#Live action

[19silvermirrors]

Dudes are out for some mischief 😏

[humblewonderer]

Big movie studio will be like "something new..something you've never seen before.." and then it's a soulless live action of your childhood fav

[dacraziegg]

Okay, I'm sorry... BUT THERE'S A BOOK!!??? I grew up my whole life thinking that the movies were the original and there never was a book! This has changed my point of view on everything. I might try to get the books now, and find out how much their screwing up in the love action.

laughing at the entire conceit of live action httyd being "animation is for babies so we HAVE to remake this shot-for-shot in live action" but also they need to sell a new wave of plushies at universal studios orlando so toothless still looks like a fucking cartoon character

[demifiendrsa]

Official character posters for Sonic the Hedgehog 3

[donadefr3sa]

I had been looking for the place to express my fandom since I found out that David Dastmalchian would be Galdino in the live action One Piece.

Honestly, as a fan of anime and Live Action, I love the cast they did with David, Galdino personally is one of my favorite characters along with Sanji and Buggy.

As for David as Galdino, he is so similar that it fuels my excitement to see him already characterized and how he is going to handle the character, since as the chapters go by and we get to "Impel Down" Galdino is another one along with Buggy.

I just hope that the Live Action can capture even said arc, I would love to see Jeff and David giving life to all those great moments (Impel Down is one of my favorite arcs).

I'm here to express myself hahaha I've been missing it for months, I just hadn't had time because #Motherhood.

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Castiel is Queer and Agender or Genderfluid, and uses varying pronouns based on presentation!

[treemaidengeek]

I treat & assess the live action remakes in the same way that I treat any newer version of an older classic. It's not meant to replace the older version. It should be a loving homage to and reinterpretation of the original. It should be in dialogue with it, and it should have something to say that's worth hearing.

Examples:

Original Cowboy Bebop is an unparalleled classic. I haven't personally seen the remake, but I've heard it flopped because it didn't add anything and didn't have the soul of the original.

Original Trigun is unparalleled classic. I haven't personally seen the remake yet but I definitely plan to, because I've heard it made (mostly) smart choices to tell the same story in a fresh way that's clearly in dialogue with the original. And, the animation is absolutely stunning in a very different way than the original.

The Haunting (1963) is an unparalleled classic. I saw the 1999 remake in theaters at the time & I was outraged by the transformation of my beloved subtle atmospheric and physcological horror into a poorly-executed over-the-top-special-effects overt haunted house ghost flick. It bombed. The 2018 TV series, on the other hand (haven't seen yet), did very well. It draws from the original novel to delve deep into the psychology and relationships of the characters.

And that's how you do - and do not - do a remake, in any medium. Shifting from animation to live action is not, in itself, sufficient. You have to add more to the conversation for your work to be of interest and value.

Since we keep getting "live action" CGI remakes of already perfectly adequate animated movies, and because people need to understand that animation is a medium and not a genre, I have prepared this primer about the importance of Visual Language for Conveying Information.

Can you tell what the personalities of these two mice are?

Can you tell now?

Which of these two tigers feels safer to be around?

Which of these three dogs is the funniest one?

If you can answer these questions, then you already have experience with the idea of visual language and stylistic choices being used to impart narrative meaning. If you can understand why these choices were made to impart meaning, then you can understand why animation is a medium for telling stories that has its own inherent value, and is not merely a "placeholder" for the eventual implementation of photorealistic presentation (aka "Live Action" CGI). Animation does not need to be "corrected" or "legitimized" by remaking it into the most representational simulation of observable reality.

[baltharino]

Jennifer's Body (2009) Dir. Karyn Kusama

[pink-titration]

Live action ninjago movie bingo!

[azehearts]

In honor of the clickbait scarf scene and artist! Zuko, WE'RE BACK, BABYYY 😎

I'm a little rusty but yey! An art!

[perosp3ro]

SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. OMG.

[evelina-maar]

Biblically accurate Sokka 🌊

[cat-cosplay]

I could have lived without the knowledge that there was a live action Wallace and Gromit short that is truly cursed.

[ericxariel]

#i will never get over the way eric doesn't let go of ariel here #he's in shock at first but then pulls her closer #and holds her tight 😭 THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) Dir. Rob Marshall

[demifiendrsa]

Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds celebrates Deadpool & Wolverine Worldwide Box Office Opening Weekend by recreating the "Wolverine Crush" meme.

Hugh Jackman:

Wolverine and Deadpool is the #1 movie in the world. Thank you ALL!

Ryan Reynolds:

I miss Hugh already.