Even better is they have a legit martial artist doing his own stunts who's playing the villain bc he's Asianhttps://twitter.com/gatztdamax/status/832977225402155008 …
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I would seriously ease off a bit if their white dude lead had a v impressive resume of some kind but Finn Jones is just some guy
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At least with GitS it is in fact well established that ScarJo has played tons of roles of this kind (which is another, different problem)
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I admit part of my reaction is I know the source material for Iron Fist and Ghost in the Shell but don't really see the need for a remake
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So I keep asking "What's interesting about your idea, what's the reason to bring this back"
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If I were a hardcore fan desperate to see a live-action reboot of the franchise I might think differently
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I've seen some of the latter for GitS but not at all for Iron Fist, which is expected
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GitS is playing an interesting game, the 1995 movie is what critics think is Important but all the Internet fans are fans of the TV show
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So their visual references are to the film but the plot seems to be mostly Stand Alone Complex
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It's interesting bc I think they'd be doing better if the trailers weren't so ponderously Serious feeling
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The TV show was more popular partly bc it had lighter elements (though the tachikoma are probably better left behind)
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10 years ago I was a drooling fanboy both for ScarJo and for any Hollywood remake of a "cult" property, which now embarrasses me
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