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Me picking distastefully at the Death Note Live Action

(Totally not a blog I wrote on Amino that I copied here)

*Inhales deeply*

BOI

Iz yo local Lanthenides juliani’s pinky toe here, your all-time most dependable Death Note fangasmer, with a long rant.

The sky has fallen, the sinners in Death Note hell are screaming, and DN fan trash like me are creating Dead Seas with our sheer salt.

Why?

The 2017 Death Note Netflix remake released its trailer.

Woah woah, back up a bit m8. Let me get you guys up to date on what this whole fuss is about.

The Death Note Netflix remake… Where to begin.

Essentially, Netflix is making an American “adaptation” of Death Note. But oh boy, they aren’t sticking to canon. Here’s an overview list of some… “interesting” changes.

🍿The theme of the movie is now “revenge”.

🍿Light Yagami™, with his signature “imagaY” last name joke, has had his name changed to Light Turner. Played by Nat Wolff, currently struggling through a pimple outbreak.

🍿Consequently, his father, Soichiro Yagami, is now James Turner, played by Shea Whigham.

🍿Misa Amane is Mia Sutton, played by Margaret Qualley, a cheerleader grill who falls in steamy love with Light-friggin’-Turner, because the director wanted to keep the “adult themes of Death Note”

🍿Evidently the director never watched nor read Death Note. In an interview, he confirmed that, to keep the adult themes and dark atmospheres, there will be a lot of gore, a lot of nudity, and a lot of language.

🍿I’m not sure about you, but that doesn’t sound like the psychological thriller we know and love.

🍿Keith Stanfield as L.

🍿If you don’t know: Kieth Stanfield is AFRICAN AMERICAN. Not to be racist here, but a big part of L’s character is his alarmingly pale skin and scrawny frame. Suddenly, we have this hoodied black man walking in oublic and attending interviews. Real canon of ya, Netflix

🍿HE’S IN PUBLIC

🍿The producers trashed the basic plot of Death Note and opted for something more… redeeming. Details are not provided, but it is known that it will be more Westernized. While that may be a welcomed change, it’s make or break at this point.

🍿THEY ALMOST REMOVED SHINIGAMI

“Our vision for Death Note has always been to…introduce the world to this dark and mysterious masterpiece. The talent and diversity represented in our cast, writing, and producing teams reflect our belief in staying true to the story’s concept of moral relevance — a universal theme that knows no racial boundaries.”

“Oka, one of the producers of the Netflix Death Note

Okay. So I’m not going to even try to protest Death Note getting another adaptation (I mean, it’s not like it has three live action movies, one live action drama, one musical, three video games, three short live action mini episodes, one long live action New Gen. series, etc., etc., ETC.,) but seriously.

Are they even trying at this point?

Let’s check out the cast first.

Nathaniel "Nat” Marvin Wolff as Light Turner

This dude played Isaac in the Fault in Our Stars, and Quentin in Paper Towns.

Take a moment.

This kid did some great things, I’ll give him some credit. Starred in some romance movies, raised money for 9/11 as a young kiddo, wrote some cool music.

But is he a fitting actor for Death Note?

I say no.

Firstly, Light is portrayed in the manga and anime alike as a handsome, clean, and upkept young man groomed for success. He has severe god complex, and is the very definition of “perfect” in the eyes of others. I just don’t really see that in Wolff. While I will not criticize him for his appearance, I do believe in something for live actions: Same, or different. Not both. Stick to canon or change everything. Don’t give us a haunting afterimage of the Light Yagami we all knew.

Keith Stanfield as L

Okay. So-

No, not okay. This is not okay.

If you did a next generation of something of Death Note, sure, go ahead, I don’t give a flying fu-firetruck about the detective L being black.

But the original L?

No.

L’s off-putting appearance is destroyed by Keith’s natural appearance. Keith is a friendly-looking man, but L is supposed to look malnourished, like a living ghost, He is scrawny and underweight, 110 lbs at 179 cm (don’t ask me how I know off the top of my head). His pale complexion like he has never seen the Sun is a key compartment of his character, and while I do think diversity is good, I feel Keith cannot do justice to L’s character.

Onto acting.

Why the HECK is he standing behind a podium with a hoodie and his head dipped.

Let’s see here. Male, I can estimate his height, African American, both eyes intact, hands intact, probably can get fingerprints off the podium, people taking PICTURES of him and being able to capture some facial features…

No.

L is mysterious, paranoid, keeps to himself. He uses a goshdarned voice synethesizer for God’s sake, it’s what makes his appearances so epic. WHY are you putting him out like that? Just… why?

Oh, and he’s a rapper.

Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton

Sigh.

Paul Nakauchi as Watari

I’m actually not minding this one too much, though his loving, fatherly aura got swapped for a more severe one.

Other characters

Can we just pray…

My Opinion

I honestly don’t have much to say. I’m not too excited, in fear that this whole thing may ruin what I love, but I guess it’s a new and innovative take to the anime. The “whitewashing” I can sort of understand, since this is a film in English, after all, and it’ll be easier casting characters this way.

For months, the Death Note fandom has raged about black L. I would once again like to say that I don’t mean to be racist, as even many of my black friends agree with me; I am a minority race myself in America. L is one of the only characters who are in this film who originally was of European descent (¼ Russian, ¼ British, ¼ Japanese, ¼ French or Italian).

The legitimate ONLY character they can get away with “whitewashing” for, aside from Watari.

But no.

Forget sticking with canon. Let’s take Death Note for its established fanbase, and just use its title and its character names to bait viewers, what a great idea! Give them something completely different that marginally may be good, but forget about canon, we’ve got to break everything they’ve ever known about Death Note! Change the plot and make it rated R too, how about that? Because no one cares about the fact that that’s not what Death Note is about.

This thing will either be complete sh- poop, or somehow succeed solely due to its $40-$50 million budget. But in all honesty, my problem here isn’t it itself. It’s how they wanted to be different and the same at the same time.

Anyhow, here’s the promised trailer. Tell me what you guys think.

AND NOW FOR THE FUN PART

*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･’(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)‘･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*

Comment highlights from Death Note Amino

“WHY IS A MAN WHO IS JAPANESE BORN AND RAISED, LIVED IN JAPAN, AND IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN, BEING PLAYED IN THE LIVE ACTION MOVIE BY A WHITE GUY?” - 🍰 L Lawliet 🍰

“Bullsh*t, what’s what it is” -matsuda

“*Incoherent screaming*” -The Leader of Death Note Amino

“I’m gonna be the most optimistic one and give it a chance.” MyHeroMacadamiaNuts

“Honestly, the live action remake is supposed to make the fans happy. This, however, put the fans in a rage. I mean, the guy who plays Light looks so unintelligent. Light is supposed to be a well-organized man, but instead they made him into this messy guy with pimples whose name is "Light Turner”. Did they seriously have to change the name too? It’s not even death note at this point. Just some crappy rip off.“ -Rae

"Wait, that’s Death Note?!?” -k i a r a

MAY AUGUST 25TH BE KIND TO US ALL

#Someone HELP #Also someone pls tell me how to add images #but this is not okay #im drowning drowning drowning #save death note #netflix #death note #netflix death note #l lawliet #light yagami #misa amane #watari

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