Cartoons - Cartoons to Live Action: Your Thoughts?

**~+Yamiko** · 08-12-2007, 11:38 PM

Okay, we've seen this before. Cartoons making a jump/transition to Live Action series/movies involving real people. What's your thoughts?

I'm not really much a fan of jumps like that, especially when they did the likes of making Garfield not only a live-action movie but TWO Live Action films. (No offense to Bill Murray who did his best to do his best on Garfield since Lorenzo Music passed on).

Although some live actions like Sailor Moon transitioning to its own series, albeit a season's worth, are not too bad.

Yup, just like some other topics you see here, this thread was made from the Anime Appreciation thread

So I figured we could have a topic about it.

**vc318** · 08-13-2007, 10:19 AM

Hey Kris! Cool discussion!

I hated the live action Sailor Moon. That was a cartoon that should've remained a cartoon, you know?

It's always risky for cartoons to turn live action but some did well like... uh, just Transformers comes to mind right now.

**~+Yamiko** · 08-13-2007, 11:54 AM

I haven't really watched too much of the Live Action of the Sailor Moon series. I just saw the episodes where Mercury becomes evil and stuff

I'll come back later to post/edit

Stefy · 08-13-2007, 12:18 PM

When I was a kid, I really liked the TNMT live action movies. I haven't seen the new one, so I can't say if that one was good or not.

**~+Yamiko** · 08-13-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Stefy (View Post)

When I was a kid, I really liked the TNMT live action movies. I haven't seen the new one, so I can't say if that one was good or not.

The new one wasn't live action. It's actually in 3D. I haven't really seen that one either though.

babyyangelz · 11-02-2007, 07:17 AM

I always like the cartoons more than live action... it just that live action from a cartoon doesn't appeal to me.

khirea · 11-03-2007, 11:52 AM

My sister is a huge Sailor Moon fan and she hated the live action. I saw a couple minutes of it and yea, didn't like it either

Garfield wasn't too bad. Not as funny as the comic/cartoon. The only live action I can remember really enjoying were the X-men movies.

ETA - Oh yea, and Scooby Doo live action movie was good too. The first one, at least.

**~+Yamiko** · 11-23-2007, 11:37 AM

If anyone remembers Alvin and the Chipmunks, they're making it in to a live action movie due out on December 14.

Official Site
Movie Trailer

I really don't know. Obviously because I wasn't too fond when they made Garfield a live action movie.

tatyana · 11-26-2007, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by vc318 (View Post)

Hey Kris! Cool discussion!

I hated the live action Sailor Moon. That was a cartoon that should've remained a cartoon, you know?

It's always risky for cartoons to turn live action but some did well like... uh, just Transformers comes to mind right now.

true, a don't like watching movies or even series of live action cartoons..

**~+Yamiko** · 12-02-2007, 09:39 PM

I think it's because in cartoons and animation, there really is no limit. Live action, there's only so much you can do.

Let's take Sailor Moon for example:

In the animation, pretty much when Sailor Moon and the rest transform, they're nude and all. If you take that to live action, you can't really do that...unless if you attempt a CGI effect.

Dealing with hairstyles to match their counterparts, ESPECIALLY from an anime is also a bit trouble some. You can try to make it similar but it's not usually the same and if you do live action, they would always come out weird. So if you're doing Usagi's hair, you would either have to grow your hair very, very long or use hair extensions and wigs. Same thing if you try to do a hairstyle from Yu-Gi-Oh (especially Yugi's hairstyle). You'll need to either successfully attempt to make your hairstyle like your counterpart or get a wig because some hairstyles are impossible.

But I believe in the Sailor Moon live action series, they only used the hairstyles when they transform and not when they're their normal selves.