Live action FMA??

[amethyst_koneko]

http://cheezburger.com/8762799104/anime-news-fullmetal-alchemist-live-action-adaptation

*sigh* I found this on cheezburger the other day and was really hoping it was an April Fool's joke. Since it's still up, this just might be legit. I kinda hope not. Live action anime (DBZ anyone?) is never a good idea. :(

Comments

[meredavey.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure revive is the right word here -- the fandom is still really active.

[meredavey.livejournal.com]

they have a cast too --

cast is pretty, but i don't like live actions.

[amethyst_koneko]

I don't like them either. There's just way too much that just can't be done in the real world like you can in the anime world. Transmutations and automail anyone?

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been seeing that around tumblr and facebook. I'm reserving judgement for now. There have been a few live action adaptations that have supposedly been good, we can hope if follows along their footsteps.

[amethyst_koneko]

"I'm reserving judgement for now." I wish I could be that optimistic. :/

The thing that gets me is how can the producers, or whoever, hope to pull this off with Japanese actors playing roles that are clearly 'not' Japanese. As someone a troll at cheezburger pointed out, how would you tell the Amestrians from the Xingese? *amused eye roll* Gotta love trolls! :)

Also, there are a lot of blondes in FMA - Ed, Al, Winry, Riza, Havoc, etc. - and as far as my limited understanding of Japan goes, blonde hair is in rather short supply over there. (a screech from offstage 'Who's so short he could walk under an ant?!?' is heard. Oh dear, I was hoping he wouldn't hear that. ^_~)

Ed would be the biggest problem I think. Ed's hair AND eyes? Yeah sure, you can slap a wig and some contacts on somebody but would that really be enough? Ed has such a distinct personality and bearing that even with all the proper window dressing (wig and contacts) in place, portraying him correctly would be very difficult. I just know that one wrong move and some long-time die-hard fans would rip the poor actor to shreds for it. To me it seems like there are a lot of ways this could go so horribly wrong. :/

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the casting is iffy, but after all the whitewashing american films have done, I almost feel like this is a bit of cosmic payback *L*

There's a ton that could go wrong. I'm just not willing to work myself up when we still have so little information. And honestly, after Brotherhood fell short (and Mylos even shorter), I'm just sort of "eh" about the thought of another version not living up. Even if it ends up being the worst of the lot, I feel more like "here we go again" rather than "oh noes they'll ruin it!!" I mean, I'll still have a manga and an anime and movie and half-ish of a second anime I adore, those aren't going to be "ruined" by a bad live action movie.

[anotherfmafan.livejournal.com]

How I wish it were a lie. :/