Akiiiiiiraaaaa!!!!!

[andrewducker]

From a discussion on rec.arts.comics.misc, where the different between Akira the film (2 hours long) and Akira the comic (about 20,000 pages long) is discussed:

The movie is decent, but basically takes the first quarter of the series,
tosses in some stuff from the midpoint, and then sort of waffles the ending
to dovetail with the end of the comic.

The most accurate thing I can imagine is THE BIBLEKIRA:

A pretty good depiction of Genesis, right up to Moses leadin' the troops out
of Egypt. Flash-forward to this dude named Jesus waving his hands for a
couple of minutes, then the universe blows up and we all go to heaven or
hell in a five-second sorting frenzy.

Comments

[wordofblake.livejournal.com]

So...
you're saying that it is dreadful, but it shouldn't be?

gods I hated that movie (sorry)

Nope

[andrewducker]

I think it works fairly well. It's not as good as some people make out, but generally speaking I think it hangs together well structurally, the plot makes sense and it works.

I can't remember, did you have an explicable reason for hating it, or was it just plain awful?

Re: Nope

[wordofblake.livejournal.com]

well what you said pretty much covered it, with the Bible example? I felt it was a mess

Aah

[andrewducker]

I didn't feel it was that much of a mess. It certainly left a lot up to the viewers to piece together, rather than handing it to you, but there was cerainly enough info to put it all together.

I've grown to like films that make the viewer think a bit, and put it all together themselves.

Re: Aah

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

The version of Akira thats just come out on DVD is *awesome* its got a brand new dub and the film hangs together so much better now. Its the best version available, even better than the two different subtitled versions. Even though Tetsuo sounds a lot like Fry from Futurama.

Watching it was like seeing it again for the first time. It explains things so much better, things like the Colonels coup and Tetsuos relationship to Akira suddenly are snapped into sharp focus. Its ace.

Not as good as the comic obviously. In the film Kaneda comes across as a bit of a tool, but his naive irresponsibility works a lot better when theres more background and character development going on.