazu = JP
Borma = could be anything but I guess again Caucasian but as mentioned he could have chosen any cyborg body.
Saito = Would have said JP but I think he's actually from South America?
I still think this should be played by someone else though. Maybe even a lesser known actress and you just take a famous male "lead" for the trailers and trick audiences into the movie
But my main problem is that I don't really feel Scarlett in such a role, even though I really like her in non-action movies.
My thoughts on Section 9:
Aramaki = JP
Motoko = JP
Ishikawa = Caucasian (I'm thinking e.g. Russian, his body is mostly still human so you can still make guesses)
Batou = US Caucasian (he's a former Ranger at least)
Togusa = JP
Pazu = JP
Borma = could be anything but I guess again Caucasian but as mentioned he could have chosen any cyborg body.
Saito = Would have said JP but I think he's actually from South America?
Razgriz-Specter
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Ha yeah no doubt it's doable, that kind of scene isn't doable in live action without CG anyways! Motoko is pretty muscular but I'm sure they'd adapt appropriatly for the movie. It's not like that's what will make or break this movie or anything lol. Plus I doubt she'll be naked in the film, it'll be PG-13 and you'll like it!
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I'm okay with her. She was great in Nikita. Too bad she's probably being wasted on Stalker.
Classic Poe.
TheKaeptain
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She's kind of bad at acting.
Ha yeah no doubt it's doable, that kind of scene isn't doable in live action without CG anyways! Motoko is pretty muscular but I'm sure they'd adapt appropriatly for the movie. It's not like that's what will make or break this movie or anything lol. Plus I doubt she'll be naked in the film, it'll be PG-13 and you'll like it!
These guns ripping themselves apart would have been great!
Finaika
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She's not Japanese.
TheKaeptain
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These guns ripping themselves apart would have been great.
I actually like this idea.
Not a single thing. Even if you want to say "her name" she's in a cybernetic body that isn't based on her original looks. Her name isn't even her real name but "obviously an alias". Hell by the end of the manga she was in a male cybernetic body.
Now I really don't get the outrage.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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What a terrible statement.
youta
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On a slightly related note, some months ago a photography team completed an homage to the GitS intro (features some nudity, as did the original animation):
http://www.gits2501.com/
I have no opinion on it one way or the other, seems like it was fun to do.
As for the movie, I'd be more interested if they included the deleted scenes from the manga (with Rinko Kikuchi, of course).
http://www.gits2501.com/
I have no opinion on it one way or the other, seems like it was fun to do.
As for the movie, I'd be more interested if they included the deleted scenes from the manga (with Rinko Kikuchi, of course).
DOWN
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I'm aware, but most people seem interested in an Asian actress who also has weight in Hollywood. And I guess it's not clear to me that everyone has assigned the lead female role's to have the specific nationality of Japanese for the context of the Ghost in the Shell story, or that it actually matters she is specifically Japanese, Asian, or of any particular race.
But as I understand it, you think specifically the nationality of Japanese is important.
BeatResetsTheWorld
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These guns ripping themselves apart would have been great!
If she can't be Asian then Noomi is definitely a good choice...
Blargonaut
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Scarjo's a decent choice, but if I had it my way, I would had choice the actress that played "GoGo" in Kill Bill volume 1.
Eh, even if being Japanese was absolutely crucial to Motoko Kusanagi... like she was raised in an internment camp and racism shaped her as a person, she'd still be white in the adaptation - or at the very least not Asian.
Very cool.
Ehh, Japan is pretty damn core to the mythos of the series. It's practically jingoist Japanese nationalist fan fiction at times, really. The entire conceit of the franchise is that Japan would be the pre-eminent world power and the world's greatest economy (or at least right up there with China's) by the 2020s, due mainly to a combination of the results of World Wars III and IV and Japan's massive technological advantage over the entire rest of the world. The USA would fall apart into disparate states, and Japan would become the superpower in its place and the shining beacon of prosperity to the world. This sets up many of the conflicts as 1) its politics have become rife with corruption in the wake of its success, and 2) the country becomes the primary destination for refugees and illegal immigrants, primarily from mainland Asia, causing major strife within Japanese society.
This can all be re-written to relate to a different country, sure, but by doing so you'd be changing pretty much everything about the franchise's worldview and identity. You'd still have the cyber cop drama and such, but the context and messaging would be totally different from the original. That's not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing, mind you. It's just a thing.
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These guns ripping themselves apart would have been great!
I love Scarlett Johansson, but I'd definitely prefer Noomi over her.
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