Too right DrZoidberg......
I first heard the news over at IGNFilmforce, then clicked the link Zoidberg provides just above there..........and cried.
I'm not doubting WETA's CG effects, cause I'm sure they will be brilliant, but good god, those name changes! The western faces on the characters!
For your enjoyment ;______;, these are the name changes so far:
- Rei Ayanami: Ray
- Asuka Langley Sohru: Kate Rose
- Misato Katsuragi: Susan Whitnall
Whats more, the art of 'Kate Rose' makes her look like a 50 year old whore instead of a perky, cute, redhead teenager.
Tokyo-3 looks OK, but it looks too big, and more like a cross between New York in The 5th Element and Coruscant in Star Wars.
The Evas look good, even with the slight changes in Unit 00.
Perhaps the WORST news to come out of the Evangelion movie rumour mill thus far is that:
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is rumoured to play the part of the Third Child; 14 year old Shinji Ikari
If that is the case, then I am sure that Radcliffe is going to ask that his fellow Potter co-star, Emma Watson, the fiesty redhead Hermione, play Asuka....or Kate Rose (shudders). I think this will be the scariest anime/comic remake ever attempted by Hollywood (and Gainax, since they are probably trying to scam up some more doe into their Swiss Bank accounts).
Now, I am not a 'true' evangelion fan, as DrForrester can support when i mention the Evangelion thread I made a year ago now, but I am a fan nonetheless, and so far for the movie, it's pretty scary.
I can only wonder how fans will react when art comes out for the live action adaption of DragonBall Z.
Supa-spiked hair in real life?
That's a no-go zone.
It looks scary when fans dress up, I don't think it's gonna look any better when the make-up dept. come in.
We'll just have to wait and see, as this movie IS coming out.........