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An Early Look at the Live Action Blood: The Last Vampire (Updated)

Can't wait for this by scnjedi	Jun 20th, 2009 08:52:21 AM
Seeing with the better half next Wednesday I think
Girls, Katanas & Vampires! by OgieOglethorpe	Jun 20th, 2009 08:55:18 AM
I'll check it out one way or another. I'm more looking forward to Ninja Assassin though!
"...they made a conscious choice not to- by seppukudkurosawa	Jun 20th, 2009 09:14:06 AM
-sexualize Saya or make her cute." I beg to differ because that chick is possibly the cutest looking thing I've ever seen. I wasn't the biggest fan of the anime; though I guess it passed the time well enough, Hellsing OVA has all but made it redundant. Still, this looks like it could be some schlocky fun. Anime hasn't translated well into the live-action medium thus far (although I'm one of those crazy sonsovbitches who actually really liked Speed Racer), but it's all about keeping the cool quotient up and the hokey dialogue and overly-elaborate plots to a minimum.
june 26th in the UK by thinboyslim.	Jun 20th, 2009 09:18:54 AM
at least we get priority on some flicks
I promise myself I wil see this. by HollywoodHellraiser	Jun 20th, 2009 09:21:38 AM
I liked the series ok but the episodes towards the finale were grueling to say the least. However I'm aboard for this.
Asian girls rule. by Thrillho77	Jun 20th, 2009 09:33:25 AM
I'm there, no matter what.
seppukudkurosawa by scnjedi	Jun 20th, 2009 09:47:47 AM
You and me both. Speed Racer was one of my favourite 2008 movies. Only beaten out by TDK and Wall-E.
good news. by louisse	Jun 20th, 2009 09:50:48 AM
as in the anime series or the actual anime film? cause the film was pretty short, and a lot better then the series in my opinion
Thrillho by landosystem	Jun 20th, 2009 10:24:17 AM
A nerd with an Asian girl fetish? Stop the press, Vicki Vale!
curious by johnnysunshine	Jun 20th, 2009 10:30:19 AM
I am curious to see this. I remember seeing the original anime years ago. I enjoyed it a lot, but I'm curious about a live-action movie because the triumph of the anime was in the animation. The visuals were what made it and the actual story was fairly lackluster by comparison. I also remember it being fairly short. Hopefully they've fleshed it out a little bit and also made a film where the visuals are just as engrossing as the animation was.
This anime is so over rated. by knowthyself	Jun 20th, 2009 10:51:34 AM
It realy is nothing special.
The Machine Girl was awesome.. by samuraiyao	Jun 20th, 2009 10:56:02 AM
Hoping this one kicks ass as well, with vampires and Asian chicks with fucking swords..
The legacy of Twilight by The Handsome 12th Doctor	Jun 20th, 2009 11:13:28 AM
It's brilliant to see already that the lasting cultural legacy of the Twilight films is that every time a good vampire film comes out someone can say "These aren't your shit vampires like in Twilight".
Twilight - I nearly vomit when it's even mentioned. by Hint_of_Smegma	Jun 20th, 2009 11:45:07 AM
Sat through that pile of shit with the wife. She loved it. WTF is up with this world?? The Hunger, Fright Night, Nosferatu, Vamp, The Lost Boys - these are all vampire films I grew up on, amongst others. Teens today grow up on Twilight. For fucks sake. We might as well give up on the human race right now, because that series of films is going to turn the entire teen demographic completely gay if they aren't already, and the species is going to bumfuck its way to extinction.
But can you buy her panties in a vending machine? by ZombieHeathLedger	Jun 20th, 2009 11:50:12 AM
Like you can other girls' underpants in Japan?
She's not cute? by BenBraddock	Jun 20th, 2009 12:01:25 PM
You had me fooled!
landosystem by Thrillho77	Jun 20th, 2009 12:24:18 PM
I fully admit it. But being called a nerd by a guy named "landosystem"? ;-)
Blood the anime movie was mazing in so many ways. by wowsah156	Jun 20th, 2009 12:24:29 PM
I hope they kept the ending of the anime because it was so tragic and ironic in equal measure. The implication being that humans have become so desensitised but Blood literally FEELS every kill she makes and the price and toll that takes on her. I would say Blood is up there with Akira, Dark City and the Overfiend trilogy in terms of anime.
