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"Hellsing" live-action movie coming to Amazon from John Wick writer
- Thread starter Zor
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You should. It's honestly amazing as they turn Alucard from a sort of standard stoic anime protagonist to someone who is immortal so they don't give a fuck anymore. There is a bit of cringe humor with regards to the Rip Van Winkle Character but it was a product of the year it was made.
Abridged Alucard has 1/10th of Manga/Ultimate's character. It's funny as a parody but the original work is a thousand times better.
Eh. I find charm in both. I do find the Manga Alucard to be a bit of the standard type of protagonist for the era.
That's not to say he's bad character at all. I've cosplayed as him several times before Team Four Star even existed so I do love the character. In my older age I've just become a bit more fond of immortal characters who decide that they will just do what they want which is why Abridicard is more appealing.
Oh wow, this could turn out really cool. Probably won't but still. Maybe I should reread the manga it's been ages.
I think so yes, it's very dark and have some questionable scenes later on but overall it's a dumb fun action series with some beautiful artwork.
I've always felt the story fell off the rails in the second half but it's worth at least a single read through.
The biggest issue is what cloth and shade of red the hat and coat are gonna be. Second issue is how huge are the
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guns gonna be
Unless it's crazy OTT, I don't see how it works Live Action. I guess the John Wick dude is good for gun stuff but I wonder how they approach all the crazy supernatural stuff that He'll sing contains.
Also, interested to see who they pick for the various roles, since Hellsing has some amazingly weird characters. Also vampires exploding.
Also, interested to see who they pick for the various roles, since Hellsing has some amazingly weird characters. Also vampires exploding.
First reaction when reading this was it could be f'kin amazing in live action. Then reality kicked in and the budget needed to achieve this just won't be there, imo. Love this series and remembering all the insane battles like this one...
Seeing Alucard flying a SR-71 into a aircraft carrier will never get old.
Seeing Alucard flying a SR-71 into a aircraft carrier will never get old.
The original Hellsing anime had one of the bear musical scores of the decade.
I've never watched the abridged version but that was basically who Alucard was in the manga and anime but with less memes.
I was going to comment yeah... not the uncle scene.
Ultimate is (err) ultimately better and longer than the original series though.
I'm a fan of the original series and Ultimate but this is a hard thing to translate since the appeal is escalating scenes of fantastical violence. They're gonna need several lakes worth of red liquid. Alucard's outfit is gonna be tough to pull off in live action too.
Not with that attitude it won't.
I'm sure Amazon would love to tell the tale of your transition from mere hamburglar to enforcer of McDonald's law.
Ultimate is probably longer than the original show though. The original show was 250 minutes or so, Ultimate double that. To really do it, you'd need 3 movies I would say. So first movie would be taking down the Valentines, with a first introduction of the Papal Forces, ending on hinting to the Major if you want to make it 2 hours at most.
Gee, do you really think so mister? I never imagined it would be possible.
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This news reminded me that I've never read the Manga, so I just grabbed the first volume of Hellsing Deluxe.
Most people I know that are fans of the anime became aware of it through the Abridged, so I do hope that if they are adapting Ultimate (the better anime) that they draw at least a little bit of inspiration from the popular Abridging. Nothing to crazy, but make him a little less stoic and with a very dark sense of humor when needed, like when he was taunting Luke Valentine before eating him. And I just generally hope they don't approach the movie in a totally serious manner in general, since it has a pretty bizarre premise that only really works in anime but wouldn't work well in life action
I could totally see them just taking the broad strokes of the setting, which in itself can be advertised as a unique take on Bram Stoker, and making their own thing based on that. "Blade meets John Wick" is a really easy thing to reach for.
Man. I still gotta get the Blu-Ray set of Ultimate (I've read the manga). I'm not planning to watch Abridged until after I've seen all of Ultimate.
Man. I still gotta get the Blu-Ray set of Ultimate (I've read the manga). I'm not planning to watch Abridged until after I've seen all of Ultimate.
My brother and I were talking and watching ultimate and thinking Tom Hiddleston as Alucard, Andrew Lincoln as Walter, Ron Pearlman as Anderson, and Morfydd Clark as Integra
Hellsing really only has ultra-violent spectacle going for it, so I guess JW writer works?
It could work in live-action, I guess
It could work in live-action, I guess
I'm cautiously optimistic. I love the manga, the OVA and Hellsing Ultimate, so a live action adaption needs to keep the insane amounts of over the top blood and violence of the source material. I also need to see who'll be playing my girl Seras. And goddamn they need Disturbed on the soundtrack just as a throwback to all those damn AMVs.
I was thinking Samara Weaving from Ready or Not, Mayhem, and Netflix's The Babysitter might be a good Seras
