Death Note

Craig1981 · 27 Mar 2017 at 18:29

A new film coming to Netflix on August 25th, based on the Japanese manga.

Not read it personally, but I've heard its supposed to be pretty good. I'll probably give this a watch when it comes out.

thezappa · 27 Mar 2017 at 19:52

That looks decent. I enjoyed the live action films, the first one more so, not seen the manga.

fullmetaltony · 28 Mar 2017 at 10:14

Cool, the anime is superb, the live action films are surprisingly good (given most live action versions of anime normally suck). I just hope they do the source material justice.

L is going to be the pivotal casting, I wasn't keen on the portrayal of L in the Japanese live action films, just didn't quite capture the L of the anime right IMO.

They will certainly portray the Shinugami better, they were rather impressive in the Japanese live action, but look a little dated now that CGI has evolved quite a lot.

krooton · 28 Mar 2017 at 11:31

Craig1981 said:
A new series coming to Netflix on August 25th, based on the Japanese manga.

Your own video says 'film', not series

I'm amped, loved the anime.

Shamikebab · 28 Mar 2017 at 11:42

Awesome, I really tried to enjoy the anime but it got too 'Japanese' and I gave up after the first season. Hopefully the live action is better.

TNA · 28 Mar 2017 at 11:58

Look forward to this also. Enjoyed the anime.

Glanza · 28 Mar 2017 at 12:49

Rumour that the original Ryuk was created using influence of Willam Defoe which is a great casting choice for him.

Raymond Lin · 28 Mar 2017 at 20:41

The Anime is amazing, right up until that left turn....you all know what I am talking about,.

Craig1981 · 8 Apr 2017 at 14:29

Raymond Lin said:
The Anime is amazing, right up until that left turn....you all know what I am talking about,.

I just finished watching the anime. Really enjoyed it.

Not sure what left turn you mean? The death of L? I was sorry to see him get bumped off, but Near was a pretty good replacement character.

Glanza · 29 Jun 2017 at 16:39

Will give it a watch, Defoe channeling his green goblin laugh.

iamthenugget · 29 Jun 2017 at 18:42

looks interesting even if its not something i would normally watch.

Yas786 · 29 Jun 2017 at 19:46

Looks definitely interesting, will watch when it's out on Netflix.

w1lliam · 30 Jun 2017 at 01:24

The new trailer doesn't inspire me with confidence, and i enjoyed the anime however many years ago it was, and this film doesn't capture the same battle between the Kira and L.

Will watch it though.

Nitefly · 2 Jul 2017 at 23:08

I just finished watching the anime after randomly finding it on Netflix. Wow - what a show. The whole 'anime' thing was such a turn off at first but, actually, it's easily one of the smartest shows I've seen. Some of the dialogue in the first 15 or so episodes really had me gripped. Well worth watching.

That said it does dive in quality somewhat after an extreme left turn. Mega spoiler below.

... the death of L.

Just watched that trailer and OMG. No. Just no. It looks so dumb

HungryHippos · 2 Jul 2017 at 23:49

Enjoyed the manga many years ago, and the premise of the book is an interesting one. I'll check it out when it comes along I think, Netflix don't normally produce junk. Obviously some exceptions.

wolfie138 · 3 Jul 2017 at 07:33

saw the Japanese live action ones years ago, nice look to them. i'd say this has the potential to be a pretty big hit if they don't mess it up

Glanza · 21 Jul 2017 at 08:50

aoaaron · 15 Aug 2017 at 12:31

They've ruined it.

Why not set it in Japan rather than messing with the source material this much?

smokedog · 16 Aug 2017 at 19:30

aoaaron said:
Why not set it in Japan rather than messing with the source material this much?

And get Japanese actors? The story doesn't have anything to do with Japan.

Glanza · 17 Aug 2017 at 18:15