Zenzuke (July 24, 2008 at 4:34 am)

Yeah, I think maybe you should try making a film that looks THIS GOOD with a shoestring budget and writing, directing and making the sfx yourself, too, like Ruairi did. It can't be that difficult, can't it? People seem to forget that this short was made with almost NO budget at all. Don't be expecting holliwood quality at 1/1000th the budget, it already comes almost too close and it's a testament to Ruairi's skill that it almost hurts it because people think it took a lot of money to make.

mistarcraw (July 19, 2008 at 9:13 am)

wow, terrible. maybe i should start making movies

summersfuneral (July 17, 2008 at 7:56 pm)

This is pretty sad... Damn shame about this akira movie too.. Everyone be sure and download movies via torrent so we can put these fucks out of business.. Help destroy Hollywood one torrent at a time!!

NoodleBrutals (July 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm)

All of his other works I feel are the same as this one, nothing special! all smack of him being straight out of film school with no fresh ideas of his own. All of the parts that you'd think are good about his works are all lifted from somewhere else. He has some technical skill but no talent. The only way I can see Akira being well done is if he surrounds himself with a brilliant cinematographer, costume designer, and of course Otomo.

Caqui (July 15, 2008 at 6:52 am)

I guess time will be the determinant for this one. Have you checked out 50% Grey, yet? Ruairi also directed that short back in 2001(which was actually Oscar-nominated). And we still don't know (for sure), that Ruairi will direct this. Hey, I'm hoping Hollywood won't screw this up either.

NoodleBrutals (July 14, 2008 at 2:27 pm)

But in determining whether or not the 2009 Akira is going to be good or bad you have to look at all of the directors past works and see if he has the talent and skills to pull off what we all expect in a live action remake of the 1988 classic and the manga that was based off of. SO this movie has everything to do the Akira live action and with z28camaro79's judgement of the upcoming movie. You have to look at the bigger picture of things sometimes Caqui.

Caqui (July 14, 2008 at 7:13 am)

No. Akira has nothing to do with this short. Can you explain to me how the characters relate to Akira, in any way? They don't. Hence the reason why I said, "This short has nothing to do with Akira". However, yes, they do share the same director. Hollywood doesn't care about what you think :) And boy will it suck, whether or not you nag or scream or protest. Unless, of course, you manage to conjure a large enough following to change something. I heard Otomo was overlooking th project; have hope!

NoodleBrutals (July 13, 2008 at 11:34 pm)

seeing how it's going to be this director making the 2009 Akira it has EVERYTHING to do with it. and i think this short film is shit. it LOOKS cool but the camera movement is pretentious and not very well done. also the dialog is shit the surviving character's actor is terrible and the plot isn't that great. If he fucks up Akira i'll be terribly upset.

tinyplaidninja (July 11, 2008 at 12:14 pm)

lol wat? Sorry, that's all I can muster up. And this is coming from a HUGE fan of post-apocalyptic films/books. The actor with the most lines was TERRIBLE.

DidierDrogba08 (July 6, 2008 at 10:09 pm)

i don `t understand this film i have see this trailer 1 year ago