I'll give this a shot by Johnno	Jun 20th, 2009 12:27:16 PM
If it comes out nearby... Girl looks cure enough, but there are much cuter ones out there I guess he meant they didn't go all supermodel kawaii... This Saya looks to have the right balance between sexually appealing and can-be-taken-serious-ness. I liked the technical presentation of the original OVA but felt it was too short and just a filler film. The Blood+ series was radically different but entertaining and I enjoyed it a lot more.
I'm guessing this won't be a wide release.... by The Dum Guy	Jun 20th, 2009 12:44:28 PM
So, I'll most likely have to wait for it to hit video.
Update by StarBlitzer	Jun 20th, 2009 01:20:21 PM
Something just embiggened in my pants. That is all.
Johnno by AsimovLives	Jun 20th, 2009 01:20:29 PM
The amazing thing they did with this movie is they did mannaged to make the lead actresss look less beautiful then she really is. This actress is gorgeaus beyond belief. Watch any photos of her from the korean movie My Sassy Girl and you will understand. And by the way, she's like 28 now.
Yawn....where's scriptgirl? by j2talk	Jun 20th, 2009 01:45:12 PM
come on it Saturday...bring on Scriptgirl....She's still more interesting the the rest of this site....
I want to like this, but it just looks so goofy by barnaby jones	Jun 20th, 2009 01:48:31 PM

Who are the ad wizards... by wampa 1	Jun 20th, 2009 02:24:23 PM
...that came up with this one?
Too late by angusthecow	Jun 20th, 2009 02:35:41 PM
News on this film are old, they have been around the net for months... sigh...
Asian girls in School Uniforms........ by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 20th, 2009 03:49:19 PM
so wrong yet so right. I'm curious to see how they fill in the entire what---hour and a half? The anime was rather short.
The thing I don't get is... by The_Skook	Jun 20th, 2009 05:03:35 PM
...this has Larry Lamb in it from 'Eastenders', and Michael Byrne from from 'Coronation Street'; Gails dad! Funny old world!
How many reviews on this site.. by The Dark Shite	Jun 20th, 2009 08:57:27 PM
Have gone up in the last few days, where people have written "Loose" instead of lose? I'm not a spelling Nazi, but it's a really fucking basic word. Is everybody copying each other? Or has the world gone dumb? & "Kung Fu Samurai"? Really? So she's a Samurai who fights in a Chinese style? Um..ok.
addressing the individual masses... by Amy Chasing	Jun 20th, 2009 09:05:15 PM
seppukudkurosawa - I think the reviewer means compared to other anime they haven't made Saya cute. In other words, she's no Hello Kitty or Sailor Moon. HollywoodHellraiser - the series was twice the length of a normal anime series and done on quite an epic scale considering the subject matter. But yes, I'll admit having Diva pregnant put me off a bit. I mean physically how old was she?! scnjedi - Have you seen Let The Right One In? knowthyself - I think the reason so many think the original anime movie was overrated and lack-luster is because, so I've heard, it was just a test piece for some of the new staff at Production IG. It didn't have the budget of other IG movies, let alone the length. That it became the success it did is a testament to how right they got it. Melvin_Pelvis - yes, but I doubt the camera will do any upskirt shots in the live action. I could of course be wrong. I don't think there was time in the anime - it was pretty action packed. angusthecow - where is this supposed months old news? As far as I can tell the movie hasn't been shown yet let alone reviewed to such detail.
one more... by Amy Chasing	Jun 20th, 2009 09:06:25 PM
The Dark Shite - the reviewer may not have English as a first language. Also English is dumb.
