Alita: Battle Angel (film)

[Neil]

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[MinionZombie]

Curious, the whole 'real life anime girl' look, isn't it?

I recall that Battle Angel is a project that James Cameron has been working on for ages (since the 1990s, I think?) as one of his 'yet to be made projects' that he had lined up, but evidently didn't get around to himself (especially now with a million Avatar movies waiting to be made :p:sneaky::D ).

Not sure what to think about it at this point. Not familiar with the source material either.

[Neil]

Curious, the whole 'real life anime girl' look, isn't it?

I recall that Battle Angel is a project that James Cameron has been working on for ages (since the 1990s, I think?) as one of his 'yet to be made projects' that he had lined up, but evidently didn't get around to himself (especially now with a million Avatar movies waiting to be made :p:sneaky::D ).

Not sure what to think about it at this point. Not familiar with the source material either.

Cameron did produce it, so was involved to some degree at least...

[MoonSylver]

This shit freaks me out.:eek:

https://pics.onsizzle.com/stop-masturbating-to-anime-girls-hisssssi-mepoleon-o-ool-diary-10017473.png


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dnaumEHJa8

[Neil]

Oh dear - https://www.nme.com/news/the-first-reviews-for-alita-battle-angel-in-not-good-2442007

[bassman]

Yikes. I’ve seen several reviews that aren’t quite as negative, but for the most part they settle around an “it’s okay”.

I like both Cameron and Rodriquez, but something about this film never captured my attention. Definitely going to wait and see it at home, unfortunately.

Hopefully this is isn’t a sign of things to come with the new Cameron-involved Terminator.:shifty:

[Neil]

Yikes. I’ve seen several reviews that aren’t quite as negative, but for the most part they settle around an “it’s okay”.

I like both Cameron and Rodriquez, but something about this film never captured my attention. Definitely going to wait and see it at home, unfortunately.

Hopefully this is isn’t a sign of things to come with the new Cameron-involved Terminator.:shifty:

...or the 27 new Avatar films he's doing!?

Maybe he's lost his mojo like Carpenter did!?

[MinionZombie]

By the sounds of it, this has always been a tricky project for Cameron. I read that he had a script for it, but it was some silly length like 300 to 500 pages and he just couldn't figure out how to whittle it down to a feature. So Rodriguez took away the stuff, had a shufty, and managed to get it down to a feature length script (although by the sounds of it from some reviews it seems as if too many things have been shoved into the running time).

Like you, bassman, I saw the trailer and I had little interest in it. I'll scope it out on telly, but I'm just not grabbed by it.

[blind2d]

Well regardless I'm still excited for it and can't wait to see it! :D I'll review it if I get a chance to see it in the theater soon, for sure. The anime is so good!!

[Neil]

A couple of parts/aspects of it were good, but a lot else of it felt a clunky and contrived.

6/10 for action enjoyability...

[Neil]

Oh! And a certain Mr Nicotero was also involved in the effects too!