[Movie] Appleseed 2004

mika · Post by **mika** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:08 am

i was really looking forward to this ....

Jae · Post by **Jae** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:16 am

HELLFIRE wrote:...any new news, lately? Hit Geneon's site and they have the Appleseed
movie on their scrolling banner up there... they CAN'T'VE already gotten
the rights to that... have they?

They probably snatched it up while it was still in production- which is becoming increasingly common.

Edited- deleted everything else- it was announced in March - here

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:37 am

Ahh.. thanks kindly for that Jae

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HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:29 am

*BUMP*

This month 23-24th's going to to see SOMTHING of this released in Japan,
and 11/25?'s the release of Appleseed on DVD&VC?

VC? what?...

Ahh crap... I wish that OCR translator worked

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Post by **Taurec** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:04 am

D ? ..

theres still hope .....

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:41 am

A mythical torrent appeared in my inbox today purporting to be
Appleseed 2004... dunno if it was subbed or not. BRING ON THE CG!!!!

Regards

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:18 am

...and oh GOD!!! is the CG to DIE FOR!!!!! I don't mind admiting I
had a hardon all the while watching!!

CG backgrounds, mocap char animation, toon shaders.... the whole works!
I'm half-wondering if some shots were blended with live-action -- right at
the beginning Deu-what's-her-name tosses herself onto the bed and I'd've
SWORN they shot the bed reaction live, and blended the CG char on top.

Half guessing at what happens -- SEEMS the manga's the basis for
the general storyline. Deunan gets picked up and brought to Olympus
by Hitomi, eventaully joins ESWAT and meets up with Briaros<sp>.
Athena and Nike in the picture, as is the Council of 7... picked out Lance
and Fang I think....

...something to do with an abandoned lab that has to do with Deunan's past...

Had to go to work after that

Regards

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:45 am

A set of fairly readable subs just showed up for the Appleseed 2004 movie, so:

Basis for the story's ripped from Book 2 of the manga where
Gaia 'debates' over the future of humans and Biroids; but while the overall
storyflow's kept, the details have been MAJORLY reworked: fans of pure
unadalterated Shirow WILL be disappointed!!

Deunan and Brieros were involved during the war, as was Deunan's father,
Carl. Brieros was involved in an accident which resulted in his total
cyborization. From that as well, he and Deunan were seperated for a few
years, and she was left to fight on by herself -- as depicted in the movie's
opening scene.

In Olympus, Biroids are bred as a control / balance factor to humans: they
have no emotions or feelings -- concepts of love and falling in love are foreign
to them -- and more importantly, can CANNOT breed. However, after an
attack on D-Tank (the breeding center of subsequent genreations of
Biroids), Athena puts out an effort to retrieve the work of Dr (forget her
name) who originated the work on the Biroids. Dr <x> is also important
char-wise as she's Deunan's mother, and has left a very important key,
known as Appleseed, with Deunan when she was a child.

Returning to Olympus, Deunan discovers the truth behind the murder of
her mother, and how the Biroids now plan to take their place as the 'replacements'
of human beings -- secreted in D-Tank is a virus that will destory humans'
abilities to procreate. Needless to say, Athena, Deunan and Brieros don't
think much of this 'plan' and take step tp stop it.

Last scene I WISH I could've seen in the theather with full 5.1 sound and
ULTRA wide screen, as it's the ONLY way to justify the lavish
CG work that went into executing it. As I said tho, the downside is the
'reworking' of Shirow's original story to make this movie

...wonders if in a subsequent movie Sokaku will show up

[Deunan]'Our Father, who art in Heaven, make sure this costs him at
least 50 grand!' *BOOOOM!!!*[/Deunan]

Regards

Post by **Taurec** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:21 pm

euh only the 7 had planned it...

a pitty the left out most of the shirow humor .. but gaaaawd the animation was great. kma PIXAR

mika · Post by **mika** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:27 pm

managed to get my hands on a subbed version and just finished watching it. animation was fantastic! need to rewatch the original appleseed. i only remembered that girl and the guy.

Miz~Chidori · Post by **Miz~Chidori** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:42 pm

*drudges up old thread*

Hehe, I just knew there'd be a thread on this.

OMG, I'm a lil (a lot) late, but this movie kicks [butt]!! The moves are awesome, graphics rock *has completely snatche- er, captured scenes for icons* and the story line is intriguing. Especially love the chick with the killer whip that splits the car in half like a knife through butter. Not to mention the vice move with two hands to the head. Have only watched about 3/4 of the way, I'm running off to finish it now ~

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:36 am

If it's your first time Miz, you won't be disappointed. After about 5 or 6
times is when it starts to wear of

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