Mixed emotions

[wombat_socho]

You know, the live action versions of most anime really suck. (Well, Great Teacher Onizuka is supposed to be the exception to that, but I haven't seen it.) So I'm not too enthused over the notion of seeing a live-action version of Sailor Moon...on the one hand, it's supposed to star Lindsay Lohan in the lead role (WTF?) but on the other hand Fox wants Joss Whedon to do the scripts. You'd think Jessica Simpson would be ideal as Usagi; she certainly has the airheadedness down, by all accounts, although expecting people to believe she's 16 might be a bit hard on the ol' suspension of disbelief.

Via Don McClane, through Chizumatic @1330, 4/20. Den Beste also talks about "ghost characters" in kanji, which is interesting.

Comments

[acdragonmaster.livejournal.com]

Well, on the other hand, it'd probably be a step up from the incredibly cheesy Japanese live-action Sailor Moon series...

[revolutionaryjo.livejournal.com]

Whaaaaaat? 1) There already IS a live action version of Sailor Moon and it was just as bad/good as the original. (Not to mention the occasional live action musical.) 2) Joss Whedon just might be crazy enough to do it with the right people in it and behind it, but this does not sound like one of those situations. 3) WTF America? This is just like the time you kept threatening to make a DBZ live action movie here and then didn't.

GTO live action is high class entertainment though. Personally I enjoy it a lot more than the anime or manga. Gokusen live action is the same way for me too. I've heard good things about the Kimagure Orange Road live action as well but haven't seen either the anime or the show yet.

[jariten.livejournal.com]

Fanboy Rumor Alert

I've been looking into this story for ANN for three days now, and Animage's site in Japanese and the mag summary for May says nothing about this live action Sailor Moon.

This is not a certainty, as no one I know has read through the full magazine yet. My bet is on "it's not true" though.

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Hey I got an idea (and my brother has a barn)! How about a live action cross-over thingie where the Sailor Moon folks have to battle Josie & The Pussycats?