Amy Chasing, almost every reviewer on this site.. by The Dark Shite	Jun 20th, 2009 09:17:53 PM
(& the staff) Write "Loose" instead of "Lose". My other pet hate is the number of people who try to call others "whiney" & write "Whinney", which is a noise a Horse makes. English is great by the way. I use it all the time. When speaking & stuff.
I also speak English, have done so all me life... by Amy Chasing	Jun 20th, 2009 09:55:00 PM
and since it has conventions rather than rules its grammar, spelling, and semantics are quite convoluted and confusing compared to more structured languages like Japanese and German. eg. The "rule" to drop y when adding ing is broken quite often (flying). Hence, by definition it isn't a rule, it's a convention, and not a particularly clear one at that. I agree with you about the loose/lose and whiney/whinney, but this is not a place for formal English so there's hardly any point getting upset about it here. I promise you it's not going to get any better.
I'm not upset.. by The Dark Shite	Jun 20th, 2009 10:54:46 PM
Just saying it's pretty bad these days. I partly teach English in Japan for a living & kids here have a better grasp of the language than kids back home. I also don't get the love for Japanese girls in uniform. It's kinda creepy to hear that if you work as a teacher here.
The 'loose' /'lose' thing... by Johnno	Jun 20th, 2009 11:15:57 PM
Might simply be a typo? I'm not very effecient at typing, especially when trying to do so really fast on a comment section/forum... Many times I spell 'the' 'teh' or in the case of my previous post here I spelt 'cute' as 'cure' because the 'r' is close to the 't' on the keyboard and I hit it by accident. Also you probably know the mind trick where when reading letters we usually only notice the first and last alphabet and our mind automatically fills in the in-between letters even if it's spelt wrong so we miss corrections. Anyway whenever I end up doing something like that I get pretty ticked off at myself, and I'm guessing 'loose' might just be a common typo for some reason where we hit the 'o' twice while typing too fast by accident... Just a thought...
As for Japanese girls in uniform by Johnno	Jun 20th, 2009 11:24:02 PM
I suppose it might just be the cute 'image' attraction to youth... and partially (perhaps largely) also because of porn and the sort of taboo thing that either plays on having sex with a minor/inexperienced girl or perhaps replaying on our youthful memories when spring was in the air and you go through the powerful phase of puberty etc. and it recalls that sort of thing that older guys yearn for as symbolizing a return to their youthful days. Seems to be cultural too. For asians, it's schoolgirls, for westerners, it's cheerleaders/babysitters or whatever... But maybe I'm reading too deep into it. Being an anime fan the images of schoolgirls as being cute/ lively etc. might just give that sort of stereotype that all japanese schoolgirls are like the characters portrayed in anime and maybe the anime watching demographic tends to gravitate towards that kind of ideal girl character, no doubt writers/artists try to utilize that. Anyway, life goes on...
the second trailer sold me by the_shogun_gunslinger	Jun 21st, 2009 12:04:03 AM
looking forward to seeing it. i think us asian cinema vets can let a few poor CGI shots and flashbacks slide. pretty used to it at this point, haha.
Chris Nahon is a good director. by Raymar	Jun 21st, 2009 12:05:45 AM
Really psyched he landed this cuz the anime was amazing. Hopefully Besson will toss him the next Transporter movie.
Lots of potential paedophiles around here by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL	Jun 21st, 2009 05:33:59 AM
Brushes them away with a big broom Yuk.
RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL by Cap'n Jack	Jun 22nd, 2009 01:48:16 PM
I don't think fucking a 17 year old will land anyone in jail. You'd fuck her...hypocrite.
Cap'n Jack by DennisMM	Jun 22nd, 2009 02:54:25 PM
If you're over 21 and sex have with a 17-year-old, in most states you are guilty of statutory rape regardless of consent. Yes, you can well go to jail. Many have.
Richard Gere by DennisMM	Jun 22nd, 2009 02:57:04 PM
It's not pedophilia. 17-year-olds are only legally children. They're not physically or psychologically children. Finding them sexually desirable, which many people of both genders do, is ephebophilia. It's not even considered odd unless you go after them.

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